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As the Earth’s most prolific jailer, America faces a thorny question: What do you do with millions of inmates when they return home? That challenge is at the heart of many bipartisan prison reforms that are sweeping the nation. Georgia recently tackled this issue. The staunchly Republican state has become a widely recognized national leader in prison reform, creating a network of programs to help inmates when they are behind bars and after they are released. Georgia’s efforts were spurred by a sober realization: If the Peach State didn’t curtail its convict population, it would have to spend an additional $264 million in the next five years just to house inmates. This amounted to more than the state spends each year on any category other than education and health care. Facing such formidable costs, Georgia — led by Republican Gov. Nathan Deal — began implementing an array of reforms that helped it begin

Black Males in London Also Face Police Profiling By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO ssherman@afro.com Racial profiling, it would appear, has a passport. Youth throughout the United Kingdom say that they are often stopped, searched, and interrogated by police officers similar to their U.S. counterparts. While they report far fewer incidents of actual deathrelated altercations with law enforcement, Black and Asian youth in London said they

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By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO ssherman@afro.com Researchers and physicians from around the world met in Los Angeles this weekend to discuss new findings in the fight against obesity – particularly the increased rates of obesity among Black and Latino populations. National Obesity Week (November 2-6) saw the release of new data suggesting that Latino and Black parents’ stress levels contribute to them producing obese children as well. Researchers, led by Carmen Isasi from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, found that obesity and chronic stress were prevalent among Latino and Black populations, with 28 percent of obese children, ages 8-16, and 29 percent of their parents reporting high levels of stress. Further, researchers found that parents who experienced three or more chronic stressors were twice as likely to produce obese children, than parents who experienced no stress. Stress and weight gain were initially linked culturally among Black women in 2014 by researchers studying their rapid increase in weight. Some 59,000 Black Continued on A3

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New Orleans Musical Legend, Allen Toussaint, Remembered By The Associated Press New Orleans musician Allen Toussaint easily adopted multiple musical roles during a legendary career that took him from the Crescent City to the world stage, writing or producing hits such as “Southern Nights,” and “Ruler of My Heart,” or performing at his beloved piano, often stylishly dressed in colorful suits. Toussaint died Nov. 10 in Spain of a heart attack, Madrid emergency services Continued on A6

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Mississippi State defensive lineman Keith Joseph Jr. and his father, former Bulldogs linebacker Keith Joseph Sr., were killed in a car accident Friday night. The school said they died in a one-car accident Friday night en route to Pascagoula High School’s home game. The 18-year-old Joseph Jr. starred at the high school last year and was redshirting as a freshman this season. “We are deeply saddened and heartbroken by the tragic loss of Keith Jr. and his father,” Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen said. “Keith had such a promising future as a Bulldog following in the legacy started by Keith Sr., who played for our program 25 years ago. Keith was a great student, a hard worker and a great teammate to all of us. With heavy hearts, our thoughts and prayers go out to the Joseph family, our entire Mississippi State community and all of the lives these Bulldogs touched.” The 44-year-old Joseph Sr. played for the Bulldogs from 198992 and is 10th in school history with 14 sacks. He also played at Pascagoula High School. The No. 24 Bulldogs were off this weekend after a 31-13 victory at Missouri on Thursday night.

University of Missouri President Leaves Over Race Complaints and Campus Protests By The Associated Press The president of the University of Missouri system resigned Monday amid criticism of his handling of student complaints about race and discrimination. President Tim Wolfe said Monday that his resignation is effective immediately. The announcement came at a special meeting of the university system’s governing body, the Board of Curators. The complaints came to a head over the weekend when at least 30 black football players announced they would not participate in team activities until Wolfe was removed or stepped down. Head coach Gary Pinkel expressed solidarity with his players on Twitter by posting a picture of the team and coaches locking arms. The caption on the picture read caption “The Mizzou Family stands as one. We are united. We are behind our players. #ConcernedStudent1950 GP”.

For months, black student groups have complained of racial slurs and other slights on the overwhelmingly white flagship campus of the state’s four-college system. By Nov. 8, a campus sit-in had grown in size, graduate student groups planned walkouts and politicians began to weigh in.

Petitions Created to Get Raven Symoné and Don Lemon Off Air After Controversial Comments By Justice D. Stanley Special to the AFRO Two Change. org petitions have been created to call for the removal of Raven Symoné from “The View” and Don Lemon from CNN after both hosts sparked (AP Photo)” outrage among Raven- Symoné from “The View” and Don viewers for their Lemon from CNN. opinions on the recent altercation between a deputy and student at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, S.C. Both hosts are known for having their fair share of opinions when it comes to social issues. Raven Symoné recently landed in hot water for stating that she would not hire someone with an “Africanized” name. And, Lemon received a great amount of criticism after stating that there was an “obvious” smell of marijuana in the air during his coverage of the Ferguson, Mo., unrest. The Raven Symoné petition has garnered over 132,000 supporters in the first six days following its creation. “The girl was told multiple times to get off the phone,” said Raven Symoné on “The View,” referring to the Spring Valley student who was assaulted by the school police officer. “There’s no right or reason for him to be doing this type of harm, that’s ridiculous. But at the same time, you got to follow the rules in school.”

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to lower its spending on corrections. “When you look at the way we have done corrections over the last decade, we’ve been using a very expensive brand of interventions, and in spite of the fact that it’s more expensive, we were getting worse results,” Jay Neal, the former director of the Governor’s Office of Transition, Support and Reentry in Georgia, said. Aside from expenses, another factor has driven reform: Social science data prove that inmates can be rehabilitated and set on the road to redemption with education and drug treatment programs that wind up being much cheaper than repeatedly imprisoning the same offenders. Consider that a total of 17 states — such as Colorado, Texas, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, not exactly hotbeds of liberalism — have, in recent years, directed funding away from prison construction and toward “ evidence-based” programs and services that aim to keep ex-offenders from returning to prison. Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder recently said many of these states have seen drops in recidivism rates and prison populations without harming public safety. For the first time since the federal Bureau of Justice

Statistics began tracking the numbers in 1978, the state and federal prison populations both declined in 2014. The total decrease was by more than 15,000 inmates, the second-biggest annual reduction on record, bringing the

knowledge of the individual — and having a better feel for what kind of outcomes we can expect, based on data and research, instead of just based on the gut feelings, which is unfortunately what a lot of policy was based on, decades ago.” As most major reformers point out, more than 95 percent of America’s incarcerated eventually return to their communities—600,000 every year. So what happens if there are no jobs or housing awaiting their return? They likely will commit more crime. For that reason, before he stepped down, Holder directed –Jay Neal each of the 93 U.S. Attorneys to designate a prevention and reentry coordinator in his or her district. With an eye toward helping ex-offenders secure employment, 19 states recently have adopted a policy known as “ ban the box” — prohibiting employers from asking job applicants whether they ever have been convicted of crimes. Those states include

“When you look at the way we have done corrections over the last decade, we’ve been using a very expensive brand of interventions, and in spite of the fact that it’s more expensive, we were getting worse results.” nation’s prison population to its lowest level since 2005. “We just know so much more now than we did 20, 30 years ago,” said Deal, noting that Georgia has begun to see a small drop in its recidivism rate. “So we’re making decisions based on a lot more information and a lot more

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women were studied by the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University, who concluded that the presence of severe psychosocial stress contributed to obesity. “The association between racism and weight gain was present within all levels of BMI, education, and geographic region, suggesting that our results might apply to a larger population of U.S. Black women,” said lead author Yvette C. Cozier, assistant professor of epidemiology at Boston University, in a research statement. “We found that self-reported perceptions of racial discrimination are positively associated with higher weight gain in U.S. Black women. These results add to the body of evidence that experiences of racism may contribute to the excess burden of obesity observed in U.S. Black women and underscore the public health importance of continuing antidiscrimination efforts in this country and worldwide.” With Isasi’s research documenting the proliferation of stress-related obesity from one generation to another, health

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feel the full pressure of BWB – Breathing While Black in their daily activities. Police records support their stories. For instance, law enforcement are 28 times more likely to use stop-and-search powers against Black people than Whites in London and in some areas, large scale mobile metal detectors are erected to beat back violent crimes committed with knives. Guns are tightly regulated and difficult to obtain legally in the U.K. “It is bare racism that because I wear a hoodie or baggie pants that I can be pulled over and searched for a knife. I can be walking, on public transport – or even in a taxi, like Mark Duggins – and forced to be scanned,” Titus Newman told the AFRO, a youth leader who tutors kids after school. “It is true that some youths are going around committing crimes, but they are a few and the whole should not be made to suffer like we’re criminals.” Duggins, was stopped by 11 specialist firearm officers while riding in a minicab in 2011 and being searched for weapons when he was shot and killed, which sparked the worst riots in London’s recent history. Research from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) found that police stop powers where officers do not require suspicion of involvement in crime, known as “Section 60” stops, had increased exponentially in areas with high rates of Black and Asian youth. Commander Dean Haydon, head of Scotland Yard’s homicide and major crimes command, said, in a recent statement, that the increase in Section 60 stops was a direct response to the increase in violent knife crimes perpetrated by that particular segment of the population. “Tackling knife crime is a key priority for the Met [Metropolitan Police]. Every week, officers from across London carry out enforcement activity, and educational programs aimed at prevention are regularly delivered to young people,” Haydon said. Knife crime is up by at least 18 percent, after years of falling, and 10 youngsters have been stabbed to death in the capital in the past nine months, including 15-year-old Alan Cartwright, who was chased and killed in a knife attack while

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New research released during Obesity Week, suggests environmental stressors impact obesity from one generation to the next.

riding his bicycle. Community activist Glenroy Donald said that although it may seem like a natural cause and effect scenario with officers targeting populations of young men who are committing crimes, he said selective enforcement and the intimidation of the innocent by police officers frustrate the situation. “There are a lot of youth out here who need discipline and direction, but there are plenty more who are law-abiding and upstanding. How do you tell the difference between them when you’ve made up your mind that they are all bad?” Donald said. Bernard Hogan-Howe, metropolitan police commissioner, said that his team listened to the public feedback concerning the ineffectiveness of stops and what was believed to be racial profiling and the result was an uptick in knife crimes. “We had [initially] seen a broad reduction in violence, shootings and stabbings, but over the last three months there has been a rise in stabbings and that has caused us to review our position on stop and search,” Hogan-Howe said. “We were doing too much; repeatedly stopping people who have done nothing wrong can’t be right. But if we are getting to the stage where people think they can carry knives with impunity, that can’t be good for anyone,” he continued.

California (2010), Colorado (2012) and Delaware (2014), and this year saw the addition of Georgia, New York, Ohio and Virginia. Reformers in Georgia and elsewhere also have set their sights on rolling back laws barring ex-cons from obtaining licenses in such fields as lawn care, massage therapy, barbering and auto repair. In designing Georgia’s plan, widely praised for its comprehensiveness, Neal said the state borrowed heavily from existing programs in Texas and Michigan. At the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)’s annual conference last July, one of the largest gatherings of conservative lawmakers, two separate sessions focused on helping states implement cheaper alternatives to incarceration. Nick Wachinski — CEO of Lexington National Insurance Corporation, which underwrites bail bonds — looked across a San Diego hotel ballroom packed with at least 100 conservative state legislators from around the country. When he asked ALEC’s guests how many of them were dealing with jail overcrowding, nearly all of them raised their hands. “If we continue on the path we’re on now, the federal government will run out of money to afford the Bureau of Prisons in 2017,” Wachinski said.

advocates believe medical programs must address social factors that contribute to medical ailments. While Cozier suggested workplace and communitybased programs designed to eliminate racism and reduce racism-induced stress, Obesity Week participants urged medical interventions to counter stressors. “This research should encourage clinicians and healthcare practitioners to consider high stress levels as a warning sign for developing obesity not only in the adult patient, but also in the patient’s entire family,” said researcher Margarita Teran-Garcia said in a statement. “Although the study is cross-sectional, it suggests that special attention should be paid to adult patients who report experiencing high stress

levels in this population, and providers are encouraged to consider behavioral counseling as one measure for obesity prevention and treatments.” These studies are among the first of their kind to show that links parental stress to the risk for childhood obesity. They both add to the understanding of family influences on child weight status could potentially impact how obesity is managed by physicians in minority populations.

