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Remembering Fannie Lou Hamer – Part I By Marsha Rose Joyner Special to the AFRO
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great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us, are unconsciously controlled by it in many ways, and history is literally present in all that we do.” –James Baldwin Since “winners” write the history, and they are usually male, very little is written about the women who played an important part in our struggle. Everyone knows about Rosa Parks and Coretta Scott King. In Baltimore, there was Juanita Mitchell and Lillie Mae Carroll Jackson. Every January and February, the media fills us with the stories of Martin Luther King Jr. as if he was the lone star in the movement. But it was Black women who sacrificed the most in the bus boycott. The
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Polls Show Brown, Cardin Leading in Race to Election Day By Roberto Alejandro AFRO Staff Writer
Marilyn Mosby’s candidacy for Baltimore State’s Attorney has generated a phalanx of support from several of Baltimore’s Black leaders including: former Baltimore Mayor and State’s Attorney Kurt Schmoke, former State’s Attorney Patricia Jessamy, law professor Larry Gibson, defense attorney A. Dwight Petit and former judge William “Billy” Murphy, among others. By Sean Yoes Special to the AFRO
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With less than a week to go before the June 24th primary Baltimore State’s Attorney Gregg L. Bernstein – who is attempting to fend off a rugged challenge by former assistant city prosecutor Marilyn J. Mosby – has recently been touting the fact he was born in Baltimore, in contrast to his opponent who was born in Boston.
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With less than a week before the June 24 primary elections, polls from two different news agencies show Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown with a commanding lead over his two principal opponents, Attorney General Doug Gansler and Delegate Heather Mizeur. As the final day approaches a significant percentage of voters remain apathetic, registering no opinion regarding the candidate they support. Among likely voters, a Washington Post poll published June 10 found that 46 percent would vote for Brown were the Continued on A4
St. James Episcopal Church to Celebrate Its 190th Year By Roberto Alejandro AFRO Staff Writer
St. James Episcopal Church, located next to Lafayette Square Park in West Baltimore, is the third oldest Black Episcopal church in the United States, and the oldest below the Mason-Dixon line. On June 20, St. James celebrated its 190th anniversary, marking almost two centuries of serving Baltimore’s African-American community spiritually, educationally, and socially. St. James was established in 1824 by the Rev. William Continued on A3
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Michael Jackson’s Kids Reaping Benefits from Their $8M Annual Allowance
When the “King of Pop” Michael Jackson passed away five years ago, he left his three children a significant estate which has continued to grow and now bestows an $8 million annual allowance on the trio. Sources close to the family told media outlets that Prince, 17, Paris, 16, and Blanket, 12, take full Prince, Paris and Blanket take full advantage of the money at advantage of the money their disposal. at their disposal. Marc Schaffel, a former friend of the singer and the man now engaged to Jackson’s ex-wife Debbie Rowe, told The New York Post that the Jackson children have followed in their father’s footsteps of lavish spending. Prince has used his share of the money to impress the ladies. According to Perez Hilton, the eldest son has dished out more than $50,000 for custom made jewelry for three of his former girlfriends, and also purchased a Ford truck costing $60,000. However, he eventually wants to save up enough money to purchase Neverland Ranch, his father’s estate. More funds went to pay for a six-figure therapeutic boarding school that treated Paris’ suicide attempt last year, according to the Post. She also is generous with her friends, racking up purchases on footwear and athletic gear. The youngest, Blanket, has used his money for a $200 per hour personal trainer and karate lessons. He also shows love for his cousins by paying to go to expensive restaurants, Perez Hilton reported. Collectively they take three vacations a year to locations such as Hawaii and Las Vegas. In Hawaii they spent $350,000 on chauffeurs, body guards and airfare travel. In Las Vegas, they have stayed in luxurious suites that run from $4,000 to $5,000 per night. Despite the spending, many see the kids as being more frugal than their father. Jackson’s will dictates that his children will split half his estate, currently valued at $2 billion, when they turn 33, and will divide the remainder when they turn 40.
Fox News: Most Americans Support Voter ID Laws, Skeptics: Maybe Not!
A majority of Americans support voter identification laws, according to a recent Fox News poll. In the wake of the 2010 mid-term elections, during which Republicans swept into many state legislatures and governor’s mansions, voter ID requirements became a prominent and divisive issue. Thirty-one states have active voter ID laws, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Proponents—mostly Republican lawmakers and officials— say the measures are necessary to protect the integrity of the voting process. Opponents—mostly Democrats and civil rights activists—argue there is little evidence of voter fraud
In the wake of the 2010 mid-term elections voter ID requirements became a prominent and divisive issue.
and that the laws instead unfairly disenfranchise minorities, the young and the elderly. The Fox News poll, however, found overwhelming support for the laws in almost every demographic including among Democrats and African-Americans. “Supporters of these laws say they are necessary to stop ineligible people from voting illegally,” the poll asked. “Opponents say these laws are unnecessary and mostly discourage legal voters from voting. What do you think?” According to the survey, seven in 10 Americans support voter ID laws. Unsurprisingly, 91 percent of Republicans say such laws are necessary. More surprisingly, according to the poll, 55 percent of Democrats share that belief. Broken down by race, African-American respondents were the least likely to support such measures, at 46 percent. A slim majority, 51 percent, agreed they were necessary for preventing individuals from voting illegally. The Republican Party has lauded the poll as a sign it is on the right path. That assessment may be a bit hasty, political analyst Jason Johnson told the AFRO. “Do I believe these are the results they got? Sure,” he said. “Do I believe these results are indicative of what the majority of people think? Not at all.”
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Remington Community Members Look to Combat Rat Problem By Roberto Alejandro AFRO Staff Writer When Nelson Hayes moved to the 300 block of West 28th Street in Remington in April 2014, he was greeted by an unwanted neighbor in the city-owned alley that ran adjacent to his backyard: rats. Hayes decided to act, and after encountering some initial resistance from the city, he is now on the path to getting the alley cleaned up and cleared of the rodents. “I used to keep a trash out back,� Hayes said in comments to the AFRO of the realization that rats had migrated from the alley running behind his home into his backyard, attracted by his garbage, “but I don’t keep it there anymore because they’re just rampant.� In May, Hayes says he called the Department of Public Works to inspect the alley in anticipation of a rat rubout, and to see if they could pave it in order to prevent future infestations. “They looked at my yard, they looked at my neighbors yard,� said Hayes. “Although they said they didn’t find any rat holes in the yard, they did find plenty of them in the alley. But they can’t do the rat rubout until the alley get’s cleaned up, and I want to know whose job it is to clean the alley, because that
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Bernstein’s strategy is dripping with irony in the eyes of one of Baltimore’s most renowned political strategists. “Does he really think Baltimoreans are that short sighted? I think he underestimates Baltimoreans in that regard,â€? said University of Maryland law professor Larry S. Gibson, who is among a group of the city’s most powerful political and legal leaders backing Mosby in her pursuit to unseat the man who was once her boss. In addition to Gibson, Mosby’s supporters include former state’s attorney and former mayor Kurt L. Schmoke (whose campaigns for both offices were orchestrated by Gibson), attorney and former judge William H. “Billyâ€? Murphy Jr. (who formerly supported Bernstein when he ran for state’s attorney in 2010), defense attorney A. Dwight Petit and former state’s attorney Patricia C. Jessamy, who Mosby also worked for in the state’s attorney’s office. “She’s worked for me and she’s an intelligent hard working woman‌and she can run the office,â€? said Jessamy who lost to Bernstein by only 1,167 votes in 2010. “I think she’s the best person for the job. The city needs someone who connects the office to the city and I don’t think that’s happened over the course of the last four years. I don’t really know what he’s (Bernstein) doing, but I know what she’s capable of doing,â€? Jessamy added. The majority of Mosby’s prominent supporters cite what they say is Bernstein’s lack of connection to the community as his most egregious failure in four years. Specifically, Bernstein ended the “community coordinatorâ€? program implemented by Jessamy, which placed individuals in all nine police districts to act as liaisons between the community and law enforcement, in favor of a “community prosecutionâ€? model. “Getting rid of the community representatives – he (Bernstein) got rid of all 11, fired nine, two got some other positions – that was really key,â€? Gibson said. “Those were the state’s attorney’s eyes, ears and voices in the neighborhood. He (Bernstein) was probably
stuff was there before I got here, and I feel as though it’s the city’s responsibility.� Not content with this response from the city, Hayes set about drawing up a petition to Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke, detailing that he had been told by public works that nothing could be done until the alley was cleaned up, and that paving the alley in order to prevent future infestation would be billed to the residents of the 300 block of West 28th St. The petition requested that Clarke visit the area in order to discuss a resolution with residents. Hayes had set out to collect signatures on June 11, and managed 40 names the first day. Two neighbors who live on the 2800 block of Huntingdon Ave., one block west of Hayes, spoke to the AFRO about their experience with rats in the neighborhood. “The rat problem is the whole neighborhood really,� said Anthony Wiebking, who noted that his yard is only rat free because his dog is efficient at chasing them away. “But I don’t want my dog chasing rats all the time either because she’s going to hurt herself or she’s going to destroy the fence to get to the rats. Something does need to be done,� Said Wiebking. See more on AFRO.COM
dead in the water once he did that, because what they did was they worked with victims they worked with witnesses‌ this was the middle connector between the office and the community,â€? Gibson added. Veteran defense attorney A. Dwight Petit says the Bernstein administration has only widened the gap between the community and law enforcement. “There’s always been mistrust in the community of the police department and I think that the state’s attorney’s office, since the election of Mr. Bernstein has only exacerbated that lack of trust,â€? said Petit, who represents Abdul Salaam, who was allegedly beaten while in police custody last summer, while his young son and neighbors looked on. Petit also represents the family of Tyrone West, who was killed while in police custody less than two weeks after the Salaam incident. “There is a stonewalling in giving us information, it’s a stonewalling of cooperation
it’s a stonewalling of reciprocation of evidence‌ All this ties into the community’s mistrust,â€? Petit added. After Mosby passed the bar exam in 2006, she and her husband Baltimore City Councilman Nick Mosby –a Baltimore native – stood in front of a gutted home in Reservoir Hill, not far from a bustling open air drug market and decided to start their life together and build their family (which now includes two young daughters) in West Baltimore. Her supporters believe her commitment to the community is the foundation of her candidacy for state’s attorney. “She has courage; she stepped out here on her own, just her, her husband and a few a few friends for months,â€? said Gibson, who ran the campaign of Baltimore’s first Black state’s attorney Milton Allen in 1970. “And then I and others said, ‘wait a minute, we’ve got to step up here and help.’â€?
