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By Micha Green AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Finger sandwiches, fruit tarts and big hats were on display at the second Annual AFRO High Tea April 21, yet the tea tradition was not the focus of the event, but rather the underscore of a powerful message about women’s empowerment.

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The theme of the event, “We Too Support #MeToo,” was inspired by the recent social media movement and hashtag around sexual harassment in the workplace. The movement has now expanded to harassment in all forms affecting women and the AFRO felt it was appropriate to champion the mission of #MeToo as a part of this year’s theme.

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Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby and Keynote speaker Dr. Pamela Love Manning implored the audience at the AFRO’s second Annual High Tea to look out for their fellow women. (See more pictures from the event on page C6)

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Since last week, Kanye West has been a trending topic on Twitter.

It all started on April 17 when he began a few-dayslong Twitter rant which peaked on April 19 with an announcement that he would be releasing a solo album in addition to another with rapper, Kid Cudi.

“My album is 7 songs,” he wrote. “June 1st,” presumably implying the date of his album release. “[Me] and Cudi album June 8th,” he wrote 6 minutes later. “[It’s] called Kids See Ghost. That’s the name of our group.”

Then on April 21 West tweeted his appreciation for young, Black conservative Trump supporter, Candace

brought out a great deal of high profile leaders including Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby and keynote speaker Dr. Pamela Love Manning.

The common among speakers was for women to support one another.

Mayor Pugh said when asked what advice she gives to other women she

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Owens, saying, “I love the way Candace Owens think.”

Owens is Communications Director for Turning Point USA, a right-wing non-profit organization that encourages students to “identify, educate, train, and organize students to promote the principles of freedom, free markets, and limited government” according to their web site.

On April West parted ways with many members of his management team, according to TMZ. Now West is a trending topic for allegedly admitting a past opioid addiction and emphasizing his support for the 45th president of the United States in a recent phone conversation with Ebro Darden, host on New York’s Hot 97 radio.

On his show, the radio host said that a friend of

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George H.W. Bush, front center, and past presidents and first ladies Laura Bush, from left, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama and current first lady Melania Trump at the funeral service for former first lady Barbara Bush, in Houston. Barbara Bush died April 17 at the age of 92.

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“It was a satirical sketch of an uneducated, racist, homophobic, misogynist, sexist, ableist and intolerant person,” the statement said. “The young man playing the part of this character nor the young man being roasted do not hold any of the horrible views espoused as a part of that sketch.”

The fraternity did not immediately respond to an e-mail seeking comment on the chapter’s expulsion Saturday.

Syverud said that in addition to expelling the Theta Tau chapter, university officials “have begun a top-to-bottom review of our entire Greek system.”

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Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud announced the Theta Tau fraternity was suspended over videos with racist and sexist content.

Syracuse University announced April 21 that it has permanently expelled a fraternity over an offensive video that fraternity members say was intended as satire.

Chancellor Kent Syverud called the Theta Tau video “racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, ableist and sexist” in a video posted on the university’s website.

He said disciplinary actions against the individual students involved could include suspension or expulsion.

The video showed a group of men laughing uproariously at performances punctuated by racist language against Blacks, Jews and Hispanics and simulated sex acts. Some students contend the video illustrates larger issues of racism and sexism at the university.

The Syracuse chapter of Theta Tau, a national engineering fraternity, apologized for the video April 20 and says its members believe racism “has no place on a university campus.”

“Each semester our new members are given the opportunity to write and act out a skit, in order to roast the active brothers.

This event was never intended to be centered around racism or hate. This year, one of these brothers is a conservative Republican, and the new members roasted him by playing the part of a racist conservative character,” the New York school’s Theta Tau chapter said on its website.

DeEbony Groves, a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, was set to graduate from Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee next month. Instead she and three other people were gunned down over the weekend allegedly by a semi-naked man while at a Waffle House.

(GoFundMe) On Monday Travis DeEbony Groves, a Reinking was arrested in member of Delta Sigma the woods of Nashville after Theta Sorority, was gunned allegedly eluding police for down over the weekend at nearly a day. James Shaw, a a Waffle House in Nashville, member of Alpha Phi Alpha, Tennessee. was instrumental in stopping the gun man from killing more people.

Sorority sisters of Groves set up a GoFundMe page to help pay for her funeral.

“In the early morning hours of April 22nd 2018 the life of a wonderful Daughter , Sister and friend was cut short due to a senseless act of violence. DeEbony was an amazing young woman with an incredibly bright future ahead of her. She was an upstanding member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. and set to graduate from Belmont University next month. The loss of DeEbony is insurmountable, she touched so many lives, and she will never be forgotten or replaced,” the page reads in part.

Sharita Henderson, who is also a member of Delta Sigma Theta, was also injured during the attack and remains in the hospital as of press time.

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Bill Cosby’s Lawyers Get Slammed by Advocates for Women commonwealth either selectively, deliberately or just didn’t want to The sexual assault case against take a look into. That’s simply what it Bill Cosby went to the jury April is. ... If anyone did any assassinating 25 as his lawyers came under heavy yesterday, it was the commonwealth criticism for what some called a toward our witnesses.” blatant attempt to “victim-shame” the The back-and-forth outside court parade of women who have leveled came as jurors began their work after accusations against the 80-year-old a two-week trial that pitted Cosby, comedian. the former TV star once revered as In the first big celebrity trial “America’s Dad,” against Constand, of the #MeToo era, the panel of 45, who testified that he knocked her seven men and five women began out with three pills and violated her weighing charges that Cosby in 2004. drugged and molested a woman at Cosby is charged with three his suburban Philadelphia home 14 counts of aggravated indecent assault. years ago. He says his encounter His first trial ended with a hung jury with former Temple University less than a year ago. women’s basketball executive Andrea The jury got the case Wednesday Constand was consensual. morning and twice had questions for Trying to keep him out of the judge by late afternoon, asking prison, Cosby’s lawyers launched AP Photo/Matt Slocum for the legal meaning of “consent” a withering attack on Constand and and requesting to see written Bill Cosby gestures as he arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in five other women who told the jury statements from prosecution star Norristown, Pa. that the former TV star had drugged witness Marguerite Jackson, a former and assaulted them, too.

Temple colleague of Constand’s who protecting perpetrators for centuries,” said Kristen Houser Defense attorney Kathleen Bliss chastised Constand for testified that Constand spoke of framing a prominent person for of the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. She said “cavorting around with a married man old enough to be her the money before she went to the police about Cosby. the defense’s closing argument was filled with “rampant and grandfather.” She derided the other women as home-wreckers Judge Steve O’Neill told the jurors they had already been ingrained” misconceptions about sexual assault and victim and suggested they made up their stories in a bid for money and behavior. given the definitions of the charges, and he said they would fame. have to rely on their memory of Jackson’s statements.

“It was not only an attack on these six accusers,” Houser She questioned the “personal morality” of one accuser and Bill James, a defense lawyer in Little Rock, Arkansas, said said, “it was a verbal slap to survivors all across this country.” called another, model Janice Dickinson, a “failed starlet” and vigorous advocacy is a defense attorney’s job, and attacking Gloria Allred, the lawyer for three of the women who “aged-out model” who “sounds as though she slept with every an accuser’s credibility — especially if there are no other testified, blasted the defense closing as “victim-shaming and man on the planet.” witnesses and no physical evidence — is standard practice in victim-blaming” and said Cosby’s lawyers had smeared her And she slammed the #MeToo movement itself, calling sexual assault cases. clients in a win-at-all-costs effort at an acquittal.

Cosby its victim and likening it to a witch hunt or a lynching.

“What’s good taste and what’s aggressive representation Perhaps anticipating the criticism, Bliss told jurors in her Critics said the defense team went too far. are not always the same,” he said. “In a criminal case you have closing that “questioning an accuser is not blaming the victim.”

“They’re playing on the same old myths that have been a greater obligation to go after a witness’s credibility because Cosby spokeswoman Ebonee Benson echoed that sentiment you’re dealing with someone’s freedom.” when asked Wednesday about In her own closing argument, Cosby prosecutor Kristen the criticism of the defense Feden rebuked Bliss for engaging in “utterly shameful” and approach. “filthy” character assassination of Constand and the others.

“There is no assassination “She is the exact reason why women don’t report these of any character,” Benson crimes,” Feden said. said. “It is evidence that the

By The Associated Press

Sides Agree to Drop Rape Lawsuit Against Russell Simmons

By The Associated Press A lawsuit from a Los Angeles woman who alleged music mogul Russell Simmons raped her is being dropped.

A federal court filing Wednesday says the two sides have agreed that the suit, filed in January, should be dismissed. It says both will bear their own attorneys’ fees, but gives no other details on whether a settlement was reached.

Jennifer Jarosik alleged Simmons raped her after trying to have sex with her when she visited his Los Angeles home in August 2016 for a meeting about a documentary she was making.

Simmons called the allegation “absolutely untrue,” and in his legal response submitted friendly text messages he said Jarosik had later sent him.

The suit was dismissed with prejudice, which means that Jarosik cannot refile her allegations in court.

Messages seeking comment from Jarosik’s attorney Perry Wander were not immediately returned. Simmons’ representatives declined comment.

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A lawsuit from Jennifer Jarosik alleging music mogul Russell Simmons (pictured) raped her is being dropped. and helped make stars of hip-hop artists such as LL Cool J, Slick Rick, The Beastie Boys and Public Enemy.

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the rapper left a comment on his Twitter, where Darden had made a comment about West. The friend claimed that Darden was misinformed and so the radio host decided to go straight to the source for more information.

When Darden called the friend he said West came “screaming in.” “He’s like ‘Ebro we just don’t want to be out here acting like n*ggas,’” Darden said.

Darden told his audience that West discussed a previous history with opioid addiction, “Nobody really showed love for me when I was addicted to opioids and in the hospital,” he said the rapper told him.

The radio host also said West told him, “I love Donald Trump,” a sentiment he implied while having an apparent breakdown during a concert in November 2016, when he stated he would have voted for the businessman turned president had he actually exercised his civic duty during that election season. West and Trump had a meeting in December 2016.

Afterwards, West tweeted, “I wanted to meet with Trump today to discuss multicultural issues.”

On April 25 West tweeted, “You don’t have to agree with trump [sic] but the mob can’t make me not love him. We are both dragon energy. He is my brother. I love everyone. I don’t agree with everything anyone does. That’s what makes us individuals. And we have the right to independent thought.”

The president of the United States of America then responded with, “Thank you Kanye, very cool!”

Darden gave West a hard time about his support for Owens, who has been openly judgmental of the Black Lives Matter movement and activists. Darden said West claimed he wanted to explain further what he meant by loving Owens, but wanted to remain ambiguous for further discussion.

“That’s what I want to have. I want to have open dialogue,” he allegedly told Darden.

Unimpressed with his defense, Darden told the rapper, “You’re just chiming in right now because you got an album coming out.”

“I told him I thought he was cooning for cash,” Darden said on Hot 97 radio.

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Mosby thanked the AFRO for shedding light on harassment and legislation that other publications often ignore.

“I especially have to thank AFROAmerican Newspapers because they gave us a platform for the past five years that we didn’t have with other news outlets,” Mosby told audiences. “They focused on the fact that this was impacting our communities and they were extremely helpful in advancing what needed to happen in our communities.”

Author, minister and Keynote speaker, Dr. Pamela Love Manning, inspired the tea attendees with captivating personal testimonies, anecdotes, call and response and

even poetry about how many suffer in silence.

“Many of the women here are wearing beautiful hats to compliment their outfits, but do you know how many of the women at your table are wearing masks,” Manning asked the crowd. “Look at the women at your table and ask them, ‘Are you wearing a mask?’

“Unlike the outfit and beautiful hats they’re wearing, the masks that women wear to hide pain, shame, anger, resentment, frustration, depression and so much more doesn’t look like the masks people wear when they go to events like Mardi Gras,” Manning told the audience.

A survivor of abuse and harassment, Manning, encouraged women to be strong support systems for one another.

“These masks are only visible to those who can see beyond what they see. Only visible to those who dare to be their sisters’ keepers.

Look at your neighbor and say, “Be your sisters’ keeper,” Manning told audiences.

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Rapper Kanye West and Hot 97 radio host Ebro Darden. Darden said West claimed he previously struggled with opioid addiction and loves Donald Trump.

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Black Women’s Health Week Raises National Awareness Senator Kamala Harris, of California, tweeted a CDC statistic that Black women are 243 percent more likely than their White counterparts to die from pregnancy or childbirth-related causes.

By Christina Sturdivant Sani Special to the AFRO “This is an important initiative that we should all support and get behind,” tweeted rapper Common on April 17, in support of the first-ever Black Maternal Health Week.

From April 11-17, hundreds of people convened in venues across the country and took to social media to raise awareness about the disproportionate challenges that Black women face when bringing life into the world.

“It was about highlighting for people the role of racism, discrimination, and unequal treatment in the variety of systems that influence our lives and how that impacts maternal health outcomes,” Elizabeth Dawes Gay, chair of the steering committee for Black Mamas Matter Alliance, told the AFRO. The alliance organized the weeklong summit that featured a series of webinars which explored topics like the unique challenges facing African immigrant and undocumented women.

Meanwhile, on-theground events took place in California, Florida, New Jersey, New York,

led, provides connections to social services, and fosters resilience, among other factors.

While Gay said campaign organizers would love an overnight difference for

“We’re constantly navigating a society and various systems that don’t have us in mind, that weren’t designed for us, and that sometimes seek to actively harm us.”

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Linda Blount (Black Women’s Health Imperative), Breana Lipscomb (Center for Reproductive Rights), Aza Nedhari (Mamatoto Village), and Jamila Taylor (Center for American Progress) at the April 18 screening of Death by Delivery and panel conversation.

Ohio, Texas, Georgia, and Maryland. In Baltimore, participants gathered for workshops on creating sacred spaces for birth and practicing yoga during pregnancy. Folks in Baltimore also screened the documentary film “Death by Delivery,” which was followed by a panel discussion with maternity care professionals.

