Twenty Years After the Attacks, Gun Violence in U.S. Has Reached Epidemic Proportions
Sam P.K. Collins StaffOctober marks the 20th anniversary of the D.C. sniper attacks, which not only claimed 10 lives and had the D.C. metropolitan area under siege, but brought the late Charles Moose to national prominence as Montgomery County, Maryland’s evenkeeled, reassuring police chief.
Vice President Kamala Harris used her time at the Freedman’s Bank Forum to announce new public and private-sector efforts to advance racial equity.
Harris said the administration recognizes the continued difficulty that Blackowned businesses have in finding funding.
She acknowledged that they’re routinely the first to suffer during an eco nomic downturn.
Among a slate of new actions by the Biden-Harris administration, the vice president announced that the Small Business Administration (SBA) would propose a rule this fall to expand its lender base by lifting the moratorium on new Small Business Lending Companies.
The action would allow new lenders to apply for a license to offer SBAbacked 7(a) small business loans.
Also, the Minority Business Development Agency (MDBA) will issue a
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Vice President Kamala Harris walked on stage to greet an au dience filled with former congressional colleagues and voters that helped elect her to office and warmly smiled at them. She was invited to give remarks and introduce President Joe Biden, the featured speaker at the Phoenix Awards Dinner, held during the 51st Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference on Oct. 1 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Northwest.
Taking advantage of the opportunity to acknowledge the fam ily-like atmosphere, Harris said, “Isn’t it wonderful to be back? Three years and we’re back and in person,” she said, as she remind ed the audience of nearly 3,000 attending the black-tie affair that the last in-person CBCF legislative weekend was held in 2019.
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D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine recently filed a lawsuit against Liberty Tax, the third largest tax preparation service in the U.S., for misleading and secretly increasing the cost of tax prepara tion for thousands of DC taxpayers.
The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) alleges that Liberty Tax aggressively markets its services to low-income residents by offering them $50 in cash “just for filing,” but then secretly increases the cost of tax preparation for individuals who accept the cash payment. In the suit, OAG asserts that Liberty Tax’s deceptive advertising and predatory pricing practices harm vulnerable consumers and violate the District’s consumer protection laws. OAG’s lawsuit seeks a court order requiring Liberty Tax to provide accurate and truthful informa tion, provide monetary relief to thousands of harmed District con sumers and pay civil penalties.
“We filed this lawsuit to stop Liberty Tax from illegally preying on D.C.’s most vulnerable low-income residents. Now is the time for Liberty Tax to be held accountable for persistently and fraudulently tricking D.C. residents into overpaying for tax preparation,” Racine said. “Misleading consumers is illegal and we won’t allow businesses to profit by cheating District residents. We also want to inform D.C. tax-filers of numerous resources that provide tax assistance for free – with volunteers trained and certified by the Internal Revenue Service. These free resources assist low-income residents, seniors, people with disabilities and people with limited English proficiency with preparing their taxes each year.”
Liberty Tax, the third-largest tax preparation company in the U.S., has four locations in the District: 3127 MLK Jr. Ave, SE. (Ward 8), 1629 Benning Rd NE (Ward 7); 3905 Benning Rd. NE (Ward 7); and 1002 H Street NE (Ward 6).
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In September, we reported on an exciting program under the umbrella of the Comcast RISE Invest ment Fund, announcing $1 million in grants as part of the D.C. Comcast RISE program. The applica tion window for the grants, which will be awarded to 100 D.C. small businesses owned by women and/ or people of color, opened on Oct. 3 and continues through Oct. 16. Recipients will be announced in late November.
Washington, D.C., along with Chicago, Miami, Oakland and Seattle, counts as one of the five cities selected in the latest round to award a $10,000 grant to 100 local businesses from the Comcast RISE In vestment Fund, for a total of $5 million across 500 businesses, bringing the amount awarded nation wide to $21 million to date.
“These are the types of investments that are go ing to bring generational change to our city,” said D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser. “Local businesses are the backbone of our economy and these grants can make a big difference for a small business. We are excited that for the second year in a row, Comcast is investing in local talent through the Comcast RISE Investment Fund and helping us give more Wash ingtonians a fair shot.”
More information and the applications to apply for either the grant program or marketing and technology services are available at www.ComcastRISE.com. Wi
FOX 5 reported on Oct. 5 that Kent Carter, a prom inent community leader and realtor from Arlington, died on vacation in Turks and Ca icos. The Arlington Coun ty NAACP confirmed that Carter, the organization’s vice president, was killed when a vehicle in which he was trav eling was ambushed.
Police in Turks and Caicos said the car was on its way back from an excursion when a group of men with guns opened fire on the vehicle. Trevor Botting, police com missioner in Turks and Caicos, said the assailants indis criminately shot into the vehicle. Police later found the vehicle involved and had a shootout with the gunmen, armed with automatic weapons. They believe one of the gunmen died during that shootout.
Carter spent time in executive leadership at the NAACP of Arlington County and was on the county’s police practices working group. The father of a young daughter, he was also an accomplished realtor.
Police in Turks and Caicos continue to investigate the shooting and to look for gunmen. The police commis sioner there described the incident as an indiscriminate shooting linked to the drug supply – fueled by revenge, turf wars and retribution. Wi
D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Nor ton and four panelists talked about the future of the District statehood movement on Sept. 29 as the mid term elections loom in November at the 51st Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Leg islative Conference.
Norton convened the forum, “A Discussion of Next Steps for DC Statehood,” that took place at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Northwest. Panelists for the discussion included: Jamal Holtz, a lead organizer for 51 for 51; Markus Batchelor, a former Ward 8 D.C. State Board of Edu cation member who works as the deputy director for leadership pro grams for the People for the Amer ican Way; Meagan Hatcher-Mays, the director of Democracy Policy at Indivisible; and Portia White, vice president of voting rights and state organizing at End Citizens United.
Norton and the panel praised the U.S. House of Representatives for passing her statehood bill in 2020 and 2021 and the Senate for holding a committee hearing on its companion legislation sponsored by Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.).
“We have made tremendous progress on statehood,” the dele gate said. “We have never made this type of progress.”
However, they acknowledged more work will need to be done to advance statehood particularly if the Republicans gain control of at least one of the chambers of the U.S. Congress.
“What we have achieved so far is step one,” Hatcher-Mays said. “We need to win this fall and keep go ing.”
Holtz said the key for statehood legislation to progress in the late part of the present congressional session and to flourish in the new Congress in January, if the Demo crats hold both chambers, will be
to deal with the filibuster in the Senate.
“Getting rid of the filibuster is the important thing to get a state hood bill going forward,” he said. “My organization started working on this in 2018. If Supreme Court justices can be confirmed with 51 votes, why can’t a D.C. statehood bill?”
Batchelor, who grew up in Ward 8 in Southeast, said granting the District statehood has emerged from being a local issue to one of national importance.
"D.C. statehood is a broader de mocracy issue," he said. "It’s a vot ing rights issue. We are closer than ever to achieving statehood. We must make sure that our national allies don’t forget us.”
However, Batchelor said the fight for D.C. statehood will be “tougher in a few years” if the Congress flips to the Republicans.
White agreed with Batchelor that D.C. statehood has become a na tional issue but added her organi zation sees it in a different context.
“We see denying D.C. statehood as a voter suppression issue,” she said. “Over 700,000 American citi zens are being denied their right to fully participate in democracy. In our view, this is just as bad as the laws some states have passed to re strict voting.”
White also termed the struggle for D.C. statehood as a racial jus tice issue saying that the District is still a majority minority city that deserves representation in the Con gress and the right to govern itself without federal interference.
Ward 8 resident Marsha John son, who attended the forum, said her sorority, Delta Sigma Theta, embraces the District becoming the next state. She noted that during “Delta Days” – when sorority members come to Capitol Hill to lobby legislators – the organization added the D.C. statehood bills au thored by Norton and Carper as a part of their agenda.
“Delta is behind D.C. becom ing a state,” Johnson said. “We are pushing for that.”
Holtz said the statehood move ment must continue to expand be yond its allies and friendly legisla tors in order to be successful.
“The problem is we are talking to the same people over and over,” he said. “It is like an echo chamber. We need more people to see this as a priority. A lot of people don’t know that D.C. is not a state. They see lists of the services the feder al government provides D.C. and think everything is fine.”
Additionally, Holtz said more money must be injected into the statehood movement.
“Money is an issue,” he said. “If you are a senator and you want my money, you must make a commit ment to support statehood. If you don’t respect my vote, you won’t get my money.”
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1917 – Fannie Lou Hamer, voting rights activist and civil rights leader, is born in Montgomery County, Mis sissippi.
1921 – Joseph Lowery, civil rights leader and long time president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, is born in Huntsville, Alabama.
1971 – The first legal interracial marriage in North Carolina, between John A. Wilkinson and Lorraine Mary Turner, takes place.
1897 – Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad is born in Sandersville, Georgia.
1931 – Desmond Tutu, anti-apartheid activist and retired Anglican bishop, is born in Klerksdorp, South Africa.
1934 – Amiri Baraka, renowned African American writer, is born in Newark, New Jersey.
1993 – Famed author Toni Morrison wins the Nobel Prize in literature.
1893 – Early 20th century jazz musician and composer Clarence Williams is born in Plaquemine, Louisiana.
1941 – The Rev. Jesse Jackson, famed civil rights leader, is born in Greenville, South Carolina.
1992 – Sir Derek Walcott, Saint Lu cian poet and playwright, wins the Nobel Prize in literature.
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a Kenyan environmental and political activist, be comes the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
1806 – Benjamin Banneker, famed African Amer ican astronomer, scientist, almanac author and sur veyor, dies in Baltimore County, Maryland, at age 74.
1962 – African nation Uganda gains its indepen dence from the United Kingdom.
1899 – Black inventor Isaac R. Johnson receives patent for bicycle frame.
1901 – Frederick Douglass Patterson, founder of the United Negro College Fund, is born in Washington, D.C.
1917 – Groundbreaking jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk is born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
1929 – Black inventor and engineer Elijah McCoy, who held patents for the folding ironing board and lawn sprinkler and made numerous revolutionary contributions to train travel, dies in Detroit at age 81.
1887 – Black inventor Alexander Miles receives pat ent for automatic opening and closing elevator door.
1991 – Iconic comedian Redd Foxx, best known for his starring role in the '70s sitcom "Sanford and Son," dies in Los Angeles at 68 of a heart attack.
1932 – Social activist and comedian Dick Gregory is born in St. Louis.
1968 – West African nation Equatorial Guinea gains its independence from Spain.
1999 – Basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain dies in his Bel Air, Califor nia, home of a heart attack at age 63.
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Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa’s head injury in a Thursday night game resulted in the firing of a neurologist who cleared him to play just four days after suffering from an alleged concussion. The incident has reignited conversations about player safety, particularly head trauma, in the NFL. What are your thoughts?
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Trust me. They would not have thrown Tom Brady back out there.
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They should be fined, sued and fired. Let’s see if the NFL can be as no-nonsense as the Celtics and the NBA.
You have to understand that to owners, he’s just a tool to be used, whether it’s a little banged-up or not. They’re not actual humans.
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He has to take some responsibility, too. These athletes are grown adults. They need to think about their health first; it’s not just on the organization. All parties involved are to blame. Not to mention the fans who weren’t complaining at kickoff.
Everyone is talking about how the Dolphins should not have put Tua in the game, but it’s not all on the Dolphins orga nization. What about that dirty slam from the Bengals? The NFL has a policy that protects the QB from certain hits. The Bengals player should be penalized for that hit.
Areva Martin grew up in North St. Louis, Missouri, and she said she intu itively knew that something was differ ent about her neighborhood.
“St. Louis is one of the most segre gated cities in the nation,” Martin said.
“When I saw folks who lived on the other side of town, their homes were bigger than a city block. They had massive amounts of wealth. I didn’t have the words, but I knew something wasn’t right about the disparity.”
As her bio states, Martin is passion ate, outspoken and insightful.
Not many can boast a resume like Martin’s.
Martin has appeared on just about every platform available as a producer, content creator, commentator, and talk show host.
Growing up, she desired to attend law school.
After attending the “challenging and predominately white” the Univer sity of Chicago, Martin went to Har vard Law School and ultimately began a career in corporate law.
After just one year, she opened her own firm.
“I’ve not worked for anyone since then,” she stated. Instead, Martin be gan representing clients in high-stakes litigation, including discrimination
and police brutality cases.
She pointed to the Bruce family in California, who formally received the deed to two parcels of coastal land from county officials in Manhattan Beach in July.
That unfolded more than 90 years after their descendants and the original owners, who were Black, had the land taken from them for racially motivat ed reasons.
“The community as a whole has suffered like the Bruce family,” Martin offered. “That’s restorative justice. A lot of people think of it as reparations, but it means an injustice was done to someone. So we have an obligation morally and legally to make them whole.”
She said there are many more cases like the Bruce family, including some she’s working on currently.
Martin said discrimination remains a hurdle for many, including her two daughters, who attend law school at Columbia.
“They worked this summer at a large firm in New York and had a very similar job that I had,” Martin recounted. “The number of African Americans at these firms today is less than or the same as when I was a firstyear law student at Harvard. One of my daughters worked at a firm that hired its first diversity and inclusion officer. At the firm, they showed a vid eotaped orientation that had all white lawyers and other people. A few Afri can Americans had to go and suggest they consider getting a new video. It’s outdated, and that’s appalling to me.”
Martin also laments the regression seen in the legal and medical profes sions. “That is a profession starving for Black and Brown students,” Martin stated.
With a son on the autism spectrum, Martin said she’d learned resilience from him.
“Despite his peers ostracizing him and the struggles with things we take
5 As her bio states, Areva Martin remains passionate, outspoken and insightful. (Photo courtesy ARevaMar tin.Com.)
for granted, he never complains,” Martin said.
As proactive in her son’s life, as any mother would desire, Martin founded the Special Needs Network to help families find resources for autism.
She said the network also helps builds valuable connections.
“One way we have accomplished this is through our community health fair and carnival each year for those with special needs and their siblings,” Martin remarked.
“The kids do arts and crafts, and there are games they play.
“I tell parents to find your village. This is not a journey that parents should undertake on their own,” Mar tin insisted.
“There is no glory in going at it alone. Seek help from family mem bers, friends, and other parents to help with tasks from housework to medi cal appointments. Also, be proactive. Learn as much as possible about au tism and the resources you can use to help your child.” WI
The District’s political movers and shakers cast aside the rem nants of Tropical Storm Ian to eat, network, schmooze and talk poli tics at the Anacostia Coordinating Council’s 29th Annual Luncheon Cruise on October 1.
“This is the hottest ticket in town,” said Lamont Mitchell, chairman of the Anacostia Coor dinating Council’s (ACC) board of directors.
“Even though we have rain, this is a tremendous turnout,” said Philip Pannell, the ACC execu tive director, of the estimated 200 people on board the three-level Spirit of Baltimore II cruise ship.
The ship started at its docks at The Wharf in Southwest, traveling
primarily south along the Potomac River as it passed such landmarks as the Alexandria, Va., waterfront, the Woodrow Wilson Bridge and National Harbor during the nearly three-hour trip.
The boat ride serves as the chief fundraiser for the ACC. The ACC began in 1983 when a group of Anacostia residents fought to have a Metro Station located in their neighborhood. After years of legal and bureaucratic delays, the Ana costia Station opened on Dec. 28, 1991. ACC has been credited by civic leaders and historians as one of the main neighborhood organi zations who pushed for the open ing of the station.
Since the station’s opening, the ACC has advocated for more District government resources for Historic Anacostia and surround
ing neighborhoods and has spon sored blood drives, HIV-AIDS and coronavirus testing, educa tional and civic advocacy work shops and co-sponsored political candidate forums.
The ACC boat ride has be come similar to the yearly J. Mil lard Tawes Crab and Clam Bake in Crisfield, Md., and the Shad Planking in Wakefield in Sussex County, Va., for elected office holders, candidates, political ac tivists and junkies. It serves as the District’s marquee event where local political players and partic ipants get together to informally discuss the latest developments in the city.
Cruise patrons enjoyed a buf fet dinner and listened to music
The Washington, D.C. Bureau of the National Action Network honored women in policy who have demonstrated their commitment to civil rights and equality issues at an Action and Authority reception held at Comcast NBC Universal in Northwest on Sept. 29. Honorees included: (l-r) Cietta Kiandoli, director of engage ment for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer; Kelley Robinson, Planned Parent hood Action Fund; Danette Anthony Reed, International President and CEO, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated; Adjoa B. Asamoah, Racial Equity Expert; Rep. Ayanna Pressley (MA-7) and Dr. Glenda Glover, president, Tennessee State University. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)
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“Education is not the teaching of the three R’s. Education is the teaching of the overall citizenship, to learn to live with fellow citizens and above all to learn to obey the law.”
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Marshall was sworn in as the first Black Su preme Court justice on Oct. 2, 1967.
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Political figures on the boat ride included: D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Mayor Muri el Bowser, D.C. Council Chair man Phil Mendelson (D), Coun cilmember Kenyan McDuffie (D-Ward 5), D.C. Shadow Sen. Michael Brown (D), attorney general candidate Brian Schwalb, council at-large candidate Karim Marshall and former Coun cilmember Sandy Allen.
Mitchell noted that Norton has attended 28 of the organization’s 29 boat rides.
“I think I missed one boat ride because my son was getting mar ried,” Norton said. “This boat ride is alive and kicking.”
Longtime ACC members said each mayor of the District has been on the boat ride at least once.
Bowser expressed her delight at be ing on the cruise.
“We are here to celebrate Ana costia, one of D.C.’s premier neighborhoods,” the mayor said.
“I am proud of what we are doing in Ward 8. We are transforming the food scene by supporting more restaurants in Ward 8 and we just opened up another grocery store in neighboring Ward 7, an Aldi, the first full-service grocery store in 15 years.”
Schwalb said the ACC boat ride this year counts as his first and he loved every minute of it.
“I love the energy and the com munity coming together,” he said. “I have met about 65-70% of the
people on this boat during the campaign.”
But he pointed to differenc es between the boat ride and the Tawes Crab and Clam Bake or the Shad Planking.
“I don’t feel this is all political,” he said. “I think this is communi ty-based.”
