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Wes Moore Takes Comfortable Lead in Democratic Race for Maryland Governor

But Mail-in Ballots Must Be Counted with Official Results Due by July 29 William J. Ford WI Staff Writer

5 Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks greets supporters at her re-election victory party in District Heights after the Maryland primaries. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

A fluid push into Tuesday’s primary election on July 19, which included support from Oprah Winfrey, has author and military veteran Wes Moore currently in first place and poised to win the Democratic nomination for Maryland governor from among a crowded field of candidates.

Moore began his day Tuesday in Prince George’s County alongside County Executive Angela Alsobrooks at Potomac Landing Elementary School in Fort Washington. Some voters have said Moore, who seeks to become the state’s first Black governor, easily relates to them.

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National Urban League's CEO Marc Morial Tackles Tough Issues Organization Committed to Securing True Equality for All Brings Annual Conference to D.C.

Vaughn Family in Virginia Launches Mind and Wellness Foundation after Son’s Suicide

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Like most organizations and individual citizens in the U.S., the last few years have proven to be challenging, sometimes even overwhelming because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

But that hasn’t stopped one of

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D. Kevin McNeir WI Senior Editor Each July, cities across the U.S. observe National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month in efforts to in5 To honor the memory of Virginia resident Christen Vaughn (pictured), crease awareness about the unique struggles that racial who committed suicide at the age of 30, his parents and brothers recently and ethnic minority communities face regarding mental launched the Mind and Wellness Foundation to provide resources for youth. illness in America.

They said Chris once advised, ‘Listen and take care of each other. Really listen and check in on your 'strong' people.’ (Photyo courtesy Deneen Vaughn)

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D.C. Democrats Unify Before Critical November General Election D.C. Democratic elected officials, candidates and activists gathered at the top of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library on July 15 to announce that the party has committed to a united front to win in the November general election.

D.C. Democratic State Committee Chairman Charles Wilson, along with such luminaries as D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, talked about party unity before a crowd of 120 people. The celebratory breakfast occurred just weeks after the June 21 primary. Wilson said the overwhelming Democratic advantage in the District has its problems and party members need to take notice of that.

“D.C. as a one-party town has its drawbacks – we have no Republicans to compete against,” he said. “As a result, we beat up on each other. Candidates who compete against each other in the primary are not required to be best friends. But we should respect each other and work together.”

Statistics from the D.C. Board of Election reveal 76.70% of District voters have registered with the Democratic Party, followed by the non-party category with 16.41% and Republicans, 5.37%. Wilson also noted voter turnout throughout the city has increased.

Bowser shared her concern that Republicans may gain control of both the House and the Senate in the upcoming midterm elections, Wilson said. He said the mayor and her team have devised a plan to move forward on D.C. statehood and other issues relevant to the city if the GOP grabs control of Congress. He also noted that Norton discusses her efforts to have control of the D.C. National Guard transferred to the mayor while he said Mendelson spoke about the negative, personal tones dominating political campaigns.

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Sunday Morning Coffee Company, a Black- and woman-owned specialty premium coffee brand founded in 2001, made its debut in the District’s first Wegmans Food Market in Tenleytown.

“As a Black woman-owned business, we're excited to partner with Wegmans to provide even more customers with high-quality coffee that reflects integrity, sophistication, and a superior experience,” said Savannah Mitchell, founder/ CEO, Sunday Morning Coffee Company. “This is much bigger than just dark liquid in a cup. I want to educate Black and Brown communities about the socioeconomic power of coffee.”

Only 9% of coffee roasters are Black; 24% of all roasters are women. Mitchell, an Anne Arundel County resident is one of very few Black woman roasters in the country. The business offers beans roasted locally and cultivated in the top coffee growing regions in the world including Ethiopia, Kenya, Vietnam, Colombia, Brazil and Honduras.

“I believe people are empowered by knowledge. Educating the community about the etymology and significance of the coffee bean is a top priority,” she said adding that coffee was a high-value commodity before, during and post slavery and widely exported by African leaders to many European nations.

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D.C. Provides Update on Monkeypox, Encourages Residents to Pre-Register for Vaccination Mayor Muriel Bowser and Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, director of DC Health, recently gave an update on monkeypox and encouraged more D.C. residents to pre-register for a vaccination appointment at preventmonkeypox.dc.gov.

Since May, the District has reported 122 cases of monkeypox. Through the DC Health Wellness Center, DC Health is providing guidance to residents who have tested positive for monkeypox and as well as their close contacts. Additionally, through a 24 hour hotline, DC Health is providing guidance to healthcare providers who suspect a patient has monkeypox.

To be eligible for the monkeypox vaccine in D.C., a person must be a District resident, 18 years of age or older and: gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men and have had multiple (more than one) or any anonymous sexual partners in the last 14 days; transgender women or nonbinary persons assigned male at birth who have sex with men; sex workers (of any sexual orientation/gender); or staff (of any sexual orientation/gender) at establishments where sexual activity occurs (e.g., bathhouses, saunas, sex clubs).

All residents are invited to pre-register for a vaccination appointment and those who are not currently eligible will be contacted if eligibility changes and appointments are available. For the latest information on the virus, visit preventmonkeypox.dc.gov. WI

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Despite Complaints Park Morton Redevelopment Plan Moves Forward Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer Once completed, a redevelopment project 15 years in the making will bring mixed-income housing on the site of the Park Morton apartments, a community that Ward 1 residents have affectionately called “640” for decades.

Since the D.C. government, DC Housing Authority (DCHA) and developers solidified the deal in 2007, hundreds of families have left Park Morton and moved to other dwellings across the D.C. metropolitan area.

The nearly two dozen families who remain recently moved into other apartments while developers demolish another portion of Park Morton to make way for new buildings.

However, one of the apartments within the complex on the queue for demolition hasn’t been torn down yet. Shonta’ High, the sole occupant, said she refuses to leave unless provided a voucher. She’s currently embroiled in a legal battle with DCHA. As president of The Council @ Park Morton, High created the Park Morton Equity Plan with input from residents. Facets of the plan, released in early 2019, included 30% equity in the redevelopment for residents who opted in, a legally binding right-to-return policy for Park Morton families and a self-sufficiency package with matched savings programs and development support for resident-owned businesses.

High said the D.C. government, and D.C. Councilmember Brianne Nadeau (D-Ward 1) in particular, not only prevented the full implementation of the Park Morton Equity Plan but accelerated the demolition of Park Morton apartments to move forward with a project once stalled because of insufficient funds.

“We were trying to create true self-sufficiency. The DC Housing Authority has a ‘self-sufficiency’ program but they aren’t using it in a manner to truly help residents get off government programs and become middle and upper-class citizens,” High said.

“This is what the equity plan means,” she said. “We were diverse

at Park Morton. With apartments [priced at] 50 to 80% average median income (AMI), you’re pushing us out. Some of us are in Ward 1 but we’re all scattered [across the District].”

Once completed, Park Morton will have 542 units, a third of which will be replacement housing for Park Morton residents. The other two-thirds will have income restrictions with workforce housing also set aside for returning Park Morton residents. Units originally designated as market rate now serve as affordable housing units at 80% AMI. Per a DCHA resolution, residents who have lived in Park Morton since 2007 can return if they choose. Councilmember Nadeau secured $300,000 for a matched savings program while DCHA expressed a commitment to help residents form a co-operative.

In speaking about the Park Morton Equity Plan, Nadeau said it couldn’t have been totally included in the redevelopment because it came out well after the D.C. government, DCHA and private developers finalized plans for Park Morton.

The Park Morton redevelopment counts among several projects under the District’s New Communities Initiative through which severely dilapidated subsidized housing becomes redeveloped into mixed-income communities. The Initiative strives to maintain the number of available units through one-forone replacements. It also attempts to prevent displacement through “build first” where developers erect new housing before tearing down dilapidated dwellings.

Initially the Park Morton project had three phases. During the first phase, “build first” would take place with the construction of replacement housing at Georgia Avenue and Columbia Road in Northwest.

Subsequent phases would focus on apartment buildings on Park Road in Northwest and the Park Morton cul-de-sac.

Early on in the development project, “build first”' would be delayed after a lawsuit stalled construction of replacement housing at the site of the former Bruce-Monroe Elementary School. Through-

out the years, as more Park Morton residents accepted vouchers and moved elsewhere, a growing number of apartment buildings in the community became empty. That, in part, paved the way for the demolition of several Park Morton apartment buildings.

A former Park Morton resident who requested anonymity said they couldn’t wait to move out of Park Morton. Two years ago, they accepted a DCHA voucher after growing frustrated with the violence, drug activity and loitering that kept them up at all hours of the night.

Their departure marked the end of a 50-year experience.

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1954 – Civil rights activist and founding NAACP member Mary Church Terrell, who was the first African American to serve on the D.C. board of education, dies in Annapolis.

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Black Men Less Likely to ‘Go Under the Knife’ But Are We Really Afraid of Losing Our Manhood?

As a child born in the 60s, by the time I had reached adulthood and began to enthusiastically explore my sexuality, the landmark case of Roe v. Wade had already become the law of the land.

For me as a young Black man, that meant that when considering birth control, I had several options from which to choose. I could take the sister’s word that she was on the pill, I could use a condom or I could throw caution to the wind and hope that my fast-swimming buddies would not reach home plate.

As a rule, discussions about having an abortion weren’t at the top of the list and were, for the most part, private affairs between the two parties to whom it mattered the most.

But we knew that folks were kicking it frequently and many weren’t being careful with birth control.

You could tell because at the health clinic at the University of Michigan where I matriculated and received my undergraduate degree, the lines were routinely long.

Of course, patients could have been seeing a physician because of a suspected STD. And while herpes became a newfound concern beginning in the early 70s, HIV/AIDS

had not reached epidemic proportions – at least not among those who were strictly heterosexual.

We were in our 20s in those days and most of my friends, male and female, while we certainly didn’t want to become parents yet and while we realized the ramifications of bringing a child into the world when we could barely take care of ourselves, most people I knew had had to weigh the option of having an abortion at least once or twice.

I don’t know how I would adjust my behavior if I were just entering college today and quite frankly, I’m glad my days of potentially becoming the parent of a newborn are well behind me. But for today’s youth, in the wake of the bombshell U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn the Roe v. Wade abortion ruling, the landscape has definitely changed.

Doctors say that they’re witnessing a stampede of men hurrying to get vasectomies. And while I would not refute their observations, given my limited view of the world, I would hazard to say that the majority of their patients are not Black men.

Okay. So, I’m probably going to get into some trouble now. But remember, this is “the world according to Dominic.”

Statistics do bear out that Black men are less likely than other men and people with testes to seek out permanent options for birth control, such as a vasectomy. However, the reasons are not as cut and dry.

Often, misinformation about the procedure and the impact of a vasectomy causes many Black men to eliminate it from consideration.

Dr. Alex Shteynshlyuger, director of urology at New York Urology Specialists, in a New York Post report, said his Manhattan practice has been deluged with vasectomy requests for roughly a month after a draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito was leaked in early May. “I think that raised awareness

about vasectomies as one of the options for permanent contraception and that led a lot of men and couples to seek them,” Shteynshlyuger recently told The Post. “There’s a lot of interest.”

Dr. Doug Stein, a Florida urologist known as the “Vasectomy King,” told the Washington Post that he’s gotten up to 18 requests daily – a significant increase from the typical four or five.

Still, many myths prevail including the belief that the procedure is easily reversible or that it leads to a greater possibility for prostate cancer among Black men.

Certainly, the decision should be one made with great care and should not be made because it’s the trend of the day. However, another reason for their reluctance which Black and Latino men often cite is the fear that having a vasectomy will lead to a loss in their manhood.

I can understand that concern because during my transition from boyhood to manhood, becoming a father stood as one of the greatest examples of truly being a man. It was, in many ways, a badge of honor. Of course, some brothers took it to the extreme by making babies far too often. But that’s another story.

Family planning at its core should involve both parents or both parties and they should collectively decide on the best course of action.

Further, the choice should not, as it generally did back in the days of my youth, solely lie on women.

Thus, having a vasectomy does stand as a viable option. It simply isn’t one that I would have chosen back in the day or now.

Nonetheless, I’m keeping up with the news and the latest medical findings because as the father of two young adults and the grandfather of two boys, they will undoubtedly need some sage advice in the future.

And I want to help them make the choice – an informed decision – that’s best for them.

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As rap music grew more popular, DJs moved into the background as MCs rose to prominence including Kurtis Blow who became the first rapper signed to a major record label, Mercury Records, in 1979.

By the mid 80s, the lyrical content of rappers had begun to transition from relatively simple rhymes and raps to content which offered more critical examinations of society – more vocal forms of protest that focused on the plight of social injustice. The music of Run-DMC, A Tribe called Quest and Public Enemy soon dominated the scene and their faster raps which sampled new forms of technology broke new grounds.

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It’s going to be a yearly vaccine that we need to get. And every year, they're going to try to anticipate what the next variant is going to be, just like they do with the flu vaccine. And they're going to try to give us the inoculation for that. But if you haven't had a vaccination this year for COVID, you should as soon as possible.

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She spoke with The Washington Informer about the newest dominant COVID-19 variants, BA.4 and BA.5, and shared what people should be doing to protect themselves from the highly-contagious strains.

Washington Informer: Let’s start with the basics. What should people, especially Black residents of the DMV, know about these new variants?

Dr. V: It used to be that if we saw people catching COVID more than once, it was rare. I'm now seeing many people who have caught COVID more than once.

And over multiple times, it doesn't get less severe: I had a patient who caught it four time, and on her fourth time, she said, ‘This is the worst it's ever been.’

I tell people: ‘Don't take this lightly.’ What we're seeing with every iteration is [the virus] improving its ability to transmit from person to person. So, it's getting increasingly efficient. It's almost like your cell phone. The versions, iPhone 2, 3 and 4, get better with each model, right? That's what the virus does. It gets better, from its perspective, because it absolutely wants to live and transmit all over the place.

WI: How concerned should we be about the new variants compared to how we’re reacting now?

Dr. V: It depends on who you are and what you have going on.

In the U.S. overall you have about one-third of the population who

Dr. V: Make sure you have home COVID tests at home. You can still go on the [covid.gov] website and get some for free if you've run out. And if you do catch COVID, try to take the Paxlovid antiviral pill as early as possible. That pill decreases the likelihood of hospitalization by 90% and some of the early studies are showing that it may also decrease long COVID. WI: What about masking?

Dr. V: I do not take my mask off indoors. If I go to the grocery store, if I go shopping, I still indoor mask everywhere. I've been avoiding flying because they removed the mask mandate which I think is unbelievably horrible. I tell people, ‘don't fly unless you have to, and if you do fly, don't even take your mask off to have a drink.’ I try to make sure if I go to a restaurant, that it is a restaurant that has outdoor seating.

In small gatherings where I might be with family or friends, I make sure that everyone’s vaccinated. And I'll make sure a window, or a sliding glass door with a screen, is open, so there's some sort of aeration.

WI: As a doctor, what are you seeing in terms of the infection rate? The number of new cases reported by DC Health show they’re still relatively low. But is the predicted uptick from these variants already occurring?

