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(TriceEdneyWire.com) – The racial differential in the poverty rate is staggering. Last time I checked, about 12 percent people in the United States, one in eight people, are poor. Depending on race and ethnicity, however, poverty is differently experienced. Fewer than one in 10 Whites are poor, more than one in four African Americans and Latinos are poor. Differences in occupation, income, employment and education are considered the main reasons for poverty, with current and past discrimination playing a role in educational, employment and occupational attainment. We see the discrimination when we consider that African-American women with a doctoral degree have median earnings of about $1000 a week, compared to about $1200 a week for Black men and White women, and $1600 a week for White men. White men earn 60 percent more than African-American women, and a third more than Black men and White women. It would not take much to recite the differences, by race, or education, unemployment, earnings and occupation. The recurrent question in reviewing the data is “what are we going to do.” It makes no sense to just recite the data and then wring our hands as if nothing can be done. The three steps in social change are organization (especially protest), which leads to legislation (with pressure) and litigation (when legislation is not implemented). Often laws preventing discrimination have been passed but not adhered to, forcing litigation to get offenders to “do the right thing.” Woodson founded the Journal of Negro History and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History in 1915. The organization and the journal have changed their names to reflect the nomenclature of these times, and they are now called The Journal of African American History and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. Both the organization and the journal have now existed for one hundred years which is perhaps why ASALH chose “A
Woodson’s climb out of poverty should inspire us to look to ourselves for progress.
Century of Black Lives, History and Culture” as its 2015 theme. Woodson made many choices that led to his education and to the creativity and brilliance that motivated him to uplift Black History through Negro History Week, now called Black History Month. Woodson was born the son of former slaves, and a family that was large and poor. He worked as a miner in West Virginia, and attended school just a few months a year. At 20, he started high school; by 28 he earned his bachelor’s degree. He was only the second African American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard (WEB DuBois was the first). He was a member of the Howard University faculty and served as dean. He wrote, “If you can contrail a man’s thinking, you don’t worry about his action. If you can determine what a man thinks you do not have to worry about what he will do. If you can make a man believe that he is inferior, you don’t have to compel him to seek an inferior status, he will do so without being
told, and if you can make a man believe that he is justly an outcast, you don’t have to order him to the back door, he will go to the back door on his own and if there is no back door, the very nature of the man will demand that you build one.” In other words, poverty can be the reality of living, but it doesn’t have to be a state of mind. Many are trapped in poverty because that may be all they know, and because protest, legislation, and litigation have not provided passages out of poverty. No one provided a passage out of poverty for Woodson. He worked as a miner to earn a living, and he transcended his status as a minor to make a life of embracing his people and our history. He wrote about the ways that our thinking could oppress us as much as living conditions can. For more information about Carter G Woodson and his organization www.ASALH.org. Julianne Malveaux is an author and economist based is Washington, D.C.
Former abandoned storefront becomes cultural mecca
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(WASHINGTON) – Lauren Wagner was strolling down Georgia Avenue when something caught her eye and ear at the intersection of Georgia and Florida Avenue. Like many residents, she was attracted to the Shaw Arts, Crafts & Fashion Market, a colorful, creative mixture of arts and crafts that has brought life into what was once a vacant building. “I was walking down the street past the Metro PCS store playing the gogo music,” said Wagner. “That just made me feel good. The vibe was there and I walked past this place, and I definitely wanted to check it out.” Filled with work by visual artists such as T.H. Gomillion and Nessar Jahanbin, the market offers artwork, clothing, and various unique pieces. Margaret Harris, owner of Noccasion Gifts, an online boutique specializing in novelty items, has a number of her soaps and scrubs available for purchase in the market. “I was a big Bath and Body Works shopper,” said Harris. “I found that I always running out of soap way before the lotion. So I said let me make my own soap.” Since making that decision, Harris has packaged scrubs, soaps, lotions and body butters for scores of customers.She credits the uniqueness of her products to the fact that they contain essential oils that lift the user’s spirits and
Shaw Arts, Crafts & Fashion Market began last December as a place for artisans to display their works.
