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In an attempt to rebuild trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve, Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh released a new set of guidelines aimed at ending discriminatory profiling in Maryland on Aug. 25. The document details ways police investigations can avoid being discriminatory. Statewide adoption of the guidance makes Maryland the first state to set enforcement standards following the Department of Justice’s

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moves to end discriminatory profiling. In December, the Department of Justice set rules to prohibit FBI agents from considering race, ethnicity, gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, and gender identity to pursue cases. Maryland followed Department

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By Barrington M. Salmon Special to the AFRO During the arc of the modern Civil Rights Movement, women have played a critical role in organizing, planning, supporting and implementing strategies designed to confront and topple the racial segregation that disenfranchised Black Americans for more than a century. But the sexism and misogyny of men in the movement

and the widespread patriarchy in the larger society relegated women to the shadows. “The times guided all women White and Black,” Dorie Ann Ladner, Civil Rights organizer and activist, told the AFRO. “Traditionally the movement was male-driven and traditionally, women were in the background, in church, at home. People like me who were very headstrong saw it as Continued on A4

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Marissa Johnson, left, speaks as Mara Jacqueline Willaford stands with her and Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., stands nearby as the two women take over the microphone at a rally Aug. 8, in downtown Seattle. The women, co-founders of the Seattle chapter of Black Lives Matter, took over the microphone moments after Sanders began speaking and refused to relinquish it.

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from considering race, ethnicity, gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity when conducting routine police operations. “Today we are joined by many people who work for justice,” Frosh said during the press conference in Annapolis, MD. “Law enforcement, prosecutors, advocacy groups – that Continued on A4

U.S. Department of Health Sees Glimmers of Hope in Mental Health Status of Blacks By Zenitha Prince Senior AFRO Correspondent zprince@afro.com Things are “moving in the right direction” in terms of the treatment of mental health and mental health disparities in the Black community, health officials say. Black Americans are 20 percent more likely to report having serious psychological distress than non-Hispanic Whites, according to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And, poverty only exacerbates those conditions, as Blacks living below the poverty level, as compared to those over twice the poverty level, are three times more likely to report psychological distress. However, it is not the “statistical prevalence of mental health conditions” among Blacks that should be the main cause for concern but that “the burden of the condition may be greater,” said Roslyn Moore, public health analyst in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. For example, Moore said, Blacks are much more exposed to trauma—poverty, crime, death, discrimination and more. Yet, they are less likely to have access to quality mental health care. For example, White Americans are more than twice as likely to receive antidepressant prescription treatments as are Black Americans, according to the CDC. The stigma associated with mental illness, lack of information and community distrust bred by a history of discrimination within health care services as well as continuing institutional biases have all been cited

as barriers to equitably addressing behavioral health in Black communities. Under the Obama administration, however, aggressive steps have been Continued on A6

Emmett Till Died on Aug. 28, 1955

While visiting relatives in Mississippi, 14-year old Till, who was from Chicago, spoke to a White woman and did not display the proper amount of respect for her liking. Several days later he was beaten and shot in the head by a group of men before his body was dumped in the Tallahatchie River. Till’s death became a rallying cry for the civil rights movement.

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Actor Terrence Howard returns to court for a divorce hearing in Los Angeles. A judge overturned Terrence Howard’s divorce settlement with his second wife Aug. 24, finding the actor was coerced into signing the settlement by her threats to leak private details. Superior Court Judge Thomas Trent Lewis’ ruling means Howard and his ex-wife, Michelle Ghent, will now have to

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renegotiate the financial terms of their divorce. “The evidence of extortion or duress was unrebutted,” Lewis said. Howard contended he signed a 2012 settlement to end his marriage to Ghent out of fear she would leak private details about him, including phone sex recordings with other women and a video of him dancing naked in a bathroom. The agreement entitled Ghent to a share of Howard’s earnings, which would include a portion of his salary from the hit Fox series “Empire,” which opens its second season in the fall. Ghent’s lawyers have said she denied extorting the actor in a deposition and argued he didn’t prove threats she made in 2011 forced him to sign the agreement a year later. She was not allowed to testify at a recent hearing because her attorneys did not file a sworn declaration from her before the proceedings began. Lewis presided over a four-day hearing that revealed numerous private details about the Oscar-nominated actor, including that he had cheated on Ghent during their engagement, he was physically violent with his first wife, and he has already divorced his third wife. Lewis also heard a 2011 call in which Ghent berated Howard and threatened to sell private information about him if he didn’t pay her money by the end of the day. Howard’s accountant sent Ghent $40,000 in response to the call, which he called “hush money.” The actor called it “blood money.” He told Lewis that leaking the information at the time would have ended his acting career. Ghent has accused Howard of multiple instances of domestic violence and has an active restraining order against the actor.

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Howard, 46, has denied he abused Ghent. The actor was nominated for an Academy Award for his starring role in 2005’s “Hustle & Flow.” His career has resurged since the debut of “Empire,” a hit series for Fox that had steadily improved ratings each week in its first season. The show’s second season, set to debut on Sept. 23, is highly anticipated. Work on the show’s second season continues. Howard spent four days in court during a recent hearing, testifying for portions of three of those days. His absence didn’t impact the show’s shooting schedule.

California Wine Train Issues Apology to Black Women’s Book Club Booted From Train By The Associated Press

The Napa Valley Wine Train issued an apology, Aug. 25, to a book club that includes mostly black women who said they were booted from a tasting tour because of their race. The company also promised additional training for employees on cultural diversity and sensitivity, and offered the group free passes for 50 people for a future trip. “The Napa Valley Wine Train was 100 percent wrong in its handling of this issue,” CEO Anthony “Tony” Giaccio said in a statement. “We accept full responsibility for our failures and for the chain of events that led to this regrettable treatment of our guests.” The 11 members of the book club, all but one of whom is African American, said rude employees ordered them off the train on Aug. 22, mid-journey, and marched them down several aisles to their embarrassment.

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“We didn’t do anything wrong,” club member Lisa Johnson, who chronicled the episode in cellphone videos and social media, told KTVU on Aug. 24. “We still feel this is about race. We were singled out.” One member of the group is 83. Johnson was not immediately available for comment to The Associated Press. Wine train spokesman Sam Singer said employees had repeatedly asked the women to either quiet down or get off the train and accept a free bus ride back to their starting point. Giaccio said he had a conversation with Johnson, a leader of the Sistahs on the Reading Edge Book Club, and offered the group the free passes for a reserved car “where you can enjoy yourselves as loudly as you desire.” “We were insensitive when we asked you to depart our train by marching you down the aisle past all the other passengers,” he said in his letter. “While that was the safest route for disembarking, it showed a lack of sensitivity on our part.” The Napa Valley Wine Train offers food and wine to passengers as they roll to Napa County wineries in updated Pullman cars. On average, Singer said, individuals or groups are asked to get off the wine train once a month for various reasons. Wine train employees had called police in St. Helena about the book club members, who were already off the train when officers arrived. Police spokeswoman Maria Gonzalez said it was the first time in memory that the wine train had sought such assistance from the department.

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Civil Rights Activist Amelia Boynton Robinson Dies at 104 By The Associated Press Amelia Boynton Robinson, a civil rights activist who helped lead the 1965 “Bloody Sunday” voting rights march and was the first black woman to run for Congress in Alabama, died Aug. 26 at age 104, her son Bruce Boynton said. Boynton Robinson was among those beaten during the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, in March 1965 that became known as “Bloody Sunday.” State troopers tear gassed and clubbed marchers as they tried crossing the bridge. A newspaper photo featuring an unconscious Boynton Robinson drew wide attention to the movement. “The truth of it is that was her entire life. That’s what she was completely taken with,” Bruce Boynton said of his mother’s role in shaping the civil rights movement. “She was a loving person, very supportive — but civil rights was her life.” Fifty years after “Bloody Sunday,” Barack Obama, the first Black president of the United States, held her hand as she was pushed across the bridge in a wheelchair during a commemoration. “She was as strong, as hopeful, and as indomitable of spirit — as quintessentially American — as I’m sure she was that day 50 years ago,” Obama said Aug. 26 in a written statement. “To honor the legacy of an American hero like Amelia Boynton requires only that we follow her example — that all of us fight to protect everyone’s right to vote.” Boynton Robinson, hospitalized in July after a stroke, turned 104 on Aug. 18. Her family said in a written statement that she was surrounded by loved ones when she died

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Amelia Boynton Robinson in 1966. around 2:20 a.m. at a Montgomery, Alabama hospital. In January, Boynton Robinson attended the State of the Union address as a special guest of Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, who said Boynton Robinson’s 1964 run for Congress paved the way for her as Alabama’s first elected Black congresswoman. Boynton was the first Black woman to run for Congress in the state and the first Alabama woman to run as a Democrat, according to the Encyclopedia of Alabama. Sewell said in January that Boynton refused to be intimidated and ultimately saw

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Amelia Boynton is honored at a NAACP Legal Defense Fund luncheon in New York In May 1965. With her are Constance Baker Motley, left, and Mrs. Thornburg Cowles.

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President Barack Obama, center, holds hands with Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., left, and Amelia Boynton Robinson, right, who were both beaten during “Bloody Sunday,” as they walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., for the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday.” the impact of her work when the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed into law. Boynton Robinson was invited as a guest of honor to attend the signing by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Lewis, D-Georgia, called Boynton Robinson fearless and said in a written statement that she was one of the civil rights movement’s most dependable and tireless leaders. “I am so glad she lived to see Dr. King lead a march from Selma to Montgomery, that she lived to see the Voting Rights Act signed into law, that she lived to see the amazing transformation our work gave rise to in America,” Lewis said. Boynton Robinson worked with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, helped organize the Selma to Montgomery march and asked Martin Luther King Jr. to come to Selma to galvanize the local community. The Rev. C.T. Vivian worked closely with King and said he knew Boynton Robinson when she lived in Selma. Through fighting for voting rights, she and others were fighting for the right to be considered fully American at a time when black people were still being denied

basic freedoms, Vivian said. “You just don’t know how cruel, how nonthinking, how devilish, how hateful people could be. Just to hear this brings it all out for me,” Vivian said. “It just hurts.” SCLC President and CEO Charles Steele said in a written statement that Boynton Robinson was “the straw that stirred the drink,” and compared her legacy in Selma to that of Rosa Parks in Montgomery. “Her leadership and her courage sparked and sustained a movement that has transformed not just the South, but the entire country,” Southern Poverty Law Center CEO Richard Cohen said in a written statement, adding that the nation owes her a debt of gratitude. Boynton Robinson, born in Savannah, Georgia, worked as an educator there and with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Selma. Tuskegee University officials have said she graduated from the school in 1927 and donated much of her personal memorabilia from the 1950s and 1960s to the university. Boynton said his family is planning events in his mother’s honor in Tuskegee and Selma, and is also arranging a ceremony at the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Sept. 8.

