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Commentary: Why I marched on McDonald’s By William J. Barber II Religion News Service

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recently marched with McDonald’s workers from three dozen cities to the company’s corporate headquarters outside of Chicago. After they refused to leave the corporate campus of the fast-food giant with its $5.6 billion in profits last year, 101 workers were arrested. I knew I had to come when the workers invited me to share some of the lessons we have been learning in North Carolina about civil disobedience – and moral support. I watched my new friends sit down. I watched the police gather. I prayed with the McDonald’s workers as the police looked on and then slapped plastic handcuffs on more than 100 of the workers and arrested them. I could not help but think of the historic arc of the civil rights movement. For all the gains we have been making, the treatment of low-paid workers by some of the most profitable corporations in the world ranks high in the more significant causes of the growing inequalities in the U.S. I have helped lead the fight against backward laws passed by an extremist group of legislators that, three years ago, took power in North Carolina. Last year, national media discovered us, calling us the Moral Monday protesters. In fact we have been organizing and protesting for eight years. The fight for living wages and the right to collectively bargain for all workers are key parts of the 14-point agenda we developed in 2006 along with dozens of progressive partner organizations. We know money in the hands of lowwage workers lifts our economy. But helping workers collectively fight for better wages is central to our movement and the right thing to do. All great religions instruct their followers on how employers should treat their workers. Living wages are at the center of our deepest moral and faith traditions. Consider Deuteronomy 24:14: “You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy,

Barber, president of the North Carolina NAACP, marched with McDonald’s workers at the fast food’s headquarters in Chicago last month.

whether he is one of your brothers or one of the sojourners who are in your land within your towns. You shall give him his wages on the same day, before the sun sets (for he is poor and counts on it), lest he cry against you to the Lord, and you be guilty of sin.” As I travel the country, I see more and more evidence that we are on the threshold of the Third Reconstruction Movement. The First Reconstruction, built by a multiracial Southern Fusion movement in the wake of the Civil War, was crushed when the nation legalized segregation and two-tier employment, housing, education and health system. Jim Crow laws were driven deep into the Southern economic and political system, setting back the human race in the struggle to repair the breach caused by racism. The Second Reconstruction can be traced to that glorious day in 1954 when nine White men in black robes said no to Jim Crow. Over the next 14 years, young and old, White and Black, rich and poor risked their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor to repair the breach. In 1968, with the murder of the Rev. Martin Luther

King Jr., the destruction of the organizational infrastructure of the Southern freedom movement, and a clever propaganda campaign relying on thinly disguised racist appeals to White Southern voters, extremists betrayed President Lincoln’s vision and his party. They turned their back on people of color. And they have become willing accomplices to a 40-year effort to dismantle the gains of the Second Reconstruction. Now we believe we have come to the threshold of the Third Reconstruction. The McDonald’s employees take their honored places in the front lines of this movement. Injustice cannot be met with silence. We must listen to workers like Cherri Delesline, mother of four from South Carolina, who makes the same $7.35 an hour she made on her first day at McDonald’s 10 years ago. Hear the voice of Adriana Alvarez, a single mother from Chicago, who makes pennies above minimum wage at McDonald’s and has to rely on public assistance to care for her son. The Rev. William J. Barber II is the president of the North Carolina NAACP.

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Peterson, now vice president of Diversity Dealer Relations in GM, has helped many Black dealers for decades.

By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief HOLLYWOOD, Fla.– After working 37 years for General Motors, it is not unusual for Eric Peterson, vice president of Diversity Dealer Relations, to walk into a Black dealership and be introduced to one of the owner’s children. “See that man there,” a dealer recently told his son, pointing to Peterson. “He helped me get started. And if you do what you’re supposed to do, he’ll help you, too.” Peterson has helped many Black dealers for nearly four decades. Not only has he helped them get started, he has helped keep them grow their business. “Everyone has a story,” recounted Peterson. “My passion is helping people realize their dream. It makes me feel good about what we’re doing.” And GM has done a lot. “GM has a long history of diversity and inclusion before it became popular,” explained Peterson. “We started the first minority supplier program in ’68. We started the first minority dealer program in ’72. Rev. Leon Sullivan was the first African American on a major board and that was GM. We started the first dedicated women’s program in 2001. No other manufacturer has done that. Diversity and inclusion has been in GM’s DNA.” At its peak, there were 400 dealers of color, approximately 150 of them Black. Like the overall figures, the number of minority deal-

