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The District of Columbia scored a significant but temporary victory last week when the Obama administration and Congress freed up the city’s local funds and agreed to allow city officials to spend its revenue unfettered for fiscal year 2014. The bill is part of the continuing resolution Democratic and Republican leaders hammered out to end the 16-day partial shutdown of the federal government. Right-wing and Tea Party Republicans succeeded in shutting down government operations on Oct. 1 and D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray (D), in response, refused to close down the city and declared all District employees “essential.” Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) said a combination of behind-the-scenes maneuvering and negotiating, a coalition of allies in high places and Gray’s decision all played a role in securing this partial victory. “It is a breakthrough that took us out of the agony of running out of money now and in three months,” said Norton, during an interview Monday, Oct. 21.
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“Over the course of the Columbus Day weekend, I worked at very high levels with the White House, Senate and Republicans and out of that came this bill.” “Our goal was to get full 2014 authorization. I convinced Republicans that for us to come back, it would cost them time and us time and money. I thank our friends in the administration, Senate and House who worked double-time with me as the endgame approached to avoid a half loaf-authorization to spend our local funds for only the threemonth continuing resolution.” “A boomerang solution putting D.C. back in the federal government’s fiscal mess in January was beyond unacceptable. This authority to spend our local funds for the full fiscal year, although the federal government is open only through January 15, 2014, is an historic first. But residents must see more than a reprieve from this year’s serial federal shutdown brink. We must now make use of the damage done by moving on all fronts for full budget autonomy.” Chuck Thies, a local commentator and political consultant, said while Congress’ capricious behavior angers him, he finds it
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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 When L.Y. Marlow's 23-year- domestic violence victims and stricter restraining order policies, Visit our updated Web site old daughter told her the father survivors are treated. more rights for victim's families and give us your comments of her daughter threatened her “She's using her own personal to intervene on behalf of a vicfor a chance to win a gift from life, and the life of their child, story, her own personal pain to tim, a domestic violence assessThe Washington Informer she knew something had to be push forward,” Davis-Nickens ment unit coupled with further done. 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Marlow help people begin to have a dia- We need to address both the vicshared her story with the audi- logue about domestic violence. tim and the batterer,” Marlow ence at the District Heights Also present at the event was said. Domestic Violence Symposium Mildred Muhammad, the exMarlow would also like to see on May 7 at the District Heights wife of John Allen Muhammad, programs designed to raise Municipal Center. The sympo- who was sentenced to six consec- awareness among children in We represent victims of major sium was sponsored by the utive life terms without parole public and private schools. She medical malpractice such as Family and Youth Services by a Maryland jury for his role in feels children need to be educatSandra Robinson Jack Olender cerebral palsy. Center of the city of District the Beltway Sniper attacks in ed about domestic violence. All 5 lawyers were again elected Heights and the National Hook- 2002. Mildred Muhammad is “We have to stop being pas“Best Lawyers in America” 2012 University students By UpAlafaka of BlackOpuiyo Women. the founder of After the Trauma, Howard sive-aggressive with poor machilKaren Evans is a nurse/attorney in public relations, business has written a book, an organization that helps the joring WIMarlow Contributing Writer dren about domestic violence,” Attorney/Pediatrician Harlow Case Karen Evans Melissa Rhea entertainment. “Color Me Butterfly,” which is a survivors of domestic violence and Marlow said. Robert Chabon, M.D., J.D. is story about four generations of and their children. “A friend and worked I thought that Marlow has to break With the professional landOf Counsel. domestic violence. The lacking book is “I lived in fear for six years. Six we thewere cycle of abuse in her among women whofamily, had scape of the country by her of ownwomen experiences, years in fear is a long time. It is the and is confident the policies[so] she ininspired the number and goal of being successful, and those of her grandmother, not an easy thing to come out is pushing for will start that other minorities in power posiwhat better way to ensure success her mother and her daughter. of,” she said. process. tions, Sheryl Sandberg, a chief than to pool your resources with She said every time she reads Mildred Muhammad said “I plan to take these policies to operating forbook, social she media In Memoriam people,” said them Osem-to excerpts officer from her still people who want to help a like-minded Congress and implore Dr. Calvin W. Rolark, Sr. front-runner Facebook, opted – wegie. She went onto explain can not believe the words came domestic violence victim must change our laws,” Marlow that said. Wilhelmina J. 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patents the fire extinguisher. October 27 1891 – Inventor P.B. Downing patents the street letter mail box whose basic design remains in use today. Not much is known about Downing. 1960 – President John F. Kennedy intervenes to get Martin Luther King, Jr. released from the Georgia State Prison in Reidsville where he had been imprisoned because of his civil rights activities. The Kennedy action endeared him to black voters. 1981 – Former United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young is elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia becoming city’s second black mayor. October 28 1798 - Levi Coffin (white) is born in the slave state of North Carolina but becomes a strong opponent of slavery. He and his wife Catherine are credited with being among the original founders of the “Underground Railroad”the system of transports and safe houses that enabled blacks to escape slavery in the South to freedom in the North.
effects of the Great Depression would last until the start of World War II which created massive war industry jobs and a second mass migration of Blacks from the South to the industrial North. 1994 – Famed dancer Pearl Primus dies. She blended African and Caribbean dance and music with black American traditions of Blues, Jazz and the jitterbug to form a new vibrant dance form. She formed a dance troupe and she personally appeared in such early Broadway hits as “Showboat” and “Emperor Jones.” Primus was known for her amazingly high leaps. October 30: 1954 – The U.S. Department of Defense announces the official end of all segregated military regiments in the armed forces.
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Viewp int Barry Ebanks Silver Spring, Md. I think the consequences will be felt. Voters are really upset right now because the politicians on Capitol Hill are not legislating or leading in the proper manner – they are only voting party line. Their constituency will take the hardship that [the politicians] put them in by shutting down the government when they go to the polls next year. I definitely think this will be a factor for voters when deciding if they are being represented in the proper way.
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Shirley Reed Silver Spring, Md. I will definitely do my homework and find out what role my elected official played in the shutdown standoff and whether they acted in my best interest as their constituent. That will determine which choice I make. I’m an independent voter and am not bound to a single party, [rather] whether or not my elected official acts in the best interest of my community, and not [based on] special-interest groups and outside influences.
WITH POLLS THAT INDICATE CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL HAS REACHED DISMAL LEVELS, WILL THE EFFECTS OF THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN HAVE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES FOR ELECTED OFFICALS IN THE 2014 MID-TERM ELECTIONS?
Carolyn Wilson Washington, D.C. I can’t imagine that the elected officials do not think that the government shutdown will not work against them in the next election cycle. So many average Americans were negatively affected by the shutdown, as were many mom-and-pop businesses and government contractors and vendors around the city. Their decisions on which candidate to choose will definitely be influenced by the way that candidate handled the shutdown.
Jerome Gaston Washington, D.C. The American people will remember the shutdown and how they went without pay for nearly two weeks and how vulnerable they felt. They won’t forget that feeling anytime soon and it will impact their decision [regarding] who to vote for next year. People will make their dissatisfaction known by their votes.
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Charles Young Washington, D.C. I feel that the voters should vote the elected officials who allowed the government shutdown out of office. Not only should they vote them out of office, there should be a law implemented that prevents shutting down the government for no reason at all. We, the American people, are the taxpayers, and elected officials should not take our money and withhold our income just because they have differing points of views.
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ironic that Republicans played such a seminal role in the process. “It’s a good thing. What it means is that the current budget is approved and we’re free Denise Rolark Barnes to spend money that’s been apIndependent Beauty Consultant proved. It’s a step in the right www.marykay/drolark-barnes.com direction,” said Thies, a longtime 202-236-8831 District resident. “This allows local government at least for the next year to operate. If this nonsense happens again, D.C. won’t be any different than Bethesda or Alexandria.” “Mayor Gray deserves great credit. If he hadn’t confronted Reid, it wouldn’t have happened. We should be celebrating. It’s a victory but it’s by no means permanent or absolute and it’s not just a political victory for Gray. If [Congress] wanted it to last forever, they’d have written the law that way. D.C. has been a political football; it depends on the political agenda.” For many Congressional conservatives who are young, upand-coming and from far-away districts, the city is an easy mark to score political points by passing bills to oppose guns, medical and needle exchanges, in upper and lowercase, flush left as indicated on artwork at these point sizes: Consultant name in 11-point Helveticamarijuana Neue Bold; Independent in 9-point Helvetica Neue Light; Web site or e-mail address in 9-point Helvetica Neue Light; phone number in 9-point Helvetica Neue Light. Thies, 48, said. “It’s an easy way ® ent Beauty Consultant: Only Company-approved Web sites obtained through the Mary Kay Personal Web Site program may be utilized. to make a statement. You come out against the District spending its own money on abortions, for example, and you’re a hero back home.”
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And since all politics is local, Thies added, few people outside of the District are aware of, or care about the situation because it doesn’t affect them. Gray used every opportunity to advocate for statehood and autonomy. He appeared before cameras, visited Capitol Hill, confronted one of the Senate’s heavyweights, and encouraged District residents to help push back against having to go hat-inhand to Congress for permission to use the city’s own money. Norton, 76, and Gray, 70, said that despite the city having done everything right and by the book – such as having a balanced budget, declining to spend surplus funds, and building $1.5 billion in reserve funds – it was unfairly punished. As a result, city officials were prohibited from using more than $6 billion of city-generated annual funds. Norton scolded Congressional Democrats and the administration, however, who despite usually being very supportive of the city and its interests had sacrificed the District on the altar of political expediency. “[They] acted deliberately to ensure that the District of Columbia government, an innocent bystander, was brought into the present folly and held captive,” she fumed. Norton singled out President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), Sen. Tom
Carper (D-Del.), Sen. Mike Johanns (R-Neb.), House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) for spearheading the effort and working to achieve the breakthrough. She said the shutdown left the District of Columbia government vulnerable, forcing officials to depend exclusively on its previously appropriated contingency reserve fund. Gray said the city had set aside between $200$300 million to pay its 33,000 employees and take care of a range of other tasks and responsibilities it routinely undertakes. During a recent interview, Gray took umbrage with being tossed into the midst of the battle between both political parties. “We feel like we’re pawns in a chess game I don’t believe we should be involved in,” he said. “It’s unconscionable that the District is treated this way when it comes to spending our own money. We’re not part of the federal government. This is the money of the taxpayers of the District of Columbia [and] these are consequences that no other city or state has to face.” A statement released by the Mayor’s Office on Oct.16 following the Senate agreement was understated, with Gray saying he was “relieved and thankful” that city officials wouldn’t have to worry about becoming collateral
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AUTONOMY continued from Page 8 damage if the federal government shut down again. “The health, safety, and welfare of 632,000 District residents should never be a bargaining chip in a debate over the federal budget,” he said. Like Gray, Norton has been unyielding in her attempts to secure full autonomy for the Nation’s Capitol. She has never hesitated to take Congress and the Obama administration to task for not being more vigorous in giving the District full control over its purse strings. She did the same on Oct. 9 when she, Gray, Issa, members of the D.C. Council, other luminaries and residents gathered at the Senate Swamp near the Capitol to voice their disapproval about the shabby treatment met-
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ed out to the city. Norton praised Gray and the council for their “unprecedented innovation.” “The country and the federal government owe you its gratitude for not allowing its capital city to be paralyzed by the current national farce that has shut down much of the national government,” she said. “Its victims are scattered across the 50 states and territories, safely out of view from the perpetrators of the crisis. The Congress and the administration, however, cannot escape the crisis that is quickly enveloping their capital city and becoming our worst nightmare.” Unfortunately, both parties are guilty of using the District as a political football, Thies said. “It’s more complicated for Democrats. There have been times when Democrats controlled both houses and we
didn’t get statehood,” said Thies, referring to the District’s unstinting Democratic loyalty. “Republicans are primarily concerned that if D.C. was granted statehood, there would be two permanent Democratic Senate seats and a Senator Marion Barry is a nightmare scenario for them.” “If it mattered, it [statehood] would have been [granted] a long time ago.” Thies said D.C. residents should enjoy the respite because Congress giveth and Congress taketh away. “It’s a temporary step in that direction and paves the way toward the right direction.You get a little bit of rights and want more. For D.C., it’s like ‘so why can’t we spend our money for a year? Why not 10?’ But I don’t see that happening,” he said. wi
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Williams Takes Helm of Ward 8 Democrats Natalie Williams, the advisory neighborhood commissioner for 8A07, presided over her first meeting as president of the Ward 8 Democrats on Saturday, Oct. 19 at the D.C. Department of Housing and Community Development office in Southeast. Williams took the oath of office, with 60 people in at-
tendance, along with the rest of her leadership team. D.C. Council member Marion Barry administered the oath and offered the leaders some advice. “The election is over,” said Barry, 77, referring to tension between Williams and some of the officers. “You have the responsibility to pull yourselves together at the officer level. You are doing this for the benefit of Ward 8.” The organization’s other officers are first vice president Barbara Jones, second vice president Trayon White, The-
resa Kelly as recording secretary, Deloris Walker as recording secretary and Darryl Ross as treasurer. Williams, 43, presented her plan for the organization for the next two years. She wants to increase the membership base, Natalie Williams is the new president of the Ward 8 Democrats. /WI File Photo better publicize the organization’s activities and become a force in the life of the ward. D.C. Council member Anita Bonds (D-At Large) spoke on behalf of the D.C. Democratic State Committee, of which she is chairman and D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser (D-Ward 4), a candidate for mayor in 2014, talked about issues in the city. Williams said that the general D.C. Council member Jack Evans is running for District mayor in 2014. /WI File Photo body meetings will continue to take place on the the District of Columbia,” said dent to be prosperous and live third Saturday of a healthy life,” he said. each month but there will be a Jarvis, 53. Evans thanked the owner GOP Dinner is Re-schedsystem of rotation in the ward regarding venues. She said that of The Park, Marc Barnes, for uled for Oct. 30 The D.C. Republican Party the executive meetings will be hosting the event. “Marc has been a longtime recently announced changes held on the second Wednesday to its annual Lincoln-Douglass of each month at the Washing- friend of mine,” he said. Evans said that his campaign Dinner event. ton View Apartment’s Comfor mayor is about the future The dinner will take place munity Room. of the city. on Wednesday, Oct. 30 at the “Twenty-two years ago, when Hyatt Regency Washington in Evans Celebrates 60th I first got on the council, the Northwest and the keynote Birthday D.C. Council member and city was on the verge of bank- speaker will be Sen. Tim Scott 2014 mayoral candidate Jack ruptcy,” he said, “but through (R-S.C.) instead of Sen. Rand Evans celebrated his 60th a lot of hard work, we turned Paul (R-Ky.). The senators could not atbirthday on Oct. 16 at The things around.” He pointed out that when he tend the dinner on Tuesday, Park at Fourteenth nightclub in Northwest with dozens of first became a council member, Oct. 22, the original date bethe area that The Park is locat- cause of the 10-day recess that supporters. The birthday celebration ed had a reputation of being a the U.S. Senate took after the doubled as a fundraiser as Ev- den of drug dealers and pros- federal government shutdown ans chatted amicably with the titutes and that’s changed con- crisis, D.C. Republican Party Executive Director Robert guests who snacked on hors siderably. Evans said that he wants Turner II said. d’oeuvres and talked politics. Turner said that Paul will Bill Jarvis, a resident of Ward 4, District residents to have good paying jobs and for longtime host a special event for receppresented Evans to the crowd. tion ticket holders at a later “There is no better person residents to stay in the city. “I want every District resi- date. wi to take on the job of mayor of The Washington Informer
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Birth Fight Award-winning journalist and ABC7/WJLA anchor Leon Harris is no stranger to the facts on preterm birth. Defined as a birth before 37 weeks of completed pregnancy, prematurity remains one of the leading causes of death in newborns. Premature babies are at increased risk for health complications, lasting disabilities and even death. Each year, more than half a million babies across the nation are born too soon. In up to 40 percent of cases, the cause is unknown. Despite continued improvement in the prevention of preterm birth, prematurity is especially high among African Americans, according to the March of Dimes. In the District, more than 18% of African American babies were born premature. Born prematurely himself and fortunate enough to survive and thrive, Harris has become a dedicated voice for the March of Dimes fight against preterm birth in the National Capital Area. “When I think about how much more mothers, families and doctors know about handling a premature birth now versus what they knew when I was born in 1961, I realize how lucky I am. Kids shouldn’t have to rely upon luck,” said Harris. To raise awareness for the serious problem of premature birth, Harris will lend his voice and share his personal story as emcee of the 17th Annual March of Dimes Signature Chefs Gala. This premier event will feature nearly 50 of the area’s renowned chefs, mixologists and vintners sampling their best creations. There will also be auctions with unique dining, entertainment, travel and leisure packages. The evening will also celebrate the March of Dimes 75th anniversary and recognize the foundation’s numerous accomplishments from conquering polio to its current focus on ending prematurity. “Signature Chefs is such an easy, fun and entertaining way to support the mission of the March of Dimes. I’ve been honored to be the Master of
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Ceremonies for the last 9 years. What makes it special is that it is a unique convergence of gourmet food, good people and supporting a great cause,” remarked Harris. Presented by Dixon Hughes Goodman, Signature Chefs Gala will be held on Tuesday, November 12 at 6:00 p.m. at the Ritz-Carlton, Washington, D.C. hotel. Special guests include Washington Redskin Defensive End Stephen Bowen and his wife, Tiffany, local Washington, D.C. jewelry designer, Alberto Parada, who will donate exclusive pieces to the auction, Hank’s Oyster Bar chef Jamie Leeds and Iron Gate’s assistant general manager/head mixologist, Jo-Jo Valenzuela. Signature Chefs Gala supports the March of Dimes mission to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. All proceeds will fund research to find answers to premature birth and support community programs, such as the Mama & Baby Bus, Stork’s Nests and NICU Family Support programs at local hospitals. Since 1996, the event has raised more than $1 million to ensure the health of babies. Harris shared, “I love supporting the March of Dimes because they are there from the first day a child gets here…giving that kid a chance to make it and giving that family the tools they need to make it happen.” Considering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s quote, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” there are numerous ways to support the March of Dimes quest to understand and end prematurity. From making a donation to volunteering at events and advocating for healthier babies, those who want to get involved can contact the March of Dimes Maryland-National Chapter at (571) 257-2330 or visit marchofdimes.com/ metrodc.