Fired Reporter Kills 2 Former Co-Workers on Live TV By The Associated Press A TV reporter and cameraman were shot to death on live television Aug. 26 by their former colleague, a journalist who also recorded himself carrying out the killings and then posted the video on social media. The gunman, who was fired in 2013 from WDBJ in Roanoke, Virginia, fled the scene and went online, posting the video on Facebook and Twitter. He also reportedly faxed a 23page manifesto and “suicide note” to ABC News, describing himself as a “human powder keg” that was “just waiting to go BOOM!!!!” Vester Lee Flanagan II, 41, who appeared on WDBJ as Bryce Williams, had evidently been planning the attack for some time, authorities said. As he fled, he switched vehicles, picking up a rental car he had previously reserved at an airport. Troopers caught up with him hours later and hundreds of miles away after he fatally shot himself and ran off the road. The live spot by reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward was nothing out of the ordinary: They were interviewing a local official at an outdoor shopping mall for

a tourism story. Then, at about 6:45 University, where she was the editor of a.m., morning show viewers saw her the school’s newspaper, The Breeze. suddenly scream and run, crying “Oh Tweets posted on Williams’ Twitter my God,” as she fell. Ward fell, too, and account Aug. 26 described workplace the camera he had been holding on his conflicts with both victims. They shoulder captured a fleeting image of say Williams filed a complaint with the suspect holding a handgun. the Equal Employment Opportunity WDBJ quickly switched back to the Commission against Parker, and that anchor at the station, her eyes large and Ward had reported Williams to human jaw dropping as she said, “OK, not sure resources. what happened there.” The station later Marks said Williams alleged that went live again, reporting on their own other employees made racially tinged staff as the story developed. comments to him, but said his EEOC Parker and Ward died at the scene claim was dismissed and none of his after the gunman fired about 15 shots. allegations could be corroborated. Their interview subject, Vicki Gardner, “We think they were fabricated,” was in stable condition later on Aug. 26 Marks said. after surgery for her wounds. ABC News reported that a man Video posted on Bryce Williams’ claiming to be Williams called the Twitter account and Facebook page network, saying he had just shot Pinterest hours later showed an outstretched two people, and was faxing them a Vester Lee Flanagan II arm holding the handgun. The shooter 23-page document. That document walked up to the victims and stood is being analyzed by investigators, a few feet away, but with all three in the midst of the live Franklin County Sheriff W.Q. “Bill” Overton Jr. said at a news TV interview, none seemed to notice. The gunman waited conference. until Ward’s camera was pointed at Parker, and then fired According to the network, the man claiming to be Flanagan repeatedly. says in the “suicide note” that he bought a gun two days after Flanagan was described by Jeffrey Marks, WDBJ’s the Charleston, South Carolina church shootings, seeking president and general manager as an “an unhappy man” and revenge for racial discrimination, sexual harassment and “difficult to work with,” always “looking out for people to say workplace bullying he said he suffered as a gay black man. things he could take offense to.” “This gentleman was disturbed at the way things had turned “Eventually after many incidents of his anger coming to out at some point in his life. Things were spiraling out of the fore, we dismissed him. He did not take that well,” Marks control,” Overton said. explained, adding that police had to escort him out of the The shooting happened around 6:45 a.m. at Bridgewater station when he was fired. Plaza in Franklin County, as Parker interviewed Gardner about Parker was raised in the Martinsville, Virginia, area and the upcoming 50th anniversary festivities for Smith Mountain joined the station as an intern after attending James Madison Lake, a local tourism destination.

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a hindrance to what I needed to do. We had Fannie Lou Hamer, Ella Baker, Victoria Jackson Gray Adams and other women who were active and involved. We broke the mold in Alabama, Mississippi. Women were very, very active in Selma.” Ladner participated in the Freedom Rides in the early 1960s, served as a founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and helped organize Mississippi’s Freedom Summers. She said that in the face of pervasive racism and structural inequalities, young Black men and women have no choice but to rise up to challenge the threat to their survival. More than a half a century later, young female activists, including Patrisse Cullors and Alicia Garza are based on the West Coast. Carmen Perez, Toni Sanders, Erika Totten, and Tamika Mallory are rattling the status quo on the East Coast. Women like Johnetta Elzie, active in protests and organizing in the Midwest in Ferguson and St. Louis, Missouri, are powering the #BlackLivesMatter movement which sprung to life following the 2012 shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. The women and a number of grassroots organizations have been meeting and

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strategizing. As the national political electoral season swings into high gear, #BlackLivesMatter has been pushing presidential candidates to take positions on issues of concern for Black people. “I’ve been talking to some of the young people. I don’t get too involved though,” Ladner said. “Some of the young women in Black Lives Matter movement complained to me that [the Rev.] Al Sharpton was sucking up all the air. I told them ‘You don’t ask, you just

unexpected times, blocking major thoroughfares and highways, and disrupting businesses and the general flow and pace of life in cities like Washington, D.C. “I’ve been all over the planet; I’ve seen people shot down in the streets. I’ve never considered myself to be a coward in any way or shape but I’m petrified right now,” Nicole Lee, a human rights lawyer who has monitored events and police behavior in cities including Ferguson, Baltimore and Cleveland, told the

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AFRO. “I’m petrified for my girls that their bodies and hearts will be stolen, destroyed by (this) system.” Perez, executive director of the Justice League NYC, an organization that grew out of the rash of police killings of Black and Brown men, spoke at a rally two weeks ago, honoring Sandra Bland. Bland’s July 10 arrest in Prairie View, Texas for a menial traffic offense and her suspicious death three days later pivoted national attention on the deaths of Black women Editor’s note: This article is the first in a in police custody. series of articles the AFRO will produce that “We need the Department of Justice to be looks at women, both present and past, in the as angry as we are. Where is Loretta Lynch?” struggle for Black equality in the United States. asked Perez. “My heart is heavy because every single day, on ATTENTION EMPLOYERS, EDUCATORS & TRAINING INSTITUTIONS! social media, I see someone, a sister in the movement dead. I can’t take it anymore.” However, the U.S. Attorney Nation’s #1 African American Newspaper General told the AFRO that Join some of the area’s top companies and Bland’s death is a tragedy, organizations for The AFRO’s adding that she is very Diversity in Careers and Education Expo concerned about what happened • BCCC to Bland, acknowledging the • BGE • CCBC anger and frustration Blacks feel • City of Baltimore • Department of Public Safety & about the differences in the way Correctional Service • Johns Hopkins they and mainstream individuals • MDTA • Maryland are treated by police. She said Higher Education Commission she sees better training as a • Maryland Live Casino Tues., September 22, 2015 Sponsored by key way to lower the number • Maryland State Police • Southern MD of violent encounters between 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. Electric Corp. (SMECO) Blacks and law enforcement. • Southwest Airlines Reginald F. Lewis Museum • 830 E. Pratt St. • Baltimore, Md. • Walmart “There are a number of • Wegmans EXHIBITOR REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 AND lessons to be learned there. I Call 410-554-8271 or emaillhowze@afro.com for exhibitor rates & information. MORE

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we simply demonstrate we are on the same page . . . not as adversaries; we all know there is room for improvement,” he continued. The guidance is based on the state and federal constitutions. It also contains standards in two categories: routine police work and investigations. Police policy and procedure has been called into question recently as all eyes turn to the deaths of unarmed Black men and women in police custody, such as Freddie Gray, 25, and others throughout the United States. “This is an important step forward, and the standards of this guidance are ones that all law enforcement should follow, including the Baltimore Police Department,” interim

think the one thing that has come out of this tragic, tragic situation, this loss of life of this young woman, has been a discussion about specific police techniques,” Lynch told NBC News. “And I think it shows the frustration that many minority communities feel when they feel that, you know, maybe it wouldn’t have escalated in a different community. And I hope that that can bring this situation to light as well. So that people understand the frustration that many minority members feel when they’re stopped by the police.” D.C. activist and businesswoman Avis Jones-DeWeever, president and CEO of local consulting firm Incite Unlimited, said no one should be surprised in the ascendency of the movement’s powerful, defiant women. “It’s not unusual in the sense that Black women have been absolutely critical in getting the work done within Civil Rights movements since like forever,” she said. “I don’t think anyone gave women the space to do anything. They asserted their own work and in the process of that did the work. It’s natural that women have been in the forefront and now we’re beginning to see people paying more attention to women stepping into these roles.”

“I’m petrified for my girls that their bodies and hearts will be stolen, destroyed by (this) system.” take.’ Frederick Douglass said power concedes nothing without a struggle. I told them to confront them, told them if they push you, push them back.” “I saw them on television disrupting one of Bernie Sanders’ speeches. I didn’t know they’d do that, go that far,” she continued with a chuckle. One of the hallmarks of the #BlackLivesMatter’s tactics, particularly early on, was to put a twist on traditional forms of protest by doing things such as shutting down different parts of the city, lieins, demonstrations in unusual places and

Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said. “I’m committed to making sure that the standards being released today are part of our practices – for the benefit of our officers and our community.” Officials who accompanied Frosh during the news conference included Prince George’s County Police Chief Mark Magaw, Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett, and Prince George’s County’s State Attorney Angela Alsobrooks. “This is not a fantasy . . . we know this the truth . . . in our community every day,” said Alsobrooks. “We are here because we have an opportunity to not only change today but to change tomorrow.”

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Standing Up for 80 Years of Social Security

Elijah Cummings

On August 14, I joined Social Security Commissioner Carolyn Colvin and her colleagues at the Social Security Administration to celebrate the 80th anniversary of that historic day in 1935 when President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act of 1935 into law. From its beginning in 1935, Social Security has been a covenant between our nation and each of us — as well as an inter-generational covenant that binds us together, young

and older, healthy and disabled. From the beginning — and to this day — the Social Security system has been built upon a solemn promise to every American. If we work hard, we will not be left alone to face the dangers of old age, disability, poverty, or the loss of our spouse or parent. Today, our national commitment to Social Security is as important as ever. We must assure that our Social Security Trust Funds (Old Age Retirement and Disability) remain solvent for years to come. The last 30 years have not been so good for tens of millions of working Americans. More than one-half of our working families have no private pension coverage — and more than one-third have little or no retirement savings. Today, we confront two funding challenges, one immediate and the other longer-term. The Social Security Retirement Fund remains strong, although relatively modest long-term actions should be undertaken now to assure continued solvency for the foreseeable future. The more immediate concern is that, without prompt, corrective action by the Congress, in 2016 disability benefits that are currently being paid to about 11 million disabled workers and their dependents will either be delayed or will be reduced across-the-board by 20 percent. There is a simple, common-sense action to meet this shortterm challenge – one that has been proposed by President Obama and is supported by many of Social Security’s strongest allies. Unfortunately, my colleagues across the aisle have politicized the funding debate and made it very difficult to address reform in a real way. On the first day of this Congress, House Republicans

passed a rule that effectively blocks the transfers of funds between retirement and disability, unless those transfers can be balanced by new revenues or benefit cuts — and, since my Republican colleagues have expressed adamant opposition to new revenues, disability benefit cuts are a very real possibility. We Democrats are working hard to overcome that obstacle. I am an original co-sponsor of the One Social Security Act (H.R. 3150), sponsored by my colleague from California, Rep. Xavier Becerra, that would merge the two funds – one for retirement and survivor benefits and one for disability – into one fund. Our proposed legislation would avoid the need for future rebalancing of funds, a bureaucratic process that often gets mired in larger political debates. Its implementation would have only a very modest impact (perhaps, one year) on Social Security’s longer-term projected solvency. Beyond what amounts to a short-term accounting reform, the Congress also must act to assure Social Security’s longerterm solvency. A combination of demographic and economic forces makes constructive reform imperative. A huge segment of our population is moving forward toward retirement age, and we expect to live longer than did past generations. Meanwhile, both technology and the export of American jobs overseas are limiting the number of American workers paying into social insurance as well as limiting the wages upon which Social Security contributions are based. Our Social Security formulas and caps are outdated. Furthermore, our children are leaving school mired in debt. If we do not take care of Social Security today, we are further burdening them with our care. So, I agree with other leaders from both parties that the Congress must take action to “preserve Social Security” for the younger generations and generations of Americans yet to be born.

