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When L.Y. Marlow's 23-yearold daughter told her the father of her daughter threatened her life, and the life of their child, she knew something had to be done. Out of her frustration with law enforcement's handling Email comments to: of the situation, she decided to rburke@ start the Saving Promise campaign. washingtoninformer.com “It seems to be a vicious cycle that won't turn my family Jenny Washington Perloose,”Bilfield, Marlow said. Marlow forming Arts Society president and shared her story with the audiCEO, 2012 National ence accepted at the the District Heights Medal of Arts award onSymposium behalf of Domestic Violence her organization President on May 7 at thefrom District Heights Barack Obama duringThe a White Municipal Center. sympoWe represent victims of major House on July 10.by /Photo sium ceremony was sponsored the medical malpractice such as by Roy Lewis Family and Youth Services Sandra Robinson Jack Olender cerebral palsy. Center of the city of District All 5 lawyers were again elected Heights and the National Hook“Best Lawyers in America” 2012 Up of Black Women. Karen Evans is a nurse/attorney Marlow has written a book, Attorney/Pediatrician Harlow Case Karen Evans Melissa Rhea “Color Me Butterfly,” which is a Robert Chabon, M.D., J.D. is story about four generations of Of Counsel. domestic violence. The book is inspired by her own experiences, By Summers and Margaret those of her grandmother, her Contributing mother and her daughter. WI Writer She said every time she reads In Memoriam excerpts from her book, she still The Washington Performing Dr. Calvin W. Rolark, Sr. can not believe(WPAS) the words came Arts Society’s mission Wilhelmina J. Rolark from her. “Color Me Butterfly” to provide quality arts presenThe Washington Informer Newspaper won the National to“Best THE WASHINGTON INFORMER PUBLISHER tations and2007 art education the Memoriam Books” Award. 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law enforcement. She said they threat,” she said. had come together to bring a Among the programs Marlow sense of uniformity in the way wants to see implemented are domestic violence victims and stricter restraining order policies, survivors are treated. more rights for victim's families “She's using her own personal to intervene on behalf of a vicstory, her own personal pain to tim, a domestic violence assesspush forward,” Davis-Nickens ment unit coupled with further said about Marlow. training for law enforcement Davis-Nickens said anyone agencies, a Child's Life Protecwho reads Marlow's book will tion Act and mandatory counsel“get it.” She said she “puts the ing for batterers. case in such a way, the average “If we are ever going to eradiperson can get it.” She said at the cate domestic violence, we must end of the day, the book will look at both sides of the coin. Playwright andbegin actresstoAnna authortoErnest Gaines, help people haveDeavere a dia- Smith, We need address both seated, the vicand composer and pianist Allen Toussaint also received awards and logue about domestic violence. tim and the batterer,”citations Marlow fromAlso President Obama during thewas awardssaid. ceremony at the White House on present at the event July 10. /Photo by Roy Lewisthe exMildred Muhammad, Marlow would also like to see wife of John Allen Muhammad, programs designed to raise who was sentenced to six consec- awareness among children in utive life terms without parole public and private schools. She by a Maryland jury for his role in feels children need to be educatthe Beltway Sniper attacks in ed about domestic violence. 2002. Mildred Muhammad is “We have to stop being pasthe founder of After the Trauma, sive-aggressive with poor chilan organization that helps the dren about domestic violence,” survivors of domestic violence Marlow said. and their children. Marlow has worked to break “I lived in fear for six years. Six the cycle of abuse in her family, years in fear is a long time. It is and is confident the policies she whose “Lady trumpeter Marsalis not an hits easyinclude thing to comeMarout sical is pushing forWynton will start that malade” and “Southern Nights,” were WPAS productions. The of,” she said. process. andMildred “Star Wars” creator George Muhammad said Dance “I plan to takeof these policies to Theatre Harlem was Lucas. people who want to help a presented Congress by andWPAS implore to not them long afdomestic must change our laws,” Marlow said. Bilfield, violence appointedvictim to WPAS its founding at thethese Kennedy be April careful1, ofis how they go into ter “I will not stop until polion the organization’s Center, a year after the performthe victim's life, and understand cies are passed.” fourth president in its 48-year that sheOriginally may be in “survival Carol Jonesopened. can be reached arts center Many history. from New ingTia mode”.Bilfield earned her under- concerts at tiacaroljones@sbcglobal.net by District-based womYork, “Beforedegree you getintomusic 'I'm going graduate from to kill you,' it started as a verbal en’sWIa cappella singing group the University of Pennsylvania. Sweet Honey in the Rock were She was previously the artistic WPAS presentations. director of Stanford University’s WPAS is also known for its Stanford Live program. arts education programs which “The National Arts Medal bring a variety of performgives us additional ‘rocket fuel’ to do more things,” said Bilfield. ing and visual artists into area “It is a call to action to be even schools. The organization’s arts more innovative, collaborative education mission extends to its and inclusive.” summer camps, which focus on Even in its early years, she jazz, strings, step dancing with said, WPAS promoted diversity and inclusion. “Todd Duncan, Step Afrika! and gospel. The who originated the role of ‘Por- WPAS children’s and adults’ gosgy’ in the George and Ira Ger- pel choirs showcase local gospel shwin opera ‘Porgy and Bess,’ talents performing music by lowas WPAS’s first board chair (in cal and national gospel compos1965),” said Bilfield. “That sent ers. an important message.” “We are eager to collaborate WPAS presented many Afriwith organizations that share the can-American artists and pervery vibrant culture of Washingforming groups in Washington, events, D.C. early in their careers, noted ton, D.C. in producing L.Y. Marlow Bilfield. Opera singers Jessye not only in the traditional venNorman and Kathleen Battle ues, but in many different types were among them. Opera singer of neighborhoods,” said Bilfield. Denyce Graves’ first main stage “I’ve met with a lot of interestrecital was presented by WPAS. The earliest Washington, D.C. ing people who have given me performances of tap dance artist ideas going forward. In other Savion Glover and jazz and clas- words, ‘Watch This Space’!” wi
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Viewp int Kerry Price Washington, D.C. The jury did not make the correct [decision] and justice was not served. George Zimmerman took an innocent person’s life and there’s no excuse for it. Regardless of the Stand Your Ground law in the state of Florida, Zimmerman chose to take matters into his own hands. I feel he should have been sentenced to jail. Justice was not served, and unfortunately, I believe there will be growing tensions in certain neighborhoods as a result.
Ken Brodie Washington, D.C. I was disappointed with the jury’s decision. I believe if you have one individual who is armed with a gun, and another individual who is not, using deadly force in a scuffle should at the minimum result in a manslaughter conviction. I’m a little perplexed by the jury selection. A jury is supposed to be comprised of by your peers, but they were all Caucasian [women] and there weren’t any men. Hopefully those around the country will look at the incident and outcome, and realize that profiling must stop.
AFTER 16 HOURS AND 20 MINUTES OF DELIBERATIONS, A JURY ACQUITTED GEORGE ZIMMERMAN OF 2ND-DEGREE MURDER IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF UNARMED MINOR TRAYVON MARTIN. DID THE JURY MAKE THE CORRECT DECISION?
Nichole Ramsey Takoma Park, Md. I found the outcome of the case to be shocking, because of all the evidence and the spotlight that was [cast] on the situation. I definitely did not expect an acquittal. I also thought that the jury of six women, who are also mothers, would have a better understanding of what [Trayvon Martin’s] mother was going through, and wouldn’t just let Zimmerman walk free. I really believed Zimmerman would receive some type of punishment for his actions. I’m just very shocked at the outcome of the trial.
Linda Wright Washington, D.C. I believe that George Zimmerman should have at least [served] some time [based] on the charges [brought] against him. The jury essentially gave him a free pass to kill another individual. When he initially called the police, the dispatcher told him to leave Trayvon Martin alone, but he proceeded to take matters into his own hands – I don’t believe that to be fair at all. I think the case needs to be reopened and retried. Either way, Zimmerman won’t have a happy life.
Charlyndria Horton Washington, D.C. I thought the verdict was very unfair. It’s appalling that a man, who killed an unarmed minor, is allowed to walk free. This is the second time in the state of Florida recently that something like this has happened; they let Casey Anthony walk free as well. George Zimmerman’s lawyers did everything they could to make Trayvon Martin look like the criminal, when all he did was walk to his father’s house while minding his own business. The verdict shows that the country still has a long way to go when it comes to race and class relations.