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Fed’s Hiring Practices Void of Diversity, Says Rep. Maxine Waters By James Wright Special to the AFRO jwright@afro.com U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters recently took the federal government’s financial services agencies to task for not promoting racial and ethnic diversity in their employment ranks. On Nov. 5, Waters, the ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, along with members of the Congressional Black Caucus and the Hispanic and AsianPacific Islanders caucuses, commented on “The Dodd-Frank Act Five Years Later: Diversity in the Financial Service Agencies” report. The document criticized seven financial services agencies for not implementing the equal employment opportunity portions of Dodd-Frank, the 2010 law that mandated Wall Street and other financial firms improve their practices regarding consumer protection. “I am disappointed to find that, more than five years after the enactment of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act and the DoddFrank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that included provisions intended to promote workforce and supplier diversity and inclusion, the federal financial services agencies have largely failed to improve on these critical matters,” Rep Waters said at a press conference on the report. “As communities of color continue to face an insurmountable wealth gap and as AfricanAmerican unemployment remains stagnant at 9.2 percent, our nation cannot afford to have a federal government that is out of touch with the needs of racial and ethnic minorities and women and their daily financial challenges.” The report was compiled by the Democratic staff members of Waters’ committee and focused on the hiring practices, especially of senior management, from 2011-2013 of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Federal Reserve Board (FRB), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and National Credit Union

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U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters says Federal agencies need to do better job of hiring minorities. Administration (NCUA). The report concludes that minorities and women remain underrepresented in the workforce of the agencies in a manner that is out of proportion to their percentages of the American population, minorities and women are significantly underrepresented at the level of senior management, and Black employees generally receive lower performance management ratings than White employees. For example, the report showed that the agency with the highest percentages of Whites in senior management is the SEC, with 88 percent, and it drops off significantly with Hispanics constituting only five percent at that level, followed by Blacks with four percent and three percent Asian. The study also shows that the agencies with the highest level of Black percentage in senior managers are the FDIC and OCC, with 12 percent each. “As this country’s population is increasingly becoming more racially and ethnically diverse, it is well past time for these agencies to move beyond paying lip service to diversity efforts and instead fully embrace diversity and inclusion policies and practices

as vital to achieving their missions by adopting sensible recommendations included in the report,” Waters said. She was joined at the press conference by Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.), chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and CBC members Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), Al Green (D-Texas), Terri Sewell (D-Ala.) and Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio). Reps. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) and Norma Torres (D-Calif.) represented the Asian-Pacific Islander and Hispanic caucuses, respectively. The members of the three caucuses, known as the Tri-Caucus on Capitol Hill with 19 percent of all House members in their ranks, said they want the agencies to fully comply with federal laws regarding diversity, and to insure allegations of discrimination lodged by agency employees are fairly investigated. They are also calling for an update on the progress of diversity hiring in four years. “The gross underrepresentation of minorities, women, and African Americans in their workplaces and senior management

positions is alarming,” Butterfield said. “The CBC encourages each of the agencies audited as part of this committee report to address our concerns expeditiously to ensure diversity representation and equal opportunity for all eligible employees and qualified applications.” In response to the dreary numbers of hiring practices for minorities and women in federal agencies, a spokesperson from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission told the AFRO, by email, on Nov. 10, “While the number of minorities and women in supervisory and managerial positions at the SEC is increasing, we are actively working on initiatives to enhance diversity.” The representative said that one of the Office of Women and Minorities, under the SEC, is working to formalize internal policies and procedures to guide the agency’s diversity efforts and programmatic activities. Other federal agencies similarly told the AFRO that they too are in pursuing to make their practices and procedures more amendable to women and minorities.

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White Conservatives’ Minstrel Tradition Ben Carson is in serious political trouble, as his wacky and right-wing views on numerous issues draw more scrutiny and critical pieces of the “inspirational” back story he’s been telling for years get exposed as “fabrications.” A looming question now is what more of the political games of truth and Lee A. Daniels consequences regarding Ben Carson are yet to be played. Nonetheless, it’s still worth exploring why Carson’s near lilyWhite base of supporters have found him so appealing. Conservative pundit Jonah Goldberg offers a partial - and revealing - answer why in a recent column praising the now retired neurosurgeon. Writing in the National Review Online, one of the conservative movement’s Bibles, Goldberg asserts that because both of Carson’s parents were Black Americans and he grew up “in Detroit, the son of a very poor, very hardworking single mother,” he could be considered “even more authentically African-American than Barack Obama, given that Obama’s mother was white and that he was raised in part by his white grandparents.” Got it? Ben Carson is a graduate of two elite educational institutions, Yale and Johns Hopkins University Medical School who forged a career as a world-renowned neurosurgeon. Barack Obama graduated from two elite educational institutions, Columbia and Harvard Law School, before rising through the dense thicket of local, state and national politics to the presidency of the United States. But to Jonah Goldberg what makes Ben Carson, with his extraordinarily elite credentials and experience “even more authentically Black” than Barack Obama, with his extraordinarily elite credentials and experience, is the race and economic status of their respective parents. Aside from having two Black American parents and being “very poor,” Goldberg never does define what makes one Black American “even more authentically Black” than another

- or, for that matter, what authentic blackness itself is. Perhaps we’ll get that in comparative terms when Goldberg applies this curious kind of racial sorting to other politicos. For example, is Carly Fiorina a “more authentic” White woman than Hillary Clinton? Ted Cruz a more authentic LatinoAmerican than Marco Rubio? And, of course, Goldberg must tell us which of the White male candidates in both parties embody the more “authentic” qualities of White American male-hood. Goldberg’s pathetic gambit unmasks two particularly important dynamics in today’s conservative politics. One is that White conservatives have never forgiven Barack and Michelle Obama - and the large cohort of high-achieving Black Americans of the post-1960s they directly represent - for not drinking the Republican KoolAid. That’s why they’ve never stopped declaring this or that one of the paltry number of Black conservatives “better” than the president and the First Lady of the United States. Of course, Goldberg isn’t the first White conservative to declare Black conservatives are the “authentic” or “real” Black Americans. Earlier in October, media baron Rupert Murdoch tweeted the same ludicrous claim that Carson, who’s never taken upon himself any public responsibility, is “better” than the one who every day must make innumerable critical decisions affecting not only American society but much of the world. Indeed, all Black conservatives - Herman Cain, for example, the White conservatives’ Black idol of the 2012 presidential primary cycle - get that gushing “blessing” from White conservatives at one time or another.

Of course, there have always been Black Americans with conservative views that ranged from moderate to extreme. But the political cohort known as “Black conservatives” is promoted by White conservatives to express views hostile to Black advancement that White conservatives either don’t want to say directly or need the support of a “Black face” to better avoid the charge of racism. Jonah Goldberg’s laughable assertion, and the GOP’s atrocious record of electing Black candidates to office, underscores that White conservatives still look upon “their Blacks” as pawns in their war against the overwhelming majority of Black Americans who don’t feel the need to seek their favor and don’t worry about being “authentically Black” because, in all their infinite variety, they are. Lee A. Daniels is a longtime journalist based in New York City. His new collection of columns, Race Forward: Facing America’s Racial Divide in 2014, is available at amazon.com.

Fake ‘Hero’ Cop Proves White Lies Matter Writing under the headline, “Police lives matter too,” Chicago Tribune Columnist John Kass summed up the sentiment - and mass hysteria - surrounding the supposed Sept. 1 murder of a policeman in a bedroom community 50 miles north of Chicago: “The killing of Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz had nothing to do with our hashtag politics about which lives matter. George E. Curry Gliniewicz, whose body was found in a marshy area near Fox Lake, was just a cop who’d been doing his job. And he was killed for it, left stripped of his gear.” We have since learned that it was all a hoax or, as the chief investigator put it, “a carefully staged suicide” by the man known as G.I. Joe as he was about to be exposed as a thief who had been stealing funds intended to mentor young people interested in becoming police officers to pay his mortgage, a gym membership, travel and a pornographic website. Kass’ assertion notwithstanding, it was about hashtag politics - it was about denouncing the Black Lives Matter

Movement and anyone else interested in holding police accountable for killing unarmed citizens. Even though the number of cops losing their lives in the line of duty by firearms is down this year, cops and conservatives have sought to project a different picture in the aftermath of the Aug. 28 murder of Harris County, Texas Deputy Sheriff Darren H. Goforth, who was repeatedly shot in the back of the head at a service station in Cypress, Texas, a Houston suburb. At an Aug. 30 news conference, Harris County Sheriff Ron Hickman said, “We’ve heard Black lives matter, all lives matter. Well, cops’ lives matter, too. So, how about we drop the qualifier and just say lives matter?” Just days later, more than 1,000 miles away, the death of Lt. Joseph Gliniewicz in Illinois brought about increased verbal attacks on the Black Lives Matter Movement and President Obama. Now we know that Gliniewicz was lying when he radioed in that he was in pursuit of three suspects - and African American and two Whites - after he was supposedly shot by them. The resulting manhunt cost more than $300,000. Though Obama had strongly denounced attacks on police, his critics pretended he had never said a word. Media Matters, the watchdog group, noted in a headline: “Fox Figures Demand Obama Make Remarks Condemning Violence Against Police Days After He Did Just That.”

Frequent Fox guest Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke said, “I think the president of the United States -because he weighed into this days after Ferguson with some inflammatory rhetoric, and where he breathed life into this anti-cop sentiment that now exists in the United States.” As Media Matters pointed out, the myth of the ‘Ferguson Effect’ - the idea crime has increased because cops are more restrained because of increased scrutiny in the aftermath of episodes of police brutality - has been thoroughly discredited. Even so, Fox co-host Kimberly Guilfoyle said, cops “don’t want to be arrested or persecuted for just putting on the blue every morning.” The real problem is that the crew at Fox TV and other conservatives, some running for president, took the easy and popular way out by rallying around police, even when attacks on them are down, all the facts were not yet in and, in the case of Lt. Joe Gliniewicz in Illinois, he was plotting to have a hit put on a city official because he feared she was on to his trail. All of them owe President Obama and the Black Lives Matter Movement an apology. But, like Donald Trump, they are incapable of admitting they are wrong. George E. Curry is President and CEO of George Curry Media. He is the former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine and the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA). For more information go to georgecurry.com.

It’s Never too Late to Never Give Up Forget rebuilding Baltimore. If rebuild just means repair or patch up, that’s not good enough. We shouldn’t be aiming to return to what we were but to be greater than anything we recognize. For that to happen, we have to do a better job of looking out for each other. We must adopt a “no one left behind” attitude and embrace an encouraging spirit that will make this city stronger Ivan Crump because of its people. As we call for great leadership in this city, we must be leaders ourselves and show each other how to keep going, to never give up. I met Kenneth Woods in Professor Greg Smith’s computer class during my first year of culinary school at Stratford University. He was frustrated, telling me he was going to quit. He started to walk out, and I grabbed him by the arm and told him to sit down. I whispered in his ear “$40,000. You’re going to throw away $40,000.” I told him, ‘I’m going to learn this and so are you.’ He tried to fight it. He was like a big bass on the line, but I wouldn’t let him go. We stayed after class. We

went to tutoring. And Professor Smith told us, ‘That’s the thing I like about you boys. You never give up.’” Come to find out, Kenneth wasn’t the only one. When you decide to begin a new career later in life, or even if you’re transitioning from high school to college, it’s a challenge. Throw in having to master how to cut potatoes or build masterpieces out of chocolate and some students get lost in the shuffle. But why? Because they don’t have anyone simply telling them to stick with it, you can do this. That’s what the Never Give Up Club at Stratford is all about. Students helping students. The younger students are teaching people like me, a 60-year-old U.S. Army veteran, how to download apps to help with math. The older students are showing the younger students how to persevere, how to use their resources to prepare for life after college. So many students come to school, but are not part of the school, just like so many people live in our community, but are not a part of it. To love a place and thrive in it, you have to take ownership of it. Culinary school is no different. It’s tough. You need grit to survive. This isn’t grandma’s kitchen where it’s ok to put a little too much sugar in the batter or lick the bowl when you’re done. It’s serious business, but it works because we find ways to have fun. We are always cooking at someone’s house, teaching each other secrets we’ve picked up from the chef instructors, and there is plenty of friendly competition along the way. But the end goal is that one big

dream we each have. After 14 years in the U.S. Army and 26 years with D.C. Metro Transit, I enrolled in Stratford’s culinary school to chase my dream of turning a house I bought in Panama in 1988 into a bed and breakfast. My fellow student and mentor in the club, Balinda Oliver, worked at the post office for 21 years and plans to start her own catering and event planning company. We have members of the club ranging from 21-60 years old, and most are not just students, they’re also business owners, all with different skills and ambitions. That’s how we keep each other going, how we’re going to be successful and how we’re going to give back to our communities. Kenneth decided to stick around, and I made a promise to Kenneth that we’re going to walk across that stage at graduation together. We’re on track for October 2016. Imagine the impact we could have on each other if we each gave one other person that nudge toward their goal. A little nudge to be a better student, business owner, employee, citizen. Maybe a lot more people would never give up on finding their Panama. Ivan Crump is the founder of the Never Give Up Club, a group of students who help each other stay on course, at Stratford University’s culinary school in Baltimore. He is on track to graduate in Oct. 2016.