Warees Majeed, who works as the chief operating officer for the Ward 8-based nonprofit, YaayMe!, brought his proteges along to ex pose them “to something differ ent.”
“I wanted them to see Black ex cellence,” Majeed said. “I wanted them to take advantage of meeting successful people and seeing how they operate. I love ACC for doing this.”
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Mitchell noted that Norton has attended 28 of the organization’s 29 boat rides. “I think I missed one boat ride because my son was getting married.” Norton said.
On September 21, a Maryland circuit court judge ruled that mailin ballots can be counted before polls close on Election Day.
During the recent primary elec tion, results in several contested races including those for delegate in Districts 23 and 24 and state senate in District 26 remained unknown
for weeks after the elections due to a law that prevented early counting of ballots.
Judge Bonifant of the Montgom ery County Circuit Court ruled to suspend the law in anticipation of a large wave of vote by mail ballots during the November general elec tion. The State Board of Elections expects at least 1,000,000 votes, possibly over 1.3 million, to be cast in the general election.
Lawyers for Republican guber natorial nominee Dan Cox argued against the ruling and sought an appeal to deny early vote count ing. Cox and his team argued that changing the process weeks before the election was “unconstitutional and would undermine public trust in elections and political institu tions.”
He told reporters that he would respect the outcome under the current process of ballot count ing after the election but did not
indicate if he would respect the outcome following Judge Boni fant’s ruling. The Court of Special Appeals denied his appeal on Sep tember 29.
Early voting in Maryland will be held from October 27 through November 3 with Election Day occurring on Tuesday, November
On September 21, a Maryland circuit court judge ruled that mail-in ballots can be counted before polls close on Election Day.
8. According to the Board of Elec tions, mail-in ballots will be sent out approximately 40 days before Election Day.
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On Saturdays and Sundays in Upper Marlboro, dedicated Democrats maintain prepa rations for increased voter engagement and to build en thusiasm for the upcoming election. Volunteers sit at ta bles in a makeshift office to call voters at home and ask them about the key issues while others distribute litera ture, signs and review lists of registered voters.
What is a coordinated cam paign? Ervin Reid, a political consultant best known for managing Wayne Curry’s suc cessful 1994 county executive campaign, said it represents a
party-first effort designed to help all members of the ticket.
“By having a central location for signs, literature and to make phone calls, it is a complement to individual campaigns,” Reid said.
Reid, known for emphasizing voter turnout for the campaigns with which he works, recent ly spent one afternoon posting
“Vote For The Democrats” signs in funded by the Angela Also brooks campaign.
Some of the volunteers at the campaign office last weekend in cluded Samuel from Glenn Dale and Vincent from Kettering, who both expressed their excite ment for the opportunity to elect Wes Moore as the next governor in Maryland.
Both said they believe in his “Leave No One Behind” agenda as did Prince George’s Coun ty Young Democrats President
Rudy Anthony. Anthony, who attended a canvas launch with Delegate Jazz Lewis of the 24th District and District 6 School Board candidate Branndon Jackson, noted that direct voter contact should be emphasized because “it creates more informed vot ers.”
During his preparation ef forts for canvassers, Lewis gave tips for volunteers that includ ed shaking gates before open ing them (to avoid contact with dogs in yards) and using the buddy system to ensure safety before giving out litera ture about Democratic nomi nees.
The Prince George’s County Coordinated Campaign head quarters is located at 1101 Mercantile Lane in Upper Marlboro.
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Capitol Heights serves as the home to the only transition center for men experiencing homelessness in Prince George’s County. The facility holds 36
beds with 24 beds designated for 60 day emergency shelter and 12 beds for one year of transitional shelter.
In order to qualify, individuals must call the Homeless Hotline (301-8647095) after which they’re placed on a first come, first serve basis. Proof of
As climate changes intensifies, Prince George’s County continues to be affected in a variety of ways.
The primary indicator of climate change includes rising temperatures but there’s also been an increase in rainfall and humidity. Average rainfall has increased over time while heat waves have caused electrical outages that endanger the lives of residents who need oxygen supplies.
Craig Freeland, an environmen tal scientist and graduate of Denison University whose focus has been envi ronmental education, has studied the impact of climate change on the local community.
“This summer, a higher frequency of storms and intense heatwaves have stressed out homeowners and rent ers alike,” Freeman said. “The slew of storms we experienced increased occurrences of flooding in peoples’ homes and businesses. It has been disheartening to see friends in the area throw away their valuables after a base ment flooding.”
Freeland lives in Lanham, where a rapid rain shower caused flooding that blocked Lanham Severn Road in mul tiple places and left many cars strand ed in waist-high water this summer.
His studies have shown that impermeable surfaces such as roads and park ing lots represent a major contrib utor to flooding, as soil and plants can drain water while pavement operates “like a
stopper in a bath tub.” He said as the County continues to expand and de velop, a larger share of the existing land will become covered by pavement and water drainage will worsen.
Hugo Cantu, who currently work ing as policy director for County Councilman Tom Dernoga, served on the staff of then-Councilwoman Monique Anderson-Walker as she sponsored legislation to direct the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to do stud ies on flood plains in southern Prince George’s County.
While flooding already counts as an issue affecting County residents, he said the bill has been put “on the back burner” since Anderson-Walker resigned her Council seat to run for lieutenant governor alongside Comp troller Peter Franchot.
Cantu said he believes we will see an increase in flooding because “our stormwater system is 10 to 20 years behind.”
“It will take a significant amount of financial expertise to bring us upto-date. We’re talking in the hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars of investment needed to get us where we need to be. Meanwhile, suburban sprawl and the reduction of green space are resulting in greater flooding in Prince George’s,” Cantu said.
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residence, valid identification and ad ditional documents such as an eviction notice or paystub include the kinds of documents required to be placed in a shelter.
The Reverend Kenneth Clark, who has been donating food and resources to the Men’s Shelter throughout the pandemic, said he has noticed several persistent issues that deteriorate qual ity of life for residents. In particular, lack of access to food and inability to store food have remained issues for res idents. Past images taken by Clark of the Men’s Shelter have shown poorly insulated windows and damaged stairs on the interior.
Despite these issues, he said im provements have been made, albeit slowly, including the installation of a television, bottled water delivered
weekly through a community partner, greater attention to pest control and the repair of shower facilities, Most important, Clark said the community has shown the residents that they mat ter, a message transmitted by multiple church groups.
Every 3rd Saturday of the month, Rock Church provides a variety bever age delivery that includes sports drinks, canned soda and Gatorade. Breath of Life Come As You Are Ministry pro vides either catered meals from nearby restaurants or provides homemade hot
meals. Each man receives a journal to take notes with 15 to 20 minutes of motivational speaking and the distri bution of the Bible and Quran to ad dress their spiritual needs.
During the primary election, County Executive candidate Tonya Sweat periodically visited the Men’s Shelter to distribute food and bever ages.
To visit or donate to the Men’s Shelter, located at 603 Addison Road South in Capitol Heights, call (301) 808-5317. WI
A recommendation to consolidate six public schools in Prince George's County is currently under consideration. The schools recommended for consolidation and the schools designated to receive students are as follows.
Concord Elementary School 2023-24 Doswell Brooks, Francis S. Key, and John Bayne Elementary Schools Pointer Ridge Elementary School 2023-24 Northview, Perrywood and Woodmore Elementary Schools Potomac Landing Elementary School 2024-25 Colin L. Powell Academy
Rose Valley Elementary School 2024-25 Colin L. Powell Academy and Tayac Elementary School Isaac Gourdine Middle School 2024-25 Colin L. Powell Academy and Thurgood Marshall Middle School Adelphi Elementary School 2025-26 Cool Spring Elementary School
Public hearings on the recommended school consolidations and other boundary changes will be held virtually at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 20, 2022 and Tuesday, October 25, 2022.
Persons wishing to testify at a public hearing may visit www.pgcps.org/boundary for information on signing up to speak.
Written testimony may be submitted to Prince George’s County Public Schools by email at testimony@pgcps.org or by mail at 14201 School Lane, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772.
School consolidation and boundary change decisions will be finalized at the Board of Education meeting on Thurs day, November 10, 2022 at 7:00 pm.
Decisions on school consolidations will be guided by the following:
• Public input obtained at the Public Hearings and other means
• Consideration of the 8 factors required in COMAR by the Maryland State Board of Education
All households affected by consolidations will receive written notice by mail of the final decision. In accordance with COMAR, consolidation decisions may be appealed to the State Board of Education within 30 days of the decision.
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For years, legions of young people enrolled in the Young Money Man agers program not only learned about financial literacy but taught what they’d learned to their peers during the sum mer, all while conducting research about the effectiveness of the growing program.
As the Young Money Managers program enters its 10th year, officials at the D.C. Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (DISB) have expressed a desire to provide internships
during the school year.
Meanwhile, some Young Money Managers alumni, like Shinada Phillips, credit the program with jump starting their career in District government.
Phillips, 31, joined Young Money Managers at its infancy in 2013 upon her graduation from the University of Lynchburg – then Lynchburg College in Lynchburg, Virginia. She counted among those who built the program and assigned students to summer youth employment sites across the District to teach other young people about finan cial literacy.
She said her passion for the topic
5 Michelle Hammonds, pictured at a recent event commemorating Young Money Managers’ 10-year anniversary, carried on the program from her predecessor when she took over DISB’s Office of Financial Empowerment and Education in 2016. (Courtesy photo)
brought her into the government op erations and outreach space, where she continues to serve today.
“The program exposed me to finan cial literacy,” said Phillips, a District government management analyst with aspirations of running an agency.
“It’s beautiful just being able to see the cohorts of people across the city of different backgrounds getting into financial literacy and personal finance,” Phillips said. “That program allows me to leave a legacy that serves youth and underbanked adults so they can em power themselves and be financially literate.”
DISB’s Young Money Managers program, supported by Summer Jobs Connect – Cities for Financial Em powerment Fund, has gained national recognition with agencies in St. Louis, Chicago, Miami, Syracuse, New York and Baltimore developing programs with a similar framework.
In total, 190 young people between the ages of 18 and 24 have participated in the Young Money Managers pro gram since its inception. The program recently started accepting youth as young as 16 years old as part of a finan cial services academy.
This past summer’s cohort delved into aspects of banking, along with in surance, securities and investing. As has been the case for several years, DISB hosted a practice networking and a lun cheon during which representatives of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corpo ration spoke with students.
In the first three weeks of the nineweek program, participants learn about
various aspects of banking and finance, all while sharpening their presentation skills in preparation for their excursions to various summer youth employment sites.
The youth also take on jobs such as Young Money Managers data analyst, social media analyst and facilitator. They do this as they immerse them selves in financial education, profes sional development and networking, along with resume preparation and review.
DISB recently added a business writing component, as part of what DISB Director Michelle Hammonds described as a well-rounded experience.
“We’re teaching young people layers of personal finance and how to manage and facilitate a program,” said Ham monds, who carried on the program from her predecessor in 2016 when she took over DISB’s Office of Financial Empowerment and Education.
“We ultimately act more as a caveat so they can learn how to do the work we’re doing. It aligns with DISB’s work because we’re doing financial education in the community. We partner with those [summer youth employment host sites] so young people can come out and share this
Washington, D.C. area political leaders remain upbeat about the re gion’s prospects for economic growth as the coronavirus pandemic wanes and people return to pre-pandemic modes. However, they’re also cogni zant of challenges that must be ad dressed including the lack of afford able housing.
Four political leaders, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Montgomery Coun ty Executive Marc Elrich, Arlington County Board Chair Katie Cristol and Fairfax County Board of Supervi sors Chair Jeffrey C. McKay, partici pated virtually in the D.C. Chamber of Commerce’s State of the District & Region Conference on Sept. 30, shar ing their perspectives.
“Everybody is struggling to figure out what the future will be,” Elrich said.
Bowser said the District has bounced back from the negative im pact of the pandemic.
“We have recovered,” the mayor said. “We are lucky in this region in that we haven’t had huge impacts on income. As a matter of fact, some workers saw increases in their incomes while others lost income due to their employment in the hospitality and en tertainment industries.”
Bowser said people should be pre pared for a slowdown in the economy in the near future based on the actions of the Federal Reserve Board. She noted that the commercial real estate sector has recovered “pretty well,” add ing that the District government will report “more revenues than expected” for the past month.
Bowser’s financial prediction would be confirmed in D.C.’s September 2022 Revenue Estimate with the forecast for local fund revenue revised upward for fiscal year 2023 by $93.7 million with a total revision upward of $451 million across fiscal year 20222026.
Cristol said despite the uncertainty of the future, legislators continue to anticipate how to prepare for the next few years.
“We are seeing a total transforma tion of commercial space,” she said, adding that Arlington has a high office vacancy rate with which to contend.
McKay said Fairfax residents have given its government high marks on its performance during the early part of the pandemic.
“Over 70% of residents compli mented us on the pandemic,” he said.
“Fairfax put out $70 million for local businesses to survive during the pan demic. There will be many years of potential impact due to COVID. We still have not ended our state of emer gency.”
Elrich said Montgomery County has gotten to a good place economical ly and seeks to engage business owners on what the government could do to meet their needs in order to foster growth and stability.
All of the leaders agreed that an affordable housing crisis exists in the Washington area.
“The Washington, D.C. region is incredibly opportunity rich and an incredibly high-cost area,” Cristol said. “We have a regional housing short age.”
Elrich said in Montgomery Coun ty, there are 50,000 residents who earn about $150,000 a year and have a problem finding affordable housing.
“It will take about 75% of housing to be subsidized [by the government] to be affordable in the county,” he said.
McKay said previous county leaders set a goal of 10,000 new housing units by 2034 and he will work to see that happen.
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“This board has prioritized afford able housing,” he said. “The 10,000 housing units goal is just one piece we are doing on behalf of affordable housing. Every option is on the table. We would like to focus our affordable housing near Metro stations. Plus, we
want affordable housing everywhere in Fairfax County, not just in certain areas.”
Bowser noted her goal of 36,000 new housing units by 2025 and said she agreed with McKay on where af fordable housing should be located.
“Affordable housing should be in all eight wards,” the mayor said. “The private sector won’t do it by itself. I will continue to press for a regional goal on housing.”
Laying the groundwork for a brighter and cleaner tomorrow
President Joe Biden helped close out the Congressional Black Caucus Foun dation’s Annual Legislative Conference at the Phoenix Awards Gala by deliver ing a keynote address centered on his administration’s accomplishments over the past two years.
And White House Director of Af rican American Media Erica Loewe summed up Biden’s speech by noting that “he came with receipts.”
With the American Rescue Plan, bipartisan infrastructure legislation, the Inflation Reduction Act, histori
cal funding for the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities, judicial appointments, gun safety measures, and student loan forgiveness, Loewe noted that the president achieved those victories in less than two years in office.
“Without the CBC, I wouldn’t be standing here tonight,” Biden said during the gala that drew more than 3,000 people.
“I told you all I was going to appoint a Black woman to the Supreme Court, and we did.”
The awards honored members of the CBC, including a special “Democ racy Trailblazers Award” to Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, who chairs
the Jan. 6 committee.
Biden also insisted that he’d contin ue to advocate for African Americans.
“You’ve had my back, and I promise I will have yours,” Biden asserted.
Throughout the five-day confer ence, panel discussions touched on various social, political, economic, and health issues that disproportionately af fect African Americans.
One panel centered on making HB CUs stronger. It included the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s Leadership Award Recipient, Dr. Glen da Glover, the president of Tennessee State University.
“We’re in the middle of an HBCU
renaissance,” Glover declared.
Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-SC) led a discussion on environmental racism, a fight that NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. helped kick off more than 40 years ago.
“We have come a long way, but we’re still fighting,” Clyburn stated. “We are fighting against misrepresentation.”
American Diabetes Association CEO Charles Henderson led a discus sion about how the Black community is at a higher risk for certain eye diseases, which usually have no warning signs and even lead to blindness.
Henderson and others concluded that the longer a person has diabetes,
the greater the risk for diabetic eye dis ease.
They urged that early detection, timely treatment, and appropriate fol low-up care can reduce a person’s risk for severe vision loss from diabetic eye disease by 95%.
The first day of the conference also saw Angela Rye and Cora Masters Bar ry help to lead the 14th Annual Black Wom en’s Roundtable Policy Forum: Le veraging the Power of Black Women’s Leadership In The Fight For Our Rights, Freedoms, Safety, Justice, and Democracy.
Also, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) were the featured guests on a panel discuss ing the importance of community vio lence intervention efforts to help break the cycle of violence in cities across the country.
Earlier this year, an admitted racist traveled to Buffalo and killed 10 Afri can Americans at a city supermarket.
“One of the things I committed to after May 14, the horrible act of domes tic terrorism in Buffalo, is that I would not let the nation forget the ten pre cious lives that were lost, the three oth ers that were injured, and that I would do everything that I could as mayor of the city of Buffalo to continue to lift up my voice around sensible gun reform and other strategies to make communi ties safer,” Brown remarked. WI
The event has been held virtually the previous two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Opening with a commitment to the victims of Hurricane Ian in Puer to Rico, Florida and South Carolina, Harris said that she and President Biden “will stand by you for as long as it takes,” then, she reflected on her journey to the White House.
“The first time I attended this din ner, I was in college at Howard Uni versity . . . you know!” she said, fol lowed by enthusiastic applause. “As a U.S. Senator, I attended this dinner as a CBC member and tonight, I at tend this dinner as Vice President of the United States.”
Before introducing Biden, Harris touted two significant achievements out of the White House that spe cifically targeted African Americans including a $5.8 billion investment in HBCUs and the investiture of the first Black woman – Ketanji Brown Jackson – appointed to the U.S. Su preme Court.
“We need the leadership of this organization more now than ever,” Harris continued. “We gather in un settled times,” she said, referring to what she has witnessed as she travels across the country and worldwide. A woman’s right to choose, voting rights and protections against hate and violence are “ideals and free doms that we thought were long es tablished and are now under threat,” she said.
“These long-held freedoms hang in the balance,” but she challenged the 56 members of the CBC and others to give Biden power, just as Dr. King worked to get the power President Lyndon B. Johnson needed to pass the Voting Rights Bill.
“We’ve got the power,” she con cluded, then turned to introduce President Biden, who was received with a standing ovation.