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(L-R) Defense attorneys Mark O’Mara and Donald West stand with their client, George Zimmerman, as the verdict is read on Saturday, July 13. A jury of six women found Zimmerman not guilty of killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla., last year. /Courtesy Photo
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continued from Page 1 sonably claim he was defending himself.” There have been calls for economic boycotts of Florida, demands for broader national boycotts and unrelenting scorn and criticism of the jurors, Zimmerman and his lawyers. For one mother, however, the verdict is personal. She, like a number of black mothers and fathers are holding their children a little closer and wondering how to protect their children not just from police but from vigilantes, too. “I’ve been in mourning since I heard the verdict,” said Diane Moore-Eubanks, a Silver Spring,
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Md., resident and mother of a 16-year-old son. “It’s painful to think of what happened to Trayvon and the outcome of the trial. I am disillusioned but not surprised. If it were not for God’s grace, I could be Sabrina Fulton.” Moore-Eubanks, 50 and a lawyer, said she constantly counsels her children about how to comport themselves in public or when they encounter police. And she echoed the question being asked by black parents across the country, “How do I explain this to my children?” On the night of Feb. 26, 2012, Zimmerman, 29, observed Trayvon walking in the area wearing a hooded sweatshirt. The watch captain called police and a dis-
patcher advised Zimmerman not to pursue the teen but he continued anyway. “This guy looks like he’s up to no good, or he’s on drugs or something,” Zimmerman said, according to police reports noted during the trial. “It’s raining and he’s just walking around, looking about.” However, prosecutors and Martin’s family said there were no indications that the teen was involved in criminal activity and that Martin was simply talking to a female friend on his cell phone while carrying a can of ice tea and a bag of Skittles back to his father’s house. During the fight that ensued, Zimmerman has claimed that
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continued from Page 8 Martin was slamming his head into the concrete pavement and that he fired his weapon in self-defense. Much like the O.J. Simpson case 18 years earlier, opinions of the trial have been divided heavily along racial lines with many blacks accusing Zimmerman, who is part Hispanic, of profiling Martin, a young black teen wearing a hoodie. When the verdict was read in the Seminole County Courthouse, it was met with silence by demonstrators who were chanting and who carried banners outside demanding justice. Zimmerman’s family and lawyers laughed and hugged, shook hands and congratulated each other. Shortly after the verdict was read, Zimmerman walked out of the courtroom a free man. Locally and around the country, people are still aghast and deeply angered by the verdict. Social media networks have been alight with disgust, anger and resignation on one hand, and elation that Zimmerman walked free on the other. The verdict has generated prayer vigils, demonstrations, marches and church services, meetings, discussions and other gatherings and another national conversation about race, guns, and a criminal justice system critics said chews up and spits out people of color. President Barack Obama, who shortly after Trayvon’s murder said he could have been his son, issued a statement about the verdict. “The death of Trayvon Martin was a tragedy. Not just for his family, or for any one community, but for America,” he said. “I know this case has elicited strong passions. And in the wake of the verdict, I know those passions may be running even higher. But we are a nation of laws, and a jury has spoken. I now ask every American to respect the call for calm reflection from two parents who lost their young son.” Obama said Americans should ask themselves if they’re doing all they can to widen the circle of compassion and understanding in our own communities. The Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler said Zimmerman’s exoneration reminded him of the
1950s and ’60s when whites in Southern states on trial for murdering and brutalizing blacks, and those who fought segregation, laughed and joked in court before being acquitted by a jury of their peers. “This is absolutely outrageous that you could insinuate and state that Zimmerman is not culpable to any degree,” said Hagler, senior pastor of Plymouth Congregational Church in Northeast. “Here you have a kid versus a man with a gun and the kid ends up dead. He was minding his business, followed, and an encounter ensued.” “Folks are outraged. We have to keep the pressure on with demonstrations and marches until the Department of Justice gets a backbone.” While the verdict brought the 24-day trial to a close, it is clear that the case isn’t going away. The Rev. Al Sharpton, president of the National Action Network, announced on Tuesday morning that “Justice for Trayvon” vigils in 100 cities across the country would take place on Saturday, July 20th. He and other civil rights leaders continue to press the federal government to investigate civil rights charges against Zimmerman. In addition, hundreds of national ministers, led by Sharpton plan to hold prayer vigils and rallies in front of federal buildings calling on the Justice Department to investigate civil rights violations against Trayvon. One man, a federal employee with a 25-year-old son, said America and its deeply flawed criminal justice system is an embarrassment. “Only in Florida. A black man’s life has no value,” said the man, who asked that his name not be used. “They dragged out the case, changed the story and vilified Trayvon Martin. Trayvon became the perpetrator and a murderer became the victim.” The man said the verdict was just the latest slap in the face for blacks. “Florida is the deep South, no different from Texas, Mississippi or Alabama. This is a shame, a travesty. This just means open season on black men. Everybody can use ‘Stand Your Ground’ and murder innocent black men. It’s amazing,” he said.wi
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Ambassador His Excellency Dr. Elliston Rahming, 2nd right, welcomes guests to a celebration of the 40th anniversary of independence of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas at the Hall of the Americas OAS headquarters in Northwest on July 10. Members of the diplomatic corps who attended the event included (L-R) Ambassadors Bayney Karran of Guyana, Sonia M. Johnny of Saint Lucia, H.E. Deborah Mae Lovel of Antigua, and Jacinth L. Henry-Martin of St. Kitts and Nevis. /Photo by Roy Lewis
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40th Anniversary of Independence More than 300 guests from across the tri-state area of Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia and beyond gathered at the Organization of American States’ Hall of the Americas in Northwest on July 10 to celebrate 40 years of independence for the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. Hosted by Ambassador His Excellency Dr. Elliston Rahming and Consul-General Paulette Zonicle, the event attracted a wide cross-section of diplomats, business executives, Bahamian descendants, friends and admirers of the 700-island chain just off the coast of South Florida.
The string of islands boasts a natural beauty that has drawn people from around the world for centuries. At one time or another, the islands were home to the peaceful Lucayan or Arawak people, the Tainos, pirates, traders and settlers. As early as 300 to 400 AD, people who came from what is now Cuba [there was no country named Cuba at that time] lived on the Islands of The Bahamas and relied on the ocean for sustenance. Between 900-1500 AD, the Lucayan people [Arawaks] settled here. They enjoyed a peaceful way of life and developed viable political, social and religious systems. Christopher Columbus made landfall in the New World on the island of San Salvador in 1492. He named the islands ‘baja mar,’ which means shallow sea. The Arawaks didn’t survive long after their encounter with the Europeans and within 25 years, they were annihilated due to slavery, disease and privation. Europeans first settled in The
Bahamas in 1649 when Puritans came in search of religious freedom. The 1600s and early 1700s marked the age of piracy when pirates and privateers sought refuge here. The shallow waters and all the islands, reefs and cays provided wonderful hiding places to escape pursuers and spots for buried treasure. And the islands’ close proximity to well-traveled shipping lanes made for the perfect spot to pillage from merchant ships. Folklore has it that wealthy privateer Sir Henry Morgan buried treasure throughout the islands and that British pirate William Catt buried his loot on Cat Island. The most famous pirates were Calico Jack and Blackbeard, Mary Read and Anne Bonny. The Bahamas severed maternal ties with Great Britain on July 10, 1973. Since then, this island nation has taken its place on the world stage via collaborations with its neighbors in the Caribbean, the United States and other nations across the globe. On the diplomatic front, the government has established embassies in Washington, D.C., Canada, Cuba, Great Britain, China, Geneva, Haiti and Consulates in Miami, New York, Atlanta and soon in Rosslyn, Va. The Bahamas is also a member state of the United Nations, the Organization of American States, the World Health Organization, and other bodies. It’s estimated that some 5,000 Bahamians live in Washington, D.C. and the adjoining areas and each year thousands of U.S. citizens from this area visit the island nation. There is, therefore, a strong bond of friendship between area
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residents and The Bahamas. Our monthlong independence celebration is an opportunity for us to showcase the beauty and vitality of our vibrant culture. For us, we get the chance to revel in and share our rich culture, diverse heritage and distinctive way of life. The music, cuisine, art and dance make us proud to be Bahamians. Music plays a huge part in Bahamian culture. Throughout the islands, people will likely hear a melange of musical influences: Calypso, African rhythms, English folk songs and our unique Bahamian goombay traditional music, which combines African musical traditions with European colonial influences. Goombay can be traced back to slavery – a combination of storytelling and dance – performed to a fast-tempoed “goom-bahhh” beat on a goatskin drum. Our monthlong Independence celebration will culminate on Friday, August 2 with a Caribbean Dance Party and on Saturday, August 3 with a Food and Music Festival, both at the Silver Spring Civic Building at Veterans Plaza in Silver Spring, Md. The party will feature Bahamian rake and scrape music, reggae, Trinidad Soca, and American hip-hop. During the festival, the world-renown Royal Bahamas Police Force Band, Her Majesty’s Prison’s Pop Band, local area steel pan drummers, Afro-Caribbean dancers and fashion exhibitors will join more than 20 Bahamian food vendors for a day of family fun – all in the name of one of the United States’ closest friends – The Commonwealth of The Bahamas.wi Submitted by the Embassy of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, United States The Washington Informer
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray endorsed strengthening the District’s 31-year-old drug paraphernalia law during a combined Ward 7 and Ward 8 community forum about sales of paraphernalia and synthetic drugs. “I would be happy to expand the law to make it more enforceable,” said Gray, 70, at the July 11 forum in the St. Elizabeths Hospital’s auditorium in Southeast. Gray told the audience of nearly 250 that during the D.C. Council’s two-month recess, he will work with appropriate District agencies on tougher penalties against businesses selling materials used for manufacturing and ingesting drugs. Gray was responding to an audience member’s statement that the District must instantly suspend or revoke such businesses’ licenses. D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs Director Nicholas Majett, a forum panelist, said businesses are entitled to due process. “You have to be able to prove that they are selling synthetic drugs or drug paraphernalia,” he said. Ryan Springer, deputy director of the D.C. Department of Health’s Addiction Prevention and Recovery Administration, said his and other agencies face numerous challenges. “There are international cartels with tons of money to send (drug manufacturing) materials into the U.S. They even have websites teaching young people how to make and use the drugs ‘safely.’” “There are 100-plus ingredients in these drugs and only five or six of them are considered illegal,” added Springer. “The ingredients are changed from month to month.” Panelist Peter Cho of the Korean American Grocers Association of Washington, D.C. (KAGRO-DC), operates a grocery near the Anacostia Metro station. To loud applause, he said he does not sell synthetic drugs or paraphernalia. “As you know, there is always one individual who refuses to cooperate (and sells these items),” he said, but KAGRO-DC, the police
and the courts will make them adhere to the law. “What I want to know is who’s going to go after the synthetic drug companies who teach young people how to make the drugs on the Internet?” Cho asked. Metropolitan Police Department Commander Melvin Scott of the Narcotics and Special Investigations Division (NSID) said that three business owners on Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue in Southeast were recently arrested for selling drug paraphernalia. Scott said he depends on community residents to identify businesses breaking the law. “NSID has a text number, 50411, which people can use to notify us anonymously,” he said. Pho Palmer, 46, the advisory neighborhood commissioner for 8C07 (Congress Heights) said the evening’s forum resulted from an incident at a May town hall about health sponsored by United Medical Center in Ward 8’s Turner Elementary School. A woman interrupted that meeting pleading for help with her son, who smoked “Scooby Snacks,” or synthetic marijuana. In a hallway outside the meeting, the woman, sobbing, told Palmer that her son, formerly a good student at Ballou Senior High School, behaved strangely since smoking the drug; he kicked out a window screen in their home and jumped out, landing two stories down. Similar accounts convinced Palmer that synthetic drugs are approaching crisis status among Wards 7 and 8 young people. Determined to find solutions, Palmer called Philip Pannell of the Anacostia Coordinating Council and the Congress Heights Civic Association. Pannell suggested leaders from various local government and community health, drug prevention and law enforcement agencies as forum participants. Rosalind Parker, Esq., 44, director of the District of Columbia Prevention Center for Wards 7 and 8, coordinated the event. Panelist Dionne Reeder, 42, a Ward 8 resident active in the District of Columbia Prevention
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New PGCPS Leader Introduced at Community Forum By Dorothy Rowley WI Staff Writer In a overwhelming show of support, hundreds of parents, students, educators, and community leaders attended a meet n’ greet July 10 at Crossland High School in Temple Hills, Md., where they were joined by Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker and school board members in “welcoming home” one of their own, new schools CEO, Kevin Maxwell. Maxwell, 65, the former superintendent of Anne Arundel Public Schools, was selected late last month by Baker to lead the 124,000-student Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) system. The
Prince George’s County native who’s taught at Crossland as well as Northwestern High School, was one of three finalists for the job. He replaces Alvin Crawley, who’s held the post on an interim basis since June 2012. “I’m disappointed that [this huge crowd] didn’t turn out for me,” Baker joked prior to introducing Maxwell. The crowd roared with laughter. However, on a more serious note, Baker went on to say that in attracting school leaders, the goal is to seek out the best, the brightest and someone who would treat every child enrolled at their school as if they were their own. Baker also said that leaders like Maxwell who are also
committed to their communities, are appointed to ensure students get a quality education and learn in a safe environment. “That’s why we chose Dr. Maxwell,” said Baker, 54. “When schools hire good teachers and administrators, parents take a chance,” he said. “Today, we take that chance [because] it’s about moving this system forward. We listened to you when we went out and selected this man.” Earlier this year, Baker announced his proposal, similar to the approach taken by former D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty in 2007, when he appointed Michelle Rhee as schools chancellor, in an effort to improve education in Prince George’s County by way of a takeover.