Black women live in a society where they aren’t

valued, Gay said. “We’re constantly navigating a society and various systems that don’t have us in mind, that weren’t designed for us, and that sometimes seek to actively harm us.”

These situations cause Black women to experience mental, physical and emotional trauma at higher rates in their everyday lives than their White counterparts.

And when Black women become pregnant, some

healthcare professionals don’t take their concerns seriously.

Monifa Bandele, vice president of maternal justice programs at MomsRising— which supported the maternal health week—put it this way: “Black women are either hyper focused on, like followed in stores, or completely invisible in certain spaces—and the hospital is one of the places where Black women feel invisible.”

Harris introduced a resolution officially designating the week as Black Maternal Health Week. It was introduced to the House by California Congresswoman Alma Adams.

And it’s not just Black women who are dying at alarming rates. Black infants are over two times more likely to die in their first year of life than White infants, according to a black paper, which was released by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance. The black paper sets a standard for the holistic care for Black women that’s culturally informed, patient-

Black women, “realistically that’s not going to happen— we’re going to see racial disparities in the data next year.” But they are prepared to “keep exploring possibilities for change and solutions until we see that drastic decline that we’re looking for.”

That’s why Black Maternal Health Week needs to be an annual occasion, said Bandele. “It’s a way to come together and amplify the voices of Black women to policy makers who we want to make sure are listening and paying attention to this issue.”

Meek Mill: People Going Through Same Ordeal Depending on Him

By The Associated Press Rapper Meek Mill said Wednesday that now that he’s out of prison, a lot of people facing similar battles with the criminal justice system are depending on him.

“I got a lot of responsibility,” he said in an interview with Lester Holt of NBC Nightly News.

He said the men counting on him are “going through the same thing I’m going through.”

The Philadelphia-born rapper rang a replica Liberty Bell at center court of the Philadelphia 76ers’ first-round clinching playoff game April 24 less than two hours after being freed on bail while he appeals decade-old gun and drug convictions.

He was released after the state Supreme Court directed a Philadelphia judge who had jailed him to immediately issue an order letting him out.

Asked if he felt free, Mill told Holt: “I ain’t feel free since I caught this case at age of 19 — I’m 30 now.”

Mill had been sentenced in November to two to four years behind bars for probation violations, setting off an all-out battle by a team of lawyers and public relations consultants to get him released on bail. They fiercely criticized the judge as a stream of high-powered figures and celebrities visited Mill in jail in the weeks and days before the Supreme Court ruling.

“Although I’m blessed to have the resources to fight this unjust situation, I understand that many people of color across the country don’t have that luxury and I plan to use my platform to shine a light on those issues,” Mill said in a statement shortly before his release.

He said he planned to focus on getting his convictions

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Caption: Rapper Meek Mill, left, comes out to ring a Liberty Bell replica with actor Kevin Hart, right, before the first half in Game 5 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series between the Miami Heat and the Philadelphia 76ers in Philadelphia. overturned, and that he looks forward to resuming his music career.

The ruling came after prosecutors said they agreed with his lawyers that he should get a new trial because of questions raised about the arresting officer. The now-retired officer was among a list of police officers the prosecutor’s office has sought to keep off the witness stand in cases across the city because of credibility questions.

The district attorney’s office has not said whether they would seek to retry him if the old convictions are thrown out. But it noted that just last week, prosecutors agreed not to further prosecute three defendants whose cases were tossed because of doubts about the credibility of the arresting narcotics agent, the same officer who had arrested Mill.

Judge Genece Brinkley, who sent Mill to prison and had refused to release him on bail until the Supreme Court ruling, was accused by the defense of waging a vendetta against the rapper. She defended herself, saying she had acted “impartially and without prejudice” in all proceedings since 2008.

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Congress and the President Must Respond to the Opioid Crisis Elijah Cumming

Recently, in front of a Baltimore restaurant, I watched as a young man was pushed out of a car, unconscious, and on to the sidewalk in front of us – and I was told that this happens

more often than one would think.

The young man, suffering from a drug overdose, was being dropped in a public place so that someone would provide him with the treatment that, hopefully, would save his life.

I share this horrifying experience with you to underscore a fundamental insight about the opioid epidemic that our nation is now experiencing.

Coming together as a society to better address this national public health emergency must not become a political issue. It is, at its heart, a challenge to our basic humanity.

The statistics are compelling. Nearly 64,000 Americans perished from drug overdoses in 2016, nearly 2,100 of those deaths occurring here in Maryland. The American families who now are suffering because of a loved one’s opioid dependency number in the millions.

Perhaps most alarming of all, and despite our nation’s efforts to date, the carnage is worsening.

These are the harsh realities that we, as a nation, must face and overcome; why the opioid epidemic has become a national public health emergency; and why we in the Congress must respond accordingly.

As a society, America has attempted to arrest our way out of this crisis, and that strategy has failed. All too often, loved ones and neighbors who have become opioid dependent have been stigmatized – and that prejudice has only accentuated the dangers that we now are confronting.

Yet, in contrast to all of these missteps, our health professionals have developed highly effective, medically-assisted treatment regimens that offer pathways from opioid dependency back to health. Tragically, however. only 10 percent of those who need treatment are now receiving this lifeline.

As a nation, must do better – and we must do better now or our countrymen and women will continue to suffer and die from this hemorrhaging epidemic.

Toward this end, the Congress should follow the assessment and advice of a national leader in fighting the epidemic, Baltimore City’s Health Commissioner, Dr. Leana Wen. “Addiction is a [chronic] disease,” Dr. Wen has observed. “Treatment for that disease exists, and it works..., [but] the infrastructure needed to treat addiction as the chronic ailment that it is does not exist….”

More than anything else,” Dr. Wen advises us, “what is required … is a sustained investment of resources.”

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and I are taking Dr. Wen’s advice to heart, and we strongly urge our colleagues in Washington to join us.

We have introduced proposed federal legislation that will begin to provide the sustained federal resources needed by local and state health providers to treat the opioid crisis like the critical public health emergency it has become.

Fortunately, our nation has a successful model that is guiding us as to how best to defeat this epidemic in an effective, efficient and humane way.

Our proposed Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency (CARE) Act (H.R. 5545), introduced last week, is modeled directly on the bipartisan Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act that was enacted nearly 30 years ago to support federal investments and local decision-making to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Now, we must overcome a comparable threat to our nation. It is time for the Congress and President to come together, put politics aside and provide adequate and sustained funding to combat the opioid epidemic.

Our proposed federal legislation would provide $100 billion over the next ten years, targeting a major share of these new resources directly to our nation’s hardest hit communities as they mobilize to provide the medically-assisted treatment that has been shown to work.

Tragically, some of those targeted communities are close to home. This is why, under our CARE Act, we estimate that Maryland would receive more than $98 million each year from federal formula grants.

Based upon the extent of documented need, $48 million annually would be directed to our Maryland state government, $14 million annually to Baltimore City, and just over $10 million to Baltimore County. Competitive grants could increase that federal funding.

To more effectively and humanely combat the disease of addiction and save lives, the CARE Act also would provide funds for research, train health professionals to diagnose and treat substance use disorders, and provide $500 million annually to purchase naloxone at discounted prices and provide it to first responders and public health agencies.

I am cautiously optimistic that my Republican colleagues will support our proposal, although it may take some of them awhile to come around.

After all, this epidemic is devastating communities in red states, blue states, and purple states.

It is terrorizing families that are wealthy, poor, and everywhere in between.

They will also come to realize that our proposed federal funding is warranted in federal budgetary terms: a $10 billion annual investment to combat an epidemic that the President’s own economic council has concluded cost our nation more than $500 billion in 2015 alone.

As Dr. Leana Wen and other medical experts have advised us, we have the ability to overcome this epidemic. Now, we must take the good doctor’s advice and muster the political will.

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

HBCUs Are Producing a New Generation of Young Women Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are commonly credited as the primary training grounds for African-American talent in higher education. You cannot matriculate at public HBCUs without feeling the presence of great leaders who gave wings to the aspirations of young scientists, political leaders and civil rights advocates who changed the suffocating policies and practices of exclusion.

Today, public HBCUs continue to produce talent for the 21st Century with a disproportionate number being young women.

As recently reported in Women@Forbes, “Women currently earn the majority of bachelor’s degrees, master’s degrees and doctoral degrees.” The same is true for Black women.

While exploring issues of gender equity for black women, it appears that the role of HBCUs and their impact across higher education and the business sector is too frequently overlooked.

In an industry dominated by White males, Black women have shattered stereotypes and excelled in key campus leadership

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positions across the academic enterprise. Among the nation’s 101 HBCUs, 22 Black women are serving as either interim or permanent presidents of these institutions.

However, there are still areas where opportunities for Black women are scarce. Only one Black woman made Forbes Magazine’s recent list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business. There are no Black women running a Fortune 500 company and less than two percent occupy middle-management positions, which is the pathway to the C-Suite executive level. When it comes to the sports enterprise, there is only one African-American woman serving as a league commissioner in the entirety of the NCAA, Jacqie McWilliams of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association.

Fortunately, HBCUs are well positioned to elevate Black women and to give them the tools to find their voice. Young women are driving a new narrative around gender equity, working to eliminate harmful elements of patriarchy and sexism from our classrooms, research labs and centers, residence halls and trustee boards. Advocacy for equity along

the lines of gender and sexual orientation continue to resonate throughout HBCUs, forcing administrators, faculty and students to consider ways in which they can promote a more progressive culture and a safer, more vibrant environment for women.

HBCUs are producing a new generation of young women who view the attainment of knowledge as a liberating force, as a foundation for democracy, and as an essential imperative for defining the role of women as citizens of the world. Black women are graduating in record numbers and entering careers traditionally dominated by their male peers. Change is clearly in the wind.

Dr. N. Joyce Payne founded the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), the nation’s largest organization exclusively representing the Public Black College Community, in 1987.

She currently serves as the Sr. International Affairs and STEM Advisor to the TMCF President & CEO.

What Did America Hear from the Voices of the Unheard?

Across the country, many people continue to note the 50th anniversary of the death and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., with the subsequent unrest and riots that followed, not only across the country, but also here in Baltimore as well. However, as we remember MLK’s vehement speech, “The Other America,” that “a riot is the language of the unheard” the question becomes what did America, and specifically, what did Baltimore hear from the voices of the unheard since 1968 and the unrest after the death of Freddie Gray in 2015?

According to a recent YouGov Poll, over 51% of both Blacks and Whites acknowledge the incremental gains of race relations after the 1960s but are extremely concerned that over the past decade there have been multiple examples of police brutality on people of color, the rise of white nationalist sentiments and a widening wealth gap.

The recent Starbucks discriminatory episode between two African American men and a store clerk in Philadelphia, and

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the subsequent protest, along with the need for Starbucks owners to close over 8,000 stores to teach appropriate race relations, attest to the fact that gains in race relations are suspect. Even more concerning, one year after the federal government declared Baltimore policing in need of repair, city leaders appeared in court recently for an update on progress and the judge sent a sharp, yet precise, message that progress is still lacking.

Again, what did America, and specifically, what did Baltimore hear from the voices of the unheard? When people feel that their concerns are ignored, they command attention in ways that existentially solidifies their identity, meaning and purpose. The prophetic voice is clear in the proverbs and the Pentateuch that “appropriately hearing the voices of the people should produce great gains” (paraphrased) - “Prophet, I have heard the voices of the people, and I have come down to do something about it.” Consequently, sweeping gains and actionoriented progress are the outcomes and results of being heard.

Therefore, people, when they are heard, reflect their

fundamental ability to feel safe and focused in their pursuit of happiness without barriers that diminish them. People who are heard don’t feel threatened to share their own stories, ideas and concerns without the sense of retaliation and vilification.

People who are heard have access to the necessary resources to implement their life goals. People who are heard have the sense of autonomy that creates for them linkages and ongoing beneficial engagements that lead to the development of shared initiatives and results.

In America, we cannot continue to keep touting an emblem of liberty saying “give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…” and not hear the voices of the unheard.

Dr. Kevin Daniels is an associate professor at the Morgan State School of Social Work, chair of the Civic Action Committee (Minister’s Conference of Baltimore & Vicinity) and pastor at St. Martin Church in Baltimore.

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By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley AFRO Sports Desk

Laws change and people change. The fact that society still holds a criminal conviction over the head of famed boxer Jack Johnson just doesn’t sit right with some people, especially his family.

Johnson, the first ever Black heavyweight champion, was a magnet for controversy before he died in a traffic accident. He drew a heavy following of AfricanAmerican fans while isolating Caucasians with his flashy lifestyle and proud affection for White women.

An outdated Jim Crow law from 1913 landed Johnson in jail after a seven-year run from the law.

Charged with transporting his future White wife across state lines, the crime was bogus but marred Johnson’s criminal record for close to 100 years. Actor Sylvester Stallone recently reopened the argument with Donald Trump, who has said he is considering it, about pardoning Johnson for the alleged crime. Should it be pardoned? Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley of the AFRO Sports Desk debate.

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Green: America is up to speed by now on many of the bogus laws that were made by White people, for White people and enforced by White people that totally railroaded Blacks. Of course I feel the pardon should be reversed but will it? Probably not. We’re talking about assigning Trump to help a deceased Black man out. The odds don’t look good.

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President Donald Trump says he’s considering “a Full Pardon!” for Jack Johnson, boxing’s first black heavyweight champion more than 100 years after Jack Johnson was convicted by all-White jury of “immorality” for one of his relationships.

have always had one foot in and one foot out of the frying pan. Even Barack Obama didn’t pardon him, so what’s really the likelihood of Trump moving this?

Riley: With all the heat on Trump right now it would be in his best interest to fight and make sure Johnson gets pardoned. Trump is up for re-election in less than two years, and while he’s already obliterated the Black vote with his numerous off-the-wall comments, this would go a long way with some older African Americans to try to win them back in his favor.

Green: Riley, considering everything that’s been happening with society it probably won’t happen. Blacks

Riley: The fact that Trump sent out a Tweet on April 21, calling national attention to this topic as well as himself is a telling sign. Why would he do that if he wasn’t intending on pushing the papers on this? It’ll happen. Johnson will be pardoned, and while he’s no longer here to see or hear his name being cleared, it would be a small win in an overall big battle.