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Families Unite Against Police Violence at DOJ By James Wright Special to the AFRO jwright@afro.com

A group of community and civic activists committed to bringing justice to Black people murdered by police officers and other criminals convened in front of the U.S. Department of Justice recently to announce a foundation that will pursue justice for those aggrieved. The foundation is “Every Case Matters for All Families” and it is designed to help and assist families that are dealing with gun violence and police brutality. Ishtyme Robinson, the group organizer, said at a rally that took place at the Justice Department on Nov. 5 that the time is right for unity among the families. “Together, we will get our voices heard that we will no longer tolerate the slaughter of Black and Brown lives in North America by members of law enforcement,” Robinson said. “This genocide assault on our young people will be confronted with demands for justice for all families of lost loves ones. Now is the time to band together in this organized fight among so many for justice.” Leaders from such organizations as A Mother’s Cry for Justice, Mothers against Corruption, Youth USA, Youth Taskforce, and Unchained attended the rally. Ayo Handy-Kendi, the founder of Black Love Day, is also a supporter of Rise Up October, a mass demonstration to protest police brutality in the U.S. “When a family member dies because of gun violence, the whole family suffers,” HandyKendi said. “The concerns of the family never get addressed and redress from the police and government officials doesn’t take place.” Handy-Kendi lost a son, Rashid Handy in 1993 to Black-on-Black violence but said that the District police department did little to help her get justice on his behalf. She believes that with a foundation like Rise Up October, affected families will get moral and other type of support. “We [the families] must come together,” she said. “We cannot work in isolation.”

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spokesman Javier Ayuso said. He gave his last performance at Madrid’s Lara Theater on Nov. 11. Toussaint’s family confirmed his death in an emailed statement, thanking fans and friends for their condolences. “He was a legend in the music world,” said Quint Davis, who produces the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Toussaint performed there so often — starting in 1973 — that Davis said Toussaint referred to the festival as his “annual concert.” Born in New Orleans’ working class Gert Town neighborhood, Toussaint went on to become one of the city’s most legendary and celebrated performers and personalities. Early on, Toussaint was known mostly as an R&B songwriter and producer. He worked for the New Orleans-based Minit Records in 1960 before being drafted in the Army for two years. He worked with such luminaries as Lee Dorsey, Art and Aaron Neville, Irma Thomas, the Meters, Joe Cocker and Ernie K-Doe. Thomas remembered Toussaint, who produced her songs “It’s Raining” and “I Did My Part,” as someone who wrote beautiful stories set to music. In the late 1950s and early ‘60s, Thomas and Toussaint and others would gather at Toussaint’s mom’s house to rehearse. “I don’t know how his mom put up with all of us in there all the time. But that’s where we learned our songs,” said Thomas. “That was the place to be, his mom’s living room.” In 1973, with fellow songwriter Marshall Sehorn, he established his own recording studio called Sea-Saint Studio. There, he worked with a succession of musicians including Paul Simon, Paul McCartney, Patti LaBelle, Cocker and Elvis Costello. Toussaint had numerous hits to his name. He penned the 1966 Lee Dorsey classic “Working in the Coal Mine” and produced Dr. John’s 1973 hit “Right Place, Wrong Time” and 1975’s “Lady Marmalade” by the vocal trio Labelle. Aaron Walker, who is working on a documentary about Toussaint, said he often

wrote with specific people in mind — thinking, for example, about Dorsey’s smile. His influence could be felt far outside of R&B circles. The song “Southern Nights,” which Toussaint wrote and performed, was later covered by country star Glen Campbell and hip-hop artists in the 1980s and ‘90s often sampled from his songs. He eventually began performing more and producing his own albums in the 1970s. Onstage he often wore sequined and colorful suits and even off the stage he was known as a snazzy dresser with unconventional footwear. “You always saw Allen with a coat and tie and wearing sandals,” Davis said. He drove a Rolls Royce but otherwise lived a modest life in New Orleans, said Walker. In recent years he appeared on the HBO series “Treme.” Toussaint is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame. In 2013, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama. He had been expected to perform a benefit concert along with longtime friend Paul Simon in New Orleans on Dec. 8 at Le Petit Theatre to raise money for New Orleans Artists Against Hunger And Homelessness. Hurricane Katrina in 2005 flooded not only his home but his Sea-Saint studio, forcing Toussaint to flee to New York. The studio never reopened. During Katrina, he also lost most of his manuscripts, his gold records and many of his stage outfits, Davis said. Irma Thomas said Toussaint didn’t do much touring before Katrina but after the storm he felt he needed to tour and bring attention to the city and its music. “There were so many musicians who needed to get back on their feet. He said ‘Now’s the time I need to do this,’” she said. Like many New Orleanians, Toussaint couldn’t stay away from the Crescent City forever. Nearly eight years after Katrina, Toussaint returned permanently to the city of his birth and so much of his musical inspiration. He is survived by two children.

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Diabetes Doesn’t Stop Fabulous You By Naomi Harris Special to AFRO

After nine-months, a plan to decrease hemoglobin levels, reduce weight and introduce a generally healthier lifestyle is concluding in Maryland. The Maryland chapter of the American Diabetes Association started Fabulous You, a program targeted at women who are living with or have a high-risk for diabetes, in March. Program coordinators found Baltimore-area women at a health-screening event and presented them with a choice: Do you want to live a healthy life? The choice became clear for Baltimore resident, India Harris, 55, after she was diagnosed again with pre-diabetes. “I was diagnosed about 3 and a half years ago. I was surprised but not really,” Harris said. “I knew about diabetes

“As women we are the keepers of our children, of our families and of our communities.” – Tracy Newsome because my sister has diabetes, my aunt has diabetes and my cousins have it.” “It wasn’t a devastation to me.” Despite her family having diabetes Harris searched for a new solution to address the disease. She discovered such a solution through Tracy Newsome, the program director and coordinator of Fabulous You. “Fabulous You came about because there is a need for women to put themselves first. As women we are the keepers of our children, of our families and of our communities,” Newsome said. “What we do trickles down to our families and our communities.”

The program is about more than educating people about diabetes. It includes supermarket tours, cooking demonstrations, fitness demonstrations, incentives and motivational talks. “They were all interactive. We wanted to make sure we provided the women with real tools and tips to learn how to improve their health,” said Newsome. The classes began in May and there were challenges along the way. For Harris, it was a love of baking desserts like apple pies or cookies but needing to change her diet, she said. “I like to bake and I like to cook but it was challenging for me to not bake or cook the way I do. It’s like a hobby for me,” said Harris. Other members of the program encountered external challenges like depression, death in the family or having to take care of more family members. Though such challenges were not caused by diabetes they can make living with the disease much harder. “Emotions bring on the everyday stresses of life and it makes you want to eat whatever you want,” said Newsome. “How can we relieve stress or deal with negative thinking?” Living with diabetes places stress on other parts of life, as many of the women still have to maintain a big role in their families and in their communities, said Newsome. As a response the women learned about coping skills and better alternatives.

Newsome also made a choice to live, she said. She was diagnosed with gestational diabetes twice, her risk for Type II continued to increase and four years ago she was diagnosed. Now she sees herself in the women of the program she said. “We need to, as women, put our health first. I was the keeper of my family. I was not taking care of fabulous me but now I do,” said Newsome. One of the participants, Terri Rice, a 36-year-old from Baltimore City, battled depression before hearing Harris’ story on Channel 13 and realizing how similar it sounded to her own, she said. “I need to be around people who will lift me up. Fabulous You helped me,” Rice said. “I love being around them.” Rice joined in the second class of Photo credit: HoCo photo and joe austin films Fabulous You in September The Fabulous You program’s and lost 22 pounds. first group of women and their “I have seen strength, instructors after an educational motivation. When I look in wellness session. the mirror I feel fabulous. I can see the change,” said Rice. The program will celebrate the participants on November 12th with a luncheon at the Horseshoe Casino in Baltimore.

Despite Diabetes, 8th Grader Kennedy Edwards Lives a Life Well Lived By Naomi Harris Special to AFRO Not only does she have her binder and books for classes like math, science, reading and social studies but she also packs snacks for her “lows,” her medication and a glucometer. Kennedy Edwards, an 8th grader at Thomas Johnson Middle School in South East Baltimore, Maryland, has Type I Diabetes. “When I found out I was

“It turns out I still have a normal life,” she said. Edwards is not alone. About 200,000 youth under 20 live with Type I Diabetes and in general 1.25 million Americans have the disease, according to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. But it can present initial confusion for families, like the Edwards. “Everyone expressed a bit of shock and disbelief,” Jacquetta Edwards, Kennedy’s mother, said.

the family spent a week at the University of Maryland Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology, learning about the disease. Since Type II is more prevalent Type I is commonly misunderstood as a lifestyle problem. “Type I kids have to explain they did nothing wrong, their families have to explain. They did not eat the wrong thing,” Malinda Duke, Edwards’ pediatric nurse practitioner, said. A person’s pancreas with

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Kennedy Edwards checks her blood sugar levels.

very confused about it,” Edwards said. “I didn’t know what it meant at all. I was very sad and thought it was going to change my whole life.”

“It’s something that we haven’t heard much about, not Type I, we hear so much about Type II,” she said. The day Edwards was diagnosed, two years ago,

the autoimmune disease cannot produce enough insulin to break down and absorb energy from food. Though causes of Type I are still unclear scientists point

to genetic and environmental factors that may impact a person with the disease The weekend before her doctors diagnosed her, Edwards vomited, experienced stomach pains and fainted. Once the doctors started to run blood tests, her mother realized what was happening. “I just turned my back after I looked at her and I really began to cry because I’m thinking, ‘oh no, diabetes,’” said her mother. Since then the Edwards learned how to handle the disease and after a year Kennedy learned how to administer her own shots of insulin, said Ms. Edwards. Kennedy now takes her insulin shots, monitors her blood levels four to six times a day and makes sure to calculate the amount of carbohydrates she consumes.

“She has made the choice of how she wants to take care of her diabetes,” said Duke. “When a person is successful in managing, that makes my job the easiest because all I have to do is praise that.” At times Edwards is frustrated with everything she has to remember to bring with her when she goes out but she understands to always be prepared, she said. “It’s not really much of a challenge. I just have to be mindful about what I do, what I eat, when I go out.” Even during school Edwards has to monitor her blood sugar and when it is too “low” one of her friends will help her to the nurse. At one point, one of her science teachers would not let her go so Edwards left the classroom to get help. “If she’s telling you she is not feeling well, something is

not right and she needs to go to the nurse,” said Jacquetta Edwards. “You have to allow her to tell you how she’s feeling.” Edwards knows her body and does not let it stop her. She is on the basketball team, plays with her younger sister and calls her life normal. “Many children spend time fighting it. They don’t want the disease and they hate it,” said Duke. “What is wonderful about Kennedy is that she has had a mature sense of understanding that it [diabetes] does not define me but is part of me.” Though the disease presents a new routine for her, Kennedy Edwards continues to live a normal life. “Its just part of my life,” she said. “It’s not really hard after you get used to it. You will get used to it and you will be fine.”

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D.C. Seeks to Lower Voting Age to 16

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

Brandon Todd

D.C. Council member Charles Allen (Ward 6) introduced “The Youth Vote Amendment Act of 2015” on Nov. 3, which would give 16-year-olds in the District the right to vote, and the bill is garnering support among residents. Allen introduced the legislation to the council with the support of D.C. Council members David Grosso (I-At Large) and Brianne Nadeau (D-Ward 1). Allen said he was motivated to draft the bill by a community activist upset by the spike in murders in the city’s neighborhoods. “Michelle Blackwell was

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However, Allen said he reflected on what Blackwell suggested, studied the issue and decided to move forward with the bill. “Sixteen year olds have many obligations of adults such as getting a driver’s license, having a job and paying taxes, and being liable for crimes that they commit,” he said. “So it makes sense to me that they should be able to have a voice on issues that matter to them.” If Allen’s bill becomes law, the District will be the first state-level jurisdiction to give the franchise to 16-yearolds. Takoma Park and Hyattsville, municipalities in Maryland, allow 16-year-olds to vote in city elections, with the former becoming the first jurisdiction in the nation to do so in 2013 and the latter earlier this year. There is also a similar effort in San Francisco to

D.C. Mayor Muriel Boweser is trying to steer more government work to the city’s small and medium size businesses. On Nov. 2, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) and D.C. Council member Vincent Orange (D-At large) held a press conference where they announced the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Certified Business Enterprise (CBE) spending goal of $317 million. In addition, they unveiled a new website, cbeconnect.dc.gov that is meant to help CBEs better navigate the local government procurement process. A CBE is a business that is headquartered in the District and has been certified by the Department of Small and Local Business Development. These businesses are supposed to receive, by law, preferred procurement and contracting opportunities. When Bowser campaigned for mayor in 2014, she pledged to create more opportunities for CBEs. These program changes, she said, are designed to fulfill Courtesy Photo that promise. “Small businesses Muriel Bowser is the mayor are the engine of our economy,” of the District. Bowser said. “As mayor, I am committed to creating an environment where District businesses can start, thrive and grow. That includes leveraging the District’s local procurement dollars to support small businesses.” Bowser said, “We are envisioning the way we approach procurement by setting ambitious goals and providing tools so our small businesses can succeed and continue to create pathways to the middle class.” The goal is for District government agencies to spend $317 million of the $634 million procurement budget for FY 2016 with small businesses and CBEs. In FY 2015, the administration spent more than $250 million with small businesses and CBEs. Aggressive implementation of CBE laws sends the message that the District’s mandate for small and local business development will be adhered to, Orange said. – Antwayne Ford Small and medium-sized businesses were largely left out of the District’s lucrative contracting pool until 1979, when Marion S. Barry became mayor of the city. Soon after taking office, Barry mandated that 35 percent of all District government businesses must be conducted with Black, minority, or women-owned businesses. This was an unprecedented move at that time and Barry’s mandate created prosperous business opportunities for Blacks such as Bob Johnson of BET and real estate developer R.