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The takeover plan was met with widespread opposition, with the school board insisting it was a bad bill being pushed through the legislature under the guise of education reform and without the benefit of a public hearing. Nonetheless, the Maryland General Assembly passed the bill in April. Before his appointment in 2006 as Anne Arundel’s schools superintendent, Maxwell worked for 22 years as a teacher and principal in Prince George’s County schools. He also has experience as an administrator for Montgomery County schools. During his tenure in Anne Arundel, which was assailed in 2011 by an NAACP complaint to the federal government, alleging that black students in the county’s schools were being treated differently in the disciplinary process, the school system expanded its magnet programs and focused on environmental literacy. The system also embraced a social media education policy that utilized Twitter and Facebook in communicating with parents. While no word was provided on Maxwell’s new salary, he earned $257,000 annually in Anne Arundel. Crawley’s salary hovers around $215,000 and his predecessor, William Hite Jr., who left to lead Philadelphia public schools, was paid $250,000 a year. Mark Johnson, 50, a 1980 graduate of Crossland, has six children who attended schools in the county. He remains active in the PTA and other community organizations, and expressed excitement over Maxwell’s appointment. “It still remains to be seen, but I believe they made the right choice in selecting Dr. Maxwell,” said Johnson, who lives in Temple Hills. “He seems like a leader everyone can relate to. He’s down to earth and takes
a no-nonsense approach accomplishing what’s best for the education of our children,” Johnson said. “I have total confidence in his ability to take the school system to unprecedented levels of achievement.” Maxwell said he plans on living up to the community’s expectations. “It’s true what they say about me growing up in Prince George’s County where I attended Kentland Elementary, Kent Junior High School and Bladensburg High School,” Maxwell said. “I started at Prince George’s County Community College and stopped attending because I couldn’t afford it, so I joined the Navy where I spent three years of active duty, then went on to earn the GI Bill. That helped pay for my bachelor’s and master’s degrees.” Maxwell, who once criticized the Anne Arundel County Council for reducing the schools’ capital budget by $5 million, stressed that it’s critically important that the community continues to talk about education. “If you came out tonight and it’s the last time I see you or it’s the last time the [school] community sees you, then that’s a tragedy,” said Maxwell, who added that one of the first priorities of his agenda is to close the achievement gap. “We’re also going to add programs that are attractive and that are important to our business community,” said the married father of four, who describes himself as a “very visible’’ leader who likes to be out among the masses touting his educational objectives. “I’ll be out at every single school in the district this school year,” Maxwell said. “[Overall], I’m going to enjoy being [back in Prince George’s County schools] where we’re going to learn a lot together.” wi www.washingtoninformer.com
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Ailing ‘Madiba’ Honored throughout the Country and World “There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death.” -Nelson Mandela By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer South Africa is celebrating the 95th birthday of its most beloved national figure, the anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, whom so many still warmly refer to as their “Madiba,” or tribe leader. Plans to honor the civil rights hero locally include members of the South African Embassy in Northwest hosting a series of volunteer service activities on Thursday, July 18 – Nelson Mandela Day – which happens to be Mandela’s birthday. The National Federation of the Blind in Baltimore plan to host workshops in conjunction with the South African Embassy, as well. Federation officials plan to teach individuals about the challenges faced by those who are blind. A special community service ceremony has been planned from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., at Shiloh Baptist Church in Northwest and civic-minded volunteers will also be afforded the opportunity to help preserve the wildlife habitat by removing invasive plant species from the brushes around the Anacostia River. Participants will also have a chance to fish in the wellknown body of water on Kingman Island. Embassy officials said they’re also looking for volunteers to lend a hand in packaging food items to be distributed at the Capital Area Food Bank in Northeast at 1 p.m., to families in need. An Embassy spokesman said individuals are being sought to help honor
PENALTIES continued from Page 10 Center for Wards 7 and 8 and the Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative, Inc., said not all youth in these wards are abusing synthetic drugs. “The time that’s invested in them is what makes the difference. We have to educate them, spend time with them, and invest in them. These are our future leaders.” Reeder said her agencies see teens daily. “I may be the one person who stands between their talking to me and getting high.”
Mandela’s legacy by volunteering 67 minutes of their time to charity and service projects. Sixty-seven represents the number of years Mandela served his country through public service, politics and while incarcerated. In New York, superstars Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Wyclef Jean, Josh Groban and others will perform a special concert in Mandela’s honor at Radio City Music Hall. Proceeds from the concert will benefit 46664, Mandela’s global HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention campaign. The number 46664 represents Mandela’s inmate number during his imprisonment on Robben Island. Events to honor Mandela are scheduled in Chicago, Los Angeles, Detroit, Boston, and a number of other cities throughout the United States. “He is proof that even the most intractable problems are surmountable, that division can be overcome with dignity and that forgiveness can triumph over fear,” former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said. Filmmakers also have selected Mandela’s birthday to officially announce that the icon’s life will be depicted in a major motion picture based on his autobiography, “Long Walk to Freedom.” The movie has already been completed and is expected to be released on Nov. 9 with actor Idris Elba, formerly of the critically-acclaimed HBO drama, “The Wire” portraying Mandela. “The film is based on Mandela’s words and his story,” Elba said in an interview conducted with Essence Magazine on July 11. Elba, 40, who was selected by Mandela’s family for the role, said he’s pleased with the movie. “It’s a very big and proud moment for me,” the actor said. Mandela was born on July 18, 1918 in Mveso, Transkei, South Africa. The forum’s youngest panelist, Chaquan Barbett, 15, a Ward 8 resident and Cesar Chavez Charter School student, shared a story with the audience. “When one of my friends smoked Scooby Snacks, it made him feel like he was about to die. I don’t use it. I’m an athlete. I play basketball. I’ve seen what it does to my friends.” Parker announced that additional forums on these issues will be held this year. The event was videotaped by District of Columbia Cable Network, which will air it in the coming weeks. wi
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He became involved in the anti-apartheid movement when he was in his 20s and joined the African National Congress in 1942. For two decades, Mandela directed a campaign of peaceful, non-violent defiance against the government and its racist policies, which ultimately led to his imprisonment for 27 years. After his release in February 1990, Mandela and South African President F.W. de Klerk both received the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts in dismantling apartheid. Three years after his release from prison, Mandela was inaugurated as the nation’s first black president in 1994. Mandela has been hospitalized for more than a month and remains in critical condition suffering from lung and other respiratory problems. Approximately 12 million students who live in South Africa celebrated Mandela Day by singing “Happy Birthday” to
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WAL-MART continued from Page 1 Mart officials say the fate of the three stores already under construction, will depend on Gray’s veto and a thorough review. But local labor leader Joslyn Williams said he’s unimpressed with Wal-Mart’s threats. “They’ve made this a fight about Wal-Mart. We didn’t,” said Williams, president of the Washington Metropolitan Chapter of the AFL-CIO. “Wal-Mart took offense to it. If the shoe fits, wear it. They got uptight, came in with guns blazing, made it about them when it isn’t.” Williams, who has headed the union for 30 years, said the bill applies to businesses across the board including some like Costco, Home Depot and Macy’s and they have not threatened to leave. The law, as conceived, was meant to be applied to big-box stores, he said. “Costco pays their workers more than this. And the Target [in Columbia Heights] said they can live with it. The only one who went high profile was WalMart,” said Williams. “Our position is that we’re going to call your bluff. D.C. has been making it without Wal-Mart for so many years. Wal-Mart has made this a personal campaign and those of The Washington Informer
us on this side say it’s about equity.” Barbara Lang, president and CEO of the DC Chamber of Commerce said that the chamber is opposed to the bill and is encouraging the mayor to reject it because it’s a bad idea. “The LRAA is bad business no matter how you look at it,” she said. “It hurts District small businesses and would have a significant negative impact on our local economy. It’s inappropriate, unprecedented and possibly unconstitutional. And we will not rest until this bad idea is off the table.” Lang said it’s important to remember that District businesses are constantly competing with their neighbors in Maryland and Virginia. And that if the cost of doing business in the District is too high, businesses will simply set up shop across the border. Ward 7 Council member Yvette Alexander calls the bill ill-advised and said it discriminates against a company that will bring jobs to as many as 1,800 people; help remove the food deserts that exist in her ward and in pockets of communities east of the Anacostia River; and spur redevelopment of the Skyland Shopping Center. “This is not a ‘Living Wage’ bill,” she said during an interview Monday. “It didn’t represent a
bill that would apply to residents and businesses in the city. It just targets certain businesses unfairly. It didn’t make good sense when the timing is right to have new retailers coming into the city. It’s not fair now to agree to have developers come in and then change the rules in the middle of negotiations.” “This happened because there’s a lot of anti-Wal-Mart sentiment from the unions and they had really strong groups who came down to lobby. They used their political weight to push the council. Now, we have to wait to see if the mayor will sign off or veto. If he vetoes, we won’t have the votes to repeal it.” Former Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Kathy Chamberlain agreed. “I’m opposed to the so-called ‘Living Wage’ bill. It’s misguided,” said the Ward 7 resident who has lived in the District since 1966. “I know the council is directing this at Wal-Mart. People think there will be jobs but there won’t be any if WalMart doesn’t come. I live very close to the Skyland Shopping Center and it affects us here.” Chamberlain said residents worked very hard to get different mayors to commit to redevelop Skyland.