With the support of the CBC, Biden wasted no time ticking off the “big wins” his administration has scored on behalf of Black Amer ica. “As a matter of fact, without the CBC,” Biden admitted, “I wouldn’t
be standing here tonight. That’s a fact.”
In addition to fulfilling his prom ise to nominate a Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court, Biden said the CBC has helped him confirm more Black women appellate [feder al] justices [judges] than every other President in the history combined — combined throughout our history.”
He pointed to his administration’s
successes, including increasing Black Americans with health insurance under the Affordable Care, cutting Black child poverty in half in 2021 because of the Child Tax Credit, reducing Black unemployment, increasing Black small-business cre ation and aggressively attacking racial discrimination in housing.
Biden promised, moving forward, to increase the share of federal gov ernment expenditures on small, disadvantaged businesses, includ ing brown and Black businesses, to which Ron Busby, president of the U.S. Black Chambers, gave a thumbs up.
“We’re going to bring that from 10% of all that money spent going to small businesses that are Black and brown to 15% by 2025,” Biden add ed. “It doesn’t sound like much. That means an additional $100 billion to those businesses and those commu nities. It matters,” he repeated, “it matters.”
Taking a page from some Baptist preachers, Biden’s speech became more impassioned as he talked about
lowering the cost of drugs, student loan forgiveness, gun safety legislation and investing in violence intervention programs that “have [been] shown to reduce violent crime by up to 60%, where they’re taking on in earnest,” he said. “I signed the Anti-Lynching Act in [Emmitt Till’s] name that, finally, after all these years — finally made lynching a federal crime — a hate crime,” he said.
Biden promised to continue to help get the George Floyd Justice Policing Act, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act passed and on his desk to sign. He also asked for Congress’s support to get Roe v. Wade codified to protect a woman’s right to choose and the right to privacy.
“Look, I know you helped — mat ter of fact, you’re the major reason I got elected president of the United States,” he told the crowd. “I’ll defend our democracy and your freedoms with every fiber of my being,” he promised. “You had my back and I promise you, I’ll have yours.”
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Grammy winner Chrisette Michele sent the packed house home buzzing following her dazzling performance to conclude the National Newspa per Publishers Association’s (NNPA) Annual Leadership Reception at the Marriott Marquis in the District on Sept. 29.
Belting out a string of hits and crowd favorites, Michele crooned and teased the Black Press and its guests about being “grown and sexy.”
She reached deep into her catalog with the “One Vision” band backing her; Michele performed “No Great er Love,” “All I Ever Think About,” “Blame It on Me” and several other numbers as the crowd sang, swayed, danced and screamed approval.
The presentation of the annual awards preceded the rousing perfor mance.
Tennessee State University President
Dr. Glenda Glover received the Lead ership Award for Outstanding Achieve ment in the Field of Public Education. NNPA Chair Karen Carter Richards and NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. declared that Dr. Glover earned the award for her work with African-American students throughout the country.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison received the Leadership Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Law Enforcement. Richards and Chavis applauded Ellison for “ef fectively challenging systemic racism throughout the country.”
Dr. Aida Habtezion, the chief med ical officer at Pfizer, received the award for Outstanding Achievement and Leadership in Medicine. The award’s inscription noted that Habtezion had championed the cause of ensuring that worldwide, patients, physicians, and regulatory agencies are provided with information on the safe and ap propriate use of Pfizer medications.
Terry Travis, the managing part ner of EVNoire, was presented the Leadership Award for Outstanding Achievement and Leadership in the Cause for Freedom, Justice and Eq uity. Travis received the award for his work in transportation, energy, and environmental health.
Attorney James L. Winston, the president and CEO of the Na tional Association of Black-owned Broadcasters, Inc., was presented the Leadership Award for Outstand ing Achievement and Leadership in the Cause for Freedom, Justice and Equality for All Americans, in Partic ular African Americans, in the Area of Broadcast Communications.
The Reverend Dr. William Bar ber II, president of Repairers of the Breach, received the Leadership Award for Outstanding Achievement, Leadership, and Tireless Efforts in Fighting for Freedom, Justice, and Equity for All Underserved People of America.”
5 Terry Travis (2nd right), chief disruptor and EVNoir managing partner is presented a leadership award by (l-r) Terry Jones, NNPA convention planning committee chair, Karen Carter Richards, NNPA chair, and Dr. Benjamin Chavis Jr. NNPA president and CEO at the NNPA National Leadership Awards Reception in Northwest on September 29. (Jacques Benovil/The Washington Informer)
His daughter, Rebekah Barber, ac cepted on his behalf.
“Thank you, NNPA, thank you, Black Press,” Barber stated. “The fight continues.”
The NNPA received orders for more than 2,000 tickets for the Lead ership Awards Reception and cere mony.
Students from the Duke Elling ton School of the Arts blanketed the
ballroom, assisting NNPA employees and gaining valuable insight into the Black Press.
Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Virginia) and Rep. William Clay (D-Missouri) counted among the elected officials attending the awards.
First-time attendees included Dr. Nicole McDaniel from Delaware.
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Rwanda has told the United Nations Security Council that the country re mains committed to the Luanda roadmap and its implementation as elaborated in the DR Congo-Rwanda Joint Permanent Commission for implementation of the roadmap, The New Times (Rwanda) reported on October 1.
Speaking at the United Nations Security Council session on ‘the situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo,’ Rwanda’s Ambassador to the UN, Clever Gatete, said that Rwanda took note of the Secretary General’s report, particularly the comprehensive coverage of the effects caused by domestic and foreign armed groups in the Eastern DRC.
“This report comes at a time when the East Africa Community Regional Force is being deployed to implement the Nairobi Process. Implementing the two tracks of the Nairobi Process provides solid ground for ending the presence of foreign and domestic armed groups in the Eastern part of the DR Congo,” he said.
With these two processes, according to Gatete, Rwanda trusts that a sustainable solution can be implemented.
DR Congo has previously accused Rwanda of supporting M23 rebel group – an accusation that Rwanda has vehe mently denied. In fact, while addressing the 77th United Nations General Assembly, President Paul Kagame said the blame game will not solve the DR Congo internal issues but rather regional mechanisms will.
The president also called for the need to address DR Congo issues from the root, saying that the challenges DR Congo is facing are not insurmountable, and solutions can be found. Among the root causes of the DR Congo include the continued existence of the FDLR terrorist group which is also responsible for the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. For more than the last three decades, the FDLR has made several skirmish attacks on Rwanda killing several civilians.
In his address to the UN Security Council, Gatete said, “FDLR and its splinter groups continue to pose a serious threat to Rwanda. Therefore, troubling concerns arise when the FDLR and splinter groups receive support, and com fortably operate alongside DR Congo army (FARDC).”
He added that, “Such treatment allows these negative forces to reorganize, recruit and conduct cross-border in cursions on Rwandan territory. FARDC must stop forging alliances with hostile and sanctioned armed groups like FDLR. WI
The newly-elected Allied Board of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) has underscored its commitment to helping reimagine and rebuild the region’s tourism product, in the wake of the fallout from the COVID-19 pan demic, Barbados Today reported on October 1.
This follows the CTO Business Meetings held in the Cayman Islands in Sep tember when William “Billy” Griffith was re-elected chairman – one of four directors who will serve another twoyear term on the five-member Allied Board.
The managing director of WCG Consulting Ltd, Griffith will be joined by Barry Brown of AFAR Media LLC, Seleni Matus of George Washington University and Jacqueline Johnson of Global Bridal Group/MarryCaribbean. com, as those returning.
Anne Brobyn, founder/president of Hibiscus International Tours, is the new face on the Allied Board.
“The Caribbean Tourism Organization is now at an inflection point whilst reimagining and adapting its business model,” Griffith said. “I believe I can also contribute greatly in forging a more cohesive partnership between the private and public sector, raise the profile of the Allied Members and assist significantly in increasing its membership base.” Brobyn, who brings the experience of being a former employee and marketing representative for the CTO, said the Caribbean’s emergence from the COVID-19 pandemic called for “creative thinking and strategic development.”
Brown, AFAR Media’s executive director for the Caribbean, added: “I believe the diverse expertise and insight of Allied membership is more critical now than ever to help refuel a robust and sustainable rebound of Tourism after the crises of the past few years.”
Matus, a former Belize director of tourism who now serves as executive director of the International Institute of Tourism Studies at George Washington University, said: “I am thrilled to work with affiliates to create a more sustain able tourism industry in the Caribbean by leveraging the strengths of the affiliate network.”
Johnson, meanwhile, said she was ready for the challenge of “developing marketing and communication strategies for a completely different marketplace”. WI
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October is Breast Cancer Aware ness Month, so it’s a good time to learn about ways to prevent the disease. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime.1 A family history of the disease and certain lifestyle choices can put you at higher risk for breast cancer. Knowing the risks can help you prevent it.
You are more at risk for breast cancer if you:2
• Are age 50 or older
• Have certain inherited chang es (mutations) to the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes
• Have a family history of breast or ovarian cancer
• Began menstruating before age 12 or started menopause after age 55
• Have dense breast tissue — ask your primary care provider (PCP) what this means for you
While you cannot change certain risk factors, such as your genes, there
are lifestyle choices you can make to help lower your risk of breast cancer. Some of these include:3
• Exercising regularly
• Limiting how much alcohol you drink
• Talking to your PCP about the risks of certain types of hormone re placement therapy or oral birth control pills, if you use them
• Breastfeeding your children, if pos sible
Talk to your PCP about these and other breast cancer risk factors. They can advise you on breast cancer screen ings based on your risk.
Finding cancer early, which generally means before you have symptoms, in creases the odds of beating the disease. Routine mammography is the best way to detect breast cancer early.4
• Get routine mammograms. A mammogram is an X-ray that takes an image of your breast tissue. It can show breast lumps before they are large enough to feel.
Most guidance says that women should start getting mammograms at age 45 or 50 and continue to get them every one or two years.5 Women at
higher risk for breast cancer should start getting mammograms earlier in life.4
Talk to your PCP about a mammog raphy schedule that is appropriate for your level of risk.
Let’s raise awareness about breast cancer and support each other this Oc tober and all year long. Know the risks and get your mammograms as needed!
It could save your life.
The information in this article is to help you learn more about this topic. It is not to take the place of your health care provider. If you have questions, talk with your health care provider. If you think you need to see your health care provider because of something you have read in this information, please contact your health care provider. Nev er stop or wait to get medical attention because of something you have read in this material.
Sources:
1. “Breast Cancer in Young Women,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/ breast/young_women/bringyourbrave/
breast_cancer_young_women/index. htm.
2.“What Are the Risk Factors for Breast Cancer?” Centers for Disease Con trol and Prevention, https://www.cdc.gov/ cancer/breast/basic_info/risk_factors.htm.
3. “What Can I Do To Reduce My Risk of Breast Cancer?” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, https:// www.cdc.gov/cancer/breast/basic_info/ prevention.htm.
4. “American Cancer Society Recommendations for the Early Detec tion of Breast Cancer,” American Cancer Society, https://www.cancer.org/cancer/
breast-cancer/screening-tests-and-ear ly-detection/american-cancer-soci ety-recommendations-for-the-early-de tection-of-breast-cancer.html.
5. “Breast Cancer Screen ing Guidelines for Women,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/breast/pdf/ breast-cancer-screening-guidelines-508. pdf.
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AmeriHealth Caritas District of Columbia (DC) hosts and supports various mammography events for enrollees throughout the District.
• P.I.N.K.I.E. parties. In addition to breast cancer screening, these events include activities, education, food, and fun.
• Mobile mammography van. AmeriHealth Caritas DC hosts a mobile mammography screening van in different areas of the District, so you don’t have to go out of your way to get a breast cancer screening.
Check out AmeriHealth Caritas DC’s community events calendar at https://
www.amerihealthcaritasdc.com/ pdf/member/wellness-center/well ness-calendar.pdf or call our Com munity Outreach Solutions team at 202–216–2318 for more informa tion. AmeriHealth Caritas DC also offers fitness classes through the Ac tive&Fit® program. With Active&Fit, you can join live virtual classes, watch workout videos on your own time, and even get a gym membership. View our community calendar for more information.
Kayla Benjamin WI Staff Writer
Two decades after experiencing one of the nation’s most severe lead water crises, D.C. still has tens of thousands of lead service lines posing health risks to District residents, especially chil dren.
“If you have a lead pipe, it's the equivalent of playing Russian Rou
lette. You never know when pieces of lead will flake off,” said Neil Boyer, chair of NAACP D.C.’s Environmen tal and Climate Justice committee, speaking at a September 19 summit on environmental health hazards.
“There is no such thing as a safe lead pipe,” Boyer said.
Buoyed by at least $135 million in federal funding, DC Water aims to eliminate all lead service lines in
the District by 2030. But a new re port commissioned by D.C. Council found that the city will need to make major changes in order to meet that goal and prioritize District residents most vulnerable to lead exposure.
One necessary step remains for D.C. lawmakers to make lead service line removal mandatory and free for all residents, the report said. Current ly, when DC Water wants to replace
a lead service line, it needs approval from the property owner.
Even in agency-initiated projects that remain free to residents, DC Wa ter has about a 25% non-participation rate, according to Lead Replacement Program Manager John Deignan. That means the 100% lead-free goal would require returning to the same streets at least once, doubling repaving costs and making it essentially impos sible to complete the task in 10 years.
At a September 27 roundtable hosted by the Council’s Committee on Transportation and Environment, clean water advocates, DC Water lead ers and legislators agreed that that was
“We need a mandate and we need funding,” said committee chair, Councilmember Mary Cheh.
A representative in her office con firmed that she plans to introduce leg islation on the issue before she leaves
Though many of the city’s known lead pipes remain concentrated in neighborhoods with older houses, such as Columbia Heights and Cap itol Hill, a lot of homes in Wards 7 and 8 have pipes marked “unknown” on DC Water’s inventory, Baron not ed in an interview. Further, D.C. has historically relied on residents to pay for all or part of their service line re placements, which made wealthier households more likely to eliminate their lead pipes.
In 2019, the city enabled DC Water to fully cover agency-initiated replace ments. Since October of that year, DC Water has replaced about 3,000 lead service lines with more than 50% of those projects either free or discounted for homeowners, Deignan said. Still, under the utility’s current plan, around 39% of all lead pipe removals would need to be initiated – and at least par tially paid for – by residents.
DC Water has ramped up replace ment rates in the last two years and its plan prioritizes historically-disadvan taged neighborhoods. But underlying disparities in access to good nutri tion, educational support and quality health care can all make lead exposure more dangerous for Black and low-in come children than for their wealthier, white peers.
Certified water filters reduce lead but neither DC Water nor the Department of Energy and Environment have longterm programs to get free filters to fam ilies, another factor that stacks the deck in favor of wealthier residents.
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A mandate could help the city avoid furthering environmental injustices that already make low-income resi dents and people of color more vul nerable to lead exposure, said Valerie Baron, a public representative on the Lead Service Line Planning Task Force established by the Council last year.
“When we don't get every house on a block, the folks that are left behind are disproportionately families expe riencing poverty and people of color,” Baron said. “We are literally paving over the problem and leaving the same populations that have been bearing the brunt of the lead problem here for decades to continue to face it.”
The independent report recom mends providing filters to anyone with known or suspected lead service lines. At the roundtable, DC Water CEO David Gadis said such a pro gram would be too expensive, requir ing rate hikes and taking away from the permanent solution of lead pipe removal.
Advocates like Boyer don’t think that reasoning’s good enough.
“What are you going to say to all the families that have to wait until 2030 to get their lead service lines ful ly replaced, who you refused to even consider supplying with free water filters?” he asked at the roundtable. “What are you going to say to the next family whose child is diagnosed with elevated blood lead levels? Are you going to say sorry and give them your thoughts and prayers?” WI
In response to students who re main noncompliant with District school vaccination policies, DC Health recently announced the launch of numerous childhood vacci nation clinics set to operate between October 3 through November 18.
Heavy consideration has taken place surrounding the necessity for child inoculations to help protect stu dents from the threat of COVID-19 as we enter another on-campus school year. Following in sequence with a number of adult vaccine cen ters aimed to protect adult residents against potential coronavirus and monkeypox infections, the local health organization has opened spac es strictly dedicated to lessening the gap of students who have not been able to return to their classrooms due to an unfulfilled vaccination status.
The children's vaccinations will be made available city-wide, distributing shots at THEARC on Mississippi Av enue., SE, 13th Place, NW, S. Street NW, Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE, Children’s National in Shepherd
Park, NW and Children’s National Anacostia location in SE.
DC Health has established the upcoming clinics in partnership with Children’s National Hospital which typically provides pediatric care for the District’s youth residents. The duo is working to provide minor res idents with a few convenient ways to take advantage of vaccination oppor tunities including: fast-track vaccina tion-only hours at their fixed clinic sites; creating mobile clinics deployed to schools reporting low vaccination numbers; and on-demand vaccina tion services for those students who have been excluded from their school due to lagging behind on current vac cination requirements.
District health officials predict a large turnout of interested recipi ents for the now available childhood vaccinations. While recommending parents to first consult their family pediatricians for available appoint ments, if they are turned away for any reason, parents can contact Children’s National locations for scheduling while slots are available.
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information,” she said.
Walter “Heru” Peacock said he will forever remain grateful to DISB for helping him become financially literate and develop his skills in data analytics. Peacock, a 28-year-old Ward 7 native, joined the Young Money Managers
program at the completion of his ju nior year at Howard University in Northwest.
In his role as a data analyst, he collected data from pre- and posttests to determine how many of his peers at summer youth em ployment sites had acquired the knowledge passed on to them
from Young Money Managers rep resentations.
These days, as a hip-hop violinist and guitarist, Peacock continues to execute the lessons learned on the job years ago. He said doing so has allowed him to flourish in his multifaceted career and
build a future for himself and his family.
“The vulnerability of our culture is that music encourages us to spend money on nice and flashy things [but] we have to build up the right habits for future success,” Peacock said. “Learning about good spending habits as a young
adult and teenager makes investments easier. Everyone was in the same boat struggling during the pandemic. It’s not about how much you make but how much you save.”
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For years, DC Public Schools (DCPS)’ Connected Schools mod el has fostered relationships be tween select schools and a bevy of government agencies, nonprofits and corporations to address stu dents’ needs beyond the classroom.