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Following Anti-Semitic Comments, Fallout Continues for Trayon White

Inside MPD’s Efforts to Teach Cops Black History

By James Wright Special to the AFRO jwright@afro.com A Jewish member of the District of Columbia and one of the leading Latino leaders in the city recently got into a confrontation with one another over the latest events taking place regarding D.C. Council member Trayon White.

Joshua Lopez, a former advisory neighborhood commissioner in Ward 4 and a member of the D.C. Housing Authority, criticized D.C. Council members Elissa Silverman (I-At Large), Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) and Brianne Nadeau (D-Ward 1) for their attitude toward White for allegedly being “antiSemitic” and “anti-gay” on

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By Lenore T. Adkins Special to the AFRO Words matter and are not to be taken lightly, University of the District of Columbia Professor Bernard “Bernie” Demczuk told nearly two dozen Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) recruits on their mandatory Black History tour along U Street April 20.

In his opinion when people say “riot,” they’re talking about Black people violently reacting to tragedy. That’s why Demczuk instead calls the unrest along U Street following Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in 1968 an uprising or rebellion.

“Thug means Black, middle-class means White,” said Demczuk, who is White and teaches African-American history and culture at the University of the District of Columbia. “Urban means Black, riot means Black. I don’t have time to give you a long history lesson on how much there was White rioting against Black people over the last 250 years. Do they call them riots? No, they don’t call them riots.”

The police department has partnered with UDC to deploy a training program for D.C.’s roughly 3,800 police officers and 660 civilian personnel to help them understand the city’s

Ward 8 Dems Don’t Endorse in Chairman, At-Large Race

By James Wright Special to the AFRO jwright@afro.com The chairman of the D.C. Council, and one of the atlarge council members, didn’t receive an endorsement from one of the most influential political organizations in the District of Columbia.

On April 21, the Ward 8 Democrats held their endorsement meeting for the positions of the District Attorney General, chairman of the D.C. Council, and the

D.C. students in Junior ROTC were recently honored by the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Orient of the District of Columbia of the District’s branch of Freemasonry. The Americanism Committee presented “A Star Spangled Evening” to acknowledge the accomplishments and achievements of District high schoolers who excelled in their Junior ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) units.

The ceremony took place at the Scottish Rite Lodge in Northwest.

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rich African American history and the historic racial tension between Black communities and law enforcement.

While violent crimes have fallen in the District, according to Mayor Muriel Bowser, negative interactions between Black residents and police officers continue to be a point of contention — a larger issue when considering African Americans comprise 47.7 percent of the District according to the 2016 U.S. Census.

Meanwhile, demographic data from D.C. police shows Blacks represent 52.12 percent of the force, while 35.1 percent are White, nearly 9 percent identify as Hispanic, 3.61 percent are Asian, and the rest are either Native American or biracial.

The one day program requires several hours of lectures led by Demczuk and professor Sharita Thompson, as well as tours of the Smithsonian African-American Museum of History and Culture and the U Street Corridor.

Training started in January and 550 officers have gone through it as of April 20, Demczuk said.

On the tour, Demczuk took the recruits along a vibrant five-block stretch of U Street that was once home to “Black Broadway,” and formed in response to segregation on New

consistently that the best, brightest, and most patriotic students in high schools are ones who participate in Junior ROTC,” Robb C. Mitchell, who chairs the Americanism Committee, said. “We want to honor these outstanding young people for what they do.”

Junior ROTC is voluntary military training that takes

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Battle is Winning at Pepco

that will bring value to our Pepco customers,” Cooper said. “He plays a key role in helping to ensure we meet our responsibilities as a reliable deliverer of electricity while One of Pepco’s brightest stars has an maintaining the highest standards of safety, extensive community history, a historic integrity and civic responsibility.” political career, and is committed to seeing Pepco is a regulated electric utility that that his customers get the best service possible. provides transmission and distribution services Marc Battle is vice president for the District and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Exelon of Columbia with Pepco, the Washington, Corporation. Pepco delivers electric service to D.C. area utility company. Battle has worked more than 815,000 customers in Maryland and at Pepco since 2013 and Donna Cooper, the Courtesy Photo the District. utility’s regional president, said he has a lot to Marc Battle is a graduate of Battle told the AFRO his job is managing bring to his position. the University of the District relationships with organizations such as “Marc’s skills and experience enable him to of Columbia and the Howard the office of the mayor of the District, D.C. Continued on B2 help shape policy and manage issues in a way University School of Law.

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

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Anita Bonds is running for re-election as a Democratic at-large council member.

Committee members from other wards to police the process and see that it ran smoothly.

The voting took place from 12-2 p.m.

The endorsements are for the June 19 Democratic primary. The winner of the Democratic primary for the

“I would note that one of my opponents came from this ward and I got more votes than he did.”

– Anita Bonds Democratic at-large seat on the council at the D.C. Vehicle for Hire Department in the ward. Ward 8 Democratic voters were eligible to cast ballots for the three positions and there were members of the D.C. Democratic State

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

Bernie Demczuk speaks to officers during the U Street tour.

“Education is the key for everything, you know? It brings people together.”

Joshua Lopez is defending D.C. Council member Trayon White from attacks from Jewish leaders. In his defense he called out Council member Elissa Silverman.

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three positions are favorites to win the Nov. 6 general election because the city is 74 percent Democratic, according to D.C. Board of Elections statistics.

For a candidate to receive

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Senator Tim Scott Talks New Opportunities for Entrepreneurs and Communities of Color

By Lauren E. Williams Special to the AFRO “If there is no succession plan, there will be no success.”

U.S. Senator Tim Scott (RSC) said at a moderated session during a Washington, D.C. stop of his National Opportunity Tour on April 25 at the Washington Court Hotel.

The session was moderated by national syndicated news columnist, Raynard Jackson.

The National Opportunity Tour has taken the Republican Senator around the country hosting conversations with local and state leaders. The

focus of these dialogues has been The Investing in Opportunity Act, a bipartisan bill Senator Scott led last year.

The bill was recently included in a tax reform law signed by President Donald Trump in 2017. Other bill co-sponsors include: Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Congressmen Pat Tiberi (ROH) and Ron Kind (D-WI) on the House version.

The Opportunity Act aims to incentivize longterm investment in distressed communities, often made up of people of color. According to Senator Scott’s description

during the session, tax incentives (part of the capital gains tax) will Courtesy Photo be given to participants Senator Tim Scott and columnist for up to 10 years. The Raynard Jackson at the D.C. stop bill creates new ways for the National Opportunity for small businesses and Tour. entrepreneurs to support infrastructure projects and me understand and appreciate initiatives in distressed why it is important to track communities making them opportunities into the zones,” “Opportunity Zones.”

Senator Scott told the crowd.

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York City’s Broadway. With its jazz clubs, Black businesses, famous residents and its proximity to Howard University, U Street was ground zero for Black life, society and culture.

Today, tension simmers in the rapidly gentrifying corridor between long-time Black residents who saw the neighborhood through its tough times and the new, young White residents moving in, Demczuk said. It’s a something he said police need to know and understand when it comes to doing their job.

The two-hour tour led officers through alleys to see vibrant murals, including the one near the landmark Ben’s Chili Bowl (where Demczuk serves as its historian), past Lee’s Flower and Card Shop and Industrial Bank, two other longtime Black businesses, to the African American Civil War Memorial and other historic points of interest.

Many people on the street stopped in their tracks, curious

about why so many cops were walking up and down U Street — several others joined the tour for short stints. Along the way, Demczak introduced the officers to some of the people who make U Street tick, including Tony, a homeless man who implored the cops not to arrest him if they’re ever walking the beat and Shun Pittman, owner of Corps d’Elite hair salon.

“I am so amazed and grateful for this program that Bernie is doing and I hope it takes off nationwide because it’s something that’s needed,” Pittman told the AFRO. “Education is the key for everything, you know? It brings people together.”

The police department isn’t relying on data or evidence to show the program works, public affairs specialist Karimah Bilal told the AFRO. It instead acts as an initiative that offers insight into the culture and background of the Black communities D.C. police serve, while drilling down on the

historic mistrust between law enforcement and Blacks.

Through the training, veteran officer Sarah Snapko learned there’s a reason D.C. doesn’t have vagrancy laws on the books — because they were often used to target Blacks who were hanging out when it was too hot in their homes.

She’s hopeful that her fellow officers don’t close their mind to learning something new and wishes she had this training when she joined the force 15 years ago.

“A citizen looks to you as the person who can solve the problem for them and yet there’s so much more you don’t realize, you don’t know especially when you’re coming from an outside city and you’re growing up in a different culture,” said Snapko, who is White and is from suburban Cleveland.

“Here, it’s a culture shock and to have this type of training and to serve that community, it’s a benefit.”

“We have found consistently that the best, brightest, and most patriotic students in high schools are ones who participate in Junior ROTC.”

“Joan of Arc told her charges to set an example and that is why they were successful in battles under her leadership,” he said. “You can set examples in many ways and you have to prepare yourself. Make sure that whatever you do, you have an alternate plan.”

Burke told the cadets that “you will meet a lot of people who will help you and even though I am a general, I still have people who will help me.” He ended his remarks by telling the cadets “don’t let

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place in high schools and some middle schools in the U.S. and its bases abroad. All of the branches of the military sponsor Junior ROTC. The purpose of the program is to introduce military careers to young people and to instill a sense of patriotism and citizenship.

The programs at the school are led by retired military veterans who are paid by the federal government.

Students who participate in Junior ROTC aren’t required to join the armed forces after

graduation from high school but those that do are given a higher rank than the normal enlistee.

The program consisted of presentation of the colors by the D.C. Public Schools Multi-Service Color Guard, a toast to the flag, the Pledge of Allegiance and a performance by the Eastern High School drill team of their routine with rifles.

The speaker for the event was U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Darryl W. Burke, who encouraged the cadets in three areas. “You should

– Robb C. Mitchell always set an example, never give up, and give back,” Burke told the audience.

Burke used examples of preRevolutionary War patriot Nathan Hale, who he noted

was 18-years-old when he was hanged by the British for not betraying his country, and Joan of Arc, the French heroine who led her country’s army at age 19.

anybody tell you, you can’t do anything.”

The cadets were honored with plaques in leadership, Americanism (effort in the program), and as National Sojourners (students who deserve special recognition).

Students from the District’s public high schools, charter schools including IDEA and Washington Mathematics Science and Technology, and private schools such as, St. John’s College High School, were honored.

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an endorsement from the Ward 8 Democrats, they needed to get 60 percent of the votes that were cast. In this instance, a candidate would have had to get 46 votes out of the 78 cast.

D.C. Council member Anita Bonds (D-At Large) is running for re-election to a second full term. Bonds is running against Ward 8 activist Aaron Holmes, environmental leader Jeremiah Lowery and real estate professional Marcus Goodwin in the June 19 Democratic Party primary.

Bonds got 33 votes, 13 short of the endorsement while Holmes got 21, Goodwin received 12 and Lowery had eight. Despite not getting the Ward 8 Democrats nod, Bonds told the AFRO she was satisfied with the result.

“I am pleased that I came and participated,” she said. “I would note that one of my opponents came from this ward and I got more votes than he did.”WHO IS SHE TALKING ABOUT? Goodwin credited the leadership of the Ward 8 Democrats for having an open process. “The result was nothing profound to me but I take my hat off to the Ward 8 Democrats for giving the candidates a fair opportunity,” he said to the AFRO. Goodwin noted that the late Marion Barry, the four-term mayor and elected four times to represent the ward on the D.C. Council, would have supported Bonds and she would have gotten the endorsement outright because of his influence.

During the council candidates’ forum that took place during the voting, all agreed that more affordable housing is needed in the District and the educational system is due for major

improvements. They also agreed that the District should have a state-of the art hospital in its East End and not a jail, whether it is publicly or privately financed.

In the chairman’s race, D.C. Council Chair Phil Mendelson came up three votes shy of winning the endorsement. However, there are three provisional ballots that need to be counted and they have the potential to earn the chairman the endorsement.

Former D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute leader Ed Lazere had 20 votes to perennial candidate Calvin Gurley, the only African American in the race, who got eight. District Attorney General Karl Racine has no opponent in the Democratic primary and easily got past the 60 percent threshold.

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Legislation that falls within

2002 graduate of the Howard University School of Law. While at UDC, he interned for the Washington AFROAmerican Newspaper that was led at the time by publisher Frances Murphy II. “I was a journalism major

“Our utility touches every single resident in some way and I want to make sure that they have a positive interaction with us.”

– Marc Battle Pepco’s scope at the D.C. Council and regulations that affect the utility being considered by the Public Service Commission are in his jurisdiction.

Battle is a 1999 graduate of the University of the District of Columbia and a

at UDC and I had an excellent work experience at the AFRO and working with Mrs. Murphy,” he said.

After law school, he worked for U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) and then for D.C. Council member Vincent Orange (D-Ward

5). “I was the counsel to the Committee on Government Operations, of which Council member Orange was the chairman,” he said. “I advised the council member on issues dealing with his committee and I also learned the way the John A.Wilson Building works.”

Battle left the District for New York City, where he worked for the law firm of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson, and the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. While in the New York City area, Battle made history.

“In 2008, I was appointed to an open seat of the borough council of Haledon, N.J.,” Battle said. “They had never had elected an AfricanAmerican to any office in this city. I had to run for election and I am proud to say that I was on the ballot with Barack Obama in the November general election.”

In 2009, Battle returned to the District to serve as Pepco’s assistant general counsel. Battle said he likes working with Pepco and won’t predict what the future holds. “I want to be one who remains engaged with the community,” he said. “Our utility touches every single resident in some way and I want to make sure that they have a positive interaction with us.”

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Students Talk Gun Violence in Communities of Color

By Aya Elamroussi Special to the AFRO Washington D.C. high school students gathered last week in McKinley Technology High School in Northeast to discuss the issue of gun violence.