relieves aches and pains. So far her bestseller has been the oatmeal, blueberry soap, which she says smells exactly the way the name suggests. The market began in December as a place for artists to display and sell their work during the holiday season, but residents liked it so much that the organizers decided to extend it indefinitely. Located at 651 Florida Avenue NW, the market is open Friday through Sunday. Every Friday from 7 p.m. until midnight, they host an Art Rave event, which features a fashion show and live art demonstrations. Kenneth David, who has worked repeatedly with such markets in the District, said he believes the market has been successful because of what it brings to the com-
munity and to new residents moving in from all over the globe. “These people are from Iowa, Nebraska and so on, and they are leaving an impact on the area. There is all these new things popping up to accommodate them, but any good neighborhood needs community and culture to survive,” said David. However, David knows that there is no promise that the market can survive in an area that is targeted by developers and retailers hungry for new space to place housing and businesses. “Right now we’re fine and we plan to be here for a while,” said David. “But this is a great space and great location and you never know when we’ll be priced out, or if some developer just takes over the space.”
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Civil rights movement and Black women exhibit at Germantown Library In observance of Black History Month, the Germantown Library hosts “Making a Difference: African American Women and the Civil Rights Movement,” an exhibit that will be on display during February. The components of the exhibit feature photographic images and stories of African-American women who were instrumental in shaping the modern civil rights movement from the 1950s to 1960s. “Montgomery County Public
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ollege-bound students and their families can get professional assistance filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form at upcoming 2015 College Goal Maryland event. College Goal Maryland is one of many such events held across the country to assist families as they complete the FAFSA – the form required by colleges and universities to qualify for scholarships, grants and loans. The event will take place on February 26, from 4-6 p.m. at the Germantown Campus in the High Technology and Science Center located at 20200 Observation Drive, Germantown. College Goal Maryland is free and open to the public, and Spanish interpreters will be available. Current college students who are renewing or filling out the FAFSA form for
the first time are also welcomed at this event. Students and families will have the opportunity to meet with financial aid professionals and use the Montgomery College computer labs to submit their FAFSA form online. Information will be available about Maryland state grants and scholarships. Students can also enter to win a $500 scholarship. Students who are 23 years old or younger should attend College Goal Maryland with a parent or guardian. Families should bring copies of their completed IRS 1040 tax form, W-2 form or other 2014 income and benefits information to assist with the completion of the FAFSA form. Students who are 24 years and older may attend alone and bring their own tax return, W-2 form and other 2014 income and benefits information. The snow date for the Germantown event is March 5, same time and location. The Germantown Campus has parking available in parking lots A, B and C. Both campuses are accessible by public transportation. For general information about
The Germantown Library exhibit spotlights Black women during the Civil Rights.
Libraries (MCPL) is pleased to present this exhibit at the Germantown branch that will provide the community with a chance to learn more about the significant contributions that African American women made during the Civil Rights era in an interactive format,” said MCPL Director Parker Hamilton.
The exhibit may be seen throughout the building Sunday, 1-5 p.m.; Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m.9 p.m.; and Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. The Germantown Library is located at 19840 Century Blvd. Free parking is available. For additional information, call 240.777.0110.
Divine Intervention Terror in the name of religion By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist
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t has been deeply disturbing to hear and read suggestions that there is something inherently violent in Islam that distinguishes it from other religions. It is also a false notion, and one which we must dispel immediately. Let’s start with the obvious facts. Islam has somewhere around 1.2 billion followers on planet Earth. All one has to do is to count the number of terrorists who have been involved in various actions over the years to see that we are talking about a minuscule percentage of adherents to extremism. The recent killings in France involved less than a dozen terrorists, for instance. Thus, a reasonable person would ask who, in their right mind, would suggest that on the basis of such small numbers, that an entire religion is extreme, violent and outside of the human family? The answer is that this is not about be-
ing in one’s right mind; it is about a political agenda that wishes to demonize a religion plus suppress any and all discussions about the foreign policies of Western countries toward the Arab and Muslim Worlds. Let’s think about another religion. Consider for a moment that official Christianity endorsed the slave trade. What conclusions should we draw from that? Here’s another example: What about the Ku Klux Klan that, again, in the name of Christianity, carried out open terrorist warfare against African Americans and their allies. What are the implications of this for Christianity? These are only three examples, but one can go on with many more. Rarely do I hear such a discussion in the mainstream media. How can anyone suggest that Islam is any more violent than any other religion or, more specifically, how can anyone suggest that religious extremism is somehow limited to adherents of Islam?