Dr. V: It used to be that you could only get a COVID test if you went to urgent care, or hospital, or a government facility. Now, with so many home tests, you have a lot of tests that are being done that are not being reported. A better number to look at is emergency department visits and hospitalizations. In general, emergency department visits for COVID are up.

I would say Omicron and Delta were very lethal but for now I'm not seeing that lethality. It’s transmitting faster but it is usually like a really bad flu or a very bad cold.

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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY Glenn Ivey Leads Donna Edwards in High Stakes Race for Congress

William J. Ford WI Staff Writer

In one of Maryland’s most competitive races, Glenn Ivey maintains a lead to secure the Democratic nomination for the 4th Congressional District.

According to unofficial results as of 7:07 a.m. Wednesday, July 20, Ivey received more than 24,800 votes with 229 out of 237 precincts reporting in the district that occu-

pies about half of Prince George’s County and a slither of Montgomery County.

“It was a tough choice but I went with Glenn Ivey,” Phyllis Wright said after she voted Tuesday, July 19 at Concord Elementary School in District Heights. She also praised his work as Prince George’s County state’s attorney when elected in 2002.

If Ivey remains in first place, he will run against one of three Re-

5 Former Rep. Donna Edwards, right, chats with Diane Young before she casts her vote for Edwards on July 19 at the Breath of Life Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Fort Washington. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

publican candidates in the November general election. However, state law restricts mail-in ballots from being counted until Thursday, July 21. The deadline to certify results statewide will be July 29.

In second place stands former Rep. Donna Edwards, who held the seat from 2008 until January 2017, with nearly 17,032 votes.

5 Former Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Glenn Ivey, right, chats with a couple of voters as they wait to go inside to vote July 19 at the Judith P. Hoyer Early Childhood Center in Cheverly. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

The other seven Democrats in the race in order of votes received stood as follows: former Del. Angela Angel (2,896 votes); Kim A. Shelton (907 votes); Tammy Allison (887 votes); Gregory Holmes (643 votes); James Levi Curtis, Jr. (457 votes); Robert McGhee (402 votes); and Matthew Fogg (400 votes).

Maryland to Receive $95M for Broadband Access William J. Ford WI Staff Writer Maryland will receive $95 million from the federal government for broadband access for more than 16,000 households and businesses in rural, urban and other underserved communities.

The money comes from President Biden’s American Rescue

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Plan’s “Capital Projects Fund” administered by the U.S. Department of Treasury.

Maryland, along with Kansas, Maine and Minnesota will receive nearly $357 million to support more than 83,000 households and businesses.

In June, the treasury department announced in June that Louisiana, New Hampshire, Virginia and

West Virginia will receive more than $500M to increase internet access to over 200,000 homes and businesses.

Nationwide, about 42 million people remain without internet access.

“The pandemic literally brought that home in a way that we’ve never seen before where your ability to work from home and to learn from home was critical for economic, or academic . . . opportunity,” Gene Sperling, the White House’s American Rescue Plan coordinator, said in a Zoom press briefing July 14. “Having that national teaching moment, these members responded.”

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland), one of the three senators who attended the briefing, said jurisdictions including Prince George’s County and Baltimore City, both of which represent majority-Black communities, will benefit from high-speed internet service for children to do homework, merchants to conduct business and other economic needs.

The Maryland Office of Broadband will assess how internet service

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providers would provide broadband access. Van Hollen said no timetable has been established on when families and businesses would receive service. To provide some savings, he said eligible households will receive up to a $30 discount per month to receive internet access.

“The goal is to make sure everybody in every part of our state is not just connected but connected in an affordable way,” he said noting that the money will be in addition to the $127.6 million Gov. Larry Hogan announced July 8, which also count as federal dollars.

Approximately 13 counties or service providers in the identified jurisdictions will receive money to construct broadband networks to support more than 15,000 households that include access already made available in parts of Harford County.

During this recent school year in Prince George’s, the library sys-

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Three Republicans on the ballot include Jeff Warner with 1,635 votes, George McDermott with 729 and Eric Loeb who received 362 votes.

The seat became open after Rep. Anthony Brown (D-Maryland) chose to run for attorney general.

Through the redistricting process this year, the district now houses the University of Maryland in College Park, Hyattsville and Greenbelt. Portions of Anne Arundel County are now in the neighboring 5th Congressional District overseen by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Maryland).

Edwards and Ivey received most of the attention with television campaign ads that attacked their opponent’s credibility from two pro-Israel groups.

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, known as AIPAC, provided more than half of Ivey’s $1.2 million campaign which included an ad that alleges Edwards’ lack of constituent services during her time in Congress.

J Street, a more liberal group that denounced the AIPAC ads, released an ad last week on behalf of Edwards that alleges Ivey’s support of AIPAC also back some Republicans who voted to overturn the 2020 election.

Diane Young of Fort Washington praised Ivey’s work as state’s attorney but chose Edwards because she didn’t approve of the “negative ads that really had no meaning, especially against a Black woman.”

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“Voters understand that my story has been their story. I do not come from a place of privilege,” said Moore, a Rhodes Scholar. “My mother didn’t get her first job that gave her benefits until I was 14 years old. When people understand our story, they understand our life’s work and the work to which I’ve devoted my life. It’s their story. That’s why I take this work very personally.”

Voters like Blessing Bangura of Bowie said Moore brings a unique perspective and “an it factor.”

“I have two boys, [ages] 19 and 15.

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role model and someone they can relate to,” said Bangura, who works as a disabilities service provider in D.C. “Wes Moore is not only African American but he has the potential to help give back to our community.”

According to unofficial results as of 7:57 a.m. Wednesday, July 20, Moore garnered 137,118 votes. In second place sits former Democratic National Committee chair Tom Perez with 102,278 votes. State Comptroller Peter Franchot trails in third place with 73,301 votes. The figures are based on 2,035 out of 2,074 precincts reporting.

State law restricts mail-in ballots to be counted until Thursday, July 21, so the deadline to certify results statewide will be July 29.

The majority Democratic Maryland General Assembly passed legislation this year to allow the counting of ballots before Tuesday’s primary but Republican Gov. Larry Hogan vetoed the measure amidst “election security” that can create abuse from mail-in voting versus voting in person.

Out of the 3.7 million eligible voters in Maryland, only 172,364, or 4.5%, chose to vote in person during early voting. In comparison,

Alsobrooks Easily Wins Democratic Nomination as Prince George’s Executive William J. Ford WI Staff Writer Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks remained on the verge to easily win a second, four-year term in Tuesday’s primary election and to continue leading Maryland’s second largest jurisdiction.

As of 7:27 a.m. Wednesday, July 20 and according to unofficial results, the 51-year-old county native garnered about 68,000 votes against four other Democratic challengers.

“Voters deserve the respect of having me come out and ask for their continued support and that’s what I’ve done,” Alsobrooks said Tuesday morning at a polling site at Potomac Landing Elementary School in Fort Washington. “I haven’t taken a moment of this for granted. I have campaigned as hard as anyone.”

Her efforts showed as a slew of campaign signs dominated many

parts of the county – some on the lawns of homeowners, others displayed in the windows of businesses. She also secured a $1 million campaign war chest and garnered various endorsements from top statewide and local officials.

A recent commercial aired on local television using her daughter’s voice to summarize Alsobrooks’ work to help build nine new schools, distribute four million meals through the county’s “Stand Up & Deliver” program and the opening of a new cancer center in 2024 in Largo on the campus of the University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center.

With no Republican challengers on the ballot, it’s more than likely Alsobrooks will win the November general election and serve a second, four-year term.

David Sierra, who works in information technology on Capitol Hill, declined to say who he voted for but said he’s seen Alsobrooks in the

community ever since he moved to the county in 2006.

“She’s solid. She’s been around.

She has been a constant presence.

She’s a good candidate,” Sierra said after he voted at Potomac Landing Elementary.

According to results with 315 of the 327 precincts reporting, the results of the other four candidates included: Tonya Sweat, 2,456 votes; Leigh Bodden, 1,887; Sherman Hardy, 1,644; and Billy Bridges, 1,129 votes.

Tamara McKinney of Lanham and Kelly Canavan of Accokeek each chose Sweat, an attorney who manages her own consulting firm.

Both women said they noticed Sweat’s advocacy before she announced her intentions last year to run for county executive. Sweat served as PTA president at Oxon Hill High School and vice president for advocacy on the Maryland PTA.

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5 Angela Alsobrooks and Wes Moore - a possible preview of the leaders of tomorrow. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

almost 222,480 people voted early four years ago.

As of Monday, election officials received 213,019 ballots placed in drop boxes or sent by mail. Voters had until 8 p.m. to vote in person or place ballots in a drop box. All ballots mailed must be postmarked by Tuesday.

“Every eligible person who has the right to vote and properly cast a vote should be counted,” Perez said to reporters during an election watch party at Tommy Joe’s bar and restaurant in Bethesda. “Part of the reason we have to wait longer [to count votes is] thanks to Larry Hogan. That is not good government. That’s the most polite term I can think of to describe that.”

Here’s how the remaining Democrats fare on the ballot so far: • Former County Executive Rushern L. Baker III: 15,514 votes.

• Former U.S. Education secretary John King, Jr.: 12,983 votes.

• Former Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler: 12,912 votes.

• Former Barack Obama administration official Ashwani Jain: 7,862 votes.

• Former nonprofit executive Jon Baron: 6,902 votes.

• Retired research scholar Jerome Segal: 2,946 votes.

• Perennial candidate Ralph Jaffe: 1,773 votes.

With the state’s limited number of Republican voters, Del. Dan Cox declared victory Tuesday with the nomination 132,428 votes, according to unofficial results. Cox, who

represents portions of Carroll and Frederick counties, received an endorsement from former President Donald Trump.

The Hogan-backed candidate, former state commerce secretary Kelly Schulz, received 94,850 votes.

Perennial candidate and former state Del. Robin Ficker of Montgomery County received 5,060 votes and Joe Werner of Baltimore County with 3,194 votes.

Attorney General In the contested Democratic race, Rep. Anthony Brown (D-Maryland) declared victory with 217,748 votes.

Retired judge Katie Curran O’Malley of Baltimore City garnered 147,730 votes. Her husband, former governor Martin O’Malley, served with Brown as lieutenant governor from 2011 to 2015.

Brown, of Prince George’s County, amassed a campaign chest of more than $941,000 compared to Curran O’Malley’s $623,000.

The race became tense when O’Malley released a campaign ad which summarized Brown’s record as “never” trying a criminal case in Maryland.

Brown responded on social media to highlight his 30 years as an attorney and work in the U.S. Army that included command of 80 legal professionals.

In a statement released early Wednesday, Brown thanked O’Malley for her service as judge, delivered a “thank you” to the voters and urged a strong Democratic push in the No-

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BUSINESS U.S. Black Chambers Reconvenes In Person With an Aggressive Agenda Organization Committed to Assisting Black Entrepreneurs Impacted by COVID James Wright WI Staff Writer After meeting virtually for the past two years due to the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Black Chambers, Inc., recently met in person here in the District at its National Conference and School of Chamber Management at the Marriott Marquis. Their goal: to continue educating its members about the latest developments in chapter operations and information regarding business opportunities.

The U.S. Black Chambers, Inc. (USBC), with headquarters in Northwest, serves as the trade association for Black chambers of commerce throughout the nation. With over

150 Black chambers as members, its mission statement states the following: “provides committed, visionary leadership and advocacy in the realization of economic empowerment.”

“Through the creation of resources and initiatives, we support African-American chambers of commerce and business organizations in their work of developing and growing Black enterprises,” the mission statement said.

Ron Busby, Sr., president and CEO of the USBC, said its conference comes at a critical time for Blacks.

“In the past two years, we have lost 41% of Black businesses,” Busby said.

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a lack of information. During the early and middle stages of the pandemic, entrepreneurs were deluged with information but were unfamiliar on how to utilize it.”

Busby said, “at this conference, we wanted to give the chamber presidents information for their members so they can be successful.”

Conference participants had the opportunity to attend workshops on topics including: access to capital, business advocacy, federal contracting, certification for government programs, chamber governance, operations and management. They also received recent information about resources which the USBC has to offer and visited Capitol Hill. In person meetings allowed them to speak with top officials like U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg who discussed programs available to Black businesses and to representatives from the U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Urban Development and the Small Business Administration who each offered tips on how to best utilize their individual programs and initiatives.

U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) served as the keynote speaker at the USBC Advocacy Luncheon and said bluntly during his remarks, “We need Black businesses.”

“There is a situation where Disadvantaged Business Enterprises are getting government contracts and they are not Black,” Johnson said. “I put an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that ensures that the contracting process is fair for minority businesses, particularly those owned by Blacks.”

Johnson said he has also worked with other lawmakers to see that an equitable share of advertising goes to Black media.

“I would like to see Black media gets some of those Defense Department advertising dollars,” he said.

Rep. Donald Payne (D-N.J.) chairs the Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials subcommittee on the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Payne told the gathering of his effort to have Black businesses participate in the 10-year, $12.3 billion New Jersey-New York City area above ground bridges and underground tunnel project scheduled to begin this year led by the Gateway Development Commission.

“Protecting Black businesses is essential to me,” Payne said. “As long as I am chair of the subcommittee, minorities and women will be involved in these types of projects. But Black businesses will need to work together

5 Members of the U.S. Black Chambers. (Photo courtesy U.S. Black Chambers, Inc.)

“I put an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that ensures that the contracting process is fair for minority businesses, particularly those owned by Blacks.” to shatter the barriers.”

In video messages, Rep. Troy Carter (D-La.) talked about his efforts to increase funding and support for the 8A small business program and Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) expressed his support for Black enterprises and the role one of his former colleagues, the late Baltimore federal lawmaker Parren Mitchell, played in advocating minority contracting as a part of the federal government’s manner of conducting business.

Former Maytag CEO Lloyd Ward talked about investment opportunities in Africa. He voiced concerns that Africa has the most abundant natural resources of any continent in the world but that most African nations have

budgets supported by non-African, foreign aid.

“There are trillion-dollar platforms available in Africa and we as Black business people in the diaspora have to take advantage of that,” Ward said.

Antwanye Ford, the CEO of Enlightened, Inc. based in Ward 8, and the founder of the Greater Washington Black Chamber of Commerce and a board member of the USBC, said the enthusiasm generated by the conference shows that Black businesses need to work together more often.

“We are a collective,” Ford said.

“We are in the business of sharing information. There is no reason businesses in Baltimore can’t conduct business in New York City.”

Rashawn Scarbo, owner of Bloom Bold Co., in Philadelphia, said she found the conference to be beneficial.

“I found it informative as a small business owner,” Scarbo said. “I can apply the business principles I learned here.”

Kendrick Tilghman, who serves as the president of the Greater Baltimore Black Chamber of Commerce, said attending the conference helped him to build relationships.

“We as Black businesses have to look at joint ventures as a way to conduct business,” he said. “Only 2% of Black businesses have operations that have more than one employee. Too many Black businesses are in silos and we should be working together.”

