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Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, flanked by members of his staff, exit the Capital building, Monday, September 30, having been unable to reach a compromise on the language of the Obamacare funding bill that would have avoided a federal government shutdown. / Photo by Khalid Naji-Allah

Timothy Heath*, a 40-year-old federal government employee, has had a front-row seat to the wrestling match between Democratic and Republican Congressional leaders for months. As the two factions spar for supremacy over a spending bill and other political issues, Heath said the thrusts and parries, finger pointing, accusations and recriminations, had done little more than lead the nation to the inevitable: In inability to agree on legislation that would fund the government and a government shutdown. So on Tuesday morning instead of being at work on Capitol Hill, Heath was home in bed. “I expected the government to close down because they kept delaying the budget,” said the Maryland resident, who requested anonymity for fear of losing his job. “I think both sides were holding their ground. Democrats made it clear early that they would stand their ground and Republicans played hardball.” “I was at work until 12:30 this morning waiting to see if they’d make a deal, tying up loose ends,” he said. “People are disgusted, frustrated and worried about paying their rent. This is an expensive city. They’re talking about how they’re gonna pay

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their bills.” Heath said he, like many of his co-workers blame the Republicans for the shutdown and financial uncertainty of the nation. “They are trying to hold the nation hostage to have [certain] language removed from the spending bill; that’s terroristic,” Heath said. It’s estimated that the employees will lose $1 billion a week and the shutdown could cost $55 billion a month overall. Heath said he has some money stashed away so he’s not in a dire predicament yet. “It depends on how long the standoff drags on,” he explained. “Right now it’s a standoff. It depends on who’s willing concede. The government’s closed and now it’s a political staring contest. Whoever blinks first is the loser. I don’t think it will end in a couple of days. It probably will last a week or longer.” The federal government shutdown at midnight Monday, the first in 17 years. More than 800,000 federal employees were home Tuesday morning and an additional 1.3 million were working without the prospect of getting paid. Almost 400 national parks, Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo are closed. With the government shuttered, government operations were slowed or stopped. About

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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 vicElizabeth Packer, the farm manager in charge of youth programs is surrounded by the youth of the garden, (left shared her story25, with the audilogue about domestic violence. tim and the batterer,” Marlow to right): Holmes,Heights 16; Jeremiah Whitmon, 15 (top); Gessika Bridgeforth, 15 (bottom), Banneker HS; ence at JaQuan the District Also present at the event was said. Ellie Ismail, Violence 15, Washington-Lee High School in Arlington; and Jacob Celestine, 16, T.C. Williams High School in Domestic Symposium Mildred Muhammad, the exMarlow would also like to see Alexandria. / Photo by Nancy Shia 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 Up of Black Women. the founder of After the Trauma, sive-aggressive with poor chilKaren Evans is a nurse/attorney Marlow has written a book, an organization that helps the dren about domestic violence,” Attorney/Pediatrician Harlow Case Karen Evans Melissa Rhea “Color Me Butterfly,” which is a survivors of domestic violence Marlow said. Robert Chabon, M.D., J.D. is story about four M. generations Saturday. an,Marlow the farm’s director and their children. hasexecutive worked to break By Barrington Salmon of er Of Counsel. domestic violence. The book is five months. “The “I lived fear for six years.and Six for “I like in being outdoors the the cyclepast of abuse in her family, WI Staff Writer inspired by her own experiences, being years in fear a long time. said It is primary and is confident she purposetheispolicies growing able toishelp people,” and those of her grandmother, not an easy thing to come out is pushing for will start that food for this community. We Even as construction and Moreland, a 29-year-old conher mother and her daughter. of,” shewho said.lives in Northwest. have process. racial diversity and people new buildings transform the sultant She said every time she reads “I Mildred Muhammad said of “I plan to take these policies to different age groups – everythink it stands for more than District Columbia, someIn Memoriam excerpts of from her book,ashe still people who want to help a one’s Congress and implore them in to interacting and talking it does. I support the idea that Dr. Calvin W. 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Fisk University as well as give the school an international reputation. 1917 – Activist Fannie Lou Hamer is born in Montgomery County, Mississippi. She goes on to become one of the major female figures in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. Nevertheless, she remains one of the movement’s most effective unsung heroes. As to why she became involved in the movement for Black freedom, dignity and political rights, she would often say in reference to injustice, “I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired. October 7 1821 – One of the most prominent Blacks in the Underground Railroad, William Still, is born near Bedford, Massachusetts. The “Underground Railroad” was the name given to a series of secret trails and safe houses used to help Blacks escape from slaver in the South to freedom in the North. 1897 – The founder of the Nation of Islam Elijah Muhammad is born Elijah Poole in Sandersville, Georgia as one of 13 children. Muhammad would build his religious sect into the largest independent Black separatist organization in America. The group is currently headed by

Minister Louis Farrakhan. Muhammad died in February 1975. October 8 1775 – Slaves and free Blacks are officially barred by the Council of Officers from joining the Continental army to help fight for American independence from England. Nevertheless, a significant number of Blacks had already become involved in the fight and would distinguish themselves in battle. Additional Blacks were barred out of fear, especially in the South, that they would demand freedom for themselves if white America became free from Britain. October 9 1806 – Benjamin Banneker dies in Ellicott Mills, Maryland at age 74. Banneker was a brilliant mathematician with a great memory and is credited with completing the layout and design of Washington, D.C. 1823 – Mary Ann Shad is born. She becomes publisher of Canada’s first anti-slavery newspaper – The Provincial Freeman. In fact, she is the first woman in the U.S. or Canada to edit and publish a newspaper. 1984 – W. Wilson Goode makes history by becoming the first black mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Viewp int Tony Lee Washington, D.C. The threat of a government shutdown has happened so many times now that it’s difficult to know if this threat is legitimate, if lawmakers are playing party politics, or if it’s just political saber-rattling. What concerns me the most is the fact that [the country] has finally been able to begin to climb out of a very deep recession, yet here we are fooling around with the budget and money once again. It makes you question whether the lawmakers really put the American people first.

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Alpha Drabo Hyattsville, Md. Defunding Obamacare, and the threat of a government shutdown unless it’s defunded, seems to be a ploy by Republicans to get their way. Obamacare has already been passed into law. Republicans are using the threat of a shutdown to show Democrats that they have the power to bring the government to a halt unless it is repealed. It’s already a law, so I don’t see what more Republicans can do to prevent it from being implemented.

THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES VOTED TO DEFUND THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (OBAMACARE) PROMPTING A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. CAN A DEAL BE REACHED BY REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS TO PREVENT FUTURE SHUTDOWNS?

Adrian Degraff Washington, D.C. I think it’s a stupid, political move by the Republicans to make President Obama look bad and delegitimize his presidency. Voting to defund Obamacare shows that the Republicans aren’t legislating with the interest of American citizens in mind, and that they’re incapable of governing properly. It’s as if their entire purpose is to create problems for the president and make his presidency difficult.

David Jackson Washington, D.C. I think the move is political jousting by the Republicans against a democratic president. I don’t believe there will be a government shutdown because the debt the Republicans are claiming our country has incurred has really diminished, partially due to the austerity measures that have been instituted over the past five years. Defunding Obamacare and using the threat of a government shutdown isn’t realistic and Republicans and Democrats need to stop playing the cat-and-mouse political game.

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Darryl Harper Cheverly, Md. I believe that the government will shut down this time. The Republicans have let freshman Senator Ted Cruz dictate which way the party should vote when it comes to Obamacare. Republicans have voted over 40 times to defund Obamacare – it’s as if they would rather wreck the country and shut down the government, than work with President Obama to reach a compromise. There needs to be new leadership in the Republican Party.

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3.3 million federal employees were told to stay home; the Meals on Wheels program, the Women, Infant and Children (WIC) program were also affected. At the National Institutes for Health, new patients would not being accepted into clinical research, but current patients continued to receive care. Meanwhile, NIH medical research was expected to be disrupted and some studies were to be delayed. And furloughed federal workers feared they wouldn’t get paid, unlike shutdowns in the past when Congress voted to pay furloughed workers retroactively. The U.S. military, police departments, the Border Patrol and other essential elements of the federal government are unaffected. Earlier Monday, President Barack Obama held out hope that the shutdown would be averted. “I am not at all resigned” to a shutdown,” Obama said hours before the impending shutdown. “But the only way to do that is for everybody to sit down in good faith without threatening to harm women and veterans and children with a government shutdown.” “But there’s a pretty straightforward solution to this. If you set aside the short-term politics and you look at the long-term here, what it simply requires is everybody to act responsibly and do what’s right for the American people,” Congress was unable to put

aside their political differences and Tuesday morning, the Senate rejected a proposal by the House for a conference to thrash out differences in the spending bill. Yet Obama made it clear that his desire to reach agreement didn’t mean that he’d been held hostage or bullied by the conservative faction of the Republican House. “You don’t get to extract a ransom for doing your job, because there’s a law there that you don’t like,” Obama said during a 10-minute address Monday evening from the White House. “We should be avoiding this constant brinksmanship. All of this is entirely preventable if the House chooses to do what the Senate has already done, and that’s the simple act of funding our government without making extraneous and controversial demands in the process, the same way other Congresses have for more than 200 years.” “Unfortunately, right now, House Republicans continue to tie funding of the government to ideological demands like limiting a woman’s access to contraception or delaying the Affordable Care Act, all to save face after making some impossible promises to the extreme right wing of their party. “So let me be clear about this. An important part of the Affordable Care Act takes effect tomorrow, no matter what Congress decides to do today. The Affordable Care Act is moving forward. That funding is already in place. You can’t shut it down.

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaks with reporters about the looming deadline to fund the government and the fight among House Republicans on a strategy, on Capitol Hill in Washington. / Courtesy photo

This is a law … that is already providing benefits to millions of Americans …” The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is at the heart of the budget dispute. Conservative House Republicans and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz are seeking to kill the law. The House Republican caucus attached amendments to the spending bill that would at different times repeal, delay, defund or obstruct the (ACA), dubbed Obamacare. Because of the ACA, about 40 million uninsured Americans will have the opportunity to buy affordable health care coverage. The flurry of activity by conservative Republicans and the Tea Party fac-

tion came as the Tuesday, Oct. 1 ACA kickoff date loomed. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has lost control of the chamber to a few dozen ultra-right wing lawmakers who have hijacked the legislative process, fellow Congress people and critics say. As spending bills bounced between both chambers of Congress, last week, over the weekend and right up to the deadline, the rest of the country watched, hoping that party leaders would reverse their intransigence. Over the last several days, the Senate rejected three continuing resolutions [funding bills] from the House, including one which

would have kept the government running through Dec. 15. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev), said all Democrats want is a “clean” spending bill. Yet, a little more than four hours before the midnight deadline, the House voted yet again for a spending bill with an amendment to delay Obamacare. That action is in line with the behavior of the conservative Republican faction of the House, which in addition to obstructing Obama at every turn. The House has passed fewer than 40 bills in the past six months and a CNN poll taken Sept. 27-29 saw Con-

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SHUTDOWN continued from Page 8 gressional approval dip to 10 percent. Eighty-seven percent of those polled disapprove of Congress and Obama’s approval stands at 44 percent. Heath said although he works for a Republican lawmaker, the fault for the shutdown lies with GOP. “In this position, you have to say that the Republican Party www.washingtoninformer.com

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Paul to Address D.C. Republicans A 2016 presidential prospect will headline the District’s Republicans annual banquet. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) will be the keynote speaker at the 2013 Lincoln-Douglass Dinner on Oct. 22 at the Hyatt Regency Washington Hotel in Northwest. District of Columbia Republican Party Executive Director Robert Turner II said that his organization is excited that Paul will speak to the city’s party members. “While some of his positions may be controversial, he is acutely aware of the need for the Republican Party to grown and be more inviting of all Americans,” Turner, 42, said. “With the District’s urban setting, this is the perfect location to begin that message.” Paul, who is the junior senator from his state and the son of former U.S. representative and presidential candidate Ron Paul, is known as a favorite of the Tea Party movement. The banquet will not be his first well-publicized speech in the District; he spoke to a group of Howard University students in April to mixed reviews nationally. Paul, 50, is an ophthalmologist and a leading critic of President Obama. The Lincoln-Douglass is the party’s high-profile fundraising event and has featured speakers such as the beloved, yet controversial Allen West, when he served in the U.S. House as a Florida Republican. The dinner is part of the effort to bring the party back into the mainstream of District political conversation. FOM Challenges Bowser The Friends of McMillan Park (FOM) want D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser (D-Ward 4) to use her clout as the chair of the D.C. Council’s Committee on Economic Development to ask D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray to hold an international design competition to select the best proposal for the development of the historic McMillan Park Sand Filiation Site in Northwest. The FOM thinks that the Gray administration-backed Vision McMillan Partners proposal, which includes 12-story buildings, is out of character for the neighborhoods surrounding it and that the development process The Washington Informer