The Interschool Seminar, titled Student Voices on Gun Violence & Social Justice, comprised mainly of five studentled discussions. The AFRO observed a student-facilitated discussion on gun violence in communities of color. Due to lack of permission for media release, not all students quoted will be identified.

About 12 students, most of whom were Black, spent the one-hour discussion mainly contrasting the media and social attention of the Never Again movement, which was sparked by the Parkland shooting, and the lack of attention given to Black communities when they face gun violence.

“The Whites, they get more attention,” a Black high school student said during the discussion. Referring to last month’s March for Our Lives, the student continued, “We would never have the whole D.C. shutdown for us. All the tables, tents, celebrities. We wouldn’t have gotten all of that. Black Lives Matter is a terrorist group.”

While the government isn’t exactly calling the BLM movement members “terrorists,” a 2017 FBI report introduced the category of “Black Identity Extremists” and linked the group to participation in “premeditated, retaliatory lethal violence against law enforcement” motivated by the group’s “perceptions of police brutality against African Americans.”

The phrase “hands up, don’t shoot” made its way to the March for Our Lives rally. Bustle reported that its use was to protests gun violence against Black and brown people, too. But the students at the seminar didn’t see it that way.

“It’s kind of disrespectful to the Black community,” one Black student said. “We’ve been through so much with police.”

The seminar was organized by the D.C.-based non-profit Center for Inspired Teaching, which trains teachers to be

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A list of discussion tops at the seminar. instigators of thought, not merely information providers.

“Every [seminar] is student-facilitated. Students choose the topics,” Cosby Hunt, senior officer of teaching and learning for Center for Inspired Teaching, told the AFRO. “Adults come.

But they sit in the background, and they listen.”

Cosby added that these seminars were born from students’ deep desire to talk to each across the Greater Washington Area.

Two Black high school junior students led the seminar on gun violence in communities of color and served as discussion facilitators.

“I felt a calling to do that because that’s what I’m passionate about,” Nailah Tukpah, student facilitator of Edmund Burke School in Northwest DC, told the AFRO. To prepare as a facilitator, Tukpah read several articles contrasting the Never Again movement to gun violence in communities of color.

Tukpah,17, pointed out that mass shootings and gun violence in communities of color are two different problems.

She said that while she can’t relate to experiencing a mass shooting, others can’t relate to being around gun violence “daily” in communities of color.

“But overall, we all want the same goal,” Tukpah said.

“We want more gun regulations.”

Sydney Jackson, 16, also co-led the discussion.

“I chose gun violence in communities of color because I feel like those are the communities that are most affected on a daily basis,” Jackson told the AFRO. Jackson pointed out that the shooting in Parkland, Fl. got attention, both from news media and advocacy organizations, because Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is majority- white. “They had the money and the backings to make such an impact and a change.”

“Personally, as a person of color, that makes me feel incredibly sad because it’s the sad truth we live everyday: my life will never be as protected as a White’s person’s life.”

Jackson is biracial, Black and Native American, but she said she experiences life as a Black person because that is how she is seen in the world.

Both Jackson and Tukpah said they enjoyed being facilitators and value the conversations the Interschool Seminar platform allowed them to have.

“In D.C., we really do live in a liberal bubble…I really wish I could have these conversations with people who don’t agree with me,” Tukpah said.

Jackson echoed, “Everyone should have these kinds of discussions because they’re important to our growth and our learning and our understanding of the world around us.”

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his Facebook page on April 21.

On April 20, Nadeau voiced support for a council censuring resolution against White for donating monies from his constituent service fund for an event that was sponsored by the Nation of Islam recently. Cheh and D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) supported Nadeau’s efforts on the White censure.

Silverman doesn’t support the White censure at this time.

Lopez said the motivation for this was political.

“All three are up for reelection and are locked in tight races,” Lopez said.

“People know that Trayon and those who have worked with him over the years know his lifelong dedication to social justice and equality. What a teachable moment for all is now being twisted into political opportunism in a bid to undermine their colleague and push their agenda.

“We must reject their below the best tactics and vote them out.”

White is also being criticized for supposedly leaving a tour of the United

“Josh Lopez is intentionally and deliberately misleading residents to create division.”

-D.C. Council member Elissa Silverman (I-At Large) States Holocaust Memorial Museum early out of lack of interest.

Earlier this year, Lopez had the support of Silverman and Nadeau but not Cheh in his quest to serve on the D.C. Housing Authority board.

On April 22, Lopez received text messages from Silverman calling him “a hatemongering bully” and saying that he hated her because she is Jewish. On April 23, Lopez visited the AFRO’s Washington office and showed the messages to its editorial staff.

Lopez told the AFRO that he is deeply disturbed by Silverman’s actions.

“I think what started out as a teachable moment has now taken a dangerous turn,” he said. “There was strong language used to characterize people and that only fans flames of racial and religious

division and not building coalitions. There shouldn’t be a political attack on Council member White and using words such as hatemonger, bullying and hateful.

“What is the end game for this? They are trying to destroy Trayon.There is no positive outcome from that approach.”

He later said “legislators should be trying to help people across the city not hurt them.”

Silverman told the AFRO that Lopez was wrong in his characterization that she was out to get White. Her staff sent the AFRO press

releases criticizing White when he made the comment in March that the Rothschilds, a wealthy Jewish banking dynasty in Europe, controlled governments and the weather and using his constituent service fund to support the Nation of Islam.

Silverman has engaged in constructive activities and conversation with White since the Rothschilds comment.

“Josh Lopez is intentionally and deliberately misleading residents to create division,” she said. “His hatemongering is disgusting to me

and the residents of the city.”

Lopez said that a unity rally will take place in front of the John A. Wilson Building on April 25 at 5:30 p.m. and will have speakers and participants from various racial, religious and ethnic groups.

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opportunities have not descended upon their neighborhoods,” Scott continued. “I wanted to find a way to target these areas.”

During the event, Senator Scott mentioned that Maryland Governor Larry Hogan supports the Opportunity Zones program.

A spokesperson from the governor’s office told the AFRO, “this nationwide program will help grow businesses, revitalize communities and create jobs throughout the state, especially in places that need them the most. The Opportunity Zones are yet another tool we can use to show that Maryland is open for business.”

According to Maryland’s Department of Housing and Community Development, Maryland was entitled to nominate 149 low-income census tracts as opportunity zones. According to an April 2018 press release, once the U.S. Treasury has approved Maryland’s Opportunity Zone nominations, the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development will administer the program with support from the Maryland Department of Commerce.

When asked how attendees could help spread the word, Senator Scott pushed social media, email and constant communication with friends and colleagues. Several head nods from many in the 50-person crowd showed agreement.

Senator Scott told the crowd, “This legislation can either be monumental for those who really need it, or just a good idea that never came [about].”

The discussion was hosted by Republican 527 Super PAC Black Americans for a Better Future.

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Gamma Pi Chapter (known as the Super Chapter) and the Friendship Charities Foundation of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity hosted the annual Mardi Gras Celebration on March 24 at the Gaylord National Resorts and Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland.

The theme was “Mardi Gras on the Harbor”.

The traditional Mardi Gras colors of purple,

Members of Prince George’s County Alumni and Fort Washington Alumni chapters, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority

green and gold were on high display with those who wore costumes, masks and matching beads. A highlight of the evening was the Mardi Gras parade An Omega man stepping where guests strutted their colorful costumes.

Special guests included Prince George’s County Executive, Rushern L. Baker III who is an Omega man. Entertainment included the sounds of the Just Friends Bro. George Edwards, Band.

Venida Hamilton, Aurelia Martin and Mary Grant

Jacques and Carolyn Chevalier

Winners of the Best Couple costume

Chair, planning committee with the winner, Best Quette Costume, Audrey Robinson and her husband John Robinson

83 year old Omega man

Terri and Jeremy Green

Earline Lee, Prince George’s County Executive, Rushern L. Baker III and Tony Lee, Chapter Basileus

Just Friends Band

Yvette Caldwell, Bowie State Interim VIP for Institutional Advancement, Harvey Cellier and Dr. Aminta H. Breaux, President of Bowie State University

Ben Green, Ron Swann and Gordon Sampson

Clint Green, Chantel Saunders and Bill Reese

Excerpt from AFRO article by Charise Wallace, April 6, 2018.

Loni Love, Co-host on “The Real” and Café Mocha Radio, Michelle Ebanks, President of Essence Communications, Inc. and Richelieu Dennis, Founder of Sundial Brands who just purchased Essence, and Allison Seymour, Fox 5 Morning News

The crowd prays at the end of the event

Alva Adams Mason from Toyota Metro North America

While overlooking the District on March 29, Richelieu Dennis, founder of Sundial Brands who recently purchased ESSENCE Communications and ESSENCE Communications President, Michelle Ebanks joined in on a conversation with ‘The Real’ TV host, comedienne and radio personality of Café Mocha Radio, Loni Love, along with Fox 5 anchor, Allison Seymour, to discuss the future of the magazine, entrepreneurship Sheila Eldridge, CEO, Miles Ahead Broadcasting and Café Mocha Radio from local to and Allison Seymour, global, and Fox 5 Morning News creativity to keep the 48-year-old Germaine Leftridge, GBL Sales brand standing.

Inc., and Ubiquitous Beauty/

Roland Martin, TV-One and Vice President, Digital Media, NABJ and Priscilla Clarke, President and CEO of Clarke and Associates

Health Expo

Denise McNeil-MPhail, Executive Director and Co-Founder Creative and Performing Arts Center

Dennis Shortt, Germaine Leftridge, GBL Sales Inc., and The Ubiquitous Beauty/ Health Expo and Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor

Michelle Ebanks, President of ESSENCE Communications Inc. and Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, former mayor of Baltimore

Loni Love, Co-host on “The Real” and Café Mocha Radio

Richelieu Dennis, Founder of Sundial Brands who just purchased Essence thanks painter, ArtGullimo for portrait

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ARTS & CULTURE

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Tekashi 6ix9ine Makes Money Rapping the N-Word. He’s Not Black

By Lisa Snowden Special to the AFRO A few weeks ago my son, who recently turned 10, sat down next to me on the bed where I’d been working.

“Mommy, I want to be a Soundcloud rapper,” he said.

My husband and I closely monitor his internet usage (or at least we thought we did), but even so, my little boy and his eight-yearold sister have been walking around our house singing out loud the censored version of rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine’s hit “Gummo.” And I didn’t even know it.

Such is the power of the internet. Such is the power, it seems, of 6ix9ine.

If you spend any amount of time online, especially on social media, you’ve probably seen 6ix9ine. He’s a skinny, pale guy with a face full of tats, rainbow hair, and a rainbow grill to match. He’s perfectly meme-worthy.

“After you defeat all the Soundcloud rappers, you gotta face this n*gga as the final boss,” one such meme reads, with a picture of the21-year-old Brooklyn native laughing and holding a cigarette.

The rapper has over four million followers on Instagram, and his videos rake up thousands of views. In Internet-world, he’s gold. Those eyes and ears have generated a more real-world level of success, too. In early March, “Gummo,” on which 6ix9ine flows on a somewhat lazy beat using a voice that sounds like he’s been smoking since elementary school, debuted in the top five on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums Chart. “Pop these n*ggas like a wheelie n*gga, you a silly n*gga,” the rapper, who is definitely not Black, rhymes.

And beyond the debatably controversial death threats he makes in his songs (“whole squad full of f*cking killers, I’m a killer too,” he raps on “Billy”), there are darker dealings that have followed 6ix9ine over the course of his short career. Namely, a series of videos he recorded and posted online that involved a 13-year-old girl.

The website Jezebel published documents showing that the

rapper, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, pleaded guilty to one felony count of Use of a Child in a Sexual Performance.

The girl is seen nude, performing a sex act on another man while 6ix9ine records, and, later, sitting on the rapper’s lap.

Writer Rich Juzwiak deftly (Instagram) unpacks any defense that Controversy seeking rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine has topped the charts while being Hernandez has made for dogged by sexual abuse allegations. the videos or his subsequent punishment. “6ix9ine is prone to pointing out repeatedly, despite entering a guilty plea to a felony, that he is a free man,” Juzwiak writes. “The answer is in his plea agreement.

The document, dated October 20, 2015, states that his sentencing was to be adjourned for two years until October 20, 2017. (It has since been adjourned further and as of now is scheduled for January 30, 2018,” In the meantime, the rapper was ordered to get his GED, undergo mental health treatment, and serve one year of interim

probation, among other things.

None of this has stopped his success, and in this way, although his rise to fame feels very of-the-moment, his ability to stay relevant despite these allegations is a tale as old as time. Just look at R. Kelly, who very recently was accused of grooming a young woman for a cult and knowingly giving her an STD, in addition to the mountain of allegations involving his inappropriate relationships with young girls that has been growing for decades now.

Also not surprising: the way 6ix9ine has so ably been able to profit off of Black culture without being Black.

In his videos he is surrounded by Black people, none of whom seem to take issue with his very liberal use of the word “n*gga.”

He’s taken part in the normal back-and-forth over who runs things that most rappers do, but he’s also been co-signed by some of the biggest ones.

“50 told me next time I say I’m the king of New York to say it LOUDER,” reads the caption on an Instagram photo of 6ix9ine and rapper 50 Cent.

In my day (the almost-40 mother of two writes), even Eminem faced backlash when an old recording caught him dropping the n-word in a rap.

Actually, there is very little about 6ix9ine, save those allegations, that seems controversial at all. He has rainbow hair, yes, but rap has come a long way from baggy jeans and Timberlands. Grills are the norm to the point that even Beyonce’ wears them.

According to court documents, 6ix9ine said that a lot of the things he does are just for shock value.

“The SCUMBAG persona is just for shock value. It started when I started making clothing with the words ‘HIV’ and ‘p*ssy’ on it. They got famous and went viral. Bam. Because ‘p*ssy’ and ‘HIV’ worked, the SCUMBAG69 hashtag would have the same shock value,” he’s quoted as saying.

He’s monetized that shock value in a way that, thanks to the internet, has never been done before.

