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Local Black fathers with their families. Top Left- Kevin Guyton, Center- Rodney Caldwell, Far Right- Jesse Epps, Bottom Left- Sean Gatewood Hamzat Sani, Brigette White Special to the AFRO Ever since I was a kid, I’ve been petrified of being a father.

Between all the talk about Black men being absent from the household, being wife beaters and being unable to provide or be emotionally available to their families due to the difficulty of walking through this world with Black skin I wasn’t itching to get into the game.

I did everything I could to make sure that I didn’t have a child early in life until I knew I’d be absolutely ready to feed, nurture, clothe, shelter and adequately educate them to the fullest. I took women’s studies class in college so when I had a daughter I could at least have some language to connect with hardships she would endure; I talked to older friends about

Mathis Electrifies Prince George’s NAACP Gala

By James Wright Special to the AFRO Jwright@afro.com Hundreds were captivated as famed television Judge Greg Mathis delivered a stirring keynote address at the recent Prince George’s County NAACP gala.

The Prince George’s County branch of the NAACP held its Hester V. King 30th Annual Freedom Fund Awards Dinner at the Camelot by Martin’s in Upper Marlboro June 8.

Mathis, as the primary speaker, didn’t disappoint the audience of 300, including Prince George’s County Executive Continued on A2

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fatherhood; I took up exercise regularly with the vision of being able to thoroughly woop my grandkids butts in a competitive game of Basketball; and I worked, volunteered and mentored youth throughout the DMV to build the muscle memory required to have the eyes in the back of your and the mental agility necessary to help guide a teenager. I wasn’t playing no games.

The thing is despite the work, worry and wonderment inherent in becoming a father, I knew one thing for certain, I love children. Bring me a baby, pre-teen, teenager or young adult and please believe we’re going to find a way to vibe. So when I got ready to marry my love, knowing she came with a son ready to go, I approached with both the eagerness of being blessed with a child and a humble respect for the task Continued on D2

Prince George’s County Executive Election

Top Candidates Debate as Finish Line Approaches

By Hamil R. Harris Special to the AFRO The sanctuary of Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church in Fort Washington, Maryland, was filled with the four top candidates for County Executive who were there to participate in a debate that took place exactly two weeks before the June 26th Democratic primary.

The debate was sponsored

by Howard University radio (WHUR) and moderated

by Harold Fisher, host of WHUR’s nightly show, the

Daily Drum. The forum featured State’s Attorney Angela Alsobrooks, former congresswoman Donna Edwards, former White House appointee Paul Monteiro and Maryland State Senator C. Anthony Muse.

The candidates spent most of their time answering questions instead of debating each other in the areas of education, crime, economic development, housing and quality of life. But much of the excitement came from those seated in the pews, the largest contingents of

which were supporters for Alsobrooks dressed in lime green shirts and those for Muse wearing white shirts trimmed in red.

When Alsobrooks was asked how she would protect children in the wake of the school system scandal, she said the county needed to “better screen the people we hire,” and there must be a more “aggressive” effort to root out personnel involved in incidents.

Monteiro said more needs to be done.

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Terps Basketball Star Cliff Tucker Remembered

By Hamil R. Harris Special to the AFRO It was less than one second in the game. The Maryland Terrapins were trailing Georgia Tech by one point.

The ACC was on the line and even though a half- court shot was good, it had been invalidated by a time out call.

Cliff Tucker always wanted to play basketball for Maryland. He turned down many offers, including a scholarship from the University of Texas at El Paso. There was 1.5 seconds on the clock and a life time of

camps and grooming by his Army parents had prepared Tucker for his chapter in Maryland basketball history.

The ball was passed into play. Tucker got it, turned around and drained the shot as the buzzer went off, propelling the University of Maryland in 2010 to one of the greatest victories in school history.

“Cliff will always be remembered for the shot.

It was all net,” said former Maryland Head basketball coach Gary Williams.

Williams, members of the 2010 Terrapin team and many

former players were all on hand June 10 to celebrate the legacy of Clifton Tucker. “It was a great shot from a great player.’

On May 29th the former Maryland star died in a car accident while returning home to El Paso from San Antonio.

Tucker played 131 games from the Terps between 2007 and 2011 and in 2009 and 2010 he helped lead the team to the NCAA tournament.

During his senior year he was the team’s top three -point shooter.

Tucker was one of three Continued on A2

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Terrell Wants to Bring Competence, Justice to Orphans’ Court

By James Wright Special to the AFRO jwright@afro.com Julius Terrell is a practicing attorney in Prince George’s County and like many in his profession, he would like to become a judge. Unlike many of his colleagues, he wants to handle seemingly unsexy and arcane matters such as probate, wills and estates.

“After serving as a lawyer for 24 years counseling families, individuals, and business owners with trust and estate issues and with protecting and transferring property and assets, I am committed to using my legal skills to adjudicate matters that arise in the Orphans’ Court,” Terrell said.

The Orphans’ Court is one of the oldest legal institutions in Maryland, dating back to 1777 when the Maryland General Assembly created the court for all of the state’s counties and Baltimore City.

The Orphans’ Court is the probate court in Maryland and it also deals with some issues of guardianship of minors.

There are three judges on the Orphans’ Court in Prince George’s County. To be a judge, one must be an attorney licensed to practice law in Maryland. The judges are elected countywide every four years and the judge with the longest tenure serves as Continued on A2

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at hand. Being a father to my son is both one of the most challenging endeavors I’ve ever embarked and as cliche as it sounds the absolutely most rewarding.

With Father’s Day approaching, The AFRO posed two central questions to a few fathers in the DMV. Below are there answers to the questions:

1. Why do you feel it’s important to be involved in your child’s/ children’s life/ lives?

2. How do you approach fatherhood knowing the absent father stigma associated with Black fathers?

Rodney Caldwell age 30, from Seat Pleasant, Maryland, father of four children; Josiah Caldwell age 5, Eli Caldwell age 4, Nathaniel Caldwell age 2, and Abigail Caldwell age 1 1) I feel like fathers help children discover their identity. Not having a father myself

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Continued from A1 “We need more accountability‌how do you get a system with 900 teachers on (sick) leave,â€? he said.

Muse said transparency is key. “We have to be honest.

We can’t sweep (problems) under the rug,� Muse told the crowd. “We hide the problem we don’t deal with the problem.�

The most heated part of the forum came after several people asked Edwards about a Super PAC that has been challenging Alsobrooks for accepting money from developers. Alsobrooks held up campaign material that she said isn’t true. She said she has not done anything wrong and that she will talk with anyone for the good of the County, but in terms

created brokenness, pain, and hurt in my childhood. When you see “gang bangers� a lot of times they have come from broken homes.

I want my children, especially the boys, to be healthy contributions to society. I want my kids to know Jesus. I want to be a role model/ road map, if you will, to their own personal relationships with Jesus.

2) I want to give them what I didn’t have. I want them to see me love their mother; I didn’t have that. I want them to see me go to work and provide for the family. Sometimes I feel like I could be better but then I see that I’m giving them is what I never had and I am more gracious to myself. I know how important it is just to be there for them.

Jesse Epps age 34, from Laurel, Maryland, father of one child; Jaylen McCoy age 12 1) You have to give children a foundation.

If they don’t have anyone to follow they might go astray. It’s very important to be involved in your children lives and I don’t respect anyone who is not in their child’s life.

2) You just know you have to be there for

of National Harbor she said “ I didn’t have anything to do with the construction of MGM.� “I have delivered results for P.G. County. I have a record unblemished.�

Edwards challenged the moderator after someone challenged her over the Super Pac material, but she didn’t get a chance to respond. “He is challenging my integrity and I should be able to respond.�

After Alsobrooks shared her achievements in an effort to defend her ethics, other candidates also shared their career records.

Ebenezer Co-Pastor Joanne Browning, closed out the event in a prayer where she thanked God for “this divine moment,� that was made possible by those who “suffered, bled and died,� for African Americans to gain the

right to vote.

Edwards left shortly after the event but in interviews with the AFRO, Monteiro, Muse and Alsobrooks spoke optimistically about the efforts going into the homestretch of the campaign.

Monteiro said, “From the beginning we have focused on people who don’t vote and they don’t vote because they don’t see an alternative that they want.�

Muse said, “It’s about having the experience of bringing this county together.

I have authored 300 bills. I know the players I have been there.�

Alsobrooks told the AFRO, “We are ending the persuasion part of the campaign and we have two weeks to get our voters. What’s important is that at the end of this campaign people engage in this election.�

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them. My Dad was there for me. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make sense for me not to be there for my son.

I just know I want to be the best father there is.

When he thinks of me I want him to know that his Dad was there for him. You have to want to be the best father.

everything. I love him and I want to keep doing and providing for him.

Kevin Guyton age 32, from Silver Spring, Maryland, father of one child; Keo Guyton age 1

1) He is a reflection of me. I want him to do right by women and men and not get in trouble. I want him to have goals, a career, and be his own boss.

2) My father was a good father but I want to be more active in my sonsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; life doing sports like baseball, football, soccer, golf, or PingPong whatever he wants to do. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to support your child in whatever they do in life.

1) In the 1950s and 1960s families were everything. The first thing they did to us in slavery was to separate our families knowing the power of the family unit. We could never accomplish much without the family structure.

I want to teach him what my father taught me.

2) I mean I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think about an approach.

I just try not to work too much. I pay him attention by not being on my phone too much and being intentional about what I say to him.