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Va. House of Delegates Candidates Appeal to Ethnic Press By Margaret Summers WI Contributing Writer Virginia’s gubernatorial race between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and state Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli dominates headlines, but on Tuesday, Nov. 5, Virginians also vote for House of Delegates candidates. All 100 Delegates’ seats are up for grabs. Virginia’s voting population of color has increased significantly, and candidates frequently ask them for support. Six House of Delegates candidates, half of them ethnic, recently spoke with ethnic news media at the Tenants and Workers United building on Mt. Vernon Avenue in Alexandria. New America Media, a California-based national organization of 3,000 ethnic media, and the Virginia New Majority Education Fund, a civic engagement organization sponsored the event. The participating candidates were Democrats. Republican candidates, invited to participate, did not attend. Reporters represented Ethiopian, Latino, Indian and Vietnamese news outlets. “Fifty-seven million Americans nationwide regularly access ethnic media,” said Khalil Abdullah of New America Media.
Alfonso Lopez, 43, who is running for re-election, noted that his 49th District, comprising parts of Arlington and Fairfax Counties, exemplifies Virginia’s changes. “One hundred eight languages are spoken there,” he said. The son of a Venezuelan immigrant father, Lopez, the first Latino Democrat in the House of Delegates, said he’s on a mission. “When I’m re-elected, I will work to get the Virginia Dream Act passed. The state’s demographics demand it.” The act would allow eligible undocumented immigrants to pay in-state college tuition rates. The state House Appropriations Committee refused to hold a hearing on it in February, and it never reached the House floor. Retired Air Force Major John Bell, running for the 87th District, said he also supports the measure. Bell’s district, created in 2011, encompasses parts of Loudoun and Prince William
Democratic candidates for Virginia’s House of Delegates talk to ethnic media reporters at a candidates’ forum. From left (standing): Khalil Abdullah, New America Media, and candidates John Bell, Kathleen Murphy, Jennifer Boysko, Richard Cabellos, Hung Nguyen, and Alfonso Lopez. /Photo by Margaret Summers
Counties. “It’s close to being majority minority, with a large Indian population,” he said. Jennifer Boysko, 46, is running for the 86th District, which covers parts of Loudoun and Fairfax Counties. Her involvement in public service includes working for U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) when he was a Democrat. “I’ve watched Virginia’s General Assembly move further to the right,” she said. “I decided to run.” Boysko’s district is 50 percent minority: 21 percent Asian, 21 percent Latino, and eight percent Afri-
can American. Richard Cabellos is running in the 50th District. It covers parts of Prince William County and the City of Manassas, and is 25 percent Latino and 20 percent African American. Currently the director of a Reston community center, he would be the first Latino immigrant in the House of Delegates if elected. His Peruvian father and Honduran mother came to the U.S. 50 years ago seeking a better life. “What’s important to me is opportunity,” he said. In recent years, the majority-Republican House
of Delegates cut funding from education and ESL (English as a Second Language) programs leading to opportunities, said Cabellos. Kathleen Murphy, 65, a candidate for the 34th District, which covers McLean, Great Falls and parts of Vienna and Loudoun County, is president of a McLean-based legislative strategies firm. “We have a state legislature so worried about whether two gay men should get married, or whether
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DELEGATES continued from Page 12 a woman will take a birth control pill, they forget we need good schools and better transportation,” she said. “I support the Virginia Dream Act. The children brought to this country [by immigrant parents] are not victims, but success stories. [Virginia] has a history of legislators running on discrimination. That has to stop.” Hung Nguyen, who owns an IT consulting company, is running in District 67. It is five percent African American, 21 percent Asian and includes parts of Fairfax and Loudoun Counties. If elected, he would be the first Vietnamese American serving in a state legislature anywhere on the East Coast. “We (ethnic communities) are communities of interest, and we are underrepresented [in electoral politics],” said Nguyen, a lifetime NAACP member. The candidates expressed
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alarm over the state’s eliminating more than 38,000 names from the voter rolls. “Purges, voter IDs and other restrictions unfairly impact seniors, young people, and people of color,” said Bell. On Friday, Oct. 18, U.S. District Judge Claude M. Hilton rejected a Virginia Democratic Party lawsuit, which would have restored the names, saying he found no inequitable treatment or deprivation of anyone’s rights. The candidates said voter turnout is especially critical in this election. “Our biggest challenge is showing people how Republican Delegates have voted, and on what issues,” said Murphy. Nguyen said it’s important to protect the vote. “District of Columbia residents are more than welcome to come to Virginia as volunteers, and help us protect the vote, and get out the vote.” wi
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Prince George’s Launches Domestic Violence Awareness Campaign Advocates Applaud Program Aimed at Helping Domestic Abuse By Joshua Garner WI Staff Writer A coalition of agencies in Prince George’s County government are partnering to launch a campaign to raise awareness about domestic violence with a special hotline aimed at giving resources to county residents in need of help. The campaign, dubbed “Stop the Silence,” will assist individuals involved in domestic violence with services such as shelter, food and other needs by dialing a 2-1-1 hotline. The campaign, which is part of October’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month, will involve several
branches of the Prince George’s County government including county police, the sheriff ’s department, family services, and the state’s attorney. A domestic violence unit will also be established within the county’s police department, officials said. County Executive Rushern L. Baker (D) said the goal of the campaign will be to ensure victims and abusers have access to resources to prevent domestic violence. “This is a religious issue. This is a moral issue. This is a family issue,” Baker said at a press conference last week. “We can make sure we prevent these crimes by getting help for both the victims
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Office of Crime Control and Prevention, incidents of domestic violence fell by more than 19 percent between 2006 and 2012. Still, the statistics don’t tell the entire story of domestic violence. For example, Maryland legislators passed a new law in 2012 that would allow for more accurate tracking of domestic violence related cases in the criminal justice system. Nor do statistics clearly categorize incidents of verbal abuse or non-violent abuse as domestic violence said Jeff Zuback, director of the Maryland Statistical Analysis Center. “There is a limitation [to the statistics]; not all crimes are reported to the police,” he said. “Domestic violence is one of the more underreported crimes.” Baker said county agencies will be working together to prevent individuals from slipping through the cracks. “At some point there was a signal we missed,” Baker said. “That is what this it’s about – making sure we don’t miss that signal.” Finding the root of the cycle of domestic violence for Crystal “Queen Afi” Gaston drove her to seek help and eventually found the Washington, D.C.based nonprofit “Domestic Violence Wears Many Tags.” Gaston, 38, of Hyattsville said for nearly 16 years she bounced from one abusive relationship to another. She wasn’t always the abused; she said, oftentimes, she physically and verbally abused her boyfriends. Fearing she would lose control of her partners, she’d manipulate them and even used violence to stop them from leaving her. It wasn’t until
she was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon for stabbing a former boyfriend that she realized she needed help. “I wanted to find out why I was coo coo for cocoa puffs,” she said, referring to her mental instability while she was in relationships. “There are a lot of people in the boat I’m in … There is never a reason to put your hands on [anyone].” Gaston, who’s completing her master’s in mental health counseling, said services for victims and abusers of domestic violence are sorely needed in the region, particularly in Prince George’s County. “I’m very excited about that …There [aren’t] many resources in Prince George’s County,” she said. “It’s great to be able to call 2-1-1 and get help.” But for some, finding help and a way out can take years. Milton Delaney, 44, of Clinton said he spent 10 years in an abusive relationship with his exwife. The abuse was mostly verbal but he said the culmination of stress, spending nights locked in his bedroom fearing he would be attacked, and unfounded accusations by his wife that he molested his three children finally made him seek help. “I muted my own common sense … It’s imperative for the health of society that resources be made available for men,” he said. “Whenever the members of society are not healthy, then society is not healthy.”wi www.washingtoninformer.com
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Developers Make Final Push for Prince George’s Casino License By Joshua Garner WI Staff Writer Three developers hoping to snag a coveted gambling license to build a half billion-dollar casino in Prince George’s County will make their closing remarks in front of a Maryland gaming commission this week. The seven-member Maryland Video Lottery Facility Location Commission and the public will hear final proposals for the location of the casino through Friday, Oct. 25 during public hearings at Friendly High School in Fort Washington. The commission will award a license by the close of the year but it could be as late as summer 2016 before a casino opens in the county. Three bidders are vying for a casino license in the Oxon Hill and Fort Washington communities. MGM Resorts International is proposing an $800 million resort and casino at National Harbor. Penn National Gaming, owner of Rosecroft Raceway, is proposing the $700 million Hollywood Casino Resort. Bensalem, Pa.-based Greenwood Racing Inc., has proposed the $800 million Parx Casino Hotel & Spa in Fort Washington at the intersection of Route 210 and Old Fort Road. During Monday’s public hearing, residents and officials weighed in on their preference for the casino’s location. Some asked the commission to strongly consider the casino’s impact on county roadways, others asked the commission to reinvest in the county’s older facilities such as Rosecroft. “I want to make sure you consider the residents and all the
traffic we’re going to have,” Del. Veronica Turner (D-Dist. 26) of Camp Spring told the commission. “Make sure the choice you make is the best choice.” The location of the casino will be awarded based on several criteria including economic development for the community, minority business participation, and transportation infrastructure, said Donald Fry, chairman of the commission. Bidders have already adjusted their proposals to reflect criteria for the gaming license. On Monday, Penn National Gaming announced that it would create a profit sharing plan with the community if it’s awarded the casino license. The proposal includes raising $100 million to invest in the Prince George’s County hospital system and an additional $220 million to supplement retirement pensions for county teachers. “We will be able to fund currently unfunded elements of the new hospital system, provide tools necessary for the county’s education system to attract and retain educators and to support the neighbors closest to us and most impacted by our proposed development,” said Tim Wilmott, president of Penn National, who presented to the commission on Monday. The proposal appeared to be well received by community members in the audience. “One of my many concerns is that we live in a health desert – there are no health facilities,” said Jackie Goodall, mayor of Forest Heights, a municipality that sits within a few miles of the pro-
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posed locations. Presentations continued on Wednesday from Greenwood Racing Inc., and will close out with a presentation from representatives at MGM National Harbor. Lorenzo Creighton, president of MGM National Harbor, said that he remains pleased with the company’s bid. “I’m very confident that we have the best proposal of the three,” he said. “It’s the best location in the county.” County officials have been tight-lipped on which gaming destination they prefer but reiterate that whatever location is chosen should benefit the surrounding community. County Executive Rushern L. Baker initially supported the National Harbor location, but as subsequent bids were announced, Baker became less vocal. “The Baker administration has not been actively engaged [in preference],” said Scott Peterson, a county spokesman. “Mr. Baker has been clear with expanding gaming into Prince George’s County…and believes the gaming commission will make the best decision.” Prince George’s County Councilman Obie Patterson (D-Dist. 8), of Fort Washington, whose district will be the site of the new casino, said he’s pushing for a community benefit agreement that would require investments in the surrounding community. “It’s not going to be an easy task but unless I try, it’s not going to happen,” he said. WI The Washington Informer
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Shutdown Exposes Simmering Conflicts By Barrington M. Salmon WI Staff Writer The federal government has reopened, 800,000 so-called “non-essential” federal employees are back at work, post-mortems of winners and losers drag on and a somewhat chastened Republican Party hopes it won’t get punished in the 2014 midterm elections. The latest government shutdown is in the rearview mirror, but its effects will linger. Estimates by economic ratings entity Standard & Poor’s is that the U.S. economy lost $24 billion in gross domestic product
and there is consensus among a number of economists that the 16-day standoff triggered by the Tea Party faction of the Republican Party has slowed economic growth and dragged down an already wobbly economy. And whatever little confidence the American public had in its national legislators has dissipated. A recent CNN poll shows that only 12 percent of people surveyed think Congress is doing a good job. During the 1995-1996 shutdown, congressional approval stood at 30 percent. The American public is very displeased with House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio)