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needs to be open to all who are interested in it, not just the solesource, no-bid manner in which the contract was awarded. “Our hope is that open competition will produce a plan that both preserves this national landmark Olmsted Park, and encourages a sophisticated development, taking advantage of the site’s many unique qualities, such as the breathtaking vaulted arcades in the underground filtration chambers,” Anna Simon, speaking on behalf of FOM, said. “We are asking for Council member Bowser to help stop the suburban-like, cookie-cutter development plans proposed by the Gray administration and open up McMillan’s future to the best, most creative thinking possible.” Bowser, 41, is a candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for mayor in 2014 and has shown a keen interest in economic development projects. The FOM has talked, at some

level, with Bowser’s opponents D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) and Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6) and is working to educate residents citywide about what is going on with the McMillan site. Nadeau Comments Ward 1 D.C. Council Democratic Party candidate Brianne Nadeau wants to make sure that her message is clear to Ward 1 voters. In a previous column of D.C. Political Roundup, a quotation attributed to her should have said: “It is time for a new approach and I want to empower all the voices in Ward 1,” Nadeau, 32, said. “I want to improve the quality of life in Ward 1 in the areas of education, expanding affordable housing and making life easier with better transit options and access to retail centers. Residents in Ward 1 want a good place to raise their kids and for seniors to age in place.”wi www.washingtoninformer.com

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By Dorothy Rowley WI Staff Writer Ken Olden grew up dirt poor in rural Tennessee, where as a young boy he walked six miles to and from school. He’d always wanted to be a farmer, but after thinking about all he could accomplish from his love of science, Olden set his sights higher, eventually becoming a scientist in cancer research. “Most successful people have humble beginnings,” Olden told students at Anacostia Senior High School on Sept. 27, where he, as one of several members of the 2013 class of The HistoryMakers, shared an impressive career path and encouraged his young charges to stay in school. “They work hard and sometimes, go into business for themselves,” said Olden, 76, whose career put him in contact with at least three U.S. presidents and involved revamping the spread of cancer. “But [overall] they got there by planning, thinking, working hard, and setting goals,” said Olden, a cell biologist, biochemist and former director of the

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Howard University Cancer Center. Each year since its founding in 2009, the HistoryMakers program, which was launched with an $800,000 grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services, places hundreds of African-American leaders from various walks of life and careers in direct contact with more than 25,000 students across the country to inspire them to strive for excellence. In many instances the program – which focuses on improving public education --al-

lows students to get one-on-one, personal encouragement from African Americans who have made significant contributions to the world. This year’s theme was “COMMIT” and more than 50 featured guests spoke at 30 schools in the District, addressing the necessary commitment young people needed to excel. As a result of their participation, each of the schools received a free one-year membership for the organiza-

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AROUND THE REGION history continued from Page13 tion’s digital archive – which is the nation’s largest African-American video oral history rendering, and includes extensive and easy-to-access interviews with more than 300 HistoryMakers. “By bringing these living leaders into today’s educational system, we are raising awareness about the achievements of the accomplished African Americans in local communities and bringing these leaders into schools to see things firsthand, while providing important role models for today’s youth,” said Julieanna Richardson, HistoryMakers founder and executive director. Meanwhile, Olden, who mesmerized students while recounting a hard upbringing

that included the winter mornings his parents had to bandage his feet in burlap bags to protect them from the deep snow on his way to school, went on to impress upon his audience the importance of doing well early in their studies and committing to excellence. “No matter what you want to do, you have to decide early. You have to dream big stepby-step and make sacrifices to achieve your dreams,” the retired researcher for the Maryland-based National Institutes of Health (NIH) said. “Even at my age, I still daydream about things I’d still like to do,” he said, alluding to the aspiration he once had of becoming NIH executive director. Denise Rolark Barnes, Washington Informer publisher, spoke at the Ernest and Virginia Amos Education Campus in

Dr. Reginald Weaver, center, speaks to students during the Back To School With the HistoryMakers program at Ballou Senior High School in Southeast on Friday, September 27.

Northwest, where she shared a phrase her late father Dr. Calvin Rolark, often used during public engagements. “If it is to be, it is up to me,” Rolark Barnes said. “It’s not up

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No. Virginia Briefs Personal Taxes Due, Oct. 7 The City of Alexandria reminds taxpayers that their 2013 Business Personal Property Tax is due October 7. Businesses registered in the City for all or part of the 2013 calendar year are subject to the tax. Payment in full must be received or postmarked by October 7 to avoid penalties and interest. Lines at City Hall may be longer just prior to the due date. The Finance Department offers six convenient ways to pay. To avoid waiting in line, taxpayers can pay by phone, online or at a walk-in cash payment centers. Returned checks/eChecks are subject to a $35 fee in accordance with state law. Business owners who have not received a personal property tax bill should contact Business Personal Property Tax at businesstax@alexandriava.gov or 703.746.3995, or the City’s Treasury Division at payments@alexandriava.gov or 703.746.3902 (option 8). Taxpayers who have had a change of address and have not previously reported this change to the City should contact Business Personal Property Tax before the October 7 due date to have a bill provided. Si necesita ayuda en Español, por favor llame al 703.746.3907. For more information on personal property tax, visit alexandriava.gov/BusinessTax.

City of Alexandria to Hold Annual Family Fall Festival on Saturday, October 19 The City of Alexandria’s Annual Family Fall Festival is scheduled for Saturday, October 19, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Armistead L. Boothe Park, located at 520 Cameron Station Blvd. The event will occur rain or shine. In the case of inclement weather, the Festival will move indoors to Samuel W. Tucker Elementary School, 435 Ferdinand Day Drive. Admission to the event is free. Entertainment includes performances by the Beale Street Puppet Theatre and the sounds of country/bluegrass band “Silver City”. Family activities include the Jerome “Buddie” Ford Nature Center displays, face painting, pumpkin painting, and more. Tickets will be sold for $5 each or four for $15 for the pony rides, moon bounce, bouncy boxing, and scarecrow building. Food and beverages will also be available for purchase. This festival is sponsored by the Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities in partnership with KinderCare Learning Center and Zipcar. Zipcar is currently the Carshare agency providing service in the City of Alexandria and throughout the region.

Armistead L. Boothe Park is located near the intersection of Edsall Rd. and Pickett St. adjacent to Samuel L. Tucker Elementary School. Limited parking is available at Armistead L. Boothe Park. The public is encouraged to bike, walk, or take public transit to the event. For DASH schedule information, call 703.370.DASH or visit www.dashbus.com. For Metrobus schedule information, call

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Jamaican guestworkers protest poor wages and living conditions in their jobs cleaning vacation condominiums in Panama City and Destin, Florida. / Photo courtesy of the National Guestworker Alliance. / Photo by Margaret Summers

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Participants in a recent Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference panel discussion on immigration, “Bridging the Gap: A Pan-African Approach to Immigration Reform,” said African-Americans and African and Caribbean immigrants must become more involved in shaping immigration policy reform. Panelists focused on how the political and social concerns of African-Americans and black immigrants intersect, and how black immigrants and African-Americans together could effectively combat racism that affects them both. “We know this country has a history of exploiting working people of color,” said Dr. L. Toni Lewis, healthcare chair of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). Lewis said that federal immigration reform legislation could benefit native-born and immigrants of color, particularly in employment. Senate Bill S.744, which the U.S. Senate passed in July, addresses employment discrimination relative to immigrants, said Esther Olavarria, the Cuban-born director of immigration reform on the national security staff, Executive Office for the President. “It’s not a perfect immigration reform bill, but it’s consistent with the President’s views that the majority of unThe Washington Informer

documented immigrants should be able to obtain work permits and not be exploited. It modernizes the legal immigration system, which hasn’t been changed since the 1990s.” The House, which opposes the bill, is scheduled to consider the bill this fall, said Olavarria. A number of Jamaican guest workers in the audience spoke exclusively with the Informer about their labor situation as one example of immigrant and black labor exploitation. The Jamaicans are part of a group of more than 150 guest workers from Jamaica represented by the Louisiana-based National Guestworker Alliance in a labor dispute. “Guest worker” is the term for immigrants working under special six-month H2-A visas limiting them to specific seasonal farm work, or those with H2-B visas for work in forestry, landscaping, seafood and hospitality industries. The Jamaicans, who were working in the U.S. under H2-B visas, are striking against subcontractor companies to which they paid thousands of dollars for placements in jobs cleaning vacation condominiums in Panama City, and Destin, Florida. Instead, the guest workers allege, they were barely paid or not paid at all, and threatened with deportation if they protested. “We were told that we would be paid for 40 hours a week,” said Dwight Allen, 41, of St.

James, Jamaica, who was employed as a “houseman” charged with providing cleaning materials to the janitorial staff. “But when we got here, we were paid by ‘piece rate.’ Sometimes we were paid for four days of work, sometimes for five days of work, but only for four or five hours a day instead of eight.” “We were promised that we would be placed in furnished apartments in Florida for the time we would be working there,” said Allen. “But they put us in a two-bedroom, unfurnished apartment, with 15 people in two bedrooms. The only ‘furniture’ in the apartment was a washer, a dryer, and a fridge. We had to sleep on the floor. For that we each had to pay $375 per person per month in rent.” “We have families in Jamaica, waiting on us [to send our earnings back] for support,” said Allen. “I have a wife and four children.” Shellion Parris, 33, of Trelawny, Jamaica, also came to Florida for cleaning work. She has two daughters, one of whom is epileptic and requires expensive medication. Parris came to the U.S. with the dream of eventually becoming a citizen and furthering her education. “I had to borrow money to pay for the ticket to come to the U.S., the visa, and a uniform to

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IMMIGRATION continued from Page 16 wear for work,” said Parris. The “uniform” was a t-shirt. Parris said she was also told that she would be housed with other Jamaican guest workers in a furnished, two-bedroom apartment, and that she would be paid for 40 hours a week of work. But pay was sporadic, and when it came, most of it was deducted from her salary to pay for preliminary expenses like the “uniform” and job placement fees. Additionally, she was charged for the rent on the unfurnished apartment, where Parris and 14 others slept on the floor. “This is the first time I get to America and this is how they treat us,” said Parris. “We’re human beings. We have families and friends. We’re not aliens. We didn’t drop from the sky. We came to work in a dignified place, not to be indentured servants. This is racism.” Emira Woods, formerly of Liberia and co-director of Foreign Policy in Focus in the Institute for Policy Studies, a District-based think tank, said that global economic policies resulting in poverty and the promise of a better life in the U.S. comprise the “push factors” driving African and Caribbean immigrants to the U.S. Other “push factors” include civil wars and global warming resulting in catastrophic storms and floods which destroy towns and villages. “Climate change isn’t something that will happen in the future, it’s happening today,” said Woods. “It has pushed more African and Caribbean people to the brink.” Loide Rosa Jorge, immigration attorney and advocate, and vice chair of D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray’s Commission on African Affairs, said many undocuwww.washingtoninformer.com

mented immigrants are refugees fleeing political persecution, and women and children escaping sexual exploitation. “You hear people say ‘Why don’t they [undocumented immigrants] just get in the back of the line for becoming naturalized citizens,’ but it isn’t that simple,” she said. Jorge, who is of Mozambican and Guinea Bissau descent, said undocumented immigrants are often tricked by individuals claiming to be immigration lawyers who can help them become citizens or prevent deportations. “These fake attorneys set up shop and exploit their own people,” said Jorge. “Immigrants and African-Americans who form coalitions on the ground have to address this issue.” Trina Jackson, an African-American and co-coordinator of the Boston, Massachusetts-based Network for Immigrants and African-Americans in Solidarity, said her organization works to build trust and understanding between African-Americans and immigrants of color through dialogue, and what she called the similarities of their “lived experiences.” “I’ve been concerned that in the immigration advocacy movement, there are seldom any African-Americans or immigrants of color leading these organizations,” she said. Panelists asked their audience to urge their federal Senators and Representatives to support immigration reform bills that protect labor and other rights of immigrants. “We are all struggling for equality and prosperity,” said Allen, the Jamaican guest worker. “It doesn’t matter what country a person is originally from.” wi

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As part of the 43rd annual Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Conference, the National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) unveiled new and disturbing research on how communities of color are suffering a worsening racial economic disparity. The State of Housing in Black America reveals that while the private sector and financially secure consumers recover financial ground from the Great Recession, much of Black America is being economically left behind. Long-time civil rights activist Benjamin Chavis, Jr., wrote the report’s foreword advising, “African-Americans have a large buying power nowadays, yet we continue to be the most foreclosed and wealth-depleted community in America. We cannot and will not just be bystanders as the American economy continues to rebound.” Julius L. Cartwright, NAREB president added, “Not only has our homeownership rate plummeted, but also accessing mortgage credit has become nearly impossible outside of government insured programs such as the FHA and VA.” The report examines how African-Americans and Latinos have been cut off from the housing market and home finance in addition to employment opportunities. Further, according to the report, until economic equity and recovery are added to the long-standing issue of equal access to housing, the ability for communities of color – Black and Brown – to build wealth will remain an elusive and distant dream. For example, today the majority of mortgage loans made to African-Americans are FHA backed. Long-lured by FHA’s low down payment requirement (usually 3.5

percent), today’s costs for these loans have increased, particularly in the areas of mortgage insurance and fees. Consequently, although available, FHA loans will cost more over the life of the loans and they will also be higher than a decade ago. By contrast, the report states that loans backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, “are all but impossible for many African-Americans to secure.” The typical credit scores of borrowers for these mortgages are in the upper 700 range with down payments at or near 20 percent and usually resulting in a more affordable monthly payment. According to James Carr, lead author of the report, “One of the major problems with most proposals to revamp Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is that access and affordability is not the driving goal of those recommendations. Rather, risk sharing between the private and public sector seems to be the driving mantra.” In the meantime according to the report, nearly 5 million borrowers remain either in the foreclosure process or are seriously delinquent on their mortgages. Between January 1, 2007 and May 31, 2013, nearly 14.8 million foreclosure notices were filed. Since the onset of the crisis, African-Americans had 7.8 percent of mortgage originations, but 11.6 percent of completed foreclosures. When similar statistics for Latinos are combined, people of color are more likely to have completed foreclosures at a rate higher than 70 percent. The loss of homes to foreclosures is also lost family wealth. While African American and Latino families respectively lost 53 and 66 percent of their net worth, non-Hispanic White households