My father was there for me so I just want to go a step further. My father helped me get to college and I know how important that is in my life. I would like for my son not to have to pay for college or his first car. I want to teach him about credit and making sure he knows

Mathis

Continued from A1 Rushern Baker III, as he talked about the ills of Black America and what should be done about it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those who are blessed with a public platform should shine the light on injustices,â&#x20AC;?

Mathis said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know it is tough for athletes and entertainers to speak up because of financial commitments that they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to lose but they have to do the right thing.â&#x20AC;?

Mathis is a retired 36th District Court of Michigan judge and has his own television show, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Judge Mathis.â&#x20AC;? His show is the longest running show starring a Black judge and the second longest, only surpassed by Judge Judy Sheindlin of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Judge Judy.â&#x20AC;?

A native of Detroit, Mathis had scrapes with the law early in his life but rebounded to get a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree from Eastern Michigan University and his juris doctor degree from the University of Detroit Law School. He was elected a judge in 1995 and debuted on his show in 1999.

Mathis said he isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afraid â&#x20AC;&#x153;to tell it like it isâ&#x20AC;? because of the support he has in the civil rights community. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I can speak up because the Rev. Jesse Jackson, the Rev. Al Sharpton and the NAACP have my back,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need social services and social justice for Black people, and Black celebrities and those who have made it must understand that.â&#x20AC;?

He praised former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James and Miami Heat standout Dwayne Wade as examples of pro

Tucker

Continued from A1 people who died and four others injured in the accident along Interstate 10. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, Tucker lost control of the vehicle after the tread from the right rear tire separated and the car veered out of control.

A memorial was held for Tucker at Chapin High School in El Paso, a funeral was held at the 1AD Chapel at Fort Bliss because his mother and father were career Army soldiers and the final service was held in College Park because his parents, grand-parents and many relatives were from Maryland, Virginia and the cities up and down the East Coast.

During his service at the University of Maryland, people laughed and cried as the coaches told the story of a tall happy kid who came to the College Park campus for a sports camp and caught the eye of the Maryland basketball program. There were stories about how Cliff vowed to be a good father to a little boy born his freshman year. There were stories about driving a golf cart to get pizza with

Terrell

Continued from A1 the chief judge.

The judges who are presently on the court, Wendy A. Cartwright, Athena Malloy Groves, and Vicki L. Ivory-Orem, are running for reelection. The Democratic primary is June 26 and the general election is Nov. 6.

Terrell told the {AFRO} it is time for change. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even though I think the current judges are effective, I would bring to the court more compassion, balance, and a better judicial temperament,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They have been on the bench so long; they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to really want to hear the stories of the people who come to them. They seem interested in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;cutting to the chaseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; instead of trying to understand the situation people are in.â&#x20AC;?

Terrell is a native of Oakland, Calif., holds a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree from Pitzer College, and got his juris doctorate from the University of

Sean Gatewood age 32, from Oxon Hill, Maryland, father of one child; Nasir Gatewood age 5

Happy Fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day to my father Mohammed Bashir Sani and all the men that have helped to and are helping to father me in one way or another. Happy Fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s day to all the fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, step-fathers and others that provide the presence of a father to our children. Your love, presence and work do not go on unrecognized or unappreciated. Thank you! athletes who speak their mind on various issues pertaining to Blacks without fear of retaliation from business interests.

Mathis said African-American men are under attack and the Black community must deal with it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Black men are portrayed in the media as angry, violent, sexual predators,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Black men are portrayed as demons and that is why many policemen think it is okay to kill Black men.â&#x20AC;?

However, he had advice for African-American males. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Black men, lay down your guns and pick up some books,â&#x20AC;? he said to applause. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t punk out on the corner and just go to the liquor store and the crack house.â&#x20AC;?

He said Black men should fight for educational opportunities and â&#x20AC;&#x153;come back and fix the hood.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to stop killing ourselves,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know they took out jobs in our communities and replace them with guns but we still need to fight.â&#x20AC;?

In other action, the branch honored MGM President Lorenzo Creighton, Baker chief of staff Glenda Wilson, and chairman of the Prince Georgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s County Planning Board Elizabeth Hewitt with the Hester V. King Award. Maryland Del. Darryl Barnes (D-District 25) received the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Community Service Awardâ&#x20AC;? for his work with Black males in the county and in Annapolis, the state capitol. Branch President Bob Ross honored Harvey Dickerson and June White Dillard with the Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Award for their years of work. permission and Williams told the story of how the entire team turned on him after he scolded Tucker.

Tuckerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father, grandfather and son wore No. 24 jerseys to the funeral and despite her grief, his mother Regina, hugged the hundreds of visitors who attended the service and burial at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Suitland.

A number of people made the trip from Texas to Maryland with Tuckerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family including Army Captain Cynthia Turner, the familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pastor and chaplain at Fort Bliss.

Turner said â&#x20AC;&#x153;We live in this world where things happen and we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fully understand.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;No man knows the day nor the hour when death will come,â&#x20AC;? Turner said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Life is short.

The time is now to live life and to live it in its fullness. â&#x20AC;&#x153; In 2011, after not being selected for the NBA draft, Tucker returned to El Paso where he played football for the University of El Paso football team. In 2012 he was drafted to play football overseas for several years. He is survived by his son Dallas, daughters Dianna and Destinee, mother Regina, father Cliff Sr. grand parents Willie Mae and Levett Brown and many other relatives across the country.

Iowa School Of Law in 1992. He moved to Washington and worked for then U.S. Rep. Peter Stark (D-Calif.) as a staffer on the House Committee on the District of Columbia.

When the Republicans took control of the U.S. House of Representatives in 1995, Terrell worked for the U.S. Department of Labor and then for the District of Columbia government in matters dealing with pensions and retirement. In 2004, he set up his private practice in the county and wants to utilize those skills to be a good judge. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to use my strengths as a lawyer to educate citizens on how to protect their assets and their legacy,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Over 80 percent of families that I deal with donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have estate plans and that puts families in crisis.â&#x20AC;?

As a judge, Terrell said he wants to educate residents on probate and guardianship laws and processes through workshops and forums as well as modernize the judicial process in the pre-trial and trial stages by using state-of-theart technology.

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Matt Prestbury says when he started gathering together groups of Black fathers, it was because he was a newlysingle dad, looking for other people like him.

“I began to look around for outlets and opportunities to bring fathers together, and I began to create them

because there wasn’t really much that existed at the time,” he tells the AFRO. Since then, what began as informal hangouts at local parks and after school, has developed into two Facebook groups, each boasting thousands of followers (one, called Black Fathers, is just for Black fathers, the other, Black Fathers and Company, is for everyone else). He’s been profiled on the Steve Harvey Show, on Good

Singing Sensations has been invited to South Africa this summer.

Offered a chance to perform during Nelson Mandela’s 100th birthday celebration, the Baltimore choir group aims to tour in Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape Town.

The Singing Sensations program is now in its 14th year. Dr. Hollie HoodMincey, who runs the program, started the project while still an intern as a music teacher at Furman L.

Templeton Elementary.

“I realized that there were so many children there that had talent, but nothing was being done with the talent,” Hood-Mincey told the AFRO. “And so, I got to start a youth choir there, picking the kids out of their neighborhoods so that they can see opportunities and meet other people.

And it just shows them that Baltimore wasn’t the only place.”

Hood-Mincey, of Randallstown, now teaches elementary school music at Winchester’s Alexander Hamilton and Lexington’s

Morning America, and on BET, among other places. And he’s still looking to do more. Prestbury says Black fathers don’t often get the representation and recognition that they deserve – and that’s important.

“One thing that really stuck out to me was the lack of representation of fathers in the media. We really weren’t represented,” he says. “And even outside of the media, just in life in

general, how we are so often overlooked, looked through, looked past and that sort of thing. So it really became a vision of mine -- not only to work to bring together fathers in the physical, in social activities and stuff like that -- but also to use this medium to highlight and Continued on B3

Dorothy Cotton, a prominent civil rights leader who preached nonviolence and worked closely with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., passed away on June 10 at the age of 88.

In 1982, the AFRO wrote about the combined efforts of Cotton and Coretta Scott King to reduce violence throughout the United States.

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Coretta Scott King starts a new program to avert violence May 29, 1982 WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Coretta Scott King says she is very concerned about high unemployment rates, but feels a new

program she is starting across the nation will offer more hope and violence.

Mrs. King is president of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for nonviolent Social Change, named after her late husband who preached non-violent protest in the ‘60s.

She has initiated a nationwide training program she said is designed to avert violence and give people of all ages hope and belief in themselves.

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WHAT’S TRENDING ON AFRO.COM Kaepernick’s Lawyers Expected to Subpoena Trump and Pence in Alleged Collusion Case

By Perry Green AFRO Sports Editor pgreen@afro.com Several NFL owners have already been deposed

by Colin Kaepernick’s attornies as it attempts to prove its claim that the league’s owners colluded to keep Kaepernick from being signed to a team.

Now Kaepernick’s lawyers are going after the White House.

According to CNN, Kaepernick’s legal team is expected to send out subpoenas to both President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, as well as other members of Trump’s campaign team, relating to the alleged collusion case.

By deposing Trump and Pence, Kaepernick’s attorneys intend to explore any ties that the NFL’s owners may have with the President. By investigating phone records, emails or any other documents, lawyers may be able to find evidence of communication between the White House and the NFL specifically pertaining to Kaepernick.