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The simple answer is that one cannot. Unless one wishes to ignore key facts, it does not add up. But if you need one more story to convince you that we should be very careful about allegations suggesting that Islam is particularly violent, consider this. When the Mongols invaded Europe in the 1200s, they caught Eastern Europe by surprise. The Europeans did not know who the Mongols were and they could not figure out how to stop them, given the superiority of the military approach of the Mongols. The Christian East Europeans concluded that the Mongols were actually devils, of some sort, and that they had been sent to Europe to destroy the Christians. Guess who they blamed for this? Jews. And, as a result, massive pogroms (lynchings) of Jews took place, including the incineration of entire villages of Jews. The point here is not an attack on Christianity. In every religion there are examples of extremism in the name of that religion. Hindu ex-
The Ku Klux Klan used Christianity to further their agenda.
tremists in India have attacked Indian Muslims as well as promoted the development of India’s nuclear weapons. Irish Protestants carried out terror attacks against Irish Catholics for decades in the name of religion. Extremism is not limited to one religion; it can always fly the banner of this or that religion in order to advance its nefarious ob-
jectives. For this reason we should step away from blind, ahistorical indictments of a religion because of the insane actions of some who would use its name. Bill Fletcher, Jr. is host of “The Global African” on Telesur-English. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook and visit www.billfletcherjr.com.
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The emotional damage and silencing of rape victims
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent (NNPA) – For 20 years, Sharita J. Lee was numb. She did not cry. She did not love the men she dated. The only emotion she felt was rage. After reading the article about comedian Hannibal Buress’ jab at Bill Cosby, Lee scrolled to the comments section. She couldn’t believe how many people questioned why these women were coming forward decades later. The topic of rape has not only been revived by the controversy surrounding Cosby, but also by misbehavior in other segments of society. For example, dozens of high-ranking military officers have been fired for rape or having inappropriate sexual affairs with women within and outside their command. According to the Department of Justice: Every two minutes, a woman somewhere in America is raped. 22 percent of victims were younger than age 12 when they were first raped, and 32 percent were between the ages of 12 and 17. 25 percent of girls and 17 percent of boys are sexually abused before the age of 18. 70 percent of rape and sexual assault victims know their attacker prior to the assault. Every year nearly one of every five Black women – 19 percent – are raped. Two decades ago, Lee was a 20year-old New Orleans native serving her country as a member of the U.S. Navy. She had joined the military to distance herself from home, where her stepfather physically abused her mother, who was battling alcoholism. However, she returned to New Orleans immediately when she learned her grandfather was on his deathbed. During her visit, she ran into a childhood friend at her uncle’s house, and the two caught up. As they laughed and reminisced on the couch, Lee got a phone call. Her grandfather had died. Abruptly, in the middle of con-
dolences and small talk, he lunged at her. In a fluid flurry, he grabbed her legs and pulled her toward him. He pinned her knees to her chest. She shoved him. He was a foot taller and outweighed her by 100 pounds. She was stunned. “I would’ve never thought, prior to that moment, that that was something he had done before, but it happened so fast,” said Lee. “I couldn’t even say ‘what happened,’ I just felt him go in. In my mind I’m thinking, ‘Wow, is this happening, are you serious?’” Afterward he got up, apologized, kissed her, and left. She didn’t move. She couldn’t speak. When he was gone, she got up, cleaned herself off, and cried. Then she carried on as if nothing had happened. At the time, Lee told only one person: her then-boyfriend, when he came to visit her on the Navy base after her grandfather’s funeral. “He responded by