By Charlene Crowell lost wealth was limited to 16 percent. The report states, “More than 90 percent of the amount of total aggregate wealth lost during the collapse of the housing market and the subsequent recession has been recovered. However, this wealth recovery is not equally shared across households as a large proportion has occurred for stocks that are disproportionately held by high-income, typically non-Hispanic White households.” The report urges measurable progress in four key areas before consumers of color can begin to financially recover: Reducing the existing number of underwater mortgages through principal reduction; more consumer mortgage purchase originations, Easing of tight mortgage credit; and reducing the growth of investor purchases that transform former owner-occupied dwellings into rental properties. “Owning a home has been the most successful vehicle for people of color to build wealth”, observed Carr. “But with a tightening housing market and weak labor market and no exceptional programs to assist communities battered by the crises, the outlook does not look promising.”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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Get a Job Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.” – Steve Jobs When you were growing up, were the conversations at your house centered on concepts about business, or more along the line of “go get a job?” Entrepreneurship is not a subject that is discussed regularly around the dinner tables of African-American homes. There’s a lack of business traditions among African Americans and a paltry record of entrepreneurial successes. Smaller probabilities of having self-employed parents, demographic trends and discrimination are primary reasons for the limited level of entrepreneurship in contemporary African-American communities. American Blacks must cultivate an entrepreneurial spirit independent of politics and who occupies the White House. The low historical rate of African American entrepreneurship is a well-known fact. The100-yearold, discrepancy between Black and White entrepreneurship levels could be eradicated within a few generations if more African Americans embraced and practiced entrepreneurship. More Blacks have to get a better grasp of concepts such as capitalism and entrepreneurship. Some Blacks equate capitalism with racism; but the truth is the free market system isn’t racist and is the best provider for Americans of all races. Capitalism is the social system under which the American economy operates. Under this structure, the means for producing and distributing goods (the land, factories, technology, transport system etc.) are owned by a small minority of people with a motive to make a profit. Entrepreneurship is an employment strategy that can lead to economic self-sufficiency. Self-employment is a vital facet of the United States economy. Entrepreneurship has been a means for the economic advancement of numerous ethnic www.washingtoninformer.com

By William Reed groups. Take note of most of the merchants in areas populated by Blacks. Ninety-nine times out of 100, Blacks patronize merchants that are from outside of their race. Entrepreneurs drive America’s economy and account for the majority of our nation’s new job creation and innovations. America’s 25.8 million small businesses employ more than 50 percent of the private workforce, generate more than half of the nation’s gross domestic product, and are the principal source of new jobs in the U.S. economy. An entrepreneur is a person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture. Although forms of business ownership vary by jurisdiction, several common forms exist: A sole proprietorship is a business owned by one person for-profit. A partnership is a business owned by two or more people. The three typical classifications of for-profit partnerships are general partnerships, limited partnerships, and limited liability partnerships. A corporation is a limited liability business that has a separate legal personality from its members. Corporations can be government owned or privately owned, and corporations can organize either for-profit or not-for-profit. Starting a business is a lot of work. The hours are long, sacrifices are great and you are confronted with new problems and challenges every day. The nature of being an entrepreneur means that you fully embrace uncertainty and are comfortable following your heart and intuition. Those who succeed do so because of their unwavering belief in the endeavor they have initiated. What are you leaving your children? More Black parents need to be in a position that they can “leave the business” to their children. If African Americans

concentrated and worked hard, the 100-year-old discrepancy between Black and White entrepreneurship levels that many call “racist” could be eradicated. More Blacks must embrace “Black Capitalism” to build wealth through the ownership and development of businesses. Prominent Black capitalists have included: Booker T. Washington, who was an early leader at the Tuskegee Institute, Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association, Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam, Robert Reed Church, a wealthy African American, who founded the nation’s first Blackowned bank in 1906 called Solvent Savings.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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Prince George’s County These established Indian companies have been serving their U.S. customers from India; however, they now realize that it is imperative that they move part of their operations to the U.S. in order to serve their existing U.S. customers. In addition, these companies realize that the U.S. market remains strong, and can only be served by growing their U.S. business. The State of Maryland and Prince George’s County took the initiative to meet these companies during the India Business Mission led by Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, County Executive Rushern Baker and EDC President Gwen S. McCall at the end of 2011. In mid-2012 and early 2013, EDC, in partnership with the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development (DBED), welcomed inbound

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Slated to Open New Indian Business / Technology Assistance Center Photos by Khalid Naji-Allah On October 2, on the heels of a 30th anniversary celebration, the Prince George’s County Econom-

ic Development Corporation will open its doors to four Indian companies that will become a part of the India Business Center/Technology Assistance Center. These

four companies from India will open their U.S. offices in Largo, Maryland in order to serve their US-based customers, and to grow their business in the U.S.

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by AmeriHealth District of Columbia Some new moms joke about wishing babies came with instructions. The truth is, there is a lot parents need to know and do to get ready for a baby. Even women who have already had babies need extra support. They need special care during pregnancy, since every baby grows differently. With the support of more than 25 years of experience from its parent company helping people get care and stay healthy, AmeriHealth District of Columbia (ADC) understands the importance of early and complete health care during pregnancy. That is why we offer our free Bright Start® program for eligible AmeriHealth District of Columbia members. It is like a set of directions to help members to have as happy and as healthy a pregnancy as possible.

First things first

Bright Start helps moms-to-be make healthy choices for themselves and their unborn babies. The first step is for Bright Start outreach coordinators to help pregnant women in choosing an OB/GYN to provide the women’s prenatal care. This is a special type of health care that can help women to be healthy during their pregnancies. Prenatal care helps babies to grow normally and to be carried to full term. A normal pregnancy lasts about 40 weeks. Women who have little or no prenatal care are more likely to deliver early. Babies born too early can have more health problems, like weakened immune systems, than babies born full term. Plus, babies of mothers who don’t get prenatal care are three times more likely to have a low birth weight baby. They are five times more likely to die than those born to women who do get prenatal care. Over the course of a pregnancy, a doctor will schedule many prenatal checkups for moms. It is important to keep every appointment. This allows doctors to spot – and care for - problems early on. For example, a pregnant woman may need to take an iron supplements or prenatal vitamin with folic acid. This can lower the risk of some birth defects, especially when it is taken early on in pregnancy. Also, some women can develop a certain type of diabe-

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tes (called gestational diabetes mellitus) during pregnancy. Although it goes away after the baby is born, gestational diabetes can be harmful to pregnant women and their babies. So it is important for all women to get checked for diabetes during pregnancy. It is important they follow their doctor’s directions for care. Likewise, it is very important for women who know they have diabetes to tell their doctors right away if they think they may be pregnant, so they can get extra help keeping their blood sugar in control.

Going forward

After the birth, Bright Start helps with getting health care services for the baby. For example, Bright Start outreach coordinators help new moms pick a primary care provider (PCP) for their babies and set up well baby checkups. Moms in the Bright Start program can also get other services, like rides to doctor appointments, group baby showers and support with getting diapers. They can get information on community resources and information and lessons on breastfeeding. They can even get help understanding new or changing feelings caused by hormones after giving birth. Bright Start can also help new mothers sign up for the Women, Infants, and Children program (WIC), which is a special supplemental nutrition program for low-income, pregnant, breastfeeding and non-breastfeeding moms, and to infants and children up to age five who may not be getting the proper nutrition. Most importantly, moms in Bright Start have someone to turn to, whatever the issue may be. They just have to contact their care manager or call the nurse call line, which is offered 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They can ask questions, get health nutrition information and or just a listening, understanding ear when they feel alone or have questions about raising their new, precious baby. The bottom line is, that every pregnancy is special. So if you’re pregnant or even think you may be pregnant, do yourself and your unborn child a favor and make an appointment to see your doctor right away. Expectant AmeriHealth District of Columbia members can call the Bright Start program at 1-877-7596883.

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Are All Males Destined to Become Grumpy Old Men? walking across a white carpet with muddy feet. “Why was this old man so darned ornery?” I often wondered.

Alyse Hamilton Special to the Informer from NNPA The short answer to the question, “Are all men destined to become grumpy as they age?” is no — no man has to become a “grumpy old man.” Growing up, do you remember that old man at the end of the block just waiting for some unsuspecting kid to step on his lawn? “Get off my lawn!” he’d bellow. Just put one toe on that man’s grass and you’d hear it for blocks: “Get off my lawn!” You’d think that kid was

I now understand where grumpy men come from

As an anti-aging and regenerative medical doctor, I now understand what happens to far too many men that makes them “grumpy” as they age. First and foremost, their hormones, mostly testosterone, aren’t what they used to be. Testosterone not only protects a man’s health from heart attacks and cancers, it also makes him feel full of vitality

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and gives him a zest for life. These grumpy men have gone through what we now call “andropause,” the male menopause. Menopause is a fairly wellknown term that describes what women go through when they lose their hormones. Menopause comes with a variety of not-so-fun side effects like hot flashes, mood swings, and the loss of libido and concentration. Andropause, which is a fairly new term that describes the process that men go through, comes with its own side effects. Many are identical to

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menopausal side effects. And one of them is being flat-out “grumpy.”

The Long, Slow Slide

Women can go through menopause fairly quickly in their late 40s or early 50s. Men, on the other hand, may go on “the long, slow slide” into andropause. It often begins in a man’s mid-to-late 20s and continues year after year until a once happy and vibrant man is reduced to a grumpy old man. Worn-out Adrenals, Thyroid, and Immune System, Too Our grumpy man may also be feeling the effects of wornout adrenal glands that once kept him energized and reduced his stress; a poorly balanced thyroid that once kept him fit and clear-headed; and his once-protective immune system that may now be out of order.

So what can he do?

For the man willing to get up and do something about his health, there is a lot that can be done. And the good news is that it’s painless and not too difficult. For the man who won’t come in on his own to do what many women do, grab him by his collar and get him in here. His adrenal and thyroid glands can be restored to peak performance. His

immune system can be rebuilt. And his hormones, most importantly testosterone, can be rebalanced with safer bio-identical hormones. We find in our medical center that a man who “partners with us” to rebuild and restore his adrenal and thyroid glands and his immune system and then has his hormones rebalanced can reclaim his energy, his memory, and his sexual health. He can once again be brimming with vitality. And he may in fact even let those darned kids run all over his grass without an unkind word. wi Dr. Alyse Hamilton graduated from Macalester College in Saint Paul and the University of Minnesota School of Medicine. She completed her Internal Medicine residency at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis and received her board certification in anti-aging and regenerative medicine through the American Academy of Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine. She has practiced medicine in the Twin Cities for over 25 years and is dedicated to partnering with her patients to restore their health from the inside out. For further information, contact the Advanced Health and Vitality Center at 952-922-8005 or go towww.advancedhealthandvitality.com.

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Affordable Care for Students, Veterans, and Others By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer The implementation of the Affordable Care Act promises to affect, in some way, college students, self-employed workers, small businesses, veterans and individuals with pre-existing medical conditions. The biggest question surrounding the so-called, “Obamacare,” remains how those specific groups will be affected. Officials at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Southwest said, because of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the 92 percent of Washington, D.C. residents who already have insurance, will now have more choices and stronger coverage. For the 8 percent who do not, or for District families and small businesses who buy their coverage but aren’t happy with it, they will enjoy new options. The District has already received more than $82.1 million in grants for research, planning, information technology development, and implementation of its Health Insurance Marketplace, the tool in which the new health care options can be accessed and purchased.

STUDENTS

“The insurance that I have now seems to work fine for me, it has a very small co-pay amount, but the premium is high, especially for me because I work as a waiter,” said Howard University junior Malik Paige. “So, I’m definitely going to be checking the marketplace under this new law to see if there is something more affordable that suits what I need,” said Paige, 20. Under the ACA, individuals under the age of 26 can remain insured as a dependent under the parent’s or guardians existing health insurance even if they are married and employed. Young adults, who are employed at businesses that don’t offer health insurance or plans that are affordable, will be eligible through the Affordable Insurance Exchange which is a type of marketplace where health benefit plans can be purchased under the new law. Washington, D.C. residents now have a choice of insurers

that include Aetna, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Kaiser Permanente, and United Healthcare. Under the ACA, there will be a choice of 267 health plan options that include HMOs, and PPOs.

SELF-EMPLOYED WORKERS

Under the ACA, self-employed business owners will have a host of options in finding affordable health care, according to HHS officials. The self-employed may also qualify to get lower costs on monthly premiums when they purchase private health coverage in the marketplace. Beginning in 2014, the individual shared responsibility provisions of the ACA call for each person to have basic health insurance coverage for each month qualify for an exemption or make an individual shared responsibility payment when filing federal income tax returns starting in 2015. “They (young self-employed entrepreneurs) are going to decide not to play. They are risk takers to begin with,” said Glen Melnick, a health economist at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. However, if coverage is unaffordable, and an individual spends less than three consecutive months without coverage or if a person qualifies for an exemption for other reasons, including hardship and religious beliefs, the individual will not be required to make a payment. “It’s a bit tricky, though because the income threshold tops out at about $46,000,” said Peter Wintermantel, who runs an internet-based business out of his home in Alexandria, Va. “For the self-employed, things are still up in the air. We’ll have to access and see how prices and other things shake out,” said Wintermantel, 37.