ers has also sharply declined. In 2013, there were 208 minority dealerships, tops in the industry. That figure is 211 minority dealers, 44 of them Black. The company continues to rebound after going through a government-backed bankruptcy in 2009. As part of that Chapter 11 reorganization, the company discontinued its Hummer, Pontiac and Saturn brands and sold Saab to a Dutch automaker. “We lost about 25 percent of our dealers,” Peterson recounted ... We lost about 25 percent overall, we lost about 28 percent of our minority dealers. Among African Americans, we lost about 33 percent.” He said GM’s decision to ditch four of its eight brands hit Black dealers especially hard. Even in the best of times, it’s not easy to survive. In order to be successful as a dealer, Peterson said, one has to be what he calls a student of the game, realizing, for example, that a dealer may make a sale, but it is the service department’s reputation that drives customers back for repeat business. “Most of our dealers are first generation [owners] and that’s a challenge when you competing against other dealerships, which are mostly family-owned. It’s not uncommon for them to have second-, third-, or fourth-generation dealers in place, where they’ve just passed it down. We haven’t had that luxury yet.” Sometimes dealers fail before

succeeding. Pamela Rodgers, who owns Rodgers Chevrolet in Woodhaven, Mich., is a case in point. “When she first started, she was working for Ford in accounting or something of that nature,” Peterson recalled. “She heard about our program – it cost about $70,000 at the time, which tells you how long ago it was. She said, ‘I’m going to try that.’ The first time, she wasn’t successful.” That was in the 1980s. Now, Rodgers is clearly successful, seeing her sales grow from $14 million to $80 million and recently being named Black Enterprise magazine’s Dealer of the Year. Most of GMs minority dealers — nearly 86 percent – are profitable, just below the companywide figure of 89 percent. They sold 126,617 new vehicles in 2013, brought in $8.5 billion in revenue, employed more than 12,000 people and 68 minority dealerships earned $1 million or more in net profit. Though his title encompasses the word “diversity,” Peterson is clear that Blacks must not get marginalized as companies shift from favoring affirmative action, primarily for Blacks and women, to diversity, which is a broader term that can encompass a variety of groups. “Now, everything is becoming more multicultural, everything is becoming more minority and diversity focused and is taking attention away from ethnic groups,” he said. “From my perspective, we get lost in that shuffle.”

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ilver Spring’s long-running, popular Thursday Night Concerts kicked off in mid June with DC native Bruce Ewan, The “Red Harmonica King.” The free, outdoor concerts continue through August 14 featuring a wide range of musicians for the whole family to enjoy. The concerts are held from 7 to 9 p.m., on Veterans Plaza at the Silver Spring Civic Building located at Ellsworth Drive and Fenton Street. Performances are cancelled due to weather only if it is raining at 7 p.m. A raffle, with prizes for children and adults, is held at each concert. Attendees may bring picnics or purchase food from nearby restaurants. Schedule of concerts is as follows:

From top: Ochos de Bastos, Little Red and the Renegades and the Moxie Blues band.

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sored by Discovery Communications, Live Nation, Montgomery County, the Silver Spring Urban District, Montgomery County Recreation and the Foundation to Celebrate Downtown Silver Spring.

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Is there a place for sabbatical leave in the church?