In Memoriam

Founding Member of Celebrated Go-Go Band Rare Essence Remembered

By Micha Green AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com About 2 a.m. on April 20, Rory Felton, better known as “DC”, founding member of the famed go-go band Rare Essence, was found dead of stab wounds in an apartment in Southwest, Washington, D.C. The Washington Post reported Felton, 57, was discovered in the (Facebook) Bellevue neighborhood with at Rory Felton was found least two stab wounds. An adored member of the music community, stabbed to death. Police have no suspects. the details of what happened to Felton remain unclear and police have not disclosed any suspect or motive.

“Everyone that knew him knows what a great guy he was and how much he loved being a part of the DMV music community,”

Folks in Our Community Give Back

Hello everyone, hoping you all are in great spirits, enjoying life, keeping a positive mind and treating others as you wish to be treated.

The Avenue Bakery, where Jazz, sports, Baltimore history and tasty baked goods intersect, now entering its seventh year, is the first stop on the Pennsylvania Ave. National Heritage Trail tour. The business continues to attract a robust, eclectic statewide and international following. The Avenue Bakery is known for its tasty offering of original “poppy’s rolls,” heirloom inspired bakery treats, a museum quality experience featuring a gallery of archive footage and framed photos. The Avenue gallery includes some of the photo archives from my books. The bakery brings the golden era of Pennsylvania Ave. to life under one roof.

In celebration of Baltimore’s African American sports legacy of excellence, the Royal Theater and Community Heritage Corporation (TRTCHC), has commissioned “Baltimore’s African-American Sports Legacy,” a photo montage created by noted archivist and historian, Stuart Hudgins. The exhibit is set to be installed on the grounds of Baltimore’s popular Avenue Bakery at 2229 Pennsylvania Ave., on May 5 at 5 p.m. The 4’x 8’ montage of archival photographs and original drawings selected by Hudgins from his rare collection of images capture the African- American presence throughout the history of Baltimore’s premier sports leagues. The Courtyard Music Series featuring performances

by Baltimore’s most consummate musicians and performing artists continues throughout the summer months with scheduled performances 4 p.m.-8 p.m. The performances will take place May 5, June 2, July 7, August 4, and September 1.The May 5 event is open to the public and free. Food and beverages will be on sale. Take your lawn chairs, sit back and relax for an enjoyable Saturday afternoon every month this summer. Special guests attending are Baltimore Colts icon

said Andre “Whiteboy” Johnson, a fellow founding member of Rare Essence.

While his physical presence is gone, Felton’s family and friends continue to remember the member of the legendary go-go group, whose saxophone sounds helped set the tone for some of the band’s most classic sounds, like “Take A Little Ride Through the City,” which he co-wrote.

“That’s how he lived his life,” Penny Felton, his wife of 27 years, told The Washington Post. “He loved outside, he loved the city,” Mrs. Felton remembered about her husband, who although originally from Halifax, Virginia, moved to the District as a teen and ended up falling in love with the culture the go-go scene.

Kevin Kato Hammond, whose Take Me Out to the Go-Go Magazine covers D.C.’s go-go scene, called Felton’s saxophone solo on “Take A Little Ride Through the City” his signature performance.

“Rest in musical harmony, DC,” Hammond wrote on his web site. “We’re going to continue taking a little ride through the city for YOU.” Although known as a cowbell player and saxophonist, Felton was also remembered as a standout on and off the stage.

“His creativity, energy, style (especially with those hats he wore)

were great, along with the smooth dance moves. He was a frontline member that stood out,” Johnson told the AFRO. Felton is now being name checked in the same breath as go-go legends who have died such as Chuck Brown and Rare Essence front man, Lil Benny.

“As well as being in the horn section he and Lil Benny were the best steppers we’ve ever had,” Johnson said. “They were very smooth and on point. It was a real pleasure watching those two perform.”

Before Felton’s passing, Johnson said the band was planning on doing a series of shows with the “Original Rare Essence” band members. “Now we are starting to think about more of a tribute show of sort. We’re still trying to figure it out,” Johnson said.

In the meantime, Johnson suggests Felton and Rare Essence fans watch “old school” videos in order to remember the saxophonist and enjoy the music that continues to live on despite his passing.

Felton’s wife imagines her husband continuing to play music in the afterlife.

“He always stated that he will always be playing is music,” she told The Washington Post. “So I suspect that he’s playing with [Lil] Benny and Footz and Chuck Brown playing his music.”

Lydell Mitchell (#26), and Maryland Boxing Hall of Famer, Marvin McDowell. They will join James “Jim” Hamlin, President of (TRTCHC) to host the unveiling ceremony honoring Ed Reed and other Baltimore sports legends. For more information, contact Jim Hamlin at 443-280-2702. We will see you there.

Another person who gives back to the community is Todd Marcus.

The Baltimore-based musician is one of the most renowned bass clarinetists in the world. As one of only a few jazz players who focus solely on that instrument, he has carved out a unique sound in the world of modern jazz. His music abounds with a reverence for the jazz lineage while showing a thoroughly modern compositional strain. But, music is only a part of what makes Marcus so special. For the last 20 years, Marcus has lived and worked in West Baltimore at the community-based nonprofit Todd Marcus, Baltimore Intersections of Change, working based musician is one of the most renowned bass alongside Rev. Elder C.W. and clarinetists in the world Amelia Harris. Together, they have and one of only a few transformed the intersection of jazz musicians who focus Pennsylvania Ave. and Pressman solely on that instrument.

For the past 20 years, St., converting abandoned buildings Marcus has lived and and 18 vacant lots from an open-air worked in West Baltimore drug market to a place of hope and at the community based nonprofit “Intersections of opportunity. There are programs Change”. offering supportive recovery and

housing for women overcoming substance abuse and homelessness, art classes and community beautification projects for children and adults, and employment Rolling out a taste of history and culture for citizens at the Avenue Bakery located at 2229 returning Pennsylvania Ave., with Baltimore Africanfrom American sports icons mural unveiling, incarceration. May 5 at 4 p.m.

This work, along with the creation of community green spaces, over two dozen prominent murals and an urban farm have resulted in tangible, positive change in a community otherwise neglected and overlooked.

I am so proud of my musician son giving back to the community as well as my dear friend Jim Hamlin, whose goal is to keep the legacy of our city strong and beautiful. God bless you both.

Oh! By the way, Todd Marcus’ new release is, “On These Streets: A Baltimore Story,” is available April 27.

Well, my dear friends, I got to go. I am out of space.

Remember, if you need me, call me at 410-833-9474 or email me at rosapryor@aol.com. Until the next time, I’m musically yours.

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Foreign No. 2018FEP58 Date of Death October 12, 2017 Ronald G Brooks Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Carlton Brooks whose address is 6017 Northwest 3rd St., Margate, FL 33063 was appointed personal repre11:55:23 EDT 2018 sentative of the estate of Ronald G Brooks, deceased by the Orphan’s Court for Prince George’s County, State of Maryland., on December 8, 2017.

Service of process may be made upon Frances Bethea, 4410 New Hampshire Ave. Northwest , Washington, DC 20011 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: 221 20th Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002 Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, 500 Indiana Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice.

Carlton Brooks Personal Representative(s) TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS Date of first publication: April 20, 2018 Name of newspapers and/or periodical: The Daily Washington Law Reporter The Afro-American 04/20, 04/27, 05/4/18

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Estate of Dorothy Lee Brown Deceased NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Betty Jo Black for standard probate, EDT TYPESET: Wed Apr 18 12:19:48 2018 the LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGALincluding NOTICES appointment of one or more personal representative. Unless a comSuperior Court of plaint or an objection in the District of accordance with SuperDistrict of Columbia ior Court Probate DiPROBATE DIVISION vision Rule 407 is filed in Washington, D.C. this Court within 30 days 20001-2131 from the date of first pubAdministration No. lication of this notice, the 2018ADM000332 Court may take the acLouis Risher tion hereinafter set forth.

Decedent 0 In the absence of a will Daniel Roth Attorney or proof satisfactory to 2800 Quebec Street, the Court of due execuStager Clay Smith NW, #1110 tion, enter an order deterand Washington, DC 20008 mining that the decedent Michelle Davis Attorney died intestate0 appoint a Personal NOTICE OF supervised personal reRepresentative APPOINTMENT, presentative NOTICE TO Register of Wills TRUE TEST COPY CREDITORS Clerk of the REGISTER OF WILLS AND NOTICE TO Probate Division UNKNOWN HEIRS Barbara EDT Jean 2018 Patten, Date of First Publication TYPESET: Wed Apr 18 11:56:28 04/20, 04/27, 05/4/18 whose address is 1337 April 20, 2018 Names of Newspapers: Walker Avenue, BalWashington timore, MD 21239 was Superior Court of Law Reporter appointed personal rethe District of p r e s e n t a t i v e L o u i s Washington District of Columbia Risher of the estate of AFRO-AMERICAN PROBATE DIVISION Louis Risher , who died Lynn H Brown Washington, D.C. on October 31, 2018 1413 K St. NW 20001-2131 without a will, and will Suite 1500 Administration No. serve without Court su- Washington, DC 20005 2018ADM000352 pervision. All unknown Signature of Thomas Christein heirs and heirs whose Petitioners/Attorney AKA whereabouts are unThomas C Christein TYPESET: Wed Apr 18 04/27/18 known shall enter their 04/20, Decedent appearance in this Phillip J Kenney proceeding. Objections The Collins Firm Superior Court of 1501 Farm Credit Dr to such appointment the District of shall be filed with the #2000 District of Columbia Register of Wills, D.C., McLean, VA 22102 PROBATE DIVISION 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Attorney Washington, D.C. Floor Washington, D.C. NOTICE OF 20001-2131 20001, on or before APPOINTMENT, Administration No. October 20, 2018.

NOTICE TO 2018ADM000335 Claims against the deCREDITORS Thomas Nelson Jordan cedent shall be preAND NOTICE TO Decedent sented to the underUNKNOWN HEIRS Samuel C Hamilton Diane E Seeger, whose signed with a copy to the 8 6 0 1 G e o r g i a Av e , Register of Wills or filed address is 1421 MasSuite 608 sachusetts Ave., NW. # with the Register of Wills Silver Spring, MD 302, Washington, DC with a copy to the under20910 20005 was appointed signed, on or before Attorney personal representative October 20, 2018 or be NOTICE OF forever barred.

Persons TYPESET: Wed Apr 18 12:20:23 EDTof 2018 of the estate Thomas APPOINTMENT, believed to be heirs or Christein AKA Thomas C NOTICE TO Christein , who died on legatees of the decedent CREDITORS Superior Court of August 2, 2017 with a who do not receive a AND NOTICE TO the District of will, and will serve with- copy of this notice by mail UNKNOWN HEIRS District of Columbia out Court supervision. All within 25 days of its first PROBATE DIVISION Ranita-Chalon T Jordan publication shall so inunknown heirs and heirs Washington, D.C. & Rozalyn T Givens, whose where-abouts are form the Register of 20001-2131 whose addresses are Wills, including name, unknown shall enter their Administration No. 1843 Mass. Ave., SE, DC address and relationappearance in this 2018ADM00087 20003/ 1842 Mass., proceeding. Objections ship.

Alice H Brown Ave., SE., DC 20003, to such appointment (or Date of Publication: Decedent were appointed personal April 20, 2018 to the probate of deNOTICE OF representatives of the cedent´s will) shall be Name of newspaper: APPOINTMENT, estate of Thomas Nelson filed with the Register of Afro-American NOTICE TO Jordan, who died on FebWashington Wills, D.C., 515 5th CREDITORS ruary 11, 2018 without a AND NOTICE TO Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Law Reporter will, and will serve withBarbara Jean Patten UNKNOWN HEIRS Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . out Court supervision. All Personal Dennis A. Brown , whose 20001, on or before unknown heirs and heirs Representative address is 3311 Dallas O c t o b e r 2 0 , 2 0 1 8 . whose whereabouts are Drive, Temple Hills, MD Claims against the deunknown shall enter their 20748 was appointed cedent shall be pre- TRUE TEST COPY appearance in this personal representative sented to the under- REGISTER OF WILLS proceeding. Objections of the estate of Alice H signed with a copy to the to such appointment Brown, who died on Register of Wills or filed 04/20, 04/27, 05/4/18 TYPESET: Wed Apr 18 11:55:54 shall be EDT filed 2018 with the November 24, 2017 with with the Register of Wills Register of Wills, D.C., a will, and will serve withwith a copy to the underout Court supervision. All 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd unknown heirs and heirs signed, on or before Floor Washington, D.C. Superior Court of whose whereabouts are October 20, 2018, or be 20001, on or before the District of forever barred.

Persons unknown shall enter their October 20, 2018.

District of Columbia believed to be heirs or appearance in this Claims against the dePROBATE DIVISION proceeding. Objections legatees of the decedent cedent shall be preWashington, D.C. to such appointment (or who do not receive a sented to the under20001-2131 to the probate of de- copy of this notice by mail signed with a copy to the Administration No. cedent´s will) shall be within 25 days of its first Register of Wills or filed 2018ADM000352 filed with the Register of publication shall so inwith the Register of Wills Thomas Christein form the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th with a copy to the underAKA Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wills, including name, signed, on or before Thomas C Christein Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . address and relationOctober 20, 2018, or be Decedent 20001, on or before Au- ship. forever barred. Persons Philip J Kenney gust 23, 2018. Claims Date of Publication: believed to be heirs or The Collins Firm against the decedent April 20, 2018 1501 Farm Credit Dr legatees of the decedent shall be presented to the Name of newspaper: who do not receive a #2000 undersigned with a copy Afro-American copy of this notice by mail McLean, VA 22102 to the Register of Wills or Washington within 25 days of its first filed with the Register of Law Reporter Attorney publication shall so inWills with a copy to the NOTICE OF Diane E Seeger form the Register of undersigned, on or beAPPOINTMENT, Personal fore August 23, 2018, or Wills, including name, NOTICE TO Representative be forever barred. Peraddress and relationCREDITORS sons believed to be heirs ship.