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Levington, at the time a deacon and not yet an ordained priest, to serve the spiritual needs of both slave and free Blacks in Baltimore City. “He came to Baltimore, in 1824, with no money, but with a vision, and he was able to raise money, locate a site, which was actually in downtown Baltimore close to where city hall is,� said Elise Jude Mason, one of the members of St. James’s history committee. The church was founded not only as a place of worship, but also as a school for Black children, whether slave or free, and education has been a thread that has run through the churches history ever since. Today, St. James continues that legacy with the St. James Academy, an after-school program that serves children in the surrounding community free of charge. The church also runs a Sunday school program that has begun to draw children from the surrounding community whose parents are not even members of the church, according to Eliza Johnson, another member of the history committee. From 1891 to 1940, St. James was the home of the Rev. Dr. George F. Bragg, the preeminent Black churchman of the Episcopal Church, and one who advocated views radical for his time, according to Rev. Dr. Allen Robinson, the current rector of St. James. “Bragg came up with the missionary plan which said that Black Episcopal churches should be able to function as
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St. James Episcopal Church a separate entity from White Episcopal churches thereby allowing them to elect their own leaders who can serve and meet their purposes,� said Robinson. While the plan was not ultimately supported by the bishops of the Episcopal Church, Bragg’s efforts underscore the role St. James has played in advocating for the rights and needs of African-Americans in the mainline denomination. That fight continued under the Rev. Cedric Mills, who succeeded Bragg as rector of St. James. During the Civil Rights era, Mills worked quietly to integrate AfricanAmericans more fully into the life of the Episcopal Church, sending Black parishioners to nearby White congregations to do nothing more than attend service. In 1993, on Father’s Day, St. James was struck by lightning, resulting in a fire that destroyed half the roof and necessitated a two year reconstruction to repair the damage. As the church looks out at the urban decay by which it is currently surrounded, it hopes to play a role in a similar
rebuilding effort, this time in the community that has housed it since Bragg moved the congregation there in the 1930s. “What we want to do is bring back and instill a decent quality of life for the people that have to live here day in and day out,� said Robinson. One of the initiatives the church has pursued to that end was the construction of the Oxford House. Constructed in formerly vacant properties that the church purchased, the Oxford House gives men recovering from addiction a second chance at life and independent living. “I think that St James is leading the way in helping to show that mainline churches such as the Episcopal church, and in particular the black Episcopal church, is not irrelevant, but that it remains relevant as we continue to meet the needs of the people we serve,� said Robinson. St. James will celebrate its 190th anniversary at the 9:30 a.m. worship and Eucharist on June 22, 2014. United States Congressman Elijah Cummings will be the guest speaker. A picnic in Lafayette Square Park will follow.
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Select Balto. Leaders Line Up Behind Braveboy By Roberto Alejandro AFRO Staff Writer
Aisha Braveboy
There is a palpable buzz in Baltimore City regarding the candidacy of Delegate Aisha Braveboy for the position of Maryland Attorney General. In conversations with the AFRO, anumber of community leaders explained their reasons for supporting the delegate from Prince George’s County. For Kim Trueheart, a community activist who also runs the Liberty Rec and Tech Center in west Baltimore, Braveboy is someone who will continue Attorney General Doug Gansler’s efforts to protect minority homeowners from foreclosure and predatory lending. “Being from Prince George’s county, another jurisdiction that’s predominantly Black, she understands the plight of the AfricanAmerican community and the Latino community, so I feel good that she’s going to do well.” Trueheart said. Trueheart was also swayed by Braveboy’s vocal support for Baltimore City’s attempt to secure $1.1 billion in funding from the General Assembly for school repair and construction, an effort whose benefits would rest outside of Braveboy’s Prince
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election held that day (the poll was conducted from June 5-8). Gansler trailed behind, garnering only 23 percent of likely voters polled. Mizeur came in third, with 16 percent. The poll also found that four percent of voters did not intend to vote for any of the three leading candidates, while 12 percent had formed no opinion between the three. Brown’s 23 percent lead over the second place Gansler dwarfs the combined 16 percent of those who have so far not committed to any of the candidates, suggesting Brown’s lead is safe. A poll conducted by the Baltimore Sun from May 31 to June 3, found that Brown had a 21 point edge over Gansler, with Brown receiving 41 percent of likely voters to Gansler’s 20. On June 11, the Washington Post published the result of their poll on the Attorney General’s race in Maryland. Delegate Jon Cardin led Sen. Brian Frosh, 26 percent to 20, while
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women who worked in the basements of the churches to move this movement along; the women who walked picket lines in the rain, mud, and snow; women who were secretaries and receptionists who dealt with foul-mouthed Whites on the phone, who did the dirty work that was not recalled; these women were written out of the history books. “Women? Of course, there are thousands of us,” wrote Gloria Xifaras Clark. “That is what makes a movement. Most of us shall remain nameless. ‘By their fruits ye shall know them.’ Women in the movement did everything, like we do in real life to this day. Some cooked, some organized the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, some cleaned, some went to jail, some marched, some were beaten, some died, some celebrated, some cried, some laughed, some danced, some sang, some prayed, some drove, some walked, some made love, some didn’t, some voted, some didn’t, some brought up children, some were children, some were strong, some were frail, some talked, some were silent, some were workers, some were not, some led, some followed, some taught, we all learned, we all stood up to injustice.” Throughout our history there have been women, the backbone of our race. It is to the workers in the vineyard who give so much and get so little that we must pay homage. Today I’m going to write about one woman, Fannie Lou Hamer, my hero. “She had a rock-hard integrity and commitment to the people she had come from and she just never left them. She was
George’s County. “She has been exceptionally visible and accessible here in Baltimore City,” Trueheart said. J. Wyndall Gordon, a civil and criminal defense trial attorney in Baltimore City, cited Braveboy’s support for those facing home foreclosures, for HBCU’s in their lawsuit against the state for violations of the Civil Rights Act and the equal protection clause of the United States Constitution, for raising the minimum wage, and for improving access to healthcare in explaining why he has chosen to support Braveboy in the race for Attorney General. “When it comes to consumer protection, protecting home owners, no one has the record that she has,” said Gordon. “She’s not only about the talk, but she also walks the walk, often times giving up her personal time on a pro bono basis to help people advocate on things that are most important to them, which for a lot of people includes their home.” Like Trueheart, Gordon has also been moved by Braveboy’s willingness to tackle issues whose primary impact falls beyond the boundaries of her constituent county. “Given her record and her service, not only to her constituency but to the entire state of Maryland, there’s no candidate that can really compare to what she’s done,” said Gordon.