By Tom Ehrich Religion News Service

ou are a pastor. You work six days a week, sometimes seven. You are on call 24/7. Every detail of your life is out there for public consumption. People project their unresolved issues onto you, especially parental issues from their childhoods. By church rules, you are entitled to a sabbatical, perhaps three months every seven years. But when you propose it, you hear what one pastor heard the other day: “Sabbaticals are for academics who are making a significant contribution to their field, not for clergy who want an extended vacation and can’t take working for a living.” What do you say? In that one dismissive sentence, someone you trust tells you your work is insignificant, you want a benefit that you don’t deserve, and you’re lazy. What do you do? I read this comment and was stunned. It reminded me of comments I heard during my parish ministry. It echoed comments other clergy report. I was stunned again at how casually cruel some people can be toward their pastors. And saddened. Saddened for this pastor, who now must suck it

up, look beyond the rudeness and be there for this thoughtless person when she needs care and doesn’t hesitate to demand it. And saddened for the rude woman, because she is receiving so much and doesn’t realize it. How much else of God’s love for her is she failing to see? Churches die for many reasons, from bad leadership decisions, to bad luck, to poor execution of programs and ideas. One reason they die is ingratitude. Like the ingratitude of the woman who thought herself so clever and analytical when she dismissed her pastor’s request for a sabbatical. Families die for the same reason. When spouses take each other for granted, or when one partner does all the giving, or when children take ceaselessly and feel entitled to more, even the sturdiest family crumbles. Enterprises die when bosses demand but don’t thank, when executives feel entitled to extravagant salaries, denounce underlings seeking better minimum wages, and lobby hard to deprive workers of the very benefits they take for granted. Societies die from ingratitude, too. The social contract shreds when those who have much feel entitled to more. Suffering and resent-

ment breed when the wealthy give no thought to leaving the edges of the field unharvested for others to glean, and when they consider themselves superior human beings for the good luck of being born into privilege. When it comes to the “haves” and “have nots,” too many “haves” think their comfortable paychecks signify wisdom. They live in the common delusion that they earned it all, no matter how many contributed to their success, not to mention the role of luck. This is the profile of ingratitude: people who take satisfaction in having more, give themselves all the credit, see little of the web of interactions underlying any success, lord it over the have-nots as inadequate persons, and feel entitled to be as rude and selfish as they like. What should the pastor say? The safe response is nothing. The power imbalance is too great. The gospel response is something riskier: “When you have need, I am there for you. Now I have need, and I expect you to be there for me.” Tom Ehrich is a church consultant and Episcopal priest based in New York. His website is www.morningwalkmedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @ tomehrich.

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                                                                                                            

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Cover Sex trafficking continues to terrorize girls By Charlene Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call

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ex trafficking is a multi-billion dollar industry. At this moment, in many communities, a predator is likely working to make $150,000 to $300,000 a year by selling the bodies of teenage girls. While many 14-year-old girls are being groomed for academic decathlons or recruited for school clubs, there are others that are being forced into sex work. “Child prostitution and johns are two words that should not exist when addressing child sex trafficking, because a child cannot commit to commercial sex according to state and federal law,” said Lt. Andre Dawson, officer in charge of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Human Trafficking Division. Lt. Dawson said society needs a major shift. Children involved aren’t offenders, they’re victims. The buyers aren’t sex purchasers, they’re rapists. Survivors and advocates want the horror clearly identified as sex trafficking and not prostitution, especially when it comes to minors. Law enforcement advocates like Mary Howard, an officer and president of the Nu Alpha Delta Multicultural Sorority, agree. The sorority, comprised of women from various professional, orga-

nizational and faith backgrounds, has joined a growing movement of those outraged and ready to fight sex trafficking. The problem is real, said Howard. “We in the community need to embrace this [fight] and not wait until one of our youth or loved ones is a statistic.” Sharee Sanders Gordon, deputy city attorney and Neighborhood School Safety attorney in Los Angeles, said talking with parents and teachers is the best way to deal with how girls are stalked by would-be pimps. When she first started as neighborhood prosecutor for the 77th Division in South Los Angeles, prostitution along the Figueroa Street corridor was one of the first issues the community brought to her. “I never thought about how students going to school would have to divert themselves so they could go to a safer route, or being propositioned by young ladies on the street who were just confused, or seeing used condoms as they went to school,” said Atty. Sanders Gordon. Gordon developed the Prostitution Diversion Program that works with service providers that help victims of trafficking and street prostitution exit break free. The program provides food, clothing, shelter, medical care, individual and group counseling, and job training.