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spect,” said the Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler, senior pastor of Plymouth Congregational Church in Northeast and a fierce Wal-Mart critic. “Yvette and Ward 4 Council member Muriel Bowser don’t have an inkling of any of those things. And how can Ward 6 Council member Tommy Wells say Wal-Mart has a reprehensible reputation ‘but I’m voting against the bill?’” Hagler said Wal-Mart officials lied because at least three times that he can recall, in previous negotiations, lobbyists said they were willing to start employees off at $13 an hour. “Marion Barry called it right that it was a stick-up and we recognized it right away. A whole platoon of lobbyists visited his office and he told a group of clergy and I, ‘don’t worry, I know a stick-up when I see one,’” said Hagler.wi
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“It was a slum in terms of the stores, upkeep and appearance of the place,” she said. “It was awful, awful back there with rats, trash, crumbling buildings, crime and so on. City officials have tried to address the problems but (many people) owned parcels and you couldn’t deal with it at that level. The city finally decided to exercise eminent domain but it was complicated because of all the different parcels.” “In 2013, the final court case was settled after court appeals. And all the while, the developer has been waiting patiently in the wings. Wal-Mart would not be the first choice of the neighborhood, but they’re the only ones who agreed to come.” Williams said a coalition of labor, the faith community, and activists decided the District needed a living wage and they approached Council Chairman Phil Mendelson to sponsor a bill. “We had to get this thing passed. Putting together a major bill means at times that you have to make compromises,” he said. “One compromise was that it would not apply to banks even though they make $1 billion. We swallowed hard and said let’s exclude banks. And if restaurants make $1 billion and do not use 75,000-square-feet of space, they’re exempted.” Williams said it’s ironic that a business which made $400 billion last year, and who paid its CEO $20 million in 2012, would quibble about paying its employees $12.50. “This is not about Wal-Mart, it’s about economic justice, self-determination and self-re-
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Calling it irresponsible and short-sighted, members of the Congressional Black Caucus reacted strongly to Congress’ passage of the controversial Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act, also known as the farm bill. By a 216-208 majority party-line vote, House Republicans pushed through a revised farm bill that excludes nutrition programs, such as food stamps, which has helped to feed more than 47 million individuals and families throughout the country annually. “Feeding families and farming go hand-in-hand and a comprehensive farm bill recognizes this connection,” said Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chair Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio). “The connection was broken, shattering 50 years of bipartisan cooperation that has produced a farm bill to meet our nation’s agricultural needs and feed our neediest families. This short-sighted approach is opposed by more than 500 agriculture, conservation, and rural development and crop insurance companies,” said Fudge, 60. The July 11 vote came days after CBC leadership met with President Barack Obama to discuss various issues, including anti-poverty programs. During the July 9 meeting, Obama told CBC members of his renewed commitment to support and create policies that The Washington Informer
will not only build a strong economy for the middle class but also create “ladders of opportunity” for those striving to enter into the middle class. The farm bill and failure to fund the nation’s food stamp program, however, is a major impediment, CBC officials said. “House Republicans supported increasing hunger in America with the passage of the farm bill,” said Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio). “To move forward with legislation that does not include funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a shameful abandonment of the most vulnerable in our society,” said Beatty, 63. The bill passed by the House includes crop subsidies and other farm benefits. Over time, it also eliminates the direct payment subsidy for commodities like wheat, cotton and rice. It boosts subsidized crop insurance and retains specialty crop research and export promotion programs that aid fruit and vegetable growers. The bill also contains a provision that permits universities to grow industrial hemp for research purposes in states with laws that allow it to be harvested. Industrial hemp is a strain of cannabis with very low levels of tetrahydrocannabino (THC), which scientists say is the main mind altering ingredient in cannabis. Hemp is produced in 30 countries for use in a wide variety of fiber and textile products. However, American law treats hemp the same as marijuana and
anyone who cultivates it could face jail time. “Without a doubt, this was an historic day for industrial hemp in America,” said James Comer, the agriculture commissioner for the state of Kentucky. “I won’t be satisfied until Kentucky farmers can legally grow industrial hemp again, but I am pleased that we have made it this far,” said Comer, 40. Despite Comer’s glee, CBC members and other Democrats continue to express deep concerns over the bill while Republicans argue that they had to be creative in adjusting the farm bill to save money. “I’m a practical guy and I came to the realization that I had to think outside of the box,” said Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Okla.). The farm bill includes important reforms like repealing direct subsidies and streamlining programs that will save taxpayers millions and help farmers plan for the future, said Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.). Food stamps accounted for about 80 percent of the farm bill’s $1 trillion price tag, making it necessary to cut the nutrition program, Republicans contend. Members of the House and Senate negotiating teams now plan to convene to try and work out their differences. “I will keep fighting for those who are being ignored and pushed aside because the standard set (in the farm bill) is completely unacceptable,” said Rep. Donald Payne, Jr. (D-N.J.).wi www.washingtoninformer.com
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Going to ProBiz 2013? To get ahead in Washington, you have to realize it as a “company town” that’s dominated by a single industry. While Los Angeles has entertainment, New York banking, San Francisco technology, Detroit had cars, D.C. has government. Whether federal, state, or city, government is the Washington region’s most dominant source of employment as well as business opportunities. To move from being a government “worker bee” to doing successful business in Washington requires “out of the box” thinking. There’s plenty of local, state and federal government money around here to be made. Enterprising individuals and businesses need the right “access” to get into contracting with area governments. To do business in Washington “access” to the right people and procurement programs is important. The ProBiz 2013 Procurement Conference is such an event. The 8th ProBiz Procurement Conference will be held Friday, July 20, 2013 at Gallaudet University’s Kellogg Center in Northeast Washington. The event’s organizers promise a boatload of networking opportunities. Events start Friday morning with registration at 8:00 a.m. with a full day of informational workshops, displays, contract financing, marketing intelligence, new construction plans and projects, private and public-sector services and commodities. Entrepreneurs, and aspiring entrepreneurs, should use such an occasion as a learning tool for their businesses. The conference is one of the country’s premier events for individuals and small businesses seeking connections with government agencies, major contractors and organizations and institutions that connect the two. It’s an opportunity to see what contractors need from you to establish a business relationship that provides a service or product to the government. ProBiz convener, Malcolm Beech, Ph.D., is a long-time entrepreneur and past-president of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce, who says “The ProBiz conference is a great opportunity for individuals and small business operations to build relationships that will strengthen their capacity and capabilities.” “Strengthening capacity and capabilities” means building your range of beneficial contacts across the National Capital Area. The major problem for many is not being able to increase their client base and their businesses. The ProBiz 2013 Government Procurement Conference fosters business partnerships between the federal government, its prime contractors, and www.washingtoninformer.com
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If you have ever started (or considered starting) your own business, chances are you have heard about or used the services of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). If however, you are a small business owner and you have not utilized the services of the SBA or one of its partners, you really should familiarize yourself with this critical resource. The SBA was created, “to be an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation.” President Obama has often referred to the importance small businesses play in driving the U.S. economy and the purpose of the SBA is to help Americans start, build and grow businesses - and its impact has been quite profound. The SBA has delivered millions of loans, loan guarantees, contracts, counseling sessions and other forms of assistance to small businesses. How? The SBA provides assistance primarily through its four programmatic functions: 1. Access to Capital: The SBA indirectly provides financing for small businesses via microlending, as well as in the form of investment capital (venture capital). 2. Entrepreneurial Development (Education, Information, Technical Assistance & Training): The SBA provides FREE individual face-to-face, and internet counseling for small businesses, and low-cost training to budding entrepreneurs as well as established small businesses in locations throughout the United States. 3. Government Contracting: The SBA’s Office of Government Contracting sets goals with other federal departments and agencies to reach a prime contract goal for dollars being awarded to small businesses and also provides small businesses with subcontracting procurement opportunities, outreach programs, and training. 4. Advocacy: The SBA reviews Congressional legislation and testifies on behalf of small businesses.
Great! But how does that help you? Of primary importance to most small business owners is access to capital. While SBA generally does not lend directly to small businesses, it assists banks and other private-sector financial institutions in making credit more widely available. Through its 7(a) program, SBA can authorize the guarantee of a significant portion of a bank loan, usually 50% to 75%. This means that if the small business becomes unable to repay the loan, the SBA will repay the Bank itself. This does not release the business owner from his or her obligation to repay the loan to SBA. But the benefit to you, the small business owner, is that such a guaranty provides peace of mind to your lender, which in turn makes it a bit easier to obtain an initial loan approval from a bank or other financial institution. Another means by which SBA supports bank lending to small businesses is its 504 program. This program is typically used to finance the acquisition and renovation of real estate by eligible small businesses which will utilize at least 51% of the acquired space for their own operations. Unlike 7(a), the 504 program is not a guaranty program. Instead, participating banks and SBA share the risk of lending to the small business, with the bank taking a first mortgage lien position on the real estate and SBA taking the riskier second lien. The SBA’s portion is funded through the public sale of debentures which are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. A typical 504 structure calls for 50% bank financing, 40% SBA financing and a 10% equity injection by the small business owner. Business people find this program attractive because of the limited cash they are required to provide (as little as 10% of the total project cost), and because the interest rate on the SBA debenture is generally quite low. If you are in the market for a bank partner, one that is willing to help you take advantage of the resources available through the SBA, know that Industrial Bank is ready to support you as you look to invest in yourself, invest in your dreams, and invest in your future.
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New America Media: What is heat island effect? Dr. Rachel Morello-Frosch: Places that have a lot of impervious surface, like a lot of asphalt, cement and very little tree canopy – all these conditions can increase the mean temperature in your neighborhood by quite a bit and can cause a temperature difference of up to 10-15 degrees. It’s particularly noticeable in a heat wave. NAM: What did you try to find out in the study? RMF: What this study did was look at over 300 metropolitan areas across the United States and Puerto Rico to look at potential racial disparities at the neighborhood level for heat island risk. We looked at disparities in tree cover. Trees provide shade and mediate the effects of heat waves in cities. [Finally], we mapped the distribution of heat island risk across
racial and ethnic groups and also by degree of racial residential segregation – meaning we wanted to see if there were differences in heat island risk depending on if they lived in highly segregated cities versus less segregated cities. NAM: What did you find? RMF: After accounting for the fact that there are definite differences across cities in the ecology of trees and differences in … rainfall, we found that African-Americans, Asian and Latinos are much more likely than non-Hispanic Whites to live in neighborhoods with a lot of heat island risks. Blacks across the country were 50 percent more likely than whites to live in high heat island risk neighborhoods. We also saw within each racial [and] ethnic group that health island risk increased with increasing levels of segregation. In other words, in cities characterized by high levels of segregation, people tended to have higher levels of health island risk compared to their less segregated counterparts. NAM: What accounts for greater health island risk in hyper-segregated cities? RMF: What we are seeing in the physical environment -- the planting of trees and infrastructure that tries to decrease heat island risk in cities -- these kinds of
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NAM: What was surprising in the study findings? RMF: In metropolitan areas with greater levels of racial segregation, everyone -- whites included – were more likely to live in heat-prone areas … what this shows is that, in some ways segregation adversely affects everyone. This form of social inequality affects everyone. Segregated places have much higher health island risk compared to less segregated places. NAM: What implications does the study have for policy? RMF: I think this research shows us that local land cover can have a dramatic effect on the heat experiences of urban residents. This research suggests efforts should be attuned to racial disparities [and] directing heat-mitigating strategies to the most vulnerable residents in these cities. The study suggests that when you are in a city that is more racially segregated, [where] race or ethnicity dominates how people live with each other … there is less concern about the common good. wi
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The Trayvon Martin Verdict
For black people who have been stung again and again by an often arbitrary and capricious criminal justice system, the verdict brought back by an all-female jury which freed George Zimmerman is no surprise. Reaction has been one of shock, anger and resignation. But this verdict, coupled with recent Supreme Court decisions and other events adversely affecting black people lays to rest the fallacy of a post-racial America. Zimmerman’s trial dredged up the issues of race, gun laws, racial profiling, and vigilantism and prompted intense debate all across this country. Blacks and well-meaning individuals had hoped that the courts would give 17-year-old Trayvon a measure of justice by finding 29-year-old Zimmerman guilty, but the jury of six women acquitted him of all charges. Adding insult to injury has been the ill-advised and unsympathetic comments from Zimmerman’s lawyers, his brother and some commentators. Throughout the 24-day trial and in the days since Saturday’s verdict, the mainstream media has taken great pains to try to convince us that race played no role in the trial. But those of us who wake up every morning and see a black face in the mirror know that is a falsehood. Race has infused every nook and cranny of the trial, deliberations, and the verdict. Trayvon Martin’s color is what led George Zimmerman to leave his vehicle, pursue the young man, confront him and murder him. A black child is dead because someone deemed him a threat and every black parents’ nightmare is being replayed following the verdict much the same way it did when details of Trayvon’s murder first emerged. What is most galling is the way in which Zimmerman’s defense lawyers sullied the name and memory of a young man who had the reasonable expectation that he could walk to a grocery store, buy an ice tea and Skittles and return to the safety of his home without being targeted and killed. What is also offensive is the absurd notion that Zimmerman had the right to stalk Trayvon, provoke a confrontation and then argue that he feared for his life and killed in self-defense. If Zimmerman had heeded the warning of the dispatcher, Trayvon would be alive today. Nothing we do or say will bring him back, but it is past time for those who desire to see a more just and equitable America to roll up our sleeves and begin the hard work necessary to transform a broken and damaged society.