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and 63 percent of those polled say he should get the boot. Crystal Wright, a well-known and outspoken conservative, chided Republican leadership for engineering the shutdown. “You can’t defund sitting [established] law,” said Wright, a communications consultant, and editor and publisher of www.conser vativeblackchic. com. “I’m a conservative and I don’t like Obamacare, but there are other ways they could have done this.” The House Republican Caucus and their Tea Party allies should have devised an exit strategy, as well, Wright said,
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and they should have had a narrower agenda. “ … Such as repealing exemptions of the White House and other executive staff. They should feel the pain like all of us,” she explained. “It was a sound plan to delay the individual mandate. Obama gave 800 waivers to big corporations such as McDonalds for the first year and delayed employer mandates for a year. They could have made a rationale decision to follow those demands and they would have put pressure on Obama and Democrats to make some concessions.” “I was fine with shutting [the government] down for a couple of days. If they’d pivoted from the defund madness, they could have made a strong case. Every three months we’re on a merry-go-round of crisis. It didn’t work.” Wright said the only clear winner arising from this debacle is Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who she said she’s lost a great deal of respect for because he’s not a team player. Cruz led between 30 and 50 members of the ultra-right wing and Tea Party faction of the House Republican Caucus in an effort to dismantle the Patient Affordable Care Act of 2010. The plan was to attach these provisions to spending bills Republicans sent to the Senate. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), rebuffed about 15 of these bills, insisting that he would only consider a “clean” spending bill. Those in the House opposed to the health care law they dubbed “Obamacare,” were working against the clock with the Oct. 1 launch date not far off. Republicans refused to shelf their desire to obstruct, delay or derail the law and the govern-
ment shutdown on Oct. 1. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author David Cay Johnston said the American people have to wrest control from what he called a fanatical minority. “We have to elect a different Congress,” said Johnston. “Government is based on majority rule with some limitation on that. The Tea Party types, however, believe in the minority view. I think the way this played out has energized the Tea Party types. Their publications, which I read, blame this on the liberal media not honestly telling their story. There’s not a shred of evidence to prove that they are a majority. The Tea Party depends on what is politely called low-information voters.” Electing members of Congress who aren’t as radical and irresponsible as the Tea Party faction is made more difficult with what the GOP has done since before the 2010 elections, Johnston said. Republican legislators who dominate state legislatures have tilted electoral politics in their favor through a calculated and cynical attempt to steal non-whites’ right to vote, he said. “One point four million more Democrats than Republicans voted in the 2012 elections so why is the GOP in control of Congress? Because blacks, unions and young people were corralled in Democratic districts, districts with disproportionate numbers of Democrats,” Johnston said. “That, combined with the crude and open effort to take the franchise – voting – away, are key Republican strategies. It is deeply racist but the media – which lives with white
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GOP continued from Page 16 skin privilege – only talks about this occasionally.” In an Oct. 15 Wall Street Journal Opinion piece, William Galston, quoting author and professor Walter Russell Mead, described Cruz and the Tea Party as heirs of the Jacksonian legacy of being “suspicious of federal power, skeptical about do-gooding at home and abroad, [opposing] federal taxes but [favoring] benefits such as Social Security and Medicare that they regard as earned.” Jacksonians, he said, are anti-elitist, believing that the political and moral instincts of ordinary people are usually wiser than those of the experts. And like true Jacksonians, Galston added, the Tea Party is “Angry and in full revolt against a new elite.” That’s what has many establishment Republicans worried as the struggle goes on for the soul of the Grand Old Party. “At first the Tea Party played a constructive role. It could have been healthy but not the way it’s going now,” said Robert
L. Woodson, founder and president of the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise. “Blacks had their own Tea Party with SNCC and other organizations which pushed against the status quo. And the Progressive Baptist Convention split with the National Baptist Convention. It’s healthy to have resistance from within. Dr. King said one of the surest signs of maturity is to rise to the point of self-criticism.” Woodson criticized establishment Republicans. “Mainline Republicans have to put some starch in their shorts and be willing to engage Tea Party people without rancor and debate them without vilifying each other,” he said during an interview Tuesday, Oct. 22. “If that happens, it would benefit the party.” Woodson, 76, said he doubts the country will see another shutdown. “People are looking at the polls. They don’t want it to go to zero. One of the Founding Fathers said nothing concentrates the mind more than a hanging in the morning.”wi
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“I was fine with shutting [the government] down for a couple of days. If they’d pivoted from the defund madness, they could have made a strong case. Every three months we’re on a merry-go-round of crisis. It didn’t work.” Wright said the only clear winner arising from this debacle is Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. However, she said that she’s lost a great deal of respect for him because he’s not a team player. – Crystal Wright
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Rather than gloat over the Republicans getting their clocks cleaned in the government shutdown fiasco, it’s worth Blacks taking time to note our dependency on government. In some form, more than half of Americans rely on the government; 165 million out of 308 million. Of these, 107 million Americans rely on government welfare, 46 million seniors benefit from Medicare and there are 22 million government employees. Americans’ ethics regarding self-reliance has dwindled as eligibility for Medicaid, food stamps, earned income tax credit, work pay tax credit and unemployment benefits have increased since 2009. In 2010, more than 70 percent of federal spending went to such programs. This dependency on government sets too many Americans up for low aspirations and generations of welfare and poverty. And, the problem for Blacks is that we often rely too much on government. Washington, D.C. is home to the “wealthiest concentration of Blacks in America.” In D.C., and around the world, more than 800,000 federal workers were furloughed during the shutdown. A disproportionate number of furloughed federal workers happened to be African Americans. Because government jobs have always been more available to Blacks than private sector employment, Blacks comprise 17.7 percent of the federal workforce. Overall, people of color represent 34 percent of the federal workforce. Latinos are 8 percent, Asians are 5.8
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By William Reed percent and Native Americans are 2.1 percent. People of color comprise 37 percent of the U.S. population, a figure projected to grow to 57 percent by 2060. Since the 2007 Recession, federal, state and local government agencies have pared down payrolls and eliminated positions that sustained millions of Black middle-class workers for decades. Since the beginning of 2007, some 375,000 government jobs have been eliminated. Nearly 21 percent of the nation’s working Black adults have government jobs. Public agencies are the single largest employer for Black men, and the second most common for Black women. During the shutdown many recipients of Head Start, HUD Section 8 and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, commonly known as WIC, lost funding. It’s important for Blacks to know and understand the difference between the private and public sectors. Black workers have fared so much worse than other segments of the population since the recession’s end. In May, the unemployment rate among Black Americans reached 16.2 percent, up from 15.5 percent a year earlier. By contrast, White unemployment was 8 percent, an improvement from the 8.8 percent level of the previous year. But now, with the broader economy stuck in a deep rut and
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working opportunities chronically lean, those government jobs are diminishing, too. From the Post Office to the White House, a government job has long offered African Americans pathways to middle-class lifestyles. The loss of government paychecks erodes one of what Blacks considered during the past century as an equalizing force. It’s as if Blacks can’t see beyond the proponents of “big government socialism” and attitudes of dependency. Blacks would do well to limit the amount of government dependence in their lives. Without meaningful private-sector endeavors, the Black middle-class cannot sustain itself. Some would say today’s Black middle-class is no more than an illusion. Terms such as “job creation” and “economic engines” must become more commonplace in Blacks’ vernacular. As stunted as their economics have been under Democratic governments, the mindset among African Americans remains Democratic and “big government inclined.” A 2011 report by Globescan showed the number of U.S. citizens who believe in the strength of a free market economy dropped to 59 percent. When Globescan first conducted this survey 10 years ago, 80 percent of Americans favored a free market economic system. Those people with the lowest annual incomes were found to be more likely to oppose a free market economy. Heritage Foundation findings report that on average, Americans who depend on federal assistance received $32,748 in annual benefits, which is more than an average American worker makes in a year. In 2011, the median annual salary was reported as being $26,364. wi William Reed is publisher of “Who’s Who in Black Corporate America” and available for projects via the BaileyGroup.org.
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Time to Reform Horse and Buggy Debt Collector Laws An adage advises that one man’s pain is another man’s gain. As consumers nationwide struggle to recover financially from the Great Recession, this adage is also a truism. Across the country, creditors and debt collectors are taking advantage of archaic laws to extract payments that satisfy court judgments for consumer debts. Depending upon a given state’s exemption laws, garnished wages are not the only option available to creditors. Many state laws have left loopholes that allow bank accounts, autos, or even household goods to be seized. Now a new research report by the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) urges states to protect consumer wages and property from aggressive debt collection by creditors and debt buyers. The research comes at a time when many consumers’ finances remain fragile.
By Charlene Crowell The report, No Fresh Start: How States Let Debt Collectors Push Families into Poverty, reveals how these outdated state laws have failed to keep pace with the nation’s economy and its technology. Laws that remain a relic of yesteryear include a Delaware exemption that protects a sewing machine owned and used by a seamstress; or a Vermont law that exempts one cow, two goats and three swarms of bees from being taken to satisfy a judgment. Other exemption laws that protect wages or other personal property have not changed to reflect inflation, protecting
less than $500 in personal property in some states. “It’s a travesty when outdated state laws protect farm animals and their feed but not a living wage, a working car, and a bare bones checking account,” said Robert Hobbs, NCLC deputy director. “This report is a wake-up call for states to update their exempt property laws and stop putting millions of families at risk.” The inadequacies in state exemption laws only make matters worse for consumers with judgments against them for debts not owed, already paid, or others too old, or the result of identity theft. When creditors and debt buyers obtain wrongful judgments against consumers, they are then able to take advantage of the obsolete exemption laws to extract money from consumers who never owed them in the first place. In 2012, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) received more than 125,000 consumer complaints about debt collection. That’s more than any other industry and represents almost 25 percent of all consumer complaints received. The Consumer
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Financial Protection Bureau is charged with regulating larger debt collectors by enforcement of the Fair Debt Collection Act. This law makes it illegal for debt collectors to use deceptive, unfair and abusive tactics to collect debts. The Federal Trade Commission also shares monitoring and enforcement of the law. The NCLC report ranks each state with letter grades measuring how well consumers were protected by five specific standards: Preventing debt collectors from seizing so much of the debtor’s wages that the consumer is pushed below a living wage; Allowing the debtor to keep a used car of at least average value; Preserving the family’s home – at least a median-value home; Preventing seizure and sale of the debtor’s necessary household goods; and Preserving at least $1,200 in a bank account so that the debtor has minimal funds to pay essential costs such as rent, utilities and commuting expenses. The report found that no state met all five standards and only two came close: Massachusetts, which recently modernized its exemption laws, and Iowa. Conversely, Alabama, Delaware, Kentucky and Michigan were rated an “F” for their ex-
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emption laws that allowed debt collectors to seize nearly everything a debtor owns. States rated “D-“were Arkansas, Georgia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Utah and Wyoming. NCLC urges states to update their laws with remedies that include protecting wages, family housing and necessary household goods and transportation; close loopholes that enable some lenders to evade exemption laws; protect retirees from destitution; and allow a reasonable amount of money on deposit. Model language for state legislation is available at www.nclc.org/mffpa. “By updating their exemption laws, states can prevent debt buyers from reducing families to poverty,” the report states. “These protections also benefit society at large, by keeping workers in the work force, helping families stay together, and reducing the demand on funds for unemployment compensation and social services.” wi Charlene Crowell is a communications manager with the Center for Responsible Lending. She can be reached at Charlene. crowell@responsiblelending.org.