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Black-Owned Honey’s Coffee Launches Specialty Beans WI Staff Report Honey’s Coffee Company, one of the first Black-owned brands based in the District, recently launched its specialty brand of coffee beans.

The online specialty coffee brand sources its coffee beans from farms all around the world with its 12 oz. bags of coffee beans freshly roasted shortly before being shipped to customers.

Honey’s Coffee Company offers a wide variety of flavors and blends from Ethiopia, Colombia, Honduras, Guatemala, Peru and other African nations.

Their interest in the coffee industry increased while managing their coffee shop and café in the District according to co-owner Marie Stanley.

“We want this brand to be part of an industry that not only provides the world’s favorite beverage but one that creates jobs and contributes to the economy,” she said.

Honey’s Coffee represents a family-owned, sister-owned and Black-

owned coffee brand. Led by entrepreneurs Marie Stanley, Cathy Stanley and Nigel Broadnax, they said they’re realizing their passion for the coffee industry while creating a path for their brand.

“We want to ensure that our customers get the most out of their coffee drinking experience and fully obtain the maximum flavor of the beans,” Marie Stanley said.

“Additionally, we plan to incorporate our love of music and our engagement with the D.C. jazz community into our concept and our mission,” she said. “We plan to align with the Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation to further the cause of keeping jazz alive in the D.C. area and other jazz communities.”

“We believe that the perfect cup of coffee starts with specialty grade coffee, freshly roasted by Honey’s Coffee Company,” she added.

For more information, visit www. honeyscoffeecompany.com.

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“We want to ensure that our customers get the most out of their coffee drinking experience and fully obtain the maximum flavor of the beans.”

BROADBAND from Page 12 tem provided almost 900 Chromebooks that students could borrow for free. Last fall, the county had about 116,000 residents without broadband internet access.

Some Prince George’s families with limited or no internet access traveled to parking lots so students can use the school’s internet service to do schoolwork.

During the press briefing, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota) told a short story about a teenage girl who resides in a rural area who drove 30 minutes every Friday during the heart of the pandemic to conduct a biology project in the parking lot of a liquor store.

“That is the only place that had the high-speed internet,” said Klobuchar, who said about 144,000 rural Minnesotans remain without internet access.

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NATIONAL Nearly 90 Percent of Black Homicide Victims Killed with Guns: Study Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer According to a new and comprehensive study on gun violence, Black men, women, boys and girls remain the most impacted victims of homicide in America, yet year after year this shocking and unacceptable toll is allowed to continue.

The study published by the D.C.based Violence Policy Center revealed that in 2019, the U.S recorded 7,441 Black homicide victims.

African Americans represent 14%

of the U.S. population but accounted for 52 percent of all homicide victims, the study’s authors found.

The annual study, Black Homicide Victimization in the United States: An Analysis of 2019 Homicide Data, also ranks the states according to their Black homicide victimization rates.

Officials said it’s based on unpublished data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation Supplementary Homicide Report.

The study details homicide rates for 2019 – the most recent year for which comprehensive na-

5 A study published by the D.C.-based Violence Policy Center revealed that in 2019, the U.S. recorded 7,441 Black homicide victims. (Photo courtesy Wikimedia commons)

tional data is available.

For homicides in which authorities could identify the weapon used, 88% of Black victims (6,190 out of 7,056) were shot and killed with guns.

Of those, 64 percent (3,935 victims) were killed with handguns.

On average, more than 20 Black Americans died each day from homicide – 17 were known to have died from gunshots.

“These deaths almost always involve a gun, and the resulting devastation ravages families, friends, and community members,” Violence Policy Center Executive Director Josh

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Sugarmann stated in a news release.

“The goal of our research is to help support advocates and organizations working on the ground to stop this lethal violence while, at the same time, continuing to educate and engage the public and policymakers on the need to address this ongoing national crisis,” Sugarmann said.

The study also revealed that the Black homicide victimization rate in the U.S. was nearly four times the overall national victimization rate and nearly seven times the white homicide victimization rate.

In 2019, the Black homicide victimization rate was 18.08 per 100,000.

In comparison, the overall national homicide victimization rate was 4.79 per 100,000. For whites, the national homicide victimization rate was 2.69 per 100,000.

Further, 87% of Black homicide victims were male (6,454 of 7,441) and 13% were female (986 of 7,441).

The sex of one victim was unknown.

The authors noted that Black male homicide victimization rate in the U.S. was “more than four times the overall male victimization rate and more than eight times the white male homicide victimization rate.”

In 2019, the homicide victimization rate for Black male victims was 32.49 per 100,000.

In comparison, the overall rate for male homicide victims was 7.68 per 100,000 and the rate for white male homicide victims was 3.88 per 100,000.

Meanwhile, the Black female homicide victimization rate in the U.S. was more than twice the overall female victimization rate and three times the white female homicide victimization rate.

In 2019, the homicide victimization rate for Black female victims was

4.60 per 100,000. In comparison, the overall rate for female homicide victims was 1.95 per 100,000 and the rate for white female homicide victims was 1.52 per 100,000.

For homicides in which the victim to offender relationship could be identified, 77% of Black victims (2,282 out of 2,954) were killed by someone they knew.

The number of victims killed by strangers was 672.

For homicides in which the circumstances could be identified, 70% (2,856 out of 4,102) were unrelated to the commission of any other felony.

Of these, 56% (1,591 homicides) involved arguments between the victim and the offender.

With a homicide rate of 50.64 per 100,000 residents, Missouri ranked the highest. Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Louisiana, Kentucky, Arkansas, Michigan and Oklahoma rounded out the top 10.

The authors said individuals living in communities where violence is prevalent are at higher risk for a broad range of negative health and behavior outcomes.

An increased understanding of how trauma resulting from community violence influences development, health, and behavior can lead to improvements in the way many social services are delivered as well as policy changes at the local and federal levels.

“At the same time, the firearms industry, looking to expand beyond its shrinking base of white male gun owners, has launched an organized marketing campaign focusing on Black and Latino Americans,” the study’s authors wrote.

“If successful, such efforts can only increase gun death and injury in these communities.”

The full study is available at http:// vpc.org/studies/blackhomicide22.pdf.

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MD PRIMARY from Page 13 vember general election.

“A heartfelt thank you to Maryland voters for putting their faith in me. An attorney general can either be a champion for progress or a defender of the status quo,” Brown said. “We need to be united in our efforts this November to deliver Democratic wins up and down the ballot.”

If the unofficial results stand, Brown will face Republican Michael Anthony Peroutka, who served on the Anne Arundel County Council.

Peroutka garnered 115,080 votes.

Republican challenger Jim Shalleck, who resigned as president of the Montgomery County Board of Elections to run for attorney general, received 83,218 votes.

The winner in November will replace Attorney General Brian Frosh, who plans to retire.

COMPTROLLER

Another pair of Democrats stand at the top in the race for comptroller – Bowie Mayor Tim Adams and Del. Brooke Lierman of Baltimore City.

Lierman, 43, who also works as a

civil rights and disabilities attorney, will receive the nomination with 227,552 votes.

Adams, 63, received 127,901 votes. He owns Systems Application & Technologies Inc. (SA-TECH) of Upper Marlboro. Both had plenty of cash on hand to compete in the race.

According to campaign finance reports filed last month, Lierman has $1.5 million. Adams funded most of his campaign and currently has $965,812.

A recent television commercial showed Lierman holding her daughter with her son standing beside her. She also received the support of prominent Democratic leaders including House Speaker Adrienne Jones, state Sen. Joanne C. Benson (D-District 24) of Landover and Prince George’s County Executive Alsobrooks.

A radio commercial to support Adams featured Del. Darryl Barnes (D-District 25) of Upper Marlboro, who chairs the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland.

Lierman will face Harford County Executive Barry Glassman who ran unopposed as the Republican candidate. The seat became open once Franchot de-

cided to run for governor.

Besides working as the state’s tax collector and fiscal watchdog, the comptroller also serves alongside the governor and state treasure on the Maryland Board of Public Works, which approves millions of dollars on government contracts and other spending.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY

A competitive race in the state’s most populated jurisdiction featured three Democrats vying for the nomination for Montgomery County executive.

Incumbent Marc Elrich garnered nearly 27,000 votes with 246 of the 258 precincts reporting. He received a late endorsement from Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland) who sits on the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on the Capitol.

“There are two kinds of politicians: power politicians and justice politicians. Marc Elrich has always been the quintessential justice politician,” Raskin said Saturday, July 16.

Elrich received some strong jabs from two opponents – businessman David Blair and County Coun-

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cil member Hans Riemer, who’s term-limited.

Even with Raskin’s support, Blair leads with 28,059 votes. He lost to Elrich by just 77 votes in 2018.

Blair posted a sample ballot comparing his proposal on crime, schools and jobs that criticizes Elrich’s work on the same topics.

Reimer, whose term-limited, has received 14,574 votes.

He posted on his Twitter page Friday, July 15 that Elrich “is losing support. It’s increasingly clear he will not be reelected. David Blair and I are both rising. Either David or I will win the nomination.”

Peter James, the CEO of Crystal Clear Automation, received 1,395 votes.

In the race for state’s attorney, incumbent John McCarthy has a sizable lead with 30,362 votes to win the Democratic nomination.

The other three Democrats include Bernice Mireku-North with 13,067 votes; Perry Paylor with 10,195; and Tom DeGonia with 9,027 votes.

About four dozen people filed to run for at-large and five district seats on the nine-member Montgomery County Council. WI @WJFjabariwill

5 Maryland Democratic and gubernatorial candidate Peter Franchot walks toward polling location at Piney Branch Elementary School in Takoma Park on Election Day on July 19. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

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The government of South Africa continues to provide support to small scale farmers. It has taken Cynthia Mokgobu, 29, only three years to grow her business from a small vegetable garden in her backyard to a successful three-hectare farm in Bochum, Limpopo, The South African, a daily online newspaper, reported July 15. After obtaining a Diploma in Ornamental Horticulture from UNISA and commencing a horticulture internship, Mokgobu decided to drop out of the program and start a small vegetable garden in her backyard. Today, she supplies local markets with spinach, butternut, baby marrows and cabbages. Her farming journey has been supported by the Limpopo Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (LDARD).

“When I started, the department helped me establish a business plan, showed me how to keep my records and helped me build a good profile,” she said. “The officials also showed me how to apply for funds from the department.”

Mokgobu is now using her skills to help other farmers. Farmers can get support for poultry, fruit and vegetables, general livestock, soil preparation, fertilizer application and plant spraying and subsidies for tractors and equipment. WI

caribbean now Jamaican Government Increases Measures Against Human Trafficking The Government of Jamaica is strengthening the national framework to combat human trafficking as the development of a national policy and plan of action on trafficking in persons are now underway through the National Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons (NATFATIP).

Courtney Williams, chairman of NATFATIP, Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Zavia made the disclosure while addressing the third Mayne, delivers remarks at the third Bilateral Dialogue for the US-JaBilateral Dialogue for the United States-Jamai- maica Child Protection Compact Partnership on July 13 in Kingston. ca Child Protection Compact (CPC) Partnership, held July 13 in Kingston. Williams said the government is providing more comfortable and safer spaces for survivors of human trafficking, particularly for vulnerable groups. New policy frameworks will allow the taskforce to gain greater support from other ministries and agencies in strengthening efforts against human trafficking and provide assistance for vulnerable persons. World Day Against Trafficking in Persons will be celebrated on July 30.

The NATFATIP will observe its week of activities July 24 – 30.

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Our Children’s Lives Matter: Let’s Work Together To Protect Their Health Routine Childhood Vaccinations Are More Important Than Ever Reed Tuckson M.D. On Behalf of the Black Coalition For Health Among the worst of the tragedies that our community has experienced as a result of the on-going COVID Pandemic has been the toll that it has extracted on our children. Not only have far too many lost their parents or caregivers; experienced the mental health consequences associated with fear and social isolation; but the impact from the loss of in-person schooling has been pervasive and disproportionate. Deficits in educational achievement, socialization and even nutritional status are matters of concern for parents and our collective community. We must do all we can to return our children to school in as safe a manner as possible.

This is why we applaud our city’s leadership for declaring that children in Washington, D.C. will not be allowed back to school without proof that their traditional childhood vaccination status is up to date for their age requirements. This common-sense goal that protects all children from contracting or spreading preventable illnesses, is not only necessary and reasonable, but it is also attainable.

The science is clear: routine childhood vaccinations are extraordinarily effective and have been proven over many years to be extremely safe. Because of advances in medical science, children can now be safely protected against more diseases than ever before. In fact, some diseases that once injured or killed thousands of children have been eliminated completely, and others are close to extinction. Unfortunately, because enough children are not current with their recommended childhood vaccines, we are experiencing a worrisome resurgence of diseases such as measles and whooping cough, which are once again threatening our children’s health.

We are aware that some parents may be concerned about unfounded reports that claim that children’s vaccines might be linked to autism. All of the scientific evidence studied over many years has debunked these false and dangerous claims. Please do not be misled by the spreaders of misinformation who do not mean our children well: there is no question that vaccinations are safe and

very effective. Our children should not suffer unnecessarily from preventable illnesses.

We strongly urge all parents and caregivers to make today the day you arrange an appointment with your child’s pediatrician or a vaccine administration site that you can find at dchealth.dc.gov.

Be sure not only to get your child vaccinated, but also that you have documentation that the vaccines have been administered.

We don’t want any child to miss even one day of school this year because they didn’t get vaccinated or because their parent doesn’t have the necessary documentation. Don’t wait until the last minute!

We at the Black Coalition For Health applaud everyone in our community who work in so many ways to ensure that our children can have their childhoods back and can live safe and healthy lives. Thank you for all you do!

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HEALTH SUICIDE from Page 1 But due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become increasingly difficult for Blacks and other ethnic minority groups to receive access to mental health and substance-use treatment services.

Throughout the month, the HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH) will continue to focus on promoting tools and resources addressing the stigma about mental health among Blacks and other minority populations, which has been exacerbated because of the coronavirus pandemic. Further, OMH encourages community-based organizations, faith leaders, healthcare providers and individuals to educate their communities on the stigma associated with mental health stigma.

Within the Black community, the stigma surrounding suicide and the reluctance of many African Americans to seek mental

health services often lead to tragic outcomes that could have been prevented.

For one local family in Virginia, their worst nightmare occurred several months ago when Christen (Chris) Vaughn, 30, committed suicide. To honor Chris, who struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder and acute depression prior to his death, his parents and brothers recently launched the Mind and Wellness Foundation.

Chris’s mother, Deneen Vaughn, said they created the foundation in efforts to eradicate stigma often associated with suicide and mental disorders and to provide more resources for youth.

“We were aware of his diagnosis but like many with mental illness, Chris wasn’t always comfortable having open dialogue about the situation,” said Vaughn, co-founder and CEO, Mind and Wellness Foundation.

“While our family is devastated

with the passing of Christen, it’s a true honor and privilege to continue his legacy of love and light with the Mind and Wellness Foundation,” she said. “Your mental health is the catalyst of your overall well-being and should be taken as seriously as your physical health as they’re interconnected.”