This is why I have joined with Representative Rick Larson and 66 of my House colleagues to sponsor the Social Security 2100 Act (H.R. 1391). Our bill would improve benefits with a modest increase across the board, update the cost of living calculation through a more accurate formula, create a new special minimum benefit, and provide a tax cut for over 10 million beneficiaries. The bill is fully paid for and would keep the system solvent beyond the next 75 years by requiring those with wages over $400,000 to pay Social Security taxes like everyone else, and by asking workers to contribute on average the equivalent of just 50 cents more per week. The American People will soon have hard, spin-proof evidence as to which of their elected representatives (and candidates) are truly committed to “saving Social Security.” As our national debates about preserving Social Security for the future proceed — in the Congress and in the upcoming Presidential Campaigns — it is up to all of us to stand up for those who have stood up for us. Congressman Elijah Cummings represents Maryland’s 7th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives.

Denial of Pepco/Exelon Merger Limits Opportunities to Diverse Businesses The decision by the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia Wednesday, August 25 to deny the Pepco/Exelon merger is a devastating blow to the minority business community and residents in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Economic growth is vital to this region’s economy. Minority businesses significantly contribute financial support to the community. We create jobs, provide training to employees, and are a source of substantial income for vendors. As business leaders, we believe the community has suffered a substantial financial loss to the future and betterment of the community.

Dr. Sheila Brooks

Exelon has a longstanding commitment to supplier diversity. Minority suppliers in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area have experienced significant growth and have become more competitive in the region since the Exelon/BGE merger two years ago. At a time when there was doubt and uncertainty in the Baltimore community, minority entrepreneurs agree that the Exelon/BGE merger created excitement and has helped turn the economy around. BGE’s approval rating increased. Power outages are down and customers have more reliable service. Member businesses of The Presidents’ RoundTable, its employees, community residents, and others have had a real impact on this region’s economy.

Should Pepco/Exelon appeal the decision within the required 30 days, the organization’s members are hopeful the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia reconsiders its decision and approves the merger. Dr. Sheila Brooks is president of The President’s RoundTable and Founder and CEO of SRB Communications, headquartered in Washington, DC. The Presidents’ RoundTable is an organization of African-American entrepreneurs which oversees and controls assets exceeding $1.1 billion and employs more than 1750 workers in the Baltimore-Washington, DC region.

Black Philanthropy: When We Give If you’ve ever bought a brownie at a PTA bake sale, a chocolate bar wrapped in foil from a collegiate team player, or placed money in a collection plate on Sunday morning, you have participated in philanthropy-- the generous donation of money to good causes. Although many black people do not regard our historical generosity to causes worthy of our hard earned monies among the elitist category of philanthropy, black people giving to the good of our community is philanthropy. August has been designated as Black Philanthropy Month by the Pan-African Women’s Philanthropy Network to increase visibility of black philanthropists and philanthropic

Kenneth J. Brewer Sr.

opportunities. Global Scholars Foundation (GSF), the educational nonprofit of H Street Community Development Corporation (HSCDC), is one such opportunity for which black philanthropists and our community partners have made changing the lives of District youth possible. Just weeks ago, GSF returned from an 11-day cultural immersion trip to Spain and Morocco with an entourage of 30 students and 13 adults. During this two country and eight city experience, District youth had the opportunity to use the Spanish language, enjoy Moroccan culture, and reflect on the similarities and differences to America. Most importantly, students acknowledged the impact of seeing themselves as part of a global community beyond their familiar wards. Investing in the lives of District youth for the next decade ensures

GSF sustainability and equips leaders from within the black community. GSF is evidence of black philanthropy done well. Our goal is to redefine black philanthropy in the District and beyond. As a people familiar with ethnic philanthropy of mutual aid societies, fraternal orders, and churches, GSF pioneers black foundations as a viable means through which to strengthen and empower black communities. Philanthropy-- giving unreserved for millionaires-- secures the future of District youth. Giving to Global Scholars Foundation multiplies the human capital of black philanthropic dollars for generations to come. Kenneth J. Brewer, Sr. is Chairman of the Global Scholars Foundation, an academic nonprofit cultural competency program in Washington, DC.

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taken to eliminate those barriers—beginning with increased access to health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. “The opportunities to access health care are greater than they’ve ever been before, so more African Americans are able to access interventions that are new, different, and culturally and age sensitive. We’re able to move things that are working into the neighbourhoods faster,” Moore said. “The Affordable Care Act also supports prevention so we are not always at the point where we are far down the line of disease.” Health care proponents and providers are also changing the way mental health is accessed, realizing, for example, that the few minorities who do seek behavioral health care prefer receiving that care in primary care settings. “We may be looking at one of the greatest times of health care integration,” Moore said.

“[So] the provider community is in a better position to do outreach.” Where in the past, for instance, people were able to avoid discussions about mental health,

and interventions to address mental health in Black communities. For example: PLAAY (Preventing Long-term Anger and Aggression in Youth) is an intervention geared toward Black boys at risk of academic discipline or involvement in the criminal justice. It uses culturallyand age-appropriate approaches to teach stress management, gender and racial coping - Roslyn Moore, skills, trauma resolution Department of Health and Human Services and more. Shape Up is a program in which such matters now may be broached head-on at barbers are trained by clinicians to “be the the primary care level. eyes and ears in the community to identify And, there have been many strides in the men and boys at risk of depression and development of culturally-sensitive programs anxiety,” Moore said.

“The Affordable Care Act also supports prevention so we are not always at the point where we are far down the line of disease.”

Prime Time Sister Circles is a curriculumbased, 12 week, facilitated, interactive support group that is geared toward empowering and motivating Black women to change their health outcomes, including mental health. SAMHSA and other agencies and organizations are also undertaking initiatives to create a more culturally-diverse workforce. One example is the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Center for Excellence in Behavioral Health (HBCUCFE), which works with HBCUs in developing behavioral health curricula for students and strategies to promote behavioral health workforce development. All of these approaches and interventions augur well for the status of mental health within the African-American community, Moore said. “We look at the outcome of that work and know that the trends will change,” she said.

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By Roberto Alejandro Special to the AFRO ralejandro@afro.com Police reform advocates gathered at the memorial for Thurgood Marshall and his victory in Brown v. Board that sits below the statehouse in Annapolis on Aug. 24. The General Assembly’s Public Safety and Policing Workgroup, tasked with studying potential reforms to Maryland’s law enforcement policies in the aftermath of last April’s unrest over the death of Freddie Gray at the hands of Baltimore police officers, was set to hear testimony on the state’s controversial law enforcement officers bill of rights (LEOBR), which many view as an impediment to accountability in cases of police misconduct. Ryan Dennis, co-political action chair for the MD NAACP, addressed what he perceived to be a shortcoming of the process undertaken by the workgroup, which was announced this past May and began holding hearings in June. “The NAACP feels very strongly that having all of Continued on B2

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Sen. Catherine Pugh (D-Baltimore City, on right) and Del. Curt Anderson (D-Baltimore City), co-chairs of the Public Safety and Policing Workgroup, listen to testimony during a hearing on the state’s controversial law enforcement officers bill of rights on Aug. 24.

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Flawless Damsels Shop Demonstrates Resilience Following Baltimore Uprising

First Black Marine Corps. General Dies at 83

By James Bentley AFRO Associate Editor jbentley@afro.com

Brigadier General Frank E. Petersen Jr. receives an award from the Defense Department in 1981. Petersen, who died on Aug. 25, was named by President Jimmy Carter as the first Black Marine Corps. General in 1979. The viewing will be held at the John M. Taylor Funeral home, in Annapolis, Md., on Sept. 2 at 6 p.m. The funeral will be at the Naval Academy Chapel in Annapolis, Md. on Sept. 3 at 2:30 p.m.

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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan says the last inmates in the dangerously decrepit men’s section of the Baltimore City Detention Center are being moved out as it permanently closes by the end of business Aug. 25. The detention center predates modern penal facility standards, with some of its walls dating to the 19th century. It has been notorious for hazardous conditions, including blind corners and dark corridors. It also has been targeted for decades by reform attempts. Hogan announced plans July 30 to close the staterun jail where some inmates and guards ran a criminal conspiracy, saying the state would save $10 million to $15 million annually. Soon after the announcement, officials began moving about 1,100 inmates and detainees to other Baltimore area detention centers, keeping them in proximity to local courts.

The MTA Police were part of the McDonald’s Coldspring Community Celebration on Aug. 22, an event to distribute much needed back-toschool supplies to over 130 youth in Baltimore. Students received binders, calculators, backpacks, highlighters, notebooks, pencil cases, pencils and pencil sharpeners. Baltimore County public schools opened on Aug. 24 while public schools in Baltimore City start on Aug. 31.

When longtime Baltimore city native Taylor Alexander returned after graduating from Bethune Cookman University in Daytona Beach, FL. she had a plan to start her own business. After successfully starting an online business in college, selling waist trainers and dietary supplements, Alexander knew she wanted to be the CEO of her own company one day soon. Her dream was realized on September 14, 2013 when Flawless Damsels officially opened to the public. Then about a year and a half later, unfortunately in the wake of the unrest after the death of Freddie Gray the storefront was vandalized and looted. Due to excessive damage and loss the boutique would have to temporarily close. In an interview with the AFRO she said, “Baltimore is home and this is where I want to be. I went away to school to get the college experience, gain some independence and just to be away from home but I always wanted to come back home to live and start a business.” She eventually opened her store at 2414 East Monument Street, an area she said she was not familiar with, because she saw a vibrant and engaged community and a bustling thoroughfare when a realtor showed her the property. She wasn’t present on the night of the riots but she did receive calls from family, friends and neighbors letting her know updates on the movements of the riots and when they had actually reached her store’s area. She did not go down to try to protect the store under advisement of her boyfriend who was worried about her safety. Alexander actually said the first time she saw her store after the unrest was on television watching news broadcast’s coverage of the destruction the next day. “They were panning up and down Monument and when I saw my store I just paused it and looked.” She said she needed to gather herself and mentally prepare for what she would see when she arrived. The damage was extensive. Thieves removed all of her inventory, broke windows and doors, removed the register, destroyed financial documents and even removed the wall and lighting fixtures. Alexander said “It was like walking in the store when I first rented it, it was nothing but an empty space from the fixtures to the inventory, just everything gone.” The Continued on B2

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Continued from B1 total damage was in excess of $100,000. Alexander praised the community for coming together after the riots and said a lot of the cleanup of debris and glass had already been taken care of by the time she arrived at the store. Leaving the area was never an option for Alexander though. “I never considered relocating. My plan was always to reopen but I was very much unsure if I would be able to get the funds to do so.” Those funds would come from the Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC), which assisted businesses in rebuilding after the unrest. According to the Baltimore Sun Alexander’s recovery loan was one of 15 the BDC has made so far totaling more than $324,000. The economic development agency has also issued 47 storefront grants totaling more than $127,000, the BDC said on Aug. 25. Alexander said there was no question she would rebuild after the riots. “I feel it is my duty to stay and hopefully be an inspiration to someone else that will see that I didn’t just give up and pack up and show them that there is a light at the end of the tunnel and there is a silver lining if you stay positive and keep hope.” Flawless Damsels is hosting a grand re-opening on Aug. 29 from 11:00a.m – 7:00 p.m. There will be a DJ, makeup artists, catwalk fashion show and designers on hand.