At Ballou Senior High School in Southeast, Amazon counts among nearly 50 partners committed to connecting students with resourc es. The global behemoth has also conducted case challenges through which students enrolled in Ballou’s 3DE interdisciplinary high school model have been able to work with Amazon Web Services.
This arrangement laid the foun dation for a recent event where four members of Amazon Black Leaders and Executives (ABLE) group engaged several Ballou stu dents about their personal and professional journeys.
For more than an hour, students listened as three Black male execu
tives – Bryant Lowery, Ken Wash ington and Lorenzo Patton – re flected on their mutual passion for technology and finance and delved into the realities of their academic experiences. Students, including Jenesis Marshall, asked questions and gained clarity about the next steps in their academic journeys.
“I have different options [as I] work on my career now and will always continue to be curious,” said Jenesis, an 11th grader in Bal lou’s 3DE academy and Informa tion Technology CTE program.
“When Lorenzo [Patton] told me he worked with money, that’s what I wanted to do. I want to build generational wealth for my family so they can never want for anything. Ballou has a lot of aca demic programs and opportunities for my success” Jenesis said.”
Patton, Amazon’s vice presi dent of finance operation services, along with Washington, vice pres ident of software engineering, and Lowery, vice president of global operations, reflected on challenges
they encountered in high school. They also spent much of their time speaking before a captivated audi ence of two dozen young people about the importance of personal branding, mentorship and mak ing career pivots when the market changes.
Lowery didn’t mince words as he told students that they would always have to learn new skills throughout their career.
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In the several years since John Al len Muhammad and Lee Boyd Mal vo’s conviction, and Muhammad’s execution in the state of Virginia, few, if any, have been hard pressed to say that much has changed in an era where gun-related deaths in America occur every day.
Amid all the discussion about the gun violence in the U.S., patrons of Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, Maryland continue to visit a reflec tion terrace that honors Muhammad
joined Amazon after a stint with Ford, encouraged students to ex plore and monetize their interests.
“If you’re good at something, you’ll dive into it and someone will pay you,” he said. “It took me longer than needed to figure out how much I love technology but once I went in, I never looked back. Figure out what turns you on and really excites you and be honest about that.”
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and Malvo’s victims. When Mont gomery County officials unveiled the memorial in 2004, they heralded it as an overture to grieving families.
For those families, and others in close proximity to the killings, those three weeks in the fall of 2002 re main etched in their memories.
A Kensington, Maryland resident, who asked to be identified as Juani ta, said her community experienced confusion and anxiety after Mu hammad and Malvo shot and killed Lori-Ann Lewis Rivera at a Shell gas station less than a mile from Juanita’s
Schools, including Anacostia High School, Johnson Middle School and Hart Middle School in South east, along with Eliot-Hine Middle School in Northeast and Cardozo Education Campus in Northwest.
The full-service community model, based on national research and educational best practices, provides students and their fam ilies with resources related to health, employment and housing, among other aspects of life.
As Ballou’s Connected Schools manager, Jasmine Stewart said she has seen firsthand the immediate benefits of students’ immersion in an open world. She heralded the Amazon partnership as a tool in expanding young people’s imagi nation about what’s possible.
“Our 11th graders are famil iar with Amazon and they saw Amazon beyond the typical lens because their projects dealt with the Amazon Web Services side,” Stewart said. “We see that they’re thinking outside the box. They have mentors and are making con versations to expand their ideas and wants when it comes to post secondary options.”
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Juanita said the killing spree, and what she later learned about Mu hammad’s motivations, fueled her disdain for institutions that haven’t tackled the nation’s mental health crisis.
“It was a personal attack against all of us in Kensington who went to that gas station to fuel up or vacuum
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our cars,” Juanita said. “America has gone nowhere in addressing mental health. We talk a good game but we don’t produce results. People are try ing to find beds and are still suffering from [psychotic] episodes. We have mentally ill people who don’t seek treatment because of stigma.”
From October 2 until their cap ture in the early morning hours of October 24, 2002, Muhammad and Malvo wounded three people in the D.C. metropolitan area and killed 10 others. Within that three-week span, officials canceled outdoor activities and people thought twice about walking around shopping centers, gas stations and other public areas.
By the time the two arrived in the D.C. metropolitan area, they had already killed seven people in other parts of the U.S., including Taco ma, Washington, Tucson, Ariz., and Hammond, Louisiana. An investi gation later found that Muhammad had a vendetta against his ex-wife.
After Muhammad and Malvo’s capture, officials in Montgomery County acted quickly to honor the victims. Then-Montgomery County Executive Doug Duncan (D) collab orated with Montgomery County Department of Parks, a designer, and a committee to accentuate a stone structure that had already been erected by a body of water at the Brookside Gardens reflection terrace.
One of the stone structures at the reflection terrace bears Rivera’s name in addition to that of James D. Mar tin, James L. “Sonny” Buchanan,
all of which took place within a span of two days, made her think twice about stopping at gas stations and other open areas while on her trips along Interstate 270.
Decades later, after travels abroad with her family, Barbara continues to think about how incidents of vi olence and related discussions have proliferated in the U.S. This week, while on her sixth visit to the reflec
tion terrace, Barbara said those three weeks in 2002 marked a turning point in her life.
“At the time, I didn’t realize this is where this country was and how sheltered I had been,” Barbara said.
“It’s very ugly and pervasive. It doesn’t feel like the lessons are being learned. People need to feel that they belong and they are appreciated and heard.”
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It’s ironic where and how quickly taxpayer dollars flow when a disaster strikes. For the victims, sufficient aid is not coming quickly, especially for those whose homes were destroyed by Hurricane Ian in Puerto Rico, Florida, and South Carolina. They want to know when aid will arrive for them.
The clean-up has begun, but in Florida, the state where its Governor Ron DeSantis voted as a member of Congress against giving aid to New Yorkers following Hurricane Sandy, he is now stand ing with hat in hand, hoping Biden won’t recall the past and will deliver desperately needed funds to help rebuild the state’s damaged areas.
Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory still struggling from the devastating effect of Hurricane Maria in 2017, was slammed again by Hurricane Ian. Many did not recover from Maria, and life without re liable electricity and water can stretch for several weeks. Much of their suffering hit before Hurricane Ian, demonstrating a greater need for support that they are still waiting to arrive.
And, what about the folks in Jackson, Mississippi? They still lack clean drinking water, and the distribution of bottled water was scheduled to end last month. The problem there resulted from poor water infrastructure and flooding. This week, the NAACP filed a lawsuit against the City of Jackson, claiming years of racist neglect led to a water crisis. So, where is their aid, and how long must they wait?
Then there’s Haiti, the long-suffering island right next to the Dominican Republic that was dealt a devastating blow from an earthquake in 2010 that reportedly killed about 200,000 people. In 2017, over 2,000 deaths occurred from an earthquake leaving a greater mess, and now violence has erupted, reportedly following orders from the governor to remove fuel subsidies. Millions of dollars were pledged, but questions abound over where the aid dollars went.
Yet, President Biden announced this week that Ukraine would receive a new $625 million security assistance package on top of the billions they’ve already received to fight a war with Russia.
Americans are watching dollars quickly flow to a foreign nation while hoping that an equally swift response to their needs will be met here at home. President Biden and Congress must decide when the well has run dry, and it's time to turn their attention to their own backyards. WI
Political pollsters often brag about the reliability of their skills in predicting the winners in high ly-contested elections. And while their contributions merit our attention, even occasional praise, vot ers should not make the mistake of allowing the results of polls to influence their decision on whether they will vote or not.
It doesn’t matter if the election is for a relatively obscure local office or for president of the United States. Many politicians and their supporters have learned the hard way that even polls conducted by the most highly-regarded organizations can be wrong in predicting winners.
Even more, it has been proven time and time again, that every vote counts.
With this in mind, we urge voters in Maryland to refrain from accepting the results of a recent Post-UMD poll which found Democrat Wes Moore leading his Republican opponent, Dan Cox, by 32 points in the race for governor with five weeks remaining until Election Day, as the “gospel truth.”
Indeed, stranger things have happened. Polling’s biggest ever “faux pas” still has historians talking nearly 75 years later after a Chicago Tribune headline announced, “Dewey Defeats Truman.” All of the major polls had predicted victory for New York Governor Thomas Dewey over Harry Truman, the incumbent president. Reasons for the mistake continue to be a source for debate but the error served as a reminder that “it ain’t over ‘til it’s over.”
Since then, pre-election polls have become far more accurate, although some years results have proven more precise than others. For example, the margin of Ronald Reagan’s 1980 victory was un derestimated by some pollsters. And when business mogul Rick Scott, who had never run for elected office, took on seasoned Democrat Alex Sink in the Florida governor’s race in 2010, no one expected Sink to lose. But she did. Again, the reasons for her loss continue to be debated.
Most recently, when The Rev. Raphael Warnock, the senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, became Georgia’s first Black U.S. senator in a runoff election in January 2021, some pollsters found they’d predicted the wrong winner. It seems that voters felt more comfortable with Warnock than the incumbent, Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler, who had aligned herself with President Donald Trump.
Returning to the current Maryland race for governor, the Post-UMD poll showed that while Dem ocrats support the party’s candidate at a 86% clip, the support of Moore also includes 22% of Repub lican voters. The statistical conclusion counts as newsworthy in itself but again, it’s only a prediction.
So, if it matters to voters who actually wins in the upcoming elections this November, our advice can be stated in one simple word: VOTE. WI
That was another spectacular issue of the WI Bridge. I thoroughly enjoyed the graphics, stories, and photos, of course.
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It was sad to read about Stratford Uni versity's closure and its impact on its stu dents. I had never heard of this university before reading your story. I truly hope edu cation leaders in this country will alleviate the debt or transfer the student's credit. Thanks for keeping the community in formed, especially on the education front.
Faith P. EastoneAlexandria, Va.
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Did you know that Black women are three or four times more likely to die from childbirth complications than white women? Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-Ill.), who heads the Congressional Black Caucus Health Brain trust, says the data are direr de pending on where a mother lives. In Illinois, Black women are six times as likely to die. In New York, Black women are 10 times as likely to die.
And it's not just Black women. With a significant Indigenous population in Washington state, those women are eight times as likely to die as white women!
The issue of Black maternal health care is tackled in the film "After shock," which can be seen on Hulu. Produced by Tonya Lewis Lee and Paula Eiselt, the film features families directly and painfully affected by how Black women are treated as they deliv er children. The Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Forum fea
tured several brain trust meetings on health, including one titled "Creating Maternal Health Care Systems that Believe and Protect Black Women." It featured clips from "Aftershock" and included panelists affected by the Black maternal health crisis.
Shawnee Benton Gibson's daugh ter Shamony Makeba Gibson died from complications from childbirth only 13 days after she gave birth to her son. She complained of pain, shortness of breath and more, but health care providers told her these
were "natural" childbirth symptoms. She was only rushed to the hospital to die once she could not move. Later, it was shown that health care providers ignored vital signs of her increasingly poor health. She died from medical indifference and incompetence.
Also featured in the film were Om ari Maynard, Shamony's partner who is now raising two children alone, and Bruce McIntyre III, whose partner Amber Rose Isaac died after an emer gency C-section. He says her death is the result of "medical negligence" and
has joined several others in shining light on this pandemic of Black ma ternal health.
"Aftershock" lifts the importance of doula (pregnancy coaches and ad vocates) and midwives, an essential part of maternal health. It also looks at the criminalization of midwives and those who eschew traditional birthing. Some midwives have been criminally prosecuted for bringing healthy babies into the world.
Former President Donald Trump has spent a lifetime getting away with things. Rich and willing to use an army of lawyers to defend his abuses and bully people he has wronged into submission, Trump is a prime example of the inequities in our justice system.
But that could all be changing, thanks to two courageous Black women who are not intimidated by his insults and public bullying.
One of them is New York Attor ney General Letitia "Tish" James. She has been leading an investiga tion into a "staggering" amount of financial fraud she charges that Trump has committed over the years.
After trying everything he could to avoid it, Trump appeared in her office in August to answer ques tions. But the only question he answered was about his name. For every other question — more than 400 other times — he invoked his right under the Constitution's Fifth Amendment to avoid incriminating
himself.
In September, after interviewing dozens of people and reviewing mil lions of pages of documents, James's office filed a lawsuit against Trump and his three adult children who have been in business with him — Ivanka, Don Jr., and Eric. The suit asks them to forfeit $250 million in ill-gotten gains and seeks to pre vent them from doing business in New York for the immediate future. She told a reporter that the lawsuit shows how Trump repeatedly lied about the value of his properties "to unjustly enrich himself and to cheat
the system, thereby cheating all of us."
Trump responded in his typical fashion. He called James a "racist." He called her investigation "the greatest witch hunt in the history of the country."
Now, anyone who has followed Trump's interactions with Black women who call him on his … stuff … knows that this is part of a pattern with Black women who see through him and aren't afraid to speak truth.
Trump's disgusting record of insulting and smearing activists
like Stacey Abrams, public officials like Vice President Kamala Harris, Rep. Maxine Waters and Washing ton, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser — and journalists like April Ryan, Abby Phillips, and Yamiche Alcin dor — was recently reviewed by Kaly Holloway for The Daily Beast, which said that James's lawsuit "is bringing the ex-president's racism and sexism back into the spotlight."
James is not the only fearless Black woman seeking to hold Trump accountable. In Georgia,
David W. MarshallMaintaining positive traditions has always been a critical piece of our American society. They help to form the foundations of our fami lies and society. Traditions reinforce values such as freedom, faith, in tegrity, a good education, personal responsibility, a strong work ethic, and the importance of being self less.
Continuing traditions becomes a form of respect and remembrance for the struggles and sacrifices of those before us. Traditions offer the chance to say "thank you" for past contributions and to celebrate diversity while uniting us as a coun try. In 2012, President Obama used the White House portrait unveiling tradition to show the nation some degree of cross-party appreciation. When referring to George W. Bush, he said, "We may have our differ ences politically, but the presidency
Last month, Barack and Mi chelle Obama finally returned to the White House for the unveiling of their official White House por traits. After 10 years, it brought back the long-standing tradition of a first-term president welcoming a predecessor — regardless of par ty — to the White House to un veil their official portraits. Before Obama and Bush, Bush hosted the Clintons in 2004, and the Clintons hosted George H.W. and Barbara
Bush in 1995. It was a tradition that did not take place during the Trump years.
It is easy to allow rituals to be come trivialized or even forgotten, but the Obama unveiling held add ed historical significance. While the true reason for stalling Obama's portrait process in 2017 may nev er be made public, the message is clear. It was disrespectful not only to the Obamas but to the office Trump held. At a time of political and racial divisions, it denied the
nation a rare moment of harmo ny and camaraderie. It also set the wrong tone because recognizing the first Black family to occupy the White House represents a prideful moment for citizens of color.
President Biden is a man of tra dition. By inviting the Obamas back to the White House for their unveiling ceremony, Biden showed that it is never too late to appreciate a former president. The most re
As I write, we are less than 50 days from the midterm elections. I do not feel hyperbolic at all when I say that this election is, and will be, the most consequential in our lifetimes. While consequential, the options given to us as voters re quire little debate as to the future direction we should choose for the nation. Having only two major political parties, realistically, we have an either-or decision.
The time is right for an extended discussion of what our decisions will mean for our futures. In the next several weeks, I will address the falsehoods which grow more numerous each day and offer per spectives designed to stimulate reader curiosity, critical thinking, and enthusiasm to participate in the coming election.
First, let me acknowledge that there are no PERFECT POLIT ICAL PARTIES. Our two parties and their members have faults and flaws. If an individual voter is un
willing to vote for a candidate or party because of a perceived im perfection, this election gives the perfect alibi for not voting. But for those who deal in reality and understand that politics will never yield perfection, this election pres ents the challenge of voting for or against predicted or foreshadowed policies that have the potential to alter our lives beyond our current comprehension. This is the only election in my memory where we must earnestly resist the urge to reject the good for the lack of per
fection.
What's new in this electoral cycle is the Republican Party's "Commitment to America." This is the closest they have come to offering a policy statement that presents their "comprehensive leg islative plan" for the nation since before 2012. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy present ed the "Commitment to Amer ica" which, typical to their party, is long on rhetoric and short on substance.
The rollout to their "Commit
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ment" was a "homey" affair re plete with country music, an in dustrialist supporter/sponsor, the Republican House Leadership of McCarthy, Steve Scalise and Elise Stefanik, and a group of House Republicans including Marjorie Taylor Greene and Jim Jordan. Admittedly, I found that the pre sentation and audience questions/ responses seemed canned and rid dled with exaggeration, misrepre sentations, and lies. In his presen
In 1838, in a shameful chapter of American history, U.S. forces under Gen. Winfield Scott forced tens of thousands of Cherokee In dians — one of the “Five Civilized Tribes” that had embraced the customs and language of white settlers — to march 1,200 miles to what was designated “Indian Ter ritory” across the Mississippi (cen tered in what is now Oklahoma). Their lands were confiscated; their
homes looted. Along what be came known as the Trail of Tears, whooping cough, typhus, dysen tery, and starvation took a deadly toll, with an estimated one-quar ter of the Cherokee people perish ing along the way.
The U.S. government claimed that an 1835 agreement with Cherokee leaders — the Treaty of New Echota — provided the terms for forcibly removing the Cherokee and confiscating their land, which was in high demand by white plantation owners seek ing to expand their cotton fields.
As part of the treaty, the U.S. gov ernment explicitly guaranteed the Cherokee people a seat in the U.S. Congress.
Nearly 200 years later, that legal promise goes unfulfilled. It is far past time for the U.S. to fulfill its promise. The Cherokee Nation has designated a delegate — Kim Tee hee, an experienced leader who has worked on Capitol Hill and in the Obama administration. The trea ty provision is an explicit promise only to the Cherokee nation. Yet because of the importance of hav ing a seat at the table in Congress,
the National Congress of Ameri can Indians has united behind the call to fulfill the promise.
This is a question of honor. A treaty is a legal promise; breaking it is breaking the law. For the U.S., which prides itself as championing a “rules-based international order,” not honoring that promise is a glaring violation of our own prin ciples.