Dawson of the Los Angeles Police (center) calls for attitude changes towards children caught up in sex trafficking.

One middle school on Western Avenue is having a serious problem with prostitution activity, said Gordon. “Young ladies are being grabbed off bus stops and forced into prostitution … and it’s happening in our own back yard. This is not something that’s happening somewhere else. It’s happening right in our own back yard,” she stressed. Tony Muhammad, Nation of Islam Western Region student minister, encourages advocates and police to go to the root of the pimping problem, which he believes is spiritual and mental.

“Where did trafficking start? Pimping didn’t start with the gangs that’s doing it. Pimping started with the slave ship. You can’t just deal with branches,” said Muhammad. The task is to teach Black men acting as pimps and self-haters how they got in their condition and how they lost their names, language, religion and culture, he said. “Get those things back and you will begin to tune yourself up,” continued Muhammad. Tattoos are a popular form of expression, yet some have been given by force rather than choice. According to Gordon, a pimp in

San Diego County brands his girls with tattoos inside their mouths, as if they were property. The branding is all part of the pimps’ indoctrination process, he continued, he added. Pimps love to memorialize their conquests, observed Lt. Dawson. But in tattoo branding their victims provides material that can be used as court evidence, he added. “We as a community need to take charge of the situation because the court systems are not able to do it on their own,” declared Gordon. “We’re only going to be able to have any kind of lasting effect if we work on this together.”

U.S.-African leaders summit long overdue By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist President Barack Obama will once again make national and international history when the White House hosts the first United States – African Leaders Summit August 5-6. In the 238-year history of the United States, no U.S. president has ever invited the presidents of each African nation to convene in Washington, D.C. Announcing the purpose of the summit, the White House stated, “President Obama looks forward to welcoming leaders from across the African continent to the [N]ation’s [C]apital to further strengthen ties with one of the world’s most dynamic and fastestgrowing regions. The Summit will

build on the progress made since the President’s trip to Africa last summer, advance the [A]dministration’s focus on trade and investment in Africa, and highlight America’s commitment to Africa’s security, its democratic development, and its people.” According to the U.S. State Department, the upcoming U.S.–African Leaders Summit will bring the largest number of heads of state ever to be assembled in Washington, D.C. Supporters should prepare themselves for harsh attacks on President Obama because of this bold initiative, instead of applause of the move to improve relations with the continent that is home to seven of the 10 fastest-growing economies in the world.

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Without a doubt, the summit is a positive step forward and a long overdue break with the past traditions and “benign neglect” policies of the U.S. toward Africa. Interestingly, both China and Japan have already sponsored and financed successful African leaders summits. Led by China, Asia is the biggest investor in Africa. In fact China and Japan have made separate investment commitments to Africa that now total more than $60 billion. In addition to bustling economies, Africa has the world’s largest supply of natural mineral resources. Beyond the vast reservoirs and deposits of oil, gold, and diamonds, the greatest natural resource throughout Africa is its people.

Even after centuries of oppression, slavery, colonialism, neocolonialism, and other forms of massive economic exploitation, African people are resilient and focused on improving their overall quality of life. There is an axiom that still holds true for Africa: “As the cradle of civilization emerged from the heart of Africa, so shall the future rise of all of humanity.” The reality is President Obama is now attempting to lead the U.S. in a strategic effort to catch up with other global investors who are helping shape the future of Africa. The return on these investments will be tremendous. We need to find additional ways and means to ensure that unprecedented networking and new business development op-

portunities be also pursued by African-American leaders and organizations during these summit meetings. That is why we are sending out this action alert. You need to know about this summit. Not just as a curious observer, but as a responsive and responsible grassroots activist or as a globally conscious entrepreneur. Let’s continue to be change agents. As we help Africa, we help our families, our communities and ourselves. The U.S.–African Leadership Summit should be more than a meet-and-greet event. My hope is that President Obama will establish lasting and binding empowerment relationships and investments with Africa en route to freedom, justice and equality for all.