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the meetings here within the state capital, in Annapolis, really locks out a lot of the communities that are most affected by police misconduct,” said Dennis, who added that scheduling hearings in the middle of the day during the summer did not increase the chances of citizen participation in a process ostensibly about addressing citizen concerns. The hearing, which began shortly after the rally, opened with a defense of that process by Sen. Catherine Pugh (D-Baltimore City), majority leader and one of the workgroup’s co-chairs. Pugh’s defense of the workgroup

was criticized because out of six hearings during which testimony was to be heard by the group, only one hearing (a town hall held in Annapolis on July 23) seemed to center on citizen perspectives. The {AFRO} had asked Pugh on June 8, after the first “organizational meeting” of the workgroup in which testimony was heard from law enforcement officials but no civilians, whether she was at all concerned that the scheduled hearings largely gave space to law enforcement voices. Pugh insisted then that the community was being heard by way of the town hall meeting. “What we’re finding is that some people pick and choose the meetings that they come

to,” said Pugh. Frank Boston, the legislative lawyer for the Maryland State Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), opened the hearing by saying, “It’s our collective message here today, that the LEOBR works, and does not need to be changed. . . . It weeds out the bad police officers, the bad actors, and it serves to protect the good police officers who are lawfully doing their jobs.” Boston testified as part of a panel of state and local Fraternal Orders of Police (Maryland’s police union), which included attorney Herbert Weiner, general counsel to the state FOP. Weiner testified about the LEOBR’s controversial 10 day rule, which gives

police officers accused of misconduct 10 days to obtain counsel before they may be interrogated during an administrative (internal) investigation, arguing both that it should not be changed and that it is a rule that has no real impact on administrative investigations, which always take far longer than 10 days in the first place. With respect to the LEOBR’s controversial 90 day statute of limitations, which requires any brutality complaint by a citizen against an officer be filed within 90 days of the alleged misconduct, Weiner argued that the rule need not be changed, and that it is ignored by most police agencies anyways, allowing citizens more than 90 days to file a complaint against an officer. Del. C.T. Wilson (D-Charles County), reacting to the seeming suggestion that these two LEOBR provisions are both necessary and unnecessary, asked Weiner why, if trust between communities and police is an issue, there could not be a middle ground between the current rules and doing away with them altogether. Weiner first said he did not have a problem with reaching such a middle consensus, before continuing to defend the provisions he was also saying have no bearing on the outcomes of internal investigations and should therefore be non-controversial due to their irrelevance. At the rally prior to the hearing, Marion Hopkins, a police reform advocate and a mother who lost her son to police violence, addressed this argument. “What I also hear is law enforcement officers saying [the LEOBR] works,” said Hopkins, “It works for who[m]? It doesn’t work for the people, the citizens of the state of Maryland. It’s not working for us.”

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guests dancing “in the small wee hours of the morning.” Everyone’s favorite bartender Leander “Lenny” Douglass was the perfect bartender mixing signature cocktails the way only Lenny can. Sunday guests enjoyed a brunch in Owings Mills at Stone Cove Kit Bar. Later that evening they headed to D.C. for an all-night celebration at the 18th Street Lounge. Special thanks to Angie Burnett and Craig for coordinating such an awesome weekend for the birthday girl.

“When you walk through a storm hold your head up high and don’t be afraid of the dark. At the end of the storm, there’s a golden sky and the sweet silver song of a lark. Walk on through the wind, walk on through the rain, though your dreams be tossed and blown, walk on, walk on with hope in your heart and you’ll never walk alone. You’ll never walk alone.” Carousel “Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy, to do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars; to sit on a branch and study the clouds.” Regina Brett

“I said a hip, hop, the hippie, the hippie to the hip hip-hop, and you don’t stop. The rock it to the bang-bang boogie, say up jump the boogie to the rhythm of the boogie.” The Sugar Hill Gang

Four friends who shall remain anonymous declared Friday August 14 2015 National Play Hooky from Work Day. We recreated Ferris Bueller’s day off. The invitation stated; “A private cookout, play hooky from work and don’t get caught.” Guests received a text on Friday morning with the location of the party and the details.

We boogied, sang, swam and danced at Sherman and Ida Dobson’s annual friends’ cookout at “The Meadows.” The guests who participated in karaoke sounded like professional performers; when Lenny Pack serenaded his wife Paula with Stevie Wonder’s “You and I” for their anniversary, guests erupted with thunderous applause. Denise Dobson-McDonald led the group around the pool doing the conga line with Dr. Charlene Cooper- Boston leading the wobble. The hot fish, fried chicken and assorted food prepared by Rob’s Southern Connection had guests wanting seconds and thirds. Rob caterers for all occasions including “pig pickings.” Call him at (410) 977-3041.

“It’s as simple as tit-tat-toe, three-in-a-row, and as easy as playing hooky.” Huck Finn Eighty plus guests started arriving at my home around noon with swim gear, exotic cocktails, and an appetite for the scrumptious food prepared by our personal chef. The chef captured the theme of the party by creating delectable dishes for each excuse. “ I’m sick today” handmade turkey burgers; “Extra-long lunch break” grilled lemonade BBQ chicken, “A personal day” blackened salmon seafood salad;” “dog sick” red potato salad; “working from home” fire roasted mixed vegetables; “It’s a rainy day” fresh backyard green salad; “having car trouble” Jack Daniel baked beans; “Doctors Appointment” grilled corn on the cob with Chipotle-lime butter. The 85-degree weather created the perfect environment and there were no regrets for playing hooky from work.

“Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.” Alex Haley The Friday Night Bunch hosted the annual grandparents’ day with over forty grandchildren enjoying a hot summer day of swimming, diving and water sports. The informal diving competition created laughter as each diver displayed his or her skill. The grandparents marveled how the children have grown over the year. The only non-swimmer was a two-year-old who was anxious to join the rest.

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” Ferris Bueller

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‘What Happened Before Selma’

The Coppin State University Urban Studies Program with the Matthew A. Henson Neighborhood Association presents, ‘1963 - One of the most tumultuous years in Civil Rights’ WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE SELMA? This historic presentation is on August 28 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Coppin State University, 2500 W. North Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21216 in the Health & Human Services Building - Room 103. Contact Dr. Ken Morgan at (410) 951-4187 or Dr. Marvin Cheatham at (410) 669-8683 or via email at civilrights@verizon.net to RSVP.

Health Fair with Doc McStuffins Come out and meet Doc McStuffins at the Howard County NAACP Youth Council’s family health fair on August 29 from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The health fair will be at the Ridgley Run Community Center, 8400 Mission road, Jessup, Maryland. Contact soulq10@gmail.com for more information.

4th Annual Back to School Festival

Kevin Liles, of the Better Baltimore Foundation, and the Baltimore County Public School’s Superintendent Dr. Dallas Dance are hosting a back to school festival at Security Square Mall, Baltimore County on August 29 from 12 noon to 4 p.m. The festival features educational games, free backpacks, school supplies and immunizations. This is an opportunity for all ages to come and celebrate the start of a new school year.

‘School Is Open, But We Don’t Have To Go’

The Steppin’ Out Bunch is hosting a reunion for retired educators. Join them on August 31 from 12 noon to 4 p.m. at Martin’s West, 6817 Dogwood Rd, Windsor Mill, MD 21244, for music, food, lots of dancing, and reconnecting with old friends and colleagues. Contact Mildred Long Harper (410) 978-7074 for more information. Proceeds from this event support several established scholarship programs for deserving students in the Baltimore area.

It’s Virgo time; are you ready? Happy birthday to Dr. James Wood, Sara Smalley, Jacqueline Richardson, Frances Tilghman, Joseph Zammarella, Steve Wainwright, Carlos Hutchins, Dante Daniels, Kara King Bess and a happy 50th birthday to the best son-in-law ever, retired LTC Gregory Packer.

Renita Mingo, the first Black, female General Manager of Ruth’s Chris Steak House celebrated her 35th birthday in epic style including a total white out party in Aberdeen Maryland at the spacious estate of Dr. Lejeune Cornish.

“Here we are on earth together, it’s you and I. God has made us fall in love, it’s true I’ve really found someone like you. Will it say the love you feel for me, will it say that you will be by my side to see me through until my life is through? Well, in my mind, we can conquer the world in love you and I,” Stevie Wonder Happy anniversary to Eugene and Sara Smalley, Dante and Candes Daniels, Councilwoman Sharon and Glen Middleton, Tanya and Randy Dennis, and Donald and Judy Rainey.

Guests came from Arizona, Virginia, Buffalo New York, Indiana and New Jersey to participate in the weekend celebration. Franklin James of the Hyatt Place Inner Harbor greeted guests as they checked in and received white gift bags filled with goodies and the itinerary for the weekend. Saturday evening the shuttle transported us to the white out party catered by Ruth’s Chris with music by DJ Tanz, the hottest DJ who had

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“Somebody prayed for me, had me on their mind, they took the time and prayed for me. Oh Yes they did, I’m so glad they prayed, I’m so glad they prayed for me.” Dorothy Norwood Sending get-well wishes to former President Jimmy Carter, Governor Larry Hogan, Shirley Richmond and Jannette Witmyer. Our condolences to Kathryn Harris on the death of her husband Dunbar Poet Reggie Harris, to Mildred Owens on the death of her husband Charles Owens, to Leroy Jefferson on the death of his wife Almetta Jefferson and to Nannette Mitchell on the death of her husband Dr. Keiffer Mitchell. “I’ll be there Valerie” and the Friday Night Bunch

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Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake hosted her annual Back to School Rally on August 8 at the War Memorial Plaza in Baltimore, MD. Hundreds of parents and students came out to receive free school supplies, backpacks, childhood immunizations and educational resources to help prepare students for a successful year. Music entertainment was provided by Chelsey Green, a violinist, and members of St. Veronica’s Steel Orchestra. McDonald’s Family Restaurants of Baltimore gave $5,000 to support the rally. Photos by Anderson Ward The Orioles bird

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Laila Barksdale enjoys sitting in a fire truck.

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Free dental checks being provided

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Awardee Thomas Dean, founder, Balto. Youth Alliance, Inc

Leland Shelton, 2009 Scholar 2015 Scholars

The Black Professional Men hosted their 22nd annual Awardee Mathew Reed Rays of Hope breakfast on June 20 at the Martins Valley Mansion, Cockeysville, Md. This event showcases its mentoring program and gives scholarships to deserving black male students from the Greater Awardee Keenen Geter, CEO Baltimore area. The Young Men with Power Inc. 2015 Honorees were Thomas Dean CEO, The Baltimore Urban Alliance, Keenen Geter CEO, Young Men with Power, Waddell

Daniele, vice president, North America Supply Chain Planning, McCormick, Lance Lucas, president & CEO, Digit All Systems and Brandon M. Scott, Baltimore City Councilman, 2nd District. Black Professional Men, is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in Baltimore, Md. and established Drew Hawkins, Edwin Avent, in 1991 to address the social, Rookie Of The Year Awardee Mark economic and political awareness Samuels and N. Scott Phillips needs of the Black community.