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bothered by what was going on this summer and she had an idea to get young people engaged,” the council member said. “She suggested that we

“Teenagers are an integral part of D.C.” – Joshua Lopez give 16-year-olds the right to vote. At first I thought that was a bad idea and that young people just weren’t interested in politics at that age.”

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The Greater Washington Heart Walk on Nov. 7 promoted physical activity and heart-healthy living. As of Nov. 11, the walk raised $1,886,366 of its goal of $2,500,000, according to the AHA website.

Charles Allen represents Ward 6 on the D.C. Council.

“I think the mayor’s proposal will give AfricanAmerican entrepreneurs more opportunities.”

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Alleged “Nike Baseball Cap Bandit” wanted in connection with SunTrust Bank robbery in Southeast D.C.

FBI On the Hunt for Bandits After Rash of Robberies in D.C. Area By AFRO Staff A rash of bank robberies have occurred in the D.C. metropolitan area in 2015, and many of them are still unsolved. Presently, the FBI is looking for 35 men who have robbed banks and two men who are wanted for robbing armored cars. All men are unknown at this time. Of the suspects, two men have been identified as the “Nike Baseball Cap Bandit” and the “Forever Loyal Bandit.” They are wanted in connection with a series of bank robberies in the area with the latest being a SunTrust Bank on Pennsylvania Avenue in Southeast D.C. on Nov. 9 and a Capital One bank on Columbia Pike in Arlington County, Virginia on Oct. 30, respectively. Both bandits are Black. According to the FBI, the “Nike Baseball Cap Bandit” is between 50-60 years old, about 5’7” tall, with a medium build. The FBI is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to his the identification and arrest. The “Forever Loyal Bandit” is described as a serial bank robber, who has held up banks in the Falls Church, Virginia area, including the Capital One bank at Seven Corners Center that has been robbed twice. The FBI titles unknown serial bandits with nicknames from what they wear when conducting the crime to catch the suspected criminals. Earlier in the year, two suspects were arrested in an armed bank robbery at a TD Bank on Rhode Island Avenue in Northeast D.C. Sunny Parakh, 30, known as the “Sharp Dressed Bandit” was arrested in April and charged with three robberies in Northern Virginia, including one at the Presidential Bank in Arlington and two in Alexandria. Police said he also committed bank robberies in Dupont Circle in D.C., according to news reports. Thomas Anthony George, 66, of Southeast Washington Continued on B2

D.C. Councilman Brandon Todd (D-Ward 4) told over 300 senior citizens from his ward that they are his top priority. He said he will work to improve their quality of life and support the District’s “age friendly” plan, during a speech at the Riggs-LaSalle Community Center. In a 15 minute-speech, Todd, who, so far is running unopposed in 2016 to retain his newly-won Ward 4 seat (see afro.com), told the audience on Nov. 5 that the elderly community is to be cherished for making the District of Columbia the place it is today. “I realize the importance of ensuring that the people who have worked so hard to make Washington a great city to work and play in, have that city to support them in their golden years with no worries,” he said. Todd referred to health care, particularly the ability of seniors to stay in their homes rather than going to nursing homes, would be a priority. “To age in place and stay in your homes, you will need to ensure you can manage your well-being, health and strength,” he said. “I will work to ensure our government continues to fund programs that will provide you with resources you need.” Among the councilman’s list of priorities, he said, is safety. He said the elderly community are often the most targeted and vulnerable victims, not only facing the risk of physical harm, but are also victims of financial fraud. Todd said he and other members of the city council are trying to combat such fraud by passing the “Financial Exploitation of Vulnerable Amendment Act of 2015,” which will make it a crime to take money from a senior citizen by intimidation or manipulation. According to Wells Fargo, senior citizens lose up to $2.9 billion annually due to financial exploitation. Ebony Robinson, an assistant Attorney General in the Neighborhood and Victim Services Section in the D.C. Office of the Attorney General, said she has heard many sad stories of elderly who have been victimized in their own homes. “Many of them have told me their sons, grandsons or some other person has been doing something illegal in their homes, without their Continued on B2

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lower the voting age from 18 to 16. However, Allenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bill would be different from the neighboring cities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My bill would allow young people to vote in federal elections, not just local,â&#x20AC;? he said. Joshua Lopez, a small business owner and community activist, supports Allenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legislation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to let our country and the world to know that we in D.C. intend on leading the way in voter participation and extending the vote to people who are 16 and 17 is the way to do it,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Teenagers are an integral part of D.C. Teenagers are affected by the decisions that council members make when they work on the budget especially in areas such as recreation centers and jobs.â&#x20AC;? Anthony Lorenzo Green is chairman of the 8B advisory neighborhood commission and agrees with Lopez. Green repeatedly tells people that Ward 8, according to 2012 city demographic data, has the largest group of under-18 year-olds in the city comprising 30 percent of the wardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s population. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Giving 16-year-olds the right to vote in the city will be a move

in the right direction in terms of voter participation,â&#x20AC;? Green said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It will make voting more accessible to people.â&#x20AC;? Green, the recording secretary for the Ward 8 Democrats, said there is an effort to set up Democratic Clubs in the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high schools. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We hope that we can organize high school students around that issue,â&#x20AC;? he said. However, there are some residents who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t support Allenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legislation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think that 16-year-olds should vote,â&#x20AC;? Constance Woody, a Ward 7 political activist, said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are not mature enough and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have an interest in politics at that age. It is my opinion that they will vote the way their parents tell them to.â&#x20AC;? Woody said she understands that 16-year-olds have adult legal obligations but said that â&#x20AC;&#x153;they are only interested in getting driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license at that age.â&#x20AC;? Lopez said the immaturity argument isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t solid. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If teenagers are immature, what better way to give them the opportunity to participate in the political process by voting and keeping them in tune with the issues of the day,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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Donahue Peebles. In the 1980s, other large cities followed Barryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lead but the effort to setaside a portion of a municipalityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contracting opportunities came to a standstill when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1989 that cities that give preferential treatment to a minority group are

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Small businesses are the engine of our economy.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C;D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser in violation of Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment (Richmond vs. Croson). As a result of the Supreme Courtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ruling, District leaders created the CBE program that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give preference to businesses based on race. However, for years Black businesses have complained that the CBE ignored many Black businesses capable of doing the work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;CBEs hire District residents for jobs, local businesses do that,â&#x20AC;? Antwayne Ford, president

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But, Angel Williams, a 15-year-old student at Eastern Senior High School in Ward 8, disagrees. In December, she will turn 16 and looks forward to voting in District elections if Allenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bill goes through. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sixteen year olds have opinions on issues that are being debated and we are responsible enough to vote,â&#x20AC;? Williams said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need any adult to tell me how to vote because I have my own mindset. As voters, we will choose who we want to represent us.â&#x20AC;? District Statehood Rep. Franklin Garcia (D) said that the District would not be alone if it grants the franchise to 16-yearolds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are a handful of countries that allow 16-year-olds to vote,â&#x20AC;? Garcia said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nicaragua, Cuba, and Argentina let them vote. A great pool of people to vote makes for a better democracy.â&#x20AC;? Allenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bill was referred on Nov. 3 to the Committee on the Judiciary by D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D). The bill, in order to become law, must get the approval of the committee, the council, and the mayor, and then it is referred to the U.S. Congress for review.

and CEO of Enlightened, an IT firm, and former chairman of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce, said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many large firms obtain city contracts and hire people who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t live in the city and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s money that is leaving the city. I think the mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposal will give African-American entrepreneurs more opportunities.â&#x20AC;? Clarence Jackson Jr., has a small construction firm in the District but is better known as the owner of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two I-HOP franchises located in Ward 1 and Ward 8. Jackson said that while Bowserâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mandate will encourage him to seek a government contract for his construction firm. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She should try to eliminate all the hoops that business people have to go through in order to become a CBE,â&#x20AC;? Jackson said. Nevertheless, Malcolm Beech, the president of the National Business League of Greater Washington, said that Bowserâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s initiative will only be good if the District government agency directors support it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The commitment has to come from the mayor and the agency directors,â&#x20AC;? Beech said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The agency directors need to be held accountable by the mayor. They need to make sure that new businesses are getting contracts and not the same people getting the work.â&#x20AC;?

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knowledge,â&#x20AC;? Robinson said. Senior citizens are often taken advantage of in their living spaces, said Delores Anderson, the education and outreach coordinator for the D.C. Office for Tenant Advocacy, which assists residents with tenant and landlord issues. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want them to understand that they have rights as tenants and that they are protected,â&#x20AC;? Anderson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to see them living in squalor.â&#x20AC;? Veronica Tolliver, a Petworth resident for the last 40 years said while there has been

improvement in recreational facilities for seniors, more needs to be done. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes we are told we are going get certain things, but it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen,â&#x20AC;? said Tolliver, a member of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Emery Energizers,â&#x20AC;? a womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exercise group she created with her friends. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At the end of the day, I think on a 1 to10 scale, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a seven.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been living here for awhile and have never experienced an event like this,â&#x20AC;? said Kathy Ayala, who has been living in Ward 4 since 1969. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have seen so many improvements. I am so proud to live here!â&#x20AC;?

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31 hostages and 42 people suffering from injuries.

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Pest Control Services Authority-Wide The District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA) seeks a qualified contractor to provide pest control services authority-wide, to eradicate the infestation of unwanted pests and to maintain a safe and healthy environment for the residents. SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS will be available at the Issuing Office at 1133 North Capitol Street, NE, Suite 300, Administrative Services/ Contracts and Procurement, Washington, DC 20002-7599, between the hours of 9:00am and 4:00pm, Monday through Friday, beginning on Monday, November 9, 2015; and on DCHAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s web site at www. dchousing.org. SEALED PROPOSAL RESPONSES are due to the Issuing Office by 11:00am on Wednesday, December 9, 2015. Contact the Issuing Office, LaShawn Mizzell-McLeod on (202) 535-1212 or by email at lmmcleod@dchousing.org for additional information.

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First Baptist Church Pastor Celebrates 40 Years Rev. Dr. Frank D. Tucker is celebrating 40 years of leading the First Baptist Church of Randolph Street on Nov. 14 from 1 p. m. – 5 p. m. at Martin’s Caterers Crosswinds , 7400 Greenway Center Drive. Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts III of the Abyssinian Baptist Church and Rev. Dr. John Alexander of St. John United Baptist Church will be among the speakers at the event. Tickets cost $70. For more information, call 202-291-0809 or visit fbc.org.

Silver Spring, Md.

Poetry & Musical Artist Showcase TAGDMV and Nova Gray are sponsoring an event to highlight artists and performers from the Metro area on Nov. 20 at Addis Ababa Restaurant, 8233 Fenton Street at 6 p. m. There will be a happy hour special from 6 p. m.- 9p. m. and the show will start at 8p. m ., featuring DJ Vibe. Tickets cost$10. For more information, visit eventbrite.com.

Washington, D.C.

Minister Celebrates 50 Year Anniversary Dr. Nicku Mordi is celebrating 50 years of philanthropy, ministry, and leadership from Nov. 20 - Nov. 21. There will be a Thanksgiving praise and worship service on Nov. 20 at the Ethiopian Evangelical Church, 7930 Eastern Ave. NW. A gala will be held at the Metro Points Hotel, 8500 Annapolis Road in New Carrollton, Md. on Nov. 21. For more information, call Ann Mason at 301-312-7478.

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Author Discusses Book on Black Women Aimee Meredith Cox, author and assistant professor of African-American studies at Fordham University will be discussing her book “Shapeshifters” on Nov. 21 from 2 p.

m. – 4 p. m. at The Potter’s House, 1658 Columbia Road N.W. “Shapeshifters” tells the story of young Black women who collide with racial stereotypes, gender inequality, and violence while growing up in a Detroit homeless shelter. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit pottershousedc.org.