Aisha Braveboy had 13 percent support. That poll also found, however, that 31 percent of likely voters had formed no opinion on any of the three leading candidates, meaning that this race is still very much up for grabs, and could easily be shifted by one of the campaigns with an effective get-out-the-vote operation. An additional 9 percent of likely voters polled said they would not vote for any of the three. As of 2 p.m. on the fifth day of early voting (June 16), 4,965 votes had been cast so far in Baltimore City in the 2014 primary election according to Hanan Fleming, an administrative assistant with the Baltimore City Board of Elections. Because votes are not counted until after the primary on June 24, no data is available regarding the division of those votes among the candidates. In the 2010 primary, a total six days of early voting yielded 7,244 votes in Baltimore City, according to data available on the Baltimore City Board of Elections website. The 2012 primary, held during a presidential election year, saw a similar
unbreakable,” said Bob Weil of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Born in Sunflower County along the Mississippi Delta on Oct. 6, 1917, before any woman in America could vote, Fannie Lou Hamer became the inspiration to millions in the poverty-stricken towns of Mississippi, the Civil Rights struggle and the women’s political movement, changing the face of the Democratic Party. The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party’s (MFDP) challenge to the Democratic Party in Atlantic City had wide impact. It ultimately opened the party to Black participation and encouraged a different breed of White politician to seek office. The MFDP, of which Hamer was a co-chair, would not accept two seats in 1964, but instead opened the way for many more seats: seats, for not only African-Americans but for women, Latinos, Native-Americans, Asian-Americans and all marginalized people who wanted to participate in the Democratic Party’s convention. It opened the doors to full political participation. Fannie Lou Hamer was the granddaughter of slaves and her family were sharecroppers – a position not that different from slavery. Hamer had 19 brothers and sisters; she was the youngest of the children. The family worked as sharecroppers on the plantation belonging to E.W. Brandon. By the time Hamer was 13, she was able to pick 200 to 300 pounds of cotton daily despite suffering from polio when she was six-years-old. Fannie Lou became inspired after the Rev. James Bevel, a local organizer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), delivered a sermon on Aug. 23, 1962 to
Elder CD Witherspoon spoke to the AFRO in his capacity as a community leader who has been active in civil rights issues since the era of the Freedom Rides. For Witherspoon, it is Braveboy’s support for HBCUs at a time when it was not a campaign issue that helped set her apart from the other candidates. “She showed exemplary leadership in standing up for HBCUs,” said Witherspoon, “who have experienced historical racism and discrimination, as so far as funding is concerned, from the state of Maryland. And Delegate Braveboy did this in an offelection year, and, for me, off-election performance is indicative of commitment and integrity.” Witherspoon also cited Braveboy’s pro bono assistance to Janice Grant in saving Grant’s home from demolition in Aberdeen, an issue in which Witherspoon was also involved. “That shows tremendous leadership,” said Witherspoon. “And it shows regional leadership because Harford County is part of the Baltimore metropolitan area. She is a Prince George’s County delegate representing the Washington suburbs, but nevertheless she was concerned enough about the entire state to be concerned about an issue in Harford County.” ralejandro@afro.com.
if slightly higher 7,508 early votes cast in Baltimore City over the six day early voting period. Based on the figures available so far, Baltimore City will need over 2,000 votes on the sixth and final day of early voting to match either of the previous two totals. The 2010 and 2012 primary elections saw 1,640 and 1,656 early votes tallied on the sixth and final day of early voting respectively, suggesting this year’s numbers are off the pace of the previous two primary elections. In the Republican primary for governor, the same Baltimore Sun poll that had Brown ahead by 21 points found that candidate Larry Hogan leads with 27 percent of likely voters backing him, while his two nearest opponents, David Craig and Charles Lollar, trail behind with 12 percent each. A full 37 percent of likely voters said they were undecided as to any of the Republican candidates. ralejandro@afro.com.
persuade listeners to register to vote. Although Hamer knew the consequences of fighting for her rights, she became the first volunteer. According to biographer Sina Dubovoy, when Hamer heard the presentation, she asked herself, “What did she really have? Not even security.” A lynching in a nearby town in 1904 terrorized Blacks at the time, and the ever-present KKK still kept them quiet. As Dubovoy wrote, “The Mississippi Delta was the world’s most oppressive place to live if you were black.” The beauty of the area belied the underlying evil. She was surprised to learn that AfricanAmericans actually had a constitutional right to vote. When the SNCC members asked for volunteers to go to the courthouse to register to vote, Hamer was the first to raise her hand. This was a dangerous decision. She later reflected, “The only thing they could do to me was to kill me, and it seemed like they’d been trying to do that a little bit at a time ever since I could remember.” Hamer decided on the spot to register to vote. On Aug. 31, 1962, she boarded a bus to Indianola with 17 others to try to register to vote. When Hamer and others went to the courthouse, they were jailed. “Reverend Jeff Sunny carried me four miles in the rural area where I had worked as a timekeeper and sharecropper for eighteen years,” Hamer said. “I was met there by my children, who told me that the plantation owner was angry because I had gone down to try to register.” After they told me, my husband came, and said the plantation owner was raising Cain because I had tried to register. Before he quit talking the plantation owner came and said, “Fannie Lou, do you know – did Pap tell you what I said?” And I said, “Yes, sir.” “Well I mean that,” he said. “If you don’t go down and withdraw your registration, you will have to leave.” “Then if you go down and withdraw,” he said, “you still might have to go because we are not ready for that in Mississippi.” And I addressed him and told him, “’I
didn’t try to register for you. I tried to register for myself.’ I had to leave that same night.” She received constant death threats and was even shot at. Still, Hamer would not be discouraged. Hamer immediately went to work as a field organizer for the SNCC. Returning home from a training workshop in June 1963, Hamer’s bus was intercepted by policemen. She and two others were taken to jail in Winona, Miss., and mercilessly beaten by Black inmates on orders of the jailer. Hamer suffered permanent damage to her kidneys. After recovering from her injuries, she traveled across the U.S. telling her story. With her genuine, plainspoken style, Hamer raised more money for SNCC than any other member. In spite of all that Fannie Lou Hamer had endured, like most of the women of the movement, she was not invited to the 1963 “March on Washington.” In 1964, with the support of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Hamer ran for Congress. The incumbent was a White man who had been elected to office 12 times. In an interview with The Nation, Hamer said, “I’m showing the people that a Negro can run for office.” The reporter observed: “Her deep, powerful voice shakes the air as she sits on the porch or inside, talking to friends, relatives, and neighbors who drop by on the one day each week when she is not campaigning. Whatever she is talking about soon becomes an impassioned plea for a change in the system that exploits the Delta Negroes. ‘All my life I’ve been sick and tired,’ she shakes her head. ‘Now I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired.’” During the summer of 1964, Hamer was elected as the vice-chair of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Also known as the “Freedom Democrats,” the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party was organized to counter the anti-civil rights and all-White political delegation at the Democratic National Convention. Read Part II Next Week
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Magruder Dorothy Scott Moore Cockrell August 30, 1932-June 5, 2014
Magruder Dorothy Scott Moore Cockrell made her first cry on earth on Aug. 30, 1932. Her parents, William Henry Scott and Bessie had their bundle of joy on a farm in Clarksville, Va. This was the beginning of a journey that would last eighty-one years until June 5, 2014. Magruder, affectionately known as “Kitty,” moved to Maryland with her family. Years later, she moved to Baltimore and married the late, Warren Moore and six children were born. After Warren’s death, she met and married the late, John Cockrell and had seven children. Kitty landed many jobs in different fields, from being a waitress to being a geriatric nurse assistant. Kitty
passed her heart of service to her offspring. She was preceded in death by three daughters, Myrtle Scott, Almeta Laddler and Donnie Taylor; and one sister, Gertrie Scott Blount. She leaves to cherish their memory of her: ten daughters, Rev. Dorothy (Oscar) Boulware, Paula Degraffinried, Vera Rhue, Joan Biggs, Ethel Lawrence, Sylvia Vinson, Charmaine “Sonya” Murphy and Zelda; Nellie Fagan and Sandra; three sons, John Cockrell Jr., Paul Jr., and Christopher ; one brother, Melvin Scott; one sisterin-law, Virginia Taylor; thirty-three grandchildren; twenty-nine great-grandchildren and seven great-great grandchildren.
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COMMUNITY CONNECTION Elizabeth City State University’s John H. Bias Alumni Chapter Celebrates 50 Years The John H. Bias Alumni Chapter of Elizabeth City State University founded in Baltimore will celebrate 50 years .The chapter will host the National Convention July 10-12 at the Sheraton Columbia Town Center Hotel in Columbia, Md. The Edna Gray Randolph Scholarship Gala will be held July 11 at 8 p.m. at the Sheraton. For more information: 301-802-5477.