calling me a whore. He said I invited it, and cheated on him, purposely,” recounted Lee. They argued all night and ended the relationship. The reaction pushed her into stoic silence. “I never told anyone else. That was the first time I actually went that far, and for his reaction to be the way it was…I felt humiliated but I also felt unworthy.” Slowly, she lost her bearings. “I became very promiscuous. I put myself in the mind of a man. However they thought that they could handle a woman, is how I began to handle them,” said Lee. “I know I was angry and bitter for some time. I was drinking a lot – try to couple that with being in the military – and I was having sex a lot.” Her pain hardened to numbness, then curdled into a bad temper, worsening as years slipped by and hardship bubbled up. There was the birth of her first child and a young and unhappy marriage and then divorce at 25. “I was 28 when I first sought therapy. I went for depression, because my brother was murdered. I was having anxiety attacks, but I couldn’t cry over it,” said Lee. “I realized I’d hit rock bottom in my emotions, or lack thereof. I knew I was to my limit with not dealing with anything.” Today, Lee is the only person in her immediate family who has
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sought professional help as part of dealing with her trauma. “It’s like, OK, I was raped. But as I get older and realize it’s affecting my relationships…what are you going to do to change it? You have to go find help for that. Because ultimately, you’re a prisoner in your own mind, and in your own heart.” This project was made possible by a grant from the National Health Journalism Fellowship, a program of the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Sharita Lee broke her two decade silence as a rape victim when she saw the public negative reactions to alleged victims of comedian Bill Cosby.
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Report looks at income inequality MLK decried
(TriceEdneyWire.com) – Income inequality, one of the issues that so troubled the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., is again front and center in today’s news. A new report on the topic has come up with figures that caught even the financial community by surprise. The report found that members of the “world’s richest” club earn half-a-million dollars per minute. Seven out of ten people live in countries where the gap between the rich and poor is worse than thirty years ago. Wall Street barons include Berkshire Hathaway chief Warren Buffett, whose account increased 9 percent between 2013 and 2014 to $58.2 billion. Following him is Bloomberg LP founder, Michael Bloomberg, whose account worth is $33 billion, a 22 percent gain on the previous year. Carl Icahn is third with a tally of $24.5 billion, up 23 percent. Prepared by Oxfam International, a UK-based development organization, the report goes on: “Today there are 16 billionaires in sub-Saharan Africa, alongside the 358 million people living in extreme poverty ... Every year, 100 million people are pushed into poverty because of the rising cost of health care. If this trend continues, of an increasing wealth share to the richest, the top 1 percent
will have more wealth than the remaining 99 percent of the people in just two years.” When Dr. King marched on Washington for jobs and freedom, the federal minimum wage was $1.25 an hour. In today’s dollars, that guaranteed base wage would be $9.54 an hour. The federal minimum wage today is just $7.25 an hour. In other words, low-wage workers are more than $2 behind where they were when Dr. King declared, “We refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. So we’ve come to cash this check – a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice.” Kenyan activist Winnie Byanyima, who heads Oxfam, wrote on her blog, “Extreme economic inequality is out of control and getting worse. From Ghana to Germany, South Africa to Spain, the gap between rich and poor is rapidly increasing. “Across rich and poor countries alike, this inequality is fueling conflict, corroding democracies and damaging growth. Left unchecked, economic inequality will set back the fight against poverty and threaten global stability.”
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Black girls should matter, too.
The report shows there is a need to focus on minority girls at a disadvantage.
