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The Afro-American, July 7, 2018 - July 13, 2018
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n June 28, the AFRO Newspapers held the kick off for the 2018 Clean Block campaign where leaders and members of community organizations gathered to continue an
84 year tradition for the city and the venerable newspaper. Community leaders representing their respective neighborhoods included Peggy Scarlet, Roseanne Thomas, Denise Deleaver, Diane Williams, Kevin Dorn, and Miranda Foy-Godbolt. The event was held at the AFRO’s headquarters, 1531 S. Edgewood St. To register your block and get free cleaning supplies, call or email Diane Hocker before July 12, dhocker@afro. com, 410-554-8243.
Roseanne Thomas, Diane Hocker, Miranda Foy-Goldbolt, Diane Williams and Peggy Scarlet
Kevin Dorn
Miranda Foy-Goldbolt, Saint Stephens AME Church Community
Roundtable introductions and discussions
Peggy Scarlet and Roseanne Thomas, Rosemont Community
Lenora Howze (center), director of advertising for the AFRO brought greetings and welcomed the community representatives Denise Deleaver, Ashburton Community
Donated supplies
Photos by Keyon Smith
Diane Williams, Oliver Community
LaTasha Owens, Kyle Ogle, and Denise DeLeaver listened while Diane W. Hocker, project manager, gave the history and goals for AFRO’s Clean Block
July 7, 2018 - July 13, 2018, The Afro-American
Holy Communion at Feast Day Service (l-r) Kwasi Holman, Joseph Fons, Rev. Martha K. Clark, Rector, St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church on the SW Waterfront, Diana Gustafson Barbara and Neal Peirce, Founding St. Augustine Parish Members and Cissy Marshall in the Marshall Gallery
Kwasi Holman, St. A’s Vestry Member, and Jeanne Mattison, Representative, Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen’s Office
Thurgood “Goodie” Marshall admiring his father’s photo in the Marshall Gallery
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Recently St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church hosted a celebration of the life and legacy of Justice Thurgood Marshall. St. Augustine’s is the church that Justice Marshall and his family attended after arriving in Washington. Mrs. Cecilia “Cissy” Marshall, the widow of Justice Marshall, still attends St. Augustine’s, serving on the Altar Guild. Honored guests included Kenya’s Ambassador Robinson Njeru, a country where Justice Marshall served as a constitutional advisor in the 1960s. Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, (D-DC) delivered the morning homily. Ms. Thomasina Yearwood, President and Chief Operating Officer, Thurgood Marshall Center Trust, Ms. Zoma Wallace, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and Ms. Jeanne Mattison, Ambassador Councilmember Charles Allen’s Njeru Githae representative, were honored guests. reading a The service was followed by a ribbon lesson at the cutting ceremony for the Marshall service Gallery.
Zoma Wallace, Ebony McMorris, Thomasina Yearwood attending Thurgood Marshall Feast Day Service at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church
Thelma D. Jones presenting a bouquet of flowers to Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton after the Marshall Gallery ribbon cutting with Kwasi Holman and Cissy Marshall looking on
Ovation performing at the Thurgood Marshall Feast Day under the direction of Music Director Shirli Hug Kenya Ambassador Robinson Njeru Githae holds a photo of Thurgood Marshall as an Honorary Chief of Kenyan’s Kikuyu Tribe with Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Mrs. Cecilia “Cissy” Thurgood Marshall
Zoma Wallace, Archivist, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (left) shares a laugh with St. Augustine’s member, Thelma D. Jones
On June 2, the First Baptist Church of Glenarden celebrated 25 years of its annual health fair, with the theme- Bold Radiant Reflection of God. The Church’s Pastor, the Reverend John K. Jenkins emphasized the importance of health and fitness. “We are trying to help people live longer and better,” said Reverend Jenkins who added that over the years
WHUR’s radio personality Mr. “C” Carroll H. Hynson Jr.
Cissy Marshall viewing the Marshall Gallery
Marshall Gallery Ribbon Cutting (l-r) Ambassador Robinson Njeru Githae, Congresswoman Norton and Cissy Marshall
Thomasina Yearwood, President & Chief Operating Officer, Thurgood Marshall Center Trust, Cissy Marshall, Marjorie Gilliard and Thurgood Marshall Jr. Photos by Elisabeth Brown
Exercising in the church aisles
Rock climbing for the children
the annual event has actually saved lives. “We have had people discover that they had cancer and because it was detected earlier enough it prolonged their life,” he said. Fitness expert, Donna Richardson was one of the special guests, and led dance fitness and preached to guests. “You have to make a commitment,” Richardson told the gathering. “How can you take care of business if you are sick in bed. Make a commitment to start,” she encouraged guests.
Pastor John Jenkins and First Lady Trina Jenkins
Zumba class
Epilepsy Foundation: Rasheedah Barfield, Edana Perry and Rose Cook
Fitness and Aerobics instructor, Donna Richardson
The program
Capital Congestive Care: Michelle Haught, Davia Mowatt, Dr. Ann Marie Stephenson, Marvin Lawrence, and Melanie Jackson
Boot Camp Challenge
WHUR’s Taylor Thomas and Mr. “C” Carroll Hynson Jr., Pastor John Jenkins, First Lady Trina Jenkins, WHUR’s Michele Wright and NBC Washington’s Molete Green
Senior Cove Members: Linda Ferguson, Pearl Hynes, Cathy Jackson, Maxine German-Dawkins and Lisa Thompson