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health Six Tips for Quick and Convenient Healthy Eating During the Holidays from a Holistic Chef By Shelley Alexander Special to the Informer For many people, the holidays involve indulging in buffet tables loaded with lots of fattening, processed foods and sugary sweets. For those of us who strive the rest of the year to eat a healthy diet while leading busy lives, it can be a challenging time. Not only are we busier than ever, we know that all those foods we usually try to avoid are going to give us indigestion, sap our energy, and pile on the pounds. “It really isn’t hard to give yourself, your family and friends the gift of delicious, nutrient-rich meals over the holidays,” says holistic chef and certified healing foods specialist Shelley Alexander, author of “Deliciously Holistic,” (www.aharmonyhealing. com), a new, full-color cookbook featuring more than 154 of her favorite healing foods recipes and 50 pages of
holistic lifestyle tips to increase energy and immunity. “Instead of heading to the local supermarket, visit a farmers’ market, where you can buy fresh, local, seasonal and organic produce, along with other nutritious foods created by farmers and local food artisans,” she says. “You’ll have a much more enjoyable experience in addition to stocking up on all the ingredients you need to have handy. You can also find excellent choices at natural and health food stores.” Nutrient-rich, whole foods that don’t have unnatural fillers and other additives, including seasonal, organic vegetables and fruits, wild-caught seafood, and pasture-raised, organic chicken and meats that come from well-fed, unadulterated, healthy animals, will completely nourish your body, make you feel better and ramp up your energy, she says. And you’ll find you won’t overeat, so it’s much
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easier to maintain your weight without counting calories. Alexander offers six tips for quick and convenient healthy eating during the holidays. When shopping, check labels and
avoid foods with a long list of ingredients. The best whole foods have one or just a few unprocessed or minimally processed, easily recognized ingredients, Alexander says. Among ingredients to avoid: chemicals, artificial
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HOLIDAYS continued from Page 20 by the initials BHT, BHA, EDTA and THBQ.) Set aside a few hours each week to prep foods to eat in the days ahead. Cut up produce and store it in airtight containers. Lightly wash produce before using with natural vegetable wash or use one part white vinegar to three parts water. Make several homemade vinaigrettes or dressings to last all week so you can make leafy greens and vegetable salads in minutes. Clean and marinate enough meat or poultry for dinners over the next few days. Start your day with a green smoothie. Cut and freeze organic fresh fruit to use in green smoothies. You can also buy frozen fruit that’s already cut up. Add organic kale or spinach, coconut water or nut and seed milks plus natural sweeteners such as dates or stevia for an energy-boosting beverage. For your holiday dinners, plan on making at least three to four dishes that are both delicious and nutritious. Good examples are pasture-raised, wild turkey with sage and garlic, baked wild salmon with lemon and herbs, steamed greens, roasted heirloom root vegetables drizzled with balsamic glaze, pureed winter squash soups, and desserts made with seasonal fruits, spices, and healthy sweeteners like coconut sugar or raw honey. Invest in a dehydrator. Dehydrate fruits and vegetables and raw nuts or
seeds that have been soaked in unrefined sea salt water (which removes anti-nutrients, kick-starts the germination process, and increases key vitamins), and you’ll have plenty of on-the-go snacks with a long shelf life. Dehydrators are convenient and easy to use; Alexander recommends Excalibur. Make batches of fermented vegetables twice a month. Alexander recommends eating fermented vegetables every day to keep your digestive system healthy. They’re loaded with probiotics – the good bacteria your intestines need. Mix a variety of organic vegetables such as carrots and celery into brine with warm filtered water, unrefined sea salt, and cultured vegetable starter or liquid whey, and mix with shredded cabbage heads. Pack the mixture into sterilized glass jars and allow the vegetables to ferment for five to seven days. Once done fermenting, it can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 6 months. Stick to whole, healthy foods this holiday season, and you’ll feel so good, you won’t want to go near the buffet table at your office party,” Alexander says.wi Shelley Alexander has enjoyed a lifelong love of delicious, locally grown, seasonal foods. She received her formal chef’s training at The Los Angeles Culinary Institute. Alexander is a holistic chef, certified healing foods specialist, cookbook author, and owner of the holistic health company, A Harmony Healing, in Los Angeles.
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Henderson Delivers ‘Uplifting’ Speech By Dorothy Rowley WI Staff Writer In her recent “State of the Schools” speech at the newly-refurbished Cardozo Education Campus in Northwest, Kaya Henderson, District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) chancellor, often expressed the need for unity in moving the city’s public schools system ahead. However, Henderson fell short in providing specifics related to the four remaining years of her ambitious five-year “A Capital Commitment” strategy. “The schools are on the move and headed in a new direction,” Henderson told the diverse audience of more than 300 people, which included members of the D.C. Council, on Oct. 17. “With everyone working together, nothing can stop us from achieving [our] goals,” Henderson, 43, said, while reflecting upon recent DCPS achievements like increased test scores and enrollment that have been documented since the launch of her progressive Commitment plan in 2012. “I’ve come to realize that we’ve been so focused on doing the hard work, that we don’t always help others to understand exactly how much progress we’ve made,” said Henderson, adding that it was not so long ago that, “DCPS was in need of big change.” Alluding to Cardozo’s stateof-the art modernization that was completed over the summer, Henderson said that what’s even more beautiful is the learning taking place within its walls. “We are finally giving students the resources that support and nurture their learning,” she said. “I am inspired to see the great work our students are doing in these new environments, and humbled because I know that we still have so much work to do.” In following Mayor Vincent C. Gray’s “One City” mantra that also focuses on improving the quality of public education, Henderson asked the audience to imagine “a very different” school system where all the buildings are new and offer top-notch resources and educators – and graduate students prepared to embrace their next steps in life. In getting there, “we need to provide our students with rig-
orous academic content and we need motivated students with engaged families,” she said. While Henderson mentioned goals to increase reading and math levels to 70 percent over the next year, she also expects an increase in graduation rates. But she said little about how that would be achieved other than her reference at hiring the best teachers – 25 of whom are poised to graduate from the Georgetown Executive Master’s in Leadership program – and having access to the best learning resources. While briefly mentioning progress surrounding the ninth-grade academy at Anacostia Senior High School in Southeast, she skimmed on strategies to reform school feeder patterns and boundaries. “I could go on for hours , but the long and short of it, is that I don’t think of our work as trying to fix a broken school system,” said Henderson, who received a standing ovation at the end of her lengthy speech. “I think about trying to create the best school system in the country, where everyone in this room would be proud to send their child to any school in the system.” However, during the light dinner reception and tour of Cardozo that followed, there were mixed responses on Henderson’s talk. Some like Michael Yates, Ward 4 advisory neighborhood commissioner, said she was “remarkably” informative. “I think she did a great job explaining future projections for DCPS,” said Yates, 52. “I was very impressed after years of seeing the schools underfunded and unable to move in the right direction,” he said. “But I’m happy to hear that under [Henderson’s] leadership, test scores and feeder [school] evaluations have gone up.” Although Ward 8 Council member Marion Barry thought the chancellor’s speech was “positive and uplifting,” he said she was vague in addressing concerns of low-income households. “I don’t think she put enough emphasis on the challenges that are faced by low-income parents who send their children to DCPS,” said Barry, 77. “She should have spoken more on what they’re going through in
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DCPS Chancellor Kaya Henderson stressed continuously during her hourlong ‘State of the Schools’ address on Oct. 17 at the Cardozo Education Campus in Northwest, that the schools are headed in the right direction. /Photo by Roy Lewis
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GOP Hasn’t Learned the Shutdown Lessons
Numbers don’t lie. Here are just a few that emerge from the Do-Nothing Congress’s latest actions: A 16-day partial government shutdown of the federal government. At least $24 billion of America’s gross domestic product has evaporated because of the shutdown. An approval rating in the low single digits which is the lowest approval rating polling numbers ever for Republicans because of behavior that’s earned the scorn and opprobrium of much of the American public. The American public, particularly federal workers had to endure the pain and uncertainty of the shutdown and after the GOP gambit failed, these misguided politicians of the Republican Party were forced to agree to the same deal they rejected in the days and weeks leading up to Oct. 1. Yet we’re told that House Speaker John Boehner and his Texas Senate colleague Ted Cruz received applause and ovations, first because of his “principled stand” during the shutdown and the second in Texas when Cruz met adoring constituents during this most recent recess. Some polls and analysts have attempted throughout the shutdown to apportion blame to both political parties and to President Barack Obama equally, which is nonsense. The fault of the shutdown lies at the feet of Boehner, Cruz, Utah Sen. Mike Lee and the few dozen extreme right-wing members of the House Republican Caucus who schemed to shutdown the government as a way to derail the Affordable Care Act. This brazen and shameless posse seems intent on doing all they can to kill Obama’s signature piece of legislation which as Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and other Democrats illustrated throughout the debacle wasn’t going to happen. Dysfunction doesn’t begin to describe what Americans are faced with politically. Every year since Obama decisively won election in 2008, the country has staggered from crisis-to-crisis as some in the Republican Party, especially the Tea Party, seek to hold all of us hostage in an effort to force the Obama administration to cut federal spending and reduce the size of government. Obama agreed to about $900 billion in cuts to social welfare and other programs in order to get a deal, then he agreed to a punishing set of across-the-board cuts called the sequester and even then, the Republicans continue to call for deeper cuts to programs that assist and support children, the faltering middle class, and the poor. Remaining untouched are the rich and ultra-wealthy who have Republicans primarily, stumbling over each other to legislate more tax cuts for those most able to afford it. What we have are sore losers, who like spoiled children in the sandbox want to take their toys and go home. The conservative section of the GOP says as stridently as it can, that these are policy differences, ideological in nature, but the tone and tenor of the debates and the thinly veiled racial remarks and actions suggest other elements at play. Moderates like Rep. Peter King fought publicly and behind closed doors to steer his party away from the cliff, but Boehner seemed more intent on holding on to his job as speaker than taking the commonsense step of allowing the lower chamber to vote for a spending bill not laden with provisions dreamed up by conservatives. Despite the political beating the party took over the shutdown, Cruz and others say they will do it all again and indicate that there are plans to continue playing this dangerous game in an effort to gain political ascendency. The old adage says “Insanity is doing the same thing the same way and expecting a different result.” They say they act in the public interest but which public?
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Gray Takes a Stand!
As a lifelong resident of the District of Columbia I have developed a “tough skin” in order to deal with the disrespect from Congress, and at times, from the White House administration. When I acknowledge myself as being a D.C. resident when traveling around the country, I have to endure countless jokes about the legal problems of former mayors and city council members. Don’t let me bring up the fact to those who visit our city that we don’t have any representation in Congress! Non-District residents wonder why we need any representation for a city with only government buildings, galleries and monuments. So when I picked up The Informer this week, October 17, 2013, and saw the front-page photograph by Khalid Naji-Allah of Mayor Vincent Gray standing defiantly in front of the Capitol, I felt a great sense of pride. If nothing else, that photograph tells us that our city leaders do not just roll over and say noth-
ing about national matters that directly and indirectly affect our city. Photographs can convey many different meanings, depending on who is looking at them, and one photograph can speak volumes. Richard Allensworth Washington, D.C.
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An Act of Kindness
Stacy Brown’s article, “Wizard Player’s Random Act of Kindness,” October 17, 2013 is exactly the kind of story I would expect The Informer to write about. Not that it’s so unusual for a NBA player, in this case Otto Porter, to buy and have lunch with a homeless person, because I think countless NBA players perform acts of kindness all the time; it’s just not publicized. Most of the stories written about star athletes in the mainstream media discuss how much money they make, flaunt, and throw away. I hope coaches from all over our region read and share this article with all of their student athletes. Use it as a teaching
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By Marian Wright Edelman
Getting Education Right from the Beginning In 2011, Jerry Weast retired after serving for 12 years as superintendent of the Montgomery County Public Schools, a district just outside Washington, D.C. that was the largest and most diverse school system in Maryland and the 16th largest district in the nation. During Weast’s time as superintendent, the county underwent a large demographic change, with growing numbers of students of color and stu-
dents living in poverty. The district adapted by doubling down on strategies for helping all of its children succeed. Narrowing the achievement gap for the district’s nearly 145,000 students during his tenure was a key priority for Weast. Under his tenure, Montgomery County earned national recognition for achieving the highest student graduation rate among the nation’s 50 largest school systems. Several of its high schools consistently rank among the best in the country. As Su-
perintendent Weast explained in an interview with the Children’s Defense Fund, Montgomery County achieved many of its successful outcomes for its graduating seniors by deciding from the beginning where they wanted their students to end up as they entered adulthood, and working backwards to build the right path from their earliest years to get them there. Weast said he sees children’s education as a chain that begins at birth, includes quality preschool, continues with a quality
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K-12 school experience, and is then connected to college and career training. The county wanted a clearer understanding of what links they needed to build at the start so children would have the most success at the end, so they did careful research. They worked closely with the business community both to determine what kind of education would prepare students for the jobs the county’s business leaders wanted to create in the future, and to see what the school system could learn from
best practices in business about successful problem-solving. They obtained data from the Department of Labor and the National Student Clearinghouse and cross-matched their graduates against it to identify the children who had gone on to become the most successful adults, and then studied the paths those students had followed during school. “And what we found is that there were actually milestones
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By George E. Curry
Obama’s Showdown with ‘Teapublicans’ is Just Beginning over the budget. And, judging from the past, there is no reason to think Democrats will prevail. Although Obama campaigned on the promise to extend the Bush tax cuts only for individuals earning less than $200,000 and couples making less than $250,000, which would cover 98 percent of all taxpayers, Obama eventually relented under Republican pressure, extending the Bush-era rates on incomes below $450,000 for families and $400,000 for individuals.