AND NOTICE TO or legatees of the de- TRUE TEST COPY Date of Publication: UNKNOWN HEIRS cedent who do not re- REGISTER OF WILLS Diane E Seeger, whose April 20, 2018 2018Mas- Name of newspaper: ceive a copy of this notice TYPESET: Wed Apr 18 11:56:53 address EDT is 1421 by mail within 25 days of 04/20, 04/27, 05/4/18 Afro-American sachusetts Ave, NW, its first publication shall #302, Washington, DC Washington so inform the Register of Superior Court of 20005, was appointed Law Reporter Wills, including name, the District of personal representative address and relationDistrict of Columbia Ranita-Chalon T. Jordan of the estate of Thomas ship.

PROBATE DIVISION Rozalyn T Givens Christein AKA Thomas C Date of Publication: Washington, D.C. Personal Christein, who died on February 23, 2018 20001-2131 Representative August 2, 2017 with a Name of newspaper: Administration No. will, and will serve withAfro-American 2016ADM000028 out Court supervision. All TRUE TEST COPY Washington Lala Boothe Slaughter unknown heirs and heirs REGISTER OF WILLS Law Reporter whose whereabouts are Dennis A Brown Decedent Personal Vickey A Wright-Smith unknown shall enter their 1629 K Street, NW #300 04/20, 04/27,Wed 05/4/18 Representative a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s TYPESET: Apr 18 Washington, DC 20006 proceeding. Objections Attorney TRUE TEST COPY to such appointment (or NOTICE OF REGISTER OF WILLS to the probate of deSuperior Court of APPOINTMENT, cedent´s will) shall be the District of TYPESET: Wed Apr 18 11:54:32 EDT 2018 NOTICE TO filed with the Register of District of Columbia 02/23, 03/2, 03/9/18 CREDITORS Wills, D.C., 515 5th PROBATE DIVISION AND NOTICE TO Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. Superior Court of UNKNOWN HEIRS Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001-2131 the District of Vickey A Wright-Smith , 20001, on or before Administration No. District of Columbia whose address is 1629 K October 20, 2018.

2018ADM000345 PROBATE DIVISION S t r e e t , N W, # 3 0 0 Claims against the de- Deshawn T Belle Washington, D.C. Washington, DC 20006 cedent shall be preDecedent 20001-2131 was appointed personal sented to the underNOTICE OF Administration No. representative of the signed with a copy to the APPOINTMENT, 2018ADM00034 estate of Lala Boothe Register of Wills or filed NOTICE TO J Clay Smith Jr Slaughter , who died on with the Register of Wills Decedent CREDITORS with a copy to the underConstance G Starks September 16, 2015 AND NOTICE TO without a will, and will signed, on or before Esq UNKNOWN HEIRS October 20, 2018, or be Ernestine T Belle, whose 7053 Western Avenue servewithout Court supervision. All unknown forever barred. Persons address is 11705 MorNW heirs and heirs whose Washington, DC 20015 believed to be heirs or dente Drive, Clinton, MD whereabouts are unAttorney legatees of the decedent 20735, was appointed known shall enter their NOTICE OF who do not receive a personal representative appearance in this APPOINTMENT, copy of this notice by mail of the estate of Deshawn proceeding. Objections NOTICE TO within 25 days of its first T Belle , who died on CREDITORS to such appointment (or publication shall so in- January 31, 2016 without AND NOTICE TO to the probate of deform the Register of a will, and will serve withUNKNOWN HEIRS cedent´s will) shall be Wills, including name, out Court supervision. All Stager Clay Smith and filed with the Register of address and relation- unknown heirs and heirs Michelle Davis , whose Wills, D.C., 515 5th ship. whose whereabouts are address is 2336 West Vil- Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Date of Publication: unknown shall enter their lage La, SE, Smyra GA W a s h i n g t o n , D . C .

April 20, 2018 appearance in this 30080 & 1502 New Ur- 20001, on or before Name of newspaper: proceeding. Objections ban Way, Houston TXD O c t o b e r 2 0 , 2 0 1 8 .

Afro-American to such appointment 77047, were appointed Claims against the deWashington shall be filed with the personal representative cedent shall be preLaw Reporter Register of Wills, D.C., of the estate of J Clay sented to the underDiane E Seeger Smith Jr., who died on 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd signed with a copy to the Personal February 15, 2018 with a Floor Washington, D.C. Representative 20001, on or before will, and will serve with- Register of Wills or filed out Court supervision. All with the Register of Wills October 20, 2018. unknown heirs and heirs with a copy to the underTRUE TEST COPY Claims against the dewhose whereabouts are signed, on or before REGISTER OF WILLS cedent shall be preunknown shall enter their October 20, 2018, or be sented to the underforever barred. Persons appearance in this 04/20, 04/27, 05/4/18 signed with a copy to the EDT 2018 proceeding. Objections believed to be heirs or TYPESET: Wed Apr 18 12:22:03 Register of Wills or filed to such appointment (or legatees of the decedent with the Register of Wills to the probate of de- who do not receive a with a copy to the undercedent´s will) shall be copy of this notice by mail SUPERIOR COURT OF signed, on or before filed with the Register of within 25 days of its first THE DISTRICT OF October 20, 2018, or be Wills, D.C., 515 5th COLUMBIA publication shall so inforever barred. Persons Street, N.W., 3rd Floor form the Register of PROBATE DIVISION believed to be heirs or Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

Washington, D.C. Wills, including name, legatees of the decedent 20001, on or before address and relation20001-2131 who do not receive a O c t o b e r 2 0 , 2 0 1 8 . ship.

Administration No. copy of this notice by mail Claims against the de- Date of Publication: 2018ADM000389 within 25 days of its first cedent shall be preEstate of April 20, 2018 publication shall so insented to the underDorothy Lee Brown signed with a copy to the Name of newspaper: form the Register of Deceased Register of Wills or filed Afro-American Wills, including name, NOTICE OF Washington with the Register of Wills address and relationSTANDARD Law Reporter with a copy to the undership.

PROBATE Vickey A Wright-Smith signed, on or before Date of Publication: Personal Notice is hereby given April 20, 2018 October 20, 2018, or be Representative that a petition has been Name of newspaper: forever barred. Persons filed in this Court by Betty believed to be heirs or Afro-American Jo Black for standard legatees of the decedent TRUE TEST COPY Washington probate, including the who do not receive a REGISTER OF WILLS Law Reporter copy of this notice by mail appointment of one or Ernestine T Belle within 25 days of its first 04/20, 04/27, 05/4/18 more personal reprePersonal publication shall so insentative. Unless a comRepresentative form the Register of plaint or an objection in Wills, including name, accordance with SuperTRUE TEST COPY address and relationior Court Probate DiREGISTER OF WILLS ship. signed with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 20, 2018, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this NOTICES notice by mail LEGAL within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

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Club Owner Apologizes After Calling Police

By Sean Yoes Baltimore AFRO Editor

Five Black women out for a round of golf at a club in the midst of what some describe as “Trump country,” claim they were discriminated against by White members of the club for allegedly playing “too slow.”

According to the Associated Press, three of the women in the group of Black golfers left the course after Steve Chronister, the former York County Commissioner and the father of the course’s co-owner Jordan Chronister, complained the women moved too slowly and eventually asked them to leave the course.

Two of the five women, Sandra Thompson and Myneca Ojo spoke to the York Daily Record about the incident. “I felt we were discriminated against,” said Ojo. “It was a horrific experience.”

Thompson said the women are part of a larger group known as Sisters in the Fairway, who are experienced golfers and have played on courses around the country and the world.

Thompson is an attorney and is an official with the York chapter of the NAACP. She said the claims of the White men who called police are untrue. The AFRO reached out to Thompson for comment, but she did not respond before

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According to the Daily Record, when Northern York County Regional Police arrived, they conducted interviews and left without charging anyone. The wife of the man who called police on the Black golfers, who is also co-owner of the club has apologized to the women.

“We sincerely apologize to the women for making them feel uncomfortable here at Grandview, that is not our intention in any way,” said JJ Chronister, co-owner of the club to the York Daily Record newspaper. “We want all of our (Facebook) members to feel valued and Sandra Thompson, an attorney an official with the York, that they can come out here Pa. NAACP, says she was discriminated against during and have a great time, play a golf outing over the weekend. golf and enjoy the experience.”

Chronister said she called the women personally on April 22 isn’t necessarily interested in having a meeting. to apologize.

“There needs to be something more JJ Chronister said she hopes to meet with substantial to understand they don’t treat people the five women in person, to use the incident as in this manner,” Thompson said. a teachable moment. But, Thompson said she

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Laura P. Byrd, AFRO board member Sandi Timmins, House of Ruth

The Second Annual High Tea was sponsored by the AFRO American Newspapers April 21 at New Shiloh Patricia Tunstall Baptist Church in West Baltimore.

Over 300 women wore fine hats of all colors and sizes. Music was performed by the Freedom Temple AME Zion Church Praise Team. The guest speaker was Dr. Pamela Love Manning, who gave a spirited speech. The event brought together women of all sectors of the business community.

A $1000 donation was made to The House of Ruth, Mayor Catherine Pugh and Joan M. Pratt which provides services and City Comptroller resources to end violence against women and their children.

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Photos by James Fields Sr.

Takiea Hinton, AFRO (standing) and guests

Tiffany Brown,Timera Shelton,Lawanda Edwards and Darlene Brown

Del. Mary Washington Robin Woodlon,Kelli Smith and Chineta Kennedy

Lenora Howze, AFRO, Nicole Kirby, Helen Holton, Wanda Watts, Caprece Jackson-Garrett, Marsha Jews and Dr. Patricia Schmoke Dr. Frances”Toni”Draper CEO/Publisher AFRO American Newspapers and Dr. Pamela Love Manning, guest speaker

Marilyn Harris Davis

Rev. Dr. A.C.D. Vaughn Afro Board Member/ Sr. Pastor, Sharon Baptist Church

Bertha Pinder Former President Woman Civic League and Agnes Welch Former member of The Baltimore City Council

Karen Outlaw, Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby and Carleen Lassiter

Sen. Barbara Robinson Dr.Thelma Daly and Beverly Carter Afro American Newspaper Board Member

Marsha Jews, A. Lois DeLaine, AFRO photographer, Helen Holton, Tameka Bell and Valerie Fraling

Joy Savage, Amelia Campbell, Vera Konstantinova and Denise DeLeaver

Denise Dorsey, AFRO, Nicole Kirby, Laura Johnson, Diane Hocker, AFRO and Sheilah Davenport

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BALTIMORE-AREA

Race and Politics

Despite Trump, Hogan Holds Steady in Maryland Donald Trump, the leader of the Republican Party, has left a trail of incompetence and a phalanx Sean Yoes of scandal Baltimore AFRO that grows almost Editor syoes@afro.com daily, that is unrivaled in the history of the U.S. presidency. Yet, Trump’s ineptitude, unhinged behavior and historically low approval ratings as the GOP standard bearer, has not knocked Republican Maryland Governor Larry Hogan off his political stride, according to the results of the latest Goucher Poll (the poll is conducted by the Sarah T. Hughes Field Politics Center at Goucher College).

Hogan continues to be one of the most popular U.S. governors of either party with a 69 percent approval rating, while 21 percent disapprove. Meanwhile, Trump’s approval in Maryland is an abysmal 25 percent (more than 10 points under his average national approval), with a 70 percent disapproval.

It’s no secret Hogan has strategically kept his distance from Trump, even before he captured the presidency. I Continued on D2

Maryland Senate

Meet the Black Candidates for the 40th, 41st and 44th Districts

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Turning the Memphis Sanitation Strike into Art

By J. K. Schmid Special to the AFRO Angela Wilson, playwright and founder and president of the AngelWing Project, wrote and directed a play about the 1968 Memphis sanitation worker’s strike that will debut this weekend in Anne Arundel County.

“Tears of the Soul” tells the story of a Black family in 1968’s Memphis, during the two months and four days sanitation workers strike.

“I’ve always had a passion for the arts,” Wilson told the AFRO. “And having been involved in the arts, I wanted to start my own performing company. We’ve been performing now for about a

Clockwise from top left: Antonio Hayes, Barbara Robinson, Jill P. Carter, Alethia McCaskill, Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, Victor Clark (center)

By Sean Yoes Baltimore AFRO Editor syoes@afro.com Three compelling Maryland Senate races are shaping up in West Baltimore in the 40th, 41st and 44th districts.

Here are the candidates vying for the West Baltimore Senate chairs.

40th

Del. Antonio Hayes (D) Hayes has represented the 40th in the House of Delegates since 2014 and he is seeking to unseat veteran Baltimore politician Sen. Barbara Robinson. Hayes began as a community organizer for the HotSpots program, which

provides before and after school care for children. He also served as legislative director for Baltimore City Council President Sheila Dixon (2003-2006), and was assistant deputy mayor of administration for Mayor Dixon (20072010).

Sen. Barbara Robinson (D) Sen. Robinson was tapped in 2016 to replace the seat formerly held by Mayor Catherine Pugh. Robinson, a longtime educator, previously was a member of the House of Delegates from 2007 to 2016. Robinson is co-founder of the Minority Women Business Owners Association. She was a deputy administrator for the District Court of Maryland, Supreme Bench of Baltimore and the Circuit Court of Baltimore.

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“Tears of the Soul,” a play about the sanitation workers strike in Memphis in 1968, opens this weekend at the Chesapeake Arts Center in Anne Arundel County.

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Dance Sentenced to Six Months

By AFRO Staff Former Baltimore County School Superintendent, S. Dallas Dance will serve six months in Baltimore County jail, for failing to disclose almost $147,000 he earned in part-time consulting jobs when he was superintendent.

He was sentenced to five years, with all but six months suspended, with two years probation. Dance, who was looked upon by many as a role model, specifically for young Black males, is scheduled to turn himself in April 27.

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Four Teens Charged in Carjacking of Pregnant Teacher Courtesy photo

Choir celebrates the 43rd anniversary of Bishop Walter Scott Thomas as Pastor of New Psalmist Baptist Church.