The Wal-Mart Quandary
The stand-off between Wal-Mart and city officials has made national headlines, and the decision by the D.C. Council to force the behemoth to pay a living wage to each employee jeopardizes WalMart’s presence here. Mayor Vincent Gray is caught between a rock and the proverbial hard place because he’ll decide whether to veto the bill. Wal-Mart officials are understandably upset because they feel blind-sided by passage of the bill which requires that large retailers with corporate sales of $1 billion or more in spaces of 75,000-square-feet or more, pay their employees at least $12.50 an hour. Wal-Mart had planned to build six stores here, with three in underserved communities and planned to hire about 1,800 people. Alex Barron, regional general manager for Wal-Mart U.S., has been unequivocal of the consequences of Gray not vetoing the legislation: Abandon the New York Avenue, Capitol Gateway and Skyland stores and possibly halt construction on the other three stores. There are solid arguments on both sides. Wal-Mart is in business to make money but it also bears some responsibility to those it hires. It is expensive to live in the District and employees need a living wage at the very least. Wal-Mart would help redress the food deserts. We hope Gray makes the best decision in the interest of District residents.
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Young Designer Warms the Hearts of Readers!
In the July 11, 2013 issue of your paper, the article by Sam Collins, “Budding Designer Takes Online Boutique to New Heights” is the main reason I enjoy reading The Informer so much. Our communities are continuously bombarded with negative news about our young people. Just knowing that this young man is out in the community being creative and enterprising brings a sense of pride and joy to my heart. There are probably hundreds of young people just like Master Burch who are forging and planning a bright future for themselves with the help of their parents, but of course, we will never hear about them. I just love The Informer and I hope you will continue providing us with this kind of news. Lauren Price Washington, D.C.
Give District Residents a Choice
James Wright’s article, “WalMart Turns Up the Heat,” in the July 11, 2013, edition brings up some very interesting facts about Wal-Mart, unions and the increase of the minimum wage pay scale. I have been a union supporter all of my life, and believe that because of unions we in America have a strong middle class. But what I don’t understand is that if the unions are so strongly against stores like Wal-Mart being built and serving underserved neighborhoods, why haven’t they been pushing for grocery stores that have unions be built in those areas? For years the residents who live in these underserved neighborhoods have had nothing but corner stores with ridiculously high prices – that was their only shopping option. Instead of discouraging stores like Wal-Mart from coming into the city, the D.C. Council should be putting laws in place that ensure that District residents get
first dibs on the jobs, and that the stores are well maintained and stocked. If someone doesn’t want to shop at Wal-Mart because they don’t support their policies, that’s their prerogative, but at least let the residents of the District of Columbia have the opportunity to make a choice. Leon W. Walker Washington, D.C.
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Looking Beyond George Zimmerman Trayvon Martin might not be dead except for the fact that George Zimmerman carried a gun and acted as a wanna-be policeman. Rev. Al Sharpton and others deserve props for rallying people and insisting that Zimmerman be brought to trial. Anytime a gun goes off, I think somebody has to go to trial, simply to ensure that their actions be accounted for. Zimmerman was found not guilty, but least
he has been made somewhat accountable for his actions. Zimmerman isn’t the only one slaughtering young Black men, though. Too many of our young brothers are slaughtering each other. In Washington, D.C., rising senior Omar Adam Sykes was killed on Independence Day. He was a victim of an attempted robbery, when two men approached he and a friend with guns. The Howard University police say that robberies on campus are on the decline, but I don’t think that Omar Sykes’
parents find that any consolation. Indeed, one young Black man lost to gun violence is too many, whether the perpetrator was a vigilante like George Zimmerman, or another young Black man who is so desperate for dollars that he will kill another brother. Seventy-four people were shot, and a dozen killed in gun violence in Chicago during the July 4 weekend. Two of them were young boys, aged 5 and 7. Much of this is gang violence, and too many of the victims
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were in the wrong place at the wrong time. No matter. This scourge of gun violence is a plague on our nation, but especially on the African-American community. The online website Slate estimates that more than 6,500 people have been killed this year through gun violence. The Centers for Disease Control says it is at least twice as many. Since the massacre of 20 children and six adults in Newtown, Conn., there has been a marked concern about gun violence. Concern,
however, does not move legislation. Those politicians who have been purchased by the National Rifle Association lament gun violence but are unwilling to do anything about it. So the violence continues. There are heart-breaking stories of those who are massacred. Young men and women at the cusp of adulthood who happened to be “hanging out” with friends on the wrong corner. Fathers who agitated an enraged
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By George E. Curry
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is Becoming the New Thurgood Marshall If you’re looking for the justice on the Supreme Court who mirrors Thurgood Marshall’s tenure on the bench, it is not Sonia Sotomayor, the “Wise Latina.” And it certainly isn’t Clarence Thomas. It is Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on the nation’s highest court. This became clear in the Fisher v. University of Texas affirmative action case. With Elena Ka-
gan recusing herself, the court voted 7-1 to send the case back to court of appeals for additional review. The lone dissenter was Ginsburg. “The University of Texas at Austin (University) … has steered clear of a quota system like the one struck down in Bakke, which excluded all nonminority candidates from competition for a fixed number of seats….” she said. “ Justice Powell’s majority opinion in Bakke “rules out a racial quota or set-
aside, in which race is the sole fact of eligibility for certain places in a class.’ And, like so many educational institutions across the Nation, the University has taken care to follow the model approved by the Court in Grutter v. Bollinger.” In sending Fisher back to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, the 7-1 majority emphasized that the lower court should apply a standard of strict scrutiny, meaning the University must prove that it has tried all
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available race-neutral approaches before allowing race to be considered a factor in admissions. Ginsburg wrote, “I have several times explained why government actors, including state universities, need not be blind to the lingering effects of ‘an overtly discriminatory past,’ the legacy of ‘centuries of law-sanctioned inequality.’ Among constitutionally permissible options, I remain convinced, ‘those that candidly disclose their consideration of race [are] preferable to
those that conceal it.’” In Shelby County v. Holder, the Voting Rights Act challenge, Ginsburg filed a dissenting opinion that was joined by Stephen G. Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagan. The conservative majority struck down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act, effectively gutting one of the nation’s most effective tools to curb discrimination against Black voters. “In the Court’s view, the very
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By Raynard Jackson
Obama is a ‘Do-Nothing’ (For Blacks) President In the 2008 presidential election, Blacks were the largest voting bloc for Obama (as a percentage)—96 percent. In 2012, Obama received 93 percent of the Black vote, again the largest percentage of any voting bloc. What type of return on their votes has the Black community received? Zero. They have received lectures, been talked down to, and, more often, totally ignored.
Obama was sworn into office on January 20, 2009. In less than two months (March 18, 2009), Obama had his first meeting with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to discuss giving amnesty to the 30 million illegals in the U.S. After the meeting, the White House’s Press Office issued a statement that said, in part: “The President had a robust and strategic meeting with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus today on the topic of immigration. The meeting lasted approximately one
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hour. The President discussed how the administration will work with the CHC to address immigration concerns in both the short and long term.” Notice that only Hispanics were in this meeting and the purpose was to discuss an issue that is of particular importance to only them (though other groups that support amnesty would also benefit if amnesty were made into law). Juxtapose that with Obama’s response in separate interviews about his administration’s inac-
tion on issues of great concern to the Black community. “I think it’s a mistake to start thinking in terms of particular ethnic segments of the United States rather than to think that we are all in this together and we are all going to get out of this together,” he said. In a second interview he said, “the most important thing I can do for the African American community is the same thing I can do for the American community, period, and that is get the economy going again and get people hiring again.”