Believe it or not, President Obama’s decision to finally stand up to Teapublicans – a Republican Party hijacked by Right-wing Tea Party zealots – in the latest standoff over the Affordable Care Act and the debt ceiling was the easy part. As Robert Reich, Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton, said: “The war isn’t over. It’s only a cease-fire.” Next comes the real fireworks
And in his unsuccessful effort to reach a grand bargain with House Speaker John Boehner in 2011, according to leaked confidential documents, Obama expressed a willingness to support cuts to TRICARE, the health insurance program for the military and military retirees; Social Security, Medicare, housing, nutritional assistance and other social programs. Former Labor Secretary Reich explained why he, too, feels Obama will cave in to Republi-
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can demands. “He’s already put on the table a way to reduce future Social Security payments by altering the way cost-of-living adjustments are made – using the so-called ‘chained’ consumer price index, which assumes that when prices rise people economize by switching to cheaper alternatives. This makes no sense for seniors, who already spend a disproportionate share of their income on prescription drugs, home healthcare, and medical devices – the
prices of which have been rising faster than inflation. Besides, Social Security isn’t responsible for our budget deficits. Quite the opposite: For years its surpluses have been used to fund everything else the government does. “The President has also suggested “means-testing” Medicare – that is, providing less of it to higher-income seniors. This might be sensible. The danger is it becomes the start of a slippery
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By Lee A. Daniels
Republicans and the New ‘White Flight’ Now that the GOP-manufactured economic crisis is over (for the several months, anyway), one might say the lesson for the Republican Party is best expressed by that old warning: Be careful what you wish for. Driven by its reactionary Tea Party faction and the Right’s newest demagogue, Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), the GOP tried to use forcing a shutdown of the government and the debt-dewww.washingtoninformer.com
fault threat to hijack the democratic process – to effectively repeal Obamacare and destroy the authority of the president. However, wrapped in self-delusion, they misjudged President Obama and the Congressional Democrats – and, as the Republican Party’s sinking to record lows in many polls show, the American public – just as they did in the 2012 national election. Not for nothing did conservative pundit Charles Krauthammer, watching the battle unfold, label them Congress’ “suicide
caucus.” The outrageous stunt has likely tilted the political calculus for both the 2014 midterm congressional elections and the 2016 presidential contest more in the Democrats’ favor. One has to believe that the Democratic Party get-out-the-vote strategists, who’ve performed so superbly in 2008 and 2012, are already figuring the best ways to make hay from the GOP’s missteps. But one of several critical questions this astonishing episode of American history has
cast into sharp relief is who’s going to win the political war that’s now broken into the open within the Republican Party between the Tea Party faction and its establishment wing represented by Speaker of the House John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. True, a significant bloc of the party’s establishment elected officials and business supporters such as the U.S. Chamber of Congress took concerted steps last week as the shutdown and debt-ceiling deadlines loomed to
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muster enough votes of GOP Senators and Representatives to back down from the confrontation. And they have promised to work to rein in the Tea Party’s extremist influence on the party as a whole by financially backing mainstream-conservative candidates in the primaries. Nonetheless, the GOP’s political terrain looks mountainous, for Tea Party activists and Congressional representatives are even more scathing toward
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A Slave to Slavery Comparisons The brilliant surgeon Dr. Benjamin Carson is out of order and out of control when he compares the Affordable Care Act to slavery. As a physician, he must know how many people lack health care, and how much work this administration had done to right that wrong. As a health advocate, he must have seen those men and women who decide to forego pain medication
in favor of something to eat for their children. As a distinguished medical leader, he must have read the Institute of Medicine (IOM) reports that talk about the differential ways in which health care is delivered in emergency rooms, with Black and Brown men less likely than others to receive medication for their pain, even when it involves a broken bone. So when Carson says that the Affordable Care Act is “worse than slavery,” I truly wonder what he knows about slavery. Does he know about being
dragged from one country and placed on an auction block in another? Does he know about enduring backbreaking work, day after day, hour after hour, where the most human desires like love and companionship are snuffed out by the needs of greedy masters? Has he had a limb – a leg, an arm, a tongue – severed to make serve as an example for others? Has he felt a shackle on his neck, across his Adam’s apple, so tight that he could not breathe? Has he tried to run, and been captured
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to read were fined as much as a year’s wages. Slaves who taught each other to read risked 39 lashes. I don’t know what the amazing Dr. Ben Carson is thinking when he compares anything in our current space to slavery. He has not known a slave’s life, and, blessedly, neither have most of us. But we know that affordable health care is not the same thing as slavery. I am tired of people making false slave comparison, effective-
and beaten? Or beaten even if he did not run? Does his back show the signs of White rage? Has he seen his own child sold at auction? Has he slid besides his woman, his love, knowing that she had no say if the master decided to have sex with her? Has he been literally emasculated, his body a victim to a master’s rage? Has he learned to read? According to an old North Carolina law, “to teach a slave to read is to excite dissatisfaction in the general population.” Whites who taught slaves
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By Askia Muhammad
Watch Out for a “Post Racial” Backlash Newark, N.J. Mayor Corey Booker has been elected to the U.S. Senate. He’s only the fourth Black person ever to do so. The other three are: Edward Brooke (D-Mass.), Carole Moseley-Braun (D-Ill.), and Barack Obama (D-Ill.). A few other Black folks have served in the chamber, going back to Reconstruction, but barely enough to even “shake a stick at.” And that’s a good thing that there’s a new Black senator …
right? Right. Proof that we’re now in “post racial America” where the content of your character is more important than the color of your skin … Right? Well, I wouldn’t go that far. But we’ve got a Black president, right? Right. A president who is mocked and scorned in more ways than you can imagine. Such that I wonder if any future president can ever again be respected by the American people. A president whose most scandalous behavior is the enactment and ratification by the Supreme
Court, of health reform legislation that defied presidential achievement for seven decades. And yet when the Johnny Reb Tea Party Caucus of the House of Representatives forced the shutdown of the U.S. government and almost caused a catastrophic default on the U.S. debt (which might still happen in three or four months), knuckle-dragging White visitors, some with Confederate flags in hand, visited closed Washington monuments during the shutdown, then stormed the White House
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and not the Capitol demanding relief. But there’s more good news. A Black woman – Kamala Harris, attorney general of the State of California – may soon be elected governor of the most populous state in the Union. We’ve had other Black governors. Doug Wilder, elected in Virginia; Deval Patrick, elected in Massachusetts; and David Patterson, who succeeded disgraced Elliot Spitzer in New York, the third most populous state. Of course we have 43 Black
members of the House of Representatives, nearly 10 percent of the total, and almost at parity with the 13 percent U.S. Black population. There’s a Black justice sitting on the Supreme Court, countless other judges and state supreme court justices and even some state supreme court chief justices. Black mayors and sheriffs and county executives abound. It’s like full-employment season for Black politicians these days. And
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By James Clingman
Public and Public Officials are Stuck on Stupid “It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.” – Thomas Sowell Why do we keep electing the same people to the same office year after year, putting them in charge of our lives, despite having the absolute proof that they
have not, are not, and will not work in our best interests? The debt ceiling Kabuki Theater is yet another in a long line of what we have seen before – just a few months ago – in our so-called “government of, by, and for the people” We, the electorate, are just stuck on stupid. We have elected what has literally become an aristocracy to rule over us. They play games with our lives by trying to trump one another with their pompous speeches and protestations. All the while they are
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the public coffers by working for a government many of them say is the problem. What does that scenario say about those of us in the proletariat class? Thomas Jefferson said, “When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.” So what do we have, folks? Fear or tyranny? I know one thing we do have is anger. In some cases we have hopelessness, despair, and desperation as well. People are out of work,
children are out of food, and families are out of time, while the men and women on Capitol Hill make decisions affecting our lives but exempting themselves and their children from the consequences of those decisions. Have we come to the point where the inmates are running the asylum? Many U.S. citizens are in fear for their very survival now, and our Washington elites are conducting political business as usual, which means
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By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer Famed film director John Singleton said when movies about African Americans debut, he’s always the first to be called to lend insight. Singleton, who directed the 1991 critically-acclaimed drama, “Boyz in the Hood,” said that recently his telephone hasn’t stopped ringing “I’d like to talk about other movies, too,” he said, but acknowledged that he doesn’t mind weighing in on the recent avalanche of black films, including what many view as an Oscar front-runner, “12 Years a Slave.” “I’ve seen it and I can tell you it’s a work of art,” said Singleton, 45. “Steve McQueen, who is black and from the United Kingdom, has created a raw and unflinching look at a black man’s descent into one of the darkest chapters of American history, it’s as authentic as it gets,” he said. Kasi Lemmons, who directed such films as, “Talk to Me,” the 2007 movie based on the life of native Washingtonian and radio personality, Ralph ‘Petey’ Greene and the 1997 love story and drama, “Eve’s Bayou,” said “12 Years a Slave,” and other African-American films have resonated throughout Hollywood www.washingtoninformer.com
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and around the globe because of their frank portrayal of the various trials of blacks. “It’s really unlike anything I’ve ever seen,” said Lemmons, 52, whose new film, “Black Nativity,” will hit the Silver Screen next month. “These films are all different, comedies, dramas, histor-
ical dramas, musicals. It really is a whole range of movies primarily directed by and starring African Americans. It’s pretty exciting,” she said. McQueen’s “12 Years” film, which debuted on Friday, Oct. 18, counts as a harrowing and unforgettable tale that takes au-
diences back to early America where “a peculiar institution” proved to be the norm. The twohour and 13-minute movie confronts the barbaric reality of this country’s history as it pertains to blacks and slavery. In 1841, Solomon Northup, a free man working as a violinist
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in Saratoga, N.Y., with a wife and two children, set out on a trip to Washington, D.C. Two strangers approached Northup when he arrived in the Nation’s Capital, and claimed to be businessmen seeking to hire a musician. After dining with the men, Northup wakes up to find himself, bound and chained, captured by slave traders. He’s beaten and shipped to the South to be sold, ultimately to a man named Epps, portrayed in the film by Michael Fassbender. The beatings proved to be so grotesque that Fassbender said that he couldn’t watch the retakes during the editing of the film. “It made me sick, I nearly passed out, that’s how real it was,” said Fassbender, 36, who has appeared in such films as “X-Men: First Class,” “Inglourious Basterds,” and “Jane Eyre.” Violence and degradation dominate the film, including a hard-to-watch scene in which Northup stands all day with a noose around his neck as the ground sinks beneath him and other slaves, slave owners and every day folk pass by without acknowledging that he’s even there. “There should be Oscar nods for McQueen, screenwriter John
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Executive Sous Chef Needed
Centerplate is one of North America’s largest providers of quality food and beverage, catering, merchandise and facility management services for many of America’s best-known sports, convention and entertainment venues. As our singular goal is to be #1 in Event Hospitality, all of our managers, chefs and employees are “Hospitality Ambassadors.” ”Craveable Experiences.Raveable Results” ™ We are currently seeking an Executive Sous Chef to work with Convention Center clients at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. The ideal candidate will be professional, and possess excellent organizational skills as well as verbal and written skills. The Executive Sous Chef is responsible for assisting the Executive Chef and Senior Executive Sous Chef with the management and supervision of all food preparation and production to meet the needs of various banquet and concession functions and ensure the adherence to food quality and safety standards. The Executive Sous Chef supervises the Sous Chefs and line employees, takes complete charge of the kitchen in the absence of the Executive Chef and Senior Executive Sous Chef and provides continuous training in accordance with the Executive Chef, Senior Executive Sous Chef and Centerplate policies to all kitchen colleagues. Objectives/ Accountabilities: * Consults and communicates with Executive Chef and Senior Executive Sous Chef regarding pertinent information for the group forecast and special functions. * Supervises and expedites food preparation in accordance with standards of quality, quantity control, taste and presentation as established by the Executive Chef and Senior Executive Sous Chef to ensure consistency in product. * Assists in the development of menus and food specifications to ensure that there are creative menus and the food cost is maintained at an acceptable level. * Completes and reviews Sous Chef orders and daily produce, meat, seafood, and dairy orders according to consumption and demand. * Coordinates distribution of food items to the different functions and gives guidelines to the Sous Chefs. * Directs the culinary staff to ensure proper production, product handling, preparation procedures, dissemination of functions, customer satisfaction and cost and labor controls are kept. * Discusses and consults with the Executive Chef and Senior Executive Sous Chef on banquet menu changes. * Assists in the training of all staff with regards to food preparation, quality standards and health and safety regulations to ensure that all are followed consistently. * Communicates pertinent information to Colleagues and associates in other departments. * In the absence of the Executive Chef and Senior Executive Sous Chef, attends department head staff meetings, Catering meetings and Food & Beverage meetings to allow for communication with all departments. * May be responsible for interviewing and offering positions to line level employees within the Culinary & Stewarding department. * Responsible for management, scheduling and tasking of temporary employees in certain situations. * Assists the Executive Chef and Senior Executive Sous Chef with scheduling and payroll for the department. * Practices and adheres to all health inspection, OSHA and safety requirements for the facility to ensure 100% compliance; if not already serv/safe certified must be within 3 months; interacts closely with the Stewarding department to ensure cleanliness of the kitchen and proper support between both departments. * Inspects all kitchen equipment to ensure everything is in proper working condition and reports any irregularity and defects to the Executive Chef, Senior Executive Sous Chef and G.M. * Other duties as assigned. Qualifications: * 3 years formal culinary school or equivalent experience * Culinary Degree * 3-5 years working all stations in the Kitchen, in high-volume operation, with 2 years supervisory experience * Prior Union experience a plus This position is accompanied by a competitive salary and benefits package. Please send resume to dnalty@centerplate.com **Please include salary requirements when applying** Thank you for expressing interest in employment with Centerplate. While only those candidates considered for this position will be contacted, your resume will remain on file for 90 days. Centerplate is an Equal Opportunity Employer. .