This is a question of justice. The Trail of Tears was a brutal act of terror enforced on a proud peo ple that, ironically, were among the Native American leaders in
seeking to make peace with the new American settlers. The injus tice inflicted upon them did not end with their arrival in what was known as “Indian Territory.” The condition of Native Americans in America continues to be appalling to this day.
From 2019 to 2021 as COVID raged across the country, the life expectancy of Native Americans plummeted from 71.8 years to 65.2, an unprecedented and stag gering decline. COVID preyed
The past few news weeks have been very interesting for me, particu larly with so many comments being posted after Queen Elizabeth's death about the negative impact of colo nialism. Some did not cut the queen any slack. Additionally, so much crit icism was voiced against actress Vio la Davis after the premiere of "The Woman King." Added to that were the comments that were posted after
CNN's Don Lemon interviewed a British royal commentator who said that people of color should get repa rations from the slave trade, but that these reparations should come from African kings whose countries were involved in the slave trade.
As a person of color who is work ing fervently to raise my conscious ness and live from a place of truth, love and forgiveness, it is an oppor tunity to put my efforts into prac tice. It also is an opportunity to use spiritual teachings from enlightened masters, my own education and
travels, and my own common sense to get through each day without los ing my footing and sanity.
This is particularly important for me so that I can be a role model for my daughter and grandchildren. When bitter and negative comments are posted, I tell them to do their research first so that they can form a legitimate and truthful opinion. What is posted may or may not be the truth. An example is when that British royal commentator said that 2,000 British soldiers lost their lives trying to free slaves from ships that
sailed under different flags and that those families' soldiers should receive reparations (read the fact-check on that to learn more about that event).
Discussions with my grandson regarding these posts led to other topics. For instance, he sent me a TikTok rant lambasting volunteer tourism and young, wealthy kids who pay to go on trips "to gain access to poor people so that they can have life-affirming experiences." A wom an said she paid $5,000 to go on a trip to build a library for orphans, but that none of the money went
to the orphans and that because of her group's inexperience, the poorly built library was immediately torn down, Later, a complaint was voiced that people like her only do it to look good on social media, have no expe rience, and then bond with people, but leave quickly never to return. I told my grandson that I questioned whether volunteers would build a structure without anyone having ex perience.
I was able to give an example of my
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More than 100 African-Amer ican researchers, scholars and au thors gathered in-person last week in Montgomery, Ala., the heart of the civil rights movement, to ad
dress Black Health and Wellness at the 107th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH).
For those who participated in the educational sessions, workshops, tours and a film festival, Black lives
served as the focus of the three-day conference that weaved past and modern historical perspectives on health and wellness in the Black community to the 2022 Black His tory Month theme.
“The theme of Black Health and
Sounds of Hazel world premiere Stevie Wonder-inspired Higher Ground
5 Jars of soil collected from lynching sites across the country are on display at the Peace and Justice Memorial Center in Montgomery, Ala. (DR Barnes/The Washington Informer)
Wellness not only addresses the history of healthcare in the Afri can-American community but it is also a historical examination of the financial and economic health and wellness of African Americans,” stated Dr. W. Marvin Delaney, ASALH national president.
“Broadening and expanding the theme to address what some histori ans and health care professionals call the ‘social and economic determi nants’ of health and wellness allows us to show the interconnectedness of several historical, social and eco nomic factors on Black Health and Wellness,” Delaney said.
Nearly 200 sessions addressed a wide range of issues along with panel discussions on topics that included: Scarred: The Impact on Physical and Mental Health of Civil Rights Activists; Sterilization, Race, and Trauma: Tracing the History of Detrimental Health Implications for African Americans in the U.S. and Reclaiming Power: the Black Maternal Health Crisis.
Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, based in Montgomery, and author of “Just Mercy,” a book documenting Ste venson’s career as a lawyer repre senting people on death row, served as the highly-anticipated speaker at the Mellon Social Justice Consor tium Luncheon.
Stevenson set the stage for confer ence attendees who he implored to tell and write the truth and conse quences about the Black experience both in the U.S. and globally.
“Truth-telling is key to our inves
tigation when it comes to talking about African-American life and history,” Stevenson began. “We cannot make progress on health and wellness if we’re unwilling to be truthful about the conditions and the circumstances that we are con fronting in communities across this country.
“There is a health crisis in so many of our communities and we have to be willing to honestly diagnose the features and elements of that crisis. Without truth-telling, we will never get to the correct diagnosis,” he said.
Stevenson noted that aspects and components of our history have health consequences that we have not addressed.
In the early 1970s, he explained, “we had less than 300,000 people in the penal system.”
“Today, we have 2.2 million peo ple in our jails and prisons,” he said. “This shows the unprecedented in vestment in punishment and carcer al systems. Mass incarceration, including a nearly 800% increase of women and Black mothers incar cerated along with youths as young as 12 and 13 years old, has directly impacted the health and wellness of Black communities.”
“If we don’t understand the health consequences of this, we are neglecting to face the truth,” Stevenson said. “That’s why I’m proud of ASALH because I can not think of an organization that has been so committed to truth-telling but we still have so
“The Black Version,” a Los Ange les-based group of writers, actors and producers, has a huge fan base in the DMV and it’s easy to understand why.
As improvisational performers, the ensemble takes simple ideas and raises the bar, bringing its audiences to con stant rounds of laughter.
The group, whose members include Jordan Black, Niyma Frank, Daniele Gaither, Phil LaMarr and Gary An thony Williams, recently performed a completely improvised show at the Kennedy Center in Northwest.
“I’ve been doing improv forever,” said Black, the founder of the ensem ble. “What you learn pretty quickly in the improv world, as a person of color is you are usually the only one. Over the years, I started meeting other people of color in improv.”
Black said encountering other Black performers in the improv world meant “it was on and expect things to start poppin.’”
At the Kennedy Center, things got poppin’ when the troupe request ed movie titles that they turn into a “Black” version. Karen Maruyama, the group’s director, has an integral part in guiding the show. She collects audience film ideas, leading to a popular movie title for the ensemble to act out. The winning title was “Mommy Dearest,” based on the book and movie about abuse experienced by Joan Crawford’s adopted children. “Oh, Mama Come On!” was “The Black Version’s” re
On the spot, Maruyama organized each scene for “Oh Mama Come On!” They came up with a mother with two children, working as a DJ, a housekeeper/child sitter, suitors and a manager. Each segment of this new movie was unimaginable before seeing it unfold before our eyes. Belly-aching laughter served as a great way to spend an evening.
“The Black Version” remains success ful because each member has achieved individual success in their careers.
Black counts as a former writer for “Saturday Night Live” and “The Last OG.” He’s currently a writer/pro ducer on the reboot of “The Wonder Years” on ABC. Funk’s credits include “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” and “Key & Peele.” The versatile Gaither has credits from “Mad TV” and “Bob’s Burgers.” LaMarr, another “Mad TV” cast member, also serves as the voice of Samurai Jack on “Justice League.” Williams’ film credits include the new ly-released “Block Party,” “Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle” and “Un dercover Brother.” Maruyama, besides currently on the directing faculty at the American Film Institute, acted in the show “Shameless.”
Talented players come in and out of “The Black Version.” That’s because this crew never stops working.
Keep up with “The Black Version” through their website www.theblack version.com or on Twitter and Insta gram: @theblackversion.
When the Grammy Awards ostensibly snubbed Michael Jack son’s groundbreaking 1979 album, “Off The Wall,” the then-fledgling King of Pop vowed that voters at the Recording Academy would not ignore what he would offer next.
On November 30, 1982, just over three years later, Jackson re leased “Thriller,” which earned him a record-breaking eight Grammy Awards, including “Al bum of the Year.”
To commemorate the 40-year anniversary of “Thriller,” the Jack son estate and Sony Music Enter tainment said they’re celebrating the artistic vision that anchored the biggest selling album of all time with a new official documen tary.
Directed by Nelson George, the film promises to take fans back in time to the making of the album and release of revolutionary short films that redefined the music vid eo format and captivated audienc es globally.
“Billie Jean” remains the most streamed Michael Jackson song and “Thriller” counts as the only music video that has been induct ed onto the elite National Film Registry of the Library of Con gress.
According to a news release, the documentary features never-be fore-seen footage and candid in terviews.
The yet-titled documentary chronicles the point in Jackson’s career that launched the singer into mega-stardom and created a pop culture phenomenon that is woven through the culture and continues to influence the worlds of music, television, dance, fashion and more to this day.
“The release of Thriller rede fined Michael Jackson, taking him from teen star to adult superstar, who composed memorable songs, sang beautifully and reached the highest level of on-stage perfor mance,” George said in the release.
“The album and the short films they inspired, created a new tem plate for marrying music and im age. It’s been a privilege to explore this extraordinary album and revis it its magic.”
When a fledgling MTV, which programmed white rock artists al most exclusively, refused to play the video for “Billie Jean” Epic Records persisted. Once the wall came crashing down, MTV’s rat ings soared, and a door opened for a generation of African-American artists.
“He was MTV’s Jackie Rob inson,” said cultural critic Touré, who appeared this week on the National Newspaper Publishers
Association’s Let It Be Known to promote his new show, Masters of the Game.
The second studio album by Jackson as a solo artist on Epic Re cords, Thriller captured a record 12 Grammy nominations and a record-setting eight wins.
Since its debut, Thriller has sold over 100 million albums world
wide and was the first album to be certified triple diamond by the RIAA.
“Michael opened and explored emotional depths and pushed the boundaries of sonic innovation on Thriller,” John Branca and John McClain, Jackson’s estate execu tors, said in the news release.
“In the process, he breached
destructive barriers in the music industry and literally united the world through his music. There isn’t a place on this planet that hasn’t been exhilarated by the mu sic of Michael Jackson. This docu mentary’s exploration of Michael’s process and impact is revelatory,” they said. WI
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What if you could ask a skunk any question you wanted? What would you ask? Kid Scoop spoke with skunk authority P.U. Stenchmuch to learn about these smelly creatures from a safe distance.
We skunks are shy and gentle creatures. Yet the sight of a skunk is a fearful sight to many animals!
That’s because skunks have a powerful and stinky weapon right under our tails—a VERY stinky spray!
However, we only use this weapon when threatened. Even then, we do everything possible to avoid sending the nal stinky spray.
We hiss and stamp our feet. If this doesn’t work, we raise our tail over our head as a threat.
To find each answer, start at the compass square each time and follow the directions.
Q: How far can skunks spray?
A: Start at compass. Go 1 square north, then 1 square west.
Q: Do skunks ever run out of stinky spray?
A: Start at compass. Go 3 squares north, then 1 square west, then 1 square north.
Q: Where is the skunk’s secret weapon?
A: Start at compass. Go 3 squares north. Next, go 1 square east. Then go 1 square south.
Q: What color is the musk skunks spray?
A: Start at compass. Go 4 squares north. Then go 1 square west. Next, go 1 square south.
Q: What are baby skunks called?
A: Start at compass, go 2 squares north.
Q: What is another name for a skunk?
A: Start at compass and go 1 square north. Next, go 1 square west. Then go 2 squares north and then 1 east.
Q: A skunk is about the same size as a ____________.
If those warnings don’t work, well, LOOK OUT!
There are three kinds of skunks. Do the math problems to match the name of each kind of skunk with its description.
15. It has a broad, hairless muzzle, like that of a pig. The back and tail are white.
10. The smallest of all skunks, it has a dot in the middle of its forehead. The stripes go in lots of different and wiggly directions.
23. The face is black except for one white stripe that runs from the nose to the shoulders. At the shoulders, the stripe splits in two parts, one running down each side of the body
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Black & White and Read All Over Select a page of the newspaper. Find all of the words you can read, and if you know what they mean, circle them in red.
Standards
Use context to understand meaning.
A: From compass, go 2 squares north. Then, go 1 east and 1 south.
Make a list of words that describe how things smell – for example: odor, putrid, musty, sour.
Using one page of the newspaper, have students find and circle the letters that spell five of the smelly words.
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Which kind of animal are you most like? Why? If you were an animal, what kind would you be and why?
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The Bowser Administration released a report authored by the Black Homeownership Strike Force on Oct. 3 at the Howard Theatre in Northwest that details the problems Black Washingto nians have buying a home and the recommendations that should be implemented to rectify the prob lem.
The report offered 10 recom mendations to better assist Blacks achieve homeownership in the District. The goal of the Strike Force and Bowser administration: to have 20,000 new Black home owners in the District by 2030.
The 22-member committee included: D.C. Councilmember Anita Bonds (D-At Large); Baba tunde Oloyede, president and CEO of Marshall Heights Com munity Development Organiza tion; Drew Hubbard, interim di rector of the D.C. Department of Housing and Community Devel opment; Brenda Donald, execu tive director of the District of Co
lumbia Housing Authority; and co-chairs, the Rev. Graylan Hagler and Anita Cozart, interim director of the D.C. Office of Planning.
“This goal is a first step in undo ing the lasting legacy of discrimi natory housing laws that locked many Black families out of home ownership throughout the twen tieth century,” Bowser said. “This is about helping 20,000 Washing tonians buy homes but it is also about helping 20,000 Washing tonians build generational wealth, stay in D.C. for generations to come and benefit from the pros perity of Washington, D.C.”
The recommendations include: assisting in the intergenerational transmission of homeownership for Black homeowners by pro viding estate planning and legal services; encouraging the D.C. Council to pass bills protecting homeowners from unwanted so licitation regarding the sale or potential purchase of their homes, including requirements for home owners to opt-in for such solicita tion; creating a program to assist Black homeowners who are deal
ing with foreclosure due to their inability to pay their mortgage and related housing fees; providing re sources from District agencies and non-profits for Black families to make home repairs; prodding the District government to incentiv ize new construction of housing units and convert older dwellings into affordable housing; increasing the supply of homes for ownership that are affordable to Black home buyers who fall within the 80% of the D.C. area median family income; investigating the ways the D.C. government should ac celerate zoning and permitting for homeownership projects; leverag ing the $10 million Black Home ownership Fund District to create a public-private fund to create more housing for low- and middle-in come Black residents; broaden ing public awareness of programs that support homeownership; and strengthening the ability of Blacks to purchase homes in the present real estate market by utilizing Dis trict government-based programs such as the Home Purchase Assis tance Program.
Brittany Freeman, a District res ident who attended Eastern Senior High School in Northeast and at one time stayed at the public ju venile facility DC Village, said the process can be difficult at times but worth the effort.
“At one point in my life, I was on every government assistance possible,” Freeman said. “Then, I was hired as a government em ployee and I became self-sufficient. Homeownership is possible.” WI @JamesWrightJr10
much more work to do.”
Authors of numerous books about the Black experience gave talks about their research and work, while tours of Montgomery’s histor ical landmarks also marked high lights of the conference. Stevenson’s Equal Justice Institute, which estab lished the Legacy Museum, counted as a popular destination for confer ence attendees.
The museum, built on the land where enslaved people were ware housed and blocks away from the rail station where Blacks were traf ficked in the 19th century, doc uments through technology the history of the slave trade, lynching, codified racial segregation and the emergence of over-incarceration in the 20th century.
Not far away stands the Nation al Memorial for Peace and Justice monument where the lives of thou sands of African Americans lynched across the U.S. have been memori alized in jars of soil taken from the places where they forcefully and
brutally lost their lives. Hanging steel rectangles abound, represent ing the counties with the names of the deceased documenting where the lynching took place.
Montgomery also serves as the home to Dexter Avenue Baptist Church where the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. preached and site of his family’s residence that was bombed and led him to be come an active participant and sub sequent leader in the Civil Rights Movement. The Reverend Ralph Abernathy lived nearby as did Rosa Parks and others who preceded her in the bus boycotts. A museum now stands in the city which honors Park’s life and legacy.
Attendees also discovered the More Up Campus, built by Mi chelle Browder in honor of the Mothers of Gynecology. Browder, an artist and historian, erected a 15foot monument made from steel and other metal objects depicting the lives of three enslaved wom en, Anarcha, Lucy and Betsy, who, without their consent or anesthesia, were experimented on by a white
gynecologist, Dr. J. Marion Sims, in the 1850s, who later became known as the Father of Gynecology.
According to a press release, Browder erected the public mon ument, which opened last spring on Mother’s Day, to “honor these women, tell their story and shine a light on ongoing racial disparities in the healthcare industry today.”
ASALH, founded by Dr. Car ter G. Woodson, the founder of Black History Week, serves as the organization that officially deter mines the annual Black History Month theme. With chapters across the country and more than 3,000 members, Dr. Woodson’s life’s work and the mission of ASALH since its founding in 1915 represent a living testimony to the year-round and year-after-year study of Afri can-American history, writes Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, ASALH’s past national president.
The 2023 Black History Month theme will be “Black Resistance” and the 108th annual meeting and conference will be held September 20-24 in Jacksonville, Florida. WI
Shelia P. Moses
Terri Schlichenmeyer WI Contributing Writer
Sometimes, you burn with a white-hot anger. So many roadblocks in front of you, so many injustices, damage and danger. One day, this old world will be yours to run, and you wonder what kind of shape it'll be in then. Will changes be made by adults or will kids like you have to make them happen? In answer: read "We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963" by Shelia P. Moses and put your work clothes on.
For 11-year-old Rufus Jackson Jones Jr., life on Bull Hill in Birming ham was a struggle, but his family got by. His mother worked hard at home and at the steel mill, the same place where Rufus's father died a few years ago. So Rufus and his little sister, Georgia, helped as much as they could to lighten the load.
Rufus thought about his father a lot.
He thought about his father even more when a man came calling on his mother. He wasn't happy with the idea of his mother getting married again, but Rufus grew to appreciate the man he eventually called "Daddy Paul."
He was pretty excited, then, when Daddy Paul found the family a new house in Ivy Town — one with electricity and a bathroom! No more sharing a bedroom with Georgia! It took courage for Daddy Paul to even ask about the house; it was owned by a white woman who also owned the steel mill. But Miss Frances was a nice woman, and she insisted on helping Rufus's family out as much as she could.
She even helped at the marches.
For weeks, the adults in Bull Hill had been talking about Dr. King and the wave of change that was coming. They were planning on joining Dr. King at the marches; quiet meetings were held in secret places and older folks were saving cash for bail money to get their loved ones out of jail. What the adults didn't know was that the teenagers were planning on marching.
They also didn't know that the children would be there, too …
The first few pages of "We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963" move fast — almost too fast, for adult sensibilities. That's when you remind yourself that this isn't an adult book.