Hop Awards. The June 27 event will be held at New Harvest Ministries, 2239 E. Fayette St., Baltimore. For more information: Dmvchristianmusicawards.com
CharmTV to Debut Summer 2014
Beginning during the summer of 2014, the City of Baltimore will re-launch TV25 Baltimore as CharTV. The
new network will deliver content that spotlights the essence of Baltimore. CharmTV will highlight the positive attributes of Baltimore City, its people, neighborhoods and local businesses. The network will also feature a new prime-time block of programming that can be viewed online and on-air. For more information: www.tv25baltimore.com
Spelman College Alumnae Hosts Girls Conference
The Baltimore Chapter of the National Alumnae Association of Spelman College (NAASC) is hosting its second annual Baltimore Girls Rock Conference. The Conference will take place on June 28 at Morgan State University’s Murphy Fine Arts Center. This year, approximately 60 young ladies in the Baltimore Metropolitan area who are entering the 8th to 12th grade will take part in the day-long conference. Girls will have an opportunity to hear from Sen. Delores G. Kelley, 92Q’s DJ Angel Baby and Candidate for Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby. The goal of the Conference is to continue the Spelman Legacy of “Women Who Change the World.” Attendees will attend a series of workshops that will better equip them on their journey of self-awareness and confidence, as well as aid them in becoming assured future leaders. For more information, email: girlsconference@naascbaltimore.org
DMV Christian Hip Hop Awards Honors Area Artists
Major and indie Christian artists in the area will be honored at the DMV Christian Hip
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Move Afoot to Protect Women Around the World Against Violence WASHINGTON (NNPA) –Last year, the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 was amended and reauthorized. This past month, a group of senators began setting their sights on broadening protection to women around the world. With S.2307, also known as the International Violence Against Women Act (I-VAWA), preventing and responding to violence against women abroad would become a top priority of American foreign policy. When he was in the Senate, Secretary of State John Kerry first proposed the bill in 2010. It has failed a few times with several other sponsors since then. This time, sponsors are hoping for a different outcome. “Violence against women and girls impedes progress in meeting many United States global development goals,” the bill reads. “It is the policy of the United States to take effective action to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls around the world, as a matter of basic human rights as well as to promote gender equality, economic growth, and improved public health.” While many applaud the measure – including 300 humanitarian groups such as Amnesty International – there are important questions to consider. With the United States’ track record on the subject within its own borders, and its litany of controversial international interventions, is it reasonable to attempt such a global endeavor? “Once [the bill] develops more teeth, we’ll see how it interacts with [communities abroad],” says Caroline Kouassiaman, program officer for sub-Saharan Africa for the Global Fund for Women. The advocacy and grantmaking organization collects private
funding and redistributes it as grants to independent, community-based women’s organizations abroad. “The United States is a large player in international assistance, and that plays a role in sub-Saharan Africa in the way funding is allocated for resources,” says Kouassiaman, citing Women at the ASAZA center in Mazabuka, Zambia, Uganda as an example. which supports survivors of gender-based violence There, 40 percent of the national budget is funded through aid from the U.S. preventing early and forced marriage; and and other nations. As a result, the American using “U.S. personnel” to train foreign police policies attached to aid guide how Uganda and military forces to respond to and prevent allocates those funds to the community violence against women and girls. organizations and government agencies that For Lauren Chief Elk, activist and need it. cofounder of the Save Wiyabi Project, an The bill offers an extensive, but slightly advocacy group that addresses violence against vague outline for implementation. First, indigenous women, that last point is a red flag it makes the (existing) State Department in an already dubious policy. Office of Global Women’s Issues a legally “Do I think gender violence is a problem in required entity, and charges the (also existing) these countries, yes. But I also think the United ambassador with orchestrating all womenStates is a root of those causes,” she explains. related efforts. The ambassador would also “What I find problematic is that – and it’s not continue to be responsible for creating the that thinly veiled – this is very much like what United States Strategy to Prevent and Respond we used to fuel the Iraq-Iran invasion…we’re to Gender-Based Violence Globally (devised ‘liberating women.’ It’s not ultimately about in 2012 via executive order). As part of this helping with gender violence, it’s more about strategy, five to 20 developing nations with occupation.” “significant levels” of gender-based violence Elk also points out that law enforcement would have individualized response plans. and military are often perpetrators of violence “I think the grantees we work with would against women, within their own ranks and welcome the strong statement. It mirrors the among those they are supposed to protect. In language that exists in a lot of other policies 2006, a Philippine court convicted an American [around the world], and we’re actually in soldier of raping a woman who lived near the alignment with the rest of the world, which is base. In 2011, soldiers based in South Korea exciting to see,” says Kouassiaman. were all put under curfew after two soldiers Other directives in the bill include were accused of raping South Korean women fostering economic, educational, health, and on separate instances. Last year, the then-chief legal activities to combat gendered violence; of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response
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Office for the Air Force was arrested in Virginia for sexually assaulting a civilian. “The United States is global violence against women,” Elk says. “We can barely go a day without hearing about sexual assault against women in our own military forces, and these are the people who are going to be solving the problem?” Kouassiaman is a bit more optimistic, but also remains critical until more details are given. “[I-VAWA] is very comprehensive legislation…. But there are still a lot of questions in accountability. Who is responsible for enforcing this? One aspect is training military and police to respond, but how, and who’s doing this?” she asks, adding that women themselves should be part of the process. “We also need to address the issue of violence here in our own country.” One aspect of the bill she and others find promising, is that it shows deference to the women, community systems, and organizations that are already engaged in this work, for and with their own people. According to the bill, “building local capacity” is a mandatory part of the strategy. Further, “Not less than 10 percent of the amount of assistance provided… should be provided to community-based nongovernmental organizations, with priority given to [those] led by women.” The bill also mandates “engaging men and boys as partners,” though it doesn’t say how. Currently, I-VAWA is being reviewed in the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. If it passes muster there, it will be put to vote on the Senate floor. From there it must pass a vote in the House, survive any amendments, and then be signed by the president. If the past is any indication, the legislation will likely face an uphill battle. See more on afro.com
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Protecting Our Progress In our time, we are witnessing a reenactment of the civil rights struggles of the 1960s – foremost among them, efforts to suppress the African-American vote. Now in 2014, our progressive, multiracial coalition must once again exercise our most basic civil right by voting in record numbers. Even as we fight against voter suppression in the courts and the Congress, we Elijah Cummings must not cooperate with the U.S. Representative forces of reaction by failing to vote. Only by once again marching in record numbers to the voting booths of our nation this year can we protect the progress that we have achieved. Just as it was in the 1960s, we are the foot soldiers in a 21st Century civil rights movement. This year’s elections are not an abstract debate. They are a struggle upon which our livelihoods and lives may well depend. President Obama is on the ballot this year – just as surely as if the president’s name headed the list of candidates. The Republicans have been extraordinarily candid about their determination to turn back history and destroy the gains that we have achieved during Barack Obama’s presidency. Allow me to break down what reactionary success would mean to everyday Americans – especially, to those of us who are Americans of Color. Our Progress: The Economy African-Americans voted in record numbers in 2008. As a result, in 2009-2010, a Democratic Congress was able to enact and President Obama signed into law real and substantial reforms that have directly benefitted tens of millions of Americans. In order to strengthen our economy and our ability to earn a living, we responded to the Wall Street melt down and the worst recession since the 1930s with The Economic Recovery Act. That initiative created and saved millions of jobs and cut taxes for 98 percent of Americans. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Legislation has reined in reckless practices on Wall Street, ended taxpayer-funded bail-outs and “too big to fail” institutions, and protected and empowered American consumers. The HIRE Act was enacted to provide tax incentives for businesses to hire more Americans (4.5 million American jobs to date), unleashing billions of dollars to rebuild highways and cracking down on offshore tax havens for the wealthy. The Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act is now boosting the American economy and creating jobs. The U.S. Manufacturing Enhancement Act is helping American manufacturers compete by temporarily suspending or reducing duties on materials and products which are not made domestically. Extended Unemployment Benefits lifted up millions of
Americans who lost their jobs in the Bush Recession and stimulated economic activity. The Credit Card Holders Bill of Rights banned the worst practices by credit card companies and provided tough new consumer protections. Our Progress: Education We also invested heavily in future generations by expanding federal support for American public education. The Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act created or saved the jobs of 161,000 American teachers (and thousands of police officers and firefighters), while closing tax loopholes that encourage big corporations to ship American jobs overseas. The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act made the largest investment in college aid in American history. Our Progress: Health Care We enacted the most farreaching health insurance reforms since Medicare and Medicaid. The Affordable Care Act now recognizes health care as a federally protected right, not a privilege. “ObamaCare” also put a stop to the worst abuses by insurance companies – including discrimination against people with pre-existing medical conditions.