Arlington, Va.

100 Black Women Brunch The Northern Virginia Chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women is sponsoring its annual brunch on Nov. 21 at the Ritz Carrolton, 1250 South Hayes Street from 11:30 a. m. – 3 p. m. Special guests will include Tisha Lewis of Fox 5, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, and gospel artist Stephen Hurd. Tickets cost $75. Paid parking is available. For more information, email Shayna Jamison, ncbwnv@gmail.com or visit eventbrite.com.

Largo, Md.

Delta Education Awareness Town Hall The Prince George’s County Delta Alumnae Foundation will host a panel to raise awareness about education on Nov. 21 at Prince George’s Community College, 301 Largo Road from 9 a.m. - 12:30 p. m. Panelists will include Prince George’s County 2015 Teacher of the Year Renee Roth, Angela State Attorney Alsobrooks, Vice President for Advocacy with the United Negro College Fund Sekou Biddle Prince George’s County Public Schools Academic Officer Lateefah Durant and Theresa Dudley, president of the Prince George’s County Educators’ Association. Dr. Charlene Dukes, Prince George’s Community College president will moderate the panel. The event is free and open to the public. To register, visit pgdeltafoundation.org. For more information, contact Norma J. Hatot-King: at 301-429-5920 or info@PGDeltaFoundation.org.

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D.C. Boys Choir Donna Cooper (left), president, Pepco presents Community Impact Award to The Washington Dream Foundation

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D.C. Chamber Choice Awards Honors Community, Business Leaders

The 2015 D.C. Chamber’s Choice Awards and Gala on Oct. 30, voted one of D.C.’s best business networking events, annually draws over 1,000 of Washington’s dignitaries, National political Harry Wingo, the Lifetime figures, corporate citizens and business owners to Legacy Award presented celebrate the year’s business and civic successes together. PEPCO held the title as the event sponsor and to Marcella Jones and Carl Hairston, chair, Board of awards were presented to Joe Rigby, chairman of the Directors, Chamber of board, president & CEO of Pepco Holdings; Comcast; The Commerce George Washington University; Washington Nationals Dream Foundation; Marcella A. Jones and the Washington Area Community Investment Fund. Fox5-WTTG Meteorologist, Tucker Del. Eleanor Holmes Barnes and Mary Norton (D-D.C.) and Abbajay of Careerstone Michael Akin, president, Reingold LINK Group emceed the event. Guests also enjoyed Ernest Wells, Jr., Sonja Wells, Mara Doss, Prince George’s Community entertainment from College, Antonia Doss, district administrator, Small Business the S.O.S. Band.

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Dr. and Mrs. Wayne A. I. Frederick

Harry Wingo, president/ CEO, D.C. Chamber of Commerce, Liz Wingo and Dr. Bernard Demczuk, assistant vice president, The George Washington University

Steven Knapp, president George Washington University, The Economic Impact Award recipient

Mike Maxwell, Thomas Graham, Donna Cooper and Kevin Fitzgerald

Association and Tabatha Harriston, Health Resources and Services Administration

Christine Warnke, senior governmental affairs advisor, Hogan Lovells and Donna Ratley Washington, regional vice president, Comcast

Cami Mazard, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Debbi Jarvis

Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and Baltimore Mayoral Candidate Sheila Dixon

Andy Bederman, former WNBA player, Sonia Chase and Dwayne Renal Sims

Negro Leagues Legends Hall of Fame (NLLHOF) and Meadowlark Lemon Ministries Non-profits joined together to fight Illiteracy and bullying in the D.C. metro area. Ayanna Brown Oliver GM, Georgia Brown Honored at halftime, Hon. Sydney Harrison(center), Prince George’s County Clerk of the Court

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Dwayne Renal Sims, Former WNBA Sonia Chase, “Hollywood” Brown, Rep. Donna F. Edwards(D-MD) and “Shorty” Coleman

The culminating event was a Celebrity Basketball Game at Northwestern pitting Radio One against a celebrity team of local notables. Participants included: Former WNBA player, Sonia Chase; Former Harlem Globetrotters Tyrone “Hollywood” Brown and Larry “Shorty” Coleman along with Atty. Charles Bederman and Sydney Harrison, County clerk of the court. Special guest attendees were Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) and Steve McAdams, executive director, Governor’s Office of Community Initiatives. Adrienne Reid presented a gift to Meadowlark Lemon.

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Meadowlark Lemon signs memorabilia

Dwayne Renal Sims’ grandchildren; Amari, Jaden and Saniyah

Coach Wendy Archer

Former Harlem Globetrotters Larry “Shorty” Coleman (second from left) and Tyrone “Hollywood” Brown (far right) with Southern Soul Corvette Club

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X’s and O’s

ARTS & CULTURE

New Baltimore Play Is a Complex Love Letter to Football “X’s and O’s” is written by KJ Sanchez and Jenny Mercein. Mercein is the daughter of former NFL player Chuck Mercein. The writers and The play depicts all the things that are great about actors behind a new the sport, while also examining the toll it takes on play coming to Center players’ bodies. The women wrote the script after Stage in Baltimore say interviewing players and their families, fans and they are looking to both medical experts. Sanchez said that there’s lots of illuminate and challenge information, but she’s worked to make sure it’s not this country’s love of boring. football. “That’s the hybrid of this kind of work. It’s one part journalism and two parts artistic frame.” “We present it in a form that’s very much a spectacle,” Sanchez said. “The production itself aspires to be all the things that we love about a game. There’s a lot of great video, there’s a lot of big music, there’s some choreography and it’s very, very physical. It’s very theatrical so it’s not just talking heads.” The play premiered at the Berkeley (Courtesy photo) Repertory Theater in California last January, Two-time Super Bowl Champion but Sanchez said that the Center Stage Dwight Hicks is one of the stars of production has local touches. She visited ‘X’s and O’s.’ local sports bars and interviewed Ravens fans. Some of the characters in the play The Education of Kevin Powell: A Boy’s Journey into Manhood are based on those fans. “They talk about M&T Stadium and they talk about going through the whole Ray Rice By Lisa Snowden-McCray Special to the AFRO

Real World Alum Takes on Activism, Anger and Self-Love in New Book

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Kevin Powell will be speaking at Reginald F. Lewis Museum in Baltimore about his new book.

It has been over 20 years since Kevin Powell made a name for himself on the first season of MTV’s “The Real World.” Since then he’s gone on to become an outspoken activist, an award-winning journalist, an author several times over and even a politician. He looks back on his journey in his latest book, “The Education of Kevin Powell: A Boy’s Journey into Manhood.” In the book, Powell takes readers through his early years growing up poor in New Jersey with his single mother, aunt and cousin. He writes about family dysfunction, his time on MTV, his struggles with success and the loss of that success. He said it’s a story

he’s been thinking about telling for years. “It was just time,” he said in an interview with The AFRO. “I’ve been carrying it around in my head for about 20 years.” Powell was offered the opportunity to write a memoir years ago, but said if he had, it would have been a very different book because he was a very different, much angrier, person. “In my 40’s I’ve had a chance to put things into perspective.” He credits “years and years of therapy,” along with a lot of spiritual work with helping him become the person he is today. Powell has written for publications such as Vibe, Ebony, The Huffington Post and Rolling Stone. He also ran for Congress twice. Both times he was unsuccessful. Now, though, he says he is focused on helping Black people heal and move forward. “What I care about is serving people,” he said. “I live a very simple life.” He said there are people in the public eye who try to make it about them – and that is something he tries not to do. “My life is not valuable if I’m not helping someone else.” As a veteran activist, he said he has been watching Baltimore just like he’s been watching New York, Missouri and all the other places across the country where protests have sprung up. He said that leaders of the movement need to be honest about who they are and work to be healthy – inside and out. “Be transparent. You have people in Baltimore who say one thing and do the other. We have enough people lying about our people. Just be honest about who you are,” he said. “I have been a part of every organization you can name…all that is irrelevant if you are not subscribing to being a healthy being. One of the things we have to build as a people is spiritual and mental wellness. He also said he was not a fan of what he called “drive-by leadership,” which is when people swoop into town when they think they are needed, but leave soon after. He said he has been in touch with Baltimore’s Councilman Brandon Scott, but prefers to stay out of the spotlight. “I really believe in local leadership. I’m here to speak and talk about some things, but there are the people in the space who ya’ll need to be supporting,” he said. And what is his main message when he gives talks? “Love,” he said. “We need love. That’s the answer – love.” Kevin Powell will be at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum in Baltimore on Nov. 17 at 6 p.m. for a discussion and book signing.

thing and they talk about how football is a unifier here in Baltimore,” she said. “It ends specifically with a very beautiful piece that came out of an interview with a Baltimore sports fan who loves the game, sees all the problems with the game from the head injuries to all of the other players getting into trouble and that sort of stuff but also what it gives a city like Baltimore. It’s a complex love letter to the game.” “My hope is that it leaves the audience with a question they can answer for themselves: Now that we know what we know – is it worth it?” One of the show’s stars is two-time Super Bowl Champion Dwight Hicks. Hicks played his final season with the 1986 Indianapolis Colts. Hicks said that he feels some aches and pains from his days on the field, but so far has not experienced some of the serious brain injuries talked about in the play. He said he struggles with the denial that persists about the dangers related to the game. “The medical industry early on in the 30’s knew that there was a correlation between brain trauma, concussions and as it relates to football, but still people today are feeling like ‘well there’s really not enough to connect the dots.’ That’s what I find disheartening,” he said. However, knowing what he knows now – he said he would do it all over again. “Playing it as a young man…has given me a lot as far as learning about life. Struggling, working hard, picking yourself up when you get knocked down. And I know that there’s other ways that you can do that without having to put your brain in jeopardy but that was my journey and I feel that probably, I’d probably play.” Xs and O’s runs from November 13-December 20 at Center Stage in Baltimore.

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Suspects Abound in Inner-City Whodunit: ‘The Man in 3B’ By Kam Williams Special to the AFRO It doesn’t take long for Darryl Graham (Lamman Rucker) to start rubbing people the wrong way after he returns to his ‘hood in a rough section of South Jamaica, Queens. First, a miserably-married neighbor in his apartment building falls in love with him at first sight. Trouble is, Connie’s (Brely Evans) hypocritical husband is very possessive despite the fact that he’s cheating on her. So, Avery (Anthony Montgomery) exhibits a jealous streak as soon as he catches wind of his wife keeping time with Darryl and crying on the brother’s broad shoulders. (Courtesy photo) Another tenant who Lamman Rucker is one of the stars of “The Man in 3B.” develops a crush on the handsome hunk is Benny (Robert Ri’chard). However, he’s deep in the closet and only propositions Darryl after mistaking him as gay. After being rejected, Benny feels so humiliated and worried about being outed, that he’s overheard issuing a death threat by nosy Ms.Mamie (Marla Gibbs), an elderly eavesdropper who lives in 3A. Meanwhile, Darryl’s being back in town has his ex Krystal (Nafessa Williams) thinking about getting back together, although she’s already in a committed relationship. And Daryl makes enemies with some rough dudes on the street after coming to the aid of Benny. All of the above means that the detectives assigned to the case (Kellita Smith and D.B. Woodside) have a lot of suspects to interrogate when Darryl perishes in a fire that guts his new flat. The ensuing search for the arsonist responsible is the puzzle at the heart of “The Man in 3B”, an inner-city whodunit directed by Trey Haley (“Perfect Combination”). The movie is based on a best seller by Carl Weber, who adapted the novel to the screen himself. Unfortunately, in an apparent attempt to remain faithful to the source material, the production is cluttered with too many characters to fully develop. As a result, the picture feels like an overplotted soap opera, since most of the players are simplistically-drawn archetypes with little to do besides establishing their motives for murder. On the positive side, Haley has recruited an impressive cast which includes everyone from the legendary heartthrob Billy Dee Williams to the much beloved Marla Gibbs, best remembered as Florence, the sassy maid on “The Jeffersons”. Another plus is that the cleverly concealed solution to the crime is definitely difficult for the audience to figure out. A multi-layered mystery where just about everybody but the butler proves to be a prime suspect.