Starbucks Manager Needed to work with Convention Center Centerplate is one of North America’s largest providers of quality food and beverage, catering, merchandise and facility management services for many of America’s best-known sports, convention and entertainment venues. As our singular goal is to be #1 in Event Hospitality, all of our managers, chefs and employees are “Hospitality Ambassadors.” ”Craveable Experiences.Raveable Results” ™ We are currently seeking a Starbucks Manager to work with Convention Center clients at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. The ideal candidate will be professional, and possess excellent organizational skills as well as verbal and written skills. As the head of excellence on the manager level you will be the voice of inspiration to all the partners at your location. Starbucks Managers responsibilities will include generating financial results from maintaining quality beverages and positive customer interactions. Managers train and create amazing partners that will continue the traditions of the Starbucks Experience by providing the quality of service demonstrated by your leadership. Responsibilities: * Scheduling * Management of employees * Starbucks code of excellence * Ordering supplies & stock items * Other duties as assigned Qualifications: * 3 years management experience * Associates Degree preferred * Prior experience with coffee industry such as Starbucks or Caribou This position is accompanied by a competitive salary and benefits package. Please send resume to dnalty@centerplate.com **Please include salary requirements when applying** Thank you for expressing interest in employment with Centerplate. While only those candidates considered for this position will be contacted, your resume will remain on file for 90 days. Centerplate is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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EJIOFOR continued from Page 27 Ridley, lead actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, who gives the performance of a lifetime; and, hopefully, Fassbender, who plays the most compelling big-screen villain this year,” Singleton said. The film would not have been made had it not been for actor and producer Brad Pitt, who has a small but crucial role in the movie. “There are few stars as big-hearted as Pitt with an interest in exploring challenging subjects,” Singleton said. “More should definitely follow his bold example.” Because of films like, “12 Years,” the conversation within the black film community is dominated by the new energy jump-started by the Independent movement, said Ava DuVernay, an associate producer, who has worked on films that include, “The Help,” and “Rush Hour 3.” DuVernay founded the African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement, which she created to distribute films overlooked by mainstream studios. “Fresh studio attention to Indie-bred filmmakers recalls an earlier era, when Spike Lee, with ‘She’s Gotta Have It,’ and Reginald and Warrington Hudlin, with ‘House Party,’ parlayed outsider hits into studio careers,” said DuVernay, 41. Films such as “12 Years,” count among those independent projects DuVernay and others have championed. John Ridley’s deft, well-structured screenplay of “12 Years” balances moments of terror with telling glimpses of Northup’s sad resignation, said film critic Joe Neumaier. “The music in the film underscores gently or, at times, jarringly, a symphonic suggestion of being caught in a machine. Through it all, Ejiofor and Fassbender are astonishing,” Neu-
maier said. In a previous interview, Ejiofor said the movie is a telling portrayal of not only an American story, but one that’s international. “I’ve seen this story, specifically set in America, as an American story, but I’ve always seen the kind of international aspects of slavery, the universal themes that the film is discussing and how this kind of system was imposed throughout the African Diaspora,” said Ejiofor, 36, who has starred in such big screen hits as, “American Gangster,” “Inside Man,” and “Dirty Pretty Things.” “There is an African Diaspora because of this system. So I’ve always seen slavery and read about it and researched it through my life,” Ejiofor said. “Slavery was a global event.” Released on limited screens for its debut, the movie grossed $960,000 from a mere 19 theaters, located throughout the county over the past weekend, according to boxofficemojo. com, which tabulates film receipts. With a $20 million budget, Forbes estimates that “12 Years a Slave,” will eventually gross more than $100 million at the box office. The film, based on Northup’s 1853 memoirs, hints that he had an apparent disregard of the reality of slavery before his abduction, Neumaier said. Yet, his journey into its horrors becomes the audiences’ own. “McQueen has made a film comparable to ‘Schindler’s List,’ art that may be hard to watch, but which is an essential look at man’s inhumanity [toward] man,” Neumaier said. “It’s wrenching, but “12 Years a Slave,” earns its tears in a way few films ever do.” wi www.washingtoninformer.com
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Mitsubishi Regains Relevancy with New Outlander By Njuguna Kabugi WI Contributing Writer In 2012 when Suzuki pulled out of the U.S. auto market, many observers speculated that the next shoe to drop would be Mitsubishi. It’s easy to understand why many think Mitsubishi might not survive for long in the highly competitive U.S. market. Weak sales and declining consumer confidence in the automaker’s vehicles have bedeviled Mitsubishi for years. Its market share now stands at 0.3 percent, a decline from 0.6 percent just before the recession. But things are changing fast and the automaker’s officials say they have strong expectations for the U.S. market. Mitsubishi’s U.S. unit is part of a big global company, so it isn’t under as much pressure to turn around the U.S. performance overnight, as a smaller company like Suzuki would be. Also on the plus side, Mitsubishi sales have begun to inch up – showrooms experienced a 24.3 percent increase this year alone, compared to August 2012. New models, such as this week’s test drive vehicle, the Outlander Sport crossover are leading the way with sales. Available in four-cylinder (SE) and six-cylinder (GT) models, the SUV crossover has sold 2,171 units this year, which is an increase of more than 59 percent compared to the previous model. With a starting MSRP of only $22,995, the new 2014 Mitsubishi Outlander comes with a long list of standard features and is one of the most fuel efficient crossover vehicles in its class with an EPA fuel mileage rating of 31 mpg highway (ES and SE FWD models). The Outlander has also earned the Insurance Institute for www.washingtoninformer.com
Highway Safety (IIHS) “Top Safety Pick+” designation – its highest accolade for vehicles that offer superior crash protection. Slightly lower, lighter, and more carlike than last year’s model, the 2014 Outlander is available with a number of highly advanced safety technologies including radar-based Forward Collision Mitigation (FCM) and Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) systems as well as a camera-based Lane Departure Warning (LDW) system. On the road, the driving experience is competitive with Nissan Rogue and Toyota RAV4 models we have driven in the past few months. Even the base 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine, which now includes variable valve lift as well as timing, feels quite perky on the highway. The GT model packs a more powerful 224-hp V-6 that’s quicker but considerably thirstier and asks for premium fuel. The Outlander’s AWD system, according to several journalist colleagues who have tested it, provides enough toughness for minor off-roading or deep snow. A new electric power steering system, softer springs and more noise insulation give the cabin a quiet, tighter feel. Materials are well above par in almost every respect compared to other roomy compact crossovers we have driven. As one of the lowest-priced vehicles offering three rows of seating, the Outlander can fit up to seven and includes a good driving position (with tilt/telescopic steering) and good headroom and legroom for adults in the second row. For the third row, however, even small children squirm for space after a ride across town. Making anyone sit there should be left for the occasional carpool. wi
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Belafonte Critiques Obama, Social Movements, at IPS Conference By Margaret Summers WI Contributing Writer Noted African-American actor, singer, songwriter and activist Harry Belafonte told a crowd of more than 250 in Washington, D.C.’s Liaison Hotel Metropolitan Ballroom that if organizations like the District-based Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) want President Obama to take more politically progressive domestic and foreign policy positions, they will have to “make him do it.” Belafonte, 87, made his remarks during a plenary session of the IPS’s recent “Ideas into Action Festival,” held to celebrate the think tank’s 50th anniversary. “I never expected to live this long. There’s no virtue in aging. The only consolation I have is that (actor and friend) Sidney Poitier is eight days older than I am.”
IPS was founded in 1964 by two former Kennedy administration officials, White House staffer Marcus Raskin and State Department attorney Richard Barnet. The Northwest-based nonprofit supports national and global movements for peace, justice and the environment through books, films, educating policymakers and the public, and crafting strategies to assist social justice efforts. IPS Fellow Bob Moses directed the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer campaign, in which white and African-American college students traveled to the state to register African Americans to vote. Explaining how activists could make President Obama alter domestic and foreign policy approaches, Belafonte recounted an incident told to him years ago by Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of President Franklin Roosevelt.
“President Roosevelt met with A. Philip Randolph (founder and head of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters). He told Roosevelt he wasn’t using the ‘bully pulpit’ as often as he should (to change conditions for African Americans). President Roosevelt said, ‘There’s nothing you have said that I don’t agree with. But you have to make me do it.’” “I think President Obama has said ‘Make me do it’ in so many words, although not as passionately,” said Belafonte at the Oct. 12 event. “There is much that we can do. I don’t want to take us (progressive activists) off the hook. I said to a friend recently, President Obama may be a great negotiator, but he hasn’t given us enough. He promised us nothing. We have to push events before him in a more vigorous way, to awaken him.”
Belafonte said no president has promised progressive social change. “The difference with the Kennedy administration was what we (activists) did to ‘make them do it.’ There has been an absence of the political Left (in domestic and foreign policy discussions). But I don’t think it’s too late (for the Left to become involved).” Belafonte said he’s encouraged that more young people are becoming activists. He cited Harry Belafonte addresses a plenary panel on Oct.12 at the Institute for Policy Studies 50th the Florida-based Anniversary celebration. /Photo by Nancy Shia youth organization called The Dream Defenders, whose members occupied Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s the charge.” Belafonte would like to see office for a month this summer. They demanded a special legis- more artists in social change eflative session to pass “Trayvon’s forts, specifically rappers. “We Law.” If enacted, the law, among have felt the sting of the absence other things, would repeal Florida’s Stand Your Ground law, of the voices of culture,” he said. which Trayvon Martin’s killer “But some artists have stepped George Zimmerman evoked to into the empty space and said justify using deadly force against ‘Count on me.’” He named rapthe unarmed African-American teenager. Belafonte joined the per Chuck D of Public Enemy demonstrators and urged them and actor Jamie Foxx as allies. to remain strong. Other plenary speakers in“We (in the civil rights move- cluded Katrina vanden Heuvel, ment) didn’t pass the baton to 54, editor and publisher of The young people,” he said. “We fought for the right to vote but Nation magazine, who discussed when (African-American) peo- the role of alternative news meple got the spirit to vote, they dia in social change; Sarita Gupasked ‘Who are we voting for ta, 39, executive director of Jobs and what are we voting for?’ The with Justice, who said the labor only people they trusted were those in the civil rights move- movement should consider organizing freelance and home ment,” Belafonte said. “But many of us left (the civ- health care workers; Phyllis il rights movement) to run for Bennis, 62, IPS’ New Internaelected office, or when things tionalism Project Director, who opened up in industry to take jobs. I left to become involved in detailed how “people power” the anti-South African apartheid averted a U.S. war against Syria; movement. We didn’t do this and moderator Amy Goodman, out of (meanness). But we left 56, host and executive producour ‘homes’ unattended. Now we (activists) are re-grouping, er of Democracy Now! a daily, and I’m happy that there are so national independent broadcast many young people to take up news program. wi
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By Terri Schlichenmeyer WI Contributing Writer It’s always in the last place you looked. You know how it is: you’ve lost something. You look beneath, above, in and out, corners and cabinets. You turn the house upside down but no matter where you look, it’s always in the last place you’d expect to find it. It almost makes you lose your mind. But there are worse things to misplace: love, for instance, and in the new novel, “Losing to Win” by Michele Grant, a loss might result in a bigger gain. Carissa Melody Wayne was ambushed. There was no other way to consider it: on the last day of school, while cleaning her classroom, she was called to the auditorium. That was never a good sign but on that day, it was doubly bad. Carissa learned that she’d been tapped to appear on a reality weight-loss show, along with several people from her past – including her ex-fiancé, the man she never wanted to see again. Malachi Knight had been Carissa’s best friend. They’d been together since high school, but not long before the ambush, Carissa left him standing in his Houston mansion when she realized his NFL career was more important to him than she was. Her dreams didn’t matter anymore, which broke her heart so she broke it off. But, of course, big ratings are the reason for reality shows and nothing would achieve that faster than putting two old lovers together. Because there were big bucks at stake, as well as help for her struggling Louisiana town, Carissa agreed to www.washingtoninformer.com
go along with the hot mess … but she didn’t have to like it. When Malachi’s football career tanked due to an injury, he knew he had a lot of reconsidering to do. He’d lost his future, in more ways than one: no football, no Super Bowl, and no Carissa. He vowed to fix all three losses, and this reality show was just the ticket. He’d lose 50 pounds, get in shape, reignite his career, and get back with the woman he’d always loved. It was easy for Carissa to slip back into a relationship with Mal. It was easy to slip back into his bed. But if Carissa trusted Mal again, was it really a winwin situation? Looking for something fluffy-light for your fall reading? “Losing to Win” may be what you need: it’s a classic boy-getsgirl romance that doesn’t let you know which boy gets the girl until the end. That was a nice surprise, actually: author Michele Grant gives her strong main character lots of choices, including that of remaining single. In a romance, that’s unusual and here, it’s refreshing because readers know that Grant’s Carissa will be fine, no matter who she chooses (or doesn’t). Surely, you’ll have a preference for her, which is part of the appeal of a book like this. Readers who are looking for a marshmallow will enjoy this book, and romance lovers will eat it up. If that’s you, then I definitely think “Losing to Win” is what to look for.wi
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ARIES An unexpected clash may arise this week from an unlikely area. Try to maintain a position as mediator, rather than joining the fray. Loyalties may be stretched, but they won’t break. What you need is within you. Go there and get it. Soul Affirmation: My spirit will fill me with gladness. Lucky Numbers: 14, 37, 44 TAURUS Co-workers or customers may be grumpy this week. Don’t take it personally. Dwell in your peaceful inner space and the space around you will reflect the peaceful vibrations. Soul Affirmation: Jewelry reflects the beauty of my feelings about myself. Lucky Numbers: 8, 45, 51 GEMINI You feel centered this week and full of efficient energy. Use this week to accomplish tasks, make plans, and finalize arrangements that need to be made. Face into personal responsibilities with love and pleasure now. Soul Affirmation: I enjoy discovering new territory this week. Lucky Numbers: 12, 14, 29 CANCER You can build a bridge with your imagination to reach the person you want to meet. Build the very best bridge your imagination can afford. Your soul-mate will then cross over to you. Your intentions are warm and sincere. Soul Affirmation: Being true to others is the way to be true to myself. Lucky Numbers: 13, 29, 40 LEO You need to relax. The urge to do everything will take a toll on you this week unless you make a concerted effort to slow your own vibes down. Think peace love and happiness and let them be real values for you. Feed your soul. Soul Affirmation: I calm my emotions by forgetting about the past. Lucky Numbers: 23, 31, 40 VIRGO You’ll be efficient and productive this week if you got some rest. Slow down. Sometimes less is more, and you’ll see you’re doing better than most. Use your talents to create some free time for yourself. Soul Affirmation: I go inside myself to find peace and joy this week. Lucky Numbers: 18, 29, 41 LIBRA Someone wants to argue, and it’s up to you to walk away. It’s easy to let go of any idea of control if you remember that you are only responsible for your own feelings. Act healthy this week and enjoy your life. Soul Affirmation: As chances come around again. I take advantage of them. Lucky Numbers: 27, 33, 44 SCORPIO Be flexible as others present changes and new schedules for a group activity. Your easy-going attitude will allow you to reschedule appointments easily. Watch the sun rise it’ll be good for your spirits! Soul Affirmation: I release internal pressure by enjoying the beauties of the world around me. Lucky Numbers: 22, 26, 29 SAGITTARIUS Give your busy brain a rest and work your body this week. It’s a great day for physical activity that can loosen up muscles and relieve tensions. You’ll receive some practical advice from a distant relative. Soul Affirmation: Newness of outlook helps me deal with the monotonies of life. Lucky Numbers: 2, 16, 33 CAPRICORN Family responsibilities may feel like a chore this week. If you relinquish control of the situation, a natural order will occur, and things will organize themselves. You can let people be who they are. Soul Affirmation: I call on my creative talents to pay my bills. Lucky Numbers: 5, 9, 42 AQUARIUS A secret may be revealed in a casual conversation. Your confidence is valued and appreciated. Take it all in! There’s no returning to what has been once you realize the gift you’ve been given. Soul Affirmation: Helping others is the true measure of my worth. Lucky Numbers: 12, 13, 27 PISCES A friend from the past could suddenly appear in your life. This could be a highly beneficial reunion for both of you. Let bygones be bygones, and renew this friendship. Love isn’t used up just because it’s shared. Soul Affirmation: Charm is my middle name this week. Lucky Numbers: 4, 17, 18