Vaughn said the foundation remains committed to saving the lives of youth with a special emphasis on young people of color because of the mental health stigma that exists within minority communities. Through increased awareness, education, research and access to resources, the foundation hopes to change the conversation and narrative and develop a path for overall positive change towards mental health.

The foundation’s work stems from four major pillars: nutrition, fitness/exercise, stress management and mind wellness. Tools and information related to each pillar can be found on the foundation’s website, www.mindandwellnessfoundation.org.

In addition, the foundation offers grants to help offset and/or cover therapy sessions with a licensed therapist, either in-person or virtually.

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5 Deneen Vaughn (top) Christen Vaughn.

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SUICIDE, CRISIS LIFELINE

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Department of Behavioral Health Director Dr. Barbara J. Bazron recently announced the District has joined other jurisdictions nationwide in launching the three-digit 988 suicide prevention or crisis services lifeline.

Beginning July 16, anyone experiencing a mental health, sub-

stance use, or suicidal crisis will be able to dial 988 and the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline will connect individuals to locally-operated crisis centers. In calling 988, individuals will be connected to compassionate and accessible care and support. Family and friends can also call 988 if they’re worried about a loved one who may need crisis support.

“We are very focused on how we connect more residents to mental health care and that is especially critical for people who are in crisis,” Bowser said. “Just like people know 911, now we also want people to know and use the 988 lifeline. In calling 988, people can get connected to trained crisis counselors and lifesaving services – any time, day or night.”

Dr. Bazron said providing additional mental health has become even more critical during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

“For individuals in crisis, par-

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HEALTH Mental and Behavioral Health - African Americans • In 2019, suicide was the second leading cause of death for African Americans, ages 15 to 24.

• The death rate from suicide for African-American men was four times greater than for African-American women, in 2018.

• The overall suicide rate for African Americans was 60 percent lower than that of the non-Hispanic white population, in 2018.

• Black females, grades 9-12, were 60 percent more likely to attempt suicide in 2019, as compared to non-Hispanic white females of the same age.

• Poverty level affects mental health status. African Americans living below the poverty level, as compared to those over twice the poverty level, are twice as likely to report serious psychological distress.

• A report from the U.S. Surgeon General found that from 1980 1995, the suicide rate among African Americans ages 10 to 14 increased 233 percentage, as compared to 120 percent of non-Hispanic whites.

(U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)

Put Vaccines On Your Back-to-School List Vaccines are the best protection against vaccine-preventable diseases.

All DC students must have their immunizations up-to-date before the next school year begins.

COVID-19 vaccines are strongly recommended for eligible age groups.

SUICIDE from Page 20 ticularly those who are thinking about suicide, having someone to call who will listen and provide support can make a difference and save lives,” Dr. Bazron said.

“The pandemic has affected the mental health of all of us in some way and the 988 lifeline will give people timely access to treatment and support.”

Besides the 988 lifeline, residents can also call 888-793-4357 if they’re feeling anxious or depressed or want to talk about their mental health in order to prevent a crisis. WI

dchealth.dc.gov/immunizations 5 The Vaughn Family (top) Christen Vaughn. (Photos courtesy Deneen Vaughn)

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe vs. Wade last month has prompted District lawmakers to sponsor bills that codify a person’s right to have an abortion in the District with governmental penalty and protects them from legal challenges from states that have either outlawed or strictly limited the procedure.

On July 14, D.C. Councilmember Robert White (D-At Large), chairman of the Committee on Government Operations and Facilities, convened a hearing on two bills dealing with abortion. One bill, The Enhancing Reproductive Health Protections Amendment Act of 2022, sponsored

by Councilmember Christina Henderson (I-At Large), would protect a person’s right to use pills or to self-induce abortion and not penalize their activities.

The second bill, The Human Rights Sanctuary Amendment Act of 2022, sponsored by Councilmember Brianne Nadeau (D-Ward 1), would allow any District resident sued for termination of pregnancy access by someone from a state with abortion bounty laws to sue in return. Henderson’s bill has nine co-sponsors while Nadeau’s has unanimous support on the council.

White made it clear where he stands regarding abortion access.

“Access to reproductive health care including abortions is a human right,” he said. “It is also a D.C. value.

I want to emphasize abortion access is already the law of the land in the District of Columbia. Our laws allow a pregnant person to obtain an abortion at any stage of pregnancy.”

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Henderson said any person helping someone else or themselves obtain an abortion shouldn’t face legal consequences.

“So, this legislation deals mainly with self-managed abortions,” she said. “And it clarifies that any individual’s act of providing, dispensing, administering or transferring possession

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of a product used for self-managed abortions should not be penalized.”

Henderson said evidence exists that poor women forced to carry a child to term often find themselves in worse economic situations.

“There was a study that was recently done called the Turner Weiss Study where researchers found women already living in poverty who sought abortions but ultimately had to carry those unwanted pregnancies through fell deeper into poverty experiencing an increase in household poverty lasting four years relative to those who received an abortion,” she said.

“With close to 15% of D.C.’s population living in poverty according to the latest census data, the city’s most vulnerable residents will be affected by any future reductions in reproductive care access.”

Nadeau said her bill’s priority will be to protect District residents.

“If this legislation becomes law, the District government will be prohibited from cooperating with investigations attempting to impose liability from everything from receiving an abortion to getting your child gender affirming care, to living with and marrying the person you love,” Nadeau said. “If you were to be sued under another state’s bounty law, you

Washingtonian Josiah Reedy said he doesn’t support either of the proposed bills.

“I’m unabashedly pro-life,” Reedy said. “I believe there is an overwhelming abundance of scientific, historical and moral reasons to protect children who are still in the womb.”

He said Henderson’s bill gives people seeking an abortion in the District a false choice between going to providers such as Planned Parenthood or terminating the pregnancy themselves.

“We can’t say with one breath abortion should take place in a supervised and regulated medical environment and with the next they should be unsupervised and unregulated in people’s homes,” he said.

Reedy said Nadeau’s legislation prohibiting cooperation with other states’ investigations and prosecutions infringes on the rights and consciences, particularly District government employees’ religious liberties.

“Many of these employees would feel banned by duty or by conscience to cooperate with another state’s legal processes,” he said.

However, Ashley Carter, who works as a managing attorney with the D.C. Volunteer Lawyers Project, favors both bills. She said one-in-five women in the U.S. has experienced rape in their lifetime and 2.9 million women have undergone a pregnancy related to sexual violation.

“The bills that are before the council ensure that survivors of domestic violence have meaningful choices when determining whether or not to consider and continue a pregnancy that could place them in serious danger,” Carter said. “And that is particularly true given the negative medical outcomes that can be associated with intimate partner violence.”

The bills will proceed in the legislative process after the council recess which ends on Sept. 20. WI @JamesWrightJr10

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EDUCATION FAME’s Founder Proves Dreams Can Come True – But Determination Helps Organization Holds 18th Annual Awards Gala as Young Musicians Steal the Show Hamil R. Harris WI Contributing Writer The sweet tones of live jazz permeated the Riggs Alumni Center at the University of Maryland in College Park on Saturday, July 16 where a group of gifted high school musicians performed, displaying an assortment of talents far beyond their ages.

The musical interludes served as part of the 18th Anniversary & Awards Gala of the Foundation for the Advancement of Music Education, better known as FAME. Since its founding in 2004, FAME has identified, educated, mentored and groomed some of Prince George’s County’s most talented, young musicians.

FAME has opened doors for hundreds of young people drawn to the world of music, many of whom have used their experiences as a launching pad for professional careers.

“It's all about putting the best that we have in our children,” said A. Toni Lewis, founder and CEO of FAME. “It is so necessary, now more than ever because with test scores going down and stress levels on the rise, it’s essential that we remain present in their lives.”

The annual celebration, hosted by WHUR’s Candace Atkins-Wilson, attracted a dozens of Prince George’s business leaders, elected officials, educators and proud parents. And after two years of being secluded at home because of the COVID-19 pandemic, everyone in attendance appeared happy to be dressed up, dining out and grooving to the music.

“This past year at FAME, we had many successes and our team members came together so we could get past COVID and keep the music go-

ing,” said Ingrid Valentine, chairperson of the board for FAME. Before he unleashed the FAME Jazz Band on guests forced to decide between enjoying their meal of stuffed Cornish Hens or to take to the dance floor, Dr. Clarence Knight, the band's artistic director, reminded the audience that teamwork remains the key to FAME’s success.

“This special occasion, like all of the programs, classes and concerts that we promote, would be impossible if it were not for many people – people who want nothing more than to help children who are committed to achieving what once may have seemed impossible,” he said.

Award recipients in the areas of education and leadership included: Jeffery Parker, principal, Dr. Henry A. Wise High School; Cullen Waller, a teacher from Suitland High School; Rosemary Hughes, United Parcel Service; and Carol Thompson Cole, president/ CEO, Venture Philanthropy Partners.

“It is about partnerships and helping them build their capacity,” said Cole, a former top official in the D.C. government under the administration of Mayor Marion Barry, who has since turned her focus on assisting and developing nonprofit organizations.

Awards would also be presented to individuals who have made a difference as leaders in the Greater Washington Area community including: FAME volunteer Morris Wilson; Tonia Wellons, president/CEO, Washington Community Foundation; Byron Scott, anchor for Prince George’s CTV; and Ronald Burke, Director of Advertising and Marketing, The Washington Informer.

Burke spoke on behalf of the

5 The FAME Jazz Band represents talented youth from Prince George's County. (WI photo)

Black-owned weekly publication which also served as a media sponsor for the event.

“I am just a small part of what we are doing at the Informer,” said Burke, who added that FAME has long been a major sponsor for the Informer's Annual Spelling Bee. “Everything we do is part of our mission to tell positive stories.”

At one point during the evening,

the parents of the youth who counted as members of the band that provided the night’s music, stood and applauded FAME’s leaders, staff and volunteers for guiding their children and creating such a phenomenal event.

Former District Heights Mayor and current County Council member Jonathan Medlock presented a special award to Lawrence Wing-

field, Jr., a youth with a promising future, who served as the pianist for the FAME Jazz Band.

“Ever since I was a little boy, I have dreamed about playing the piano and being in a supportive environment,” Lawrence said. “This award and this opportunity mean the world to me and give me all the inspiration I need to keep moving forward.”

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EDITORIAL

Whether the Name is Emmett or Trayvon, Black Parents Still Fear for Children at Hands of Racists Had white supremacists not abducted, tortured and lynched 14-year-old Emmett Till in Mississippi in 1955, today he may have been sitting on his front porch in a rocking chair, playing with his grandchildren and preparing to celebrate his 79th birthday next week on July 25.

The brutality of his murder and the fact that his killers were acquitted drew attention to the long history of the violent persecution of Blacks in the U.S. But for Blacks it was nothing new.

As the news of his horrific murder on August 28, 1955, spread across the country, African-American parents reinforced their instructions on survival – an essential rite of passage for all Black children – warning them of an omnipresent danger which thrived in America’s soil that could end their lives at any moment.

It was a centuries-old sickness, parents told their little ones, often passed on from one generation to another called racism. But the best Black parents could do was to instruct their children to always be on their guard lest they meet the same tragic end that young Emmett did.

Generations later, parents still have “the talk” with their young boys and girls, even though they may have replaced the name “Emmett” with another, like “Trayvon,” for example. Trayvon Martin had the misfortune of crossing paths with a man who, while he was not white, believed that as a white Hispanic, he was still higher up the totem pole of color than the 17-year-old Black youth.

White privilege with all of its rights was still within George Zimmerman’s reach – or so he believed. Thus, feeling empowered, he confronted the youth, fought with him and murdered him.

How dare this intruder attempt to “walk while Black” in his precious, Floridian cul-de-sac?

The names continue to change. But sadly the epilogues remain hauntingly familiar.

We’d like to believe that Emmett, Trayvon and thousands of other lynched Black boys and girls now rest in peace. But sometimes, it’s almost impossible to believe.

And so, Black parents continue administering lessons of survival to their children, all the while wondering, “how long?”

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Leon Harris: Redemption and Recovery When award-winning news anchor Leon Harris was arrested and charged with a DUI several months ago, he undoubtedly let many people down. The popular and respected fixture in local news pleaded guilty to one of six charges he faced for reportedly causing a three-car collision and leaving the scene. No one was apparently injured except Harris, whose career has been tarnished by his arrest and conviction.

Nonetheless, NBC4 has invited Harris back on the air where he will return to the daily primetime news slot once held by the late Jim Vance, Harris’s predecessor, who NBC4 also supported years ago during his battle with cocaine addiction.

Harris, 61, is married and the father of two adult children. He pleaded guilty to the DUI charge and recently spent 10 days in jail. There is no doubt that it was his family about whom he was thinking as he fought back the tears during an interview with NBC4 anchor Doreen Gentler this week. Harris agreed to discuss the details of his arrest, with no holds barred, about what happened the night of his arrest and his road to recovery from addiction to alcohol.

Harris said he now undergoes three hours of therapy every morning, where he meets people who give him a new perspective on the crises which many continue to face. He apologized to those he disappointed and said, “I will try to show you I deserve a shot at earning your trust again, through patterns, not promises.”

Drug use and abuse are severe problems in America. According to the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics, among Americans aged 12 years and older, 37.309 million were current illegal drug users (used within the last 30 days) as of 2020, and the numbers keep rising. Be it marijuana, opioids, fentanyl prescription drugs, or alcohol, more Americans are becoming addicted every day. But like Harris, as bad as their lives may be, addiction can be addressed, and their lives “can be fixed.”

Harris must spend three years on supervised probation. An ignition interlock device will be installed on his vehicle to monitor his blood alcohol level through a breathalyzer he must use every day before starting his car.

We commend Harris for his honesty and transparency. There is no doubt someone will listen and know there is hope for them, too. And we salute the fact that even a large company like NBC4 has put its reputation on the line to show compassion for someone like Harris who’s committed to living a more fruitful life in recovery. WI

TO THE EDITOR The Next Pandemic?

A Well-Informed Voter

Whenever we feel like we're overcoming one hurdle, here comes another.

COVID-19, now monkeypox. Why is it that we are seeing such catastrophic public health issues with the most technology and advanced systems in the world than at any other time in history? This doesn't make any sense.

I appreciate The Washington Informer's coverage of Maryland politics. We have big elections ahead of us, from governor to state and local offices. It's critical that our community is informed about what's happening and what's at stake.

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OPINIONS/EDITORIALS Guest Columnist

Rep. James E. Clyburn

Overturning Roe v. Wade Weakens Our Union

The statement of purpose in the preamble to the U.S. Constitution says, "in order to create a more perfect Union." While I often focus on the words "more perfect," equally important is the word "Union." I fear that the Supreme Court's recent opinion overturning Roe v. Wade is a step back from that pursuit and significantly weakens our Union.

Ill-advised Supreme Court decisions have torn our Union asunder in the past. And anything that has happened

before can happen again. The Supreme Court's decisions in Citizens United and Shelby County started the most recent erosion of our constitutional rights and democratic values, and its decision in the Dobbs case strips away another long-held right. The Court is reverting to a dark chapter in its history and risks thrusting our Union down another dark path.