SMALL BUSINESS

For too long, small business owners have struggled to keep up with the ever rising cost of health insurance for their employees. The Affordable Care Act makes it easier for businesses to find better coverage options and builds on the employer-based insurance market already in place, President Barack Obama said in a statement released by the

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White House. Small businesses have historically paid 18 percent more for health coverage than larger employees, but under the ACA, a tax credit will be available to businesses with 25 or fewer full-time employees and average wages of $50,000 or less, according to details provided by HHS. The credits will benefit an estimated 2 million workers who receive insurance from about 360,000 small business employers.

VETERANS

Benefits and other costs under the Veterans Administration (VA) health care system will not change because of the ACA. Most veterans currently receive free health care services and, under the new law, there will continue to be no enrollment fees, monthly premiums or deductibles. Eligible veterans not enrolled in the VA’s health care system are encouraged to do so. “We already provide world-class care to the men and women who have served this nation in uniform,” VA Secretary Eric Shinseki said. Nearly 8.6 million veterans The Washington Informer

are enrolled in the VA and, an estimated 6.6 million more of the nation’s 23 million vets are eligible for health care, but many have other insurance, Shinseki said. The department believes that about 1.3 million veterans currently are uninsured and may be eligible for VA health care.

PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS

HHS officials said as many as 268,000 non-elderly D.C. residents have some type of pre-existing health condition, including nearly 27,000 children. Now, insurers can no longer deny coverage to children because of pre-existing conditions such as diabetes and asthma. Beginning next year, insurers also will no longer be able to charge more or deny coverage to anyone because of a pre-existing condition. The ACA also established a temporary health insurance program for individuals who were denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. In one example, provided by the HHS, a woman named Sally purchased a new individual health policy on Oct. 1, 2010, for her and her 13-year-old daughter, Miranda, who had been treated for asthma

in the past. On Nov. 1, 2010, one month after the coverage began; Miranda was hospitalized because of an asthma attack. Her insurance company denied payment for the hospitalization because of Miranda’s pre-existing condition. Under Obama’s plan, the insurer cannot deny payment for the hospitalization based on Miranda’s already existing asthma. “It’s a step in the right direction in that sense,” said Betty Thompson, a nurse practitioner in Baltimore. “I’ve never understood why an insurance company wouldn’t cover someone, especially a child, because they had an illness. That’s why you need health insurance, to stay healthy,” said Thompson, 59.wi For more information about the Affordable Care Act and what it means to you, visit www.healthcare. gov or call the D.C. Health Link Contact Center, at 855-532-5465. Also, helpful resources can be found at: http://marketplace.cms.gov/ getofficialresources/other-partner-resources/what-it-meansfor-school-communities.pdf https://www.healthcare.gov/ how-does-the-health-care-lawprotect-me/ www.washingtoninformer.com

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Tick Tock, Tick Tock

The American public has watched the squabbling among those in Congress – supposedly responsible adults – and the avoidable result: a government shutdown. Again, ordinary Americans are made to suffer as this country stumbles into another manufactured crisis. While some federal government employees sit at home, furloughed from work, more than a million more will work without pay and the impact of the shutdown will hurt the economy. Most of us are angry and irritated that a problem at least six months in the making was allowed to happen. People are sick and tired of the pettiness, self-serving behavior and selfishness of some of our elected officials. A recent CNN/ ORC poll indicates the level of disdain the public has for Congress. The 10 percent approval and 87 percent disapproval rating is the lowest on record. At this juncture, there is no indication of how long the government will be shut down. There’s enough blame to go around but the crux of the problem is disgruntled conservatives and members of the Tea Party still unwilling to accept that the Affordable Care Act, despite potential problems, is the law of the land. The House Republican Caucus refused to submit a spending bill to the Senate without amendments seeking to eliminate, weaken or dismantle the ACA. They refused to uncouple two separate and distinct issues and to its credit, the Senate refused to yield to what New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, President Barack Obama and House Majority Leader Harry Reid said amounted to extortion and blackmail. This is a disgrace. Those responsible for the shutdown should hold their heads in shame, but we know that shame is not a word in their vocabularies. Some Tea Party members and conservative Republicans have been positively gleeful at the shutdown and their power over House Speaker John Boehner and more moderate elements of the party seem absolute. Boehner is being squeezed by forces out of his control. In his weakened position, he has catered to the extreme faction of his party and has been unable to bring a clean budget bill to the floor for consideration. If he allowed a straight up and down vote, the government wouldn’t have shut down. Obama said Republicans are demanding ransom just for doing their jobs. And he made it clear in remarks on Monday exactly who’s to blame. “One faction of one party in one house of Congress in one branch of government doesn’t get to shut down the entire government just to refight the results of an election. Keeping the people’s government open is not a concession to me. Keeping vital services running and hundreds of thousands of Americans on the job is not something you give to the other side. It’s our basic responsibility,” he said. Neither conservative Republicans nor anyone else has the right to hold America and our economy hostage because of differing ideological positions. But it has happened before and will again. A dysfunctional political system is part of the problem, but there are also other issues at work. It’s clear that the House Republican Caucus is trying desperately to roll back access to insurance for more than 40 million Americans. A part of their concern may be because of their distrust of big government and legitimate concerns about parts of the Affordable Care Act, but there are also indications that the Koch brothers and other secretive ultra-right individuals and groups are financing the effort. When they ran in 2010, Tea Party candidates promised to shut the government down. They did as promised and will continue to war against fellow House members, the Senate and Obama. What’s playing itself out is what a portion of the electorate desired: The chickens have come home to roost.

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Thanks To Ms. Rowley Dear Editor, I have been a long time reader of The Informer and I really enjoy the stories your writers cover, but there is one thing that I would like to see in some of the articles or at the end of them, and that is some contact information. The article by Dorothy Rowley, “Advocacy Group Concerned about Catania Legislation,” September 26, 2103, is a prime example. I have grandchildren in the public schools in Ward 8 and I am very concerned about what happens to our schools in this ward. I am a firm believer in the public school system and that if public schools are good for Wards 1,2,3, and 4 they should be good for 5,6,7, and 8. It was a long hard fight to win the right for an equal education for everyone no matter what your color or class. All this talk of charter schools in the wards east of the river, I believe. is a cover up for the re-segregation of our schools. I would like

to know more about these bills Councilman Catania is introducing. Reading your article was the first I have heard of them, and I have never heard of any community meetings about them. If possible, in the future, could you please print some contact information? Thanks again for all of you coverage in our community. Maxine Clarington Washington, DC

Great New Alexandria Branding Dear Editor, This is my first time writing a letter to the editor to any publication, and I hope it gets published because my letter is about a photograph and not an article. In the Northern Virginia section of the paper the most amazing advertising photograph I have ever seen accompanies the article “Alexandria Unveils New Tourism Brand,” by Margaret Sum-

mers, September 26, 2013. First, the photograph has this fabulous looking model with the shopping bag skirt that’s already a knockout, but then it has this glow of light behind her as she stands on a cobblestone walkway lined by neatly trimmed bushes with a striped awning over her head and a sign that reads “Extraordinary.” Well, I already get it, but then they add sayings like, “Our streets are lined with extraordinary finds, just waiting to bring out your shine,” and “You belong here, in the spotlight” and “Find your glow.” Whatever ad agency they got to do this shoot definitely hit a home run. When I saw this I said to myself I have to let someone know how I felt about it. Thank you for letting me express my reaction to the world. Bobby K. Grooms Washington, DC

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By Marian Wright Edelman

I Want to Make a Difference Doctors told Jaime Gonzalez’s parents that his birth defects were so severe he probably wouldn’t live to age one. When he did, doctors told them next that he’d probably never walk. He did that too—though it is still difficult even after a series of surgeries. “[My parents] both pushed me,” Jaime said. “When I was little and didn’t want to try, my mother said, ‘Don’t say you can’t. You can.’ That became my

attitude, and even when it was hard—I’m in pain even now— it’s never been an option for me to quit.” Jaime—now Dr. Gonzalez— is part of the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF)’s network of young servant leaders who are devoting their lives to serving the next generation of children. Winning a CDF Beat the Odds® scholarship in high school for demonstrating academic excellence despite great obstacles helped Jaime with living expenses in college, and getting involved

with CDF’s efforts to enroll children in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) shaped his medical goals. He added a year to his education to get a master’s degree in public health along with his medical degree. He lost a year when his mother was shot while taking out the trash, and he saw her through two surgeries. After completing his residency Jaime is planning to return home to serve the Spanish-speaking underserved and uninsured population. “That’s where there is a

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need,” he explained, and unlike 90 percent of his medical school classmates, he speaks Spanish. Growing up in Minnesota Katie DeSantis overcame a different set of terrible odds. At the age of three she witnessed her drunken father beat her mother. When her battered mom crawled into bed with her on another occasion, Katie consoled her by saying everything would be okay. But it wasn’t. Her mother escaped the abuse and moved Katie and her younger sister to Minneapolis, but then there were

new problems. The family was homeless seven times in Katie’s childhood. “My mom couldn’t hold down a steady job or a place for us to stay. We would live somewhere for six months to a year and get evicted and end up in a shelter.” School became Katie’s refuge and the place where she excelled. When she too won a Children’s Defense Fund Beat the Odds® scholarship award in 2006, it was a turning point: “Beat the Odds

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By Jineea Butler

Getting some Punches in for Black Pride ing to ESPN, numbers are not finalized but the Mayweather/ Alvarez contest may have been the highest Pay Per View, ever topping the bout between Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2007 with 2.5 million household viewers. Walking down the Las Vegas Strip, I realized this fight represented more than a boxing match between two undefeated champions. I immediately remembered a conversation I had with Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. about

Boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. recently beat his challenger Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in a highly anticipated fight at the Las Vegas MGM Grand. In addition to Pay Per View, the fight aired on Broadcast Network Televisa and generated the highest rating in Mexican television history. Eight out of 10 households were tuned into the fight that was broadcast for free on the Mexican Network. Accord-

Joe Louis and Max Schmeling. He said, “Hearing a fight on the radio was much different then seeing a fight on TV. It animated our senses because we had to visualize the blow for blow with our minds, we anticipated what was going to happen, and prayed for a win. When Joe Louis won, it gave us confidence that we could beat the white man at his own game.” I identified with that liberated feeling that Rev. Jackson described on the faces of the many

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Canelo supporters who flocked to Las Vegas to show their Mexican pride. Although television is everywhere today, you could look into their faces and see that they were dreaming of Canelo Alvarez knocking out Floyd Mayweather. It seemed as if a win would have solved all their problems: immigration reform, job security and equality, all with one match. Their machismo and constant screams, “Canelo,”showed they believed that it was going to happen.

This made me think about how boxing has been an emancipator for racial discrimination. Think about the fight between Jack Johnson and reigning world champion Canadian-born Tommy Burns in 1908. Before Johnson chased the champion for two years, world heavyweight championship fights between Blacks and Whites were not allowed. It was reported that Jack Johnson was the most famous and most

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By Raynard Jackson

The Heart of the Black Conservative (Yes, We Have One)

Within the Republican Party, there is what I call this mystery of the Black conservative. Let me explain. Over the years, I have had this conversation with people from the likes of Rush Limbaugh, Ollie North, Mike Huckabee and Haley Barbour, etc. They would argue that there was this growing trend of “conservatism” within the Black community. I told them all categorically that this was bull. www.washingtoninformer.com

Blacks have always been conservative or, more accurately, traditionalists. This DNA was embedded in us from the depths of our African ancestry. The spirit of our forefathers has been planted into us to cherish the values that allowed us to withstand the invasions of varied enemy forces from without and many similar forces from within. The basis of this African culture was strict adherence to tradition, thus the word traditionalists. These traditions recognized the man as the head of the household,

that was his birthright. But in exchange for that birthright, he was responsible for the upkeep of that family—the wife, children, and when needed, the extended family. Children were not given choices, they were given direction. The daughters would sit at their mother’s feet and learn of their ways and the sons would stand with the tribal elders to hear their wisdom in all things. Children were not told they could decide their own sexuality, their sexuality was determined at birth. Children were not allowed

to disrespect their parents without serious consequences. Those who violated the established values and mores were swiftly punished and when necessary, removed from the community. There was no 20 years of litigation and appeals. In other words, the traditions demanded and expected strict adherence to certain behavior because the elders knew that without rules of conduct, the family would disintegrate and their nation would soon follow. So, when Africans were exported to the U.S. as slaves, Whites

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were amazed at the devotion Africans had to family, God, and discipline, despite their new found oppression as slaves. What Whites failed to understand then, as well as now, is that these traditions are still part of our DNA. Admittedly, some in the Black community have allowed this DNA to become dormant, but it is definitely still there. Part of the reason for this dormancy is psychological. I have attempted to educate White and

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By Julianne Malveaux

Republicans’ Venom Aimed at Obama At press time, it was unclear whether Congress would finally evade a government shutdown on October 1. I do know, however, that I am sick of the budgetary brinkmanship that plagues our government. Every few months there is some crisis or another that has the House of Representatives and the White House at loggerheads. This time, Republicans in Congress

want to defund Obamacare as part of the budget that must be passed and say they are willing to let government close to meet their goal. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid says that Republicans are holding a gun to the American people’s heads and he isn’t lying. It doesn’t stop on October 1. The back-and-forth exists because Congress has not passed a budget the way it normally does since 2009. Now, government operates through a series of continuing resolutions that make it

difficult for federal departments to know how much they have to spend. And if Congress passes an agreement to keep government open, it will only keep it open through November or December 15, depending on which version (House or Senate) of the law passes. Another upcoming deadline is the October 17 deadline to raise the debt ceiling or further imperil our once-solid credit rating. In each instance, Republicans have another opportunity to crow about their fiscal mindedness