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Former San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s lawyers say they want to subpoena Donald Trump in Kapernick’s case against the NFL.

Kaepernick first filed his suit against the league back in October of 2017, the same month that Vice President Pence walked out on a regular season matchup between the Indianapolis Colts and the San Francisco 49ers because some of the players took a knee during the playing of the National Anthem, a form of protest against police brutality and racism that Kaepernick made popular back in 2016.

A subpoena for Trump was expected after a secret recording of an owners meeting leaked to the media earlier this year, exposing several owners discuss how they were afraid to piss Trump off with players kneeling because he would criticize them publicly.

More recent reports also exposed owners admitting they had conversations with Trump about his distaste for players kneeling.

‘Watching Oprah’ Opens at the National Museum of African American History

By Lauren E. Williams Special to the AFRO Oprah has a new exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, and you just have to see it.

Open to the public since June 8th, the exhibit, Watching Oprah: The Oprah Winfrey Show and American Culture, uses the story of Winfrey and her 25-year daytime talk show as a way to explore contemporary American history and culture, especially issues of power, gender and the media.

“This exhibition examines the power of television,” Lonnie G. Bunch III, the museum’s founding director, said in a press release. “Just as Oprah Winfrey watched TV coverage of the civil rights movement and was shaped by the era in which she was born and raised, she has gone on to have a

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A section of the “Watching Oprah: The Oprah Winfrey Show and American Culture,”exhibit is shown on display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington. The exhibit runs through June 2019.

profound effect on how Americans view themselves and each other in the tumultuous decades that followed.”

The exhibition is separated into three sections: 1) America Shapes Oprah, 1950s–1980s; 2)The Oprah Winfrey Show; and 3) Oprah Shapes America. It features video clips, interactive interviews, costumes from Winfrey’s films “Beloved” and “The Color Purple,” and artifacts from Harpo Studios, which she founded, in Chicago.

“She [Oprah] has a place in the museum with a long line of women who did extraordinary things in their time—Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells, Maya Angelou—women who worked to redeem the soul of America,” Bunch continued.

Winfrey posted on Instagram after seeing the new Smithsonian exhibit on June 7th. “Seeing everything under one roof brought tears to my eyes,” she wrote.

Her long-time best friend and supporter, CBS This Morning Anchor Gayle King toured the exhibit for the first time with her. Winfrey’s father, Vernon Winfrey had a special tour as well.

The news of the exhibit comes on the heels of another announcement from the popular museum, “Walk-Up Weekdays.” Though they won’t start in time for you to see Winfrey’s exhibit, individuals will be able enter the museum on a first-come, firstserved basis Monday through Friday for the entire month of September providing even more chances to see the historic museum.

Watching Oprah: The Oprah Winfrey Show and American Culture runs through the month of June.

Maurice Granton, Jr. Shot by Chicago Police had Been Shot Days Earlier

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24-year-old Maurice Granton.

A 24-year-old man who was fatally shot this week by a Chicago police officer had suffered a gunshot wound just days earlier.

The Chicago Tribune reports that Maurice Granton Jr. had refused to cooperate with police after he was treated at an area hospital for a graze wound near his right eye.

Granton was killed June 6 evening during what the department says was an “armed confrontation” with police officers who were attempting to question him after spotting him taking part in what they believed was an illegal drug transaction. An autopsy revealed that he was shot in the back.

Police recovered a gun at the scene they say Granton was carrying. They say there is evidence that the gun had been fired

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June 16, 2018 - June 22, 2018, The Afro-American

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Valerie Ervin Quits Gov. Race; Endorses Baker

By Kamau High AFRO Managing Editor khigh@afro.com Valerie Ervin dropped out of the Maryland governor’s race and endorsed her rival, Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker June 13.

Ervin’s campaign sent out a news advisory Tuesday evening saying Ervin and Marisol Johnson, her running mate, would endorse Baker at Langley Park in Prince George’s County. “The location is symbolic because the Hogan administration

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Valerie Ervin (right) and her running mate Marisol Johnson dropped out of the Maryland governor’s race.

made deep cuts to the Purple Line project, which caused significant delays in launching its construction and potentially costing Maryland taxpayers more,” the advisory said.

On June 13, Ervin tweeted, “Thank you to my supporters! Today I announced my support for the Baker/Embry ticket!”In a video posted on Twitter, Ervin said, “Even though we’ve only been in this race for 26 days, we brought the fire.”

Ervin had been polling behind the two leaders in

showcase fathers.”

Since he started the Facebook group in 2009, Prestbury, a Baltimore based teacher, says he’s learned a lot about Black fatherhood.

“A large number of fathers who are in the situation that I was in, who are raising children alone, that’s something I really didn’t know existed to a large degree,” he says.

He also says the work he’s done reinforces what he already knew: that Black fathers are passionate and dedicated to their children.

“I knew how I was, and I knew I couldn’t be the only one, but to really have it confirmed in my mind by the number of people who have joined the groups who have come to events and do different things…the dedication and the passion that fathers have.

Especially fathers who are really fighting to be in their children’s lives.”

Personally, he’s learned some things, too.

“I guess something that I’ve learned personally being a father and raising my children is really something that we talked about yesterday in the group and that’s how to help them have a voice and understand time, place, and tone. Because really a lot of times as Black parents, we come from parents who believe that children should be seen but not heard and that sort of thing,” he says.

“As we see times changing it’s learning how to find that balance to allow them to express themselves, stand up for themselves, but do it in a respectful manner. So not to stifle them but, also not to give ridiculous free range so they are just running the show.”

Prestbury’s children are older now – they Courtesy photo are 19, 17, 13 and 11—and Prestbury says Matt Prestbury is using Facebook as a way to bring Black fathers he’s learning the way that the parent-child together. relationship changes over time. They still need you, he says, but in different ways. And uplift Black dads. That includes educating them, offering communication is key. workshops and other resources, and giving them platforms on “So you start off in the beginning when they’re born which to speak for themselves. you’re very hands on,” he says. “And as they get older, “The idea is to extend that out and eventually have you kinda, at least personally, kind of step back and give chapters throughout the country and even possibly in other them more freedom and leeway as they grow. But what countries. We have members all over the world,” he says.

I’ve found is as they…get to that age when they are in their “I’ve written a children’s book, I plan on writing another later years of high school and entering college, if you have one. Anything that we can do to use that to help fathers, built that kind of relationship when you really have an open Black men in particular, to get their message out and tell the relationship, they start to get into they come back to you and truth about who they are and then also to connect with other want to talk about having a girlfriend or even being sexually organizations that provide, not only providing resources but active.” providing information and education for fathers to make The next step for the group is turning it into a nonprofit. things better on a whole level.”

Prestbury says he wants to do as much as he can to help and

community trainers in resolving community conflicts,” said Dorothy Cotton, a center vice president and one of the trainers.

Mrs. Cotton and Mrs. King discussed their training sessions at a news conference and in a telephone interview.

Mrs. Cotton said four day conferences have been held in Oakland, CA, Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis and Washington. She said other training sessions are scheduled for New York City and Atlanta.

Between 35 and 40 people attend the Washington training sessions led by Mrs. Cotton and Mrs. King; Bernard Lafayette of Tuskegee, AL, who worked with King in the ‘60s, and the Rev. Leslie Carter, who organized the Work For Peace Academy.

The training sessions include lectures, films, discussion and

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opportunities for all Marylanders and to fight for working families. We are so honored to have @ValerieErvin and @ electmarisol join our team,” Rushern Baker tweeted after receiving their endorsement.

He then followed up with, “When we talk about advancing a progressive agenda, increasing access to health care and strengthening schools, @ValerieErvin and @electmarisol have actually gotten it done.”

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the Democratic race Ben Jealous, former head of the NAACP, and Baker.

Ervin became the head of the ticket when her running mate, Kevin Kamenetz, died unexpectedly earlier this year. She was in the process of suing the Maryland State Board of Elections to get her and Johnson’s name on the ticket before the primary election on June 26. Ervin and Johnson made history as the first gubernatorial ticket in Maryland history to boast two women of color.

“Today is about coming together to provide

role playing.

“The idea is to avert violence and tension and create love of community rather than frustration and ineffective confrontation,” Mrs. Cotton said.

Mrs. King said the program was in the planning stages “for a couple of years” and involves “some 22 cities,” with training centers located in seven or eight cities where the “potential for conflict” exists.

“We’re hoping that we don’t have disruption on a wide scale,” Mrs. King said. “But if things tend to be moving in that direction, we hope that people in the communities and the channels of communication will be open.”

Mrs. King was asked if her concern was intensified by the recent unemployment figures showing the highest unemployment rate in 40 years.

“Yes, I am. It certainly does. One wonders what will happen when the people have no jobs, have no place to turn, how they’ll deal with this kind of desperation and frustration,” she said.

Mrs. King said it is the “responsibility of every person in the community to be concerned, to do problem-solving, especially in the areas where there are resources, in the private sector.”

“I’m very concerned about the high unemployment,” Mrs. King said. “When young people are idle, they turn to destructive ways to use their time. What we’re doing is trying to go help people get involved in the community such as registering people to vote...to help people understand it is important that they get involved.”

Mrs. King also said there “has been apathy” in the country.

“I think some of it has to do with the fact that people soon

Mary Ann Winterling during the week.

Saturdays, for three hours, she rehearses with some of Baltimore’s most disadvantaged and atrisk youth.