“ In our elections this year, we must protect the progress that we have made so that America can move forward toward a better day. We are voting for our families and the generations of Americans yet unborn.” Children’s Health Insurance Legislation provided affordable health care coverage to 11 million children who otherwise would have gone without coverage. The Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act now provides more help for those who provide care to disabled, sick, or injured veterans and improves health care services to women veterans. Our Progress: Civil Rights We moved forward in the continuing expansion of civil rights. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act restored the rights of women and other workers to challenge unfair pay – helping to close the wage gap where women earn 78 cents for every $1 that a man earns. Hate Crimes Prevention Legislation extended
federal protection to people who are victims of violent crime because of their gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. Protecting Our Progress I have reminded you of this progress because it would not have been achieved had not we, the foot soldiers of Barack Obama’s multiracial coalition, voted in the record numbers in 2008. Then, in the 2010 mid-term elections, when President Obama’s name was not on the ballot, far too many in our coalition stayed home on Election Day. The consequences of that failure were disastrous: reactionary state legislatures, gerrymandered congressional districts, voter suppression, a Tea Party Congress, government shutdowns and threats to default on the full faith and credit of the United States. President Obama continues to fight for that “more perfect union” of America’s civic creed. So must we all between now and Election Day 2014. In our elections this year, we must protect the progress that we have made so that America can move forward toward a better day. We are voting for our families and the generations of Americans yet unborn. U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings represents Maryland’s 7th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives.
Anthony Brown for Governor: The Best Choice for Maryland Over the course of my lifetime, America has changed. We have embraced diversity while expanding opportunity and justice for millions of our fellow citizens. We have broken down barriers to public service from City Halls to the White House. And while candidates of color continue to face higher and tougher hurdles in their attempts to Ben Jealous serve their communities, President Obama proved that when people come together, it’s possible to abandon outdated, hurtful ideas of what is possible and make history. Our country’s history can be a heavy, complicated burden to bear. Each of us carries our family’s struggles and challenges with us wherever we go. When I eat lunch in my office in downtown Baltimore, it often strikes me that my father was arrested just blocks away as an activist helping to make it possible for professionals like me to work there. Our efforts to make our voices heard through the ballot box are part of that struggle; there have been just two elected African American governors in our country since Reconstruction, with just one of those serving in the former Confederate states. But young African-American leaders like Kamala Harris and Cory Booker are changing our political story. And it’s a new day in the South, where the next generation of political leaders is poised to usher in a new era of progressive action and equal rights below the Mason-Dixon:
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leaders like Michelle Nunn and Stacey Abrams in Georgia, Steve Benjamin in South Carolina and Alvin Brown in Florida. And of course, Anthony Brown here in Maryland. On June 24th, we will have the opportunity to make history by electing Anthony Brown to be Maryland’s first African American governor. He is the best choice, and the right choice for Maryland. I am endorsing Anthony Brown not because of where we have been, but because of where we are going. By working together, Maryland has become a beacon of progressive action and civil rights. Thanks to the leadership, and partnership,
“Working with the NAACP in communities throughout Maryland, I saw the impact of Anthony’s leadership first-hand. I saw it in safer streets and safer homes. I saw it in new jobs and new hope for so many families.” of Anthony Brown and Martin O’Malley, we have expanded voting rights, decriminalized marijuana, made marriage equality a reality, and ended the death penalty – a fight that the great Marylander Frederick Douglass started more than a century ago. And whether it was leading the effort to pass the bi-partisan Veterans Full Employment Act, protecting victims of domestic violence, or working with local non-profits and faith leaders to dramatically reduce the number of children in foster care, we Maryland has made progress because Anthony is a consensus builder – a proven leader who is capable of
bringing people together and finding solutions. Working with the NAACP in communities throughout Maryland, I saw the impact of Anthony’s leadership first-hand. I saw it in safer streets and safer homes. I saw it in new jobs and new hope for so many families. Looking forward, Anthony is the champion we need to continue that progress. If you believe in universal Pre-K for all of our children, environmental justice throughout our state, expanded career and technology education for our students, and more job opportunities for our neighbors, then Anthony is the leader to support. If you believe in investing in our state’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities, supporting our women- and minority-owned businesses, and reducing recidivism by taking a “smart on crime” comprehensive approach to criminal justice, then Anthony is a leader you can believe in. If you believe in our young people, who are excited to live in a state where with a strong economy and bright future – a state where our small businesses, universities, and state and local governments are eagerly embracing the technology and jobs of tomorrow, then Anthony should receive your vote for Governor. He has a plan to get more of our young people the training and skills they need to compete for jobs in our most in-demand fields. Maryland can be – and must be – a place where our leaders are chosen not by the color of their skin, but by their qualifications, aptitude, and experience. Anthony Brown is that leader, and I am proud to stand with him today and on June 24th. Ben Jealous is a Partner at Kapor Capital, which has an office in Baltimore, and is former President and CEO of the NAACP. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress.
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“ I’m asking not only for your vote, but your help, as we build a better Maryland for more Marylanders. Together. â€? - Anthony Brown Join These Marylanders in Supporting Anthony Brown for Governor: • President Bill Clinton • Congresswoman Donna Edwards • Congressman Elijah Cummings • Ben Jealous, Former National President of the NAACP • More than 100 Pastors and Faith Leaders • The Afro American
Election Day is June 24th Learn More at www.AnthonyBrown.com/Vote BY AUTHORITY: BROWN-ÂULMAN FOR MARYLAND. GERARD BODEN, TREASURER.
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Bert Hash, president and CEO of MECU received the Community Investor Award
Dr. Marco K. Merrick and Catalina Byrd
Power couples Michael and Erica Cryor, Sharon and Calvin Butler Jr.
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ssociated Black Charities held its annual unmasked Gala June 14 to recognize community leaders in the Baltimore metropolitan area. The gala was held at Martin’s West on Dogwood Road. Calvin Butler, CEO of Baltimore Gas & Electric Company along with Michael E. Cryor, president of the Cryor Group, LLC; Thomas LaVeist, director at John Hopkins University; and Angela Celestin, managing director of Human Resources at OneMain Financial were honored as Icons. John Bugg, an agent with State Farm Insurance Company was honored as an Emerging Leader. MECU and Wells Fargo received the Community Investor Award and Whiting-Turner received the Willard/Hackerman Legacy Award. Chineta Davis, retired vice president of Northrop Grumman chaired the event. Meteorologist and News Anchor Tim Williams was the Master of Diane Bell-McKoy, president Ceremonies.
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Adrienne A. Jones, Maryland State Delegate, Jeanne Hitchcock, Doris Duren
Dr. Carlessie A. Hussell, Monica S. Sydnor, Del. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam Kelly Fur, Martha Gay, Donna Robinson, Lanise Stevenson
The halls and banquet floor were crowded with partygoers dancing to the latest sounds from the Panama Band
Jeff and Beneak Hargrove, Marcine and Jim Britton Diane and Frank Hocker
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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AFRO Community and Public Relations Manager Diane Hocker and AFRO Publisher Jake Oliver
Photos by J. D. Howard he Baltimore Metropolitan Chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women hosted its annual Gourmet Chefs of Distinction “Men Who Cook” benefit May 18 at Martin’s West on Dogwood Road. Approximately 100 chefs served a varied selection of cuisines to guests. The Coalition is a non-profit organization that focuses on Dr. Thelma P. Daley, Chairperson leadership development, mentoring, health, and the educational, political, and economic life of the community.
Chef Marcel Murphy decorates his cupcakes
Calvin D. Robinson and granddaughter London
Chef’s procession
Judge Melissa K. Copeland, Lt. Governor Brown and Dr. Thelma Daley
Chef Karl Knight serves Wanda Watts Swiss Steak
Chef Vincent Bradley and son Sean Bradley serves grilled vegetables to Virgie Williams
Chef Rick Lang, Laura Knight, Lt. Governor Brown and Janet Hall
Wanda Martin and Chef Steven Martin
Juliet Handy, Curlie Jones, Chef Wayne Boddie and Karen Boddie
Ashlyn Hocker and AFRO Publisher Jake Oliver
Ralph Askins serves Seafood Pasta to guests
Chefs Gregory Smith Sr., Brian Neal and Gregg Holland
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HBCU NEWS
Morgan Summer Program Mentors Young African Leaders
Twenty-five young leaders from 18 African countries are on the campus of Morgan State University during June and July taking part in a multi-disciplinary learning experience. The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) comes to Morgan’s Public Management Institute to explore some of the key issues facing communities around the world including financial management, public health, Anderson R. Ward the environment and policy Young African leaders Gorata Seleb, Adeboyega analysis. Adewolu and Angela Gichaga are participants in Morgan’s Public Morgan’s YALI program Management Summer Program, which began on June 16 with an opening ceremony, runs through July 25 with activities planned daily. Program participants will tour several Baltimore and Maryland educational venues, complete a leadership training program, learn about environmental and cross-cultural issues and their impact on society, and effective communication skills. During the six-week program, the YALI leaders are expected to learn about key issues and best practices in public management that they can take back to their home countries. The public management program is part of Morgan State University’s Public Management Institute, with support from the School of Engineering and the MSU Institute for Urban Research.