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have a disproportionate impact of the quality of life of the poor, Blacks and other minorities. According to the report, “nine states have passed laws requiring voters to bring photo identification to the polling booth in order to cast a traditional ballot” and governors in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas refused to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, “effectively denying health care to millions of their citizens, overwhelmingly the poor and people of color.” The report continued: “Eleven states have passed ‘right-to-work’ laws, which discourage organizing by unions. They are: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.” Stacey Abrams, House minority leader in the Georgia State Assembly, said people that have never voted hear about voter intimidation and voter suppression, but they don’t know what that means. “You don’t know if you’re going to stand in line and cause trouble, you don’t know if you’re going to lose your job, you don’t know what that card is that you keep hearing about and you know that you don’t have whatever ID they think you should have,” said Abrams. More than 800,000 Black, Latino and Asian Americans are not

registered to vote in Georgia, said Abrams. It takes less than half of that, just 260,000, to change a statewide election. Ben Jealous, senior fellow for Center for American Progress, former president of the NAACP, and author of the report said, “Right now, when we talk about the South, we end up talking about voter suppression. What we really need to be talking about is the need for massive voter registration.” The CAP report cited Maryland, where a number of progressive policy changes are taking hold, as an example of a state where a slavery was once commonplace and now a diverse electorate has had a significant political impact. “It is easy to forget that Maryland enslaved half its population at the time of the Civil War and that it is the state from which Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass escaped,” states the report. “Yet Maryland sits below the MasonDixon Line, and it practiced legalized segregation up until 1954.” Organizers and voters’ rights advocates still have a long march ahead. “What the ‘Freedom Summer’ taught us is that the antidote for massive voter suppression is massive voter registration,” said Jealous. “There is a dormant majority throughout the South that can be unleashed if we can get back to the spirit of the ‘Freedom Summer’ and focus on massive voter registration.”

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WASHINGTON – Cancer is the nation’s second-leading cause of death for both Blacks and Whites. While there is no known cure for cancer, a flurry of FDA approval requests to treat the most threatening cancer cases has researchers optimistic that progress is being made toward an eventual cure. As Dr. William Chambers, national vice president of Extramural Research for the American Cancer Society, explains, “Things are happening on all fronts, not just in research, but in clinicals as well.” Much of the developments are around immunotherapy, an established concept that includes all treatments that employ or manipulate a patient’s own immune system to target the illness. Researchers seem to be most interested in improving cancer vaccines, which can be preventative (prophylactic), or used as treatment (therapeutic). Two prophylactic vaccines that fight viruses known to cause cancer are already on the market, i.e., the HPV and hepatitis B vaccines. But so far, such vaccines only work for the small subset of cancers caused by viruses. Still, this hasn’t stopped researchers from trying to create a vaccine against cancer itself. “Most effort has been toward therapeutic vaccines, which seek to immunize those who already have cancer,” said Chambers. “But because there are so many factors, it’s tough to provoke an immune response.” Therapeutic vaccines either boost overall immune response, or teach a patient’s immune system to recognize and target afflicted cells. Provenge, the first, and currently only, FDA-approved therapeutic vaccine, does the latter. Provenge is used for prostate cancer and has been shown to add close to four more months of life for near-terminal patients. Although the mortality rate is low for prostate cancer, Black men are more than twice as likely as White men to die from it. They are also 60 percent more likely to contract it in the first place, according to the American Cancer Society.