Rikki, one such student, born with several defects, wasn’t expected to live, but pulled through and is going into ninth grade.

“She is amazing, she has a wonderful voice, she’s not afraid Courtesy Photo of anything,” HoodSinging Sensations Mincey said. “I think she’s my biggest University,” Hood-Mincey ‘wow.’” said. “Last year, they gave Rikki has been in the me three open scholarships program since she was in for any kids on my choir who kindergarten, but she’s not qualify for entry. Seven of my the only one up against such kids participate in the Morgan trying circumstances.

“What’s very unique about State University choir, which also gives them scholarships my program is that I have because they participate.” several kids who have severe Many alumni of the ADHD, I have a young man program have returned as that is autistic,” Hood-Mincey instructors. said. “Usually, programs shy Singing Sensations needs away from these kids. I have $100,000 to pay for the trip to them, I’ve watched them South Africa. grow, become confident.”

“We didn’t raise it, The program continues but we’re still raising it,” to expand. Instruction now Hood-Mincey said. “Money covers dancing, singing, sight comes in sporadically, but reading, bucket drumming, Classical Movements, the miming and signing. touring company, they are “The choir’s grown and really working with us, so we the program has grown, not appreciate that.” only for singing, but we’ve Hood-Mincey and her also had tutoring and a person Singing Sensations hope that did counseling with to add another continent to the children, because of the their list of places visited: conditions and place that they Australia. come from,” Hood-Mincey But between that and said. the immediate concern of Kids come from farther the trip, Singing Sensations and farther away. The class needs reliable transportation now includes students from and a performance space of Howard, Cecil, and Carroll their own.

A 15-passenger counties. van might help Hood-Mincey Zariah Cruse has traveled avoid using her smaller, the farthest, coming all the personal vehicle when going way from Sumter, South house to house picking up Carolina. students.

Singing Sensations “We try to get more kids subsists on donations. Donors involved, try to find the give from as far away as funding for it to keep the kids Flushing, Ohio and Savannah, in the choir, because I have Georgia. Many churches professionals who work with contribute including Douglas the kids.”

Hood-Mincey said.

Memorial Community “We’ve been to Canada, Utah, Church, Union Baptist the Mormon Tabernacle, we Church, Gospel Tabernacle, go up and down the east coast Genesis Fellowship Church, every spring break. That’s the and FCF Outreach Church. highlight of being in the choir, In a city awash in colleges actually traveling outside of and conservatories, Morgan their neighborhoods.”

State University remains Singing Sensations is a the only public institution 501c3 nonprofit, donations cooperating with Singing can be sent to PO Box 533 Sensation.

Randallstown, Maryland “We have a partnership 21133. with Morgan State forget that you can’t stop, you have to continue to earn your rights” and that is one of the things her training sessions try to accomplish, she said.

“Essentially, we’re teaching them an understanding of politics, how you may change public policies, your responsibility to do that,” Mrs. King said. “We have to put people in office who are concerned about people.”

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The Afro-American, June 16, 2018 - June 22, 2018

COMMENTARY

AFRO Editorial

Despite Misleading Attacks, the Choice is Clear: Re-elect Mosby Early voting in Maryland begins June 14 and Baltimore is faced with one of its most critical elections in many years, especially when it comes to issues of law enforcement and criminal justice.

Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby has been under constant attack by her two opponents: Ivan Bates, a defense attorney and former prosecutor in the State’s Attorney’s Office (1999-2002) and Thiru Vignarajah, a former deputy attorney general for Maryland. However, Bates has been the most relentless, alternately blaming Mosby almost singularly for the violence that has ravaged Baltimore over the last several years and declaring repeatedly that, “I never lost a murder case.”

For Bates to place the lion’s share of blame at the door of Mosby’s office is ridiculous, given the city’s historic struggles with pervasive poverty, failing public schools and arguably the most corrupt big city police department in America. There is plenty of blame to go around in a city that has struggled in many areas for many years. Also, this week it was reported that Bates’ claim he has never lost a murder case is either wildly misleading, or patently false.

Larry Gibson, a noted attorney and venerable University of Maryland law professor searched case files for Bates’ record as a lead prosecutor in murder cases and his findings are as follows: “In his months in the homicide division, Bates participated in eight murder cases. In none of the cases was he the lead prosecutor. Five of the cases were dismissed. One case was plea bargained.

One case was transferred to Juvenile Court. The final case ended in acquittal, after Bates left the prosecutor’s office. He never tried a single murder case,” said Gibson of Bates’ record.

As troubling as Bates’ claims about his prosecutorial record are, perhaps what is even more alarming is his alleged fealty to the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), a group that has repeatedly attacked Mosby after she indicted the six officers connected to the death of Freddie Gray in May 2015.

Recently, the FOP published a letter in the Sun (May 25), which claimed Mosby was to blame for the death of Baltimore County Police Officer First Class Amy Caprio in May. Because Dawnta Harris, the 16-year old charged as an adult with Caprio’s murder, had been assigned to house arrest by the judge in Harris’ car theft case (prior to the tragedy in Baltimore County) despite the objections of Mosby’s office. That fact is supported by Tanika Wilson, Harris’ mother.

For the FOP to say that Mosby was to blame for Harris being at large is diabolical.

There are multiple opinions about how Mosby handled the indictment of the officers she charged in Gray’s death. Ultimately, as Mosby has said in the past, “We do not believe Freddie Gray killed himself.”

It took great courage for her to take the stand she took and fight for justice for Gray and even though she did not obtain convictions of any of the officers in the Gray case, her actions sparked

a nationwide police reform movement. Mosby is not infallible, no prosecutor is, but perhaps Rep. Elijah Cummings said it best the day Mosby announced the charges against those officers.

“I believe in her integrity...I believe in her,” Cummings said. We echo Rep. Cummings confidence in her. The AFRO reaffirms our endorsement. Re-elect Marilyn Mosby Baltimore City State’s Attorney.

Reflections from Honorable Black Fathers Amid Dishonorable Myths Over fifty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson designated through an executive order the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day. While African traditions always celebrated fatherhood on a continuous basis, in the U.S., Father’s Day was designated as a day to honor all fathers, father figures, and fatherhood.

Historically, the focus of Father’s Day was to show the positive influences and contributions made in their children’s lives; however, it has become a myriad of negative memes and myths that have shifted the Black fatherhood narrative to a stigma of perceived absenteeism.

According to a report by the Center of Disease Control (CDC), and a recent study by Dr. Travis Dixon, “It is a dangerous distortion to Black families to incorrectly depict Black fathers as uninvolved or not present in the lives of their children, thereby, inaccurately suggesting that Black fathers are absent and abandon their children, especially given there is a lack of evidence to support those claims.”

The two-year study found that cable and network news shows, national and local newspaper articles, and online opinion sites continue to proliferate the false claims of the 1965Moynihan Report, which depicted Black families as “crumbling” because the fathers were not present. The Moynihan Report made egregious assumptions and failed to empirically take into consideration the legacy of slavery, the

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generational wealth gap and the migration of Black fathers that left homes to provide for their families.

Subsequently, the Moynihan Report left in its wake, particularly among partisan political media pundits and their constituents, the myth that “there is no one to blame for the plight of Black families but themselves.” According to the CDC, they found that even though 72% of Non-Hispanic and NonCaucasian women were not married, it did not mean that Black fathers were not involved in their children’s lives; the report went further to show that Black fathers are more likely than Caucasian and Hispanic fathers to not only be in the lives of their children in every way, but to bathe them, change diapers, dress them, provide meals, and take them to and from their activities. It is to this kind of father that over fifty years ago an executive order was signed to honor.

To that end, in roundtable discussions and forums in Baltimore City over a one- year period, many Black fathers said, “They were aware of the myths surrounding the statistics and media interpretations of their accountability and responsibilities to their families but that the media is only structured to capture targeted snapshots of “some” Black fathers’ lives and not the larger moments of “most” Black fathers.” In the forum, none of the fathers romanticized the notion that they “didn’t have problems and challenges navigating the multiple responsibilities of their lives including family, health, work, and the continued negative barrage of images of some Black males moving through the school to prison pipeline”, but these untelevised and awakened Black males were clear that “keeping it one

hundred100” was still their mantra and branding.

They also celebrated the strength and tenacity of Black women through this process and realized that without them the Moynihan Report might have come true.

Lastly, despite the somewhat belittling lectures by Bill Cosby and former President Barak Obama concerning the negative conditions of Black fathers in America, particularly in the lives of their children, most Black fathers in the forums likened their experiences in America to the recent movie “Black Panther.”

When it was time for T’Challa to assume the throne of his father, he then faced challenges externally and internally. He is given strength when his mother yells to him “show them who you are.”

On this Father’s Day, we honor all fathers but more specifically Black Fathers with the prophetic words of the sacred text, “And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none.” The rebuttal from Baltimore Black male forums and beyond would be, “We have found those honorable men.”

Dr. Kevin Daniels is the chair of the Civic Action Committee (Minister’s Conference) and an associate professor at Morgan State University in the School of Social Work.

Lawrence Jackson is the founder and host of the radio show “A Different Identity.”

Dr. Paul Archibald is the CEO and founder of Archibald Optimal Health Services in Baltimore.