During the Reconstruction era immediately after the Civil War, our Union made significant progress toward greater perfection through the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, and congressional action to enforce their protections. These efforts granted

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more Americans a greater ability, as the Supreme Court observed with respect to abortion rights more than a century later in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, "to participate equally in the economic and social life of the Nation."

Yet the Supreme Court of that time issued decisions that contributed to halting this progress in its tracks, and which aided and abetted the return to power of Confederates and their white supremacist governing ideology — and the ultimate rise of the Jim Crow era. In the Slaughterhouse Cases and Bradwell v. Illinois in 1873, the Court severely limited the privileges and immunities clause of the 14th Amendment, strip-

ping this constitutional source of rights from those Americans whose privileges and immunities were under threat. In United States v. Cruikshank in 1876, the Court exonerated members of a white supremacist mob that had perpetrated a local insurrection, holding that Congress could not protect Americans against violations of their constitutional rights by non-government actors, no matter how organized or how violent.

The Court's endorsement of white supremacy was sealed with Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, upholding the establishment of second-class citizenship with its "separate but equal" holding. The Court followed with Giles v. Harris in 1903,

upholding Jim Crow voter suppression schemes that were disenfranchising African American voters throughout the South, rendering the 15th Amendment a dead letter for more than 60 years.

The effects of these decisions were that the rights of African Americans — the right to vote, the right to equal education, the right to be protected by law from deadly violence, the rights to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" — were dependent upon the states in which they lived. This states' rights approach was highly detrimental to our Union and lethal to thousands

part because of the color of his skin."

"For example," Samuels says, "you could not disentangle police departments' disproportionate use of force against African Americans from the junk science that is still taught about black people being more resistant to pain. We could not ignore that those same instincts led to the inadequate mental health treatment in George Floyd's life, nor could we separate that society both encouraged George Floyd to bulk up to pursue his athletic dreams and then stereotyped him as dangerous when he was off the field."

The book doesn't try to make Floyd a saint. It doesn't have to. He was a human being. He did nothing to deserve being murdered on the street by an abusive police officer who shouldn't have been wearing a badge.

"His Name Is George Floyd" is worth reading for many reasons. It gives us a fuller picture of the person George Floyd was. It introduces us to many people who loved him and sought a measure of justice for his murder. And it points to some important

and Stinney were like any typical kid, but Stinney, who was Black, was accused of murdering the two girls who were white. For decades, civil rights lawyers have cited the George Stinney case as one of the most blatant examples of racially biased justice, yet it is a widely unknown story.

Binnicker and Thames' bodies were found in a ditch after the girls had failed to return home the night before. The two girls were last seen alive riding their bikes looking for flowers when they

saw Stinney and his younger sister near their home. The two girls asked Stinney if he knew where they could find flowers. After police learned from a witness that Binnicker and Thames were seen talking to Stinney, the 14-year-old was arrested while his parents were not home. He was interrogated alone for hours without the presence of his parents or an attorney. Police later claimed that Stinney confessed to the murders,

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Ben Jealous

His Name Is George Floyd

George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer just over two years ago. His killing sparked a movement to end unjustified police killings and racist law enforcement practices. Sadly, the killings have not stopped. The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act was blocked by Senate Republicans last year. The struggle continues in communities large and

small.

During racial justice protests that sprung up after video of Floyd's murder spread around the world, millions of people spoke his name as they demanded accountability and justice.

Now, a remarkable book examines Floyd's life and death in the context of our history and what one of the authors calls the "complex, tangled web" created by racism in this country.

"His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice" was written by Washington Post reporters Robert Samuels and

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Toluse Olorunnipa. It draws on the reporting of their colleagues and on intimate interviews with Floyd's family, romantic partners, and circle of friends.

At a time when politicians are making it illegal for educators to acknowledge that systemic racism exists, Samuels and Olorunnipa document in painful detail the ways in which racially discriminatory policies on housing, education, health care, addiction, policing and more contributed to "a life in which Floyd repeatedly found his dreams diminished, deferred, and derailed — in no small

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David W. Marshall

Childhood Is Not Meant to Be Deadly

In every child's life, there comes a point where innocence succumbs to life's cruelty and pain. It is the moment when the child starts to become aware of the cold-hearted world in which we live. "It takes a village to raise a child" is the African proverb that means that an entire community of people must provide for and interact positively with

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children for those children to experience and grow in a safe and healthy environment. It means we care for children even when the child is not our own. It also means that, as adults, we make sacrifices for the child's welfare.

So many times, the failure of the "village" destroys a child's innocence and life.

The senseless death of any child, regardless of race or class, is heartbreaking, yet it never ends. In 1944, the death of three children from Alcolu, South Car-

olina, reminds us of how children are affected by America's long history of violence, its hate-driven criminal and judicial systems, and the cruel influence of people with power. Mary Emma Thames, 7, and Betty June Binnicker, 11, were murdered by severe blunt force trauma to the face and head, while George Stinney Jr., 14, was executed by the electric chair. Stinney was the youngest person in the United States to be sentenced to death and executed in the 20th century. Thames, Binnicker

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OPINIONS/EDITORIALS Guest Columnist

E. Faye Williams

Absurdities

Years ago, I stated that the damage of a Trump presidency wouldn't be in his initial term(s), but in the future evil that he would sanction. It now appears that "crazies," especially in the political arena, are crawling from under rocks around the nation.

There are those who would present to us or attempt to force-feed us information which, on its face, is so ridiculous or incredible as to be believed by only the most dimwitted or

propagandized among us. I will not claim that absurdities only come from one side, but the majority of the absurd statements I process daily come from Republicans, racists, Christian fundamentalists, or right-wing extremists.

Pastor Mark Burns, who notoriously lied about his membership in the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity during the 2016 campaign, is currently presenting as a candidate for Congress.

In addition to his past lies, he is now spewing hate and advocating execution for political opponents. I only question what he will say after the Republican primary.

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Trump-endorsed Republican Jacky Eubanks is a candidate for the Michigan House of Representatives. According to Rolling Stone magazine, Eubanks states, "You cannot have a successful society outside of the Christian moral order … things like abortion and things like gay marriage are outside the Christian moral order.

They lead to chaos and destruction and a culture of death; we've abandoned the Christian moral order as a nation and we are reaping that destruction."

Eubanks added, "We need to return to God's moral order. That's not radical. God's morality is for everybody."

She also advocates a total birth control ban and abstinence until marriage.

Eubanks has obviously forgotten that the first European invaders came to North America seeking religious freedom and that the freedom of religion enshrined in the Constitution provides for the freedom OF religion and FROM religion. Eubanks seems focused on the imposition of her religious beliefs on everyone.

Instead of a fundamentalist fervor, in Georgia citizens are challenged to consider ignorance as a reasonable choice. Hershel Walker who has been labeled as unprepared as a candidate for

the U.S. Senate has also been plagued with challenges to his character and ethics. The old saying "it's better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and proven a fool" applies to Walker. The following statement, given at a recent campaign rally, provides his justification for opposition against Clean Air initiatives: "We in American have some of the cleanest air and cleanest water of anybody in the world. So what we do, we're gonna put, from the Green New Deal, millions of billions of dol-

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Marian Wright Edelman

Proctor Institute: Providing Sustenance and Hope

When I was a child my father was pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church in Bennettsville, South Carolina, and my mother was director of the youth and senior choirs, church organist, founder and head of the Mothers' Club, and fundraiser-in-chief. We watched Daddy and Mama staying up to date by subscribing to theological and church music publications and buying the latest books by leading theologians and

thinkers, and they did not confine their self-improvement to reading. They went to Union Theological Seminary, to a Black Mountain, North Carolina, conference center, and to Oberlin College for summer courses and other enrichment, and they went away every year for a week to the Minister's Institute at Hampton Institute in Virginia, sometimes taking me along. I would wander along Hampton's waterfront and through the chapel and library at the college Booker T. Washington attended and where he later taught while my parents listened to the latest developments in their fields. I'd join

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them in the evenings to listen to great sermons and choirs.

Today, the Children's Defense Fund shares some of the same opportunities for learning, development, great preaching, singing, and much needed fellowship at the annual Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Child Advocacy Ministry. At the Proctor Institute, civil rights icons and students, community organizers and seminarians, and advocates and artists come together in an intergenerational, interracial, multi-ethnic, ecumenical Beloved Community committed to pursuing justice for our nation's children.

This year's Proctor's Institute will be a hybrid event with both virtual and in-person options July 18-21. Everyone is welcome!

The 2022 theme is "Raising Democracy by Resurrecting Hope."

Study sessions, plenaries, and the Great Preacher Series will all reinforce this theme while workshops give participants a chance to build organizing skills, deepen understanding of policy concerns, discover programs and strategies to try back home, and share perspectives on justice, community, children, and the work to which we are called. As CDF says: "Movement

building is hard work. We can't do it alone. One generation alone can't get it done. We need each other, and we need deep spiritual sustenance to keep going and create the just world our children deserve. CDF's Proctor Institute is where we can sing and pray, strategize and struggle, organize and advocate. It's where we can share our stories — our hurts and hopes, pain and passion for justice — in Beloved Community. The Proctor Institute refreshes and renews us so we can continue the hard, hopeful, sacred work of

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Marc H. Morial

NUL's First-Ever Hybrid In-Person and Virtual Conference Kicks Off in D.C.

“I thank you, Urban League, for all of your leadership, and I look forward to fighting with you. ... Part of the strength of this organization and all of the leaders in this room is we have always been motivated by knowing what can be, unburdened by what has been. This is a fight that is born out of optimism. This is a fight that is born out of knowing that

we must fight for the soul of our country also out of love of country. And this is a fight we will win.” — Kamala Harris, address to the National Urban League Conference The last time the National Urban League convened for an in-person conference in July 2019, special counsel Robert Mueller was taking a seat to testify to the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees about his investigation into Russian interference

in the 2016 election and the then-president's efforts to obstruct that investigation.

That president was then engaged in a racist campaign of slander against four congresswomen of color and spreading lies about immigrants and voter fraud.

The first cases of the deadliest pandemic in American history were months in the future. An insurrection against the United States government was still an unimaginable prospect.

On July 20-23, the National Urban

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League and our network of affiliates and allies gather in Washington, D.C., with the nation's most influential voices in government, business, social activism, and the arts. Our task: to confront the transformation of the nation's political, social and economic landscape and chart a path toward a more equitable and resilient society.

The nation is only beginning to grapple with the aftershocks of the past few years. The 2022 Conference is an opportunity to highlight and redefine

the National Urban League's role in responding not only to the medical and economic crises wrought by the COVID pandemic, but to the rise of extremism and an unprecedented assault on democracy and civil liberties.

The Conference kicked off Wednesday, July 20, with the Urban League Fights For You Rally on Civil Rights, Hate Crimes, Women's Rights & Economic Justice at the Martin Luther

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LIFESTYLE SNEAKY from Page 9 sic would be unable to accept the next development of hip-hop when rappers from the West Coast, like Too Short, N.W.A. (Niggaz with Attitude) and Ice-T took over the stage. They came from economically depressed areas in Los Angeles and Oakland and their lyrics often reflected their personal experiences.

Pimping, liquor, gang violence and other aspects of urban life would be prominently featured in their music much to the chagrin of more conservative-minded Americans.

In fact, one of N.W.A.’s most popular singles, “F&%k Tha Police,” a response to police brutality, landed the group on the FBI’s radar and led to the labeling of hip-hop, gangsta rap in particular, as America’s real “public enemy number one.”

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It’s from this historical backdrop that today’s rappers in hip-hop have emerged, hoping to make their mark in their communities, in the music industry and on the world. But while ensconced under the same umbrella, hip-hop, the artists often have perspectives that remain diametrically opposed.

SNEAKY BANDZ USES RAP TO PROVIDE HOPE

One young hopeful, a third-generation resident of Paradise at Parkside Apartments in Northeast, continues to garner attention and a growing fanbase – hailed as a well-respected rapper and guided by Pleasant Service LLC’s music mentorship program via a mentor/protégé relationship with Whop Craig aka Wisdom

Speeks. The mentorship will also assist Sneaky Bandz in distributing basketball shoes to children in the Paradise community.

But while his past includes experiences with the juvenile justice system, poverty and violence, the rap artist known as Sneaky Bandz has taken an approach to his lyrics that differs from many of his peers.

Despite once being a contributor to the pain and trauma that have risen to new heights in D.C., he recently transformed his music and said, “I’m aiming to elevate my community and inspire other youth to get on a track towards a better and more positive future.”

“When you see the news about so many young people being arrested and committing violent crimes, it’s crazy,” said Sneaky Bandz, 22, the fourth of seven children who matriculated at Friendship Collegiate in Northeast.

“Some things may be really hard – even impossible – to change, especially if they’ve been going on for a lot of years,” he said. “But if someone like me can let go of negative influences and do better, then everyone can. Being cool means nothing. We’ve got to go to

5 A picture on the D.C. musical scene: Wisdom Speeks (Photo courtesy Wisdom Speeks)

school and get an education.”

“Young people also need to return to playing sports as a means of improving themselves – maybe as a way of going to college. But that’s tough to accomplish when you live in a place like my neighborhood where the resources are so limited. We don’t even have playgrounds and we don’t have sports leagues for youth,” said Sneaky Bandz who once actively participated in sports and whose penchant for gym shoes led to the name he adopted for professional purposes.

As for his career, Sneaky Bandz said he’s on the lookout for more promotional assistance so he can expand his reach to a wider audience.

“The music that attracts most fans in the District is hard core drill rap but that’s not my style,” he said. “I want to show the younger generations both sides and help them see that they have a choice. I want to be remembered for something positive – to be a role model. I don’t want to be the dude from the hood that went hard.”

Wisdom Speeks remembers the first time the two met and said he knew the young man had potential.

“We connected immediately, we got our music on and I took him with me to New York City to meet with Darryll Brooks and his team from I Hear Ya Entertainment,” he said. “What Darryll has done for the industry and the Peace Project concept in D.C. have long been something that I supported.”

“It’s all about bringing some real music back into the industry that

promotes peaceful and positive efforts of artists,” he said. “I’m committed to being a trailblazer for gifted youth like Sneaky Bandz because he’s the future – the kind of rapper who, like me, has adopted a ‘GMO’ philosophy in both their lyrics and presentation – no guns, no murders, no opps (oppositions).”

Unlike earlier rappers including Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. who allegedly believed time on this earth would be limited, Sneaky Bandz said despite his circumstances, he’s never thought they he would die young.

“I made some bad choices that I would later regret but I never really let someone else persuade me to make those decisions,” he said. “I’ve always wanted to live as long as God allows. Now, I’ve become even more determined to prove the naysayers wrong and to take a different path in my life.”

“I have a gift from God and I want to use my talents to help young people no matter whether they’re Black or white. I want my music to touch minds, hearts and souls,” Sneaky Bandz said.