George E. Curry NNPA Columnist
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(NNPA) – According to a report by the African American Policy Forum (AAPF) Black girls disproportionately suffer from punitive school disciplinary policies and actions, yet society fails to take note of their plight because attention is focused on Black males who get trapped in the school-to-prison pipeline. AAPF, a New York-based national think tank, released a report titled “Black Girls Matter: PushedOut, Overpoliced and Underprotected,” which asserts that anyone who doubts that Black girls are being severely disciplined for minor infractions in school need to look no further than reporting in their local media to learn otherwise. “In 2007, a 6-year-old girl was arrested in a Florida classroom for having a tantrum. Later that year, a 16-year-old girl was arrested in a California school for dropping cake on the floor and failing to pick it up to a school officer’s satisfaction. In 2014, a 12-year-old girl faced expulsion and criminal charges after writing ‘hi’ on a locker room wall of her Georgia middle school, and a Detroit honors student was suspended for the entire senior year for accidently bringing a pocketknife to a football game,” noted the report. The U.S. Department of Education reported last March that for the 2011-2012 school year, “Black students are suspended and expelled at a rate three times greater than White students. On average, 5 percent of White students are suspended, compared to 16 percent of Black students. While boys receive more than two out of three suspensions, Black girls are suspended at higher rates (12 percent) than girls of any other
race or ethnicity and most boys.” That disproportionate pattern begins at an early age. According to the Department of Education, Black children represent 18 percent of preschool enrollment but 48 percent of preschool children received more than one out of school suspension. On the other hand, White students represented 43 percent of preschool enrollment but only 26 percent of preschool children received more than one out of school suspension. The African American Policy Forum report grew out of a 2012 conference it convened on girls of color at the UCLA Law School. “Girls have rarely been included in either the discussions about exclusionary disciplinary policies or the broader concerns about the underachievement of youth of color,” the report stated. “Yet the data suggest that Black girls face a variety of factors – historical, institutional, and social – that heighten their risk of underachievement and detachment from school, as well as the lifelong consequences of dropping out.” Among the report’s observations were the following: < Increased levels of law enforcement and security personnel sometimes make girls feel less safe and therefore less likely to attend school. < Black girls sometimes get less attention than males because they are perceived as more socially mature and self-reliant. < Conflicts better addressed through counseling are too frequently referred to the juvenile justice system. < Failure of schools to intervene in instances of physical or sexual harassment of girls contributes to their insecurity at school. < School-age Black girls experi-
ence a high incidence of personal violence. < Girls are often burdened with family obligations that undermine their capacity to achieve their goals. < Pregnancy and parenting make it difficult for girls to engage fully in school. Recommendations for solving these issues include: < Providing funding programs that serve the needs of women and girls, as well as men and boys. < Creating an environment where students are free of sexual harassment. < Devising programs that help identify and assist students who have been sexually victimized or traumatized by violence.. < Offering support programs for pregnant girls or mothers with young children. < Mobilizing the public to help address the challenges facing young girls. Authors of the report funded by the Schott Foundation stated, “This modest but long-overdue effort to cast light onto the lives of marginalized girls should be replicated and expanded across the nation. Ideally, the conversation ‘Black Girls Matter: Pushed Out, Overpoliced, and Underprotected’ engenders within communities and among philanthropists, policy makers, stakeholders, and advocates will lead to the inclusion of girls in efforts to address school discipline, pushout, and the pathways to incarceration, poverty, and low-wage work. We are hopeful that ongoing efforts to resolve the crisis facing boys of color will open up opportunities to examine the challenges facing their female counterparts.”
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Fria Marie and her two sons Andrew and Cire at the Blue-Light house party celebrating Douglass in Anacostia.
By Francisca Fournillier Howard University News Service WASHINGTON -- It may have been freezing outside, but the people in the Anacostia Arts Center were working up a sweat as they boogied and bounced to the sounds of Gwen McCrae, the Jackson 5, James Brown, the Sugar Hill Gang and Gladys Knight and the Pips in honor of civil rights icon Frederick Douglass. It was called a Blue-Light house party, and last Friday night, the center was transformed by D.J. Scooter Magruder and patrons who wanted to celebrate the 197th birthday of the activist, abolitionist and anti-slavery orator. Fria Marie Wilson brought her two sons, Andrew, 3, and Cire, 7, to the event. “I’m here to celebrate Frederick Douglass,” Wilson said. “I’m on W street, so we visit his home often with my kids and other family members who come in from town. So, I thought this was a great idea for Valentine’s Day to come down and boogie with Douglass.”