New Psalmist Baptist Church

Bishop Walter Thomas Celebrates 43 Years as Pastor

By Joi Thomas Special to the AFRO

Baltimore is known for its vibrant church community. On any given day of the week, there is something exciting happening. New Psalmist Baptist Church celebrated the pastoral anniversary of its leader, Bishop Walter Thomas April 15, this reporter’s father.

For 43 years, Bishop Thomas has served as pastor of New Psalmist. Three services were held in the morning. Local pastors and sons of the ministry, Dr. Ronald Williams, pastor of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Bishop Heber Brown, pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church of Edgemere, and Rev. Julian Rivera, pastor of Fulton Baptist Church preached for

the three morning services. In addition to the morning services, there was also a concert.

Worshippers came back in large numbers at 5 p.m. that evening to hear Patrick Lundy and the Ministers of Music from the Washington Metropolitan area. This is a unique aggregation of singers; most of them are ministers of music, choir directors, music educators, soloists and ordained ministers of the gospel, including the founder and director, Patrick Lundy who serves as director of Christian Fine Arts at the Reid Temple AME Church in Glenn Dale, Maryland.

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By Michelle Richardson Special to the AFRO Four Baltimore teens have been charged in the assault and kidnapping of a pregnant teacher in Baltimore County.

Sixteen year-old Tyana Holmes has been charged as an adult in the carjacking, robbery, and unlawful taking of a motor vehicle. She is being held at the Baltimore County Detention Center without bail.

A 14-year-old juvenile, who is related to Holmes, whose name has not been released, has also been charged.

Detectives from the Baltimore Police Carjacking Unit arrested two more suspects April 24. The first two suspects were arrested over the weekend.

The last two suspects include a 15-year-old teen and another expected to be charged as an adult, according to police.

According to police and charging documents filed, the teens stole cars from 3 area

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Sixteen year-old Tyana Holmes has been charged as adult in the carjacking of a pregnant woman.

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The first carjacking was a 2014 Ford Fusion from a school in Baltimore City on April 19.

The next day, the teens allegedly drove the stolen Ford Fusion to Villa Cresta Elementary School in Parkville, where they entered the school saying claiming they wanted to enroll a student. After they left the building, they encountered a teacher in the parking lot and asked her for directions.

That’s when the pregnant teacher was allegedly

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41st

Jill. P. Carter (D) Carter, a lawyer, is currently director of the Baltimore Office of Civil Rights and Wage Enforcement, which presides over the Community Relations Commission and the Civilian Review Board. She served in the House of Delegates representing the 41st from 2003 to 2017. Carter, the daughter of civil rights icon Walter P. Carter, worked as a reporter for the AFRO in the late 1980’s.

Nathaniel T. Oaks (D) On April 23, the Baltimore Board of Elections accepted Oaks’ request to give up his voter registration, which Oaks hopes will convince a judge to officially remove his name

from the June 26 ballot.

Oaks pleaded guilty to two federal felony counts (he will allegedly serve six to 18 months in prison for charges including bribery) an Anne Arundel County Circuit judge on April 20, refused to order the Maryland Board of Elections to remove Oaks’ name from the June 26 primary ballot, because he remains, “a qualified voter.”

44th

Victor Clark, Jr. (R) Clark, a veteran member and a familiar face in Maryland’s Republican Party, is a member of the Baltimore City Planning Commission. He is also program manager

for the Small Business Resources division of the Maryland Department of Commerce.

Alethia McCaskill (D) McCaskill, a business owner and longtime child advocate, has worked for 19 years as an early learning and child development professional.

Sen. Shirley Nathan -Pulliam (D) Nathan-Pulliam has been a member of the Maryland Senate since 2015. Previously, she was a member of the House of Delegates representing District 10 in Baltimore County from 1995 to 2015. Originally from Jamaica, Nathan-Pulliam, a registered nurse and business owner, was educated in Nursing in England and the United States.

Art

Continued from D1 year and a half. This is our third full production and we’re just very, very excited about this play.”

The years-long relationship between AngelWing and Chesapeake Arts Center, where the play will be performed, continues to develop and grow.

“Because of just the shows that we present and the way presented ourselves, I was approached by the executive director for some kind of partnership,” Wilson said. “Our mission aligns with their mission and we’re just trying to bring good shows to that community.”

Chesapeake is located in Brooklyn Park, the lowest-income community in Anne Arundel County.

“I live in Anne Arundel County, and I wanted to be involved in the arts, but I had to go either to Baltimore or other places,” Wilson said. “So I wanted to do something in the area for people and so they can come and enjoy the type of theater that they would be able to go to D.C. and see, or Annapolis and see at some of these more well-known theaters.”

The play takes place during one of the most fraught and tumultuous times in American history, 1968; and specifically straddles a tragedy that eclipsed many other national crises: the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. After helping secure civil rights victories in the Voting Rights Act and Civil Rights Act, King made advances in human and labor rights. King’s speech, “I’ve Been to the

Mountaintop,” was delivered in support of Memphis strikers.

The play pushes in on one Memphis household, months into the strike, struggling with having the high hopes, from King’s presence, dashed when he is assassinated in 1968.

While Wilson and her cast went through archival and documentary materials to research the reality of Memphis at the time, it uniquely benefits from a first-hand contemporary

“Our mission aligns with their mission and we’re just trying to bring good shows to that community.”

– Angela Wilson account of the strike.

“Mr. Cleophus Smith from Memphis, Tennessee, is one of the original sanitation workers who participated in the strike and recalls vividly what it was like to hear Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Mountaintop” speech and how risky it was to stand up for justice during that time,” an AngelWing press release said.

Wilson interviewed Smith personally as part of her research,

and shared recordings with her cast. Smith will be in attendance at the debut and will participate in a “talk back” segment after the play where he will answer questions about his experiences.

Roxie Johnson plays Maxine, a family friend of the central family, the Barneses. As the strike wears on, Maxine grows increasingly impatient about her deteriorating conditions.

“I would say that Maxine is supportive, because she has no choice,” Johnson told the AFRO. “They have to go out and do it, but she is reluctant. The longer that it goes on, you can see that it is affecting her and her lifestyle. Even though they were already not making much money, the idea of not having any money, is just too much for her to handle.”

Johnson sees a similar conflict the current moment.

“There are a lot of protests happening right now, all over our country about one thing or another: women’s rights, Black Lives Matter, and some people are a little skeptical about these tactics of marching, because they feel like nothing is going to change,” Johnson said. “Every time somebody gets off, after a Black person is killed by the police, they become less and less optimistic about that approach. So they turn inward and become apathetic, and so I do see that as a parallel, this, and Maxine’s feeling about it.”

The “Tears of the Soul” begins April 28 at the Chesapeake Arts Center in Anne Arundel County. For more information go to theangelwingproject.org.

Race and Politics Continued from D1

wrote about Hogan’s rebuke of the then GOP nominee in this column in May 2016: “I’m not a Trump fan,” Hogan told the Associated Press back in March. “I don’t think he should be the nominee.

At this point in time, I have no idea who the candidates are going to be or who I’m going to vote for,” he added. And in reference to the GOP Convention in Cleveland...Hogan said, “I don’t even want to be involved...It’s a mess. I hate the whole thing. I don’t think we have the best candidates in either party that are being put up. I don’t like the things that are going on, and I’m sick of talking about it, because it’s not anything I have anything to do with.”

Two years later, Hogan’s anti-Trump protestations seem to have paid off politically for the governor according to the Goucher Poll.

Hogan is seen as a moderate by a majority (51 percent) of Marylanders, while only 26 percent believe Hogan is a conservative and nine percent say Hogan is liberal.

According to Goucher, almost half of respondents (47

percent) think Hogan has distanced himself from Trump “about the right amount” compared to 27 percent who believe Hogan has distanced himself “too little” from Trump and nine percent say he has distanced himself “too much” from the 45th president.

But, how does the Hogan/Trump dynamic in Maryland translate to his support against the men and women who are determined to face the Maryland governor in the November election? According to the Goucher Poll, Hogan holds a comfortable lead over all of his Democratic challengers.

Gov. Hogan holds a 13 point lead over Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker, 44 percent to 31 percent.

Hogan holds the same lead over former NAACP President Ben Jealous, 44 to 31.

Hogan leads Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz (45percnet to 28percent); leads Montgomery County Sen. Rich Madaleno (45percent to 27 percent); former senior adviser to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Alec Ross (46 percent to 26 percent); businessman Jim Shea (47 percent to 27 percent); and former policy director for Michelle Obama, Krish Vignarajah (45 percent to 25 percent).

However, the Goucher Poll offers some hope for all of those Democrats vying to challenge Hogan; in all of the

It’s no secret Hogan has strategically kept his distance from Trump... possible matchups against the governor, at least 22 percent of voters remain undecided.

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist or even a political scientist to realize the upcoming Democratic gubernatorial debates (Hogan is running unopposed in his party) are going to be brutal with candidates jockeying to separate themselves from the pack and invariably toss as much Trump mud on Hogan as possible in the process.

Ultimately, there is more than six months between now and the General Election in November, an eternity in politics, especially in these volatile times.

Sean Yoes is the Baltimore editor of the AFRO and host and executive producer of the AFRO First Edition video podcast, which airs Monday and Friday at 5 p.m., on the AFRO’s Facebook page.

Pastor

Continued from D1

showed the group’s versatility and range. Some of the songs they sang included: “Determined,” “Hallelujah is the Highest Praise,” “What a Friend we have in Jesus” and their hit song, “Even Me”.

According to their biography, Patrick Lundy and the Ministers of Music, officially debuted in November 1994. The choir has traveled all over the country and internationally spreading the good news of Jesus Christ. They

even had the privilege of singing during President Barack Obama’s inaugural activities and for the dedication of the Martin Luther King, Jr memorial.

At the end of the evening, the choir received a standing ovation. Bishop Thomas not only thanked them for making his anniversary an unforgettable one, but he also thanked everyone in attendance for helping him celebrate such a special occasion.

Carjacking Continued from D1

assaulted; she tried to run but tripped and fell. The teacher was punched multiples times, even while yelling “I’m pregnant,” robbed of her purse, phone and car keys.

The teens fled the scene with one allegedly driving the teacher’s vehicle and the other three in the Ford Fusion. The teacher, who has not been identified, was not seriously injured, but was transported to the hospital as a precautionary measure because of her pregnancy.

During the final carjacking, the teens allegedly entered Hope Academy at 1808 Edison Highway in East Baltimore, where they stole keys to a 2016 Dodge Journey and another Ford Fusion and fled the scene.

The first Ford Fusion was left at Hope Academy with the teacher’s purse inside.

When officers obtained a search warrant for Holmes’ address on Federal Street in the Broadway East neighborhood, they said Holmes was wearing the same clothes she allegedly wore during the carjacking. Police found the Dodge Journey and the second Ford Fusion nearby but they did not locate the teacher’s Kia Sportage.

Police are still looking for the 2013 black Kia Sportage stolen from the Villa Cresta teacher; it has Maryland registration plates of 6AF5889.

If anyone has any information on the vehicles whereabouts, they are urged to call Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP.

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City  of  Baltimore  Annual  Water  Quality  Report Baltimore  City  Department  of  Public  Works Reporting  Period:  January  1,  2017  to  December  31,  2017

BALTIMORE  CITY  WATER  QUALITY  REPORT  FOR  2017 ) /$! 4! - /$! %/4 +!-"*-(! ++-*3%( /!'4 2 /!- ,0 '%/4 ) '4.!. . + -/ *" *)/%)0*0. !""*-/ /* ..0-! /$! 2 /!- 4*0 -%)& (!!/. *- !3 !! . -!#0' /*-4 ./ ) - . $! 2 /!- %. ) '45! "*- *1!- %""!-!)/ -%)&%)# 2 /!- *)/ (%) )/. .0(( -4 *" /$! 9)%.$! 2 /!- ,0 '%/4 -!.0'/. %. +-*1% ! !'*2 $! / -!+-!.!)/. /$! (*./ -! !)/ /!./%)# *)! %) *- ) ! 2%/$ /$! -!,0%-!(!)/. *" 8. /!- !./%)# !#0' /%*). ) 2!-! /$! *)'4 -!#0' /! .0 ./ ) !. "*0) %) 4*0- -%)&%)# 2 /!- '/%(*-! %/48. !3 !''!)/ -%)&%)# water  meets  or  exceeds  all  these  standards.

TERMS  AND  ABBREVIATIONS  —   What  They  Mean  in  Plain  English

Term  /  Abbreviation

!9)%/%*)

What  it  Means  1  ppm  is  the  same  as  one  drop  in  10  gallons  of  water.

PPM

Parts  per  million

PPB

Parts  per  billion

1  ppb  is  the  same  as  one  drop  in  10,000  gallons  of  water.

HLD

Highest  Level  Detected

(! . !9)!

MCL

Maximum  Contaminant  Level

The  highest  level  of  a  contaminant  allowed  by  health  regulations  established  by  the  Environmental  Protection  Agency.   Â

MCLG

Maximum  Contaminant  Level  Goal

Health  related  goals.   The  MCL  is  set  as  close  to  this  “goalâ€?  as  possible  but  with  consideration  to  achievability  and  cost.  Â

NTU

Nephelometric  Turbidity  Units

Units  of  measurement  used  to  report  the  level  of  turbidity  or  “cloudiness�  in  the  water.

AL

Action  Level

If  the  “Action  Levelâ€?  for  a  particular  contaminant  is  exceeded,  a  response  that  may  include  additional  treatment  steps  and/or  public  education  may  have  to  be  initiated  by  the  water  system. Â

TT

Treatment  Technique

6 -! /(!)/ ! $)%,0!7 %. -!,0%-! +-* !.. /$ / %. %)/!) ! /* -! 0 ! /$! (*0)/ *" .+! %9 *)/ (%) )/ %) -%)&%)# 2 /!-

pCi/L

picoCuries  per  Liter

A  measure  of  the  level  of  radioactivity  in  the  water.