Time to Stop White House Championship Visits The Philadelphia Eagles were the latest team to not visit the White House to celebrate their championship victory. After less than 5 Eagles players and staff committed to visit the President’s home for the celebration, Donald Trump subsequently disinvited the team from coming to the White House. Many of the players who chose not to accept the original invite starkly disagree with Trump on his comments on athletes taking a knee during the anthem, race and his policies.

This was the second time that a team refused to visit Washington D.C. under the current President. In 2017, the Golden State Warriors announced that they would not be visiting the White House because of the man running the country, at which point Trump revoked the invitation. Throughout its entire existence, the White House visit has been a highly politicized event that players often don’t attend, creating multiple controversies.

Former Baltimore Ravens center Matt Birk declined to attend the championship presentation during the Obama administration because he was pro-life. When President Obama invited the 1972 Super Bowl Champions Miami Dolphins to the White House, three members of the team refused to visit based on the President’s policies. When they were on the New England Patriots, Martellus Bennett, Chris Long, and LeGarrette Blount declined the invitation because of President Trump and his actions (Tom Brady also missed the event due to “family

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reasons”).

Many conservative pundits have criticized the Eagles, one of the most socially conscious professional sports teams, for not taking the opportunity to meet with the President. Their reasoning is that the Eagles could take the time to possibly steal Trump away and make policy recommendations. However, this is a gross misreading of the President. The President is not there to hear the social justice and racial concerns of the players. He is there to receive a customized jersey, rub elbows with athletic superstars and to smile for the camera. It is a pointless event that is just used to increase the popularity and likeability of the President.

The positives that can be gained from the White House visit are few and far between. The best possible outcome from champions gathering at the White House is a nice photo to finally fill that one picture frame in your house. At worst, the players become a pawn in the current political game. The Eagles had nothing to gain from attending the White House. It would have undermined the stance that they and other NFL players had taken on the anthem. Showing themselves at the glorified photo op would have been a detriment to their multiple social causes.

Cornerback Malcolm Jenkins has been a vocal supporter of Colin Kaepernick since he began his social justice campaign, and has been a key member in an NFL player-led coalition to address problems in the Black community. Defensive end Chris Long donated his entire 2017 salary to educational equality charities.

Showing up to the White House to stand alongside a President that has referred to them as “sons of b*****s” and has vilified

them would be counterproductive to their efforts and undermine their stance.

Attempting to bring activism to the White House visit can even be deadly for one’s career. Back in 1992, when the Chicago Bulls won the NBA title, shooting guard Craig Hodges showed up wearing a dashiki. He brought a letter for President George H.W. Bush, urging him to address the concerns of poor and minority communities across the United States. He was subsequently released from the Chicago Bulls and never played another minute in the NBA. He was blackballed from the league for attempting to bring social justice to the White House.

I used to think that championship teams visiting the White House was a huge honor. I believed that there was no greater achievement in the sports world. However, I now realize that there is no reason for the White House visits to continue. There are no real, legitimate arguments for the ritual to still exist. It only serves as a publicity stunt for the President.

The scandal and political uproar that comes with the event is not worth the trouble. Championship teams would be better served taking the time to do community outreach during their Washington D.C. trip, as the Warriors, Eagles, and WNBA champions Minnesota Lynx have done. No team should waste their time at an even that serves no real social purpose.

Matthew Ritchie is an intern in the Baltimore office of the AFRO American Newspapers. He is a student at Johns Hopkins University pursuing a double major in English and Psychology.

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Poor People’s Campaign Brings Message to Congress “Forty percent of adults don’t have $400 for an emergency,” Warren said. “Fifty percent of all working Americans don’t have a dollar for U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings (Dretirement. America is in a crisis.”

Md.) and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren The Institute for Policy Studies (D-Mass.) recently convened a hearing (IPS), a think tank based in the District on poverty in the country and the key of Columbia released a statement on witness was the Rev. William Barber June 12 that noted that $140 million II, the co-chair of the Poor People’s Americans or 43.5 percent of the Campaign. country’s population is either poor or Barber testified on June 12 at the low income “in the world’s richest U.S. Capitol before such lawmakers country.” The statement noted that as Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) the 400 wealthiest Americans now and Joseph Kennedy III (D-Mass.) own more wealth than the bottom 64 and Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), percent of the U.S. population or 204 Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Patty Murray million people.

(D-Wash.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), The IPS statement said White who serves as the Democratic Whip. people made up 42.5 percent of the (Courtesy photo) Before Barber spoke, Cummings poor while Latinos consists of 27.4 Rep. Elijah Cummings (pictured) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren recently held a hearing on talked about the importance of the percent and 22.7 percent of Blacks the scourge of poverty. forum. consisted of the impoverished.

“President Obama’s most significant Barber introduced several participants in the Poor People’s Campaign who accomplishment was pulling America out of the Great Recession,” he said. consists of those in the ranks of the working poor. He invited them to talk about “During his administration, we had 75 straight months of job growth. However, their lives. far too many Americans are not doing well economically. In 2016, 40 million Pamela Sue Rush, who lives in rural Alabama, talked about working a fulltime low wage job and having to travel miles to Birmingham to seek treatment “America is in a crisis.”-Sen. Elizabeth Warren. for her daughter as well as paying high utility bills to live in a mold-infested house that was obtained by a predatory loan.

Americans are living in poverty as the stock market soared.”

“It is so unfair,” Rush said. “People shouldn’t have to live like I live.”

Cummings said that Americans life expectancy has declined over the past Barber made a point that people of color aren’t the only ones suffering from two years and he noted that many people are going into bankruptcy because poverty and invited Nick Smith of Southwest Virginia to speak. of the high cost of medical treatment. He noted that “everyone should benefit “I am the son of a coal miner’s daughter,” Smith said, playing off of the from our nation’s growth.” popular Loretta Lynn song. “For many years, I could not drink the water we Warren said that the average American is in a dire financial situation. bathed in. When the coal companies left, there was nothing to replace them and organized labor doesn’t exist in Appalachia.”

Smith said he has seen instances where poor Whites are pitted against Blacks and Browns to keep all three groups down.

“Poor Whites are intentionally segregated from Blacks and Browns to keep us from organizing,” he said.

The members of Congress listened to the testimony but offered no policy solutions. However, Lee suggested that there should be an effort to make sure that every American earns a living wage.

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

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The Afro-American, June 16, 2018 - June 22, 2018

THANK YOU

PHIL MENDELSON FOR ALWAYS FIGHTING FOR DC PUBLIC EDUCATION! DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson has always fought for DC public school students.

He serves on the Truancy Taskforce and is working to combat the root of truancy and chronic absenteeism that’s holding back our kids.

And on the Council, Chairman Mendelson is partnering with the city’s education leaders to improve quality. He holds our educators to a high bar while giving them the autonomy and resources to support every child, and he keeps politics out of our schools so educators, not bureaucrats, are in charge.

ON TUESDAY, JUNE 19, RE-ELECT PHIL MENDELSON SO THAT WE CAN KEEP MAKING PROGRESS FOR OUR SCHOOLS.

PHIL MENDELSON IS ENDORSED BY: “Mr. Mendelson is clear-eyed about both helping the city’s neediest residents and the danger of returning the District to the days of freewheeling spending without regard ENDORSED BY to consequences.”

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New Book Explores Black Christian Experience in White Churches

By Nadine Matthews Special to the AFRO Being pregnant is hard enough for any woman. Trying to write a book while you’re pregnant can feel positively unbearable.

Austin Channing Brown tells the AFRO, “It was physically difficult. I was so tired. I just wanted to take a nap all the time.

Austin Channing Trying to write when you’re nauseous, the baby’s little foot Brown’s, ‘I’m would be all up in my rib cage. You just can’t get comfortable.

Still Here: Black It was the biggest obstacle every time I had to sit down and Dignity in a write.”

World Made For Fortunately she feels incredibly passionate about the Whiteness,’ is a subject of her book, which helped her to push through and memoir of a Black complete it. I’m Still Here: Black Dignity In The Face of woman who has Whiteness is a memoir of a Black woman who has navigated navigated White White spaces since childhood. The book is also an intriguing spaces since chronicle of the not often enough explored realm of the childhood.

Black Christian experience in White Evangelical churches and associated organizations. “I wanted to write a book that said to other Black women in particular, you’re not alone. As you give of yourself to these ministries and institutions I just wanted to affirm the experience and our perception of reality.”

Activist writer and speaker Channing Brown became interested in making this her life’s work while in college. “In college I had a mentor who was doing this same exact work.

She would travel, preach and speak and do consulting for organizations that really wanted to be diverse,” she says. The exposure made her realized that her challenges were in fact universal. There were many Black women facing the same issues as her.

She eventually moved on to working with Evangelical organizations. Presumably with Christianity as a unifier, those spaces would have been safer for her to occupy. However, that wasn’t the case. In the book she says, “Being a Black woman in the professional world of majority-White non-profit ministries was far more difficult than my younger self could imagine.”

She writes of her first-hand experiences with church organizations who couldn’t see past race.

Some of her recollections makes the reader flinch. In one instance, after completing a

training class and closing with a prayer, a White male participant raged at her for no less than twenty minutes repeatedly charging, “Trayvon Martin was no victim.” When Channing Brown could not be persuaded to his way of thinking, he demanded to speak to whoever was “really in charge.”

Unlike many around her, Channing Brown expected Trump’s rise to political power. “I was not even a little bit surprised,” she says. Her experiences in a diverse church, were like the canary in the coal mine. She recalls “I encountered racism on a regular basis because of this work. Racism didn’t rear its ugly head during the Trump campaign. It started as soon as Obama took office.”