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and argue about Obamacare. But, as Harry Reid has said, Obamacare is the law of the land. It takes effect October 1, government shutdown or not. The Republican House may despise Obamacare and they may change some provisions of it, but they can’t stop it now. Indeed, Republicans are gearing up for the debt ceiling debate, which is another opportunity for brinksmanship. If they remove the Affordable Care Act from negotiations, it will surely resurface when the debt ceiling

is discussed. We can spend the rest of this year, and part of next, with this budgetary brinkmanship, all driven by the fact that many Republicans simply cannot stand the notion of the Affordable Care Act. Actually, it’s not just about the Affordable Care Act, it is about President Obama and Republican resistance to anything he proposes. Their attitudes go beyond partisanship to venomous distaste. You’d have to go back

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By Askia Muhammad

House Tea Party Caucus like a Ghetto High School Gang Members of the tiny minority, Tea Party faction of the Republican majority in the House of Representatives could not be any more disgusting in my view even if they walked around, their mouths full of profanities and the pants of those cheap suits they wear, sagging causing their tidy-whitey-jockey shorts to be fully exposed to public view. In fact, those scoundrels in Congress with their cheap suits and bad haircuts are no better

than the rowdy, ghetto, high school hoodlums who walk around, mouths full of curse words, wearing nothing but tank-tops, sleeveless undershirts, and their drooping pants exposing their underwear, stopping as they must, every few feet to pull the pants up a little, lest they sag too far and cause the wearer to trip. Neither of these mobs of sociopaths—ghetto punks or Tea Party shysters—represents a majority of their larger demographic group, but nothing, nothing is

capable of shaming them out of their disgusting behavior. The ghetto thugs symbolize bad news the moment you see them coming. The Congressional Tea Party thugs mean trouble with a capital “T” the moment they enter a room. In the ghetto, mom and pop stores and gas stations are the targets. On Capitol Hill, the whole country is jeopardized by the shameless swagger and sheer conceit of those right-wing demagogues who are on a mission of government shutdown and ultimate nihilistic

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destruction. Neither respect for their elders, for women, for children, nor any conventional societal norms or mores mean anything to teenage ghetto thugs. They live by their own self-defined smash-and-grab law of the jungle. Similarly the Tea Party Mafia has open contempt for its own party’s leadership, as well as for the history of government, collegiality, negotiation, compromise, the rule of law, or the concept that elections have consequences which have ruled this

country for more than 236 years. American mythology declares that this country’s law enforcers never negotiate with terrorists or hostage takers. Oh, the cops will exchange some chicken tenders or some pizza for the release of a couple of hostages, as the conversation with the criminals goes on, but in the end, the blearyeyed crooks will get overrun in a surprise attack by fresh, rested, SWAT Team members and the bad guys will be killed or cap-

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By Jesse Jackson, Sr.

Keep Hope Alive with a new War on Poverty Only a couple of weeks ago, as the nation celebrated the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s powerful “I Have a Dream” speech, I was reminded of the Rev. King’s last birthday, in January 1968. He combined it with work — a staff meeting, planning for the multiracial Poor People’s March, where we made plans to occupy

the National Mall. He spoke to us of the need to march to demand an end to the War in Vietnam and to push for a full commitment to the War on Poverty. This week — four-and-a-half decades later — the U.S. Census Bureau reported that “the nation’s official poverty rate in 2012 was 15.0 percent, which represents 46.5 million people living at or below the poverty line.” That’s up from 46.2 million in 2011, and translates to a poverty rate of 15 percent — one out of every seven Ameri-

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cans. The Census Bureau says that number includes about 16 million children and almost 4 million seniors. Is anybody listening? The Census Bureau reported that median household income also dropped. As Reuters summarized it, “While the Standard and Poor’s 500 index gained 16 percent on a total return basis last year . . . median household income slipped to $51,017 from of $51,100 in 2011.” Is anybody listening? Or as Bill Moyers puts it on The Washington Informer

his web site: “That number may sound familiar to anyone who remembers George H.W. Bush’s first year as president…because household income in 2012 is similar to what it was in 1989.” The Census Bureau report was released on the second anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement, which drove the issue of inequality in America into public debate. Unfortunately, House Republicans continue to try to head the nation the wrong way down austerity’s one-way street.

Their latest act of meanness? The GOP-dominated House voted to cut $40 billion out of food stamps over the next 10 years! The Center for American Progress (CAP) had the details: “In a party-line vote, 217 House Republicans voted to cut $40 billion from the food stamps program.” In a press release titled “Reverse Robin Hood,” CAP continued: “The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office

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Ayana Mathis headlines book festival Famed author a hit at Library of Congress annual event By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer Ayana Mathis said she’s been writing since childhood, but she never imagined she could earn a living as an author. Mathis and organizers of the annual Library of Congress National Book Festival likely couldn’t imagine that more than 200,000 people would flock to the National Mall to celebrate authors and those in the literary world. “I spent more than a decade doing everything from waitressing to working with the homeless to working as a fact checker at a magazine,” said Mathis, 40, who’s the author of the best selling tome, “The Twelve Tribes of Hattie.” The festival, which took place over two days, Saturday, Sept. 21, and Sunday, Sept. 22, featured talks and book signings by 112 poets, illustrators and authors such as Mathis, Khaled Hosseini, who penned, “The Kite Runner,” and Don DeLillo, whose 1985 book, “White Noise,” earned him a National Book Award. “It took two years before I was convinced that I was a writer, and I’m glad I was convinced,” said DeLillo, 76. Those attending the festival appeared excited about each of the authors, most of who sat or stood under white tents and signed autographs as they addressed throngs of people, educating them about their work and the process involved in producing such critically acclaimed and commercially successful literature. The festival received a further boost when David Rubenstein, the co-founder and CEO of the Carlyle Group in Northwest, announced his donation of an additional $5 million to support the annual event, which began in 2001. Rubenstein’s donations to the festival now have topped $10.3 million since 2001. “The Library of Congress National Book Festival is a muchloved event that has brought the joy of reading to hundreds of thousands of people,” Rubenstein said. “It allows them to meet authors in person, discover new books, and explore new genres, and it makes reading exciting for children, an uplifting way to prowww.washingtoninformer.com

vide them with a crucial skill for living.” Tonia Walker, an aspiring novelist from Southeast, said the entire festival regularly proves uplifting to her. Walker, 28, said it’s the 5th time she’s attended and she’s hoping that the many contacts acquired will ultimately lead to her entry into the world of literary art. “I’ve been writing a long time, I’ve got ideas,” Walker said. “I know some aren’t good enough, but I feel in my heart that I have at least one best seller and I’m hoping that someone will just take a chance.” Craig Houston, a Silver Spring, Md., resident and book enthusiast, said listening to the authors discuss their struggles and ultimate triumphs, is worth the trip into D.C. each year. “I’m mesmerized. The one thing about authors, they are different from actors and singers,” said Houston, 33. “Authors tell you the truth, they tell exactly how things really are and there is nothing phony about them. To see and listen to someone like Ayana Mathis, that’s uplifting, it lets me know that there is a story, a novel, inside everyone. You just have to have that forum to tell that story.” Festival officials were also excited about Mathis, the Philadelphia born only child who said she had a quirky and, sometimes, overactive imagination. Mathis penned her first collection of short series about a girl named Blue who met an untimely demise inside a tree house. Two years ago, Mathis received a Masters of Fine Arts degree from the Iowa Writers Workshop and counted as a recipient of a Michener Copernicus Fellowship. In 2012, she released, “The Twelve Tribes of Hattie,” which tells the story of the children of the Great Migration through the trials of one family. Chosen by Oprah Winfrey for the talk show diva’s famed book club, “The Twelve Tribes of Hattie,” opens in 1923, when 15-yearold Hattie Shepherd flees Georgia and settles in Philadelphia, hoping for a chance at a better life. Instead, she marries a man who brings her disappointment and she watches helplessly as her firstborn twins succumb to an illness that

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could easily have been prevented. Hattie gives birth to nine more children whom she raises with grit and mettle, but sans the tenderness they need and desire. “The metaphor is about getting out of bondage and into freedom, which goes hand in hand with the whole notion of the Great Migration,” Mathis said. “We are all an aggregate of our past and present, of personality and upbringing, race and class. Understanding the ways in which these things impact our present situation is crucial to getting by and getting through.”wi The Washington Informer

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Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo Ropes in Crowds Photos by Khalid Naji-Allah

Lu Vason, president and producer of the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo (BPIR), long-ago challenged the false perception of the absence of Blacks in the development of the West, while molding his touring rodeo into an unquestionable success. A former entertainment producer, media impresario and marketing consultant, Vason founded the BPIR in 1984. Safeway and Upscale magazine recently partnered with BPIR to bring the high-energy rodeo back to the D.C. metropolitan area. To the delight of thrilled audiences and rodeo fans, some of the nation’s most skilled and entertaining Black cowboys and cowgirls competed in such events as Bare Back Riding, Tie-Down Roping, Barrel Racing, and Bull Dogging. Known as the “Dusky Demon,” Bill Pickett (1870-1932) was the bestknown African American rodeo performer of all time. Pickett invented the rodeo sport of bulldogging—now known as steer wrestling—and entertained millions of people around the world. The professional cowboy and rodeo champion was small in stature but he was a larger-than-life Western legend in his own time. His rodeo career spanned more than 40 years. In 1989, he was inducted into the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA), and in 1996, Bill Pickett was the first rodeo athlete inducted into the Black Cowboy Walk of Fame in Denver, Colorado.

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ARIES You have made many friends through a social network you’ve been involved with. Continue to cultivate those friendships this week. Long distance phone calls are worth the money. Your actions will speak much louder than words this week. Prove your love and your friendship. Others might need convincing. Soul Affirmation: My imagination is the source of my happiness. Lucky Numbers: 19, 21, 30 TAURUS This is no time to try to be neat. Continue with your messy thinking. Others might not know how things fit together but your faith allows you to work without a plan this week. Faith will guide you through the chaotic mental atmosphere that surrounds you this week. Soul Affirmation: I give extra attention to my mate this week. Lucky Numbers: 20, 29, 37 GEMINI Call a family member and ask for advice. You know the one to call –the same person who has been level headed in the past. Your head is not as level as it should be. Move forward not on your own understanding. Allow advice to have a great effect on your decisions. Soul Affirmation: I find peace in communing with nature this week. Lucky Numbers: 29, 40, 55 CANCER Your suspicions will give you misleading information. Now is a time for trust. Base the trust on the fact that nothing is in danger. No matter what the outcome of current affairs you are going to come out wiser and better. Soul Affirmation: I release internal pressure by enjoying the beauties of the world around me. Lucky Numbers: 1, 26, 34 LEO Ponder your intimate thoughts when you feel that you would rather have stayed in bed. Treasure the remembered image of a friend and play the image over and over to uplift your sleepy spirit. Soul Affirmation: I make a special effort to bond with old friends. Lucky Numbers: 34, 36, 39 VIRGO Give yourself a break this week. Coast! You might not feel it but you are on the top of a hill. You don’t have to work to move forward. Just let your momentum carry you. Smile and things will get done. Spend some time on the phone taking care of social obligations and social diversions. Soul Affirmation: I try to smile more often than usual this week. Lucky Numbers: 8, 15, 20 LIBRA This week you’re likely to notice that your relationship with your lover has been elevated into a strong friendship as well. Play up the friendship side this week. Don’t feel inhibited when the two of you are alone. Act and speak freely. You will be pleasantly surprised at the reception your lover/pal gives you. Soul Affirmation: I open myself up for a glad surprise. Lucky Numbers: 14, 23, 45 SCORPIO It is true that the universe provides but you are part of the universe and so you have to be a provider for yourself this week. Willful activity is the key this week. Ego matters. Pursue it because you want it and are good enough to get it. Make the changes necessary to add dynamism and excitement to your body of affairs. Soul Affirmation: This week I forgive myself for everything that has happened. Lucky Numbers: 5, 34, 52 SAGITTARIUS You definitely need to ease up on your work schedule and immerse yourself in some good quality quiet time. You have forgotten what it is like to relax hiding behind all those seeming necessities. Let it go. Smell the roses take a stroll in a real or imaginary garden. Chill! Soul Affirmation: There are other fish in the sea waiting for me. Lucky Numbers: 8, 52, 54 CAPRICORN Your popularity is at a personal peak this week! Be sure to pick and choose among your social engagements so that you gather the best from the most. Financial matters, along with family members, will stir your interests in feathering your nest. Your smart business sense will make the most of an unusual opportunity. In your personal life, let your softer emotions speak. Soul Affirmation: I focus on long-range financial security this week. Lucky Numbers: 14, 31, 42 AQUARIUS This week is better than last for financial goals. Put on the thinking cap. Think about money. There is a solution to money problems hidden in the way you conduct your home life. Make the adjustment. Reap the reward. Soul Affirmation: I change who I am by changing where I am going. Lucky Numbers: 21, 39, 43 PISCES Think about small stuff. Be petty. Know that details are important. Look not at the bigger picture. Go to the trenches. Get fine points taken care of. Step-by-step movement will help with the grand designs that you are seeking to manifest. Soul Affirmation: I remain adaptable so I can deal with changing circumstances. Lucky Numbers: 2, 35, 45

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KENNEDY CENTER 2013–2014 SEASON D.C. Fashion Week included showings of innovative works of up-cycled couture made from corkscrews, dolls, trashbags, and old hospital gowns. Isagus Extroversions showcased how ordinary materials can transform into extraordinary works of wearable art. / Photo by Malonda Richard-Sia