No, there's a grown-up theme in the book, but it's made simpler as author Shelia P. Moses tells this story from the point of view of an ado lescent boy who burns to help make the change he knows must come. The history, the event that is in the book's title, is almost a side story in the beginning of this tale, running alongside the fiction of the novel until the two merge with a bang. At that point, parents will be happy to know that the real events are told authentically in this book, but they're softened for its 8-to-12-year-old audience.
Perfect for young readers of history-based fiction, this book will also appeal to anyone who needs a Black history lesson. If that's you or your child, "We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963" is matchless.
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ARIES
Time spent enjoying peaceful activities like meditative walks or heart-to-heart talks can feel especially emotionally fulfilling early in the week. Sure, this could mean using a softer, quieter approach than you're usually apt to, but it can benefit your mind, body, soul, and rela tionships. Lucky Numbers: 12, 33, 35
TAURUS You could be at risk of losing your signature patience, especially with loved ones, as the week begins. You might be feeling antsy, wanting to shake up your typical routine to experi ence something new and exciting. Do your best to explore while remaining understanding and loving toward family members who might not be entirely on the same page. Lucky Numbers: 28, 31, 41
GEMINI
Feeling like you're unable to say how you feel or enjoy a pleasurable activity with loved ones could lead to frustration in the beginning of the week. You can best cope by recognizing that this moment is ultimately fleeting and by practicing self-care, which could be as simple as focusing on your breath or taking a time-out for a walk around the block. Lucky Numbers: 16, 24, 39
CANCER Your desire to research, connect, and trade notes with colleagues, friends, and loved ones is bound to be on fire when the week gets underway. And if there's a proposal you've been chipping away at or musing about how to make ready for prime time, now is your opportunity to put it in writing or deliver it in a presentation. You'll do well to initiate projects and take advantage of new opportunities in the next week or two. Lucky Numbers: 9, 43, 48
LEO You might feel more comfortable being a bit less social, more private, and more selective in how you're communicating with others at the start of the week. This is a time for you to focus on your inner growth, research new ways to foster your existing toolbox of stress management techniques, and tend to your own emotional needs. The more you can learn, the more prepared you'll be. Lucky Numbers: 4, 9, 17
VIRGO As the week begins, you'll be drawn to group projects and collaborative efforts, partic ularly if they're tied to a humanitarian cause. You'll feel like you're able to bring your skills to the table to contribute to the greater good, which can feel heartening and confidence boosting. Lucky Numbers: 2, 21, 45
LIBRA You'll be pumped up to take a bolder approach on the job at the start of the week. Call ing meetings and pitching ambitious big-picture ideas comes naturally. Just be sure you kick off new projects and double-check all the details of any deals you're striking within the next couple weeks. Lucky Numbers: 12, 20, 48
SCORPIO You could find yourself butting heads with a higher-up or colleague out of the blue at the beginning of the week. Doing your best to slow down and lean into a pragmatic perspective can smooth over conflict. Lucky Numbers: 27, 39, 56
SAGITTARIUS You could be very much in your feelings and driven to express yourself in a phys ical, deeply heartfelt way as the week gets underway. Speaking your truth can bring you even closer to your loved ones and feel incredibly satisfying on a variety of levels. Lucky Numbers: 1, 17, 50
CAPRICORN Feeling more in touch with your intuition and your heart can be revitalizing and set you up for satisfying one-on-one time with a dear friend or loved one in the beginning of the week. Embrace direct, assertive, earnest communication and you'll find that you're even closer to fulfilling long-held desires. Lucky Numbers: 6, 40, 46
AQUARIUS Read up on new ways to take your health, fitness, clean eating, and immunity boost ing to the next level at the start of the week. What you learn could give you a renewed sense of confidence in your everyday self-care. Lucky Numbers: 8, 9, 29
PISCES When the week starts, embracing playfulness and spontaneity is key to feeling over the moon joyful while spending time with loved ones (even if that's through virtual means). You'll also be feeling more assertive than usual, and speaking your emotional truth can feel liberating and bond-bolstering. Lucky Numbers: 3, 28, 56
"We Were the Fire:
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5 Megan Jovon Ruth Pete, known pro fessionally as Megan Goode and Omari Hardwick emceed the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Leg islative Conference Phoenix Awards dinner at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Northwest on Oct. 1. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
4 Gospel singer Le’Andria Johnson was the psalmist for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference Prayer Breakfast on Oct 1. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)
(Bottom Right) Congressman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) introduces the Touga loo College Chamber Singers during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference Gospel Extravaganza held at Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church in Northeast on Sept. 29. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)
$100 million notice of funding op portunity to provide technical as sistance grants for entrepreneurship technical assistance providers to help businesses owned by socially and economically disadvantaged individ uals launch, scale and connect with growth capital.
Harris said to facilitate greater availability of small-balance mortgag es and HUD would issue requests to solicit specific and actionable feed back on the barriers that prevent the origination of these mortgages and recommendations for increasing the volume of small-mortgage loans in federal programs.
The White House said these and a host of other new policy steps fol low two recent announcements by the administration of billions of dol lars in investments for Community
Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and Minority Depository Institutions (MDIs).
The actions aim to deliver capital and resources to underserved small businesses and the community lend ers who serve them, Harris stated.
“Small businesses are the engines of our economy and the path to eco nomic prosperity for countless Amer icans in underserved communities,” the vice president asserted.
“Community lenders – including CDFIs, MDIs and others – are vital to unlocking the full economic po tential of these communities, turn ing previously sidelined talent into a source of economic growth and shared prosperity for all.”
Earlier, Janet Yellen, the U.S. De partment of Treasury secretary, said the White House sought to use the Freedman’s Bank Forum to shine a spotlight on how the administration’s
pandemic relief efforts supported Black and minority-owned business es.
The forum, launched in 2015, seeks to develop strategies to help stamp out and overcome systemic racism in the financial industry.
“Unfortunately, for too long, the small business ecosystem in under served communities has struggled to keep up with better-funded business es and entrepreneurs in more pros perous communities,” Harris stated.
“Entrepreneurs of color regularly report being turned away by tradi tional financial institutions for loans at higher rates than their white coun terparts. And the community lenders committed to filling that gap similar ly report that shortfalls in capital and technical capacity limit their ability to invest in the communities that need them the most.”
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We've been trying forever, ever since time began, to find out why we came to this earth to be. You know you've got to make heads or tails of your life, so you're trying to find that dream you're dream ing of, trying to find that one and only goal. My solution: First thing you must do is believe it can be done. Life is indeed a lifelong puzzle. But since our purpose is why we're here, we have to keep looking.
Sometimes it feels like you've got to make a million pieces fit. If you want to make some sense of it, you must never quit. Believe it can be done. Maybe when it hurts the most, you may be getting close. You may even think you can't get through it, but here is when you just do it — and believe it can be done. This is my version of a song from one of my favorite movies, "The Idol Maker."
In the movie, the song was really talking about love, but I switched the lyrics to talk about your life's goal. Yes, we must chase our goals and dreams just the way we chase love. This inspi rational message reminds you that whatever it is you desire to do, the first thing you must do is believe it can be done.
It all begins with the thoughts you hold in your mind. Holding on to those past negative things that happened only stands in your way. I know it's true. I did it for years!
Just know that you are more than a conqueror. He has kept you! Continue to count on Him when there is no one else to count on — you have everything you need.
Scripture tells us, "We are in deed, more than a conqueror!" The day you put these principles into action in your life, the soon er you will begin to see that you might as well get ready for "big" changes to come your way. Be thank ful for all you have right now, though. It is now time to "walk by faith and not by sight,"
Place a pic ture of the fu ture you wish to have where you can see it daily, and hold on to that dream! Put your hands in God's hand, and believe it can be done! All along the way, smell the roses, live each day as if it could be your last. Go to the beach with friends and family, take on leader ship roles in your community, so rority or other nonprofit groups, especially your church. There is always plenty to do at church.
It is never too late to discover ourselves in a new way. Just be cause you have had some hor rible tendencies since you were young doesn't mean that it has to re main.
I love the Quincy Jones story so much that I'll tell it again. Quincy's mother was a schizo phrenic, removed from the home when he was a young boy. He devel oped into the person he became while living with his father and grand mother. He always said, "Not one ounce of my
self-worth depends on your ac ceptance of me!"
This quote was his way of re alizing who he really was. He believed that what someone else thought of him did not mean one thing — what he thought of him self was what really mattered.
The purpose of this article is to remind you to take control of your life and believe whatev er you want to do can be done. You came to this earth equipped with all that it takes to fulfill that dream that is in your heart.
What is it that has hap pened during the course of your life that has caused you not to believe you are able to get this thing done? Forget about that negativity, and be willing to go to a place you've never been before. Be willing to do something you've never done before. As Ephesians 2:10 says, "For we are his work manship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God pre pared beforehand, that we should walk in them."
I'm not telling you anything I'm not doing myself. I believe it can be done!
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Adams Inspirational A.M.E. Church
Sometimes it feels like you've got to make a million pieces fit. If you want to make some sense of it, you must never quit.
Bishop Michael C. Turner, Sr.
Senior Pastor
9161 Hampton Overlook Capitol Heights, MD 20743
Phone: 301-350-2200 / Fax: 301-499-8724
Service and Times
Sunday Worship Times : 7:30 AM 7 10:00 AM
Communion: 1st Sunday
Sunday School: 9:00 AM
Bible Study: Wednesday, 12 Noon
Bible Study in homes: Tuesday 7:00 PM
Website: www.themiraclecenterFMBC.com
Email: Miraclecenterfmbs@gmail.com
Motto: “We Walk by Faith, Not by Sight”
Dr. Dekontee L. & Dr. Ayele A. Johnson
Pastors
4001 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 265-6147 Office 1-800 576-1047 Voicemail/Fax
Service and Times
Sunday School: 9:30 AM
Sunday Morning Worship Service: 11:00 AM Communion Service: First Sunday
Service/Bible Study: Tuesday,
www.blessedwordoflifechurch.org
church@blessedwordoflifechurch.org
Dr. Henry Y. White
Rev. Louis B. Jones II
Pastor
700 Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002 (202) 547-8849
Service and Times
Worship Sundays: 7:30 & 11:00 AM
5th Sundays: 9:30 AM
3rd Sundays: Baptism & Holy Communion
Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @ Noon & 6:30 PM www.pilgrimbaptistdc.org
Reverend William Young IV Pastor
3845 South Capitol Street Washington, DC 20032 (202) 562-5576 (Office) / (202) 562-4219 (Fax)
Services and Times
Sundays: 10:00am Worship Services
Bible Study: Wonderful Wednesdays in Worship and the Word Bible Study Wednesdays 12:00 Noon; 6:30 PM (dinner @ 5:30 PM) Sunday School: 9:00 AM – Hour of Power
“An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and affirmed.” www.covenantdc.org
Twelfth Street Christian Church
Dr. Paul H. Saddler
of Christ)
12th Street, NW - Washington, DC
202-265-4494
265
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Worship Service: 11:00 AM
every Sunday: 11:00
School: 10:00
Study Tuesday: 12 Noon
Bible Study Tuesday: 6:30
Motto: “Discover Something Wonderful”
Rev. Paul Carrette
Senior Pastor
Harold Andrew Assistant Pastor
4915 Wheeler Road
Oxon Hill, MD 20745
301-894-6464
Service and Times
Sunday Service: 8:30am& 11:00 AM
Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM
Communion Service: First Sunday www.livingwatersmd.org
Bishop Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. Senior Pastor
5757 Temple Hill Road, Temple Hills, MD 20748 Office 301-899-8885 – fax 301-899-2555
Services and Times
Sunday Early Morning Worship: 7:45 AM
Church School: 9:30 AM
Sunday Morning Worship: 10:45 AM
Tuesday: 7:00pm/Kingdom Building Bible Institute Wednesday , 12:30 PM Mid-Day Bible Study Wednesday: Prayer/Praise/Bible Study-7:30 PM Baptism & Communion Service: 4th Sunday – 10:30 AM
“We are one in the Spirit” www.ssbc5757.org / E-mail: ssbc5757@verizon.net
Rev. Dr. Michael E. Bell, Sr., Pastor
2498 Alabama Ave., SE Washington D.C. 20020
Office: (202) 889-7296 / Fax: (202) 889-2198 www.acamec.org
Service and Times
Sunday Worship Services: 8:00am and 11:00 AM
Sunday Church School 9:15am & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study - 10:30 AM
2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study: 6:30 PM
Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study: 10:00 AM
Tuesday Topical Bible Study: 6:30 PM
Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study: 6:30 PM
Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study: 6:30 PM
Wednesday Children’s Bible Study: 6:30 PM
Thursday Men’s Bible Study: 6:30 PM
Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service: 6:30 PM
Saturday Adult Bible Study: 10:00 AM
“The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church”
Rev. Cheryl J. Sanders, Th.D.
Senior Pastor
1204 Third Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202-347-5889 office / 202-638-1803 fax
Services and Times
Sunday School: 9:30 AM
Sunday Worship: 11:00 AM
Sunday Community Worship Service: 8:30 AM
“Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital” www.thirdstreet.org
Live Stream Sunday Worship Service begins @ 12:00 noon www.thirdstreet.org
Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan Pastor
800 Street, NE - Washington, DC 20002
202-548-0707 - Fax No. 202-548-0703
Service and Times
Sunday Morning Worship: 11:00 AM
Holy Communion: 1st Sunday
Sunday School: 9:45 AM
Men’s Monday Bible Study: 7:00 PM
Wednesday Night Bible Study: 7:00 PM
Women’s Ministry Bible Study: 3rd Friday -7:00 PM
Computer Classes: Announced Family and Marital Counseling by appointment
E-mail: Crusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org / “God is Love”
Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr.; Senior Bishop & Evangelist Susie C. Owens – Co-Pastor
610 Rhode Island Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002
(202) 529-4547 office • (202) 529-4495 fax
Sunday Worship Service: 8:00 AM and 10:45 AM
Sunday Youth Worship Services:
1st & 4th 10:45 AM; 804 R.I. Ave., NE 5th 8 AM & 10:45 AM; Main Church Prayer Services
Tuesday – Noon, Wednesday 6:00 AM & 6:30 PM
Calvary Bible Institute: Year-Round Contact Church Communion Every 3rd Sunday
The Church in The Hood that will do you Good! www.gmchc.org emailus@gmchc.org
1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast
Washington, DC 20018
Office: (202) 529-6767 - Fax: (202) 526-1661
Service and Times
Sunday Worship Services: 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM
Holy Communion: 2nd Sunday at 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM
Sunday Church School: 9:20 AM
Seniors Bible Study: Tuesdays at 10:30 AM
Noon Day Prayer Service: Tuesdays at Noon Bible Study: Tuesdays at 7 PM
Motto: “A Ministry of Reconciliation Where Everybody is Somebody!” Website: http://isleofpatmosbc.org
Church Email: ipbcsecretary@verizon.net
St. Mark's Baptist Church
624 Underwood Street, NW Washington, dc 20011
Services and Times
Sunday School: 9:00 AM
Worship Service: 10:00 AM
Wed. Noon Day prayer service
Thur. Prayer service: 6:45 PM
Thur. Bible Study: 7:15 PM
Virgil K.
- Washington, DC
12thscc.org /
Twelfthstcc@aol.com
Mount Carmel Baptist Church
Reverend Dr. Paris L Smith, Sr.
Pastor
Third Street N.W.
DC. 20001
(202) 842-3411
(202) 682-9423
Service and Times
Church School : 9:00 AM
Morning Worship: 10:10
Study Tuesday: 6: 00
Service Tuesday: 7:00
3rd Sunday 10:10
Pastor
7801 Livingston Road
Oxon Hill, MD 20745
301-534-5471
Service and Times
Sabbath School 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 AM
Service 11:00 AM Praise & Worship
Preaching 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Motto: “A Church Keeping It Real for Real.”
Website: Shabbathcommandmentchruch.org
Email: Praisebetoyhwh@gmail.com
Zion Baptist Church
Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr.
Pastor
4850 Blagdon Ave, NW Washington D.C 20011
Phone (202) 722-4940 - Fax (202) 291-3773
Service and Times
9:00 a.m. – Sunday School
10:15 a.m. – Worship Service Wed. Noon: Dea. Robert Owens Bible Study
7 PM Pastor’s Bible Study
Ordinance of Baptism 2nd Sunday, Holy Communion 4th Sunday
Mission: Zion shall: Enlist Sinners, Educate Students, Empower the Suffering, Encourage the Saints, And Exalt our Savior. (Acts 2: 41-47) www.zionbaptistchurchdc.org
St. Luke Baptist Church
Rev. Aubrey C. Lewis Pastor
1415 Gallatin Street, NW Washington, DC 20011-3851
P: (202) 726-5940
Service and Times
Sunday Worship: 11:00 AM
Sunday School: 9:15 AM
Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun.