Fagan Harris, 2005 Scholar

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Past Scholars, Front Row: Calvin Alford, Victor Olalekan, Kyle Tilghman and Kendall Newman, Back Row: Jason Daniels, Thomas Cook and Nicholas Hawkins

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Priscilla Shirer: Minister, Motivational Speaker and Now Actor A graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary with a Master’s degree in Biblical Studies, Priscilla Shirer speaks at corporate conferences, organizations, and before Christian audiences across the United States and around the world. After ten years as a trainer and motivational speaker with Ziglar Training Systems, she and her husband Jerry founded Going Beyond Ministries. Priscilla now serves in full-time ministry—speaking, writing and via video and audio—to nurture women spiritually. She is also the author of Life Interrupted, The Resolution for Women and numerous other spiritual books. Here, Priscilla talks about making her acting debut in the faith-based film War Room. Kam Williams: What interested you in War Room? Priscilla Shirer: I was initially drawn to this film because of the people who were behind it. The Kendrick brothers [Alex and Stephen] are such men of integrity. Their previous work [Courageous and Fireproof] is not only an accurate indicator of their character but also of their authentic desire to use their films to affect life change. They are so talented. Their writing and commitment to excellence is obvious. Then, when I read this script, I was thrilled to see such emphatic emphasis on the power of prayer. KW: How would you describe the film in 25 words or less? PS: War Room will unveil the real enemy hiding behind some of life’s pressing problems, then remind you to go to battle with a weapon that works: prayer. That might be a few more than 25 words, but I tried. [Laughs]

PS:: Tony is a good provider. He takes that role very seriously and prides himself on it. Sadly, he often does so at the expense of the health of his marital and parental relationships. The arc of his character and the story also show that he has a heart that becomes tender. When convicted, he responds instead of ignoring and refusing to obey God’s leading. Tony is willing to do whatever it takes to make things right. Often in relationships, “willingness” is the determining factor of whether or not a relationship can survive. And Tony is willing. KW: What message do you think people will take away from the film?

Priscilla Shirer stars in War Room.

KW: Your character Elizabeth’s husband, Tony, is abusive, emotionally-unavailable, a liar, a philanderer and a crook. What redeeming qualities does he have to make the relationship worth all the angst?

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Does Concussed Griffin Spell Doom for Washington’s 2015 Season? By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley, Special to AFRO The Washington NFL team is again in familiar territory: dealing with an injured Robert Griffin III. But unlike most seasons, Griffin’s latest injury doesn’t come at a (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) critical point of the year Washington quarterback Robert Griffin III (10) is with Washington’s season examined after an injury during the first half of an hanging in the balance. NFL preseason football game against the Detroit RGIII suffered a Lions in Landover, Md. concussion in the team’s Aug. 20 win against the Detroit Lions, but early reports indicate that the fourth-year starter will begin the 2015 campaign on time. But for longsuffering team supporters, Griffin’s recent mishap is just the latest in what might turn out to be another lost season for the Washington NFL team. Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley of the AFRO Sports Desk debate Washington’s outlook going into the new season. Green: It’s a shame that Washington hasn’t figured out by now that it needs a top tier backup if they’re going to continue to advertise Griffin as the starting signal caller. Washington’s poured so much time, effort and resources into the Griffin selection that their loyalty to him is almost mandatory. If RGIII was the starter for any other team then his job may already been lost at this point. But, in the District, he’s the man. And since Washington just gave him a summer contract extension, Griffin will man the ship again, but his injury concerns are exactly why Griffin’s tour in the District could be coming to an end. An early season stinger won’t put Griffin on the shelf, but it’ll be enough to stall success in D.C. for another year. Riley: The Washington NFL team has spent all summer putting together a quality roster around the incumbent Griffin and they may have a contingency plan in place. They appear to be set at running back and the front seven positions, and those two areas are where Washington will lean on during the year, regardless of the quarterback. Ironically, the two backups behind RGIII might potentially be better than the front man. Colt McCoy and Kirk Cousins have performed well at times during their stints as starters and if Griffin was to miss extended time this year, I really can’t see where Washington would miss a beat. Green: Arguably, the most important position on an offense lineup is the unit up front, and early signs suggest Washington has a way to go before they can tout a formidable unit. So, regardless of quarterback, running back or whatever other position on the offensive side, Washington might be limited. The mobile RGIII might be the best fit for that attack if crater-sized holes are going to be the consistent norm for Washington. Having him dinged up or sidelined is only a setback for what Washington wants to do this year. As long as the oftinjured Griffin is the starter in D.C., we’re going to continue to have these conversations about another lost season for the Washington NFL team. Riley: As long as the oft-injured Griffin is in Washington then the franchise will continue to build up other aspects of the team in spite of the position. Griffin’s best season in Washington was backed by a strong running game and a solid defense. The team is set to get back to those principles, and success could be on the horizon. Washington might be better off with Griffin out. And, considering the turnover that the New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles have had, I don’t see why Washington can’t challenge Dallas for a possible division crown. These last few seasons have prepared Washington for playing without RGIII, so his absence won’t derail anything that Washington wants to do this year.

PS: I believe that people will leave the theater with a renewed desire to prioritize their prayer lives. They’ll become aware, maybe even for the first time, of the enemy’s tactics and schemes. Then, they’ll want to craft their own war rooms and strategies to claim victory in their lives. KW: You are a wife, mother, author, minister, inspirational speaker, and now an actress. How do you juggle all those responsibilities? PS: Balance is a constant struggle for me. Just like it is for any working mother. Most often, just when I feel like I’ve gotten a handle on things - they change. The children get older, their activities vary, my own schedule shifts and our travel or work demands escalate. So, I’m learning that the only way to balance my life is to consistently ask the Lord what His priorities are for me and my family during that particular season and then discipline myself to orient everything around those priorities. This requires saying “no” to a lot of opportunities and invitations, both personal and occupational, that might jeopardize His priorities for this season. It’s not always easy but it is always worth it. Every “no” is a simultaneous “yes” to another area of your life. In theaters everywhere Friday, Aug. 28 and special advance shows Thursday, Aug. 27 in select locations. See more at: warroomthemovie.com Courtesy Photo

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When is an HBCU the Right Choice? By Jannah Johnson Special to The Afro

This year Black students going into the 12th grade across the country will be deciding on which college to attend. A lot of important factors play into this decision including campus setting, class sizes, location, and of course, diversity. Many students are now struggling with choice of either attending a Predominately White Institution (PWI) or a Historically Black College or University (HBCU). I am going to graduate this coming year from Pikesville High School in Baltimore and my peers and I often discuss the ramifications of each decision. Many believe that PWI’s lead to more opportunities and are regarded as more legitimate by graduate schools and corporations. However HBCU advocates argue that the environment is much more conducive to growth for Black students and the sense of community fostered in these schools is better for future networking. In addition, they say HBCU’s offer a better support system which can lead to more opportunities in the future. Although college selection is difficult for everyone the PWI vs. HBCU quandary adds another level of difficulty to the decision making process for Black students. I personally feel conflicted about which type of school is best for me. All Ivy League schools are PWI’s and wouldn’t it be better to graduate from a prestigious PWI than a lesser known HBCU? Financial Aid would be much easier to come by at a larger university than a smaller one and HBCU’s are usually much smaller than PWI’s, and a big name “White” school may help my entrance into graduate school. However at a Black university I would receive an education geared towards me and geared towards helping me succeed in a world that may not always provide me with the same benefits as my White counterparts. Employers and large corporations often look to HBCU’s when they’re interested in hiring gifted, diverse, youth, and I would make connections with successful Black entrepreneurs and motivated students that would last for years to come. If more promising students decided to attend Black universities and colleges wouldn’t more funding and a better national reputation follow? In addition to my personal struggle with making a decision about which type of school to attend, I also frequently have to endure the unwanted commentary of those around me. Family, friends and church members all feel the need to weigh in on my decision and offer up their “perfect solution”. “Our best kids need to attend Black schools so we can get more recognition.” “Don’t you want to give back to your community?” “Don’t you want to be around people who look like you?” Or, “A Black school will limit you.” “Don’t you want to go to a school that people actually know about?” I still haven’t decided whether my dream school is predominately White or historically Black but I’ve come to the conclusion that it doesn’t really matter as long as the school is a good fit for me and the decision is made on my own. Jannah Johnson was an intern in The Afro-American’s Baltimore office this summer. She is still trying to decide which college she will attend next Fall.

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AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Veronica L. Wall, whose address is 315 W Grand Street, #3N, Elizabeth, NJ 07202, was appointed personal reprentative of the estate of Denise Wall Barnes, who died on June 18, 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 Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before February 14, 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 February 14, 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: August 14, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Veronica L. Wall Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 08/14, 08/21, 8/28/2015

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM866 James L. Goldring AKA James Linwood Goldring Decedent Nathan A. Neal, Esq, Law Offices of Nathan ANeal, PLLC 209 Kennedy Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011-5214Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Joseph Spencer Goldring, whose address(es) is 2024 Forest Dale Drive, Adelphi, MD, 20783, was appointed personal representative(s) of the estate of James L. Goldring AKA James Linwood Goldring, who died on March 12, 2015 witha 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 February 14, 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 February 14, 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: August 14, 2015 Name of newspaper: 14:00:15 EDTCOPY 2015 Afro-American TRUE TEST Washington REGISTER OF WILLS Reporter TYPESET: Wed Aug 26 Law 12:25:42 EDT 2015 Joseph Spencer 08/14, 08/21, 08/28/15 Goldring Personal Superior Court of Representative the District of District of Columbia TRUE TEST COPY PROBATE DIVISION REGISTER OF WILLS Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 08/14, 08/21, 8/28/2015 Administration No. TYPESET: Tue Aug 18 2015ADM898 Kendrick L. Richardson Superior Court of Decedent the District of Jacqueline P. ByrdDistrict of Columbia Tillman, Esq PROBATE DIVISION 9698 Marlboro Pike Washington, D.C. Upper Marboro, MD 20001-2131 Administration No. 20772 2015ADM947 Attorney Alice Marie Mitchell NOTICE OF Decedent APPOINTMENT, NOTICE OF NOTICE TO APPOINTMENT, CREDITORS NOTICE TO AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS UNKNOWN HEIRS AND NOTICE TO Douglas D. Richardson, UNKNOWN HEIRS whose address is 7716 C h e s t e r f i e l d C o u r t , Ethel Marie Mitchell, White Plains, MD 20695, whose address is 5703 was appointed personal Oak Ct., Indian Head, representative of the MD 20640 was apestate of Kendrick L. pointed personal repreRichardson, who died on sentative of the estate of August 12, 2012 without Alice Marie Mitchell, who a will, and will serve with- died on September 24, out Court supervision. All 2014 with a will, and will unknown heirs and heirs serve without Court supervision. All unknown whose whereabouts are heirs and heirs whose unknown shall enter their whereabouts are unappearance in this known shall enter their proceeding. Objections a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s to such appointment proceeding. Objections shall be filed with the to such appointment Register of Wills, D.C., shall be filed with the 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Register of Wills, D.C., Floor Washington, D.C. 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd 20001, on or before Feb- Floor Washington, D.C. ruary 14, 2016. Claims 20001, on or before Febagainst the decedent ruary 21, 2016. Claims shall be presented to the against the decedent undersigned with a copy shall be presented to the to the Register of Wills or undersigned with a copy filed with the Register of to the Register of Wills or Wills with a copy to the filed with the Register of undersigned, on or be- Wills with a copy to the fore February 14, 2016, undersigned, on or beor be forever barred. Per- fore February 21, 2016, sons believed to be heirs or be forever barred. Peror legatees of the de- sons believed to be heirs cedent who do not re- or legatees of the deceive a copy of this notice cedent who do not reby mail within 25 days of ceive a copy of this notice its first publication shall by mail within 25 days of so inform the Register of its first publication shall Wills, including name, so inform the Register of address and relation- Wills, including name, address and relationship. ship. Date of Publication: Date of Publication: August 14, 2015 August 21, 2015 Name of newspaper: Name of newspaper: Afro-American Afro-American Washington Washington Law Reporter Douglas D. Richardson Law Reporter Ethel Marie Mitchell Personal Personal Representative Representative Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM629 Valerie Defillipo Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Ioannis Pasparakis and Christina Pasparakis, whose address is 250 Sunrise Dr. Apt D, Key Biscayne FL 33149, 3206 Oliver St. NW, Washington, DC 20015 were appointed personal representative of the estate of Valerie Defillipo, who died on April 16, 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 February 14, 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 February 14, 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: August 14, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Ioannis Pasparakis Christina Pasparakis Personal Representative