Wilson said the event meant change for her. “For me it means process, evolving,” she said. “The city is evolving, it’s changing so it means taking that step forward; change. It means a lot of things.” Every year, there are events put together by the Frederick Douglass Historic Site, in honor of his legacy in the black community. The weekend of commemorative events began on Friday night and ended on Saturday night with a tour of
had great accomplishments. And it’s also Black History Month, and I’m here to celebrate his life and works.” Ray McRee, a 70-years-old graduate of the Douglass Jr. High school, said Douglass was always the main topic of his classes, but the Friday’s event was all about celebrating and having a great time, he said. “It’s a chance to get out,” McRee said. “I try to stay around and get into what’s going on. This is something nice. I haven’t seen nothing like this in a while. I’ve seen times when I would go Hyattsville, Md. down to Anacostia Park, and spend the night, and we had big speakers like that and we party all night.” McRee accompanied his longtime friend Terri Gee, 75, to the event. Gee, who was recovering from a stroke, said he was was in high spirits. “Frederick Douglass is one of a kind and first and foremost a black man,” he said. “He’s a black man that was inspirational to a lot of people.”
I’m here to celebrate his life and works. – James Guthrie,
Douglass’ home at Cedar Hill, where he lived for the last 18 years of his life. James Guthrie traveled from Hyattsville, Md., to join in the celebration. Guthrie joked that although he wasn’t much of a dancer, he still came out to enjoy the event. “I was interested in the event because of the historical value of Frederick Douglass,” he said. “I thought he did nice work and he
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In the Neighborhood Metro Briefs: Notable news in and around Washington Prince George’s Free ‘Selma’ screening for Prince George’s County high school students, parents
Students will get to discuss the impact of the movie Selma after viewing Saturday.
Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Radio One. Inc., and G.S. Proctor Associates, Inc., The free event is open to all Prince George’s County high school students and their parents
or guardians. An RSVP is required as space is limited. To sign up or for additional information, contact District 9 Chief of Staff, Brendon Laster at 301.952.3820 or via e-mail at bllaster@co.pg.md.us.
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standing of the Selma to Montgomery marches of 1965 that were part of the Selma Voting Rights Movement. “The movie ‘Selma’ portrays a series of events that are historical and significant and at times, troubling,” said Franklin. “I want to make sure that Prince George’s County high school students who want to see this movie are afforded the opportunity. We are not only going to view the film, we are going to have a discussion about the impact those events have on us today. I am looking forward to a great day.” The screening is in partnership with the Kappa Epsilon Lambda
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ecause ‘it is important for young people to know about their history, and the sacrifices that were made on their behalf,’ Prince George’s County Council Chairman Mel Franklin, (D-District 9), is hosting a free movie viewing of “Selma” for Prince George’s County high school students on Saturday at 11:00 a.m.
The viewing will be held at the Xscape 14 Theatres located at Brandywine Crossing, 7710 Matapeake Business Drive in Brandywine, Maryland. Immediately following the viewing, Chairman Franklin, joined by educator, Dr. Alvin Thornton; Attorney Phillip Hunter, native son of Selma and civil rights advocate; and Radio One air personality Deja Perez will facilitate a discussion with the audience on the film’s message and impact. Franklin encourages Prince George’s County high school students and their parents to attend the viewing and participate in the discussion to enhance their under-
Residents bare all, have fun at Cupid’s Undie Run
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Several hundred people braved the temperature and went bare for the annual Cupid’s Undie Run in Southeast D.C., this past Valentine’s weekend. The event raises money for the Children’s Tumor Foundation (Photo Credit: Robert Eubanks).