Bible Institute: Wednesday - 1:30 PM
Prayer Meeting: Wednesday - 12:00 Noon
2001 North Capitol St, N.E. Washington, DC 20002
Phone (202) 832-9591
Service and Times
Sunday Church School – 9:30 AM
Sunday Worship Service – 11:00 AM
Holy Communion – 1st Sunday at 11:00 AM
Prayer – Wednesdays, 6:00 PM
Bible Study – Wednesdays, 7:00 PM
Christian Education / School of Biblical Knowledge Saturdays, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM, Call for Registration Website: www.allnationsbaptistchurch.com
All Nations Baptist Church – A Church of Standards
Rev. Lance Aubert
Imterim Pastor
1251 Saratoga Ave., NE Washington, DC 20018 (202) 269-0288
Service and Times
Sunday Worship Service: 10:45 AM
Sunday School: 9:15 AM
Holy Communion1st Sunday: 10:45 AM
Prayer Service: Wednesday at 6:30 PM Bible Study: Wednesday at 7:00 PM Bible Study: Tuesday at 10:30 AM
2324 Ontario Road, NW
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 232-1730
Service and Times
Sunday School: 9:30 AM
Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 AM
Baptismal Service: 1st Sunday – 9:30 AM
Holy Communion: 1st Sunday – 11:00 AM
Prayer Meeting & Bible Study: Wednesday -7:30 PM
“Where Jesus is the King”
Lincoln Park United Methodist Church
Rev. Richard B. Black Interim Pastor
1301 North Carolina Ave. N E Washington, D C 20002
202 543 1318 - lincolnpark@lpumcdc.org www.lpumcdc.org
Service and Times
Sunday Worship: 10:00 AM
Holy Communion: First Sunday 10:00 AM Sunday School: 9:00 AM
Bible Study: Wednesday @ 12 noon and 6:30 PM
Motto: "Faith On The Hill"
Mount Moriah Baptist Church Eastern Community Baptist Church
Dr. Lucius M. Dalton Senior Pastor
1636 East Capitol Street, NE
Washington, DC 20003
Telephone: 202-544-5588 Fax: 202-544-2964
Service and Times
Sunday Worship Services: 7:45 AM and 10:45 AM
Holy Communion: 1st Sundays at 7:45 AM & 10:45 AM Sunday School: 9:30 AM
Prayer & Praise Service: Tuesdays at 12 noon & 6:30 PM
Bible Study: Tuesdays at 1 pm and 7 PM
Youth Bible Study: Fridays at 7 PM Web: www.mountmoriahchurch.org Email: mtmoriah@mountmoriahchurch.org
Damion M. Briggs Pastor
8213 Manson Street
Landover, MD 20785
Tel: (301) 322-9787 Fax: (301) 322-9240
Service and Times
Early Morning Message: 7:30 AM
Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00 AM
Sunday Church School: 9:00 AM
Holy Communion: 1st Sunday 7:30 AM & 10:00 AM
Prayer, Praise and Testimony: Wednesday 7:00 PM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM
“Real Worship for Real People” Website: www.easterncommunity.org Email: ecc@easterncommunity.org
The Rev. E. Bernard Anderson Priest
Foggy Bottom Founded
2409 Ainger Pl.,SE – WDC 20020 (202) 678-0884 – Office / (202) 678-0885 – Fax
“Moving Faith Forward” 0% Perfect . . 100% Forgiven!
Service and Times
Sunday Worship: 8:00 AM & 10:45 AM
Baptism/Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday Family Bible Study Tuesdays – 6:30 PM Prayer Service: Tuesdays – 8:00 PM www.emmanuelbaptistchurchdc.org
Elder Herman L. Simms Pastor
5606 Marlboro Pike District Heights, MD 20747 301-735-6005
Service and Times
Sunday Apostolic Worship Services 11:00 A.M and 5:00 PM Communion and Feet Wash 4th Sunday at 5:00 PM
Prayer/Seeking: Wednesday at 8:00 PM
Apostolic in Doctrine, Pentecostal in Experience, Holiness in Living, Uncompromised and Unchanged.
The Apostolic Faith is still alive –Acts 2:42
New Commandment Baptist Church
Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor
13701 Old Jericho Park Road Bowie, MD. 20720 (301) 262-0560
Service and Times Sunday Worship: 11 AM Sunday School: 10 AM Wednesday Mid-Week Worship, Prayer & Bible Study: Wed. 7 PM
“A Church Where Love Is Essential and Praise is Intentional”
Rev
623 Florida Ave.. NW - WDC. 20001
Church (202) 667-3409 / Study (202) 265-0836
Home Study (301) 464-8211 / Fax (202) 483-4009
Service and Times
Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 AM
Sunday Church School: 8:45 – 9:45 AM
Holy Communion: Every First Sunday
Intercessory Prayer: Monday – 7:00-8:00 PM
Pastor’s Bible Study: Wednesday –7:45 PM
Midweek Prayer: Wednesday – 7:00 PM
Noonday Prayer Every Thursday
Dr. Joseph D. Turner / Senior Pastor
2616 MLK Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020
Office 202-889-3709 Fax 202-678-3304
Service and Times
Early Worship Service: 8:00 AM
Worship Service: 11:00 AM
New Member’s Class: 9:45 AM
Holy Communion: 1st Sunday, 11:00 AM Church School: 9:45 AM
Wednesday 12:00pm Bible Study
Prayer, Praise and Bible Study: 7:00 PM
Saturday Bible Study: 11:00 AM
Baptism 4th Sunday: 11:00 AM
“Empowered to love and Challenged to Lead a Multitude of Souls to Christ”
Peace Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Michael T. Bell
712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002
Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836
Service and Times
Sunday Early Morning Prayer & Bible Study Class: 8:00 AM Sunday School: 9:00 AM
Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00 AM Wednesday Service: 12:00 PM
“The Loving Church of the living lord “
Email Address: admin@pbc712.org
4504 Gault Place, N.E. / Washington, D.C 20019 202-397-7775 – 7184
Service and Times
Sunday Church School: 9:30 AM
Sunday Worship Service : 11:00 AM
The Lord’s Supper 1st Sunday
Prayer & Praise Services: Wednesday 7:00 PM
Bible Study: 7:30 PM
Saturday before 4th Sunday Men, Women, Youth Discipleship Ministries: 10:30 AM
A Christ Centered Church htubc@comcast.net
Kelechi Ajieren Coordinator 6839 Eastern Avenue, R1 Takoma Park, MD 20912 (202) 556-7065
Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 AM
Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 PM
Friday Evening Service: 7:00 PM ; Last Friday
“…Giving Your Life a Meaning” www.Christembassydc.org Christ.embassy.dc@hotmail.com
Pennsylvania Ave. Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Kendrick E. Curry Pastor
3000 Pennsylvania Ave.. S.E Washington, DC 20020 202 581-1500
Service and Times
Sunday Church School: 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 AM
Monday Adult Bible Study: 7:00 PM
Wednesday Youth & Adult Activities: 6:30 PM
Prayer Service Bible Study
7:00 PM
Laymen's League: Thursday 7:00 PM
Email: Froffice@firstrising.org
Website: www.firstrising.org
“Changing Lives On Purpose “
2914 Bladensburg Road, NE Wash., DC 20018
Office: (202) 529-3180 - Fax: (202) 529-7738
Service and Times
Worship Service: 7:30 AM
Sunday School: 9:00 AM
Worship Service: 10:30 AM
Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:30AM & 10:30 AM
Prayer Services:Tuesday 7:30 PM.
Wednesday 12 Noon
Email:mthoreb@mthoreb.org
Website:www.mthoreb.org
For further information, please contact me at (202) 529-3180.
SUPERIOR
OF COLUMBIA
Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
Thelma T. Lewis aka
Thelma Theresa Lewis
Decedent
Deborah Juanita Lewis-Day, whose address is 12004 Crestwood Ave., S Brandywine, MD 20613, was appointed Personal Rep resentative of the estate of Thelma T. Lewis aka Thelma Theresa Lewis who died on March 22, 2020 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., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 3/22/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Reg ister of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 3/22/2023, 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 first publication: 9/22/2022
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Probate Division
Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
2022 ADM 000980
Arnoldo Vasquez Lopez aka Arnoldo Vasquez
Decedent
Edilberto Vasquez, whose address is 1207 Thornden Rd, Rock ville, MD 20851, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Arnoldo Vasquez Lopez aka Arnoldo Vasquez who died on July 4, 2022 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., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 3/22/2023. 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 3/22/2023, 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 first publication: 9/22/2022
Edilberto Vasquez 1207 Thornden Rd. Rockville MD 20851
Personal Representative
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Probate Division
Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
2022 ADM 000781
Helen Copen Ledsky aka Helen M. Coleman aka Helen Mae Coleman aka Helen Mae Copen
Decedent
Jane C. Bergner, Esq. 1776 K Street, NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006
Attorney
Jane C. Bergner, whose address is 1776 K St., NW, WDC 20006, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Helen Copen Ledsky aka Helen M. Coleman aka Helen Mae Coleman aka Helen Mae Copen who died on 2/9/2022 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., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 3/22/2023. 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 3/22/2023, 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 first publication: 9/22/2022
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
2022 FEP 000101
July 15, 2012
Date of Death
Jason Humphrey Crockett whose address is 8911 Palmer Street, Fort Washington, MD 20744 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Regena Crockett Roberts, de ceased, by the Clerk of Superior Court for Mecklenburg County, State of Charlotte, NC.
Service of process may be made upon Clyde Rowhelia Crockett, 5840 Eastern Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20011 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C.
The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real estate.
436 Delafield Place, NW, Washington, DC 20011. Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice.
Date of first publication: 9/22/2022
Jason Humphrey Crockett
Personal Representative
Nicole Stevens Register of Wills
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division
Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
2021 ADM 001682
Patricia Anne Woodland DecedentKevin A. Woodland Sr., whose address is 6405 Goodluck Road, Riverdale, Md 20737, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Patricia Anne Woodland who died on Sep tember 20, 2020 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., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before March 22, 2023. 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 March 22, 2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or lega tees 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 first publication: September 22, 2022
Kevin A. Woodland Sr. Personal RepresentativeNicole Stevens Register of Wills Washington Informer
Jane C. Bergner
Personal Representative
TRUE TEST COPY
Nicole Stevens Register of Wills
Washington Informer
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
2019 ADM 000084
Marquezn Jones aka Marquezn Jones, Sr. Decedent
NOTICE OF AFTER DISCOVERED WILL AND NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
Mikki Jefferson, whose address is 2343 Evian Court, District Heights, MD 20747, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Marquezn Jones aka Marquezn Jones, Sr., who died on February 2, 2013 with a Will. 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., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before March 22, 2023.
of first publication: September 22, 2022
In God We Trust. Declaration of Nationality. Notice of White Flag Surrender.
Notice of Special Appearance: I am that I am: " Ashaley Sade Williams© ", in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: “ ASHALEY SADE WILLIAMS ", corp.sole Dba.: " ASHALEY SADE WILLIAMS© ", [ASHALEY SADE WILLIAMS-DAVIS, ASHALEY WIL LIAMS-DAVIS, WILLIAMS ASHALEY, ASHALEY DAVIS, SADE DAVIS, SADE WILLIAMS-DAVIS, DAVIS ASHALEY, WILLIAMS-DAVIS ASHALEY, ASHALEY WILLIAMS DAVIS, DAVIS WILLIAMS, ASHALEY SADE WILLIAMS DAVIS, SADE WILLIAMS DAVIS, SADE-DAVIS ASHALEY SADE, ASHALEY S WILLIAMS WILLIAMS-DAVIS SADE ASHALEY, ASHALEY SADE WILLIAMS DAVIS EL, ASHALEY SADE DAVIS EL ASHALEY DAVIS EL ASHALEY DAVIS EL], © and all derivatives having reached the age of majority, being aboriginal to the northwestern and southwestern shores of Africa, the Atlantic Islands, the continental Americas, being duly certified, hereby affirms to declare my tribal intention to be as my pedigree subscribes, as a: Aniyunwiya Moorish American, but not a citizen of the United States. declare permanent, and unalienable, allegiance to The Moorish Empire, Al Maghreb Al Aqsa, Estados al Marikanos, Societas Republicae Ea Al Maurikanuus Estados, The Constitution for the united States of America, Article III Section 2, The Lieber Code, Hague Con ventions of 1899 & 1907, The Geneva Conventions, [ United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ], and all natural laws governing moors, and hereby declare and proclaim my nationality in good faith as a: Aniyunwiya Moorish American. I am that I am: " Ashaley Sade Williams © ", from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: " ori ashelay sade davis el © ". Notice of White Flag Surrender: as "hors de combat", pursuant to The Geneva Conventions, Article III, as a minister of The Moorish Empire, and Internationally Protected Person. Notice of: LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF WAR ON LAND HAGUE, IV), ARTICLE: 32, 45, 46, & 47. Notice of Claim pursuant to Public Law 87-846, TITLE II, SEC. 203. Notice of Bailment Merging of Legal Title with Equitable Title : This order is to preserve legal and equitable title , and to reserve all rights, title, and interest, in the property, Re: COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES\]199719059607 " ASHALEY SADE WILLIAMS© ", is as a special deposit order, conveyed to " ASHALEY SADE WILLIAMS DAVIS EL© ". All property of the same issue and amount, in like kind and specie, is to be returned fully intact, as a Special Deposit order of the Depositor / Beneficiary / Bailor Donor / Principal / Creditor: " " ori ashelay sade davis el © ", nom deguerre: " Ashaley Sade Williams© ", as a special deposit order in lawful money. This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of : " ASHALEY SADE WILLIAMS DAVIS EL© ", an Inter Vivos Unincorporated Divine Grantor Trust. This deposit is not to be commingled with general assets of any bank, nor depositary / trustee / agent / bailee / donee / debtor. This deposit is not limited to, but including: discharge and set off, of any and all outstanding liabilities as accord and satisfaction. Inter alia enact fuit. All Rights Reserved. Deo volente.
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
2022 ADM 001036
Estate of Helen Jones
Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Abdoullaye Diallo and Jeffrey K. Gordon, Esq. for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal representatives. Unless a responsive pleading in the form of a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth.
In the absence of a will or proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution, enter an order determining that the decedent died intestate appoint an unsupervised personal representative
Date of first publication: 9/29/2022
Jeffrey K. Gordon, Esq. DC Bar #1015955 5335 Wisconsin Ave. NW #700 Washington, DC 20015
Petitioner/Attorney:
Nicole Stevens Register of Wills Washington Informer
Washington Informer
TRUE TEST COPY Nicole Stevens Register of Wills Washington InformerSUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
2022 ADM 001011
John Michael Wall DecedentTyree (Wall) Batchelor, whose address is 5018 7th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representa tive of the estate of John Michael Wall who died on March 27, 2022 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., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 3/29/2023. 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 3/29/2023, 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 first publication: 9/29/2022
Tyree (Wall) Batchelor Personal Representative
Nicole Stevens Register of Wills
Washington Informer
In God We Trust. Declaration of Nationality. Notice of White Flag Surrender.
Notice of Special Appearance : I am that I am: "David Nathaniel Edmondson Jr©", in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: “DAVID NATHANIEL EDMONDSON JR", corp.sole Dba.: "DA VID NATHANIEL EDMONDSON JR© ", [DAVID EDMONDSON JR, DAVID EDMONDSON], having reached the age of majority, be ing aboriginal to the northwestern and southwestern shores of Africa, the Atlantic Islands, the continental Americas, being duly certified, hereby affirms to declare my tribal intention to be as my pedigree subscribes, as a: Moorish American, but not a citi zen of the United States. declare permanent, and unalienable, allegiance to The Moorish Empire, Al Maghreb Al Aqsa, Estados al Marikanos, Societas Republicae Ea Al Maurikanuus Estados, The Constitution for the united States of America, Article III Sec tion 2, The Lieber Code, Hague Conventions of 1899 & 1907, The Geneva Conventions, [ United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ], and all natural laws governing moors, and hereby declare and proclaim my nationality in good faith as a: Moorish American. I am that I am: "David Nathaniel Edmondson Jr© ", from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: "david nathaniel edmondson jr© ". Notice of White Flag Surrender: as "hors de combat", pursuant to The Geneva Conventions, Article III, as a minister of The Moorish Empire, and Internationally Protected Person. Notice of: LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF WAR ON LAND HAGUE, IV), ARTICLE: 32, 45, 46, & 47. Notice of Claim pursuant to Public Law 87-846, TITLE II, SEC. 203. Notice of Bailment Merging of Legal Title with Equitable Title: This order is to preserve legal and equitable title, and to reserve all rights, title, and interest, in the property, Re: Maryland Department of Health Division of Vital Records: STATE FILE NUMBER, or USCIS #: 76-34772 #: "DAVID NATHANIEL EDMONDSON JR© ", is as a special deposit order, conveyed to "DAVID N EDMONDSON JR© ". All property of the same issue and amount, in like kind and specie, is to be returned fully intact, as a Special Deposit order of the Depositor Beneficiary / Bailor / Donor / Principal / Creditor: "david nathaniel edmondson jr©", nom deguerre: "David Nathaniel Edmondson Jr© ", as a special deposit order in lawful money. This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of : "DAVID N EDMONDSON JR© ", an Inter Vivos Unincorporated Divine Grantor Trust. This deposit is not to be commingled with general assets of any bank, nor depositary / trustee / agent / bailee / donee / debtor. This deposit is not limited to, but including: discharge and set off, of any and all outstanding liabilities as accord and satisfaction. Inter alia enact fuit. All Rights Reserved. Deo volente.
In God We Trust. Declaration of Nationality. Notice of White Flag Surrender. Notice of Special Appearance: I am that I am: “Robert Daniel Souza©”, in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdaar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: “ROBERT DANIEL SOUZA”, corporation sole DBA.: “ROBERT D SOUZA©”, including any and all derivatives and variations in the spelling, i.e. NOT limited to all capitalized names “ROBERT SOUZA©”, “ROBERT DANIEL©”, “ROBERT D SOUZA©”, “SOUZA©”, “RDS©”, “SOUZA ROBERT D©”, “SOUZA ROBERT DANIEL©”, “R SOUZA©”, “MR ROBERT DANIEL SOUZA©”, “MR ROBERT SOUZA©”, “MR ROBERT DANIEL©”, “MR ROBERT D SOUZA©”, “MR SOUZA©”, “MR SOUZA ROBERT D©”, “MR SOUZA ROBERT DANIEL©”, “MR R SOUZA©” or any derivatives thereof are under Copyright 2005, having reached the age of majority, being duly certified, hereby affirms to declare my intention to be as my pedigree subscribes, as a Californian, but not a citizen of the United States. I declare permanent, and unalienable, allegiance to The Constitution for the united States of America, Article III Section 2, The Lieber Code, Hague Conventions of 1899 & 1907, The Geneva Conventions, and all natural laws governing American Citizens, and hereby declare and proclaim my nationality in good faith as a Californian. am that I am: “Robert Daniel Souza©”, from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: “robert-daniel: souza©”. Notice of White Flag Surrender: as “hors de combat”, pursuant to The Geneva Conventions, Article III, as a minister of yhwh's covenant, and Internationally Protected Person. Notice of: LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF WAR ON LAND (HAGUE, IV), ARTICLE: 32, 45, 46, & 47. Notice of Claim pursuant to Public Law 87-846, TITLE II, SEC. 203. Notice of Bailment Merging of Legal Title with Equitable Title: This order is to preserve legal and equitable title, and to reserve all rights, title, and interest, in the property, CALIFORNIA STATE FILE NUMBER, 104-87-239436: “ROBERT DANIEL SOUZA©”, “ROBERT D SOUZA©”, “ROBERT SOUZA©”, “ROBERT DANIEL©”, “ROBERT D SOUZA©”, “SOUZA©”, “RDS©”, “SOUZA ROBERT D©”, “SOUZA ROBERT DANIEL©”, “R SOUZA©”, “MR ROBERT DANIEL SOUZA©”, “MR ROBERT SOUZA©”, “MR ROBERT DANIEL©”, “MR ROBERT D SOUZA©”, “MR SOUZA©”, “MR SOUZA ROBERT D©”, “MR SOUZA ROBERT DANIEL©”, “MR R SOUZA©”, including any and all derivatives and variations in the spelling, is as a special deposit order, conveyed to “ROBERT DANIEL SOUZA TRUST©”. All property of the same issue and amount, in like kind and specie, is to be returned fully intact, as a Special Deposit order of the Depositor / Beneficiary / Bailor / Donor / Principal / Creditor: “robert-daniel: souza©”, nom de guerre: “Robert Daniel Souza©”, as a special deposit order in lawful money. This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of: “ROBERT DANIEL SOUZA TRUST©”, an Inter Vivos Unincorporated Divine Grantor Trust. This deposit is not to be commingled with general assets of any bank, nor depositary / trustee / agent / bailee / donee / debtor. This deposit is not limited to, but including: discharge and set off, of any and all outstanding liabilities as accord and satisfaction. Inter alia enact fuit. All Rights Reserved. Deo volente.