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Foreign No. 2015FEP87 Date of Death April 27, 2015 William Joseph Wilmore Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT VACATION OF FOREIGN PERSONAL RENTALS REPRESENTATIVE AND OCEAN CITY, NOTICE TO MARYLAND. Best CREDITORS selection of affordable Kevin D Wilmore whose rentals. address is 8142 Mandan Terrace, Greenbelt, MD Full/ partial weeks. Call 20770 was appointed for FREE brochure. personal representative Open daily. Holiday of the estate of William Resort Services. 1-800Joseph Wilmore, deceased, by the Orphans 638-2102. Online Court for Prince Georges reservations: www. C o u n t y, S t a t e o f Maryland on June 26, holidayoc.com 2015, TYPESET: Tue Aug 25 13:02:18 2015may Service ofEDT process LEGAL NOTICES be made upon Arthur J James, 235 G Street S. SUPERIOR COURT OF W. Wa s h i n g t o n , D C THE DISTRICT OF 20024 whose designaCOLUMBIA tion as District of ColumPROBATE DIVISION bia agent has been filed Washington, D.C. with the Register of Wills, 20001-2131 D.C. Foreign No. The decedent owned the 2015FEP85 following District of Date of Death Colombia real property: December 15, 1998 1778 Lyman Place NE Marrel M. McClain Washington DC 20002 Decedent Claims against the deNOTICE OF cedent may be preAPPOINTMENT sented to the underOF FOREIGN signed and filed with the PERSONAL Register of Wills for the REPRESENTATIVE District of Columbia, AND Building A, 515 5th NOTICE TO Street, NW., 3rd Floor, CREDITORS Washington, DC 20001 Pamela McClain-Minor Avenue, N.W., within 6 whose address is 7406 months from the date of Waldron Ave, Temple first publication of this noHills MD 20748 was ap- tice. ( pointed personal repreKevin D Wilmore sentative of the estate of Personal Marrell M McClain, deRepresentative(s) ceased by the Register of TRUE TEST COPY Wills Court for Prince REGISTER OF WILLS Georges County, State of Date of first publication: Maryland, on August 11 August 28, 2015 2014. Name of newspapers Service of process may and/or periodical: be made upon Primous The Daily Washington Williams, 3971 M. L. King Law Reporter Ave, SW, Washington, The Afro-American DC 20032 whose designation as District of 08/28, 09/04, 09/15/15 Columbia agent has TYPESET: Tue Aug 18 been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the Superior Court of following District of the District of Colombia real property: District of Columbia 3429 Holmead Place, PROBATE DIVISION NW, Washington, DC. Washington, D.C. Claims against the de20001-2131 cedent may be preAdministration No. sented to the undersigned and filed with the 2015ADM936 Register of Wills for the Denise Wall Barnes District of Columbia, 500 Decedent Indiana Avenue, N.W., NOTICE OF Washington, D.C. 20001 APPOINTMENT, within 6 months from the NOTICE TO date of first publication of CREDITORS this notice.

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM888 Charles A Burgess, Sr. AKA Charles Addison Burgess, Sr. Decedent Darryl F. White 302 Mississippi Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20910 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Charles Addison Burgess, Jr., whose address is 6015 Livingston Road, Oxon Hill Maryland 20745, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Charles A. Burgess, Sr. AKA Charles Addison Burgess, Sr., who died on June 2, 2014 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 February 28, 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 February 28, 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: August 28, 2015 TRUE TEST COPY TRUE TEST COPY Name of newspaper: REGISTER OF WILLS REGISTER OF WILLS Afro-American TRUE TEST Washington TYPESET: Tue Aug 25 13:01:28 EDTCOPY 2015 08/28, 09/4, 09/11/15 08/21, 8/28, 9/4/15 REGISTER OF WILLS Law Reporter TYPESET: Tue Aug 18 13:56:45 EDT 2015 Charles AddisonTYPESET: Aug 25 13:00:51 EDT 2015 Jr. 08/28, 09/04,Tue 09/11/15 Burgess, Superior Court of Personal the District of Superior Court of Representative District of Columbia Superior Court of the District of the District of PROBATE DIVISION District of Columbia TRUE TEST COPY District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. REGISTER OF WILLS PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 08/28, 09/04,Wed 9/11/2015 TYPESET: Aug 26 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM938 Administration No. 2015ADM939 Patricia E Lake 2015ADM945 Brenda C. Butts Decedent Cheryl Lee Keitt Decedent SUPERIOR COURT OF Wesley L Clarke AKA Jonathan F. Howard, THE DISTRICT OF 1629 K Street, Ste. 300 Cheryl K Solomon Esq COLUMBIA Washington, DC 20006 Decedent 401 North Washington PROBATE DIVISION Attorney Wesley L. Clarke Street #110 Washington, D.C. 1629 K Street NOTICE OF Rockville, Maryland 20001-2131 Ste 300 APPOINTMENT, 20850 Washington, DC 20006 Administration No. NOTICE TO Attorney Attorney 2014ADM1033 CREDITORS NOTICE OF NOTICE OF Estate of APPOINTMENT, AND NOTICE TO APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO Rose West UNKNOWN HEIRS NOTICE TO CREDITORS AKA Sharon Smith, whose adCREDITORS AND NOTICE TO dress is 6413 Whit-well Rose Calbert West AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Ct., Ft. Washington, MD Deceased UNKNOWN HEIRS Daniel Abebe, whose ad- 20744 was appointed Terrona Solomon, whose NOTICE OF dress is 1649 New Jerpersonal representative address is 6299 WhisSTANDARD sey Ave. NW, Washingtlers Place, Waldorf, MD of the estate of Patricia E PROBATE ton, DC 20001, was 20603-4361 was apappointed personal re- Lake, who died on Au- pointed personal repre- Notice is hereby given gust 6, 2013 without a that a petition has been presentative of the estate sentative of the estate of of Brenda C. Butts , who will, and will serve with Cheryl Lee Keitt, AKA filed in this Court by Eddied on June 8, 2013 with Court supervision. All un- Cheryl K. Solomon who wina Findley Dickerson a will and will serve with- known heirs and heirs died on May 26, 2015 for standard probate, out Court supervision. All whose whereabouts are without a will, and will including the appointunknown heirs and heirs unknown shall enter their serve without Court sument of one or more perwhose whereabouts are a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s pervision. All unknown unknown shall enter their proceeding. Objections heirs and heirs whose sonal representative. Unless a complaint or an appearance in this to such appointment where-abouts are unproceeding. Objections shall be filed with the known shall enter their objection in accordance with Superior Court Proto such appointment (or Register of Wills, D.C., a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s to the probate of debate Division Rule 407 is proceeding. Objections 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd cedent´s will) shall be filed in this Court within to such appointment Floor Washington, D.C. filed with the Register of be filed with the 30 days from the date of 20001, on or before Feb- shall Wills, D.C., 515 5th Register of Wills, D.C., first publication of this noStreet, N.W., 3rd Floor ruary 28, 2016. Claims 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd against the decedent Floor Washington, D.C. tice, the Court may take Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before Feb- shall be presented to the 20001, on or before Feb- the action hereinafter set ruary 21, 2016. Claims undersigned with a copy ruary 28, 2016. Claims 0forth. In the absence of a will against the decedent to the Register of Wills or against the decedent shall be presented to the filed with the Register of shall be presented to the or proof satisfactory to undersigned with a copy Wills with a copy to the undersigned with a copy t h e C o u r t o f d u e to the Register of Wills or undersigned, on or be- to the Register of Wills or excution, enter an order filed with the Register of fore February 28, 2016, filed with the Register of determining that the deWills with a copy to the or be forever barred. Per- Wills with a copy to the cedent died intestate undersigned, on or beundersigned, on or besons believed to be heirs fore February 28, 2016, 0 Appoint an unsufore February 21, 2016, or be forever barred. Per- or legatees of the de- or be forever barred. Per- pervised personal represons believed to be heirs cedent who do not re- sons believed to be heirs sentative Register of Wills or legatees of the deceive a copy of this notice or legatees of the deClerk of the cedent who do not reby mail within 25 days of cedent who do not reProbate Division ceive a copy of this notice its first publication shall ceive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of so inform the Register of by mail within 25 days of Date of First Publication its first publication shall Wills, including name, its first publication shall August 28, 2015 so inform the Register of address and relation- so inform the Register of Names of Newspapers: Wills, including name, Wills, including name, ship. Washington address and relationaddress and relation- Date of Publication: Law Reporter ship. ship. August 28, 2015 Washington Date of Publication: Date of Publication: Name of newspaper: August 28, 2015 AFRO-AMERICAN August 21, 2015 Afro-American Name of newspaper: Name of newspaper: Washington Afro-American Elton F Norman Afro-American Law Reporter Washington Washington The Norman Law Firm Sharon Smith Law Reporter Law Reporter PLLC Terrona Solomon Personal Daniel AbebePersonal 8720 Georgia Ave # 703 Personal Representative Representative Silver Spring MD 20910 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM949 Deborah Lee Mitchell Lyles Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Shirl Holsey, whose address is 1760 W St SE, Washington, DC 20020 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Deborah Lee Mitchell Lyles, who died on July 22, 2004 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 (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 February 28, 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 February 28, 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: August 28, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Shirl Holsey Personal Representative

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Music Mogul Damon Dash Launches Streaming Subscription Service By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO ssherman@afro.com Damon Dash, co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records, will begin incorporating new media ventures into his investment

portfolio, with the launch of a new streaming service. The on-demand streaming site, similar to Netflix, and accessible through DameDashStudios.com, is scheduled to be unveiled on Sept. 1. “Today is the day I walk it like I talk it,” he wrote via Instagram. “I put up my own money and invested in myself...

my ability to direct as well as my ability to build the platform to present my art so no one can tell me what to do on any level.” According to a press

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release, the service will be a collection of music, video and pop culture entertainment. Dash, who sold his interest in Roc-A-Fella, has served as producer on more than 20 movie projects, including the critically acclaimed Woodsman, starring Kevin Bacon and Shadowboxer starring Helen Mirren and Cuba Gooding, Jr. Subscriptions to the streaming service, which boasts content Dash is credited with producing, is $49.99 annually or $9.99 a month, with a 50 percent discount for the first year provided to subscribers who preorder before the Sept.1 launch. “I have devoted my life to providing an authentic experience to pop culture without compromise,” said Dash. “Now my music, movies, documentaries and self-help training videos and books will be aggregated at a single, easy to access distribution point going live.” Dash’s previous forays into other business ventures saw the successful launch of Rocawear clothing line in 1999. In addition to the new streaming venture, Dash is expected to introduce a German Riesling wine, Dusko Blu later this year. Dash is also currently producing music and movies, directing the film Mafietta, a television series based on the novellas of E.W. Brooks and is the CEO of BluRoc Records. However, Dash has had problems in the past. According to TMZ, Dash, along with Kanye West, was recently sued for taking a New York music group’s name – Loisaidas ¬– and tarnishing the meaning in a movie about murder, violence and drug sales. TMZ also reported that the music producer was sued for $1.5 million for profiting off another musicians work without permission in 2012.