For more information, check out www.pleasantservicellc.com. Fans of Sneaky Bandz can hear his latest releases, “Ready or Not” on YouTube by @shotbyton4k, produced by @AyMannyy and “Don Dada Way,” also on YouTube directed by @SARAFISMIDAS. You can email Sneaky Bandz and Wisdom Speeks at sneakybandz19@gmail. com and wisdomspeeksdc@gmail.com, respectively. WI @mcneirdk

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Freda Payne Returns to D.C. to Serenade Faithful Fans Legendary Singer Belts Out Blues, Broadway and Jazz Standards Brenda C. Siler WI Contributing Writer Freda Payne has never stopped performing and never stopped looking beautiful. She performs on July 22-23 at the legendary Blues Alley in Georgetown. Payne comes to DC with music from a forthcoming CD and an autobiography where she does not hold back about her life. She is a versatile entertainer.

“Sometimes you see an artist and they just go down one road, and they don’t venture off into other areas,” Payne said. “I did a duet with Kenny Latimore that included a big band and strings called ‘Let There Be Love’ a Nat King Cole song,” Payne said collaborating with Latimore, the metro Washington native was fantastic.

“Just to Be with You” is the first single from Freda Payne’s forthcoming untitled CD. It is a follow-up to her 2021 NAACP Image Award-nominated EP in the Traditional Jazz catWE DO IT ALL!

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egory. That EP also includes a duet with Johnny Mathis “They Can’t Take That Away From Me,” a standard composed by George and Ira Gershwin.

A Detroit native, Payne is multi-talented performing in music, films and on stage. She started in the 60s working with major artists like Quincy Jones, Pearl Baily and Bill Cosby. Payne’s first chart-topping hit in

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1970 “Band of Gold” was composed by award-winning composers Holland Dozier Holland of Motown fame.

She scored again with “Bring the Boys Home” a song in response to the high number of Black soldiers injured and killed during the Vietnam War. The song was banned

by American Forces Network, but not before 50,000 copies were pressed and sold.

In her autobiography, titled after her first hit “Band of Gold,” Payne admitted she was a shy little girl. She also said she was an ugly duckling, which is hard to believe. Payne’s mother encouraged and supported her daughter resulting in shaping the artist she remains today. Her work with other performers is in the book and as Payne told us in a recent interview, she does not shy away from talking about her romantic affairs.

“I share who came in and out of my life,” Payne said. “I talk about how my sister Scherrie Payne, a former singer with The Supremes, was the more outgoing and gregarious one.”

Coming up for Payne is the play, “Ella Fitzgerald, First Lady of Song.”

The production runs from August 18 – September 11 at the Madison Theatre at Molloy College in Rockville, NY. “People told me that I sound a little like Ella when I sing jazz,” Payne said.

She began performing this musical in 2004 when Maurice Hines cast her in the play. A long-time talented singer, dancer, choreographer, producer and director Hines started his career performing with his brother Gregory Hines and their dad as a Las Vegas act, then onto regular appearances on The Tonight Show hosted by Johnny Carson.

Always moving forward, Payne maintains a busy schedule. Keep up with Freda Payne through her website www.fredapayne.com and on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @iamfredapayne. WI

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D.C.’s Junkyard Band Drops Sizzling Single as Summer Heats Up

Go-Go Fans Poised to Embrace ‘Love Soul Crank’ with Open Arms D. Kevin McNeir WI Senior Writer For diehard go-go fans, the D.C.based group known as Junkyard Band, whose roots can be traced back to 1980 when a group of kids from the Barry Farms neighborhood in Southeast began to emulate the sounds of their favorite go-go bands, has long-been regarded as one of the best in the business.

And while the COVID-19 pandemic has caused chaos, confusion and unprecedented interruptions for entertainers who often attribute a significant portion of their income to concerts and special appearances, the band’s manager said it hasn’t stopped them from continuing along their journey and staying true to their decades-long passion for go-go music.

In fact, on August 20, Junkyard Band will release a new single, “Love

Soul Crank,” which will be followed by another single,” We Ain’t Goin’ Away, on a date to be determined.

As for the song, “We Ain’t Goin’ Away,” the band’s manager and spokesperson, Moe Shorter, said it underwent several versions and revisions before its completion.

“We actually began working on the song more than a year ago. Then, a few months ago I reminded the band that we hadn’t done anything on it for a while,” Shorter said.

“It’s really a protest song that we received from a team of talented writers although it didn’t start out that way.

Naturally, as we worked on it we realized we had to put our own special touch on it. Darryll Brooks, with whom we’re signed under his label, I Hear Ya Records, decided to release it in concert with a challenge to gentrification which has impacted many of the District’s neighborhoods where

5 The Junkyard Band will release a new single, “Love Soul Crank,” on August 20 and will also appear on stage at the Summer Spirit Festival on Sunday, August 7 at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Md. (Photo courtesy Norman Jones)

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love the kinds of music that we’ve created. And the song, or rather its lyrics, mirrors what’s happening right now in the District and in American society.

Shorter, reflecting on how the ongoing pandemic has dramatically impacted society, altering norms for just about every industry and our way of life, noted that Junkyard Band has been extremely fortunate – “blessed,” as he said.

“We took a brief pause in March 2020,” he said. “And we were really anxious to get back out on the road.

The surge struck the U.S. that summer and August 2020 was especially tough – mainly here in the D.C. and Prince George’s County area. But we were still getting gigs in other places, like Charles County where our fans here actually traveled to follow and hear us.”

Shorter said Junkyard Band, from their formative years when they played at local talent shows and on street corners to showcasing their talent on stage at venues like the Capital Centre, the Richmond Coliseum and the Apollo Theater, performing hits like “The WORD” or “Sardines,” they have always remained a “straight, old school, traditional go-go band.”

However, expanding their fanbase beyond the D.C. region and securing national notoriety contains to remain a challenge, as it does for many go-go bands, Shorter acknowledged.

“We can tell that more people have become aware of us and are attracted to go-go,” he said. “But not in the sense that we’re in high demand on the national scene. Working on and releasing original music as we’re do-

ing now is what groups like us must do if we want to widen our reach.

Like most musicians in the go-go world, we just don’t record music consistently – and consistency is the key. We’re not putting our commercial recordings on a regular basis that people can accept, especially beyond the D.C. area.”

Still, he said with new categories being added to the annual Grammy Awards, there’s hope that the larger music industry has finally begun to recognize the contributions of and skills associated with D.C.’s homegrown go-go genre.

“Recently, Doug E. Fresh was nominated for an album that was listed as go-go,” Shorter said. “Just for us, the Junkyard Band, to be nominated would be a milestone. And we’re working to that end. Like our song says, ‘We Ain’t Goin’ Away.’”

Editor’s Note: On January 15, 2018, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser proclaimed the day as “Junkyard Band Day, encouraging people to “hear them and celebrate their God-given talent and tenacity.” And on August 7, they will take the stage as part of a power-packed lineup at the Summer Spirit Festival at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Md. The Festival is the brainchild of promoters Darryll Brooks and his business partner, Carol Kirkendall.

For more information about Junkyard Band, visit www.junkyardband. us. WI @mcneirdk

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Ward 8’s The Players Lounge Poised to Receive Tax Exemption James Wright WI Staff Writer

One of Ward 8’s most popular restaurants recently learned that they’ve been approved by the D.C. Council’s Committee on Business & Economic Development to receive a real estate property tax exemption from the District.

On July 12, 2021 Ward 8 D.C. Councilmember Trayon White, Sr., sponsored a bill, The Players Lounge Tax Exemption Act of 2021, that would give the well-known restaurant, sometimes known as Georgene’s, an exemption from property taxes from October 2019 to September 2029.

While White had no co-sponsors or co-introducers on his legislation at the time, Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie (D-Ward 5), who chairs the Committee on Business & Economic Development, has since given his support for the measure.

“The Players Lounge is a sorely

needed institution in Ward 8,” McDuffie said at the bill’s markup on July 14. “For many years, it was the only sit-down restaurant in the ward.

We need to help it because it has to make it in the market.”

Steve and Georgene Thompson purchased The Players Lounge building in the 1980s in an era during which the District struggled to contain the crack cocaine epidemic. They converted it from a strip club into a soul food restaurant and bar. As time went on, it would evolve into a meeting place for political leaders representing every section of the District, particularly those with constituents who lived east of the river.

Every District mayor, with the exception of Walter A. Washington, reportedly ventured there for a meal, to enjoy a beverage and to engage in political discussions. At-large candidates for elected office also stopped by as did almost every candidate for

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‘They’re Back!’ – Summer Spirit Returns for 2022 After Two-Year Delay

Erykah Badu and Anthony Hamilton to Headline Popular Music Festival D. Kevin McNeir WI Senior Editor It’s been two years – a long two years – since music lovers here in the DMV and beyond have had a chance to make their annual trek to Columbia, Maryland for one of the region’s most popular music festivals.

But for one day only, on Sunday, August 7, the all-day, family-friendly event will return to the Merriweather Post Pavilion, continuing the tradition of showcasing a variety of musical genres from R&B and neo-soul to hip3 Erykah Badu (Courtesy photo)

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hop and go-go.

Most music aficionados who live in the Greater Washington Area have probably connected the dots and already know the event which this writer has described.

But just in case your memory’s a bit hazy, the must-see, must-hear, must-attend event in question remains none other than the Summer Spirit Festival 2022.

However, a word of caution to those who plan to attend: get there early and be prepared to stay until the very end.

The promoters, CD Enterprises, Inc., led by the dynamic duo of Darryll Brooks and Carol Kirkendall, said this show, reminiscent of the countless, spectacular productions which they’ve engineered across America for more than 50 years, promises to live up to their company mantra: “Not just another concert but an event.”

Still, getting things back to “normal” hasn't been easy.

“Because of COVID’s impact on everyone, we literally had to start all over again which included an unprecedented rush on talent from buyers across the country,” Brooks said. “So, we started early to get performers to commit. And we had to fight to get talent so we could put on a good show because there are so many new urban buyers who weren’t in

the market 10 years ago.”

“However, Carol and I believe we’ve put together a really nice show that features a wide range of musical genres: Erykah Badu, Anthony Hamilton, Method Man & Redman, Marsha Ambrosius, Junkyard Band and J. Brown.

Then we have DJ Dirty Rico holding it down with the music and Jas Funk serving as the emcee.”

“Erykah, Anthony, Marsha, Method Man and Junkyard Band have all been part of our lineup before and the fans loved them, so we’re excited to have them return.

As a special treat, Junkyard Band will be premiering their new single and I hear that Marsha may be debuting her new single which Dr. Dre produced.”

“But the key to our success is that Summer Spirit remains a family affair. It’s a homecoming, a family reunion and a way to socialize as the summer begins to wind down. We look for entertainers who are both talented and socially conscious – a carryover from back in the 70s when we brought Human Kindness Day to the District.

Then, and now, we were committed to promoting events that uplifted the community,” Brooks said.

The Summer Spirit Festival has

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SUMMER from Page 32 become a fixture in the DMV while attracting an ever-increasing cadre of fans from across the U.S. and beyond. But don’t take this writer’s word for it. Consider that this year, CD Enterprises, Inc. will mark its 15th year of producing and promoting the family-friendly festival.

Even more impressive, Brooks and Kirkendall recently marked their 50th year in the industry.

“I really hadn’t thought about it until you brought it up,” Brooks said with earnest humility. “I just remember us wanting to build something that would make a difference in people’s lives. We never

imagined that we would one day be considered trailblazers.”

“Actually, I’m still searching for more things to do – producing records, building the culture and pursuing dreams that remain unfulfilled. I’m not exactly sure what they are but when I think back and look over my shoulder, I must admit, I’ve had a lot of dreams.”

“But 50 years – wow! Carol and I have been fortunate – no – we’ve been blessed because many of my dreams, her dreams – our dreams – have come true,” Brooks said.

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wi book review "Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy"

By Damien Lewis c.2021, PublicAffairs $32 496 pages

Terri Schlichenmeyer WI Contributing Writer Buttoned up, lips sealed, under wraps. The secret's safe with you.

No matter how others beg, tease, or try to trick you into telling, you can hold something on the Q.T. until fthe day you die. You're trustworthy, dependable, discreet, and you don't blab. People admire that, and seek you out. And as in the new book "Agent Josephine" by Damien Lewis, they might kill you for it.

When Josephine Macdonald was a small child in St. Louis, Missouri, she grew to understand that her mother resented her for merely being born. Though Carrie Carson worked hard to keep the family fed, there was never enough money so little Josephine proudly contributed to the family by working as a maid and by dancing and street-performing for coins. That made her happiest. Later, after she realized that she could actually make a living performing, she found stage work but Jim Crow laws were a constant in her life. Believing that leaving America was her best option, she headed for Europe in the 1920s, where she knew that racism wasn't as entrenched.

Alas, most European countries were not welcoming, either. Everywhere but in France, she was looked upon with disgust. And so, says Lewis, Josephine married a Frenchman, took his last name, relinquished her American citizenship, and gave France her heart.

In the later part of the 1930s, when it became obvious that Hitler and the Nazis were becoming dangerous to the rest of Europe and to the world, authorities began looking for what they called "Honorary Correspondents" to help collect covert information and to pass messages. "HCs" possessed intelligence. They were calm and patriotic people of means.

With her star power and her people-skills, Josephine Baker was considered immediately; officials were surprised when they interviewed her to find that she was "a natural."

And so Josephine became a spy, fighting the Nazis until danger made her temporarily flee to a small village in France. In a Chateau there, waiting word from her associates, was "the world's most famous woman of colour, who hungered to fight."

The very first thing you'll notice about "Agent Josephine" is that it's a brick. That should alert you immediately to what's in store for you: author Damien Lewis dives deep.

In his introduction, he explains what spurred him to write this book and the turns his research took, from America to Europe and into the darkest of corners of nearly century-old history. There are jaw-droppers in what he found, and questions that still remain classified. Readers can take that as an alert, too: there's a lot of European history to unpack to get to the biography for which you grabbed this book. Baker's story is there, but it's eked out amid a long, complicated story of World War II espionage, and a well-more-than-basic knowledge of Europe, 1933-1945, is a must.