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Former Raven Details Recovery from Addiction and Bankruptcy By Mark F. Gray Special to the AFRO Former Baltimore Ravens defensive end Marques Ogden made a living coming from the blind side to blitz quarterbacks. However, after a five year NFL career and successful transition into business, Ogden ultimately took a life changing business hit that cost him everything he worked for. “It wasn’t about a lavish lifestyle. I lived in a townhouse and bought pre-owned vehicles,” said Ogden. “It’s important for people to understand that bad things happen in life.” Ogden, whose brother Johnathan was part of two Ravens Super Bowl championships, chronicles his recovery from addiction and bankruptcy in his new book “Sleepless Nights: The NFL A Business and Family.” This best selling story has been critically acclaimed from the gridiron to Wall Street and is a blueprint for avoiding financial catastrophe through failed business ventures. Marques was not the typical pro athlete who lived in the moment. With his B.S. degree in business from Howard University he founded Kayden Premiere Enterprises before retiring. The construction company specialized in all aspects of site management from demolition to utilities. It was recognized as one of Baltimore’s Shining Star minority businesses. Things changed dramatically, however, when the company embarked on a $4 million project for Johns Hopkins Hospital’s DHNH health laboratory. The project was disrupted because the company was unable to adequately dry the soil around the construction site. The cruel business reality that was magnified when Johns Hopkins denied a change order request meaning it was an expense that Kayden Enterprises would have to absorb. The book recalls how the absence of diligent research when heading into that expanding business opportunity left him bankrupt. Ogden takes full responsibility for his lapse of attention to detail which became a life changing multimillion dollar nightmare and also put “an unreal” stress level on his

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Marques Ogden’s transition from the NFL to the business world was difficult.

Jazz Great Wynton Marsalis Honored for Humanitarian Work By The Associated Press

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Wynton Marsalis talks to the audience as he plays with his original septet, during the Marian Anderson Award Gala Concert to honor him at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia.

Jazz great Wynton Marsalis has been honored with an award named for a pioneering opera singer. The Marian Anderson Award is given in Philadelphia to “critically acclaimed artists who have impacted society in a positive way.” Anderson was the first black singer to perform at the Metropolitan Opera. Marsalis has won nine Grammys and is the first jazz musician to win a Pulitzer Prize for music. His humanitarian work includes The Children’s Defense Fund and helping victims of Hurricane Katrina. He’s also the director of jazz at Lincoln Center. During the Nov. 10 awards ceremony, the trumpeter and composer took the stage with his original septet — something that hasn’t happened in 20 years. Past recipients include Richard Gere, Mia Farrow, James Earl Jones and Jon Bon Jovi.

family. Marques says his wife Bonnie, who he met on a dating website, “weathered the storm”. His spiral downward intensified when his father Shirrell passed away at 57 following complications from heart surgery in 2006. Shirrell provided primary custody for his two sons after divorcing their mother. After his father’s death and filing bankruptcy he found refuge in alcohol. “I lost $2 million in 90 days,” said Ogden. “Everything caught up with me at one time. I cashed in stocks, took out a first and second mortgage on my home and even used my father’s inheritance to try and stay afloat.” “It was a difficult time in the Ogden household when this transpired”. He admits that some of the attributes that push athletes to an elite level can be their demise in business. Quitting is a violation of the unwritten code of honor players live by on the field which is a driving force in their success. Ogden also believes that pride convinces some players to remain in bad deals too long figuring they can weather the storm. “Pride is the absolute enemy of most athletes,” said Ogden. “If you continue to throw money at a bad situation it won’t end up well. Revenue means nothing. It’s black [profits] versus red [losses]”. Ogden credits his family and the National Football League Players Association for helping to rebound. He received a $14,000 NFLPA Gene Upshaw Trust Fund Assistance Grant which covered his expenses for four months in 2013 and allowed him to begin rebuilding his life. Marques established Ogden Elite Sports, which focuses on health, wellness, and public speaking. He is now sharing his message with Fortune 500 companies, colleges and universities, the NFLPA, and the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. The unprecedented success of his book has given him a platform to empower those facing challenges from life’s critical setbacks. “Anyone can make a bad business decision,” said Ogden. “It’s my responsibility to educate people on what to do and not to do.”

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM1227 M a t i l d e T. K n i g h t Springer Decedent Jamison B. Taylor 1218 11th St. NW Washington, DC 20001 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Benito Anthony Springer-Knight, whose address is 11409 Cosca Park Place, Clinton, MD 20735, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Matilde T. Knight-Springer, who died on July 4, 2015 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 30, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 30, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: October 30, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Benito Anthony Springer-Knight Personal Representative

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District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM114 Florenda B Hill Decedent Marilyn Cain Gordon 7603 Georgia Ave NW Ste 304 Washington, DC 20012 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Marilyn Cain Gordon, whose address is 7603 Georgia Ave., NW, STE. 304, Washington, DC 20012, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Florenda B Hill, who died on May 4, 2013 with a will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before April 30, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 30, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: October 30, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Marilyn Cain Gordon Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 10/30, 11/6, 11/13/15

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM1162 Charles Edward Barley Sr. Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Ophelia W Barley, whose address is 6323 Walton Avenue, Camp Springs, MD was appointed personal representative of the estate of Charles Edward Barley Sr, who died on July 9, 2015 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 16, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 16, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: October 16, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Ophelia W Barley Personal Representative

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All unknown ing the appoint-ment of date of first publication of NOTICE TO 20001-2131 heirs and heirs whose one or more personal rethis notice. CREDITORS Foreign No. whereabouts are un- presentative. Unless a AND NOTICE TO 2015FEP121 known shall enter their complaint or an objection Judy Ann Fisher UNKNOWN HEIRS Date of Death appearance in this in accordance with Personal August 2, 2015 proceeding. Objections Superior Court Probate Kenya Horn, whose adRepresentative(s) dressis 7801 Klovstad Edward G Fisher Division Rule 407 is filed to such appointment (or TRUE TEST COPY to the probate of de- in this Court within 30 Drive, Fort Washington, Decedent REGISTER OF WILLS MD, was appointed perNOTICE OF cedent´s will) shall be days from the date of first sonal representative of Date of first publication: APPOINTMENT filed with the Register of publication of this notice, the estate of MArvin November 13, 2015 OF FOREIGN the Court may take the Wills, D.C., 515 5th Name of newspapers Fleming AKA Marvin PERSONAL action hereinafter set Street, N.W., 3rd Floor and/or periodical: Whitney Fleming, who REPRESENTATIVE forth. Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . The Daily Washington 0 AND Admit to probate the will died on February 27, Law Reporter 20001, on or before May copy dated May 8, 2003 2015 with a will, and will NOTICE TO The Afro-American 6, 2016. Claims against exhibited with the petition serve without Court suCREDITORS the decedent shall be upon proof satisfactory to pervision. All unknown Judy Ann Fisher whose presented to the under- the Court of due execu- heirs and heirs whose address is 11705 Bish- 11/13, 11/20/15 signed with a copy to the tion by affidavit of wit- whereabouts are un- ops Content, MitchelRegister of Wills or filed nesses or otherwise known shall enter their leville, MD 20721 was with the Register of Wills appointed personal reRegister of Wills a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s with a copy to the underClerk of proceeding. Objections presentative of the estate signed, on or before May the Probate Division to such appointment (or of Edward G Fisher, deto the probate of deceased by the Orphan’s You Know you’re 6, 2016, or be forever Date of First Publication cedent´s will) shall be Court for Prince Georges barred. Persons believed November 6, 2015 in the know... filed with the Register of C o u n t y, S t a t e o f to be heirs or legatees of Names of Newspapers: Wills, D.C., 515 5th Maryland, on September the decedent who do not Washington When you read Street, N.W., 3rd Floor 29, 2015, receive a copy of this no- Law Reporter the AFRO! Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . Service of process may tice by mail within 25 Washington 20001, on or before May be made upon Gerald days of its first publica- AFRO-AMERICAN 6, 2016. Claims against Lendow 2246 Shannon tion shall so inform the Demetria S Knight the decedent shall be Place SE, Washington, Register of Wills, includ- 4 35th St. NE presented to the under- DC 20020 whose desing name, address and Washington, DC 20019 signed with a copy to the ignation as District of Signature of relationship. Register of Wills or filed Columbia agent has Petitioners/Attorney Date of Publication: with the Register of Wills been filed with the RegisNovember , 6, 2015 with a copy to the under- ter of Wills, D.C. 11/6, 11/13/15 Name of newspaper: signed, on or before May The decedent owned the Afro-American 6, 2016, or be forever f o l l o w i n g D i s t r i c t o f Washington barred. Persons believed Colombia real propLaw Reporter to be heirs or legatees of erty:3536 Minnesota Claude Shamburger, Jr the decedent who do not Ave., SE, Washington, Personal receive a copy of this no- DC 20019 Representative tice by mail within 25 Claims against the dedays of its first publica- cedent may be preTRUE TEST COPY tion shall so inform the sented to the underREGISTER OF WILLS Register of Wills, includ- signed and filed with the ing name, address and Register of Wills for the relationship. 11/6, 11/13, 11/20/15 District of Columbia, 500 Date of Publication: Indiana Avenue, N.W., November 6, 2015 Washington, D.C. 20001 Name of newspaper: within 6 months from the Afro-American date of first publication of Washington this notice. Law Reporter

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TYPESET: Wed Nov 11 TYPESET: 13:18:32 EST Tue2015 Nov 10 16:28:15 2015 TYPESET: Tue Nov 10 16:25:25 EST 2015 TYPESET: Tue Nov 10 16:27:32 2015 TYPESET: Tue Nov 10 16:26:12 2015 LEGAL NOTICES LEGALEST NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGALEST NOTICES LEGALEST NOTICES Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM806 Melvin R Parks Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Joyce E Thomas , whose address is 566-48th Place, NE, Washington, DC 20019 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Melvin R. Parks, who died on February 6, 2015 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before May 13, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before May 13, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: November 13, 2015 11/13, 11/20/15 TYPESET: Tue Nov 10 16:29:17 EST 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington SUPERIOR COURT OF Law Reporter Joyce E Thomas THE DISTRICT OF Personal COLUMBIA Representative PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. TRUE TEST COPY 20001-2131 REGISTER OF WILLS Administration No. 2015ADM946 11/13, 11/20, 11/27/15 Estate of Jeannetta W Keitt TYPESET: Tue Nov 10 Deceased NOTICE OF STANDARD SUPERIOR COURT OF PROBATE THE DISTRICT OF Notice is hereby given COLUMBIA that a petition has been PROBATE DIVISION filed in this Court by WesWashington, D.C. ley Clarke for standard 20001-2131 probate, including the Foreign No. appointment of one or 2015FEP120 more personal repreDate of Death sentative. Unless a comJune 5, 2012 plaint or an objection in Evelyn Delores accordance with SuperBuckmon ior Court Probate DiDecedent vision Rule 407 is filed in NOTICE OF this Court within 30 days APPOINTMENT from the date of first pubOF FOREIGN lication of this notice, the PERSONAL Court may take the acREPRESENTATIVE tion hereinafter set forth. 0 AND In the absence of a will or proof satisfactory to NOTICE the Court of due execuTO CREDITORS tion, enter an order deterMonique Ithine Holloman mining that the decenwhose address is 5531 dent died intestate. Central Ave, SE, 0 Appoint a supervised Washington, DC 20019 personal representative was appointed personal Register of Wills representative of the Clerk of the estate of Evelyn Delores Probate Division Buckmon, deceased by Date of First Publication the Orphans Court for November 13, 2015 Prince Georges County, Names of Newspapers: State of Maryland, on Washington Law ReOctober 27, 2015. porter Service of process may Washington be made upon Monique AFRO-AMERICAN Ithine Holloman 5531 Wesley L Clarke Central Ave, SE, 1629 K Street, Ste 300 Washington, DC 20019 Washington, DC 20006 whose designation as Signature of District of Columbia Petitioners/Attorney agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, 11/13, 11/20/15 TYPESET: Tue Nov 10 16:28:42 EST 2015 D.C. The decedent owned the following District of SUPERIOR COURT OF Colombia real property: THE DISTRICT OF 5531 Central Avenue, COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION SE, Washington, DC Washington, D.C. 20019 20001-2131 Claims against the deForeign No. cedent may be pre2015FEP123 sented to the underDate of Death signed and filed with the December 19, 2014 Phyllistine Veronica Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, 515 DeVille 5th St. NW 3rd FloorDecedent ,Washington, D.C. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT 20001 within 6 months OF FOREIGN from the date of first pubPERSONAL lication of this notice. REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS William D Armstrong Sr. whose address is 6711 Hasting Dr. Capitol Heights, MD 20743 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Phyllistine Veronica DeVille, deceased by the Orphan’s Court for Prince George’s County, State of Maryland, on January 9, 2015, Service of process may be made upon whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Colombia real property: 1366 Emerald St., NE, Washington, DC 20002 Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Building A, 515 5th Street, NW., 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice. (Strike preceding sentence if no real estate.) William D. Armstrong Sr. Personal Representative(s) TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS Date of first publication: November 13, 2015 Name of newspapers and/or periodical: The Daily Washington Law Reporter The Afro-American 11/13, 11/20, 11/27/15