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In a Surprise Move, D.C. Commission Denies ExelonPepco Merger

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By James Wright Special to the AFRO jwright@afro.com The public utility board of the District of Columbia shocked many residents when it denied the Pepco-Exelon merger application on Aug. 25. The Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia rejected the request for a merger of Pepco Holdings, the MidAtlantic power company that supplies the energy needs for its residents and businesses with Exelon Corporation, a company that owns various energy sources subsidiaries

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Vincent Cohen is the acting U.S. Attorney of the District of Columbia. By James Wright Special to the AFRO jwright@afro.com Vincent Cohen Jr. has served as the Acting United States Attorney for the District of Columbia since April 1, when his boss and friend, Ronald Machen, left the position to practice law privately. Cohen, in an exclusive interview with the AFRO on Aug. 20, talked about the latest developments in the 2010 District mayoral campaign investigation, what his plans are for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, and his push to make his office more open to the community. Cohen spoke briefly about the 2010 mayoral campaign investigation that dogged Vincent Gray while he served as the District’s mayor from 2011 to this past January. While Gray hasn’t been charged, a number of Continued on D2

“I support the decision against the proposed merger.” – Muriel Bowser

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Ward 4 Council member Brandon Todd (D) and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser along with volunteers stood on the corner of Arkansas Avenue NW and Allison Street NW to caution drivers for a “Slow Down Campaign” for students attending their first day of school on Aug. 24. Bowser also greeted children attending Dorothy I. Height Community Academy Public Charter School.

such as nuclear power plants. The vote was unanimous, 3-0, and its chairman, Betty Ann Kane, said that advocates of the merger didn’t make the case to the commission’s satisfaction. “The public policy of the District is that the local electric company should focus solely on providing safe, reliable, and affordable distribution service to District residences, businesses and institutions,” Kane said. “The evidence in the record is that Continued on D2

D.C. Residents Support ‘Barry High School’ Mixed Views on New Metropolitan Police Program Marion C. Barry, former Mayor Sharon Pratt, Ward 8 businessman Phinis Jones, former D.C. Administrator and chairman Michael Rogers, former D.C. Council member Frank Smith, The members of the D.C. Commission to Bowser appointee Beverly Perry, Dr. Janette Commemorate and Recognize the Honorable Hoston Harris, developer Herb Miller, arts Marion S. Barry Jr., held a public hearing activist Kay Kendall, and Bishop Glen Staples on Aug. 19 at the Southeast Tennis and of the Temple of Praise. Learning Center with 40 people attending. Barry served as mayor of the District from The commission is charged 1979-1991 and from 1995with recommending to D.C. 1999. He served on the D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D), Council from 1975-1979 who created the commission as an at-large member and and appointed its members representing Ward 8 from in February, ways to 1993-1995 and 2005-2014. commemorate Barry, who During his later years on the served as mayor and on the D.C. Council, Barry worked D.C. Council. Barry died on to see that the funds were Nov. 23, 2014. available to have Ballou Among the commission’s modernized. He regularly four recommendations, the visited the school and at one most popular was the repoint, temporarily taught a naming of Ballou Senior High chemistry class there. File Photo School in Ward 8 as “Marion Akeshia Butler, who The Late Marion S. Barry S. Barry Senior High School.” works at Ballou, thinks it is served as D.C. mayor and a “Re-naming Ballou High a great idea to re-name the D.C. Council member. School is appropriate,” former school after Barry. “Changing D.C. Council member Sandy the name of Ballou to Barry Allen, who represented Ward 8 from 1996High School is something I support,” she 2005, said. “Barry loved Ballou and one of his said. “I know that no one at Ballou would greatest dreams was to see it flourish.” have a problem with that. Besides, why The commission also recommended should we keep the name of a man who was a re-naming the new student center of the segregationist?” University of the District of Columbia in Ballou is named after Dr. Frank Washington Ward 3; erecting a statute or bust at the John Ballou, who served as the superintendent of A. Wilson Building in Ward 2; and re-naming the D.C. public schools from 1920-1943, when Oxon Run Park in Ward 8 after Barry. the city’s schools were segregated by race as Members of the commission at the hearing official policy. Ballou opened in 1958. included widow Cora Masters Barry, son Continued on D2 By James Wright Special to the AFRO jwright@afro.com

Union Strikes Out At 48-Hour Work Requirement By James Wright Special to the AFRO jwright@afro.com A controversial crime fighting tool that some District residents support while others don’t is set to be launched in the near future. All Hands on Deck, the program where all available police officers and recruits of the District’s Metropolitan Police Department are called to duty and assigned to street patrol for 48 hours will be instituted from Aug. 28-30. While it is not clear the specific reason that D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier, an AHOD enthusiast, will deploy this tool, the city’s troubling homicide rate, which stands at 102 at AFRO press time, could be one of the major reasons. According to Officer Sean Hickman, department spokesperson, the weekend will be heavily staffed with officers working standard 8-hour shifts. “Good police work, requires that every officer interact with the residents of the communities they are assigned to protect,” Lanier said. “The department will continue to do all it can to provide the highest quality of service possible to our citizens. All Hands on Deck is successful thanks to the support of residents and the dedication and hard work of my officers.” The program began in 2007 as part of Lanier’s Summer Crime Initiative aimed at controlling crime trends in the city by putting more officers on patrol and engaging in personal interactions with residents. Lanier has implemented the program regularly throughout her tenure and that has upset Delroy Burton, the chairman of the D.C. police union, a foe of the tool.

“You create this huge vacuum of staffing in the middle of the week in order to have this public relations stunt,” Burton told the AFRO. Burton said that AHOD interferes with officers trying to schedule personal time off, All Hands on there is no guaranteed Deck is the overtime for officers program where working during that all police officers period and the tool is and recruits are a violation of the labor called to duty contract that the union and assigned to has with the police street patrol for 48 department. hours. The contract between the union and the police doesn’t mention the program. The union has consistently argued that since the All Hands on Deck program isn’t in the contract, it is not legal but Lanier said that District law gives her extralegal powers to call for such crime fighting tools when she sees fit, even in the absence of a state of emergency that can only be called by the mayor, the U.S. Congress or the president of the United States. However, the police union has won three decisions by independent arbitrators to pay officers time and a half for their participation in the extended-hour patrols in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Burton said the program hasn’t decreased crime and questions whether community interaction has improved with its implementation. Kathy Henderson, a Continued on D2

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‘Barry High School’

Mixed Views

Jones said that the Ballou name change was important to him and Mary Cuthbert, an influential Ward 8 advisory neighborhood commissioner, and former Barry chief of staff Bernadette Tolson, seconded him. Cuthbert said the Barry statute should be in front of the Wilson Building. Anti-violence activist Malik Farrakhan said that there should be more than one statute to honor Barry in the District. “We have statues of people who didn’t even like Black folks here,” he said. At the end of the testimony, Rogers updated the residents on the process moving forward on commemorating Barry. “The

mayor charged us with getting a report to her in March 2016 but we have an earlier deadline,” he said. “We want to get it to her by the end of the year so that funds can be out in place for the fiscal year 2017 budget to re-name landmarks for Mr. Barry. We will have other meetings throughout the city on this.” Marion C. Barry showed up late to the hearing but thanked all who gave input on his father’s legacy. “We have monuments in this city to George Washington, the founding father of our country and we should have monuments to Marion Barry, the found[ing] father of ‘Chocolate City,”” he said.

Ward 5 advisory neighborhood commissioner who strongly supports the police in her area of Trinidad in Northeast, respectfully disagrees with Burton and said she is a fan of the program. “I am always happy when All Hands on Deck is instituted,” Henderson said. “Every available law enforcement officer should be out there on the streets fighting crime. Police officers have the skills to fight crime and while I think it is great that there are some officers in administrative jobs, they too should out in the streets make sure that people are safe.” Henderson said that the District has had a 20 percent overall increase in crime and a 36 percent uptick in violent crime as compared to last year at this point, justifying a need for the program. She said that her constituents like the new initiative. “People whom I represent tell me that they feel safer walking not driving to the store when they see a police officer around,” the commissioner said. While Henderson understands the criticism of AHOD by the police union and others, she said her mind is made up. “I don’t want to hear it,” she said. “People who don’t like All

program as Henderson is. “I really don’t know how effective it is and whether it is the answer to all of these homicides that are taking place,” Rhett, who has served as president of the Eastland Gardens Civic Association, said. “What’s going on now is much bigger than All Hands on Deck. The police aren’t committing the shooting and the stabbings that are taking place and the community needs to stand up and say ‘enough is enough’. Still, Henderson said the program’s deployment has an indirect benefit. “Residents can’t talk about things such as improving schools or increasing economic development when their neighborhoods aren’t safe,” she said. “All Hands on Deck is needed so that those conversations among residents can take place. Honestly, I think we need All Hands on Deck as much as humanly possible.”

the sale and change in control proposed in the merger would move us in the opposite direction.” Commissioner Joanne Doddy Fort expressed concerns about what will happen to District ratepayers if the merger takes place. “The proposed merger would diminish Pepco’s ability to directly raise issues that address the needs of District ratepayers while posing regulatory challenges for the commission and the interested parties who participate in commission proceedings,” she said. Willie L. Phillips, a commissioner, said that “I agree with my colleagues that the merger application as filed is a bad deal for the District, however, I am disappointed in the loss of the many opportunities that could have achieved benefits for our local communities and across the region.” Exelon officials told District residents and political leaders that the company would help Pepco in its reliability challenges by providing resources it needed to deliver better service. Company officials promised residents that rate increases in the future would be done in consultation with customers and offered a community benefits package that would have given thousands of dollars and resources to non-profits in the city. The Exelon-Pepco merger seemed as if it would become reality, with Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Virginia and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approving the deal. However, with the District’s rejection, no merger will take place. In a joint statement issued by Exelon and Pepco, the

companies weren’t pleased with the commission’s action. “We are disappointed with the commission’s decision and believe it fails to recognize the benefits of the merger to the District of Columbia and its residents and businesses,” the statement said. “We continue to believe that our proposal is in the public interest and provides direct immediate and long-term benefits to customers, enhances reliability and preserves our role as a community partner. We will review our options with respect to this decision and will respond once that process is complete.” A commission spokesperson told the AFRO that Exelon and Pepco have 30 days to ask the commission to reconsider its decision. The support for the merger among District leaders was not strong. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) cheered the commission’s decision. “I support the decision against the proposed merger,” the mayor said. “Moving forward, we want to ensure that D.C. utility rate payers receive quality service, that we maintain and grow jobs in the District and that we keep D.C. on our continued path toward sustainability.” Bowser and the members of the D.C. Council had no role in the commission’s decision. D.C. Council members such as Brianne Nadeau (D-Ward 1), Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3), Charles Allen (D-Ward 6), David Grosso (I-At Large) and Elissa Silverman (I-At Large) publicly expressed reservations on a variety of issues such as service reliability and a community

benefits package that they felt was wholly inadequate. The concerned council members were bothered by the lucrative payout that Pepco shareholders and executives would have gotten had the deal gone through while District ratepayers would have gotten a one-time credit on their energy bill that amounted to no more than $200 in many cases. Twenty-six out of the 40 advisory neighborhood commissions voted not to support the merger. Cheh and her colleague, D.C. Council member Vincent Orange (D-At Large), attended the hearing along with dozens of residents, supporters, and opponents of the merger. She was also satisfied with the commission’s decision. “This decision allows the District of Columbia to continue to provide programs to residents, particularly those who are low-income, to help pay their energy bills,” the council member said. “We can continue to build on the city’s sustainability plan that calls for the use of clean energy. If the deal had gone through, I suspect District ratepayers would be paying for the bad financial conditions of Exelon’s nuclear holdings through what can be called ‘creative accounting.’” Orange, who used to work at Pepco as a regional vice president and didn’t publicly take a stand on the merger, shrugged his shoulders after the vote. “We have to move forward,” he said. “We have to make sure that Pepco provides good and reliable service to customers. We shall see.”