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ARIES You might feel like you're at the end of your rope with yourself and want to kick some unhealthy habits once and for all as the week begins. Thankfully, the cosmos is all set to help your self-improvement kick. This means you'll not only have a specific vision in mind but also the wind in your sails to take concrete steps toward achieving it. Just try not to be too hard on yourself as you head down this promising new route. Lucky Numbers: 3, 9, 17 TAURUS At the start of the week, the cosmos offers you a green light to propose any large-scale projects or ambitious proposals you had previously put on the back burner. If you've been at a stalemate with higher-ups on any kind of negotiation, you'll finally be able to gain traction. Also, if you feel like you've been putting your nose to the grindstone for too long, you'll want to break free of monotonous routines and enjoy spontaneous, fun-loving activities with a significant other or close friend. Lucky Numbers: 23, 25, 47 GEMINI It's all systems go for honing your skill set by taking an eye-opening class or booking a long-distance trip at the beginning of the week. You've likely been dealing with headaches galore, so don't hesitate to devote your time and energy to activities that speak to your soul and bring you joy. Lucky Numbers: 19, 20, 26 CANCER You'll enjoy a promising window for initiating a productive heart-to-heart talk with a significant other, dear friend, or close colleague in the beginning of the week. Your words go handin-hand with actions that support companionship and teamwork. Also, the cosmos gives you even more fuel for discussing your most intense desires and bolstering your connection to someone for whom you have deep feelings. Lucky Numbers: 4, 11, 47 LEO You'll have a unique chance to zero in on your needs and values as they relate to your work early in the week. If a project you've been focused on doesn't reflect your long-term goals or feels at odds with your spirit in some way, you'll be driven to reassess and reroute your efforts. Lucky Numbers: 7, 33, 38 VIRGO If you've been contending with setbacks and delays related to your schedule or fitness plan, you'll begin to see some light at the end of the tunnel at the start of the week. . Lucky Numbers: 11, 46, 48 LIBRA Early in the week, the Universe brings clarity and light to the way you've been connecting with your nearest and dearest and sharing what's in your heart. You might do well to have any heart-to-heart talks that you previously put off, because you'll have a better shot at getting in sync now. Lucky Numbers: 14, 49, 58 SCORPIO When the week starts, you might feel drawn to work with colleagues or neighbors toward a shared endgame. Feeling integral to a cause that affects your community is empowering. Also, you can begin to make progress on a household project. Lucky Numbers: 16, 23, 27 SAGITTARIUS When the week starts, you might be tapped by higher-ups to step into the spotlight.

You'll do well to take bold action. Embracing this as a moment to showcase your talents can pay off with recognition and returns. Lucky Numbers: 10, 22, 52 CAPRICORN You can look forward to more clarity around money matters early in the week. Whether you've been encountering technical issues at work or setbacks that have delayed income-related projects, you can see the light at the end of the tunnel now. Lucky Numbers: 8, 10, 35 AQUARIUS The beginning of the week is a time for soul-searching and getting comfortable with your inner compass and needs, then sharing that with your significant other or nearest and dearest loved ones. Being brutally honest with yourself and them can lead to finding more harmony and balance from your closest bonds, including the one you have with yourself. Lucky Numbers: 10, 12, 17 PISCES As the week starts, you'll be reflecting on reciprocity in your closest one-on-one relationships and how you can give as much as you receive, and vice versa. You'll be driven to share your experience with friends and take action that supports building your platonic bonds as well. Later, you might be able to better pinpoint key takeaways from your meditations, self-reflection, journaling, or daydreaming. Simply thinking about the best ways to apply these imaginative, dreamy reflections to your everyday life can set you up for a personal goal-related win down the road. Lucky Numbers: 15, 22, 30

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Canavan said changes are also needed on the County Council.

She didn’t cast a vote for incumbents Mel Franklin (D-At-Large), council chair Calvin Hawkins II (D-At-Large) or vice chair Sydney Harrison (D-District 9).

One main reason stems from all three men who cast votes in November to revamp a redistricting plan and rejected a proposal from a three-member redistricting commission that the council created.

The state court of appeals ruled in March against the council and for the county to use the commission’s plan.

Canavan, who serves as president of the AMP Creeks Council and resides in the District 9 area in southern Prince George’s, said Lisa Burnam “was an easy choice over Sydney Harrison because he has done nothing.”

She voted for Stanford Fraser, who works as a public defender in the county, to represent one of the two at-large seats on the 11-member council.

Unofficial results show Hawkins and Franklin in first place with 46,717 and 38,991 votes, respectively.

The remaining candidates concluded the race in the following order: Rudy D. Anthony, 13,464 votes; Fraser, 11,645; Jonathan White, 8,642; Sam Elira, Sr., 4,209; and Leo Bachi Eyombo, 3,800 votes.

As for District 9, Harrison remains poised to retain his seat with 8,819 votes with 39 out of 41 precincts reporting.

The other three candidates ended the evening in the following order: Burnam, 2,892 votes; Ernest Canlas, 927; and Dorian Sibedwo, 255 votes.

With the exception of council members Tom Dernoga (District 1) of Laurel and Jolene Ivey (D-District 5) of Cheverly who ran unopposed, here’s a look at unofficial results for the remaining council races.

• District 2 – Del. Wanika Fisher with 2,102 votes; former state Sen. Victor Ramirez with 1,983 and Raymond Nevo with 175. Totals are with all 24 Election Day precincts reporting.

• District 3 – Former County

Council member Eric Olson leads the way with 2,563 votes; Eve Shuman with 1,737; and Sia Finoh with 712. Totals are with all 34 Election Day precincts reporting.

• District 4 – Ingrid Harrison in first place with 5,349 votes; Patrice Murray with 2,280; Michael Estève with 2,236; and Trance A. Washington with 368. Totals are with all 49 Election Day precincts reporting.

• District 6 – Wala Blegay stands in first place with 4,107 votes; Denise Smith with 3,687; Barbara Holt Streeter with 2,419; Nakia Wright with 1,948; and Belinda Queen with 981. Totals are with 38 out of 39 Election Day precincts reporting.

• District 7 – Political novice and local activist Krystal Oriadha currently stands in first place with 3,638 votes. Incumbent Rodney Streeter trails with 1,757 votes and Anita G. Naves with 939. The winner who garners the Democratic nomination will face Gary Falls, a Republican, in the November general election. Totals are with 39 out of 41 Election Day precincts reporting.

• District 8 – Incumbent Edward Burroughs III will retain the seat he won in February’s special election with 6,122 votes. Former state delegate and council member Tony Knotts picked up 905 votes. Dania Lofton received 610 votes, Jerry Mathis with 394 and Vernon Wade with 419. Totals are with 32 out of 33 Election Day precincts reporting.

Because mail-in ballots aren’t scheduled to be counted until Thursday, July 21, the state set a deadline to certify results by July 29.

Prince George’s led the state with the highest early voter turnout with slightly more than 31,000 but that accounts for only 6% of the county’s eligible voters.

In comparison to the 2018 gubernatorial election, about 40,800, or 7%, voted early.

County voters also selected a new sheriff due to the retirement of Melvin C. High. According to unofficial results, Lt. Col. John D.B. Carr leads with 33,957 votes; Loralyn Mayo, president of the American National Protective Services in Capitol Heights with 16,643; Slyvester Jones, a former assistant director with the U.S. Marshal’s Service with 10,247; Edmonston Police Chief Elliott W. Gibson with 5,122; and Marine Corps veteran Dave Grogan with 4,777.

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Since its founding in 1910, the Urban League has made it its mission to elevate the standards of life for African Americans as well as other historically-underserved groups.

And for the first time since 2010, the Urban League has returned to the District for its annual conference with Marc Morial, president and CEO, at the helm. The fourday event, held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Northwest, will once again bring hundreds of community leaders, policymakers, corporate partners and other committed citizens to table. And it’s a sure bet that they will be discussing some of the more salient issues that Blacks continue to face.

Morial, who has led the NUL since 2004, spoke with The Washington Informer about his concerns for Black Americans and the nation.

While the full interview can be seen on the Informer’s YouTube channel, we have included several of his observations below.

On the current inflation rate, which now stands at 9.1% and represents a new, 40-year high and disproportionately impacts Black and Latino families due to soaring gas, food and housing prices. Morial said while these are painful times, “it is not the time to panic.”

“Rising inflation rates have been driven by the aftermath of COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine,” he said. “And China, which represents one-third of all manufacturing in the world, has not completely reopened. So, there are factors beyond what the White House or the Federal Reserve can do that are driving inflation.”

“Still, I hope and believe that this will be a short-lived situation. In the meantime, we must be vigilant and diligent. We know whenever America faces economic troubles, Black America pays the greatest cost. But we have to manage through this. I just hope we will not see a repeat of the 70s when the Federal Reserve created ‘stagnation’ which caused a reduction in jobs.”

Morial said the unprecedented move by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the Roe v. Wade abortion rights ruling can be best understood

by looking back at the 2016 election cycle.

“The current Supreme Court has three justices who were nominated

by Donald Trump,” he said. “Because we had low voter turnout and a message from one faction that said, ‘don’t vote,’ along with propaganda facilitated by Russia, many Blacks failed to show up at the polls in 2008 and 2012. That’s why Roe v.

Wade was overturned – we allowed Trump to win the White House – the rest we know.”

“This is the first time the Supreme Court has taken away people’s rights and that’s disturbing. It’s not about pro- or anti-abortion. It’s about who has the ultimate say so – the government or the individual – about a woman’s control over her own body, which the Court has undercut. A woman should have the constitutional right to control her own body.”

“I see the Court second-guessing what has happened over the past 70 years. They seem hellbent on overturning some of the hallmark decisions like Brown v. Board of Education that have improved this country, strengthened individual rights and made ours a stronger and better society,” he said.

Morial said while he is not a cheerleader for the Biden Administration, he commends the president for remaining true to several of his key campaign promises.

“I believe in stating the facts,” Morial said. “I see a president who

said he was going to make a Black woman his vice president and he did it for the first time in U.S. history.

He said he was going to appoint a Black woman to the Supreme Court and again, he did it – the first in our nation’s history. He said he was going to appoint a Black person to the Federal Reserve’s board of governors – he appointed two. And he has a diverse group of individuals in key positions who are overseeing the development of our country’s economic and infrastructure policies. He has civil rights attorneys of color at the Department of Justice who are second to none. Biden has assembled the most diverse administration this nation has ever seen. And these are not symbolic appointments.”

“The bottom line is this – we know we’re facing obstructionism in ways and through methods that many of us have never witnessed. But no matter what is thrown at us, we have to vote. If we have to take a day off from work, so be it. If we have to walk 100 miles to find a place to vote, then we’d better start walking. We have to stop crying about the lack of choices for offices and admitting defeat or giving in to cynicism. Just because you’re not excited about the candidates does not logically connect to one not voting. If we don’t demand a seat at the table, which voting provides for us, then we are on the menu, talking to no one else but ourselves,” he said.

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RELIGION the religion corner WITH LYNDIA GRANT

Harnessing Sexual Energy

Not a religious column topic, for real; however, it is indeed one of the key principles as researched by Napoleon Hill during his 20 years of research. Read between the lines and understand how crucial it is that we ask ourselves, "What would Jesus do?"

Do you have the ability to switch your mind from thoughts of physical expression to thoughts of some other nature? In 20 years of research, Napoleon Hill found almost every successful person had a supportive person (a love interest) to count on, whether sex was involved or not. The companionship is good to have, with or without sex.

Please recognize there is a link between creativity and sexuality. When some men get older, many times they become overtaken by a project, and sex takes a back seat. Therefore they can use all of their creativity for their work, and they've learned it is true, that when you allow all of that energy to flow into your thoughts, it works no matter what your age. It was not until I read this principle, that it made sense to me.

The world would be a better place in which to live in, if we had sex according to the Word of God. Let's take a look. Since 1 Corinthians 7:2 clearly includes sex before marriage in the definition of sexual immorality, all of the Bible verses that condemn sexual immorality as being sinful also condemns sex before marriage as sinful.

Sex before marriage is included in the biblical definition of sexual immorality. There are numerous Scriptures that declare sex before marriage

to be a sin (Acts 15:20; 1 Corinthians 5:1; 6:13, 18; 10:8; 2 Corinthians 12:21; Galatians 5:19; Ephesians 5:3; Colossians 3:5; 1 Thessalonians 4:3; Jude 7). The Bible promotes complete abstinence before marriage. Sex between a husband and his wife is the only form of sexual relations of which God approves (Hebrews 13:4).

Often we focus on the "recreation" aspect of sex without recognizing there is another aspect — procreation. Sex within marriage is pleasurable, and God designed it that way.

God wants men and women to enjoy sexual activity within the confines of marriage. Song of Solomon and several other Bible passages (such as Proverbs 5:19) clearly describe the pleasure of sex.

However, the couple must understand that God's intent for sex includes producing children. Thus, for a couple to engage in sex before marriage is doubly wrong — they are enjoying pleasures not intended for them, and they are taking a chance of creating a human life outside of the family structure God intended for every child.

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With the help of God, and while saving themselves until they are married, and it is acceptable, when two people utilize that energy which will definitely propel anyone who uses it, to new and record high levels of success.

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Sexual energy is also closely related to charisma and charisma attracts not only people, but wealth and power.

The drive for success is "coincidently" often also strongest in those who also have a high sexual drive.

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Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ

Church of Living Waters

Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church

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

St. Stephen Baptist 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 Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 8:00am and 11:00 AM Sunday Church School - 9:15am & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study - 10:30 AM 2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study: 6:30 PM Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study: 10:00 AM Tuesday Topical Bible Study: 6:30 PM Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study: 6:30 PM Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study: 6:30 PM Wednesday Children’s Bible Study: 6:30 PM Thursday Men’s Bible Study: 6:30 PM Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service: 6:30 PM Saturday Adult Bible Study: 10:00 AM “The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church”

Third Street Church of God

Dr. Dekontee L. & Dr. Ayele A. Johnson Pastors

Reverend William Young IV Pastor

Bishop Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. Senior Pastor

Rev. Cheryl J. Sanders, Th.D. Senior Pastor

4001 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 265-6147 Office 1-800 576-1047 Voicemail/Fax

3845 South Capitol Street Washington, DC 20032 (202) 562-5576 (Office) / (202) 562-4219 (Fax)

5757 Temple Hill Road, Temple Hills, MD 20748 Office 301-899-8885 – fax 301-899-2555 Services and Times Sunday Early Morning Worship: 7:45 AM Church School: 9:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship: 10:45 AM Tuesday: 7:00pm/Kingdom Building Bible Institute Wednesday , 12:30 PM Mid-Day Bible Study Wednesday: Prayer/Praise/Bible Study-7:30 PM Baptism & Communion Service: 4th Sunday – 10:30 AM

1204 Third Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202-347-5889 office / 202-638-1803 fax

Service and Times 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 Rev. Dr. Henry Y. White 2562 MLK Jr. Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Adm. Office 202-678-2263 Email: Campbell@mycame.org Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 AM Sunday Church School: 8:45 AM Bible Study Wednesday: 12:00 Noon Wednesday: 7:00 PM Thursday: 7:00 PM “Reaching Up To Reach Out” Mailing Address : Campbell AME Church 2502 Stanton Road SE - Washington, DC 20020

Turning Hearts Church Virgil K. Thomas, Sr. Senior Pastor/ Teacher 421 Alabama Ave. SE Washington, DC 20032 Phone: 202-746-0113 Fax: 301-843-2445 Service and Times Sunday School: 10:15 AM Sunday Worship Service: 11;15 AM Children’s Church: 11:15 AM Tuesday Bible Study: 6:30 PM Motto : “A Great Commitment to the Great Commandment” Website: www.turningheartschurchdc.org Email: gr8luv4u2@gmail.com

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Services and Times Sundays: 10:00am Worship Services Bible Study: Wonderful Wednesdays in Worship and the Word Bible Study Wednesdays 12:00 Noon; 6:30 PM (dinner @ 5:30 PM) Sunday School: 9:00 AM – Hour of Power “An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and affirmed.” www.covenantdc.org

Twelfth Street Christian Church Reverend Dr. Paul H. Saddler Senior Pastor (Disciples of Christ) 1812 12th Street, NW - Washington, DC 20009 Phone: 202-265-4494 Fax: 202 265 4340 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 AM Communion every Sunday: 11:00 AM Sunday School: 10:00 AM Bible Study Tuesday: 12 Noon Pastor’s Bible Study Tuesday: 6:30 PM Motto: “Discover Something Wonderful” Website: 12thscc.org / Email: Twelfthstcc@aol.com

Mount Carmel Baptist Church

“We are one in the Spirit” www.ssbc5757.org / E-mail: ssbc5757@verizon.net

www.thirdstreet.org Live Stream Sunday Worship Service begins @ 12:00 noon www.thirdstreet.org

800 I Street, NE - Washington, DC 20002 202-548-0707 - Fax No. 202-548-0703 Service and Times Sunday Morning Worship: 11:00 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday Sunday School: 9:45 AM Men’s Monday Bible Study: 7:00 PM Wednesday Night Bible Study: 7:00 PM Women’s Ministry Bible Study: 3rd Friday -7:00 PM Computer Classes: Announced Family and Marital Counseling by appointment E-mail: Crusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org / “God is Love”

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: 8:00 AM and 10:45 AM Sunday Youth Worship Services: 1st & 4th 10:45 AM; 804 R.I. Ave., NE 5th 8 AM & 10:45 AM; Main Church Prayer Services Tuesday – Noon, Wednesday 6:00 AM & 6:30 PM Calvary Bible Institute: Year-Round Contact Church / Communion Every 3rd Sunday The Church in The Hood that will do you Good! www.gmchc.org / emailus@gmchc.org

Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews Senior Pastor 1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 - Fax: (202) 526-1661 Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM Holy Communion: 2nd Sunday at 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM Sunday Church School: 9:20 AM Seniors Bible Study: Tuesdays at 10:30 AM Noon Day Prayer Service: Tuesdays at Noon Bible Study: Tuesdays at 7 PM Motto: “A Ministry of Reconciliation Where Everybody is Somebody!”