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Late Legend is Focus of PBS Documentary, DVD By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer More than 43 years after his death and 46 years after the seminal, “Purple Haze,” recording, legendary musician Jimi Hendrix will be the subject of a television special on PBS next month. The documentary, “Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train A Comin’,” will also be released Monday, Nov. 4 on DVD and Blu-ray, and will feature a bevy of previously unseen footage, including concert performances, home movies and photographs of the Seattle, Wash., native who died on September 18, 1970 at the age of 27. “As a music fan, it’s inconceivable to not have this as part of your collection,” said Will Hunter, a Northwest resident and disc jockey who said he witnessed Hendrix live at the famed Woodstock, N.Y. Music Festival in 1969. “This guy died before people could realize his true talent,” said Hunter, 64. “He was an original. Without him, there’s no Prince, there’s no Sly Stone and greats like that.” The two-hour documentary also includes the rare, “Jimi Hendrix Experience: Miami Pop Festival,” the first-ever release of one of the guitar virtuoso’s most sought-after performances, as originally recorded by Hendrix and his longtime sound engineer, Eddie Kramer. The Miami event, the first major rock festival on the east coast, contains the first stage performance of, “Hear My Train A Comin’,” and “Tax Free,” while showcasing definitive live takes on such Hendrix classics as, “Fire,” “I Don’t Live Today,” and “Purple Haze.” The May 1968 festival jump-started the career of Michael Lang, who later organized Woodstock, the largest pop culture event of the decade. Recently recovered film footage of Hendrix at the festival counts among the previously unseen treasures showcased in the new documentary and DVD release. “I took to Jimi Hendrix right away, just as a man. Then he asked if he could jam, and he came up and did, ‘Killing Floor,’ and it blew me away,” said superstar guitarist Eric Clapton. “I was floored by his technique and his choice of notes, of sounds. I fell www.washingtoninformer.com
in love, straightaway. He became a soulmate for me and, musically, what I wanted to hear,” said Clapton, 68. Widely recognized as one of the most creative and influential musicians of the 20th century, Hendrix pioneered the explosive possibilities of the electric guitar. His innovative style of combining fuzz, feedback and controlled distortion created a new musical form. “Jimi couldn’t read or write, so his ascension to greatness was even more amazing when you consider that,” Hunter said. Prince, Sly Stone, George Clinton and Miles Davis are among the many who said they were influenced in some way by Hendrix. However, Hendrix noted in past interviews that he had been influenced by B.B. King, the late Jimmy Reed, Albert King and R&B contemporary Curtis Mayfield. Born Johnny Allen Hendrix on Nov. 27, 1942, in Seattle, Hendrix’s father later changed his son’s name to James Marshall Hendrix and, eventually, he became known as Jimi. The younger Hendrix left home in 1961 to join the United States Army and, in November 1962, he earned the right to wear the “Screaming Eagles” patch for the paratroop division. While stationed at Fort Campbell, Ky., Hendrix formed his first band, “The King Casuals.” By 1965, Hendrix had performed with Tina Turner, Sam Cooke, the Isley Brothers, and Little Richard. His first single, “Hey Joe,” spent 10 weeks on the United Kingdom music charts, topping out at No. 6 in 1967. The Monterey International Pop Festival in 1967 put Hendrix on the map in the United States and forever solidified his status among the greats in music history. At the festival, he unleashed the hit, “Wild Thing,” which catapulted Hendrix to new heights. With his band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, the rock star quickly became one of the highest grossing and most popular musicians in the world. For Woodstock in 1969, Hendrix joined forces with several of the more eclectic musicians in the country and helped make the experience memorable for hundreds of thousands who attended. “His music was so visual. When he played a song and want-
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from the Miami festival includes direction from Bob Smeaton, whose other documentaries include, “The Beatles Anthology,” “Festival Express,” and others. “The biggest challenge was that having done a number of
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Hendrix projects in the past, I had to find a way of getting everything I wanted into the film without having it run six hours,” Smeaton said. “The hardest thing is trying to stay fresh.”wi
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In a continued effort to bring a Diasporic glimpse of black culture to our readers, Washington Informer editor, Shantella Sherman traveled to England to take part in the monthlong British celebration of Black History Month. In addition to covering several events that captured the unique and diverse nuances of Afro-British culture, (all of which will be explored in a series of stories beginning October 30), The Washington Informer enjoyed the distinction of being the only African-American newspaper on record to enter the House of Lords as a guest of a Member of Parliament. In the coming weeks, readers will be introduced to Black British writers, including Courttia Newland, whose work has facilitated a deeper understanding of Black British youth culture and columnist Gary Younge, whose analysis of Dr. King’s I Have a Dream speech and its implications in the UK, form the basis for his new book, The Speech. Additionally, the British Black Panther Movement (which operated alongside its American counterpart), and Lord Clive Soley’s ongoing efforts to erect a statue of Jamaican nurse and Crimean War agent Mary Seacole, will be featured. The food, arts, designers, and lifestyles of Afro-Brits will be presented within the frame of the global black beauty aesthetic and examined using interviews with former Pride magazine editor and motivational speaker Sherry Ann Dixon. /Photos by Shantella Y. Sherman
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Washington Redskins Defeat Chicago Bears 45-41
Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III scrambles for a gain in the first quarter on Sunday, Oct. 20 at FedEx Field in Landover, Md. Griffin ran for 298 yards and rushed for 88 yards as the Redskins defeated Chicago 45-41. /Photo by John E. De Freitas
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Washington Redskins wide receiver Leonard Hankerson leaves Chicago safety Chris Conte behind and heads to the goal line, but the play was ruled dead because Hankerson stepped out of bounds on Sunday, Oct. 20 at FedEx Field in Landover, Md. The Redskins defeated Chicago 45-41. /Photo by John E. De Freitas
Washington Redskins running back Roy Helu Jr. rolls over the goal line leaving Chicago defensive back Charles Tillman behind on Sunday, Oct. 20 at FedEx Field in Landover, Md. The Redskins defeated Chicago 45-41. /Photo by John E. De Freitas
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Redskins Prevail in Much-needed Victory
Robert Griffin III Leads Shoot-Out Win over Bears By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer Jordan Reed caught nine passes for 134 yards, including a touchdown to help lead the Washington Redskins to a wild 45-41 victory over the Chicago Bears at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., on Sunday, Oct. 20. The win boosted the Skins record to 2-4 and revived a season that appeared on the brink of disaster, just one week after a 31-16 thrashing at the hands of division rival, Dallas Cowboys. “We’re back in the playoff hunt,” said Evan Dorsey, a longtime Skins fan who lives in Southeast. “This was close and Chicago is a great team, but we were able to pull it out in the end,” said Dorsey, 42. Alfred Morris ran for 95 yards, including a 21-yard dash that put the Skins in scoring position, leading to seven of the 45 points. Bears star quarterback Jay Cutler suffered an injury after being sacked early in the second quarter by nose tackle Chris Baker, forcing Cutler out of the game. Although the win came against the Bears’ backup quarterback and with many of Chicago’s top defenders hurting, it still counted as a breakout performance by running back Roy Helu, who scored a career-high three touchdowns on just 11 carries, including the game winner with 45 seconds left. For the most part, quarterback Robert Griffin III also played well, completing 18 of 29 passes for 298 yards and two touchwww.washingtoninformer.com
downs. Although he threw an interception, Griffin rushed for 84 yards on 11 carries, mystifying a bruised Bears defense. After falling behind late, Griffin led the winning drive that ended with a 3-yard touchdown run by Helu. The young quarterback set up the touchdown with a 10-yard pass completion to Reed on third-and-four from the 13-yard line. Earlier in the drive, Griffin converted on third down with a 7-yard pass to wide receiver Pierre Garcon. “We will take a win anyway we can get it,” said Abigail Dorsey, who counted among the more than 82,000 who attended the game. “It proves that we’re not dead yet and it proves that we still have one of the best quarterbacks in all of football,” said Dorsey, 39. While not the prettiest of victories, those around the National Football League may have noticed that Griffin seems to have fully recovered from the devastating injury he suffered during a playoff game against Seattle last year. “I think the mental part of it that I [got over] was not thinking out on the field, just reacting,” said Griffin, 23. Griffin said the team still has a lot to improve on and next week will present the biggest challenge yet, a date against Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos at Mile High Stadium in Denver, Colo. “When we watch the film, we won’t watch it with smiles on our faces,” Griffin said. “But, I think
we made enough plays to win the game [against the Bears], and that’s all that matters.” He said the Redskins were prepared for the challenge against the mighty Bears, also known as the Monsters of the Midway. “I just felt like we were in sync. We all refer to last year, even [me], the coaches, the media, because last year was a great year for us offensively,” Griffin said. The win moved the Redskins to just one game back in the loss column of the 4-3 Cowboys, who defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 17-3 on Sunday, Oct. 20. A win against the Broncos coupled with a Cowboys loss to the Lions at Detroit on Sunday, Oct. 27, would pull the Redskins, the defending division champions, even in the loss column just onehalf game out of first place. “Every game is big, but we sure needed the win against the Bears after being 1-4,” head coach Mike Shanahan said. “You don’t want to dig yourself a bigger hole. (Griffin) made some big plays and he was able to run the ball. He competed in the running game and made some big time throws on the run,” Shanahan said. “He led us on a great drive, a final drive, to put us in the end zone. Now, it’s on to Denver, who has an excellent football team.”wi The Washington Informer
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Domestic Violence Month – The Big Secret
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Although her heart didn’t want to go against him, she knew! Darlene tells me, she wanted to believe he would not abuse her again as he had so often promised. The harsh and painful reality for her was, she was also hurting her family, her 13-year-old son, was subjected to fights day-afterday; plus Darlene had custody of her youngest sister’s daughter; remember I recounted her story in a previous column. Darlene sister, Ina Mae was killed by her partner who happened to be a police officer. Here the young girl was living in a home where her primary caregiver was being beaten and abused again. A family curse continued. What she was doing to her family, is what all abused mothers have done while living in a marriage with domestic violence. There were many breakups during this short marriage, finally ending in divorce. Darlene knew in her spirit that if she went back to him that one last time, he would have killed her. Women in violent relationships often forget they are not the only victims of this crime. Not only is there an emotional toll on the other people living in the home, but it’s also dangerous for them as well. (70 percent of the time when a man is abusing his wife he is also abusing the children living in the home). Darlene began to wonder, ‘How did I get here?’ ‘How do smart women like me, my aunt and my cousin end up in physically abusive relationships?’
This week, my series continues on the topic of domestic violence, “The Big Secret.� This story picked up by the National Newspaper Publishers Association, is now reaching women all across America. It’s my chance to reach millions of victims living with domestic violence daily; women who suffer, are brutalized, murdered, and in many instances, their children are shot, stabbed, and burned to death too. The entire family is at risk, it’s literally killing families! According to Domestic Violence Statistics, a national non-profit organization, domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women – more than car accidents, muggings, and rapes combined. In this column, I share yet another sad story. Darlene Greene, formerly from Chicago, Ill., has founded The Ina Mae Greene Foundation: For My Sisters, a non-profit with the mission, to save women from the devastation of domestic violence. Darlene Greene now resides in Grand Prairie, Texas, near Dallas; she’s a survivor of domestic abuse. Once married to a man with a monstrous personality, her life was turned upside down. Even as a newlywed, her husband became physically, emotionally and financially abusive. The man she thought would love and cherish her, he was highly respected in the church where he professed salvation in Christ, was like living with an untamed, dangerous animal!
with Lyndia Grant Darlene and her family were living the legacy handed down by the women in the family. Why? Because they didn’t know violence and physical fighting wasn’t a normal part of a healthy relationship. After all, that’s the way it was in that family. One day, Darlene divorced him! Now, she has a healthy lifestyle, her foundation helps. The curse is broken! We must teach our daughters and our sons that violence of any kind is unacceptable. Recognize bad behavior and get out immediately. Repeat these scriptures, Colossians 3:19 says, “Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them. And 1st Peter 3:7 says, “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.wi
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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.
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
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
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
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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
(Disciples of Christ) 1812 12th Street, NW Washington, DC 20009 Phone: 202-265-4494 Fax: 202 265 4340
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
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. Bishop 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
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”
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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
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.
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Isle of Patmos Baptist Church
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
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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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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.
2324 Ontario Road, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 232-1730 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
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St. Luke Baptist Church
Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor
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
Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor
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
King Emmanuel Baptist Church
Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 A.M. Sunday School: 8:30 A.M. Holy Communion1st Sunday: 10:00 A.M. Prayer Service: Wednesday at 6:30 P.M. Bible Study: Wednesday at 7:00 P.M.
Mount Moriah Baptist Church 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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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
Rehoboth Baptist Church
Salem 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
Holy Trinity United 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
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5606 Marlboro Pike District Heights, MD 20747 301-735-6005
Dr. C. Matthew Hudson, Jr, Pastor
Elder Herman L. Simms, Pastor
2616 MLK Ave., SE • Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 • Fax 202-678-3304
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 Senior Pastor 13701 Old Jericho Park Road Bowie, MD. 20720 (301) 262-0560 Services: Sunday Worship 11 AM Sunday School 10 AM Wednesday Mid-Week Worship, Prayer & Bible Study - Wed. 7 PM “A Church Where Love Is Essential and Praise is Intentional”
Shiloh Baptist Church
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 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 “The Loving Church of the living lord “ Email Address pbcexec@verizon.net
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 Motto: God First
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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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legal notices SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013 ADM 1045 Edna Pettaway aka Edna M. Pettaway Decedent James Larry Frazier, Esq. 918 Maryland Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Curtis Mayhew, whose address is 2158 Mager Drive, Herndon, VA 20170, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Edna Pettaway aka Edna M. Pettaway, who died on November 3, 2012 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 24, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 24, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication: October 24, 2013 Curtis Mayhew Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY
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Administration No. 2013 ADM 1044 Elizabeth Brice Decedent
COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Notice of Standard Probate
Louvenia W. Williams, Esq. 9500 Arena Drive, Suite 260 Largo, MD 20774 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
October 10, 2013
Alan Furman, whose address is 11138 Forest Edge Drive, Reston, VA 20190, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Jerome L. Furman aka Jerome Leroy Furman, who died on August 15, 2012 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 10, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 10, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.
Cynthia D. Barnes, M.D.
Date of first publication: October 10, 2013
Date of first publication: October 10, 2013
Alan Furman Personal Representative
Charles E. Grady, Jr. Annie L. Smith Personal Representative
Funicello Haynes, whose address is 3223 6th St., SE, Washington, DC 20032, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Elizabeth Brice, who died on August 28, 2013 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 24, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 24, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.
Administrative No. 2013 ADM 990
Deceased
Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Cynthia D. Barnes, M.D. for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal representative. Unless a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth. Admit to probate the Will (copy) date September 9, 1996 exhibited with the petition upon proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution by affidavit of witnesses or otherwise.