Bowie State University to Host CPU Camp
Bowie State University’s Department of Computer Science will host an annual computer programming summer camp for young African-American boys ages 1217 years old.
Topics include: • Introduction to computer programming • 3D modeling and animation • Algorithm design • Being a scholar and a gentleman Camp dates: Monday, June 30 - Friday, July 11 (no weekends) For more information: Bowiestate.edu
Donna Covington Announced as DSU’s New College of Business Dean
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Delaware State University has named Donna T. Covington as its new dean of the College of Business. Covington arrives at DSU after serving over the previous year as the interim dean of the College of Business and Computer Science at Kentucky State University. Prior to that, from 2010 to 2013 she served as director of Title III and Special Projects at KSU. Her tenure in academia was preceded by more than 25 years in director and executive posts in the corporate world and two years as an executive director in church administration. After serving in managerial posts early in her career at Texas Instruments and IBM, Covington served in an ascending succession of director and executive posts with Lexmark International Inc. from 1991 to 2007. During that 16-year period, she held director posts in a diverse variety of areas including global reengineering, supply chain, and business systems. She would later be elevated to vice president of supply chain and vice president of customer
service. She also served as an executive director for Bethel Harvest Church in Nicholasville, Ky., from 2007-2009, and as an administrative and leadership development director for Consolidated Baptist Church of Lexington, Ky. Covington possesses a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Centre College in Danville, Ky., a Master of Science in Analytical Chemistry from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and a Master of Arts in Christian Leadership from Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Ky. She will begin her tenure at DSU College of Business dean on Aug. 4
Yoga, Meditation and Spiritual Growth for the AfricanAmerican Community Book Review by Kam Williams Special to the AFRO “This book is for you, the everyday person, the person who works, has a family (or not) and wants to stay stressfree, happy, fulfilled and healthy. This book will lead you, the yoga aspirant and participant, to that place. It has a lovable and knowledgeable approach, as if the readers were right in my yoga studio at the Doolin Healing Sanctuary… You too can do yoga regardless of where you are or how limited you are. The main idea is that everyone can benefit from yoga and meditation, and can start to use it wherever they are in their life.”
-- Excerpted from the Introduction (page vii) Yoga has exploded in popularity around the country in recent years, as proven by the profusion of women you see walking down the street everyday with a rolled-up rubber mat under their arms. The fad appears poised to take the black community by storm, with even hip-hop mogul-turned-yoga practitioner Russell Simmons becoming a vocal proponent of adopting a meditative Eastern path. Another very dedicated advocate is Daya DeviDoolin, co-founder with her husband, Chris, of the Doolin Healing Sanctuary located in Deltona, Florida. There, she not only teaches private and group yoga classes, but offers free sessions for abused women and military veterans.
Now, this spiritual sister shares her philosophy in Yoga, Meditation and Spiritual Growth for the African American Community, an easy-to-read how-to tome with easy-to-follow illustrated introduction aimed at beginners and also the young at heart. The book features photographs not of skinny contortionists, but of the author and some of her students who, as you’ll see, come in a variety of shapes and sizes. That lets you know that you don’t have to be lithe and limber like a runway model to assume such poses pictures as the Boat, the Butterfly, the Half Lotus, the Cow, the Chair, the Eagle, the Half Bridge, the Dancer, the Cobra, the Tree, the Spinal Twist, or my favorite, The Mountain (which looks the easiest). Why should the uninitiated even consider trying yoga? “For a new or a renewed body, mind and spirit,” Daya suggests. Hatha yoga has been around for thousands of years, and is ostensibly beneficial in terms of maintaining youthfulness and flexibility. Furthermore, according to the yogini, our organs and endocrine glands as well as the skeletal, reproductive, circulatory and lymphatic systems are all “healed by the inversion asanas, stretching postures, back bend asanas and twisting asanas. “Asana,” by the way, is just a fancy Sanskrit word for position. If Daya Devi-Doolin’s aim in penning this simple, self-help primer was to demystify yoga while making it appealing to the novice, then bulls-eye! To learn more about the Doolin Healing Sanctuary, visit: http://www.padaran.com/index.html To order a copy of Yoga, Meditation and Spiritual Growth for the African American Community, visit: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1937269469/ ref%3dnosim/thslfofire-20
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Meagan’s Mmm Mmm Good! By Kam Williams Special to the AFRO
Meagan Good has developed into one of Hollywood’s most sought-after actresses for both film and television. Most recently, she starred in the sequel Anchorman: The Legend Continues opposite Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd and Kristen Wiig. Additionally, she was seen starring as the lead character Detective Joanna Locasto in the new NBC drama “Deception.”
These roles followed a highly successful 2012 for Meagan when she held co-starring roles in the critically-acclaimed TV series, “Californication;” the box-office hit, Think Like a Man, and Charles S. Dutton’s comedy, The Obama Effect. The versatile actress has starred in multiple genres of films ranging from horror, ala The Unborn, to comedy, ala The Love Guru. In one of her first major film roles, the eerie 1997 drama Eve’s Bayou, she delivered a powerful performance opposite Samuel L. Jackson for which she landed her first NAACP Image Award nomination. Meagan actually began starring in commercials at age 4, and has shot over 60 national TV ads to date. Her first major television role was as the character Nina on the Nickelodeon hit series “Cousin Skeeter.” In 2001, she transitioned to prime-time television with a recurring role on the show, “Raising Dad.” Good’s other television credits include “Moesha,” “The Steve Harvey Show,” “The Division,” “The Parenthood,” “My Wife & Kids” and “All of Us.” Additional feature film credits include: the box-office hits Jumping the Broom and Stomp the Yard; the cult film, Brick with Joseph Gordon Levitt; the features You Got Served and D.E.B.S; Waist Deep with Tyrese Gibson; Queen Latifah’s The Cookout; Biker Boyz; Deliver Us From Eva; and the horror film Saw V. In addition to acting, Meagan’s ambitions have led her to produce her own independent films, including the 2006 feature, Miles From Home, which she starred in opposite actor/director Ty Hodges. She produced and starred in Video Girl, too, a “Gia”-esque film that depicts the sordid and misunderstood life of a music video superstar. Meagan resides in Los Angeles with her husband, DeVon
Don’t Miss Chance to Catch Patti LaBelle in ‘After Midnight’ By Kam Williams Special to the AFRO If you were lucky enough to tune in to the Tony Awards from the very beginning last Sunday evening, you caught a pretty phenomenal opening spotlighting Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight and Fantasia singing a spirited rendition of “On the Sunny Side of the Street.” The three were doing a number from the Broadway musical After Midnight, in which Fantasia originated the lead role presently played by Patti. The three divas were immediately thereafter joined onstage by the rest of the cast for a spectacular dance number, “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing).” Thus, it was no surprise later in the program when After Midnight’s Warren Carlyle won the Tony for Best Choreography. My appetite whetted by the Tonys, I attended a performance of the full show a few days later and was quite frankly bowled over by the 90-minute tribute to Harlem’s legendary Cotton Club. Of course, there was Patti holding the audience in the palm of her hand while belting out such jazz standards as “Stormy Weather,” “I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby,” and “On the Sunny Side of the Street.” However, the entire production proved pretty enthralling, unfolding in dizzying fashion, like a non-stop three-ring circus. After all, After Midnight has a cast of 87, provided you count the band, which you should since they’re onstage, too, not in an orchestra pit.
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Franklin. Here, she talks about reprising the role of Mya in Think Like a Man, Too. Kam Williams: Hi Meagan, thanks so much for the time. Meagan Good: Oh, thank you, Kam. How’re you doing? KW: Great! Great! I’m honored to have another opportunity to speak with you. MG: Of course. I was looking forward to chatting with you. KW: What was it like shooting the sequel? Everybody came back! MG: I know. We got the whole shebang! It was a lot of fun. Everyone really gets along, and the chemistry is just right with this group. And it’s not always like that on a project. So, this was kind of a treat for all of us to reunite… play… hang… and do what we do for a living, and to have fun doing it. KW: The Anthony Mackie question: Is there anything that you promised yourself you’d do if you became famous, that you still haven’t done yet? MG: Yeah, visit Africa again. KW: Terry Crews recently told me that he was very moved when he went to Africa for the first time to shoot Blended in South Africa. MG: I can believe that. So was I. I’ve been to Nigeria once and while I was there I spent some time at an orphanage in a very poor area with a little, 3 year-old girl who’d lost both of her parents. She had an older sister, and a couple of younger sisters. You could tell she was very sad and traumatized, because she was very quiet and didn’t make many facial expressions. She perked up after awhile, but then she started crying and I started crying when it was time for me to go. It was heartbreaking. The people who worked there actually told me I needed to go outside and stop crying. When I apologized for getting emotional, they said that that it was a problem because the girl sensed that I was about to leave her and return to my regular life far away, whatever that was. KW: That happened in Nigeria which is now also dealing with the kidnappings of young girls, as well. MG: Yes, and that’s another reason why I definitely want to go back. I want to get more involved and make a difference by raising my voice in opposition to all of the abductions and sextrafficking. KW: Thanks again for the time, Meagan, and best of luck with both the movie and your efforts in Nigeria. MG: Thank you so much, Kam.