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D.C. Fashion Week 2013 Showcases Homegrown Talent Story & Photos by Malonda Richard-Sia Informer Contributing Writer D.C. Fashion Week 2013, featuring the Spring and Summer 2014 Collections of designers from around the world kicked off its nineteenth cycle at the Woolly Mammoth Theater, Mon., September 23, with an eco-friendly designer showcase. Innovative works, including dresses made of up-cycled cork screws and dolls by Isagus Extroversions, demonstrated how ordinary materials could be transformed into extraordinary works of wearable art. Recent Howard University graduate Michelle Gibson, of Simply L3ve, shared her love of graphic prints with her simple, but sophisticated pieces designed to meet the fashionista in any woman. Gibson debuted her collection earlier this month at New York Fashion Week and it was received equally well in D.C. “Gibson’s eye for detail is amazing. She understands that real women need to be able to transition from day to evening, sometimes to after-hours meetings and need wardrobes that are fluid enough to meet those demands,” said Jocelyn Marley, 30. “In an ‘I’m every woman world, Gibson www.washingtoninformer.com

knows how to meet a tremendous need.” Marley was among the eager-eyed future designers who rushed to D.C. Fashion Week, to see how best their own eye for design matched up with their favorites. Ean Williams, founder of DC Fashion Week was proud to share that in an effort to be more eco-conscious DCFW used digital communication as much as possible which resulted in DCFW having more social media followers on Twitter than New York Fashion Week. The popularity of DCFW was evident following Williams’ collection preview at Madame Tussand’s Wax Museum. “I was tweeting and going berserk over Williams’ 2014 Corjor International Collection,” fashion blogger Diamond Rays said. “There are several dresses that would make the woman wearing them stop people in their tracks and swoon. They were absolutely flawless.” Celebrity Makeup Artists Derrick Rutledge and Lindsay Ebbin, Celebrity Hairdresser Barry Fletcher, Fashion Show Producers Harvey Star Washington and Glynn Jones were on hand, offering the audience, of aspiring models and designers, advice. The highlight of the week included designers from the Emerg-

ing Emirates Designer Showcase who gave the audience a front row seat to a world of fashion that is rarely shared. The beauty, style and sophistication of designers Abeer Alsuwaidi and House of Fatam gave voice to Muslim women who are clearly committed to showing that modesty can speak volumes in the fashion world. That commitment continued on Friday at the National Press Club where the Haute and Modesty Fashion show - a first for DC Fashion Week - featured notable designers Cover Me Beautiful and Sabika Seattle who produce clothes that women of all faiths would love to covet. Emerging designers from national colleges and universities were featured as well. Crowd favorite Corjor International ended the show, with Ean Williams, stating as he often had during this year’s event, “This is a place where we can share our talents and differences with love, respect and style.” Clearly, Williams and D.C. Fashion Week have proven that the District is a hub for international fashion. For more pictures, videos and more information on DC Fashion Week 2013 please visit www.dcfashionweek.org.wi The Washington Informer

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2012–2013 SEASON

ACS: Allen, Carrington, Spalding Formed out of their work together on Carrington's Grammy®-winning album The Mosaic Project, ACS gathers three of the most important musicians in jazz: bold pianist Geri Allen, drummer Terri Lyne Carrington, who “plays with equal parts power and passion” (NPR), and bassist Esperanza Spalding, a Grammy® winner in her own right. FRI., OCT. 11 AT 7:30 & 9:30 P.M. TERRACE THEATER | TICKETS $38

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"A drummer of huge presence and virtuosity," (The Chicago Tribune), Winard Harper returns to the Kennedy Center with his newest band, the Jeli Posse. Harper is known for his African-inspired percussion as a balaphone player, as well as his jazz and R&B influences. FRI., OCT. 18 AT 7:30 & 9:30 P.M. TERRACE GALLERY | TICKETS FROM $26

Django Reinhardt Festival All-Stars with Stefon Harris Showcasing the intricacies of its namesake style, the Django Reinhardt Festival All-Stars return featuring guitar virtuoso Dorado Schmitt. Joined by vibraphonist-composer Stefon Harris, Schmitt and the All-Stars are sure to swing down the house. SAT., NOV. 2 AT 7:30 & 9:30 P.M. TERRACE THEATER | TICKETS $38

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‘The Butler” Part Two Prince George’s County Resident Served Presidents and Superstars By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer While the movie, “Lee Daniels’ the Butler,” continues to garner Academy Award talk and has blazed passed the $100 million mark in gross revenues, the film has opened the eyes of America to other pioneers who paved the way to equality. Those other pioneers include Harvey T. Lewis, a Virginia native and Capitol Heights, Md., resident who literally drove to his destiny, serving as a United States government special assistant to presidential cabinet appointees, a driver for White House and elected officials and a chauffeur and owner of his own limousine company. “He’s seen a lot and he’s handsome and charming,” said Lewis’ wife, Linda Ivey Lewis. More than that, the 95-year-old Lewis has served in World War II and, among those he’s chauffeured, includes civil rights icon Rosa Parks, music and stage legend Liza Minnelli, Democratic leader Nancy Pe-

losi, actor Will Smith and comedian Martin Lawrence. “He went to the school of hard knocks,” said Linda Lewis, who’s 35 years her husband’s junior, but said his intelligence and zest for life makes her leading man appear a whole lot younger. “I used to go to the White House and sit down during important meetings,” said Harry Lewis, who has worked on every presidential campaign since John F. Kennedy ran for the oval office in 1960. A local television station featured him and his wife while working in 2008, to help elect President Barack Obama. “They named the story, ‘The Obama Couple,’” Lewis said. “That title was given because Linda and I met and married while volunteering during the campaign in 2008.” Lewis stood proud as Obama’s oldest volunteer, making calls daily at the Prince George’s County campaign office, going to the battle ground state of Virginia to knock on doors, and attending rallies

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throughout the state. “He passed out campaign buttons as if they were candy and he wore campaign hats and T-shirts everywhere he went, even on our honeymoon,” Linda Lewis said. Despite living in Washington Redskins territory, Harvey Lewis is a life-long Dallas Cowboy fan who proudly wears a Cowboy hat and belt on a regular basis. “His daughter is sending us to Texas Stadium for his birthday and he’ll sit in (Cowboys owner) Jerry Jones’ private box and get to meet him and his favorite player, Tony Romo,” Lewis said. “He thinks he’s a Texan,” she

said, laughing. Dozens of friends gathered on Sept. 14, to help celebrate Lewis’ 95th birthday at the Bolling Air Force Base Officers Club in Southwest. “That was memorable,” he said. “There was lots of fun and excitement.” His wife said Lewis has always been a model African-American citizen who achieved the American Dream through hard work and determination. “Harvey is unique. He’s very wise and, as he says, wisdom is something you acquire in life, you’re not born with it,” she said. Born in Richmond, Va., in 1918,

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Harvey Lewis moved to Capital Heights as a young adult and has lived in Prince George’s County for more than 75 years. A former rail road porter, Lewis went on to work for the Department of Energy in Southwest for 28 years. He operated the Limelighter Limousine Service for 35 years after he retired from the government. “They talk about the Butler, and that’s a great story,” Linda Lewis said. “But, Harry has witnessed many of the milestones that have made America what it is today.” Lewis became heavily involved in the civil rights struggle and attended the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and, last month, he counted among the throngs to attend the 50th anniversary of the famous march where Martin Luther King Jr., delivered his iconic, “I Have A Dream,” speech. Although Lewis said he’s thrilled that America elected its first black president, his favorite remains John F. Kennedy. “Kennedy had a style about him that I just loved,” said Lewis, who enjoyed the honor of meeting and knowing the Kennedy family, including the late John F. Kennedy Jr. “The Kennedy’s had me as a guest in their home in Massachusetts,” Lewis said. “I’d see John John when he came to Washington as well.” Lewis and his first wife, who’s now deceased, had one child, Dr. Freda Lewis-Hall, a renowned leader in the field of medicine and an appointee to Obama’s Health Care Advisory Commission. Lewis-Hall also holds the position of medical director at Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, the largest pharmaceutical company in the world. “He has good genes, he’s never been sick and he doesn’t look his age,” Linda Lewis said. “He was 89 when we got married. I didn’t know how old he was, it was an accident that I found out, but when I did, I decided I would be his 90th birthday gift,” she said.wi www.washingtoninformer.com

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Postal Service Releases Ray Charles Stamp Iconic musician honored on what would have been his 83rd Birthday By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer With apologies to Chuck D, many African-American heroes are now appearing on United States Postal Stamps. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member and legendary “Georgia on My Mind” singer, the late Ray Charles, now appears on one of the Post Office’s forever stamps. The Post Office continues to honor African-American legends and momentous events in black history, including the release last month of a civil rights stamp which followed those of Rosa Parks, tennis legend, Althea Gibson, and others. The honors arrive more than 20 years after Chuck D, the legendary leader of the rap group, Public Enemy, famously remarked about black icons, “Most of my heroes don’t appear on (a) stamp.” Last year, Public Enemy and Chuck D, whose real name is Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, released a new CD, titled, “Most of My Heroes Still Don’t Appear on (a) Stamp.” “No matter how many awards and accolades he received, Ray Charles was genuinely humbled by each and every honor. To him, it meant people anticipated what he loved doing so much, his music,” said Valerie Ervin, president of the Ray Charles Foundation in

Los Angeles. For the new stamp, art director Ethel Kessler chose a photograph of Charles taken by Yves Carrère late in the great singer’s career. Designed to evoke the appearance of a vintage 45 rpm record sleeve, the stamp sheet contains two sides that include the stamps and the image of a record appearing to peek out of the top of the sleeve. “We are very pleased to announce that the third stamp in the new, ‘Music Icons,’ series will celebrate the life and music of Ray Charles,” Postal officials said in statement. “This extraordinary composer, singer, and pianist, blind since childhood, went beyond category, blending blues, gospel, country, jazz and soul music in a unique and highly influential pop music style.” Earlier this year, the postal service revealed plans for a new stamp set called, “Music Icons.” The series shines the spotlight on three American originals, the late Lydia Mendoza, a pioneer of Tejano music, Johnny Cash, the country music superstar known as “The Man in Black,” and Charles, the musical trailblazer who many musicians, including superstar Stevie Wonder, consider an idol. Released on what would have been the singer’s 83rd birthday on Monday, Sept. 23, the stamp co-

incides with a new, “Ray Charles Forever,” two-disc CD/DVD. The 12-song set features Charles’ performances of classic hits like, “America the Beautiful,” “They Can’t Take That Away From Me,” and “Imagine.” The disc also includes mega-hits like, “Georgia on My Mind,” “Hit the Road Jack,” “What’d I Say,” and “I’ve Got a Woman.” “They are among the many hits that are standards and meet the test of time,” said Ervin, who co-executive produced the disc along with John Burk of the Concord Music Group. “But, to mark this momentous occasion, I selected songs that also exemplify the forever quality of his performances,” she said. Born in 1930 in Albany, Ga.,

Charles lost his sight at age seven. He learned to play piano at a school for the blind in Florida where he initially became immersed in classical music. As his career developed, Charles’ love of jazz and blues became evident and his soulful voice and precise piano style became his trademark. Charles, who counted among the first inductees into both the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 1979, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, earned numerous Grammy Awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Award. The legendary singer, whom Hollywood brilliantly captured in a major motion picture in which comedian Jamie Foxx portrayed him, died from kidney problems in 2004, the same year that the autobiographical film, “Ray,” hit

movie theaters. The postal service selected Morehouse College in Atlanta as the venue for the stamp unveiling because of Charles’ strong ties to the community there. Earlier this year, the singer’s foundation awarded the prominent African-American school a $3 million gift that help to secure the naming of the academic wing of the Ray Charles Performing Arts Center after his mother, Aretha Robinson. “I know that Ray Charles had a long-standing relationship with Morehouse based on professionalism, integrity and honesty,” Ervin said. “He genuinely valued the education and preparation that Morehouse provides to young men.”wi

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St. Francis forward Pablo Medina goes one-on-one with Howard’s Warren Dennis. / Photo by John E. De Freitas

Howard University goal-keeper Eric Hamilton leaps above the players to punch out a corner-kick on Saturday, Sept. 28 at Greene stadium in Northwest. St. Francis defeated Howard 2-1. / Photo by John E. De Freitas

Howard University defender Anthony Rose successfully slide-tackles the ball from his opponent during the Division 1 Men’s Soccer game. / Photo by John E. De Freitas

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Howard University freshman Mario Martin returned, playing as forward to help defend his goal during the Division 1 Men’s Soccer game, Sunday, Sept. 29, at Greene Stadium in Northwest. St. Joseph defeated Howard 3-0. / Photo by John E. De Freitas

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Griot “Harlem Nocturne: Women Artists & Progressive Politics During World War II”

by Farah Jasmine Griffin c.2013, Basic Civitas $26.99 / $30.00 Canada 242 pages When the music starts, your feet do, too. Oh, how you love to dance – and if singing is involved, that’s even better. You sing in church, in the choir. If someone mentions it, you dance for the family. It’s a pleasure in front of friends. Heck, you’ve been known to break out in song and do a little shuffle on the street. But what will you do with your talent? In the new book, “Harlem Nocturne” by Far-

ah Jasmine Griffin , you’ll see how three women used theirs to change society. In the years surrounding World War II, Harlem was a “vibrant” neighborhood, “brimming with creativity” and the sounds of Lena Horne, Lady Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Miles Davis, and Dinah Washington. It was a great time