TURBIDITY

Relates  to  a  condition  where  suspended  particles  are  present  in  the  water.  Â

Turbidity  measurements  are  a  way  to  describe  the  level  of  “cloudiness�  of  the  water.

TOTAL/FECAL Â COLIFORMS

Indicator  Bacteria

4+! *" /!-%*'*#% ' /!./. -*0/%)!'4 0.! /* !/!-(%)! %" *)/ (%) /%*) $ . * 0--! %) -%)&%)# 2 /!- .4./!(

MRDL

Maximum  Residual  Disinfectant  Level

Disinfectant  level  beyond  which  some  people  may  experience  irritating  effects.  Based  on  running  annual  average  of  monthly  averages  of  distribution  system  samples  computed  quarterly.

LRAA

Locational  Running  Annual  Average

) 1!- #%)# *" ) '4/% ' -!.0'/. "*- . (+'!. / &!) / + -/% 0' - '* /%*) "*- /$! "*0- (*./ -! !)/ '!) - ,0 -/!-.

MICROBIOLOGICAL Â CONTAMINANTS SUBSTANCE

MCLG

MCL

TOTAL Â COLIFORMS

0

The  presence  of  coliform  bacteria  Highest  monthly  percentage  of  positive  Highest  monthly  percentage  of  positive  samples: in  more  than  5%  of  monthly  samples: 1.17%* samples  will  exceed  the  MCL. 1.17%* *Not  a  violation.

ASHBURTON Â PLANT

MONTEBELLO Â PLANTS

0

A  routine  sample  and  a  re-­ peat  sample  are  total  coliform  positive,  and  one  is  also  fecal  coliform  or  E.  Coli  positive.

Naturally  present  in  the  environment.

All  repeat  samples  were  negative.

*Not  a  violation.

All  repeat  samples  were  negative.

FECAL  COLIFORMS  and  E.  COLI

MAJOR Â SOURCES

Highest  monthly  percentage  of  positive  Highest  monthly  percentage  of  positive  samples:  samples:  0% 0%

Human  and  animal  fecal  waste.

TURBIDITY SUBSTANCE TURBIDITY1

MCLG

MCL

ASHBURTON Â PLANT

MONTEBELLO Â PLANTS

None

Treatment  Technique  (TT)

HLD

LOWEST Â %

HLD

LOWEST Â %

 Filtration

0.09 Â NTU

100

0.22 Â NTU

     100

MAJOR  SOURCES Soil  run-­off.

0- % %/4 ))*/ !3 !! ) (0./ ! '!.. /$ ) *- !,0 ' /* %) / '! ./ *" (! .0-!(!)/. / &!) ! $ (*)/$ *2!./ %. /$! '*2!./ +!- !)/ #! *" (*)/$'4 9'/!-! water  turbidity  samples  less  than  0.3  NTU.  ARSENIC  RESULTS SUBSTANCE

MCL

ASHBURTON Â PLANT

MONTEBELLO Â PLANTS

MAJOR Â SOURCES

ARSENIC

0.010 Â ppm

<0.003 Â ppm

<0.003ppm

Erosion  of  natural  deposits.

LEAD  AND  COPPER  TESTING Lead  and  copper  testing  was  last  required  by  regulatory  standards  in  2015.  During  that  year,  the  testing  involved  52  â&#x20AC;&#x153;tier  1â&#x20AC;?  or  high  risks  homes.   To  determine  compliance,  the  52  test  results  were  arranged  from  the  lowest  value  to  the  highest.  The  7, 3)5')17-/) 9%/8) -6 -()17-@)( &< ; ",)5)*25) 7,) 7, 9%/8) %55%1+)( *520 /2:)67 72 ,-+,)67 0867 &) &)/2: 7,) >%'7-21 /)9)/? *25 /)%( %1( '233)5 85 6<67)0 0)7 7,-6 '203/-%1') 67%1(%5( ")67-1+ :-// &) 5)48-5)( %+%-1 -1

LEAD Â AND Â COPPER Â TESTING Â RESULTS Â (2015) SUBSTANCE

ACTION Â LEVEL

90TH Â PERCENTILE Â

SAMPLE Â RESULTS Â GREATER Â THAN Â ACTION Â LEVEL

LEAD

15 Â ppb

5.00 Â ppb

2

COPPER

1,300 Â ppb

343 Â ppb

0

* 35)6)17 )/)9%7)( /)9)/6 2* /)%( '%1 '%86) 6)5-286 ,)%/7, 352&/)06 )63)'-%//< *25 35)+1%17 :20)1 %1( <281+ ',-/(5)1 )%( -1 (5-1.-1+ :%7)5 -6 35-0%5-/< *520 0%7)5-%/6 %1( '20321)176 %662'-%7)( :-7, 6)59-') /-1)6 %1( ,20) 3/80&-1+ ",) -7< 2* %/7-025) -6 5)63216-&/) *25 3529-(-1+ ,-+, 48%/-7< (5-1.-1+ :%7)5 &87 '%1127 '21752/ 7,) 9%5-)7< 2* 0%7)5-%/6 86)( -1 3/80&-1+ '20321)176 $,)1 <285 :%7)5 ,%6 &))1 6-77-1+ *25 6)9)5%/ ,2856 <28 '%1 0-1-0-=) 7,) 327)17-%/ *25 /)%( );32685) &< A86,-1+ <285 7%3 *25 6)'21(6 72 0-187)6 &)*25) 86-1+ :%7)5 *25 (5-1.-1+ 25 '22.-1+ * <28 %5) '21')51)( %&287 /)%( -1 <285 (5-1.-1+ :%7)5 <28 0%< :-6, 72 ,%9) <285 :%7)5 7)67)( 1*250%7-21 21 /)%( -1 (5-1.-1+ :%7)5 7)67-1+ 0)7,2(6 %1( 67)36 <28 '%1 7%.) 72 0-1-0-=) );32685) -6 %9%-/%&/) *520 7,) !%*) 5-1.-1+ $%7)5 27/-1) %7

25 %7 ,773 ::: )3% +29 6%*):%7)5 /)%(.

INORGANIC Â CONTAMINANTS SUBSTANCE

MCLG

MCL

ASHBURTON Â PLANT

MONTEBELLO Â PLANTS

MAJOR Â SOURCES

HLD

RANGE

HLD

RANGE

BARIUM

2 Â ppm

2 Â ppm

0.023 Â ppm

 0.02  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  0.023  ppm

0.039 Â ppm

0.03-­0.039  ppm

%. $ -#! *" -%''%)# 2 ./!. (!/ ' -!9)!-%!. !-*.%*) *" ) /0- ' deposits.

NITRATE Â (AS Â NITROGEN)

10 Â ppm

10 Â ppm

1.44 Â ppm

1.05-­1.44  ppm

1.67 Â ppm

0.76-­1.67   ppm

0) *"" "-*( "!-/%'%5!- 0.! '! $%)# "-*( .!+/% / )&. !-*.%*) *" natural  deposits.

FLUORIDE SUBSTANCE

FLUORIDE

MCLG

MCL

4 Â ppm

4 Â ppm

ASHBURTON Â PLANT

MONTEBELLO Â PLANTS

MAJOR Â SOURCES

HLD

RANGE

AVERAGE

HLD

RANGE

AVERAGE

0.85 Â ppm

0.27  -­  0.85  ppm

0.68 Â ppm

1.11 Â ppm

0.06  -­  1.11  ppm

0.73 Â ppm

Water  additive  that  promotes  strong  teeth.

CHLORINE SUBSTANCE

MRDLG

MRDL

CHLORINE

4 Â ppm

4 Â ppm

RUNNING  ANNUAL  AVG.  OF  MONTHLY  SAMPLES  COMPUTED  QUARTERLY  0.59  ppm   (Based  on  4899  distribution  system  samples  collected  in  2017)

MAJOR  SOURCES Water  treatment  additive  to  disinfect  supply.

RADIOACTIVE Â CONTAMINANTS SUBSTANCE

MCLG

MCL

BETA Â PHOTON Â EMITTERS

0 Â mrem/yr Â

50 Â pCi/L*

<1.5 Â pCi/L

ASHBURTON Â PLANT

 <  4  pCi/L

MONTEBELLO Â PLANTS

Erosion  of  natural  deposits.

MAJOR Â SOURCES

ALPHA Â EMITTERS

0 Â pCi/L

15 Â pCi/L

<1 Â pCi/L

 <  2  pCi/L

Erosion  of  natural  deposits.

*The  MCL  for  Beta  Photon  Emitters  is  4  millirems  per  year  (a  measure  of  radiation  absorbed  by  the  body).   The  EPA  considers  50  pCi/l  to  be  a  level  of  concern  for  this  contaminant.

VOLATILE Â ORGANIC Â CHEMICALS SUBSTANCE

MCLG

MCL

City  of  Baltimore  Distribution  System HIGHEST   LOCATIONAL  RUNNING  ANNUAL  AVERAGE   (LRAA)

RANGE  (individual  locations)

MAJOR Â SOURCES

TOTAL Â THMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S

N/A

80 Â ppb

69 Â ppb

20  -­  107  ppb

4 +-* 0 / *" -%)&%)# 2 /!- $'*-%) /%*)

HAA(5)

N/A

60 Â ppb

49 Â ppb

5  -­  60  ppb

4 +-* 0 / *" -%)&%)# 2 /!- $'*-%) /%*)

      Cryptosporidium '5-3 72) 6325 )) 80 -6 % 35272=2%1 % 6-1+/) ')//)( 3%5%6-7) 7,%7 '%1 -19%() %1( 5)6-() -1 7,) -17)67-1)6 2* %1-0%/6 %1( 3)23/) ",-6 25+%1-60 -6 *281( -1 620) 685*%') :%7)5 /%.)6 5)6)592-56 5-9)56 )7' 1( %/62 +5281(:%7)5 81()5 7,) -1A8)1') 2* 685*%') :%7)5 1*)'7-21 2* ,)%/7,< -1(-9-(8%/6 &< 7,-6 25+%1-60 '%1 '%86) % +%6752-17)67-1%/ -//1)66 5)*)55)( 72 %6 '5<3726325-(-26-6 '5-3 72) 6325 -( )) 2 6-6 :,-', 0%< 352(8') 6<037206 -1'/8(-1+ (-%55,)% ,)%(%',) %&(20-1%/ '5%036 1%86)% 920-7-1+ %1( /2: +5%() *)9)5 ",) 6<037206 868%//< /%67 21) 72 7:2 :)).6 25 -00812'203520-6)( 3)23/) ,2:)9)5 7,) -1*)'7-21 '%1 '217-18) %1( /%67 *25 6)9)5%/ 0217,6 )'%86) 7,)5) %5) 12 )**)'7-9) 0)(-'%/ 75)%70)176 352/21+)( -1*)'7-21 '%1 &) *%7%/ *25 6)9)5)/< -00812'203520-6)( -1(-9-(8%/6 80%1 75%160-66-21 5287)6 -1'/8() -1+)67-21 2* '217%0-1%7)( *22( 25 drinking  water  or  through  direct  contact  with  fecal  matter.   The  City  monitors  its  raw  water  sources  for  the  presence  of  Cryptosporidium  using  the  services  of  environmental  laboratories  employing  the  latest  available  and  approved  analytical  methods. Â

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM Â RESULTS Â RANGE -&)57< 2'<67 -7)5 2', %9)1 2'<67 -7)5 !8648),%11% -9)5 2'<67 -7)5

SECONDARY Â CONTAMINANTS Â

Microscopic  view  of  Cryptosporidium  oocysts

!2(-80 /)9)/6 -1 7,) :%7)5 6833/< %5) 2*7)1 2* '21')51 72 '21680)56 :,2 '217%'7 285 *%'-/-7-)6 !2(-80 1%785%//< 2''856 -1 5%: :%7)56 &87 7,) '21')175%7-21 '%1 &) -1'5)%6)( (8) 72 7,) -1A8)1') 2* 581 2** *520 52%( 685*%')6 75)%7)( :-7, 52'. 6%/7 (85-1+ 612: %1( -') 5)029%/ )**2576 85-1+ 7,) <)%5 7,) %9)5%+) 62(-80 '21')175%7-216 0)%685)( -1 7,) @1-6,)( :%7)5 *520 7,) 6,&85721 %1( 217)&)//2 $%7)5 "5)%70)17 /%176 :)5) 330 %1( 330 5)63)'7-9)/< %1( %5) '216-()5)( /2: )23/) :-7, # ! 25 27,)5 -0081) 6<67)0 (-625()56 620) )/()5/< %1( -1*%176 '%1 &) 3%57-'8/%5/< %7 5-6. *520 -1*)'7-216 ",)6) 3)23/) 6,28/( 6)). %(9-') %&287 (5-1.-1+ :%7)5 *520 7,)-5 ,)%/7,'%5) 3529-()56 +8-()/-1)6 21 %335235-%7) 0)%16 72 /)66)1 7,) 5-6. 2* -1*)'7-21 &< 5<3726325-(-80 %1( 27,)5 0-'52&-%/ '217%0-1%176 %5) %9%-/%&/) *520 7,) !%*) 5-1.-1+ $%7)5 27/-1) %7

* <28 ,%9) 63)'-@' ,)%/7, '21')516 '2168/7 <285 (2'725

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This exhibition is organized by The Baltimore Museum of Art and The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

It is generously sponsored by The Alvin and Fanny B. Thalheimer Foundation, Suzanne F. Cohen, Anonymous, Heidi and Brian Berghuis, Amy L. Gould and Matthew S. Polk, Jr., Agnes Gund, Guy and Nupur Parekh Flynn, LaVerna Hahn Charitable Trust, Nancy Dorman and Stan Mazaroff, Amy and Marc Meadows, Clair Zamoiski Segal, Dorothy Wagner Wallis Charitable Trust, Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown, Eileen Harris Norton Foundation, Ilene and Michael Salcman, and Hauser & Wirth.

Above: Whitten, Agia Galini, 1973.; Right: Jack Whitten. Detail, Homage to the Kri-Kri. 1985.

Courtesy of the Artist’s Estate and Hauser & Wirth. Photography by Genevieve Hanson, NYC.