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM1268 Faith Marie Kim Land AKA Faith Wagner AKA Faith Kim AKA Faith Kim Taylor Decedent Steve Hoofnagle, Esq 1401 Mercantile Lane, Suite 105 Largo, MD 20774 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Jeremiah J. Land, whose address is 1825 Monroe St., NE, Washington, DC, 20018 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Faith Marie Kim Land, AKA Faith Wagner AKA Faith Kim AKA Faith Kim Taylor who died on November 17, 2011 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before May 13, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before May 13, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: November 13, 2015 TRUE TEST COPY 16:27:52 EST Name of newspaper: REGISTER OF2015 WILLS Afro-American TRUE TEST TYPESET: Tue Nov 10 16:27:08 ESTCOPY 2015 Washington 11/13, 11/20, 11/27/15 REGISTER OF WILLS Law Reporter TYPESET: Tue Nov 10 16:25:55Jeremiah EST 2015 J. Land 11/13, 11/20, 11/27/15 Superior Court of Personal the District of Representative Superior Court of District of Columbia the District of PROBATE DIVISION TRUE TEST COPY District of Columbia Washington, D.C. REGISTER OF WILLS PROBATE DIVISION 20001-2131 Washington, D.C. Administration No. 11/13, 11/20, 11/27/15 20001-2131 2015ADM1301 Administration No. Annie Lee Stewart 2015ADM1296 Decedent Gerald Charles Allen Julius P. Terrell, Esq Decedent 1455 Pennsylvania Sebastian Krop, EsAve., Ste 400 quire Washington, DC 20004 1330 New Hampshire Attorney Ave NW 111 NOTICE OF Washington, DC APPOINTMENT, 20036-6300 NOTICE TO Attorney CREDITORS NOTICE OF AND NOTICE TO APPOINTMENT, UNKNOWN HEIRS NOTICE TO DeBorah Jackson, CREDITORS whose address is 5116 AND NOTICE TO Bass Place., SE UNKNOWN HEIRS Washington, DC 20019, Anita Allen, whose adwas appointed personal dress is 5344 Central representative of the Ave. SE., Washington, estate of Annie Lee DC 20019, was apStewart, who died on pointed personal repreJune 30, 2015 without a sentative of the estate of will, and will serve with- Gerald Charles Allen, out Court supervision. All who died on June 4, 2011 unknown heirs and heirs without a will, and will whose where-abouts are serve without Court suunknown shall enter their pervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose appearance in this whereabouts are unproceeding. Objections known shall enter their to such appointment a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s shall be filed with the proceeding. Objections Register of Wills, D.C., to such appointment 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd shall be filed with the Floor Washington, D.C. Register of Wills, D.C., 20001, on or before May 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd 13, 2016. Claims against Floor Washington, D.C. the decedent shall be 20001, on or before May presented to the under- 13, 2016. Claims against signed with a copy to the the decedent shall be Register of Wills or filed presented to the underwith the Register of Wills signed with a copy to the with a copy to the under- Register of Wills or filed signed, on or before May with the Register of Wills 13, 2016, or be forever with a copy to the underbarred. Persons believed signed, on or before May to be heirs or legatees of 13, 2016, or be forever the decedent who do not barred. Persons believed receive a copy of this no- to be heirs or legatees of tice by mail within 25 the decedent who do not days of its first publica- receive a copy of this notion shall so inform the tice by mail within 25 Register of Wills, includ- days of its first publication shall so inform the ing name, address and Register of Wills, includrelationship. ing name, address and Date of Publication: relationship. November 13, 2015 Date of Publication: Name of newspaper: November 13, 2015 Afro-American Name of newspaper: Washington Afro-American Law Reporter Washington Deborah Jackson Law Reporter Personal Anita Allen Representative Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS REGISTER OF WILLS 11/13, 11/20, 11/27/15 11/13, 11/20, 11/27/15 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM1302 Stuart Henry Baker Decedent Jamison B Taylor 1218 11th St. NW Washington, DC 20001 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Susan Carol Taylor , whose address is 3010 St Georges Ave., North Vancouver, BC, V7N, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Stuart Henry Baker, who died on August 2, 2015 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before May 13, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before May 13, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: November 13, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Susan Carol Taylor Personal Representative

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM1287 Lucille M Greene Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Sheila Anderson and Carolyn Mccoy, whose addresses are 210 Dauntly St., Upper Marlboro MD 20774 and 919 Shady Glen Dtr. District Heights, MD 20742, was appointed personal representatives of the estate of Lucille M Greene, who died on January 7, 2015 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before May 13, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before May 13, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: November 13, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Sheila Anderson Carolyn Mccoy Personal Representative

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM1324 Estate of Martha J Irish Deceased NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by William A Bland for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal representative. Unless a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth. 0 in the absence of a will or proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution, enter an order derermining that the decedent died intestate 0 appoint a supervised personal representative Register of Wills Clerk of the Probate Division Date of First Publication November 13, 2015 Names of Newspapers: Washington Law Reporter Washington AFRO-AMERICAN William A Bland 1140 Connecticut Ave. NW 1100 Washington, DC 20036 William A Bland Signature of Petitioners/Attorney

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Seeing Summer Off with the Trillectro Music Festival in Columbia, MD By Charise Wallace Special to the AFRO

On August 29, 2015 a group of three young black men named Modi Oyewole, Quinn Coleman and Marcel Marshall knew how to end the Summer right by throwing one of the most wellknown music festivals in the DMV (District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia) area called Trillectro. Trillectro Music Festival brought local artists out like Babeo Baggins, Miista Selecta and RL Grime as well as some main stream artists like D.R.A.M, Chance The Rapper, and Kehlani. The festival took place at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. In addition to food stations, clothes/accessories vendors were also a part of the festival as local and out of state designers came out to promote their brand. Before Trillectro was born, Oyewole had a blog and radio show called “DC to BC,” according to a closed friend of his, Ricky Dreamer, 29 from Washington D.C. Now a website, dctobc. com is a way to inform people of events they may be interested in. The founders of Trillectro were just college students when they decided to put their educational status to use and start their own business.

them do something dope,” said Dreamer. “Trillectro is a melting pot for this culture. Like now we’re in a place where people are so open to sounds people want to just have a good time.” This is Trillectro’s third year hosting a summer event towards the end of August. The line-up of performers each year is different and each year brings a different energy. Artists and D.J’s came out to give a great performance like, Jmsn, D.R.A.M, Masego, Tunji Ige, Mista Selecta, Babeo Baggins, Histo, Ayes Cold, Nativesun, Dom Kennedy, Cashmere Cat, RL Grime, Kehlani, Chris McClenney, and Chance The Rapper, who closed out the show. He ended the show right with a live jazz band enhancing his performance. The AFRO spoke with Babeo Baggins, a lead member of a small female rap group called Barf Troop. Babeo Baggins is a 22 year-old from Leesburg, VA. This was Babeo Baggins first time performing at Trillectro. “The performance was good… it went well,” said Babeo Baggins. “I’m one of the smallest artist here, but with that being said everyone was super turned up. This was the funnest part of my summer… it was lit all day

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Grant Williams Keeps the Baltimore When Protest is Convention Center Humming Met with Barbarism Last week I wrote about a statue of a pregnant Black woman, her golden fist Sean Yoes raised to the sky in Senior AFRO defiance of Contributor Baltimore’s Confederate monuments and in the minds of many, the White supremacist mores they symbolize. She was placed in protest in front of the Lee-Jackson monument in Wyman Dell. Less than a day later she was unceremoniously removed by Baltimore police and Baltimore City park rangers and relocated to an out of the way storage facility in Druid Hill Park. And less than a day after that, she was taken to the Copycat Building, an artist enclave near Midtown. That’s when the White supremacist attitudes for which she was crafted to confront manifested in the actions of someone who Continued on D2

Pat Burns Retires After 35 Years

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Kweisi Mfume was one of the many notables to attend the retirement ceremony of Pat Burns. By AFRO Staff On Sept. 25 at Martin’s West in Baltimore, Maryland, Pat Burns kicked off her stilettos after 35 years of State Service. Over the years her titles included: federal bonding coordinator and employment specialist with the Department of Labor, Licensing and RegulationState Government. Joining Pat’s celebration were: Congressman Elijah Cummings, former Congressman/Executive Director-NAACP Kweisi Mfume, Speaker Pro Tem Adrienne Jones, Former State’s Attorney Pat Jessamy, Delegates Keith Haynes and Charles Sydnor. Joyce Smith, the MC of the event, read citations from President Obama, Congressman Elijah Cummings, Governor Larry Hogan, Senator Delores Kelley, Delegates Keith Haynes, and Comptroller Joan Pratt.

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Grant Williams III (inset right) is the man behind the scenes at the Baltimore Convention Center. By Zenitha Prince Senior AFRO Correspondent zprince@afro.com Superstar actress and singer Vanessa Williams lit up the stage in the ballroom of the Baltimore Convention Center Oct. 25, as one of the “unexpected delights” promised to patrons of the United Way fundraiser to reduce homelessness in the city. Even as Williams dazzled the estimated 700 welldressed guests, however, another Syracuse University alum worked backstage— unseen and most likely unacknowledged—to ensure guests were delighted not just by the entertainment, but the entire experience. It is an unglamorous but weighty charge Grant

“Reginald F. Lewis Museum Celebrates Early 20th Century in Costumes” Hello my dear friends, I hope everything is well with you. I also hope you are enjoying this fall weather so far. I know I am. Don’t go crazy now, this doesn’t mean that you are supposed to pull out your sandals and shorts again. Just enjoy it while you can and stay well. This weekend’s star of events will be the Reginald F. Lewis Museum’s Early Century Gala. Girlfriend! This is another fun thing to do. I want you to head to a costume shop or any Good Will to pick out your attire to wear to an early 20th century party. The evening will feature a special live performance by National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Ellis Marsalis, the guests will also enjoy a DJ and dancing, food and dessert and some interesting, festive and fun outfits, or you can just go dress formal/Black tie. I understand there will be live entertainment throughout the galleries (and perhaps a surprise appearance by Billie Holiday herself). (Now that would be a hell-la-va surprise!). For your troubles of dressing up in 20th century

Williams III has shouldered for the past 10 years. Williams is the superintendent of operations, the “go-to guy” responsible for managing preparation for all the meetings, trade shows and other events that happen at the Baltimore Convention Center. “Repeat business is at the heart of what we do,” said the 54-year-old in an interview with the AFRO. “Whether we are preparing for 50 people or 38,000, the expectation that I express to my employees is that we be friendly and professional at each event and that we must ‘wow’ the customer, leaving them inspired and eager to return. “When people leave the convention center, they may not remember your name or what you look like, but they

Marva “Marvelous Marva” Law of Marvelous Marva Productions is about to present and host a spectacular show full of fun, laughter, jawdropping excitement and side-splitting comedy with some of the top professional, beautiful and fabulous female & celebrity impersonators giving you an evening of entertainment to remember. The show will be at the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore on November 22 at 6 p.m. Tickets are available at the Hippodrome Box Office, 12 N. Eutaw Street, Baltimore, Maryland or call (800) 9822787.

will remember how they felt,” he added. “And when I say a guest’s total experience should be premier, I mean down to the restrooms.” It is a massive

outdoor terrace, dedicated show offices, VIP suites, industrial kitchen, cafés with complimentary wi-fi and—of course—several restrooms. Williams is responsible

Fraternity member said. “It is my responsibility to see the little things that were overlooked that will make an impact.” Williams’ days are rarely the usual 9-to-5. His job begins before he steps into the building—he checks the landscaping to ensure it is cared for, and the massive glass walls to ensure they are clean. After meeting with his assistant to get updated on the tasks for the day, he handles paperwork, including payroll for three shifts of employees and contracts for vendors such as carpet cleaners. He also ensures employees are deployed to their assigned tasks, does walk-throughs of meeting rooms, bathrooms, etc. with supervisors in preparation for an event and he interacts with customers. Many times, he has to juggle tasks for several events at a time. “That’s a lot of moving parts to keep track of,” he said of his role. But the pressure “keeps you going and it’s exciting.” A large part of what makes the center run efficiently is the staff—many of whom may not be initially prepared for

“We’ve made a lot of inroads in the industry, and that’s because when you help people and they respect you they will work hard for you.” –Grant Williams undertaking. The convention center is a near-1.3 millionsquare-foot, four-floor facility that includes a 36,372-squarefoot ballroom, 50 meeting rooms, 32 covered loading docks, 27,000-square foot

for ensuring that every square inch is clean, stocked, equipped, serviced and ready to accommodate the needs of the center’s guests. “My perspective is widescreen,” the Phi Beta Sigma

attire, there will be a best 1929’s period dress contest. For more information, call (443) 263-1800. You can also get tickets at the door. By the way, I want to tell you that if you, for whatever reason, missed my Black & Gold Ball for the Rosa Pryor Music Scholarship Fund, or if you were there and want to remember what a good time you had, we had the entire event videotaped and you can get copies from my photographer, Will Richards, by calling him at 410-622-2527 or email him at wmarichard@gmail.com. Get your last minute tickets for the “9th Annual Classic R&B Weekend & Entertainment Conference.” It is a 3 day weekend of live comedy shows, party buffets, semi-formal dinner, workshops, breakfast, live R&B concert, gospel concert on Sunday and much more on a Nov. 20-22 bus trip to Hershey Lodge, in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Some of the acts are: Tavares, The Emotions, Harold Melvin’s Blue Notes, Billy Paul, Blue Magic, The Jones Girls and much more. This is a nice pre-Thanksgiving trip too. For more information, call (301)

892-1792. Speaking of Thanksgiving, which is right around the

Renowned jazz musician Ellis Marsalis will perform at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum for a 10th Anniversary Gala Party on Nov. 14, 8:30 p.m. until 1 a.m. at the museum, 830 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland. Dress attire is the 20th Century Period or Black Tie. For more information, call (443) 263-1800 or visit: lewismuseum.org.