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From May, 2011, “The President met with members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) today in the State Dining Room of the White House to discuss job creation and economic growth. The economy has added 2.1 million private sector jobs over 14 consecutive months, including more than 800,000 jobs since the beginning of the year, but the President recognizes that too many Americans families are still hurting and
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Justice Denied Until the killing of Black men, Black mothers’ sons, is as important as the killing of White mothers’ sons, we who believe in freedom cannot rest. -- Ella Baker, Leading Mentor of Black Youth, including the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the 1960s Trayvon Martin will forever remain in the annals of history next to Medgar Evers and Emmett Till as symbols
for the fight for equal justice for all. -Benjamin Crump, lawyer for Trayvon Martin’s parents (2013) The reaction to the not guilty verdict from George Zimmerman’s jury was swift and strong. Young people poured onto the streets in peaceful protests in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, and Washington, D.C. By 3 a.m. more than 100,000 people signed an online petition urging the Justice Department to pursue civil rights violation charges
against George Zimmerman. The outrage over the killing of an unarmed Black teenager who was doing nothing wrong must continue until some semblance of justice is achieved. People who want to keep faith in American justice feel uncomfortable, upset and disheartened. Where is the justice if walking while Black is enough to get you “stopped and frisked” in New York City and fatally shot in Florida with its senseless violent “Stand Your Ground” law that allows people to defend themselves with dead-
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ly force anytime and anywhere they imagine they are or say they feel threatened even if they are the stalker? Many decades of struggle and progress to eliminate racial profiling, arbitrary arrests, unfair sentencing, imprisonment and criminalization of Black males at younger and younger ages are being reversed by determined special interests like the gun lobby putting profits before the most basic American civil rights. The National Rifle Association and their allies, including the
American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), determined efforts to support and pass “Stand Your Ground” and other destructive laws to protect guns rather than children perpetuates the epidemic of gun violence, especially for Black male teenagers like Trayvon Martin. Black children and teens were 17 times more likely to die from a gun homicide than White children and teens in 2010. Since 1963, 59,265 Black children and
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By Harry C. Alford
A Real Way to Save Our Mortgages It is now five years since the great financial crisis of 2008, which saw housing markets plummet, the stock market swoon, and millions of Americans lose their jobs in the wake of the recession that ensued. While many sectors have recovered – for example, the stock market has eclipsed pre-crisis levels and we are once again creating new jobs, albeit at too slow a rate – one area still lags woefully behind. There are still tens
of millions of homeowners with underwater mortgages and millions of Americans struggling or unable to afford the payments on their mortgage loans. A very high number of them are Black. The effect is a drag on housing prices, neighborhoods pocketed by abandoned homes and foreclosures, and consumers who can’t contribute to an economic recovery by spending money on consumer goods, since they are burdened down by mortgages they can’t afford. America caught a cold and Black America
caught pneumonia. In fact 34 percent of our total net worth evaporated right before our eyes. There are many factors that have contributed to this state of affairs. Many of our largest mortgage servicers failed to even communicate with borrowers who were unable to keep up on their mortgage payments, much less worked with them to find ways to keep them in their homes. The federal government set up several programs to try to help distressed homeowners, but their impact has been spotty,
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quired FHA servicers to explore whether borrowers are eligible for such modifications. FHA has even recognized that some servicers are not doing a great job in helping defaulted FHA borrowers, and is exploring ways to put more pressure on these servicers, including asking Congress for legal authority to take servicing away from poor servicers. Unfortunately, FHA has not taken the obvious step to make
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By Askia Muhammad
Vigilante Zimmerman: ‘Have Gun-Will Travel’ The not guilty verdict in the second degree murder trial of neighborhood watch vigilante George Zimmerman has almost rendered him in the modern mold of the legendary 1960s TV gun-fighter Paladin. I say almost, because except for the gun he used to murder an innocent teenager and perhaps his superhero fantasies only in his own mind, Zimmerman in no way
resembles the suave TV gunfor-hire, who could quote classic verses of literature as quickly as he could shoot down a bad guy. Paladin’s uniform was all black, from hat to boots. His symbol, seen on his holster as well as on his business card was a chess piece – a white knight. The message on his card was simple and to the point: “Have GunWill Travel.” What that meant was, the chivalrous assassin was armed, and available to go to wherever trouble beckoned him. Despite what the law and
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the jury may have decided, the Zimmerman verdict in his assassination of Trayvon Martin is preposterous on its face because even if his character was dropped down from the choir of angels, he had no business following, stalking, and then getting out of his car to confront the boy who had done nothing wrong except look like people this perpetrator hates, and who he thinks always get away with crimes. All the while, knowing he had a loaded gun in his waistband. The Washington Informer
For me, I don’t care what Zimmerman thought about his life being in danger after he went out of his way to pick a fight with an unarmed person, while he had a loaded automatic pistol with a bullet in the chamber ready to fire, in his possession. There’s no chivalry to be found anywhere in that behavior. You can’t even call it self-defense in my opinion, if someone is the aggressor and provokes a fight with someone else. So now, even though this sort of nerdy vigilante will spend a
long, long time in a “velvet prison” – that is confined and in hiding for his own safety – there are plenty of other people who think like him, who will now be emboldened to confront young Blacks, because they think the courts are too lenient, in order to deliver their own form of “street justice” to Black people because the law and the precedence in this case allows White folks to “stand your ground” and use lethal force when they fear for
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the freedom. This is the time, if you want to, that you should get married, although I’m not trying to do that.” “Life changes so much. If we were talking about 50 years ago, my interests now are very different. I’m growing older, thinking that lots of things don’t matter. Somewhere in there, you realize that other people don’t matter.” During an interview following the radio show, Giovanni, author of more than 30 books, winner of three NAACP Awards and an Oprah Legend, talked about her new book, “Chasing Utopia.” “You look at things very differently,” she said. “My mom died five years ago and I’m still dealing with that. It is going back to my childhood. The book is gooood. And I’ve used mixed media.” She spoke freely about her parents, her son, the importance of family, growing old, love and intimacy. “I think it’s very difficult to commit to love,” she said. “I lived with my parents but went to live with my grandparents because I wanted to kill my father.” Giovanni said her father was an alcoholic which presented its share of problems. “My mom went to heaven and my father went to hell. When I die and I go to hell, we’re going to have a long discussion, then we’ll get a day-pass to go to heaven to talk to my mom,” she joked. Aware that jurors in Sanford, Fla., were deliberating in the George Zimmerman murder trial, Newman asked Giovanni what she thought about the case. “There’s no question in my mind that Mr. Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin,” she said soberly. “If it hadn’t been for the outcry, the state of Florida would not have even charged him. America was a good idea but I don’t think it’s there yet. We’re so far in the
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Nikki Giovanni in front of Busboys and Poets in Northwest. The acclaimed poet shared her thoughts about the Trayvon Martin case, President Barack Obama, and her new book during an interview with radio talk show host Rock Newman on Saturday, July 13. More than 100 poetry lovers filed through the doors of the 14th and V Street restaurant in Northwest to hear Giovanni’s opinions on various topics. /Photo by Roy Lewis
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LIFESTYLE GIOVANNI continued from Page 23 other direction – I try not to be discouraged.” One person she’s disillusioned and extremely disenchanted with is President Barack Obama. “I’m really disappointed in the president,” she said. “I don’t think that the President of the United States is there as a clerk. You’re supposed to change the conversation. His election hasn’t proven anything. We’re still running around killing people. Bad language is drones, accepting the Nobel Peace Prize and then sending 30,000 people to war. ” “If you go around Northwest, all you see is barbed wire to protect people. Money is something I don’t understand, I’m a poet. We’re spending so much money killing people and we don’t have a domestic policy.” Giovanni said that when she supported and voted for Obama, she didn’t think she was getting Bush IV. “… I’m not a politician, just a writer. I don’t think I have to say I agree with what’s going on. I’m disenchanted with this administration. My expectations were differ-
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ent. It’s very unfortunate that we haven’t had change. The color of one’s skin doesn’t make a difference.” Giovanni, despite her age, is an avid supporter of hip-hop and has talked and written a lot about the art form and its relevance particularly to those who produce the music. “There’s a railroad track between spirituals and hip-hop,” said Giovanni, who has been bestowed with more than 20 honorary degrees. “Spirituals are the vernacular which is incredibly important to people. The enslaved were great people who found a way to tell a story. We have tried to silence
died,” she said. “When he was shot the first time I thought, ‘this will come to a bad end.’ He was incredibly talented and committed, and committed black men tend to get killed. Then there was the shooting in Vegas. I was so depressed and needed to do something.” So Giovanni went to a tattoo
these good men and women. They are using us to find their voice.” “What they want to do is separate us, say what’s good and bad. They have not just the right but the responsibility to develop their craft. NWA was important.” She spoke lovingly of Tupac Shakur. “I was distressed when Tupac
parlor and had the person there ink “Thug Life” on her inner forearm. “I talked to my mother, trying to make sense of it and I heard other people saying bad things about him. They needed to shut up.” The New York Times heard that she had a tattoo and visited her to write a story. Shakur’s mother, Afeni, found out what Giovanni had done and sent her a letter saying how much she appreciated Giovanni’s support of her son. What thrills her most, Giovanni said, is that young black musicians and rappers have wrested their destiny from the hands of other people. “We gave selflessly but they are now entrepreneurs, have wealth and know how to handle their money. Bing Crosby buried Louis Armstrong. That won’t be happening with them.”wi
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Domestic Violence – The Big Secret called battering, family violence, or intimate partner violence, is a pattern of behavior used to establish power and control over another person through fear and intimidation, often including the threat or use of violence. Domestic violence can include physical abuse, emotional abuse, psychological abuse, economic abuse, and/or sexual abuse. Abusers use threats, intimidation, isolation, and other behaviors to gain and maintain power over their victims. Domestic violence can affect anyone, regardless of income, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion. One in four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime. If you are being abused, call 911. What does the Bible have to say on this subject? 1st Corinthians 3:16-17 says “Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.� Colossians 3:19 says “Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.�And I love what this scripture has to say: “Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.� There are many more scriptures, some of which I will share each week, for the next several weeks or so. This topic applies to men and women, but truthfully,
By special request, I’ve been asked to write a series of columns on the topic of domestic violence. This is a topic close to my heart, as a former victim of both verbal and physical abuse in my previous marriage of 17 years. Many of you who read my column know that I’ve written about this subject on various occasions, however, this series will delve a bit deeper into the subject. I will share the definition; provide information to readers so they’ll know what to do if they’re in this type of horrific situation. If this topic applies to your life, evaluate by answering the questions below. Are You in an Abusive Relationship? Are you ever afraid of your partner? Does your partner threaten to hurt you? Does your partner control all the money? Has your partner ever pushed you or shoved you, thrown objects at you, or forced you to have sex? Does your partner stalk you or show up uninvited at your job or when you’re out with friends? If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, you may be a victim of domestic violence. You might feel hopeless, desperate, confused, and alone. You may not want to tell people about your situation because you’re afraid, ashamed, or embarrassed. Always remember that you’re not alone, and help is available in your community. But first, let’s define what “Domestic Violence� and what it entails. Domestic violence, sometimes
with Lyndia Grant I’m far more partial to women who suffer at the hand of abusers. But men, if this resonates with you, then by all means, use it. Next week, I will share some of the violent situations that I encountered during my marriage, like the chokings, being tied to a bed, pillow over my face, and how and why I jumped from a moving vehicle to get away; and finally while living in the San Francisco Bay area, I will share how my daughter, just a little girl in elementary school at the time, and I had to flee from our home and hide behind a school to escape the violence; and finally, I will share how my son jumped on his father, beating his leg to make him get off of his mother. Other times, I’ll share stories from the Kennedy Foundation; a non-profit founded for the specific purpose of helping to prevent domestic violence. Remember, you’re not alone. wi Lyndia Grant is an author, inspirational and motivational speaker, radio talk show host and columnist; if you would like Lyndia to serve as facilitator for your retreat or special event, call 202-518-3192. Tune in Fridays at 6 p.m., to the radio talk show, 1340 AM, WYCB, a Radio One Station.
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Pilgrim Baptist Church
Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Rev. James Manion Supply Priest Foggy Bottom • Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW • Washington, DC 20037 Church office: 202-333-3985 • Fax : 202-338-4958 Worship Services Sundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Music and Hymns Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy Eucharist www.stmarysfoggybottom.org Email: stmarysoffice@stmarysfoggybottom.org All are welcome to St. Mary’s to Learn, Worship, and Grow.