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and place, if you were an artist or musician – but it was “no utopia” because of Jim Crow laws, segregation, and social inequality. Born in the Caribbean, dancer Pearl Primus immigrated to New York as a child, and though she never experienced the kind of racism that was common in the South in the 1940s, she was aware of it. Believing that dance

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was “a means of contributing to the ongoing struggle,” Primus used her talents – including the astounding ability to jump some five feet into the air – as a weapon for social justice. Ann Lane Petry was born into a well-established and highly-educated Connecticut family in 1908. Her father was a pharmacist, her mother was a chiropodist, and they wanted Ann to follow in the family footsteps, but she had other ideas: as a “bookish, chubby child,” she had always wanted to be a writer. Harlem, for Petry, was a great place to find inspiration for stories that might affect a change in racial inequality, particularly for Black women. Mary Lou Williams started singing and playing piano at age three and was “confidently aware of her genius.” As a member of the progressive Café Society, she “saw black music as the deepest expression of black history,” and used it to support her ideals – including an attempt at creating an all-female interracial band, something almost unheard-of in the 1940s…

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Though it’s filled with plenty of important history – both of the national and of the entertainment kind - “Harlem Nocturne” isn’t a book for everybody. Author Farah Jasmine Griffin takes readers for a stroll down the streets of Harlem, inside smoky jazz joints, and past the kind of educational opportunities that were available for the three women about whom she writes. I found that highly interesting, and I loved the history behind the stories, but I also thought this book was occasionally rather dry and repetitious. I wanted liveliness from these women’s lives, and that often seemed to be lacking. I think there’s something in here for music fans. There’s something in this book for political historians, too, but I wouldn’t say this is a book you’d read for fun. Still, if you want to learn more about women and the roots of social justice, “Harlem Nocturne” will make you dance.wi

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My People Are Destroyed For the Lack of Knowledge, Part II and your family members. Though we must keep our faith in God, he has caused doctors and nurses to learn how to assist with caring for us with various conditions. But first, you must have health insurance. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where this law comes into play. Here is your chance to finally get insurance for you and your entire family and for an affordable cost too. Read these scripture about health and healing: 3 John 1:2 ESV â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.â&#x20AC;? And Proverbs 17:22 ESV â&#x20AC;&#x153;A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones;â&#x20AC;? and 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV â&#x20AC;&#x153;Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.â&#x20AC;? There is a new Marketplace which provides a new way to find quality health coverage. It helps if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have any coverage at all; a blessing to us from God. We all know President Obama would not be President today, if he wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t meant to be! When you use the Health Insurance Marketplace, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll fill out an application and see all the health plans available in your area. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll provide some information about your household size and income to find out if you canÂ get lower costs on your monthly premiumsÂ for private insurance plans. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll learn if you qualify forÂ lower out-of-

Hosea 4: 6 (KJV) My people perish from a lack of knowledge. This week, America enters a new phase; we now have affordable health care, thanks to President Barack Obama! Last week, I wrote about the opportunity that was afforded me to attend a very special brunch with Ms. Tina Tchen, chief-of-staff to First Lady Michelle Obama, plus she is Assistant to President Obama. Hopefully, you were able to go to the website that the White House is asking all of us to visit, to sign up, or maybe you are in need of reducing your current health care. Whatever the case, there will be an exchange marketplace on this website: www. healthcare.gov. This all took effect on October 1, 2013. ObamaCare is now the new law of the land. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a bill passed to help 40 million Americans whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been living without health care, it is the Health Care Reform Act, better known as ObamaCare. That law became effective on October 1st 2013. By January 1, 2013, every American must have health insurance, or face fines. Those of you who read my column on a regular basis know how much I have emphasized good health and healing. My dearly departed mother suffered from complications of diabetes, because she did not have health care. It was too late when she had a severe stroke that caused her to become paralyzed. This doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to happen to you

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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.

Blessed Word of Life Church Dr. Dekontee L. & Dr. Ayele A. Johnson Pastors 4001 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 265-6147 Office 1-800 576-1047 Voicemail/Fax Schedule of Services: Sunday School – 9:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service – 11:00 AM Communion Service – First Sunday Prayer Service/Bible Study – Tuesday, 6:30 PM www.blessedwordoflifechurch.org e-mail: church@blessedwordoflifechurch.org

Campbell AME Church Reverend Daryl K. Kearney, Pastor 2562 MLK Jr. Ave., S E Washington, DC 20020 Adm. Office 202-678-2263 Email:Campbell@mycame.org Sunday Worship Service 10: am Sunday Church School 8: 45 am Bible Study Wednesday 12:00 Noon Wednesday 7:00 pm Thursday 7: pm “Reaching Up To Reach Out” Mailing Address Campbell AME Church 2502 Stanton Road SE Washington, DC 20020

Mt. Zion Baptist Church Rev. John W. Davis, Pastor 5101 14th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20011 202-726-2220/ 202-726-9089 Sunday Worship Service 8:00am and 11:00am Sunday School 9:15am Holy Communion 4th Sunday 10:00am Prayer and Bible Study Wednesday 7;00pm TV Ministry –Channel 6 Wednesday 10:00pm gsccm.administration@verizon.net

Pilgrim Baptist Church

700 I. Street, NE Washington, D.C. 20002 Pastor Louis B. Jones, II and Pilgrim invite you to join us during our July and August Summer schedule! Attire is Christian casual. Worship: Sundays@ 7:30 A.M. & 10:00 A.M. 3rd Sunday Holy Communion/Baptism/Consecration Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @12:00 Noon @ 6:30 P.M. – One Hour of Power! (202) 547-8849 www.pilgrimbaptistdc.org

Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ Drs. Dennis W. and Christine Y. Wiley, Pastors 3845 South Capitol Street Washington, DC 20032 (202) 562-5576 (Office) (202) 562-4219 (Fax) SERVICES AND TIMES: SUNDAYS: 10:00 am AM Worship Services BIBLE STUDY: Wonderful Wednesdays in Worship and the Word Bible Study Wednesdays 12:00 Noon; 6:30 PM (dinner @ 5:30 PM) SUNDAY SCHOOL: 9:00 AM – Hour of Power “An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and affirmed.” www.covenantbaptistdc.org

Twelfth Street Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 1812 12th Street, NW Washington, DC 20009 Phone: 202-265-4494 Fax: 202 265 4340

Church of Living Waters

Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor Harold Andrew, Assistant Pastor 4915 Wheeler Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-894-6464 Schedule of Service Sunday Service: 8:30 AM & 11:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM Communion Service: First Sunday www.livingwatersmd.org

St. Stephen Baptist Church Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. 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

Isle of Patmos Baptist Church Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews • Senior Pastor 1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 Fax: (202) 526-1661

Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan, Pastor 800 I Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 202-548-0707 Fax No. 202-548-0703

Sunday Worship Services: 8:00a.m. and 11:00a.m. Sunday Church School - 9:15a.m. & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study - 10:30a.m. 2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study - 10:00a.m. Tuesday Topical Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Wednesday Children’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Thursday Men’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service - 6:30p.m. Saturday Adult Bible Study - 10:00a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship 11:00am Holy Communion – 1st Sunday Sunday School-9:45am Men’s Monday Bible Study – 7:00pm Wednesday Night Bible Study – 7:00pm Women’s Ministry Bible Study 3rd Friday -7:00pm Computer Classes- Announced Family and Marital Counseling by appointment E-mail: Crusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org

“The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church”

“God is Love”

Third Street Church of God Rev. Cheryl J. Sanders, Th.D. Senior Pastor 1204 Third Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202.347.5889 office 202.638.1803 fax Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Prayer Meeting and Bible Study: Wed. 7:30 p.m. “Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital” www.thirdstreet.org

Sunday Worship Services: 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion: 2nd Sunday at 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday Church School: 9:20 a.m. Seniors Bible Study: Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. Noon Day Prayer Service: Tuesdays at Noon Bible Study: Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Motto: “A Ministry of Reconciliation Where Everybody is Somebody!” Website: http://isleofpatmosbc.org Church Email: ipbcsecretary@verizon.net

Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr.; Senior Bishop & Evangelist Susie C. Owens – Co-Pastor 610 Rhode Island Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 529-4547 office • (202) 529-4495 fax Sunday Worship Service: 8 AM and 10:45 AM Sunday Youth Worship Services: 1st & 4th 10:45 AM; 804 R.I. Ave., NE 5th 8 AM & 10:45 AM; Main Church Prayer Services Tuesday – Noon, Wednesday 6 AM & 6:30 PM Calvary Bible Institute: Year-Round Contact Church Communion Every 3rd Sunday The Church in The Hood that will do you Good! www.gmchc.org emailus@gmchc.org

ST Marks Baptist Come Worship with us... St. Mark's Baptist Church 624 Underwood Street, NW Washington, dc 20011 Dr. Raymond T. Matthews, Pastor and First Lady Marcia Matthews Sunday School 9:am Worship Service 10:am Wed. Noon Day prayer service Thur. Prayer service 6:45 pm Thur. Bible Study 7:15 pm

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Reverend Dr. Paul H. Saddler Senior Pastor Service and Times Sunday Worship Service 11:00 a.m. Communion every Sunday 11:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Bible Study Tuesday 12Noon Pastor’s Bible Study Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Motto; “Discover Something Wonderful.” Website: 12thscc.org Email: Twelfthstcc@aol.com

Mount Carmel Baptist Church

52 Years of Expert Engraving Services

Joseph N. Evans, Ph.D Senior Pastor 901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423 Sunday Church School : 9: 30am Sunday Morning Worship: 10: 45am Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00pm Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00pm Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10: 45am themcbc.org

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All Nations Baptist Church

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Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor 2001 North Capitol St, N.E. • Washington, DC 20002 Phone (202) 832-9591

Website: www.allnationsbaptistchurch.com All Nations Baptist Church – A Church of Standards

“Where Jesus is the King”

Israel Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr. Pastor

4850 Blagdon Ave, NW • Washington D.C 20011 Phone (202) 722-4940 • Fax (202) 291-3773

1251 Saratoga Ave., NE Washington, DC 20018 (202) 269-0288 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

St. Luke Baptist Church

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

Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor

Rev. Aubrey C. Lewis Pastor

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

Zion Baptist Church

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

Dr. Lucius M. Dalton, Senior Pastor 1636 East Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20003 Telephone: 202-544-5588 Fax: 202-544-2964 Sunday Worship Services: 7:45 am and 10:45 am Holy Communion: 1st Sundays at 7:45 am and 10:45 am Sunday School: 9:30 am Prayer & Praise Service: Tuesdays at 12 noon and 6:30 pm Bible Study: Tuesdays at 1 pm and 7 pm Youth Bible Study: Fridays at 7 pm

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Rehoboth Baptist Church

St. Matthews Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Maxwell M. Washington Pastor 1105 New Jersey Ave, S.E • Washington, DC 20003 202 488-7298 Order of Services Sunday Worship Services: 9:05 A.M. Sunday School: 8:00 A.M. Holy Communion 3rd Sunday Morning Prayer Meeting: 7:00 P.M. (Tuesday) Bible Study: 7:30 P.M. (Tuesday) Theme: “Striving to be more like Jesus “Stewardship”. Philippians 3:12-14; Malachi 3:8-10 and 2 Corinthians 9:7 Email: stmatthewbaptist@msn.com Website: www.stmatthewsbaptist.com

Salem Baptist Church

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

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Florida Avenue Baptist Church Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor

Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert SR. Pastor

623 Florida Ave.. NW • WDC. 20001 Church (202) 667-3409 • Study (202) 265-0836 Home Study (301) 464-8211 • Fax (202) 483-4009

4504 Gault Place, N.E. Washington, D.C 20019 202-397-7775 – 7184

Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 a.m. Sunday Church School: 8:45 – 9:45 a.m. Holy Communion: Every First Sunday Intercessory Prayer: Monday – 7:00-8:00 p.m. Pastor’s Bible Study: Wednesday –7:45 p.m. Midweek Prayer: Wednesday – 7:00 p.m. Noonday Prayer Every Thursday

9:30AM. Sunday Church School 11:00 Am. Sunday Worship Service The Lord’s Supper 1st Sunday Wednesday 7:00pm Prayer & Praise Services 7:30pm. Bible Study Saturday before 4th Sunday Men, Women, Youth Discipleship Ministries 10:30am A Christ Centered Church htubc@comcast.net

Matthews Memorial Baptist Church

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.

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Morning Worship: 8:00 a.m Church School : 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:55 a.m. Bible Study, Thursday: 6:30 p.m. Prayer Meeting,Thursday : 7:30 p.m.

Sunday Service: 10 am Sunday School for all ages: 8:30 am 1st Sunday Baptism: 10: am 2nd Sunday Holy Communion: 10 am Tuesday: Bible Study: 6:30 pm Prayer Meeting: 7:45 pm

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Sunday Worship Services: 7:45am & 11:00am Sunday school For All Ages 9:30am Prayer Services Wednesday 11:30am & 6:45pm Bible Institute Wednesday at Noon & 7:45pm “Changing Lives On Purpose “ Email: Froffice@firstrising.org Website: www.firstrising.org

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Pennsylvania Ave. Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Kendrick E. Curry Pastor 3000 Pennsylvania Ave.. S.E Washington, DC 20020 202 581-1500 Sunday Church School: 9:30 A.M. Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 A.M. Monday Adult Bible Study: 7:00 P.M. Wednesday Youth & Adult Activities: 6:30 P.M. Prayer Service Bible Study

Mt. Horeb Baptist Church Rev. Dr. H. B. Sampson, III Pastor 2914 Bladensburg Road, NE Wash., DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-3180 Fax: (202) 529-7738 Order of Services Worship Service: 7:30 a.m. Sunday School: 9:00 a.m. Worship Service: 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:30 a.m. & 10:30a.m. Prayer Services: Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Wednesday 12 Noon Email:mthoreb@mthoreb.org Website:www.mthoreb.org For further information, please contact me at (202) 529-3180.