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Provenge is what’s known as a dendritic cell vaccine. It is created from a patient’s own immune cells, and cancer cells. The immune cells are enhanced for growth, “taught” to recognize those cancer cells, and re-implanted into the patient, where the cells multiply and alert the immune system to fight cancer cells like the one sampled. On another front, Pfizer is partnering with a French pharmaceutical company to create a standardized tumor-cell-based vaccine. This type of treatment samples a tumor cell and reengineers it to be more detectable to the immune system; when the cell is reintroduced to a patient, his or her immune system recognizes and attacks all cells like it. Unlike customized vaccines such as Provenge, this treatment uses a random tumor sample from a patient to create a generalized vaccine that can be used in anyone with a comparable diagnosis. Pfizer is slated to begin clinical trials for this treatment next year. In addition to vaccines, there are monoclonal antibodies, manmade proteins engineered to infiltrate unchecked cancer cells, and make them visible to the body’s immune system. AstraZeneca, for example, is poised to release such a treatment, known as MEDI4736. In its first round of clinical trials, tumors shrank in 19 percent of patients (diagnosed with a few different cancers), and another 39 percent had their cancer stabilize

for a year or longer. The treatment is currently in its final round of trials. A Swiss company is developing a similar treatment for bladder cancer; in its first clinical trial, 52 percent of patients saw their tumors shrink in 12 weeks. Merck is working on a monoclonal antibody to extend the lives of patients with advanced melanoma. There are also impressive cancer treatment developments happening outside of immunotherapy. This month, researchers at Cleveland Clinic reported they’ve discovered a protein that could slow the growth and spread of cancerous tumors. Pfizer is ready to release a drug that slows breast cancer development and extends the lives of patients whose advanced-stage breast cancers have spread. In its second round of trials, the drug, palbociclib, reduced the risk of the cancer worsening by 51 percent, and stabilized the patients for close to 20 months. Of course, these innovative, often personalized treatments come at significant cost. The required three doses of Provenge total $93,000. Medicaid covers it, but 40 percent of prostate cancer patients are under the age of eligibility. Yervoy, FDA-approved to extend survival in patients with advanced melanoma, is $120,000. The companies that make each treatment offer payment plans.

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District of Columbia DC Cable moves to former BET building Mayor Vincent C. Gray this week joined DC Council members and DC cable officers for a ribboncutting ceremony relocating the DC cable offices to the Brentwood Broadcast Center 1899 9th Street NE. The new facility will function as the new headquarters of the DC Cable Television Commission. “I have worked in close partnership with Director Richardson and his outstanding team since I

Tournament. This year, the Karuna Charities Annual Diwali Gala will be held November 16. “The women of Karuna Charities Washington have demonstrated a true commitment to increasing access to education through its strong support of college scholarships here at Montgomery College and throughout the region,” said Dr. DeRionne Pollard, Montgomery College president. “I extend our sincerest gratitude for their strong support of our students.” Students who wish to apply for the Karuna Charities Endowed Scholarship or hundreds of other Montgomery College Foundation scholarships may complete an application form online on the College’s “Grants and Scholarships” page at http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/edu/plain. aspx?id=5387. For more information on Karuna Charities, visit karunacharities.org.

was Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia. OCT has grown over the years and was at the point where it needed a permanent space to build the necessary technology structure,” said Mayor Gray. “This facility exemplifies the District’s ongoing commitment to enhancing the quality of public, education and government programming.” The production facility, formerly a vacant studio owned by Black Entertainment Television (BET), was purchased by the District government from BET in 2010. Located in Ward 5, the new headquarters is a 30,525 square-foot, LEED certi-

fied, fully modernized, digital facility equipped with two television production studios, high-definition technology, eight editing suites, in addition to administrative offices and a community meeting space. “The new facility will play a vital part in increasing our efforts to emphasize and cultivate our reputation as the District’s awardwinning, go-to source for government, education and lifestyle programming,” said OCT Executive Director Eric E. Richardson. “The residents will continue to have OCT as a cable regulator and reliable content partner for years to come.”