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The festivities were elegantly emceed by the versatile Dule’ Hill, who also tapped and crooned a few classics along the way, including “I’ve Got the World on a String.” The jam-packed show featured over two-dozen tunes in all, and a variety of dance styles ranging from the Charleston of the Twenties to break-dancing, with a taste of every era between sprinkled in for good measure. The play is closing on June 29th, so I suggest you move quickly, if you are a fan of Patti LaBelle’s, and would like to catch her in the show.
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Baltimore’s Troy Stokes Selected by Milwaukee Brewers in Fourth Round of MLB Draft Calvert Hall Grad Beginning to Live His Dream By Talibah Chikwendu Special to the AFRO When Troy Stokes started playing baseball at the age of five, it may have been more about his father’s love of the game. But by the time he was eight or nine that love was his, along with rapidly advancing skill. Somewhere in the intervening years, his love of the game turned into the dream of becoming a professional major league baseball player. That dream became a reality June 6 when the Milwaukee Brewers made Stokes, a Woodlawn native, the 116th selection overall in the fourth round of the 2014 MLB draft. Describing the moment of his selection, Stokes said, “My family was with me. They just started screaming and hollering. Then my cell phone was ringing off the hook.” Stokes is the youngest of Troy and Lawanya Stokes’ three children, part of a nuclear and extended family that has been supportive and encouraging from his first at-bat.
“Beyond the skill, it’s got a lot to do with attitude.” —Troy Stokes Sr. His father, Troy Stokes Sr., led the charge and his pride was almost tangible. “I’m happy. I’m proud,” said Stokes Sr. “It’s somewhat mind-boggling.” Stokes has been an unsung hero at Calvert Hall High School, graduating June 1. During his senior season he claimed the school record for runs scored and with 34 steals, broke the school’s single-season steal record and was just short of breaking the all-time steal record. Despite his hard work for the team, it was his play in other venues that brought him to the attention of major league scouts. He participated on the travel team EvoShield Canes, which won two championships in 2013: the Perfect Game WWBA World Championship and the WWBA 17-under World Series. Stokes also made the USA Team and traveled with them in 2010 to a tournament in Nicaragua.
Exposure in venues across the country, along with playing and training year-round, gave Stokes the edge needed to secure a scholarship to the University of Maryland College Park (UMCP) and the Troy Stokes during a 2014 interest of MLB scouts. pre-season scrimmage. “I definitely want to thank Stokes set the singleGod, my parents – they season steal record for definitely sacrificed a lot,” Calvert Hall High School Stokes said. “Without them, I wouldn’t be here. They did the with 34 steals this season. right things to get me here.” His father partially agreed, explaining that his son’s play across the country made him visible to the right people. However, according to Stokes Sr., his son’s abilities are just a small part of it all. “Beyond the skill, it’s got a lot to do with attitude,” Stokes Sr. said. “How he dealt with striking out. How he dealt with losing. “His signature, since he was nine or 10 years old, is to remove his hat when he lines up to shake hands [with the other team at the end of the game]. His character is where it needs to be. He’s awesome.” Signing a contract with the Brewers on June 6, halted Stokes’ UMCP college plans and kicked everything else into high gear. He is now in Arizona, where he will spend the summer playing rookie ball. His first game is June 20. Stokes is ready to embrace this leg of his journey. “It’s going to be all baseball all the time,” he said. “I’m definitely ready.” Understanding that reaching this goal is just the beginning of his journey, Stokes has already begun to consider what comes next. “My main goal is to make it to the major leagues,” he said, explaining that he doesn’t just want a place on the roster, but wants to play and make a difference for his team. “I want to be an All-Star.” Zakiya Chikwendu contributed to this article.
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Rumors recently flared around the Miami Heat possibly trying to make room to acquire New York Knicks star forward Carmelo Anthony. has come under fire in recent years for its lack of competitive teams, so adding (June 15, 2014) Rumors another superstar to the recently flared around the already star-studded Heat Miami Heat possibly trying roster closes the door on any to make room to acquire New other Eastern team’s chances. York Knicks star forward We enjoy the gauntlet that is Carmelo Anthony this the NBA Western Conference summer. Anthony has made playoffs, but we change the it clear that he intends to opt channel whenever Miami out of his last year with the is matched up against an Knicks and test free agency in undermanned opponent in the July, and his destination could postseason’s early rounds. be South Beach. The possible addition of Anthony was the third Anthony could mean more overall selection in the 2003 channels changed. Perhaps draft that featured LeBron I’m biased—I enjoy a level James, Chris Bosh and playing field and I enjoy an Dwyane Wade, and while NBA in which teams can mix Miami’s Big Three has superb drafting with shrewd certainly made an impression business moves through free on the NBA, there may be agency. I grew up despising room for Anthony to come the absence of a salary cap aboard if the Heat can pull in baseball, which allowed off some serious financial teams such as the New York restructuring. But while the Yankees to simply outspend idea of all four players taking everyone else and stockpile a substantial pay cut to make talent on the way to a string it happen sounds interesting, of titles. There was no point this isn’t something that in even having competition should be able to pass the if the Yankees were simply league’s review so easily. going to nab all the best Commissioner Adam players. The same sentiment Silver is new to the job, but would resurface if the Heat he’s already made a mark have their way. with his handling of the On Facebook and Twitter, Donald Sterling incident. He the reaction to Anthony’s may face another mile-high possible move has been challenge if Anthony finds his ruthless, and popular sporting way to Miami. The NBA has websites have hinted that a infamously interfered in free possible lockout could be in agency deals before, but the store for the 2017 season, Association would definitely following a similar lockout be required to step in and in 2011, one year after the break up a possible parity Heat’s trio formed. A possible killer. gathering of four of the How much would top five picks of the 2003 basketball change if Miami draft would simply cripple landed Anthony? Ratings may the NBA. It would anger increase, but the criticism fans, owners and throw the from fans would be so intense word “competition” out the that the deal might actually window. hurt the NBA. Outrage The idea of all four flooded the league when players taking major pay cuts James and Bosh decided to is beautiful, but how much join Wade. Former players respect would a Miami team hadAdvertiser: their own say, BGE and fans of four perennial All-Stars detested the move. Miami and Olympians get, even if Publication: Afro American became the new team to hate they won a title together? The seemingly notion is scary and attractive, Insertion overnight, Date: Sat.because June 21, 2014 Sat.was August 16, 2014 the competition level exciting and boring, humbling lowered when three of the but still greedy. With so many Ad Size: 7.28” x 9.5” best players in the NBA’s ways to look at the idea, there Eastern joined Means/Ball will +beKite varying opinions. As Title: ConferenceSummer forces. Since their alliance unpleasant as fan reaction If you have received thisfour publication material in 2010, the Heat made was in 2010, an even harsher in error, or have any questions about it please straight Finals appearances backlash could be in store if contact the traffic dept. at Weber Shandwick andathave barely been tested in Miami exits another offseason (410) 558 2100. conference play. with the top free agent on the The Eastern conference market. By Stephen D. Riley Special to AFRO
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ORDER FOR NOTICE BY PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to officially change the name of the petitioner from Rosalyn Ross Pallanck to Rosalyn Nikita Ross It is this 30th day of May, 2014 by the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, ORDERED, that publication be given one time in a newspaper of general circulation in Baltimore City on or before the 30th day of June, 2014, which shall warn all interested persons to file an affidavit in opposition to the relief requested on or before the 15th day of July, 2014.