Coinciding with Obama’s victory, she observed a rise in evangelical circles of doomsday scenarios. “I heard conversations where Obama was referred to as the antiChrist,” she recalls. “I remember going to a new church right before the election when it was looking like Obama was going to win, and a woman stood up and said God told her that there were going to be earthquakes, basically the world was about to explode. There was almost a decade of anger [at Obama’s presidency].”

She is still optimistic about the church. “I am still proud that there is a segment of the church that is still focused on justice. And yes, a majority of evangelicals support Trump, but there are lots of organizations that do read the Courtesy photo Bible differently. There are churches at the borders trying to keep families together, folks who are raising money to pay attorneys to help people. There are still a lot of churches fighting to be on the right side of history,” she says.

She is the first to admit that her work is psychically exhausting, as it is for many Black women in similar situations. For survival she laughingly suggests, “If you find that you’re really the only one, get out. Everybody needs a friend.”

On a more serious note she offers, “Find other like minded folks. I don’t think I would have made it through my college experience if it wasn’t for Black women; as professors, as teachers but also my peers.” She also encourages women to “Remember you’re a whole person. So fight, but also dance, twerk in the mirror, eat good food, fall in love. Be a person, don’t give your whole self to the fight.”

Pride Parade Returns to Baltimore

By J. K. Schmid Special to the AFRO With an expanded footprint, new parade route and new events, Baltimore Pride 2018 appears poised to repeat and expand on previous successes come kickoff June 15.

“Last year, we did about 30,000 people, 20 on Saturday and 10 on Sunday,” Lakesha Davis, Pride Coordinator, told the AFRO. “We’re expecting around the same or a little more.”

Baltimore Pride is organized by the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (GLCCB) of Mount Vernon. It also goes by “The Center.”

The Pride parade’s new route will march 11 blocks from 33rd Street to 23rd Street, June 16 at 1 p.m. “It’s loud, it’s colorful and it’s campy, in the best possible sort of way,” the Baltimore Pride website, BaltimorePride.org says.

The march will be led by Baltimore’s acclaimed drag queen Shawna Alexander and Baltimore singer and 2017 “The Voice” contestant, Davon Fleming. Sharing the lead will be GLCCB’s Activists of the Year, Erika Bridgeford and Ava Pipitone.

The High Heel Race returns, “signaling the beginning of the merry chaos that Pride weekend always delivers,” the website says. People will scramble from 25th Street to North Charles Street at 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Qualifying heels will begin at a two inch minimum.

The King and Queen of Pride return, Chris Jay, the Washington Blade’s Best of Gay DC’s Best Drag King 2016 and Sapphire Bleu, the last reigning Miss Gay Baltimore, respectively.

The King of Pride is scheduled to perform on the main stage, a block east of Red Emma’s at the intersection of North Avenue and North Charles Street. The Queen of Pride will take the stage at 6 p.m.

Pride’s standard, the Lez Lot, returns to 1915 N. Howard St for tailgaters.

New this year, will be the Pet Parade, for “our furry companions” a June 16 1 p.m. march lining up between 24th Street and 25th Street at North Charles Street.

Sunday’s pride events cater to the more low key. Family Pride and Elder Pride will both be at Druid Hill Park. Family Pride will have activities for children and Elder Pride will allow 40year veterans of Baltimore Pride to “share their rich history,” Davis said. “It’s a laid back time for people to come out and enjoy being in one and other’s company.”

Unlike other Pride parades, Baltimore Pride is not a state or city event. Proceeds from Pride will go to GLCCB. “Any dollar earned will help the GLCCB continue to give great programming and services family members who come into the Center,” Davis said.

GLCCB has not published its 2017 financials on its website yet, but 2016’s self-reported figures for the previous year show steadily increasing contributions to the Center. GLCCB reported $270,235 in total support in 2015, over three-quarters of which was public support, its Form 990 shows.

One such service on offer from GLCCB, provided on June 17, will be the provision of healthcare facilities that will offer HIV testing, Davis said.

“What’s great about this parade is we have all types of community groups, organizations, joining in to show their unification and solidarity in a community,” Davis said of GLCCB’s work with sponsors such as Verizon, Giant and PNC Bank. “That alone will enrich the GLCCB’s culture, because again, we can make good, meaningful partnerships for the future coming.”

Pride begins Friday night at the ticketed event Twilight on the Terrace at Gertrude’s located in the Baltimore Museum of Art, 7 p.m.

SPORTS

Why LaVar Ball Deserves Father of the Year

By Perry Green AFRO Sports Editor pgreen@afro.com You can call LaVar Ball a lot of things.

Some folks have described him as “crazy” or “out of his mind.” Some have taken the opposite approach, dubbing him a calculating genius. Either could apply, given some of the outlandish comments Ball has given the media (all of which he has found a way to benefit and profit substantially from).

But one thing you can’t call LaVar Ball is a bad father. And if I had to make a nomination, I’d argue that LaVar is worthy of Father of the Year.

Just imagine a man telling his son since he was a toddler that he was going to play for the Los Angeles Lakers and that actually coming to fruition. Imagine that father intentionally creating so much media hype around his son and the rest of his family, that the Lakers had no choice but to draft him, just so they wouldn’t miss out on the instant publicity that

the Ball family would they think he’s boasts offer the struggling too much about his franchise. kids. How dare he say That’s exactly his son is better than what LaVar Ball was Steph Curry when he able to pull off when hasn’t even played a pro he literally willed his game yet, right? Wrong. eldest son dreams into What kid wouldn’t want a reality as Lonzo to hear their pops say Ball was drafted No. 2 he’s going to be the best overall by the Lakers (AP Photo/John Locher) ever at something? Who in the 2017 NBA Draft. AFRO Sports editor Perry Green argues wouldn’t want their There are billions parents believing they LaVar Ball (pictured) is a strong contended of young Black kids can achieve anything, for Father of the Year. who have dreamed, even the rarest feats? and continue to dream, of making it to the I personally didn’t have a father around.

NBA. And while the majority of them fall My mom raised me up with a cast of aunts, short, here’s a father who not only encouraged grandmas and an amazing godmother. Those his kid to believe he could defy the odds by strong Black women brought me up right, becoming one of the few that makes it, but but I’m not afraid to say that I wish I had a who also personally trained, coached and father like LaVar around. I once myself had managed his son every step of the way. childhood dreams of becoming an NBA baller How could anyone hate on that? so I can’t help but imagine what my life would A lot of people don’t like LaVar because be like if I had LaVar in my ear, pumping me

up, making me feel like Michael Jordan better watch out. And that goes beyond basketball.

A growing man needs male mentoring and guidance in every aspect of life.

When Lonzo was shopping endorsement deals last year, a lot of people were advising him to just sign with one of the three major shoe companies and be grateful of whatever money they offered. But it was Lonzo’s father who told him to value himself higher and encouraged him to create his own sneaker brand, where he could actually own the rights to the merchandise he endorsed. His youngest son, LaMelo, also part owner of the Big Baller Brand, would eventually become the first ever 16-year-old high school basketball player with his own signature shoe in the same year.

LaVar built a brand around his family that will set them up with great opportunities to create generational wealth. And in the meantime, he’s showing the U.S. exactly what it’s going to take to make the next step towards full social and economical equality: increasing Black ownership.

What more could you ask for in a father?

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Education Reform Dominates DC Council Debate

By Lenore T. Adkins Special to the AFRO

Celebrating Black Fatherhood

Local Black fathers with their children, Bottom LeftCinque Culver, Top CenterHamzat Sani, Top RightMichael Sturdivant, Bottom Right- Claude Jennings

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

Education was the central issue at the candidate forum on June 5 sponsored by the Coalition for D.C. Public Schools and Communities.

The event, moderated by freelance journalist Sarah Stodder, pitted current council Chairman Phil Mendelson, against Ed Lazere, former executive director of the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute. There was also a second panel for the at-large council candidates that included incumbent Anita Bonds and political newcomers Marcus Goodwin and Jeremiah Lowery.

The D.C. council chairman

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Jeremiah Lowery, At-large City Council candidate, says the District should bring back the school board.

Ever since I was a kid, I’ve been petrified of being a father. Between all the talk about Black men being absent from the household, being wife beaters and being unable to provide or be emotionally available to their families due to the difficulty of walking through this world with Black skin I wasn’t itching to get into the game.

I did everything I could to make sure that I didn’t have a child early in life until I knew I’d be absolutely ready to feed, nurture, clothe, shelter and adequately educate them to the fullest.

I took women’s studies class in college so when I had a daughter I could at least

have some language to connect with hardships she would endure; I talked to older friends about fatherhood; I took up exercise regularly with the vision of being able to thoroughly woop my grandkids butts in a competitive game of Basketball; and I worked, volunteered and mentored youth throughout the DMV to build the muscle memory required to have the eyes in the back of your and the mental agility necessary to help guide a teenager. I wasn’t playing no games.

The thing is despite the work, worry and wonderment inherent in becoming a father, I knew one thing for certain, I love children. Bring me a baby, preteen, teenager or young adult and please believe we are going to find a way to vibe. So when I got ready to marry my

love, knowing she came with a son ready to go, I approached with both the eagerness of being blessed with a child and a humble respect for the task at hand.

Being a father to my son is both one of the most challenging endeavors I’ve ever embarked and as cliche as it sounds the absolutely most rewarding.