In God We Trust. Declaration of Nationality. Notice of White Flag Surrender.
Notice of Special Appearance : am that I am: "Marcel James Lamar Wood© ", in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: “MARCEL JAMES LAMAR WOOD", corp.sole Dba.: "MARCEL J. L. WOOD © ", “Wood, Marcel James Lamar ©” having reached the age of majority, being aboriginal to the northwestern and southwestern shores of Africa, the Atlantic Islands, the continental Americas, being duly certified, hereby affirms to declare my tribal intention to be as my pedigree subscribes, as a: Moorish American, but not a citizen of the United States. declare permanent, and unalienable, allegiance to The Moorish Empire, Al Maghreb Al Aqsa, Estados al Marikanos, Societas Republicae Ea Al Maurikanuus Estados, The Constitution for the united States of America, Article III Section 2, The Lieber Code, Hague Conventions of 1899 & 1907, The Geneva Conventions, [ United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ], and all natural laws governing moors, and hereby de clare and proclaim my nationality in good faith as a: Moorish American. I am that I am: "Marcel James Lamar Wood© ", from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: "marcel james lamar woodbey© ". Notice of White Flag Surrender: as "hors de combat", pursuant to The Geneva Conventions, Article III, as a minister of The Moorish Empire, and Internationally Protected Person. Notice of: LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF WAR ON LAND HAGUE, IV), ARTICLE: 32, 45, 46, & 47. Notice of Claim pursuant to Public Law 87-846, TITLE II, SEC. 203. Notice of Bailment Merging of Legal Title with Equitable Title : This order is to preserve legal and equitable title , and to reserve all rights, title, and interest, in the property, Re: State Department of Health and Senior Services Bureau of Vital Statistics: STATE FILE NUMBER #: 19890051958© ", is as a special deposit order, conveyed to "The Hokage Trust© ". All property of the same issue and amount, in like kind and specie, is to be returned fully intact, as a Special Deposit order of the Depositor / Beneficiary / Bailor / Donor / Principal / Creditor: "marcel james lamar wood-bey© ", nom deguerre: "Marcel James Lamar Wood © ", as a special deposit order in lawful money. This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of : "The Hokage Trust © ", an Inter Vivos Unincorporated Divine Grantor Trust. This deposit is not to be commingled with general assets of any bank, nor depositary / trustee / agent / bailee / donee / debtor. This deposit is not limited to, but including: discharge and set off, of any and all outstanding liabilities as accord and satisfaction. Inter alia enact fuit. All Rights Reserved. Deo volente.
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
2022 ADM 000539
Dominic J. Monetta Decedent Valerie J. EdwardsAntonoplos & Associates
1725 DeSales St., NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036 Attorney
Christopher Monetta and Michael Monetta, whose addresses is c/o Antonoplos & Associates, 1725 DeSales St., NW #600, Washington DC 20036, were appointed Personal Representa tives of the estate of Dominic J. Monetta who died on October 7, 2021 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., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 4/6/2023. 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 4/6/2023, 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 first publication: 10/6/2022
Christopher Monetta Michael Monetta Personal RepresentativeTRUE TEST COPY
Nicole Stevens Register of Wills Washington Informer
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
2021 ADM 001501
Edward G. Varrone, Esq. 1825 K Street, NW, Suite 1150 Washington, DC 20006
Safieh Hekmat, whose address is 4201 Cathedral Avenue, NW, Apt. 516-E, Washington, DC 20016, was appointed
Personal Representative of the estate of Gholam Hossein Hekmat who died on 10/23/2021 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., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 4/6/2023. 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 4/6/2023, 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 first publication: 10/6/2022
Hekmat
Representative
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Probate Division
Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
2022 ADM 001019
Eva D. Stewart DecedentDeborah D. Boddie, Esq.
Probate Law DC 1308 Ninth Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20001
Attorney
Raymond Alphonzo Ross, whose address is 313 17th Street, NE, Washington, DC 20001, was appointed Personal Represen tative of the estate of Eva D. Stewart who died on 11/20/2003 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., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 4/6/2023. 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 4/6/2023, 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 first publication: 10/6/2022
Raymond Alphonzo Ross Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Nicole Stevens Register of Wills Washington InformerSUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division
Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
2022 ADM 001042
Hector A. Julio Decedent
Rebecca A. Ellertson, whose address is 4201 Cathedral Ave., NW #318 E., Washington, DC, 20016, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Hector A. Julio who died on 6/26/2022 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., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 4/6/2023. 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 4/6/2023, 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 first publication: 10/6/2022
Washington Informer
William Vernell Wood Decedent
E. Regine Francois Williams 9701 Apollo Drive, Ste. 301 Largo Md 20774
Attorney
Robert L. Schmidt and Joseph F. Johnson, whose addresses are 46788 Glen Mary Farm Rd., Park Hall Md 20667 & 4611 Lewis Leigh Ct., Chantilly VA 20151, were appointed Personal Repre sentatives of the estate of William Vernell Wood who died on 2/3/2020 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., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 4/6/2023. 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 4/6/2023, 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 first publication: October 6, 2022
Robert L. Schmidt
F. Johnson
TRUE TEST COPY
Wills
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
2022 ADM 1005
Bridgitte Belinda Boykin Wilkins Decedent
Carman Wilkins, whose address is 3421 Brothers Place SE, Apt. 104, Washington, DC 20032, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Bridgitte Belinda Boykin Wilkins who died on 12/15/2021 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., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 4/6/2023. 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 4/6/2023, 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 first publication: 10/6/2022
Carman Wilkins
Personal Representative
TRUE TEST COPY
Nicole Stevens Register of Wills
Washington Informer
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
2022 ADM 000873
Dolores H. Spaulding aka Dolores Hinton Spaulding Decedent
Deirdre Spaulding-Yeoman and Angelyn Spaulding Flowers, whose addresses are 4000 19th St., NE, Washington, DC 20018 and 1345 Irving St., NE, Washington, DC 20017, were appoint ed Personal Representatives of the estate of Dolores H. Spauld ing aka Dolores Hinton Spaulding who died on 6/11/2022 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., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 4/6/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Reg ister of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 4/6/2023, 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 first publication: 10/6/2022
Deirdre Spaulding-Yeoman
Angelyn Spaulding Flowers
Personal Representative
Nicole Stevens Register of Wills
Washington Informer
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
2022 ADM 001017
Sarah G. Hardeman Decedent
Deborah D. Boddie
Probate Law DC 1308 Ninth St., NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20001 Attorney
Albert F. Hardeman, Jr., whose address is 801 Van Buren Street, NW, Washington, DC 20012, was appointed Personal Represen tative of the estate of Sarah G. Hardeman who died on July 5, 2015 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 6, 2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Regis ter of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 6, 2023, 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 first publication: October 6, 2022
Personal Representative
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Probate Division
Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
2022 ADM 001050
Rene Chevez Decedent
Tina Smith Nelson 601 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20049
Attorney
Brenda Jordan Wheeler, whose address is 1038 Inkberry Court, Orlando FL 32811, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Theresa Olivia Jordan who died on 7/26/2013 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., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 4/6/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Reg ister of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 4/6/2023, 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 first publication: 10/06/2022
Brenda Jordan Wheeler
Personal Representative
Nicole Stevens Register of Wills
Washington Informer
Dinora Fuentes, whose address is 810 Hamilton St., NW, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Represen tative of the estate of Rene Chevez who died on 12/29/2021 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., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 6, 2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 6, 2023, 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 first publication: October 6, 2022
Dinora Fuentes
TRUE TEST
of Wills
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
2021 ADM 000579
Denise Core Edwards Decedent
Julius P. Terrell
1455 Pennsylvania Ave., NW #400 Washington, DC 20004 Attorney
Terasita Edwards, whose address is 2511 Fairlawn Ave, Wash ington, DC 20020, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Denise Core Edwards who died on 9/6/2020 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., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 4/16/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Reg ister of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 4/16/2023, 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 first publication: 10/6/2022
Terasita Edwards
Personal
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The film also highlights the rac ist origins of the OB/GYN medical specialty. Developed by a sadist white physician, James Marion Sims, the specialty has its roots in experiments on enslaved Black women. Indeed, the lie that Black people can with stand enormous pain is rooted in en slavement and the brutal way Black women were experimented on. Because Sims believed Black wom en could stand all kinds of pain, he conducted painful experiments with out anesthesia. Really? Yet some med ical professionals continue to laud his work, and until 2018 a statue celebrat ing him was part of New York's Cen tral Park. His defenders say he was just a product of his times, but it is clear that he not only experimented on en
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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is conducting a crimi nal investigation of Team Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the presidential election in Georgia.
Remember that phone call a few days before the attack on the Cap itol? Trump was desperately trying to overturn his defeat by Joe Biden.
Trump, his chief of staff Mark Meadows, and a bunch of Trump attorneys got on the phone with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. Trump demand ed that Raffensperger "find" him enough votes to flip the election to him.
Unethical? Definitely. Illegal? Very likely.
It's against the law in Georgia
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cent president to not attend an of ficial portrait unveiling was Jimmy Carter, who requested not to have a ceremony. Jimmy Carter is a dif ferent and selfless man. We should appreciate former President Carter more each day, especially when we hear the daily news about former President Trump.
Jimmy Carter is the oldest liv ing former president; he celebrated his 98th birthday on the first day of October. Many would say his greatest achievements were accom plished after leaving the presidency. The former Democratic president is revered for championing human rights and democracy through The
slaved women that he owned but also purchased women to experiment on them. I reject the notion that Sims was a product of his times. He was a sadis tic brute who denied Black women's very humanity.
Congresswoman Lauren Under wood (D-Ill.), the youngest member of the Congressional Black Caucus, has introduced the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act, an essential step toward eliminating the treatment Black women experience as they give birth. A 12-part comprehensive piece of legislation, the act includes ex pansion of mental health services for mothers, telehealth for new moms, increased data collection, and funding for community-based organizations working on maternal health issues.
Supported by more than 250 orga nizations, including the American Nurses Association, the Association of
to solicit election fraud. And that phone call was just part of the Trump team's efforts, which in cluded the creation of a fake set of pro-Trump electors. Trump's efforts in Georgia included false charges of election fraud against two Black women election workers. When Trump and his allies repeated those smears, the women's lives were dis rupted by threats and harassment. According to news reports, Wil lis's investigation could lead to a multi-defendant racketeering case.
Trump, predictably, has called the Georgia investigation a "witch hunt." But Willis has taken on murderers and drug gangs, and she is not afraid of Trump or his insults.
Trump's record in business and politics suggests that the truth means nothing to him. He acts as
Carter Center, which he found ed along with his wife, Rosalynn. The Carter Center has worked to advance democracy by monitor ing foreign elections and reducing diseases in developing countries. In 2002, he received the Nobel Peace Prize for pushing for global peace. Even at 95, Carter taught Sunday school and continued his work with Habitat for Humanity as an active, hands-on construction vol unteer. Throughout the years, the former president and his wife have worked alongside 104,000 volun teers in 14 countries to build, reno vate, and repair 4,390 homes. Peo ple would come to Plains, Georgia, from around the world to hear his Sunday school lessons.
Black Women Physicians, the Center for American Progress, the Children's Defense Fund, Families USA, the NAACP, and others, the legislation has more than 30 Congressional co-spon sors. The legislation has yet to pass the House of Representatives, and it is un likely to pass the parsimonious Senate. People can get involved by reminding their legislative representatives of the importance of this Momnibus Act.
Shawnee Benton Gibson, Sho many's mom, said that if Black Lives Matter, then Black wombs must also matter. She has turned the pain of her daughter's death into powerful advo cacy for Black maternal health. She is among the many, including Congress women Robin Kelly and Lauren Un derwood and many others, who must be applauded for addressing this issue. Black wombs matter. Watch "After shock"! WI
if he believes the law does not apply to him. He acts as if his wealth and power and lawyers will continue to let him get away with anything.
It is important that we as Amer icans affirm the principle that no person — even the country's most powerful person — is above the law.
There is good news on that front. There are multiple investigations into Trump's wrongdoing. I am grateful for the work being done by Tish James and Fani Willis, by the House select committee inves tigating Jan. 6, by staff at the U.S. Department of Justice, and by jour nalists who are willing to dig for the truth.
Truth is the first step toward ac countability, accountability that in Trump's case is long overdue.
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He is a living example of a great leader and humanitarian by demonstrating no matter what ca reer we choose or how old we are, we can always make a meaningful contribution to our community and country. He described his mo tivations by saying, "I have one life and one chance to make it count for something … My faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference."
He chose not to have the type of recognition that goes with being a former president. And while cur rent politicians try so hard to be the next Trump, where are the future Jimmy Carters? WI
tation McCarthy stated that the Republican goals were to provide to America and Americans "An Economy That's Strong, A Nation That's Safe, A Future That's Built on Freedom, and A Government That's Accountable." These goals sound important and reasonable, but we need to compare conduct with performance.
During the Trump years of Re publican congressional control, I can't remember complaints of the negative impact of their $1.9 trillion tax cut which favored the wealthy. The $4,000 trickle-down
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on the most vulnerable. Native Americans had higher rates of vaccination than African Amer icans or Hispanics. But they suf fer far higher rates of poverty, far worse access to health care, and as a direct result greater numbers of pre-existing conditions like obesi ty and diabetes. The result was a modern-day Trail of Tears.
Needless to say, having a del egate in Congress won't correct that reality. But it will provide Native Americans with a voice so that their reality does not go unno ticed. It would give them the op portunity to build coalitions and advance legislation to address this shameful reality.
which was supposed to happen for the average worker did not hap pen. They oversaw the economic protection of the wealthy and left "the others" to fend for themselves.
National Safety is a mantra that, like many of the Republican com plaints, seems to be situational. They purport to be strong support ers of law officers and enforcement yet, while they oppose the lan guage of BLM, they have decried the FBI and have called for its de funding. While all of the Republi can Members of Congress live un der the protection of the Capitol Police, they ignore the impact of the January 6th insurrection and
This is also a question of wis dom. At a time when zealots seek to drive America apart, to turn whites against people of color, natives against immigrants, Christians against Jews and Muslims, fulfill ing the treaty promise would be an expression of simple wisdom. We all do better when we all do bet ter. Giving the Cherokee Nation a seat in the Congress would not only fulfill a treaty promise, but it would also symbolize that reality.
According to the provisions of the treaty, creating the promised seat in the Congress requires only a vote of the House of Represen tatives. The delegate would be non-voting but could sit on com mittees and speak from the floor of Congress. House Speaker Nancy
the lawlessness of the former presi dent, belying their commitment to Government Accountability.
Their commitment to A Future Built on Freedom is immersed in their culture war. While they abridge rights that were gained over two centuries of civic struggle and threaten the personal security of women and persons of color, they demonstrate that the only worthy freedoms are those they agree with. Under the guise of freedom, they revise history, reject public health instructions, and approve the cor rectness of selected conduct and thoughts. This is a commitment I can live without. WI
Pelosi has expressed her support. Now is the time to act. This fall, the Rules Committee — chaired by Rep. Jim McGovern — should convene a hearing to forward a resolution to create the seat. The House of Representatives should formally vote to create the seat. Both the speaker and Rep. Mc Govern should be flooded with messages urging them to act.
November is designated as Na tive American Heritage Month. There can be few better ways to recognize it than to honor a near ly 200-year-old legal obligation, and create the congressional seat promised to those who were in this nation long before the Pilgrims ar rived. WI
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not having any experience in install ing a wood floor, but I was able to do so when led by experienced members of my Sai family when we went to rebuild a school in New Jersey. It had been heavily damaged by Hurricane Sandy. I also told my grandson about my spiritual sister and her husband who have donated so much time and money to help build rooms and feed orphans at a place in the Dominican Republic. They work in partnership with an organization that provides experienced, hands-on labor. They spend half a year in the DR and visit the orphanage often. They also are helping to build a school and are very much hands-on and personally involved.
I pointed out to my grandson, also, that people who mean well sometimes don't see their efforts be ing that well-received or appreciated. When a tsunami hit India, Amma sent hundreds of volunteers to help
build thousands of new houses. Many local men sat by and did not pitch in to help build the houses. When some devotees complained to Amma, she said that was the nature of those men. However, she said it was the responsibility of her devotees to serve selflessly.
Another example I told my grand son was that when another spiritual group that I am connected with helped to build a clinic in Tanzania, it was disappointing to see thousands of dollars of much-needed supplies
sit on a dock for months, incurring fees, before they were cleared for re lease.
I pray every day that the truth continues to come to the surface to be transmuted and transformed, whether it is about slavery, the elec tions, etc. I pray that we all raise our consciousness and that peace prevails on Earth in my lifetime, Finally, I pray that we all realize that we have lived many lifetimes and have been male, female, various ethnicities and victims as well as persecutors! WI
I pray every day that the truth continues to come to the surface to be transmuted and transformed, whether it is about slavery, the elections, etc.