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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 Water Contract 1308-AMI/R Urgent Need Metering Infrastructure Repair and Replacement, Various Location (Up to 2” Water Service will be received at the Office of the Comptroller, Room 204, City Hall, Baltimore, Maryland until 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, July 16, 2014. 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, at the Department of Public Works Service Center located on the first floor of the Abel Wolman Municipal Building, 200 N. Holliday Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 as of Friday, June 20, 2014 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 3000 Druid Park Drive, Baltimore, Maryland 21215. 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 B02551Water Mains Cost Qualification Range for this work shall be $2,000,000.01 to $3,000,000.00 A ”Pre-Bidding Information” session will be conducted at 3rd Floor Conference Room of the Bureau of Water & Wastewater, Abel Wolman Municipal Building on July 1, 2014 at 2:00 P.M. Principal Item of work for this project are: Locate ex. small meter vaults, adjust meter frame and cover of the existing meter vaults, replace/install meter settings and meter vaults, renew/replace existing water supply services, remove and replace top slab, replace/install shutoff valve on existing meter settings, install/replace small/large sectional vault, temporary pavement and sidewalk restoration, as required The MBE goal is 14% The WBE goal is 4% WATER CONTRACT 1308 APPROVED: Bernice H. Taylor Clerk, Board of Estimates APPROVED: Rudolph S. Chow, TYPESET: Wed Jun 18 15:59:41 EDT 2014 P.E. Director of Public Works CITY OF BALTIMORE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS BUREAU OF WATER AND WASTEWATER 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 Water Contract 1307-AMI/R Urgent Need Metering Infrastructure Repair and Replacement, Various Location (Up to 2? Water Service will be received at the Office of the Comptroller, Room 204, City Hall, Baltimore, Maryland until 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, July 16, 2014. 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, at the Department of Public Works Service Center located on the first floor of the Abel Wolman Municipal Building, 200 N. Holliday Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 as of Friday, June 20, 2014 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 3000 Druid Park Drive, Baltimore, Maryland 21215. 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 B02551Water Mains Cost Qualification Range for this work shall be $2,000,000.01 to $3,000,000.00 A ”Pre-Bidding Information” session will be conducted at 3rd Floor Conference Room of the Bureau of Water & Wastewater, Abel Wolman Municipal Building on July 1, 2014 at 2:00 P.M.Principal Item of work for this project are: Locate ex. small meter vaults, adjust meter frame and cover of the existing meter vaults, replace/install meter settings and meter vaults, renew/replace existing water supply services, remove and replace top slab, replace/install shutoff valve on existing meter settings, install/replace small/large sectional vault, temporary pavement and sidewalk restoration, as required
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The MBE goal is 19% The WBE goal is 5% WATER CONTRACT 1311 APPROVED: Bernice H. Taylor Rudolph S. Chow, P.E. Clerk, Board of Estimates Director of Public Works
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June 21, 2014 - June 27, 2014 The Afro-American TYPESET: Wed Jun 18 16:00:32 EDT 2014
LEGAL NOTICES
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF BALTIMORE CITY INVITATION FOR BIDS ROOF REPAIR SERVICES AT VARIOUS HABC PROPERTIES IFB NUMBER: B-1765-14 The Housing Authority of Baltimore City (”HABC”) is requesting bids from interested and qualified vendors to provide roof repair services at various HABC owned properties. BIDS WILL BE DUE no later than 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, July 25, 2014. A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at 11:00 a.m., at the Charles L. Benton Building, 417 E. Fayette Street, Room 416, Baltimore, Maryland, 21202. HABC has established a minimum goal 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 goal has been established for participation of Women-owned businesses (”WBEs”), however, HABC strongly encourages and affirmatively promotes the use of WBEs in all HABC contracts. Responders 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 may be obtained on or after Monday, June 30, 2014, at the following location: Housing Authority of Baltimore City Division of Fiscal Operations, Purchasing 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 Questions regarding the IFB should be directed in writing to the address and individual indicated above, and must include the reference: HABC IFB TYPESET: Wed Jun 18 16:00:49 EDT 2014 Number B-1756-14. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF BALTIMORE CITY INVITATION FOR BIDS PEST CONTROL SERVICES AT VARIOUS HABC DEVELOPMENTS IFB NUMBER: B-1764-14 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 pest control services at various HABC housing developments. BIDS WILL BE DUE no later than 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, July 25, 2014. A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 9, 2014 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, June 30, 2014 from the following location: Housing Authority of Baltimore City Office of the Comptroller, Procurement Section 417 E. Fayette Street, Room 414 Baltimore, Maryland 21202 Attention: John Airey, Chief of Contracting Services Tel: (410) 396-3261 Fax: (410) 962-1586
CAREER CORNER
TYPESET: Wed Jun 18 16:11:18 EDT 2014
Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) Contractual Administrative Officer III Neighborhood Revitalization Grants Manager Recruitment#: 14-999999-413 Filing Deadline: June 30, 2014, 11:59 pm Salary: $19.44 - $25.12/hour Work that matters. DHCD is a national leader in community development and affordable housing. The Division of Neighborhood Revitalization (NR) seeks a positive individual experienced with financial management in the public sector. Serving as the Grants Manager in NR, this position will primarily maintain financial records and process requests for payment for the Division’s grant and loan programs. Incumbent will assist in the preparation of grant/loan agreements, oversee financial coding, maintain HUD’s federal financial assistance information, prepare monthly reports, verify and reconcile grant balances and oversee the Division’s purchases. Please visit www.jobaps.com/md to submit an online application. EOE
TYPESET: Wed Jun 18 16:11:37 EDT 2014
IT NETWORK SYSTEMS A D M I N I S T R ATO R CARROLL COMMUNITY COLLEGE has a full-time, 12-month position as a Network Systems Administrator. Additional information may be obtained at www.carrollcc.edu. EOE/MF
YOU KNOW YOU’RE TYPESET: Wed Jun 18 16:11:55 EDT 2014 IN THE KNOW... FACILITIESWHEN YOU READ C O O R D I N AT O R O F FACILITIES THE AFRO MANAGEMENT CARROLL COMMUNITY COLLEGE has a full-time, 12-month position as a Coordinator of Facilities Management. Additional information may be obtained at www.carrollcc.edu. EOE/M/F
INSIDE SALES ADVERTISING ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE
ADVERTISING ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Advertising Sales Professional needed for the AFRO-American Newspapers, Entry-Level D.C. Advertising Salesoffice. Rep Washington, or Baltimore
needed for the AFRO-American Position provides: Newspapers, Baltimore, M.D.
• Competitive compensation package • Salary and commission plan provides: • Position Full benefits after trial period Competitive compensation package • • Opportunity for fast track advancement
• Salary and commission plan • Full benefits after trial period Candidates should be: • • Self starters Opportunity for fast track • Money motivated advancement
• Goal-oriented • Experienced in online/digital sales should possess: • Candidates Confident in ability to build strong territory Good typing/data entry skills • • Previous sales experience preferred
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Excellent customer service skills
Please email your resume to: • Previous telephone sales experience dhocker@afro.com • Excellent written and verbal or mail to communication skills Afro-American Newspapers Diane W. Hocker, Please email your Resources resume to: Director of Human lhowze@afro.com or mail to 2519 N. Charles Street AFRO-American Newspapers, Baltimore, MD 21218 Diane W.
Hocker, Director of Human Resources, 2519 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218
Questions regarding the IFB should be directed in writing to the address and individual indicated and must include TYPESET: Wed Junabove, 18 16:01:17 EDT 2014 the reference: HABC Bid No. B-1764-14. PUR-1209 INVITATION TO BID C. WILLIAM WINEBRENNER TREATMENT PLANT ENR UPGRADE The Board of County Commissioners of Washington County, Maryland will accept sealed bids for the C. WILLIAM WINEBRENNER TREATMENT PLANT ENR UPGRADE to generally include but not be limited to: construction of new headworks, fourstage reactors with BioMag equipment, RAS upgrades, chemical feed and storage upgrades, influent equalization tank upgrades, UV disinfection, digester upgrades, and restoration as shown on contract plans. For further information, please refer to the Washington County website: www.washcomd.net and click on ”Purchasing & Engineering Bid Listing” or you may contact the Purchasing Department, Washington County Administration Building, 100 West Washington Street, Third Floor, Room 320, Hagerstown, MD 21740-4748, telephone 240-313-2330. By Authority of:
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
City of Baltimore Department of Finance Bureau of Purchases Sealed proposals addressed to the Board of Estimates of Baltimore, will be received until, but not later than 11:00 a.m. local time on the following date(s) for the stated requirements: JUNE 25, 2014 *SPORTS FLOORING & VINAL TILE FLOORING AT T O W A N D A R E C R E AT I O N C E N T E R B50003576 THE ENTIRE SOLICITATION DOCUMENT CAN BE VIEWED AND DOWN LOADED BY VISITING THE CITYS WEB SITE: www.baltimorecitibuy.org
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Karen R. Luther, CPPO Purchasing Director OF WASHINGTON TYPESET: Wed JunCOUNTY, 18 16:02:25 EDT 2014
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