With Father’s Day approaching, The AFRO posed two central questions to a few fathers in the DMV. Below are there answers to the questions: 1. Why do you feel it’s important to be involved in your child’s/ children’s life/ lives?

2. How do you approach fatherhood

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were concerns about the new commander, Andre L. Wright, after it was revealed that there was a settlement between a female officer and him resulting in her being moved to another location.

There was widespread talk in the ward when word got out on June 1 that Bryant, a 26-year veteran of the department, had been demoted. Newsham, in a

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Youth participants in the ‘Fashion for Our Lives’ Showcase dressed for the “Polk a Dots Explosion” theme.

Change in Police Leadership Following Spike in Homicides Causes Concern in Ward 8 Some Ward 8 residents were upset over the abrupt departure of 7D Police Commander Regis Bryant but cooler heads have prevailed as it became apparent why.

On June 8, there was a news conference at 7D headquarters on Alabama Avenue S.E. called by

prominent Ward 8 leaders about Bryant’s sudden departure. The leaders initially called the news conference to ask that D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham keep Bryant on and not blame him for the escalating homicide rate in the ward.

“I spoke with Chief Peter Newsham minutes before the conference began,” Sandra “S.S.” Seegars, a former advisory neighborhood commissioner, wrote in a

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Regis Bryant is the former commander of police district 7D.

June 8 Facebook post. “I also spoke with Commander Regis Bryant. Bryant said he accepts the proposition offered to him

by Newsham.”

Seegars wrote that Bryant will stay at the Information Technology Bureau as an inspector for now because of a family member’s health issues. She, along with other leaders at the news conference, expressed support for Bryant to stay at 7D. Seegars also wrote there

“These kids are responding to the violence they have seen and experiencing.” robbery etc., are down from last year.

Lashonia ThompsonEl works for the Office of the District of Columbia Attorney General. She told the gathering about her 18-year incarceration and coming back to the District and getting involved in antiviolence efforts. “I work with the Attorney General CURE program that focuses on fighting crime using a public health approach,” ThompsonEl said. “We are planning to attack violence using technical assistance for those people and organizations that need it and use data-driven materials.”

Thompson-El said the approach is similar to fighting the HIV-AIDS epidemic that was rampant in some District neighborhoods in the late 1980s and 1990s. The traditional response to fighting youth violence has been programs, whether government-sponsored or by non-profits. There are calls in Ward 8 for faith-based organizations and places of worship to take a more proactive approach.

“We have to come up with our own programs, each church,” Isaac said. “And we cannot allow the government to dictate to us what we do.”

One of the most wellknown non-governmental summer youth programs is the Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative

By Charise Wallace Special to the AFRO Tennis scholars at Southeast Tennis and Learning Center (SETLC) in Washington, D.C. are not just beasts on the court but on the runway too.

Each year the organization holds a fashion showcase to give young girls and boys a chance to strut the runway in their own designs. The 2018 theme, Fashion for Our Lives, is a nod to this year’s student led, March for Our Lives.

Through the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) Sew N Know is an afterschool program at more than a dozen facilities including at SETLC. The program teaches thousands of grade school students in the District about the art, science and design techniques in the fashion industry.

“I give them life, I give them part of me, and they’re not going to misuse that,” said Program Director of Sew N Know, Janice Rankins, during the event.

This year on June 9, young women and men showed off their fun and vibrant summer designs.

The event stuck to their title as the show opened with the students walking the runway carrying picket signs reading “Fashion is Everything,” “Fashion Strikes Back,” “Boys Do Fashion Too,“ and “We Are The Future, We Are Fashion,” to name a few, while wearing “Fashion For Our Lives” graphic t-shirts.

“When they say ’March for Our Lives‘ I did ‘Fashion For Our Lives’ because fashion is very important and this is keeping them out of the streets,”

A group of religious leaders in Ward 8 want to be proactive in putting a stop to violence in the neighborhood.

On June 9, the Ward 8 Clergy and Faith Leaders held their monthly breakfast meeting at Assumption Church DC, on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. Southeast, The Rev. Donald Isaac, one of the District of Columbia’s most politically active pastors, said it is time for the clergy to step up and speak out on the rising number of homicides in the ward.

“The church can have a positive impact,” Isaac said to the 50 people at the meeting.

“These kids are responding to the violence they have seen and experiencing. Hurting people hurt people.”

The Ward 8 Clergy are talking about the rising homicide rate because schools will soon close for the summer. D.C. Metropolitan Police Department statistics show that as of June 8, there were 66 homicides in the city, as opposed to 44 at this point last year. However, all other crime indicators, such as rape,

– The Rev. Donald Isaac

Sew N Know Holds 11th Annual Fashion Showcase

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

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knowing the absent father stigma associated with Black fathers?

Cinque Culver of River Terrace 1) â&#x20AC;&#x153;The most important reason for me is to simply enjoy, appreciate, and encourage my children as unique individuals. Beyond that, I want to take time to pass the experiences I have had in life on to them and talk with them allowing them to draw their own conclusions.

Of course, I still have to be there to catch them when they fall or at least get them back up on their feet.â&#x20AC;?

2) â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the absent father stigma is multifaceted. There are dads that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to be present and dads that want to be present but cannot for whatever valid or invalid reason.

I just let my children know that I love them,

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candidates explored how theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d tackle obstacles preventing some children, especially those from impoverished Wards 7 and 8, from attending school. Both panels addressed larger issues, like their vision for school reform in the wake of a persistent achievement gap and a D.C. Public Schools graduation scandal that rocked the District.

Mendelson touted funding the Office of Victim Services with millions of dollars to send community-based organizations to work with students, their families, and principals to uncover why these students have 10 absences or more and to help get them back in the classroom.

In some cases, he said, the oldest child in the family stayed home to look after younger siblings. Mendelson cited a case where a family couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do laundry and kept the child home from school instead of sending the student to school in dirty clothes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know what the different reasons are, but we do need to identify them on an individual basis and then through the CBOlike collaborative, bring the appropriate resources to help . . . get them back into

will always love them, and nothing could ever change that.â&#x20AC;?

Michael Sturdivant, 34 of Fort Totten; Daughter, Michaela Sturdivant, 1 1) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our children need to be loved, supported, covered, protected, and groomed and no one is in closer proximity than parents to be involved on that level.â&#x20AC;?

2) â&#x20AC;&#x153;For me to Father as best I can, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t put myself in the comparison trap of looking at what this person or that person is doing or not doing. I have to take what I have in my hands and do the best with that.â&#x20AC;?

1) â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is important for me to be involved because my child needs me. Every child needs their dad, its non-negotiable. How many times have we heard a child at any age point speak to their dad not being there as the issue that sparked some sort of problem they are dealing with currently. We see it in many problems in society. It points to a lack of fathers. It is important for my son but its equally important for me. I grew so much as a person, as a man and I continue to grow as I raise my son.

Its responsibility, its being an example, its providing, its nurturing... It does something to you. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing honorable about a man who has a child in this world and he lives his life as if that child doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exist. How do you live with yourself? Even being involved â&#x20AC;&#x153;parttimeâ&#x20AC;? is a joke and a shame.

Claude, 36 Jennings of Silver Spring; Son, Manny Jennings, 5

2) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because of the stigma, I try to be present and engaged in a loud way. For everyone to see. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m always with my son, I take him to work with me, we go out to eat, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m at his activities. It has to be seen, people

school,â&#x20AC;? Mendelson said.

Lazere said there are multiple stressors affecting families that keep kids from going to school, like housing instability, rising Metro fares, poor neighborhood schools and bus route cuts. He suggested the city invest in housing stability so low-income families donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get pushed out, and in quality

about a third of DCPSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s graduates last year â&#x20AC;&#x201C; shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have gotten their diplomas because of truancy and other problems. This shocked the city and made officials question the school reform agenda started in 2007 after thenMayor Adrian Fenty took over the schools.

The scandal â&#x20AC;&#x153;ripped the veil off the truth in terms of whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really going on with our

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Education reform in Washington, D.C. has failed.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Jeremiah Lowery neighborhood schools so local children have good educational options close by and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to travel across the city for school. D.C. should also invest more money in Metro so that it thinks twice about raising fares or cutting crucial bus lines that Ward 7 and Ward 8 residents rely on.

Since D.C. students ride Metro for free, parents of elementary school students should get to ride for free, so they can take their kids to school and reduce truancy, Lazere added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a second grader, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going to ride a Metro bus by yourself,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Revelations about a citywide graduation scandal showed more than 900 students â&#x20AC;&#x201C;

schools,â&#x20AC;? Mendelson said.

The pressure of the high-stakes prompted some school leaders to falsify their graduation figures, Lazere said, and the failure of the council and of Mendelson was that they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t analyze whether those traditional metrics were the right way to reform DCPS. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Education reform in Washington, D.C. has failed,â&#x20AC;?

Jeremiah Lowery, an at-large council candidate said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The council can, in fact, play a strong counterweight to the mayor to make sure that school reform is, in fact, focusing on the right things and heading in the right direction,â&#x20AC;?

Lazere said.

Lowery demanded more transparency from DCPS and the charter schools, especially when it comes to data. If elected, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d push for an

need to know we exist. My hope is that It is noticed and inspires involved dads to keep it up and absent dads to step up and be a father.

A lot of absent fathers, had absent fathers themselves. They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how to be a dad.