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their job, but whom Williams said he takes the time to train and mentor. “Now that I am on the other side—interviewing and Continued on D2

corner, the Forum Caterers have taken one main task off your hands. That is preparing, cooking and delivering your Thanksgiving Dinner to you and your family. Their “Holiday Dinner Special” includes: whole roasted turkey, traditional bread dressing and homemade gravy, cranberry sauce, candied sweet potatoes, southern style green beans, baked macaroni & cheese and cornbread muffins. Or you can choose your own menu from a large list of your favorite foods. They will deliver local or long distance for a fee. Give them a call at (410) 358-1101 and tell them “Rambling Rose” told you. Milton Dugger, entertainer promoter and radio Continued on D2

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Race and Politics Continued from D1

scrawled, â&#x20AC;&#x153;nigger,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;white power,â&#x20AC;? on her Black body. Further, poems posted near the statueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s location and around the building in reaction to the racist vandalism, were torn down and some urinated upon. So, much for life in post racial America. Welcome to life in Baltimore. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To me it was very empowering to see that statue,â&#x20AC;? Nakia Brown said during an interview on, â&#x20AC;&#x153;First Edition,â&#x20AC;? on October 9. Brown is the artist who posted her poetry near the location of the statue inside the Copycat building (where sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been living for about a month) and in other areas of the artist enclave protesting the racist graffiti, only to have it torn down and urinated on. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is a stigma within the artist community, which is representative of the greater community. There is a strong segregation; there are Black arts communities, there are White art communities. And the Copycat has been known, at least in the Black arts community, that people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to live there,â&#x20AC;? Brown added. Of course, Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s insight on Baltimore segregation is incredibly cogent topically and historically. Baltimore earned its notorious tag of, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mobtown,â&#x20AC;? in the mid-1800â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s large population of lawless hooligans, all too eager to wield mob violence against any who opposed them. Immigrants and Blacks, particularly free Blacks who outnumbered slaves 8 to 1 during the decade before the Civil War were frequent targets. Further, free Blacks lived in

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constant fear of being kidnapped and sold into slavery just to upon the Black body of an anti-Confederacy, anti-oppression the south in Richmond by adherents to the Mobtown mentality. artwork. When the Lee-Jackson monument was erected â&#x20AC;&#x153;I live in Baltimore and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve in May of 1948, more than 3,000 people attended been suffering oppression, police the ceremony including the Governor of Maryland, brutality and all that has happened William Preston Lane, Jr., and Baltimore Mayor here I feel it in my own skin,â&#x20AC;? said Thomas Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Alesandro. Baltimore was (and Pablo Machioli, the artist who created still is) one of the most segregated cities the anti Confederate statue. Machioli, a in America and in 1948 the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Black native of Uruguay, sees the creation of the population was in the vanguard statue as his contribution to this transcendent time in of the burgeoning Civil Rights Baltimoreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history, despite the racist machinations of one Movement, and had been for individual or those who support their actions. decades. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For me, this was an opportunity for me to connect more in The installation of a community where I live to use the tools I have, the creativity I this monument to two of have in the creation of positive change,â&#x20AC;? he said. the greatest icons of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;This person who did this (defacing statue) has a lot of Confederacy was perhaps issues, they have a lot of hate.â&#x20AC;? Machioli added. a not so subtle reminder Despite Baltimoreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s racist infrastructure; covert, overt and back then to â&#x20AC;&#x153;uppity institutionalized, I still believe in the resilient people of this great Negroes,â&#x20AC;? to remember but deeply flawed American city. And Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not alone. their place. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Out of chaos comes order,â&#x20AC;? Brown said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen The same message has lots of people come together; Black, White, Asian, all types seemingly been transmitted over of people who realize this is wrong and that in this space...we the generations need to be able to come together.â&#x20AC;? Courtesy Photo to 2015 in the The statue crafted by artist Pablo Machioli form of the words Sean Yoes is a senior contributor for the AFRO and in protest of Confederate monuments in nigger and White host and executive producer of First Edition, which Baltimore was defaced with the words power emblazoned airs Monday through Friday, 5-7 pm on WEAA 88.9 â&#x20AC;&#x153;niggerâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;White power.â&#x20AC;?

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hiring peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;I would recall my early days when I needed a chance and I take a chance and invest in young people,â&#x20AC;? he said, adding, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve made a lot of inroads in the industry, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because when you help people and they respect you they will work hard for you.â&#x20AC;? Forecasting and prior planning are also the keys to hisâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and the convention centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;success. Right now, for example, the facility is booked through 2017 and tentative operational plans have already begun to be put in place. That kind of foresight was something he learned at the hands of his parents growing up in upstate New York, Williams said. His father was a major in the Syracuse police department and his mother, a

school principal once named among the top 50 in the nation. One kept him out of trouble; the other ensured he was educated, Williams added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m blessed to have had two wonderful parents who taught me the value of making a commitment to anything that you do and about planning for the future,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you have that kind of foundation at home itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy to realize your dreams.â&#x20AC;? Williamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; corporate experience began when he was a 19-year-old sophomore at Syracuse and was chosen out of 88 students to be Anheuser-Buschâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on-campus marketing and distribution liaison. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was quite the feat for me at the time,â&#x20AC;? he recalled, adding with a

chuckle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was known as the B.M.O.C.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;the Budweiser Man on Campus.â&#x20AC;? Upon his graduation in 1985, Williams continued to work with the company, earning eight promotions over 10 years. From 19901998, Williams worked as a pharmaceutical rep for Johnson & Johnson, and led the entire Mid-Atlantic region in sales his first year. He then moved into banking, overseeing the day-to-day operations of a Bank of America branch in Hunt Valley, Md., until his move to the Baltimore Convention Center in 2005. A natural-born leader, Williams said he always aspired to stand out from the crowd. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want people to remember my name because it was my fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name and

his fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name. And I want to bestow a good name to my son so he would be proud of having it when Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m gone,â&#x20AC;? he said. Anonymity, though, is more the norm with his current position behind the scenes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Success happens here in an unsung kind of way. [But] when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re an unsung hero you do what you do without accolades and you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect rewards,â&#x20AC;? he said. His reward, he said, comes from knowing he is doing what he feels born to doâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to lead and to serve. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about knowing what you have to offer the world and then doing it,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have to make a contribution or difference wherever you are and whatever you do.â&#x20AC;?

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It’s a Waterfront Life

Waterfront Partnership’s “It’s a Waterfront Life” campaign marks the start of the holiday season with festivities on Nov. 13 with the opening of the newly named PANDORA Ice Rink at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Throughout the season, special programs such as Costume Skates, Frozen Fridays, expanded Holiday Hours and Specials, and the Second Annual SkateFest, benefitting Special Olympics Maryland will be offered. For more information visit innerharboricerink.org.

Memorial Service for Fopeanna ‘Fobie’ Johnson

worship service. A concert will feature the UMBC Jubilee Singers and Gospel Choir. The church is located at 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21217.

African Children’s Choir Performs at Ebenezer Baptist Church

The internationally acclaimed African Children’s Choir will be performing at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 306 East 23rd Street, Baltimore, Maryland on Nov. 22 at 11 a.m. The choir will perform a mix of African songs and dances. Contact Lydia Sherwood at (360) 733-2149 for more details.

A memorial service and life celebration reception for Fopeanna “Fobie” Johnson is on Nov. 14 at 6 p.m. The celebration will be at the RawlingsFulton Clubhouse at Forest Park Golf Course, 2900 Hillsdale Road, Baltimore, Maryland 21207. This is a free event but you must rsvp to Tiffanie Grier at (410) 812-2386.

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The Rev. Dr. Barry C. Black, 62nd Chaplain of the U. S. Senate will speak at the Providence Baptist Church Unity Day.

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First Inaugural Huff & Puff 5k

Paul’s Place, a community outreach center dedicated to improving the quality of life in Southwest Baltimore, invites the community to participate in the first inaugural Huff & Puff 5K. The race will be held, rain or shine, in Carroll Park on Nov. 14 at noon. In keeping with the race’s “The Three Little Pigs” theme, participants are encouraged to dress as pigs or wolves. To reserve a spot in the Huff & Puff 5K, please visit the registration page on Active.com. Please refrain from bringing pets. For more information visit paulsplaceoutreach.org.

Bull Roast & Shrimp Feast

The Rosedale Volunteer Fire Company is sponsoring a Bull Roast & Shrimp Feast on Nov. 14 from 8 p.m. to midnight at Rosedale Gardens, 8037 Philadelphia Road, Rosedale, Maryland 21237. For more information call (410) 866-2592.

Unity Day

Providence Baptist Church is hosting a Unity Day on Nov. 15 at 3 p.m. Rev. Dr. Barry C. Black, 62nd Chaplain of the U. S. Senate, will be part of the

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Thank You for Your Service

The Women Veterans United Committee hosted its inaugural expo on Nov. 6 at the Baltimore War Memorial Building, in Baltimore, Maryland. The WVUC organizes events and opportunities for women veterans to obtain information for jobs, filing claims to receive benefits, as well as, assistance for improving their lives. Major General (MD) Linda L. Singh was the keynote speaker. For more information about the Women Veterans Expo, visit.wvucinc.org .

Memorial candles for Maryland Verterans

Bill Huffington, Mary Bencivenga, Major General Linda L. Singh, Maryland National Guard and Dr. JoAnn Y. Fisher, CEO Women Veterans United Committee

Maj. Gen Linda L. Singh (keynote speaker) Congressman John Sarbanes

George W. Owings, III, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, gives the welcome address

Congressman Elijah Cummings

Dwight and Denise Perry, quartermaster, Maryland State Veterans of Foreign Wars

Officers Joyce Williams and James Johnson III Annie The Clown Dr. JoAnn Y. Fisher and Major. General. Linda L. Singh (MD. National Guard)

Participants talking with Major General Singh

Takiea Hinton Hon. John Sarbanes helps with the candle lighting Detective Charlotte Olds and Rebecca Harrington Photos by Anderson Ward

The President’s Roundtable (PRT), in conjunction with PRT Reach Foundation, hosted the Scholarship Awards Gala on Nov. 7 at the Hilton BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport Hotel in Linthicum Heights. The theme for the gala, “Celebrating Black Business Wealth,” was a tribute to those who produce jobs in the community. Corporate Executive Trailblazer Awards were presented to Melissa Sherrod of Exelon and Donna Copper of Pepco for their efforts on the Exelon/Pepco merger. Joseph “Joe” Haskins, Judy Smith and Warren Thompson were honored with the PRT Anthony Overton Entrepreneur Trailblazer Award. Entrepreneur scholarship awards were presented to HBCUs Morgan State University, Coppin State University, Howard University, University of the District of Columbia, and University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

Chester Wilson and Clarence “Tiger” Davis

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Donna Cooper, president, Pepco receives the Corporate Executive Trailblazer Award

Melissa Sherrod, vice president, Corporate Affairs, Exelon Corporation, honoree, Corporate Executive Trailblazer Award

Dr. Gerald Boyd, DB Consulting Group, Grace McAbee, Cora Williams, Ideal Electrical Supply Corporation and Ken Rogers

Pedro Alfonso, Kim Alfonso and Robert Wallace, BITHGROUP Technologies

Stanley Tucker, Meridian Management Group, Tracey and Trent Williams

Joseph Haskins Jr., PRT Emeritus, The Harbor Bank of Maryland Ackneil and Ruth Muldrow, Donna and Darrell Peterson

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Dr. Sheila Brooks, PRT president, Judy Smith, Founder, President and CEO Smith and Company receives an award with Maureen Bunyan, emcee of the program

Rev. Dr. Frank M. Reid III, Bethel NationBethel AME Church and Hon. Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, mayor, Baltimore City

Maryland Transit Administration Sandy and Earl Arnette, Cynthia Lewis, Leonard and Yvonne Stepney, Michelle Holly and Marjorie Nesbitt

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