Blessed Word of Life Church 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 Schedule of Services: Sunday School – 9:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service – 11:00 AM Communion Service – First Sunday Prayer Service/Bible Study – Tuesday, 6:30 PM www.blessedwordoflifechurch.org e-mail: church@blessedwordoflifechurch.org
Campbell AME Church Reverend Daryl K. Kearney, Pastor 2562 MLK Jr. Ave., S E Washington, DC 20020 Adm. Office 202-678-2263 Email:Campbell@mycame.org Sunday Worship Service 10: am Sunday Church School 8: 45 am Bible Study Wednesday 12:00 Noon Wednesday 7:00 pm Thursday 7: pm “Reaching Up To Reach Out” Mailing Address Campbell AME Church 2502 Stanton Road SE Washington, DC 20020
Mt. Zion Baptist Church Rev. John W. Davis, Pastor 5101 14th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20011 202-726-2220/ 202-726-9089 Sunday Worship Service 8:00am and 11:00am Sunday School 9:15am Holy Communion 4th Sunday 10:00am Prayer and Bible Study Wednesday 7;00pm TV Ministry –Channel 6 Wednesday 10:00pm gsccm.administration@verizon.net
700 I. Street, NE Washington, D.C. 20002 Pastor Louis B. Jones, II and Pilgrim invite you to join us during our July and August Summer schedule! Attire is Christian casual. Worship: Sundays@ 7:30 A.M. & 10:00 A.M. 3rd Sunday Holy Communion/Baptism/Consecration Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @12:00 Noon @ 6:30 P.M. – One Hour of Power! (202) 547-8849 www.pilgrimbaptistdc.org
Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ Drs. Dennis W. and Christine Y. Wiley, Pastors 3845 South Capitol Street Washington, DC 20032 (202) 562-5576 (Office) (202) 562-4219 (Fax) SERVICES AND TIMES: SUNDAYS: 10:00 am AM 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.covenantbaptistdc.org
Twelfth Street Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 1812 12th Street, NW Washington, DC 20009 Phone: 202-265-4494 Fax: 202 265 4340
Church of Living Waters
Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor Harold Andrew, Assistant Pastor 4915 Wheeler Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-894-6464 Schedule of Service Sunday Service: 8:30 AM & 11:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM Communion Service: First Sunday www.livingwatersmd.org
St. Stephen Baptist Church Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. State Overseer 5757 Temple Hill Road, Temple Hills, MD 20748 Office 301-899-8885 – fax 301-899-2555 Sunday Early Morning Worship - 7:45 a.m. Church School - 9:30 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship – 10:45 a.m. Tuesday – Thursday - Kingdom Building Bible Institute – 7:30 p.m. Wednesday – Prayer/Praise/Bible Study – 7:30 p.m. Baptism & Communion Service- 4th Sunday – 10:30am Radio Broadcast WYCB -1340 AM-Sunday -6:00pm T.V. Broadcast - Channel 190 – Sunday -4:00pm/Tuesday 7:00am
“We are one in the Spirit” www.ssbc5757.org e-mail: ssbc5757@verizon.net
Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church 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 2008: The Year of New Beginnings “Expect the Extraordinary”
Crusader Baptist Church
Isle of Patmos Baptist Church Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews • Senior Pastor 1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 Fax: (202) 526-1661
Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan, Pastor 800 I Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 202-548-0707 Fax No. 202-548-0703
Sunday Worship Services: 8:00a.m. and 11:00a.m. Sunday Church School - 9:15a.m. & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study - 10:30a.m. 2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study - 10:00a.m. Tuesday Topical Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Wednesday Children’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Thursday Men’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service - 6:30p.m. Saturday Adult Bible Study - 10:00a.m.
Sunday Morning Worship 11:00am Holy Communion – 1st Sunday Sunday School-9:45am Men’s Monday Bible Study – 7:00pm Wednesday Night Bible Study – 7:00pm Women’s Ministry Bible Study 3rd Friday -7:00pm Computer Classes- Announced Family and Marital Counseling by appointment E-mail: Crusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org
“The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church”
“God is Love”
Third Street Church of God Rev. Cheryl J. Sanders, Th.D. Senior Pastor 1204 Third Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202.347.5889 office 202.638.1803 fax Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Prayer Meeting and Bible Study: Wed. 7:30 p.m. “Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital” www.thirdstreet.org
Sunday Worship Services: 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion: 2nd Sunday at 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday Church School: 9:20 a.m. Seniors Bible Study: Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. Noon Day Prayer Service: Tuesdays at Noon Bible Study: Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Motto: “A Ministry of Reconciliation Where Everybody is Somebody!” Website: http://isleofpatmosbc.org Church Email: ipbcsecretary@verizon.net
Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church 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 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 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
ST Marks Baptist Come Worship with us... St. Mark's Baptist Church 624 Underwood Street, NW Washington, dc 20011 Dr. Raymond T. Matthews, Pastor and First Lady Marcia Matthews Sunday School 9:am Worship Service 10:am Wed. Noon Day prayer service Thur. Prayer service 6:45 pm Thur. Bible Study 7:15 pm
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Reverend Dr. Paul H. Saddler Senior Pastor Service and Times Sunday Worship Service 11:00 a.m. Communion every Sunday 11:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Bible Study Tuesday 12Noon Pastor’s Bible Study Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Motto; “Discover Something Wonderful.” Website: 12thscc.org Email: Twelfthstcc@aol.com
Mount Carmel Baptist Church
52 Years of Expert Engraving Services
Joseph N. Evans, Ph.D Senior Pastor 901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423 Sunday Church School : 9: 30am Sunday Morning Worship: 10: 45am Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00pm Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00pm Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10: 45am themcbc.org
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All Nations Baptist Church
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Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor 2001 North Capitol St, N.E. • Washington, DC 20002 Phone (202) 832-9591
King Emmanuel Baptist Church Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor 2324 Ontario Road, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 232-1730
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
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
Website: www.allnationsbaptistchurch.com All Nations Baptist Church – A Church of Standards
“Where Jesus is the King”
Zion Baptist Church
Israel Baptist Church
Full Gospel Baptist Church
Emmanuel Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Clinton W. Austin Pastor 2409 Ainger Pl.,SE – WDC 20020 (202) 678-0884 – Office (202) 678-0885 – Fax “Come Grow With Us and Establish a Blessed Family” Sunday Worship 7:30am & 10:45am Baptism/Holy Communion 3rd Sunday Family Bible Study Tuesdays – 6:30pm Prayer Service Tuesdays – 8:00pm www.emmanuelbaptistchurchdc.org
Sermon On The Mount Temple Of Joy Apostolic Faith
Florida Avenue Baptist Church Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor
Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert SR. Pastor
623 Florida Ave.. NW • WDC. 20001 Church (202) 667-3409 • Study (202) 265-0836 Home Study (301) 464-8211 • Fax (202) 483-4009
4504 Gault Place, N.E. Washington, D.C 20019 202-397-7775 – 7184
Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 a.m. Sunday Church School: 8:45 – 9:45 a.m. Holy Communion: Every First Sunday Intercessory Prayer: Monday – 7:00-8:00 p.m. Pastor’s Bible Study: Wednesday –7:45 p.m. Midweek Prayer: Wednesday – 7:00 p.m. Noonday Prayer Every Thursday
9:30AM. Sunday Church School 11:00 Am. Sunday Worship Service The Lord’s Supper 1st Sunday Wednesday 7:00pm Prayer & Praise Services 7:30pm. Bible Study Saturday before 4th Sunday Men, Women, Youth Discipleship Ministries 10:30am A Christ Centered Church htubc@comcast.net
Matthews Memorial Baptist Church
Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor
Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr. Pastor
Rev. Charles Y. Davis, Jr. Sr. Pastor
5606 Marlboro Pike District Heights, MD 20747 301-735-6005
Dr. C. Matthew Hudson, Jr, Pastor
4850 Blagdon Ave, NW • Washington D.C 20011 Phone (202) 722-4940 • Fax (202) 291-3773
1251 Saratoga Ave., NE Washington, DC 20018 (202) 269-0288
14350 Frederick Rd. Cooksville, MD 21723 (410) 489-5069
Elder Herman L. Simms, Pastor
2616 MLK Ave., SE • Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 • Fax 202-678-3304
Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 A.M. Sunday School: 8:30 A.M. Holy Communion1st Sunday: 10:00 A.M.
Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 am Sunday School: 9:30 am Wed. Bible Study/Prayer: 6:30-8:00 pm Holy Communion 2nd Sunday Pre-Marital Counseling/Venue for Weddings Prison Ministry Knowledge Base
Prayer Service: Wednesday at 6:30 P.M. Bible Study: Wednesday at 7:00 P.M.
Web: www.FullGospelBC.org Email: fullgospelbc1946@verizon.net “IF YOU NEED REST, THIS HOUSE IS OPEN”
Mount Moriah Baptist Church
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Sunday Worship Service 10:15AM- Praise and Worship Services Sunday School 9:00am Monday: Noon Bible School Wednesday: Noon & 7PM: Pastor’s Bible Study Ordinance of Baptism 2nd Holy Communion 4th Sunday Mission Zion Baptist Church 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 Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Sunday School: 9:15 a.m. Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun. Bible Study: Monday - 7:00 p.m. Prayer Meeting: Thursday - 7:00 p.m.
Dr. Lucius M. Dalton, Senior Pastor 1636 East Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20003 Telephone: 202-544-5588 Fax: 202-544-2964 Sunday Worship Services: 7:45 am and 10:45 am Holy Communion: 1st Sundays at 7:45 am and 10:45 am Sunday School: 9:30 am Prayer & Praise Service: Tuesdays at 12 noon and 6:30 pm Bible Study: Tuesdays at 1 pm and 7 pm Youth Bible Study: Fridays at 7 pm
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Rehoboth Baptist Church
St. Matthews Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Maxwell M. Washington Pastor 1105 New Jersey Ave, S.E • Washington, DC 20003 202 488-7298 Order of Services Sunday Worship Services: 9:05 A.M. Sunday School: 8:00 A.M. Holy Communion 3rd Sunday Morning Prayer Meeting: 7:00 P.M. (Tuesday) Bible Study: 7:30 P.M. (Tuesday) Theme: “Striving to be more like Jesus “Stewardship”. Philippians 3:12-14; Malachi 3:8-10 and 2 Corinthians 9:7 Email: stmatthewbaptist@msn.com Website: www.stmatthewsbaptist.com
Salem Baptist Church
Sunday Apostolic Worship Services 11:00 A.M and 5:00 P.M Communion and Feet Wash 4th Sunday at 5:00 P.M Prayer/Seeking Wednesday at 8:00 P.M. 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 Pastor and Overseer 13701 Old Jericho Park Road Bowie, MD 20720 P: 202 291-5711 • F: 202 291-5666
Early Worship Service 7:30a.m Worship Service 10:45a.m. New Members Class 9:30a.m. Holy Communion : 1st Sunday -10:45a.m Church School 9:30a.m. Prayer, Praise and Bible Study: Wednesday 7p.m Bible Study : Saturday: 11a.m. Baptism: 4th Sunday – 10:45a.m “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
Sunday Worship Service - 11 am Sunday School - 9:45 am Bible Study & Prayer Wed. - 7 pm Substance Abuse Counseling 7 pm (Mon & Fri) Jobs Partnership - 7 pm (Mon & Wed) Sat. Enrichment Experience - 9:30 am
Sunday Morning Worship Service 7:15 am & 10:50 am Sunday School 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship Service 10:50am Wednesday Prayer & Testimonies Service 7:30pm Wednesday School of the Bible 8:00pm Wednesday - Midweek Prayer Service 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
“A Church Where Love Is Essential and Praise is Intentional”
“The Loving Church of the living lord “ Email Address pbcexec@verizon.net
Shiloh Baptist Church
First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Rev. R. Vincent Palmer Pastor
Rev. Alonzo Hart Pastor
Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor
Rev. Reginald M. Green, Sr., Interim Pastor
621 Alabama Avenue, S.E. • Washington, D.C. 20032 P: (202) 561-1111 F: (202) 561-1112
917 N St. NW • Washington, DC 20001 (202) 232-4294
9th & P Street, N.W. • W. D.C. 20001 (202) 232-4200
602 N Street NW • Washington, D.C. 20001 Office:(202) 289-4480 Fax: (202) 289-4595
The Church Where GOD Is Working.... And We Are Working With GOD
Sunrise Prayer Services - Sunday 7:00 a.m.