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hrough its latest gift of $5,000 to the Montgomery College Foundation, a local grassroots volunteer organization once again demonstrated the value of karuna, which means “compassion” in Sanskrit. The Karuna Charities Washington Inc. gift increases its endowed scholarship fund for full- or parttime female students with financial need and who are attending college after a break in their education. Recipients must maintain a minimum grade point average of 2.5. Since 2007, the volunteer organization donated $16,000 to help Montgomery College students complete their education. “Our aim in Karuna Charities is to help needy women, children, and their families to have better lives,” said President Amrit Kalotra. “We strongly believe in the adage, ‘If you educate a woman, then the whole family is helped.’” Founded in 1998, Karuna Charities is a grassroots, non-profit organization that makes a difference in the lives of the disadvantaged in the United States and India. The organization maintains a particular

focus on helping battered women and children, and thus an entire family, with financial, emotional and material support, without reference to race, color or ethnicity, explained Kalotra. Members of Karuna Charities know that education is a tool that will help “returning women with demonstrated financial need to become independent.” In view of this belief, endowed Karuna Charities scholarships also have been set up at Northern Virginia Community College and the University of the District of Columbia, and a new fund will be established this month at The Universities at Shady Grove. The members of Karuna Charities also engage in community service – feeding homeless individuals in the shelters, providing medical supplies and cleaning materials to HIV/AIDS patients at Mother Teresa’s home in Kolkata India, and supporting orphanages and the sick. The group also has made donations to assist victims of natural disasters and other recent tragedies, including the Tsunami and Gujrat Flood victims in India, the 9/11 Firefighters Fund, and people impacted by Hurricane Katrina, the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and the 2013 Philippines typhoon. In addition, Karuna Charities supports two educational and vocational schools in India. Karuna Charities Washington raises money towards these efforts through a Diwali Gala and a Golf

Kalotra, President of Karuna Charities, aims to help female students with financial needs.

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Howard student touches lives through tutoring

By Lauren Buchanan Howard News Service

n the surface, Howard University public relations sophomore Karen Moore is like other college students with a busy schedule. When she is not the on-air personality for studentrun radio station WHBC’s “Midday Cafe” or carrying out her duties as secretary for Howard University’s Public Relations Student Society of America, she’s juggling three to four hours of schoolwork each night. Still, you can find Moore from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at Har-

riet Tubman Elementary School in Northwest D.C. doing something that many college students do not do – using her spare time to give back to her community through tutoring. Karen Moore, 23, grew up in San Francisco as the youngest of four siblings. “Most people say all city lives are the same,” said Moore of her childhood, “but growing up in San Francisco was way different ... It’s more of a family-knit kind of city because everybody knows everybody.” After graduating from high school, Moore went to Southern

University in Louisiana, but she did not feel academically stimulated. After three years there, she decided to transfer to Howard. “Howard challenges you to want to get a career, and to want to become something in life,” said Moore. Howard is also where she first found out about the opportunity to give back to her new community in D.C. Moore was looking for workstudy programs after transferring to Howard and found her perfect match with the program, DC Reads, a university-based program that sends students from Howard and other D.C. area universities to tutor

children at local elementary schools. Moore immediately knew that this was what she wanted to do because of her prior experience with tutoring. Moore’s niece, Essence White, was diagnosed with severe dyslexia when she was young, and Moore took it upon herself to teach her how to read and write properly. Thanks to Moore’s help, White is now on the honor roll and a part of a leadership academy program at her high school. “A couple of weeks ago they spoke at city hall about their experiences and who helped them get to where they are, and I was the only

person who she mentioned,” Moore said of her niece. That’s when she realized the power she had to change people’s lives, just by tutoring them. Moore now tutors second, third and fourth graders – many of who are bilingual – in basic phonic, grammar, reading and speaking English. And even when she’s exhausted after a long day, Moore still looks forward to seeing her students. “Every time I go to work, the kids say, ‘I want to work with Ms. Karen. Can Ms. Karen help me?’” recollected Moore. “It’s showing me that I’m actually doing something that’s helping them learn.”

Residents and businesses hit the sidewalks at Kennedy Street Festival

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Locals flocked to the pavement of Kennedy Street NW on June 28th to say hello to the neighbors and explore the local businesses that dot the corridor. There was a ton of kid activities and entertainment to boot. The Kennedy Street Development Association put the festival together as part of campaign to revive the local businesses on the street (Photo credit: Robert Eubanks/District Chronicles).