Some are scared, some donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what to do, others are childishly dodging responsibility.

Either way we need to break the cycle and create a new normal. We have to expect and demand present and engaged dads in the black community. We have to celebrate it, normalize it in thought and speech and use it as social pressure to spark change - even if by shame to those who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t live up to the standard.â&#x20AC;?

Happy Fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day to my father Mohammed Bashir Sani and all the men that have helped to and are helping to father me in one way or another. Happy Fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s day to all the fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, step-fathers and others that provide the presence of a father to our children. Your love, presence and work do not go on unrecognized or unappreciated. Thank you! empowered school board.

Now that the media has uncovered the â&#x20AC;&#x153;uglyâ&#x20AC;? in the school system, the reform process can begin anew and should include adult education and literacy, Anita Bonds said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;More than 30 percent of our adults are not able to read . . . and so we really have that as a byproduct of our school system and we have to work on that in order to make our families whole throughout the city,â&#x20AC;? Bonds said.

Marcus Goodwin said mayoral control has put the school system on the â&#x20AC;&#x153;right pathâ&#x20AC;? to accountability and having a school board isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the answer. He pushed a multi-faceted approach- investing in after school tutors and mentors to help students get beyond grade level in critical subjects, investing in summer programming to ensure students remain at proficient levels in their subjects, bringing in university-level thinkers to help Washington move beyond its achievement gap and revive vocational education for high school students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The economic realities for many people in this city who look like me is that they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take four years off and go live the college life,â&#x20AC;?

Goodwin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They need to help support their families when they turn 18 and they need to be given the opportunity to be trained to learn how to be an HVAC technician, an electrician, a plumber.â&#x20AC;?

The election is June 19.

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Faith leaders are focusing on getting young people into programs for the summer in an effort to give them something positive to do.

Ward 8

Continued from D1 (FSSC) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Safe Summerâ&#x20AC;? initiative. Perry Moon is the executive director of FSFSC and is looking forward to the upcoming session. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will have our kickoff on June 29,â&#x20AC;? Moon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As government resources are dwindling, communities need to step up.â&#x20AC;?

The FSFSC â&#x20AC;&#x153;Safe Summerâ&#x20AC;? is a series of educational, cultural, and

recreational activities for young people during the week and sometimes on the weekends. The activities are designed to keep young people engaged and off the streets. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will have a Friday program where people from the community can come in and talk about life skills and their perspectives on life,â&#x20AC;?

Moon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I encourage you to participate. People can prosper if they know there is a community that surrounds them.â&#x20AC;?

Sew N Know Continued from D1

Rankins to the AFRO. Each segment during the two-hour fashion show presented a different style: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Polk a Dots Explosion,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Scuba Doo,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Glitz Glam and Feathers.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Being an artist, a lot of my concepts come at night in my dreams,â&#x20AC;? said Rankins.

The polka dotted looks consisted of black and white hues and blonde â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;70s afros, while the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Scuba Dooâ&#x20AC;? designs were bold and screamed summertime fun, and finally â&#x20AC;&#x153;Glitz Glam and Feathersâ&#x20AC;? was a glimpse of the modern day Great Gatsby, as their designs were filled with shimmery fabrics and

Ambrose Lane, an independent candidate for the D.C. Council in the Nov. 6 general election, said that discussions on fighting violence must be preventionoriented. Isaac noted that the D.C. Council passed the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $14.5 billion budget recently and a small amount of that money was earmarked for anti-violence efforts.

He said that must change. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The pastors in this ward need to organize so that we can get more funds from the budget,â&#x20AC;? he said.

accessorized with glamorous boas, flappers and more. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Once they make something theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hooked,â&#x20AC;? said Rankins. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Who doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to make something? Fashion is different now; the kids are interested in it. When I first started it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that easy especially with the boys, but now boys are interested.â&#x20AC;?

Other talents, from hip hop artist Yusha Assad and spoken word artist KwamĂŠ Mcintosh, shared with the audience their insights on personal and real-world issues Community public figures like Ward 8 Council member Trayon White, Dr. Lawrence Clayton of LEAP, the Metropolitan Police Department, and more were in attendance.

To learn more about Sew N Know visit the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Instagram @rwlc_setlc.

June 16, 2018 - June 22, 2018, The Afro-American

The U.S Dream Academy and its founder, Wintley Phipps celebrated its 20th year anniversary during its 17th Annual “Power of A Dream” Gala, themed, “Living The Dream,” in Northwest,Washington, D.C at the

Marriott Marquis Hotel. The event took place on May 8. This year’s gala was hosted by popular award-winning actor, producer and director Larenz Tate. This year’s Southwest Mentors of the Year were Darwin Kemp, (Washington, D.C.), Roosevelt Neely (Houston, TX.) and Beverly Smith (Indianapolis, IN). Honorees were David Shapiro, President and CEO of MENTOR and Mpumi Nobiva. Since 2001, the Gala has raised more than $17 million to assist with high-quality after-school programs. The program focuses on helping children of incarcerated parents and those lagging behind in school.

Emy Edouard, former

Triscina Grey and Larenz Tate, emcees

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Lavern Chatman

dream teen member, keynote speaker

Musical selection by the Takoma Academy Chorale Whitney Phipps and Sandra Randolph, Chair, Board of Directors, U.S. Dream Academy

Wintley Phipps (3rd from left, front) with members of the Board of Directors and honorees

Photos by Rob Roberts

Young reporters Princess Courtney, Ajejando Jimenez and Temitayo Adeola interview Mpumi Nobiva(2nd from left) international speaker and entrepreneur

C. Diane Wallace Booker and Jarrett Adams (far right) present the DR. MLK, Jr. Community Service Award to David Shapiro, CEO, MENTORS

Actor Larenz Tate, WHUR Radio Personality Triscina Grey, C. Diane Wallace Booker, executive director, U.S. Dream Academy, Legendary actress Cicely Tyson, Whitney Phipps, Founder, U.S. Dream Academy and Wanda Durant, mother of Kevin Durant, Golden State Warriors, MVP of the 2018 NBA Championship game

Dreamkids

Cicely Tyson being interviewed by young reporter, Temitayo Adeola

Miss Black America Delegate and National Newspaper Publisher’s Association Staff Writer Lauren Poteat, Dawn Moss, Miss Black USA 1196, international producer and motivational speaker hosted the Celebrate Women Who Lead panel a Carolina Kitchen

in Hyattsville, Md. There, female leaders from media and marketing shared insight on breaking into the worlds of journalism and public relations.

Dawn Moss, Miss Black USA 1196, international producer and motivational speaker.

Photos by Brigette White

NNPA Staff Writer and Miss Black America 2018 Delegate, Lauren Poteat Nathalie Nicole, Foundr of Women Who Boss Network CEO of Plush Enterprises, Latifah Majied, Integrated Marketing Specialist Radio One and Alonda Thomas, Public Relations Howard University

Monica McNutt, Reporter, Chardelle Moore, Fox45 Baltimore Reporter/ Anchor, Onyachi Chuku, Media Specialist, Prince George’s Cable Television Station, Candace Adkins, News Producer WHUR and Senior Production and Asset Management TV One

Chardelle Moore, Fox45 Baltimore Reporter and Anchor, Jenee James, Senior Producer, TV One, Nathalie Nicole, Founder of Women Who Boss Network and CEO of Plush Enterprises, Alonda Thomas, Public Relations Howard University, Latifah Majied, Integrated Marketing Specialist Radio One, Candice Adkins, News Producer WHUR and Monica McNutt, Reporter

Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor presenting a social media award

Alee Opuiyo, Founder Dynamic Relations Photos by Rob Roberts

Audience member poses a question to panelists

Dawn Moss, Miss Black USA 1996, International Producer and Motivational Speaker, General Manager of Carolina Kitchen

Tim Jones (right) speaks to students about the Drones technology

Dr. Treniece Terry

Tanya Edelin, Director of Community Health, Kaiser Permanente, Sam Washington, HBCU Alliance and Monique Robinson-Poole, STEM Electronic Mentor

On April 28 the DC Metro HBCU Alumni Alliance Inc. (DCHBCUAA), in collaboration with Kaiser Permanente and Comcast, hosted the annual College Awareness and Planning for Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Workshop. High school students from underrepresented populations participated in this one-day workshop. The workshop took place at the Kaiser Permanente headquarters located in Rockville, Md. Dr. Ava Morrow is the DCHBCUAA STEM Coordinator.

Dr. Jeanita Pritchett, STEM Program Manager, Dr. Treniece Terry, STEM Mentor, Dr. Nicole King, STEM Coordinator and Dr. Ava Morrow, STEM Program Coordinator

Student with Transportation Exploration sign; exploring the technology of transportation on all levels

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The Afro-American, June 16, 2018 - June 22, 2018

CHEVROLET AND NNPA JOIN TOGETHER TO OFFER HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS A $15K FELLOWSHIP! The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) is excited to partner with the all-new 2018 Chevrolet Equinox to present Discover the Unexpected (DTU) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; an amazing journalism fellowship.

Selected DTU Fellows from Historically Black Colleges and Universities earn a $10,000 scholarship, $5,000 stipend and an exciting summer road trip in the all-new 2018 Chevrolet Equinox.

Join our DTU Fellows on this multi-city journey as they discover unsung heroes and share stories from African-American communities that will surprise and inspire. DTU is back and better than ever! Are you ready to ride? #ChevyEquinox, #Chevy, #NNPA

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