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
Administration No. 2013 ADM 889
Register of Wills Washington Informer
Administration No. 2012 ADM 60
Administration No. 2013 ADM 903
Calvin C. Thomas aka Calvon C. Thomas Decedent
Andrew Spurgeon, Jr. Decedent
Thomas Alexander Hart Decedent
James Larry Frazier, Esq. 918 Maryland Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 Attorney
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
Thomas A. Hart, Jr. Quarles & Brady LLP 1700 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20008 Attorney
Felix Inge, Jr., whose address is 5101 North Capitol Street, NE, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Calvin C. Thomas aka Calvon C. Thomas, who died on July 16, 2013 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 24, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 24, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication: October 24, 2014
Leroy Spurgeon, Andre Spurgeon, and Karen Spurgeon, whose addresses are 5455 Bass Pl., SE; 910 57th Pl., Washington, DC 20019, Fairmont Hghts, MD 20743 and 5432 Bass PL., SE, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Andrew Spurgeon, Jr., who died on August 13, 2011 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 24, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 24, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication: October 24, 2013
Felix Inge, Jr. Personal Representative
Leroy Spurgeon Andre Spurgeon Karen Spurgeon Personal Representative
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Administration No. 2013 ADM 919
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
Estate of
Anne Meister
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
Administration No. 2013 ADM 950
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
Charles E. Grady, Sr. aka Charles Edward Grady, Sr. Decedent
Frederick W. Barnes
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Jerome L. Furman aka Jerome Leroy Furman Decedent
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Brenda G. Hart, whose address is 3616 Breeland Avenue, Louisville, KY 40241, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Thomas Alexander Hart, who died on January 5, 2013 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 10, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 10, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication: October 10, 2013 Brenda G. Hart Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer
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Charles E. Grady, Jr. and Annie L. Smith, whose addresses are 340 Quackenbos St., NW, Washington, DC 20011 & 2402 Brooks Dr., Suitland, MD 20746, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Charles E. Grady, Sr. aka Charles Edward Grady, Sr., who died on August 10, 2013 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 10, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 10, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.
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Foreign No. 2013 FEP 110
Administration Number 2013 ADM 1057
June 20, 2008 Date of Death
Estate of Ouida Coley aka Ouida F. Coley Deceased
Richard Aebersold Name of Decedent
NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Rosemary Keffler, Esquire whose address is 214 Merrimac Court/P.O. Box 876, Prince Frederick, MD 20678 was appointed personal representative of the estate of, Richard Aebersold, deceased, by the Orphans Court for Howard County, State of Maryland, on September 22, 2009. Service of process may be made upon Sean Alai, 4100 W St., NW, #510, Washington, DC 20007 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real estate: 2323 40th Street, NW, Washington, DC. Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, Building A, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice. Date of first publication: October 17, 2013
Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Carroll C. Coley for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal representative. Unless a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth. Admit to probate the Will dated April 22, 2013 exhibited with the petition upon proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution by affidavit of witnesses Order any interested person to show cause why the provisions of the lost or destroyed will dated April 22, 2013 should not be admitted to probate as expressed in the petition In the absence of a Will or proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution, enter an order determining that the decedent died interstate appoint an unsupervised personal representative. Date of first publication: October 17, 2013 Carroll C. Coley Personal Representative
Rosemary Keffler, Esquire Personal Representative
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Administration No. 2013 ADM 1060
Foreign No. 2013 FEP 109
Junius M. Thomas Sr. aka Junius McKinley Thomas Sr. Decedent
December 1, 2002 Date of Death
Attorney Ethel Mitchell, Wills and Trusts LLC 1050 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 1045 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney
Bret T. Jarrelle Name of Decedent
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
Rosemary Keffler, Esquire whose address is 214 Merrimac Court/P.O. Box 876, Prince Frederick, MD 20678 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Bret T. Jarrelle, deceased, by the Orphans Court for St. Mary’s County, State of Maryland, on July 14, 2009. Service of process may be made upon Sean Alai, 4100 W St. NW, #510, Washington, DC 20007 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real estate: 2323 40th Street, NW, Washington, DC Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, Building A, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice.
Janis Renee Thomas, whose address is 44 Randolph NW, Washington, DC 20001, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Junius M. Thomas Sr. aka Junius McKinley Thomas Sr., who died on April 14, 2013 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 24, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 24, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.
Date of first publication: October 24, 2013 Janis Renee Thomas Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Date of first publication: October 17, 2013
Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
Administration No. 2013 ADM 1030
Administration No. 2013 ADM 1033
Jeffrey M. Ford Decedent
Beatrice C. Judge Decedent
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Perryn R. Ford and Ann Brewton Ford, whose addresses are 5813 Monmouth Ct., Bryana Road, MD 20616 and 615 U St., NW, Washington, DC 20001, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Jeffrey M. Ford, who died on July 28, 2013 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 17, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 17, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication: October 17, 2013
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
Johnny M. Howard, HOUSTON & HOWARD 1001 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 402 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney
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Johnny M. Howard, HOUSTON & HOWARD 1001 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 402 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Barbara Wallace, whose address is 9579 Valencia Ave., Concord, NC 28027, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Beatrice C. Judge, who died on June 20, 2012 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 17, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 17, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication: October 17, 2013
Perryn R. Ford Ann Brewton Ford Personal Representative
Barbara Wallace Personal Representative
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edelman continued from Page 25 that those children all hit, regardless of race or ethnicity or poverty. For example, we found that they needed to be able to read at some level in kindergarten. Well, that demanded that we have an early childhood program,” Weast explained. When the county began setting goals for kindergarten readiness, only about 30 percent of kindergarteners met the standards. The schools shared their new standards for school readiness with everyone in the county from Head Start programs to private preschools and child care providers and offered early care providers curriculum materials and training. A decade into their efforts, even with large increases in the number of children living in poverty and children who didn’t speak English at home, 90 percent of incoming students were ready for
CURRY continued from Page 25 slope that eventually turns Medicare into another type of Medicaid, a program perceived to be for the poor and therefore vulnerable to budget cuts. “But why even suggest cutting Medicare at all, when the program isn’t responsible for the large budget deficits projected a decade or more from now? Medicare itself is enormously efficient; its administrative costs are far lower than commercial health insurance.” Equally troubling are the signals the president is already sending on the budget. “Keep in mind that the budget that we are going to pass under any deal is going to be the Republican budget. It will have cuts that are much more substantial than Democrats would prefer,” Obama said in an interview with New York’s WABC-TV two days before the government reopened. “The Democrats have not asked for anything to reopen the government. The Democrats haven’t asked for any-
daniels continued from Page 25 establishment Republicans and vow not to back down from the next confrontation. You can take them at their word because, despite its defeat in the Congress and battering in the polls, the fact is the Tea Party did force the GOP pragmatists to allow their radical scheme to shut down the United States government– throwing tens of thousands of government employees temporarily out of work, temporarily blocking millions of Americans from access to government services – and causing more than $20 billion in dam-
kindergarten and 90 percent were leaving kindergarten with the right reading skills—“and then bingo. They were on a track for success.” Eventually parents, educators, business leaders, and even students themselves were all on the same page about where they wanted the county’s children to be. We all worked together as a team, kind of like the old game of Tug the Rope. We all got on the same rope, and we all pulled, “Weast stated. “The success that Montgomery had was due in a major part to listening to the Montgomery County employees, the Montgomery County parents, and putting it in a particular perspective [so] people could see that we weren’t doing this just to be do-gooders, but it was an economic imperative. It was an imperative to bring jobs into the community. It was an imperative to help those who are here and who are about to come.” It’s a strategy for getting it right
right from the start that has had great results for Montgomery County’s children. As Superintendent Weast emphasized, what Montgomery County has done could and should be happening all across the nation. “Everything that we did could actually easily be replicated anywhere in the country,” he said. “All you have to do is learn to work together. All you have to do is ask under what conditions can we get these outcomes. All you have to do is to quit talking about it and start doing it, because if you start doing it, you will learn from your mistakes . . . We have to do this, and it’s going to take every one of us pulling together.” wiMarian 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.
thing for paying our bills on time.” The last time I checked, the Senate and the executive branch were controlled by Democrats. Republicans control only the House. Given that reality, why does President Obama feel that the nation will be stuck with a “Republican budget”? Second, Obama correctly noted that Democrats have not asked for anything to reopen the government or raise the debt ceiling. And, as Congressman Gregory W. Meeks of New York observed, that is the problem. Meeks told Politico, “At no point have we said what our demands are. All you’ve heard was what their demands are. Maybe we should put down what our demands are of what we need and what we want because there’s things that are important and dear to us also, and then the negotiations start from there.” The tragedy is that Democrats won’t hold out even when public opinion is on their side. The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press conducted a survey in March asking: What is more important, taking steps to reduce the national debt or keeping
Social Security and Medicare benefits as they are? According to Pew, 55 percent favored keeping Social Security and Medicare benefits as they are, 34 percent preferred taking steps to reduce the national debt, and 11 percent said both equally. Yet, Obama is willing to make concessions on Social Security and Medicare. With no demands on the table, it’s impossible to know what, if anything, is important to the Democratic Party anymore. That’s not the case with the Teapublicans. Love or hate them, they have clearly and forcefully stated they want to privatize Social Security, turn Medicare into a voucher system, and want deep cuts in social programs. They have not only articulated their priorities, they have demonstrated with the shutdown how far they are willing to go to fight for their misguided beliefs. What are Democrats willing to fight to the end for? If you find out, please let me know. wi
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shutdown crisis showed, bastions of a voting bloc which values its “ideological purity” above the country’s political traditions and economic viability. True, those kinds of voters have always existed in America. But it’s not a comforting thought to understand the last time such a group exercised significant political power was when the regime of Jim Crow ruled the South. wi Lee A. Daniels is a longtime journalist based in New York City. His latest book is Last Chance: The Political Threat to Black America.
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the Affordable Health Care Act, but we will never agree that the Affordable Care Act is worse than slavery. If you don’t know anything about slavery, pick up a book. In 1831, picking up a book in more than 15 states was illegal. And so was a Black person voting. Only after you feel the lash of slavery, directly or indirectly, can you speak to this. You are generating headlines but not good sense with your misplaced slavery comparisons.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.
don’t forget CEOs, Black Fortune 500 CEOs. But fear the backlash. Sometime in November, the founder of Judicial Watch, who said President Obama should “put down the Quran” and “get up off his knees” is calling for a “second non-violent American revolution” to literally chase the incumbent president out of office, three years before his term even nears expiration. When does this smoldering White hatred of Black success boil over as it has in the past? In Tulsa, Okla., in 1921 the most successful Black neighborhood in America was destroyed by White jealousy turned to bombs and bullets and nooses. In 1915 filmmaker D.W. Griffith produced his epic “The Clansman,” renamed “The Birth of a Nation,” championing the
rise of the cowardly “Invisible Empire,” the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, and Griffith is still celebrated today as a film genius whose techniques are taught in film schools around the country. That was 98 years ago. As we see with the Johnny Reb Tea Party uprising, the Klan is rising again in 2013. But the most haunting anniversary will be 75 years old when that one of dozens of Obama haters leads his legions to Washington demanding the president stop “worshiping Allah” and step down from office. Fully ONE FOURTH of all Republicans actually believe President Obama to be a Muslim, a socialist, or both. That will be the anniversary of Kristallnacht, Nov. 9-10, 1938 – literally the night of the broken glass – when Jewish businesses were trashed in Germany, 91 Jews were murdered (sound like Tulsa 17 years ear-
lier?) and a whopping 30,000 were arrested for being what Black people are in America today – successful. They were judges. They were CEOs. They were at the top of their game, before the Third Reich, before the endless pogroms. As long as Black people are in want and dependent on White largesse and even the lowliest White person can feel superior to all Black folks regardless of the Black person’s achievement, then everything is “kosher.” But you let Black people rise up and defy that stereotype as is happening today, and Mr. Backlash is sure to follow. Black people, White people believe, must be forcibly taught a lesson, and put back in their place! You can’t make this stuff up. You just wait. We’ll all see what happens. wi
that now plague the city. That is, unless the voters elect folks who are not only concerned but competent, and candidates who have demonstrated their professional abilities and willingness to tackle and solve tough issues. The ridiculousness of political engagement must stop, especially among Black people. We must be informed to the degree that no one can simply hand us a flyer with a list of candidates for whom we should blindly vote. We suffer the most from political incompetence and disregard, yet we are so loyal to those who do us wrong; we keep coming back to them the way an abused spouse keeps returning for more abuse. We keep electing folks
who make empty promises and lay out nebulous solutions that, in the end, never benefit us. We keep listening to and believing political hacks that are only in the game for their own self-enrichment, as they lead us to the cliff and then step aside to allow us to plummet to the rocks below. The Black electorate needs the most from politicians but obtains the least; our families are at the highest risk from do-nothing politicians; and we are the ones most affected by cuts, layoffs, pension fund reductions, and all the other negative aspects of political control. Don’t you want local and national politicians who are competent, solution-oriented, and have the “audacity” to
buck the status quo to get things done? Ultimately, despite politics as usual, our caveat is clear: We must “seek for ourselves,” as Richard Allen told Black folks back in the 1700s. As someone said, “A government big enough to give you everything you need is a government big enough to take everything you have.” Wake up! Vote intelligently. Jim Clingman, founder of the Greater Cincinnati African American Chamber of Commerce, is the nation’s most prolific writer on economic empowerment for Black people. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati and can be reached through his Web site, blackonomics.com.
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clingman continued from Page 26 merely moving from one crisis to the next and asking us to vote for them the next time around. Why should we? The shenanigans we see on a national level also take place locally. The “Bi-Polar Electorate” continues to put people in office who have demonstrated incompetence, a lack of business acumen, and a total disregard for the people who elected them. They only come around when
they want our votes, and many of them have absolutely nothing of substance to show for their previous stint of ruler-ship over us. Yet, we will allow ourselves to be swooned and swayed to vote for them again, for the simplest of reasons, knowing they have failed us in the past. In Cincinnati, voters passed a law that now allows council members to reign for four years instead of two years. That means voters will have to suffer twice as long under the ineptness, the self-interest and pompous attitudes of individual politicians, and the myriad of financial crises
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