close this investigation.” Cohen has plenty of experience conducting investigations. As a graduate of Sidwell Friends Schools,

said pointedly. “Ron Machen and I didn’t just look out the window and see a Black elected official and say ‘Hey, let’s get him.’ The majority of public corruption cases we prosecute aren’t for people who look like me, it just seems that way.” Cohen said that his office, recently, successfully prosecuted a billion-dollar procurement case where

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“I am always happy when All Hands on Deck is instituted.” -Kathy Henderson

Hands on Deck mean well but they are misguided. You never hear citizens complain about having too many police officers around.” Greg Rhett, a Ward 7 resident, isn’t as enthusiastic about the

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Cohen

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campaign associates have pled guilty to various crimes and some are awaiting sentencing. The investigation’s slow pace has frustrated some residents.

“I cannot comment on a public investigation,” Cohen said. “I understand the public’s interest in this matter. We are working diligently to

a K-12th Quaker school, and an honors graduate of Syracuse University in 1992 and the Syracuse School of Law in 1995, Cohen worked as an assistant U.S. attorney in the District from 19972003, handling high-profile criminal and civil cases until he departed the office to work in private practice. In private practice, he worked for what is now known as the law firm of Hogan Lovells and as a partner with Schertler & Onotario. He came back to the District’s U.S. Attorney’s Office in July 2010 to serve as the principal assistant U.S. attorney under Machen. While working under Machen, he played a key role in the prosecution of former D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown and former D.C. Council members Harry Thomas and Michael Brown, and former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. Cohen said those prosecutions led many people around the country to view the District as a cesspool of public corruption. “It is an incorrect perception to think that the District’s public officials and employees are rampantly corrupt,” he said. “Ninetynine point nine percent of public officials and employees in the city work very hard on behalf of the people.” When asked whether his office intentionally targets Black elected officials for prosecution, Cohen balked. “No, we are not targeting Black elected officials,” he

crimes against Americans [on foreign soil]. Because of the workload, we try to get a plea from a defendant many times and we don’t give them away cheap and easy.” Cohen said that tips from anonymous sources sometimes lead to investigations. “Someone will make a phone call, write a letter or send an email to tip us off to something that’s not right going on,” he said. “We will look into matters like those and if there’s nothing there that’s wrong, we’ll shut the – Vincent Cohen investigation down.” Cohen is a District native “none of the defendants were whose father, the late Vincent African American.” Cohen Sr., was one of the city’s Bringing down public leading attorneys and a mentor corruption is one of the many to scores of legal professionals. responsibilities of Cohen’s He replicates his father’s love office. The District U.S. of the city and thinks his office Attorney’s Office is the largest and the community should be in the country with over 360 partners, not adversaries. “It assistant U.S. attorneys and is extremely important that over 350 support staff. we engage the public,” Cohen The assistant U.S. said. “We work on building attorneys practice in District relationships with members of and federal courts and the community, keeping in mind prosecute primarily adult that these are potential jurors crimes and juveniles charged and witnesses. For example, as adults. Cohen said that his after 6 p.m., I start my second office deals with a wide range job – so to speak – going out of cases with a voluminous in the community speaking at workload. “We prosecute schools, churches, community from Benghazi to Barry meetings, and places like Farms,” he said, referring to homeless shelters to talk about the case of the death of the our office and subjects such as U.S. ambassador in Libya synthetic drugs.” in 2012 and a crime-ridden Cohen is waiting to be housing project in Southeast officially appointed as the Washington. “We prosecute U.S. Attorney by President about 20,000 cases a year and Obama. “I will keep doing work on cases that deal with my job and serving the people D.C. residents and Americans of my hometown, the District abroad who have committed of Columbia,” he said.

“We prosecute from Benghazi to Barry Farms.”

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assistance in identifying three persons of interest in reference to a Burglary II incident which occurred in the 1500 block of 6th Street NW

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Virginia Beach, Va.

Africana Festival A three day festival celebrating family, culture, and entertainment of the African Diaspora will be held Aug 28 through Aug. 30 on Atlantic Avenue. The State Farm FunkFest Beach Party kicks off on Aug. 28. Featured artists include Confunkshun and the Zapp Band on Aug. 28; Larry Graham and Graham Central Station on Aug. 29; and Earle Carter and the Myra Smith Experience on Aug. 30 along with a host of performers from all over the region including the Fuzz Band, Rick Elliott, Elements Band, Butcher Brown Band, Marques Hicks & the MO Band and more. All performances are free. Cultural exhibits will include the Culture Walk on the boardwalk at 24th Street, performances by African dancers and a visit by Frederick Douglass. For The Zapp Band program information, tickets, performs on Aug. 28. VIP package orders, event and sponsor information visit africanavirginiabeach.com or call 757-593-8562.

Upper Marlboro, Md.

Taste Prince George’s Food & Wine Festival The annual Taste Prince George’s Food & Wine Festival will occur on Aug. 29 at Six Flags America, 13710 Central Ave, from noon to 6 p.m. The one-day festival is “the biggest” endof-summer, adult-themed takeover of Six Flags America and aims to spotlight the best food and entertainment in Prince George’s County. Food lovers and those still chasing summer are invited to attend the festival and mingle with area wine growers, rediscover the art of the mixed drink, and sample bites among a maze of tasting tents. There will be food trucks, celebrity chef demonstrations, an impressive list of musical acts and DJs. The day will cap off with the “Taste Scholarship Culinary Competition” that pits local culinary schools in a high-stakes challenge for charity. Tickets cost $34.99. For more information, visit sixflags.com/america/specialevents/festival/taste-prince-george.

Washington, D.C.

Well Beyond HIV Art Exhibition Walgreens will host the Well Beyond HIV art exhibition from Sept. 10-11. The exhibit, curated in collaboration with Walgreens and The Graying of AIDS, focuses on the challenges and triumphs of those aging with HIV through captivating portraits and insightful testimonials. Be inspired to live well, regardless of your age or health status, through viewing these portraits and stories. The Well Beyond HIV exhibit will be on public display during the following times at the Carnegie Library, located at 801 K Street NW. The exhibit will be open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on both days. To learn more about the art exhibit and campaign, visit WellBeyondHIV.com.

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The Afro-American, August 29, 2015 - September 4, 2015

The Negro League Legends Hall of Fame hosted its 2015 celebration Aug. 14–15 at the Marriott Courtyard, New Carrollton, Md. The weekend celebration culminated with the East/West all-star game at the Prince George’s Stadium in Bowie, Md. that included players from the Tri-state leagues, former collegiate, local High School players from Maryland and the District of Columbia, some of whom are headed to college on baseball scholarships. According to Dewayne Sims, founder, NLLHOF, “we were excited to include local players because they got an opportunity to showcase their talents honoring the rich legacy of the Colored Professional and Negro league players who played America’s game of baseball “For the Love of the Game.” The Lanham Boys & Girls baseball team served as Ambassadors.

East Team

West Team

Rep. Donna F. Edwards(D-Md.) throws a strike during the “First Pitch” ceremony

Courtyard Marriott GM Ryan Caldwell

Parvez and Chef Donnell Long of Olde Towne Inn, James “Jake” Sanders and Negro League Legends Hall of Fame Founder Dwayne Renal Sims

Rev.Thomas H. Sims Jr., First Baptist Church of Glenarden is greeted by Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker III

Looney Tunes Tweety Bird and Bugs Bunny from Six Flags pictured with Regional Representative Shirley Pierpont (AMF Bowling Lanes)

News commentator Roland Martin interviewed Negro League Kansas City Monarchs player James “Jake” Sanders and Negro League Legends Hall of Fame founder Dwayne Renal Sims

Md. State’s Attorney Angela Alsobrooks, 2nd from left, with her daughter and Negro League James “Jake” Sanders, Negro Sandlot Newark Eagles, Eddie Banks and Edith Major from Birmingham, Ala.

Chief of Staff, Winston Wilkerson Future baseball player joins the East/West team’s warm-up on the field

Commissioner Lyndra Marshall, Negro League James “Jake” Sanders, Ambassadors Joshua Hanson and Jerel Teel , Atty. Andy Bederman, Gertrude Makell and Sharon Jackson , Ambassadors Damani Braswell, Anthony Salazar, KeVon Nero, Commissioner Chery A.McLeod and NLLHOF Founder Dwayne Renal Sims Courtesy Photos

Marie Johns, Brittany Wade, recipient of a $5,000 USBC Scholarship and Ron Busby

John “Jake” Oliver , publisher, Afro-American Newspapers and Cathy Hughes, founder Radio One

Marie Johns and Vivian Pickard, co-chairs, Awards Dinner with Christal Watson, The Heartland Black Chamber, Certificate of Recognition Recipient and Ron Busby, president/CEO, USBC

The U.S. Black Chambers (USBC) held the fifth annual School of Chamber and Business Management summit from July 28 July 31 at the Marriott Marquis, 901 Massachusetts Ave, NW. The School of Chamber and Business Management is a national education and training conference that strengthens chamber executives’ and business owners’ leadership, strategic thinking, and management skills. The USBC provides committed, visionary leadership and critical, spirited advocacy towards the realization of economic empowerment for small businesses owned by African- Americans. The summit included a Scholarship and Awards dinner where Cathy Hughes, founder and chairperson of Radio One, was honored with the Lifetime Legacy Award as a pioneer in the media industry. The Scholarship recipient was Britteny Wade, a student and athlete currently attending Columbia University. The Awards dinner was chaired by Marie Johns, managing member of Leftwich and Vivian Pickard, president of the GM Foundation.

Marcus Johnson Project Aubry Stone, chairman, USBC

Myron Mays, VP, Black Business Association of Memphis, Tenn.; Bishop Calvin Scott; Shawn Hicks, Vision Development Group and Roby Williams, Black Business Association of Memphis, Tenn.

Cathy Hughes, recipient of the Lifetime Legacy Business Award

Marie Johns and Michele Jawanda

Jim Farmer, Barbara Blount-Armstrong and Jake Oliver, publisher, Afro-American Newspapers

Cathy Hughes, founder, Radio One and Sheila Eldridge, executive producer, Café’ Mocha Radio Show.

Ron Busby, president/CEO, United States Black Chambers of Commerce (USBC) and Nicole Turner-Lee

Kenneth Barrett, chief diversity officer, General Motors; Jim Farmer and Kelvin Boston, “Money Wise TV.”

Endi Piper, TV One, Karen Cayce-Wichitak, Gregory Cole, president/CEO, Good Life Co. and Jim Farmer, General Motors Photos by Rob Roberts

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