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Administration No. 2013 ADM 930

Administration No. 2013 SEB 268

Administration No. 2013 ADM 956

Keith Darnell Johnson Decedent

Norma L. Carter Decedent

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Elvira Bernice Blackwell, whose address is 66 Houston Avenue, #401, Takoma Park, MD 20912, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Keith Darnell Johnson, who died on August 3, 2013 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before March 19, 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 March 19, 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.

Nailah Williams and Akilah Jordan, whose addresses are 739 Hamilton St., NW, Washington, DC 20011 & 657 Houston Ave., Takoma Park, MD 20912, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Norma L. Carter, who died on May 29, 2013 without a Will. 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 October 19, 2013. 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 October 19, 2013, 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.

Mildred Allen Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

legal notices notice legal SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Civil Division ORDER OF PUBLICATION-CHANGE OF NAME IN RE: Anthony Joseph Johnson Applicant’s Full Name Case No. 13-0005980

Cassandra Allen, whose address is 230 S Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Mildred Allen, who died on November 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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.

Anthony Joseph Johnson, having filed an

Date of first publication: October 3, 2013

desires to oppose this application, that person

Elvira Bernice Blackwell Personal Representative

Nailah Williams Akilah Jordan Personal Representative

Cassandra Allen Personal Representative

(5) business days in advance of the hearing

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Administration No. 2013 ADM 982

Foreign No. 2013 FEP 98

Administration No. 2013 ADM 943

Administration No. 2013 ADM 934

July 10, 2013 Date of Death

Sadie Miller Decedent

Claudette Greene Decedent

Iris McCollum Green 1730 M Street, NW, Suite 609 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney

James Larry Frazier, Esq. 918 Maryland Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 Attorney

Date of first publication: September 19, 2013

William G. Wyles, Sr. Decedent James Larry Frazier, Esq. 918 Maryland Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS William G. Wyles, Jr., whose address is 8410 Dunbar Avenue, Landover, MD 20785, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of William G. Wyles, Sr., who died on December 14, 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 3, 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 3, 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 3, 2013 William G. Wyles, Jr. Personal Representative

Date of first publication: September 19, 2013

Robert A. Brand Name of Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Karen E. Blair whose address is 411 Arbor Way State College, PA 16803 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Robert A. Brand, deceased, by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Court for Centre County, State of Pennsylvania, on July 10, 2013. Service of process may be made upon Nicky Reinhardt, 4201 Cathedral Ave., NW, #721W, Washington, DC 20016 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 property: 3677 Upton Street, NW, Washington, DC. The decedent owned District of Columbia personal property. Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice. Date of first publication: September 26, 2013

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Renee’ Latisse Scott, whose address is 5224 Central Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Sadie Miller, who died on June 30, 2013 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 3, 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 3, 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 3, 2013 Renee’ Latisse Scott Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Shellie Greene, whose address is 1415 Tuckerman Street, NW, Apt. 111, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Claudette Greene, who died on January 31, 2005 without a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before March 26, 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 March 26, 2013, 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: September 26, 2013 Shellie Greene Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer

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edelman continued from Page 27 really helped me to be able to tell my story and not be ashamed of the life I had lived.” Katie went on to graduate from Gustavus Adolphus College in southern Minnesota. She now works for Head Start in Minneapolis as the coordinator of its Project Secure for homeless children: “I was one of those kids and that’s where my heart is. They didn’t do anything wrong. I want to make sure they know that.” La’Mont Geddis’s path to servant leadership started with a call to CDF’s headquarters from a pay phone after he heard a professor talk about the Freedom Schools® program during a lecture: “I’m a student at Howard University and I want to get involved in Freedom Schools. I want to make a difference.” That was 18 years ago, and La’Mont has since proved to be a truly valuable asset in the public schools of Washington, D.C. La’Mont always wanted to be

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notorious African-American on Earth. Can you imagine the sense of pride that accompanied Johnson in the Black community? Not free to do much else, but finally a shot at being king of the boxing world. Racial animosity among Whites was so intense they started searching for a “Great White Hope” to defeat Johnson. James Jeffries a former Heavyweight champion came out of retirement to challenge Johnson in 1910. Coined the “Fight of the Century,” racial tension was so high special precautions were taken to secure the safety of both fighters. No sale of alcohol or entry to anyone who appeared to be under the influence for the July 4, 1910 crowd of 20,000 in downtown Reno, N.V. Johnson’s victory sparked race riots and marked a significant ra-

jackson continued from Page 27 Black conservatives on this issue, but to no avail. When you go into the Black community and use the word conservative, what Blacks hear is Strom Thurmond and Jesse Helms. Thurmond and Helms were both U.S. Senators (both deceased). Thurmond was from South Carolina and Helms from North Carolina. They both represented the worst of America and the Republican Party at the height of their power. They both were the embodiment of America’s racist past. In fairness, in his

a teacher and studied education at Howard, but believes much of what he knows about how to reach children comes from the training and experience he received as a servant leader intern, or teacher, in the Freedom Schools program, whose model curriculum provides summer and after-school enrichment that helps children fall in love with reading, increases their self-esteem, and generates more positive attitudes toward learning. La’Mont’s first teaching job after Freedom Schools—a fourth grade class that had had six teachers by the time he got there in October—was so difficult he almost quit. But he remembered the message Freedom Schools instills in both its teachers and its students: You can make a difference. “I ended up loving that class and vice versa. I’ve followed some of them through college.” Jaime, Katie, and La’Mont are three of 40 young servant leaders whose stories we are celebrating as

part of our 40th anniversary celebration—each representing hundreds, even thousands, of other young servant leaders who have come up through CDF’s leadership training ranks and who are making wonderful contributions as doctors, lawyers, educators, service providers, and parents in their communities and nation. I am so proud of them all and so grateful for all their good work. They are a reminder that we must never ever give up on any child and that the most important responsibility every generation and nation has is to prepare its children—all of them—for the future.wi Marian Wright Edelman is president of the Children’s Defense Fund whose Leave No Child Behind® mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. For more information go to www.childrensdefense.org.

cial advancement for people of color. However, Johnson didn’t use his power to advance that of the race. He refused all Black challengers, helping to continue to bar Black fighters from the heavyweight championship. Joe Jeanette a colored heavyweight champ criticized Johnson saying, “Jack forgot about his old friends after he became champion and drew the color line against his own people.” That observation brings me back to Floyd Mayweather and The Money Team. Much like Jack Johnson, Mayweather flaunts his status, drawing criticism from his own people. Most of the African-Americans who assembled in Las Vegas were not sporting his gear or rallying behind Mayweather. Rather, they were doing what we always do: flossing and chasing the half-naked women around. . Of course, a big sporting

event is meant for a night of fun, but history shows us its always been more than that. The Mexicans understood clearly that their posturing was for a position in this world. They are outworking us and outnumbering us, and we think that because they haven’t figured out how beat us in a fight, we are still winning. How do we rekindle that pride that came along with the Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling fight? Must everything be stripped from us before we realize if we don’t fight, we won’t win?wi Jineea Butler, founder of the Social Services of Hip Hop and the Hip Hop Union is a Hip Hop Analyst who investigates the trends and behaviors of the community and delivers programming that solves the Hip Hop Dilemma. She can be reached at jineea@gmail.com or Tweet her at @ flygirlladyjay

later years as senator, Thurmond was travelling towards a path of redemption that was born out in some of the legislation he sponsored in the senate, including increased funding for Black universities. So, when Republicans and Black conservatives specifically, go into the Black community and start talking about conservatism, Blacks hear racism. So, the conversation goes like this: “My name is Raynard and I want to talk with you about why I am a Black conservative.” What is heard is: “My name is Raynard and I want to talk with you about

why I am a Black racist and a sellout to my community?” Whites in the Republican Party have prostituted the word conservative to mean racist, state’s rights, segregation, etc. This has been born out time after time. When you talk about specific issues that are important to conservatives—abortion, welfare, homosexual entitlements, etc.— Blacks are overwhelmingly supportive. But as soon as you put the label conservative with it, the dynamic changes. Meanings are in people, not in words. Currently, America and specif-

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and Black conservatives address the Black community on any issues, they first must define their terms of engagement. Bush 43 was called conservative, but spent money like a drunken sailor. Republicans leaders of Congress call themselves fiscally conservative, but constantly support deficit spending. So, one needs to define what the word conservative means and why it is relevant to a person’s everyday life. Why Black conservatives, especially those with a heart, have not done this is truly a mystery.wi

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down, “nonessential” employees will not be paid. The bumbling Congress, however, will continue to be compensated for the little they do. Many Congressional representatives don’t care because they don’t need the money. A large percentage of our “lawmakers” are millionaires. Last time there was a government shutdown, people were paid retroactively. This time, back pay is unlikely. With so many government employees experiencing pay cuts because of furloughs, an additional pay cut is onerous. Congress seems unconcerned with the plight of the average government worker. The only good news in this mess is that the American people aren’t stupid. Most of them blame gridlock on House Republicans. The last time government shut down in 1995-96

(when two shut downs lasted a combined 26 days), the people responded by giving President Bill Clinton a second term nine months later. Clinton defeated rival Bob Dole in part because of Dole’s leadership in the government shutdown. With 2014 mid-term elections imminent, Republicans should be worried. When President Obama spoke at the Congressional Black Caucus dinner in late September, he asked people to gear up their activism for the 2014 elections. If the House of Representatives looked more like the Senate (or if more Republicans had good sense), perhaps we could avoid this constant budgetary brinkmanship that has plagued us for the past four years.wi

tured before they can murder the hostages as they threatened. That’s the code of the movies. But these Tea Party hostage-takers are demanding, first that the Affordable Care Act, which was duly passed by both houses of the U.S. Congress, signed into law by the President, and then upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, be overturned, or else the entire government will not be funded, and then the country will default on its debts. The “full faith and credit of the United States of America will be worth no more than money from the Monopoly board game. And they’re holding the entire government hostage, right out in the open, and no one—least of all the Republican leaders of the House or any

of its veteran leaders from the past—can make them come to heel. Society has an answer for the ghetto hoodlums. Some of them fall into the hands of the criminal justice system, and after repeated encounters they end up confined for long periods of time, until they are no longer a danger to the larger society, by which time a new set of younger troublemakers has come to rule the roost in the Original Gangsters’ (OG) absence. Others just mellow on the vine, also usually associated with their advancing age, are unable to keep the younger bucks in check. But what force of political nature will arrest the Tea Party thugs? Congressional elections cannot be held for at least another 13 months. Furthermore, the gerrymandering of congressional districts by right-wing

dominated state legislatures has rendered the districts these rascals represent to be “safe-Republican” districts (meaning a likely Republican House majority) at least until the next national census in 2020. What the high school hoodlums do is to threaten and intimidate an entire student body, stealing fancy shoes and clothes, leaving everyone afraid to stand up to them, even though they number only a small minority of the school. What this Congressional story needs in order to see a happy ending, is for a new “principal” in the House of Representatives, like Joe Louis Clark who went into Patterson, N.J.’s out of control Eastside H.S. in the 1980s with a baseball bat in his hand to rid that campus of its undesirable bad actors. It worked for a while in the ghetto…wi

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But the poor did get some good news this week. It sounds like Pope Francis has been listening, has heard the cries of the poor. When asked what he wished for the Catholic Church, Pope Francis replied in a way that gave me great hope: “ . . . the thing the church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds and to warm the hearts of the faithful; it needs nearness, proximity. I see the church as a field hospital after battle. . . . Heal the wounds, heal the wounds. . . . And you have to start from the ground up.”

Unfortunately, as writer Steven Rosenfeld pointed out, the “House GOP didn’t get the pope’s memo before slashing food stamps.” These cuts must be blocked. Even better, we could honor Dr. King and the March on Washington with a new War on Poverty. Keep hope alive.wi Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. is founder and president of the Chicago-based Rainbow PUSH Coalition. You can keep up with his work at www.rainbowpush.org.

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to the nineteenth century to find members of Congress so rude as to holler out “you lie” as a President spoke, assertions that that thing would happen “over my dead body” are far more common. It has always amused me when people so quickly offer their dead bodies up for discussion, as if they so lightly value their living bodies that they’d offer their dead one in the name of public policy. Just recently, Rand Paul said the federal government would bail out Detroit over his dead body, and years ago Dick Armey (R-TX) said the minimum wage would pass over his. Last I heard the minimum wage rose and Armey is still living, though no longer in Congress. If the government does shut

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jackson continued from Page 28 estimates that Thursday’s cuts will bump 3.8 million off the program next year, with an additional 2.8 million losing them each year on average over the next decade. Additionally, an estimated 210,000 children will lose access to free school lunch programs and 55,000 jobs will be lost in the first year of cuts alone.” This is not a War on Poverty, but a War on the Poor! Is anybody listening? Perhaps not in Washington,

where the collusion with Wall Street has created a 1 percent economy. As Berkeley professor Emmanuel Saez’s new study shows, “the top 1 percent captured 95 percent of the income gains in the first three years of the recovery.” Ninety-five percent of the gains to the top 1 percent. That’s just not right. Here’s a good example of how such outrageous greed works. Earlier this month, Vodafone agreed to sell its 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless, to the tune of $130 billion. To quote Barron’s, “As it happens, the dividend will

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