Sunday Morning Prayer Service: 8:00 a.m. Sunday Church School: 9:15 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship: 10:40 a.m. Third Sunday Baptismal & Holy Communion:10:30 a.m. Tuesday Church At Study Prayer & Praise: 6:30 p.m.
Morning Worship: 8:00 a.m Church School : 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:55 a.m. Bible Study, Thursday: 6:30 p.m. Prayer Meeting,Thursday : 7:30 p.m.
Sunday Service: 10 am Sunday School for all ages: 8:30 am 1st Sunday Baptism: 10: am 2nd Sunday Holy Communion: 10 am Tuesday: Bible Study: 6:30 pm Prayer Meeting: 7:45 pm
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Sunday Worship Services: 7:45am & 11:00am Sunday school For All Ages 9:30am Prayer Services Wednesday 11:30am & 6:45pm Bible Institute Wednesday at Noon & 7:45pm “Changing Lives On Purpose “ Email: Froffice@firstrising.org Website: www.firstrising.org
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Pennsylvania Ave. Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Kendrick E. Curry Pastor 3000 Pennsylvania Ave.. S.E Washington, DC 20020 202 581-1500 Sunday Church School: 9:30 A.M. Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 A.M. Monday Adult Bible Study: 7:00 P.M. Wednesday Youth & Adult Activities: 6:30 P.M. Prayer Service Bible Study
Mt. Horeb Baptist Church Rev. Dr. H. B. Sampson, III Pastor 2914 Bladensburg Road, NE Wash., DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-3180 Fax: (202) 529-7738 Order of Services Worship Service: 7:30 a.m. Sunday School: 9:00 a.m. Worship Service: 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:30 a.m. & 10:30a.m. Prayer Services: Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Wednesday 12 Noon Email:mthoreb@mthoreb.org Website:www.mthoreb.org For further information, please contact me at (202) 529-3180.
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of carrying guns to workplaces, schools, and other places? How many crazy legislatures are relaxing gun laws to allow people to carry guns in bars and near schools? How many retailers, such as Starbucks, refuse to ban guns in their establishments (in states where openly carrying guns is legal)? As we mourn for Trayvon Martin, let us also recognize the scourge of gun violence. If we restricted gun ownership, this tragedy, and thousands of others, may not have happened.wi Julianne Malveaux is a Washington, D.C.-based economist and writer. She is President Emerita of Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, N.C.
said. “Jurisdictions covered by the preclearance requirement continued to submit, in large numbers, proposed changes to voting laws that the Attorney General declined to approve, auguring that barriers to minority voting would quickly resurface were the preclearance remedy eliminated.” Ginsburg noted, “After considering the full legislative record, Congress made the following findings: The VRA has directly caused significant progress in eliminating first-generation barriers to ballot access, leading to a marked increase in minority voter registration and turnout and the number of minority elected officials. But despite this progress, “second generation barriers constructed to prevent minority voters from fully participating in the electoral process” continued to exist, as well as racially polarized voting in the covered jurisdictions, which increased the political vulnerability of racial and language minorities in those jurisdictions.” She noted that Congress, not the judiciary, should have the final say on voting matters. “The Constitution uses the
words ‘right to vote’ in five separate places: the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-Fourth, and Twenty-Sixth Amendments. Each of these Amendments contains the same broad empowerment of Congress to enact ‘appropriate legislation’ to enforce the protected right. The implication is unmistakable: Under our constitutional structure, Congress holds the lead rein in making the right to vote equally real for all U. S. citizens. These Amendments are in line with the special role assigned to Congress in protecting the integrity of the democratic process in federal elections.” That’s language that would make Thurgood Marshall proud. wi George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine, is editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA.) He is a keynote speaker, moderator, and media coach. Curry can be reached through his Web site, www. georgecurry.com. You can also follow him at www.twitter.com/currygeorge and George E. Curry Fan Page on Facebook.
employment, gun violence, and anti-poverty programs… Though the economy is showing signs of improvement, the President and the CBC expressed shared frustration over the pace of economic growth and the elevated unemployment rate among African Americans. The president reaffirmed his commitment to support and create policies that will not only build a strong economy for the middle class but also create ladders of opportunity for those striving to get into the middle class.”
Every time Obama meets with homosexuals or Hispanics, it’s always to discuss specific legislation of interest to them, not to have some broad, free-wheeling conversation. You can even see the lack of importance of the Black Caucus by just noticing how the respective meetings are characterized by the White House. Obama met with the CBC last week for the first time in almost two years. This is what Congressman Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio), chairman of the group, said after the meeting, “I’ve been the chair
MALVEAUX continued from Page 21 driver. Children who “got in the way” of a random bullet. The NRA says that guns don’t kill, people do. But people without guns can perhaps wreak havoc without creating a fatality. While the population of the United States exceeds 300 million, there are about 280 million guns in civilian hands. Every year, 4.5 million firearms, including about 2 million guns have been sold. While many do not own guns, those who do keep acquiring them – the average gun owner had nearly seven guns in 2004, up from four guns 10 years earlier. More than 30 people are victims of gun violence each day. A third of them are under 20; half are between 18 and
curry continued from Page 21 success of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act demands its dormancy,” Ginsburg said. “Congress was of another mind. Recognizing that large progress has been made, Congress determined, based on a voluminous record, that the scourge of discrimination was not yet extirpated.” Quoting a 1966 decision in South Carolina v. Katzenbach, Ginsburg said, “A century after the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments guaranteed citizens the right to vote free of discrimination on the basis of race, the ‘blight of racial discrimination in voting’ continued to “infec[t] the electoral process in parts of our country.” The Voting Rights Act directly addressed that infection, Ginsburg stated. “Although the VRA wrought dramatic changes in the realization of minority voting rights, the Act, to date, surely has not eliminated all vestiges of discrimination against the exercise of the franchise by minority citizens,” she
JACKSON continued from Page 21 the unemployment rate is unacceptably high—especially among African Americans.” From July, 2013, “This morning, President Obama met with Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) at the White House. During the meeting, they discussed a range of topics including the economy, voting rights legislation, education, comprehensive immigration reform, youth www.washingtoninformer.com
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two-paragraph written statement referencing “discrimination” and declaring that he was “deeply disappointed,” but never invoking the vivid and searing dogs and fire hoses imagery that spurred the passage of the law in 1965. He made no mention of African Americans or Latinos, the groups viewed as the act’s main beneficiaries, but simply called for making voting “fair” and ensuring it was open to all. wi
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teens have been killed by guns — more than 17 times the recorded lynchings of Black people of all ages in America between 1882 and 1968. What made a Black male teenager in a hoodie walking home in the rain appear suspicious and “up to no good” in George Zimmerman’s eyes? Would he have stopped a White male teenager? Isn’t it long past time that we have a candid conversation about how we can create a
ALFORD continued from Page 22 sure that all FHA borrowers get a fair shake – by retaining qualified entities that do extensive borrower outreach – actually going out to the homes and meeting with the homeowner in person, to walk them through the process of seeing if the house can be saved. FHA could quickly and easily test out the effectiveness of such an approach by testing out a pilot program to do this for 50,000 to 100,000 defaulted FHA loans, to quickly determine its impact. This is a practice that is commonly followed in the private sector. Mortgage owners and private mortgage insurers of distressed mortgage loans are hiring firms to do this “high touch” servicing and in-person borrower outreach. It is a winwin. Reducing payments to an affordable level can keep families in their home when otherwise foreclosure would be inevitable.
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Muhammad continued from Page 22 their own safety. Yes, I played the race card because the issue of self-defense which saved this White murderer from conviction was null and void in the verdict of another high-profile Florida shooting incident: the case of Marissa Alexander. Alexander, a Black Florida woman, was sentenced to 20 years in prison – 20 years for
crying out loud! – in 2012 for shooting what she described as warning shots into a wall during a confrontation with her abusive husband. Alexander’s lawyers claimed self-defense in the case, and said her husband had a history of abuse in their relationship. The Black woman invoked Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law, which gives people the right to use lethal force if they feel their life is threatened. The jury ultimately sided with prosecutors
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post-racial America for our children and grandchildren beginning today? Let us refuse to be silent. If Trayvon Martin’s parents had been silent and other voices had not joined with them, George Zimmerman never would have been arrested and never would have been brought to trial. Let us continue to refuse to be silent until all the George Zimmermans of this world are deterred and held accountable for vigilante justice against Black males. Let us refuse to be silent until the
killing of Black mothers’ sons is as important as the killing of White mothers’ sons. Only then will we have a post-racial America.wi Marian Wright Edelman is president of the Children’s Defense Fund whose Leave No Child Behind® mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. For more information go to www.childrensdefense.org.
This gives homeowners a fair second chance. But it is also good for the owners of the mortgages. The alternative – foreclosure – is much more costly. The lender recovers more from the defaulted asset when the borrower can resume payments than it would ultimately recover under foreclosure and the lender avoids the significant property deterioration that commonly occurs during a long foreclosure period. Of course, some homeowners will not qualify for a loan modification – for some, there is no real way to keep them in the home. But here again, in-person outreach paves the way for a different type of win-win result, where the homeowner agrees to do a short sale, allowing the home to be sold at the current market price. This is much better for the homeowner’s credit history than a foreclosure, and it provides a higher return for the owner of the mortgage loan. Finally, all this is better for
our nation’s economy and our neighborhoods. These actions will address the backlog of defaulted homes which are a drag on housing prices, alleviate the neighborhood deterioration from having abandoned homes, and give homeowners a chance to get back on their feet. The housing crisis has been severe. Consequently, our actions to address its impact must be equally strong. It is without doubt that Black homeowners were targeted with these sub-prime mortgages and the rules were loosened to make a quick buck by mortgage brokers. It became a dream transformed into a night mare. The suffering is more than a stock exchange drop. Real lives have been threaten or destroyed. The cavalry did not come for these victims. Thus, we must come and save the American Dream.wi Harry C. Alford is the co-founder, President/CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce. Website: www.nationalbcc.org. Email: halford@nationalbcc.org.
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in deciding Alexander’s actions were not in self-defense. Why was this woman even prosecuted in the first place? So let’s get this straight. Alexander got 20 years in prison for shooting a wall – not a person, let alone a person who ended up dead. Alexander got 20 years for simply discharging a weapon near a man who had been abusive toward her for a long time. At the same time, this vigilante Zimmerman walks free after he The Washington Informer
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followed, stalked, provoked a fight, and then murdered an innocent unarmed Black teenager, with a gun he was carrying, just for the purpose of “equalizing” any confrontation he might have with a Black person he believes always gets away with crimes in his neighborhood. Did I say that the perpetrator Zimmerman is White and his victim is Black? I did say that Alexander is Black. I don’t know the color of the wall she shot,
Just go to www.washington informer.com to get informed and find out where to pick up the paper! white I guess. Of course we all know that if Zimmerman had been shot by Trayvon, because the teenager somehow managed to take that perpetrator’s gun and use it on him for what Zimmerman intended (and did) use it for, then of course Trayvon would be under the jail – guilty as charged! Have Gun-Will Hunt Black Folks. That’s American “justice” all right. The victims are always: “Just Us.”wi www.washingtoninformer.com
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