Website: http://isleofpatmosbc.org Church Email: ipbcsecretary@verizon.net

St Marks Baptist Come Worship with us...

Dr. Raymond T. Matthews Pastor and First Lady Marcia Matthews St. Mark's Baptist Church 624 Underwood Street, NW Washington, dc 20011 Services and Times Sunday School: 9:00 AM Worship Service: 10:00 AM Wed. Noon Day prayer service Thur. Prayer service: 6:45 PM Thur. Bible Study: 7:15 PM

Reverend John W. Davis Pastor 5101 14th Street, NW / Washington, DC 20011 Phone: 202-726-2220 Fax: 202-726-9089 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service - 8:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.

Children’s Church - 11:00 a.m. (1st & 3rd Sundays) Communion - 10 a.m. 4th Sunday Sunday School - 9:15 a.m. (4th Sunday 8:15 a.m.)

Prayer Meeting & Bible Study - Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

“A Church with a past to remember – and a future to mold” www.mtzbcdc.org

headline and photo for Mount Olivet LIF - MALCOLMXLutheran Church DAY John F. Johnson Reverend Dr.

901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423

1306 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20005

themcbc.org

“Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital”

Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan Pastor

Isle of Patmos Baptist Church

Mt. Zion Baptist Church

Reverend Dr. Paris L Smith, Sr. Senior Pastor

Service and Times Sunday Church School : 9:00 AM Sunday Morning Worship: 10:10 AM Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00 PM Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00 PM Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10:10 AM

Services and Times Sunday School: 9:30 AM Sunday Worship: 11:00 AM Sunday Community Worship Service: 8:30 AM

Crusader Baptist Church

Service and Times Divine Worship, Sunday 10:00 a.m.

Communion 1st and 3rd Sunday “Friendliest Church in the City” Website: mountolivetdc.org Email: mtolivedc@gmail.com

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RELIGION Shabbath Commandment Church Bishop Adrian A. Taylor, Sr. Pastor 7801 Livingston Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-534-5471 Service and Times Sabbath School 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 AM Service 11:00 AM Praise & Worship Preaching 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM Motto: “A Church Keeping It Real for Real.”

Website: Shabbathcommandmentchruch.org Email: Praisebetoyhwh@gmail.com

Zion Baptist Church Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor 4850 Blagdon Ave, NW - Washington D.C 20011 Phone (202) 722-4940 - Fax (202) 291-3773 Service and Times 9:00 a.m. – Sunday School 10:15 a.m. – Worship Service Wed. Noon: Dea. Robert Owens Bible Study 7 PM Pastor’s Bible Study Ordinance of Baptism 2nd Sunday, Holy Communion 4th Sunday Mission: Zion shall: Enlist Sinners, Educate Students, Empower the Suffering, Encourage the Saints, And Exalt our Savior. (Acts 2: 41-47) www.zionbaptistchurchdc.org

St. Luke Baptist Church Rev. Aubrey C. Lewis Pastor 1415 Gallatin Street, NW Washington, DC 20011-3851 P: (202) 726-5940 Service and Times Sunday Worship: 11:00 AM Sunday School: 9:15 AM Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun. Bible Institute: Wednesday - 1:30 PM Prayer Meeting: Wednesday - 12:00 Noon

All Nations Baptist Church Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor 2001 North Capitol St, N.E. - Washington, DC 20002 Phone (202) 832-9591 Service and Times Sunday Church School – 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service – 11:00 AM Holy Communion – 1st Sunday at 11:00 AM Prayer – Wednesdays, 6:00 PM Bible Study – Wednesdays, 7:00 PM Christian Education / School of Biblical Knowledge Saturdays, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM, Call for Registration Website: www.allnationsbaptistchurch.com All Nations Baptist Church – A Church of Standards

Israel Baptist Church

Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor 2324 Ontario Road, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 232-1730 Service and Times Sunday School: 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 AM Baptismal Service: 1st Sunday – 9:30 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday – 11:00 AM Prayer Meeting & Bible Study: Wednesday -7:30 PM “Where Jesus is the King”

Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor

2409 Ainger Pl.,SE – WDC 20020 (202) 678-0884 – Office / (202) 678-0885 – Fax “Moving Faith Forward” 0% Perfect . . . 100% Forgiven!

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

Service and Times Sunday Worship: 8:00 AM & 10:45 AM Baptism/Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday Family Bible Study Tuesdays – 6:30 PM Prayer Service: Tuesdays – 8:00 PM www.emmanuelbaptistchurchdc.org

Sermon On The Mount Temple Of Joy Apostolic Faith

Lincoln Park United Methodist Church Rev. Richard B. Black Interim Pastor

Elder Herman L. Simms Pastor

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

1301 North Carolina Ave. N E Washington, D C 20002 202 543 1318 - lincolnpark@lpumcdc.org www.lpumcdc.org

5606 Marlboro Pike District Heights, MD 20747 301-735-6005

Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:45 AM Sunday School: 9:15 AM Holy Communion1st Sunday: 10:45 AM Prayer Service: Wednesday at 6:30 PM Bible Study: Wednesday at 7:00 PM Bible Study: Tuesday at 10:30 AM

Mount Moriah Baptist Church Dr. Lucius M. Dalton Senior Pastor

Service and Times Sunday Worship: 10:00 AM Holy Communion: First Sunday 10:00 AM Sunday School: 9:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday @ 12 noon and 6:30 PM Motto: "Faith On The Hill"

Service and Times Sunday Apostolic Worship Services 11:00 A.M and 5:00 PM Communion and Feet Wash 4th Sunday at 5:00 PM Prayer/Seeking: Wednesday at 8:00 PM Apostolic in Doctrine, Pentecostal in Experience, Holiness in Living, Uncompromised and Unchanged.

The Apostolic Faith is still alive –Acts 2:42

New Commandment Baptist Church

Eastern Community Baptist Church Damion M. Briggs Pastor

Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor

1636 East Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20003 Telephone: 202-544-5588 - Fax: 202-544-2964

8213 Manson Street Landover, MD 20785 Tel: (301) 322-9787 Fax: (301) 322-9240

13701 Old Jericho Park Road Bowie, MD. 20720 (301) 262-0560

Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 7:45 AM and 10:45 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sundays at 7:45 AM & 10:45 AM Sunday School: 9:30 AM Prayer & Praise Service: Tuesdays at 12 noon & 6:30 PM Bible Study: Tuesdays at 1 pm and 7 PM Youth Bible Study: Fridays at 7 PM

Service and Times Early Morning Message: 7:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00 AM Sunday Church School: 9:00 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday 7:30 AM & 10:00 AM Prayer, Praise and Testimony: Wednesday 7:00 PM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM

Service and Times Sunday Worship: 11 AM Sunday School: 10 AM Wednesday Mid-Week Worship, Prayer & Bible Study: Wed. 7 PM

Rehoboth Baptist Church

Reverend Peter R. Blue Sr. Pastor

Rev. Curtis l. Staley Pastor

2001 Brooks Drive District Heights MD. 20744 240.838.7074

621 Alabama Ave., S.E.- Washington, D.C. 20032 P: (202) 561-1111 - F: (202) 561-1112

Service and Times Sunday Worship Experience: 10:15am Sunday School: 9:00am Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday Morning Noontime Bible Study: Tuesday @ 12:00pm Prayer Meeting/Bible Study: Tuesday @7:00pm Theme: "Building On A Firm Foundation"

Service and Times Sunday Service: 10:00 AM Sunday School for all ages: 8:30 AM 1st Sunday Baptism: 10:00 AM 2nd Sunday Holy Communion:10:00 AM Tuesday: Bible Study: 6:30 PM Prayer Meeting: 7:45 PM

Email: revprbstmbc@gmail.com Website: www.stmatthewsbaptist.org

Motto: “Where God is First and Where Friendly People Worship”

“Real Worship for Real People” Website: www.easterncommunity.org Email: ecc@easterncommunity.org

“A Church Where Love Is Essential and Praise is Intentional”

Foggy Bottom - Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW - Washington, DC 20037 Church office: 202-333-3985 - Fax : 202-338-4958

Shiloh Baptist Church

Matthews Memorial Baptist Church Dr. Joseph D. Turner / Senior Pastor 2616 MLK Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 - Fax 202-678-3304 Service and Times Early Worship Service: 8:00 AM Worship Service: 11:00 AM New Member’s Class: 9:45 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday, 11:00 AM Church School: 9:45 AM Wednesday 12:00pm Bible Study Prayer, Praise and Bible Study: 7:00 PM Saturday Bible Study: 11:00 AM Baptism 4th Sunday: 11:00 AM “Empowered to love and Challenged to Lead a Multitude of Souls to Christ”

Peace Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Michael T. Bell 712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836 Service and Times Sunday Early Morning Prayer & Bible Study Class: 8:00 AM Sunday School: 9:00 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00 AM Wednesday Service: 12:00 PM “The Loving Church of the living lord “

4504 Gault Place, N.E. / Washington, D.C 20019 202-397-7775 – 7184 Service and Times Sunday Church School: 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service : 11:00 AM The Lord’s Supper 1st Sunday Prayer & Praise Services: Wednesday 7:00 PM Bible Study: 7:30 PM Saturday before 4th Sunday Men, Women, Youth Discipleship Ministries: 10:30 AM A Christ Centered Church htubc@comcast.net

Christ Embassy DC

Kelechi Ajieren Coordinator 6839 Eastern Avenue, R1 Takoma Park, MD 20912 (202) 556-7065 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 AM Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 PM Friday Evening Service: 7:00 PM ; Last Friday “…Giving Your Life a Meaning” www.Christembassydc.org Christ.embassy.dc@hotmail.com

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

First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church

Mt. Horeb Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor

Rev. Oran W. Young Pastor

Rev. Dr. H. B. Sampson, III Pastor

9th & P Street, N.W. - W. D.C. 20001 (202) 232-4288

602 N Street NW - Washington, D.C. 20001 Office:(202) 289-4480 Fax: (202) 289-4595

2914 Bladensburg Road, NE Wash., DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-3180 - Fax: (202) 529-7738 Service and Times Worship Service: 7:30 AM Sunday School: 9:00 AM Worship Service: 10:30 AM Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:30AM & 10:30 AM Prayer Services:Tuesday 7:30 PM. Wednesday 12 Noon

www.stmarysfoggybottom.org Email: stmarysoffice@stmarysfoggybottom.org

Service and Times First Sunday Worship Service (one service): 10:00 AM Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Sunday Worship service: 7:45 AM and 10:55 AM Sunday Church School/Bible Study: 9:30 AM Thursday Prayer Service: 6:30 PM

All are welcome to St. Mary’s to Learn, Worship, and Grow.

Email: sbc@shilohbaptist.org Website: shilohbaptist.org

Service and Times Sundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Music and Hymns Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy Eucharist

Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 AM Sunday Church School: 8:45 – 9:45 AM Holy Communion: Every First Sunday Intercessory Prayer: Monday – 7:00-8:00 PM Pastor’s Bible Study: Wednesday –7:45 PM Midweek Prayer: Wednesday – 7:00 PM Noonday Prayer Every Thursday

Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert Senior Pastor

Email Address: admin@pbc712.org

Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church The Rev. E. Bernard Anderson Priest

Holy Trinity United Baptist Church

Florida Avenue Baptist Church

Reverend Christopher L. Nichols Pastor

Rev. Lance Aubert Imterim Pastor

Web: www.mountmoriahchurch.org Email: mtmoriah@mountmoriahchurch.org

St. Matthews Baptist Church

Emmanuel Baptist Church

King Emmanuel Baptist Church

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Service and Times Sunday School for All Ages: 8:00 AM Sunday Worship Services: 9:30 AM Midday Prayer & Bible Study: Wednesday 11:30AM Evening Prayer & Bible Study: Wednesday 7:00 PM Laymen's League: Thursday 7:00 PM Email: Froffice@firstrising.org Website: www.firstrising.org “Changing Lives On Purpose “

Email:mthoreb@mthoreb.org Website:www.mthoreb.org For further information, please contact me at (202) 529-3180.

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LEGAL NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 647 Norma Jean McDonald Decedent Edward G. Varrone, Esq. 1825 K Street, NW Suite 1150 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Kenon C. Pratt, whose address is 6408 Thornhill Court Springfield, VA 22150, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Norma Jean McDonald who died on September 19, 2021 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 1/7/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/7/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Date of first publication: 7/7/2022 Kenon C. Pratt Personal Representative

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2022 ADM 000713

2022 ADM 000637

2021 ADM 001400

2021 ADM 001495

Gatilda James Cox Decedent

Arthur Earl Smith Decedent

Karen Erica Duncan Decedent

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

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

Colline Silvera 7731 Belle Point Dr. Greenbelt, Md 20770 Attorney

Jennifer C. Concino Esq., whose address is 5335 Wisconsin Ave., NW #700, Washington DC 20015, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Gatilda James Cox who died on February 7, 2017 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 1/14/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/14/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Andree Harrington, whose address is 263 56th Street NE, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Arthur Earl Smith who died on March 18, 2020 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 1/14/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/14/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Date of first publication: 7/14/2022

Date of first publication: 7/14/2022

Diane Coram, whose address is 1342 Downing St., NE, Washington, DC 20018, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Karen Erica Duncan who died on July 18, 2019 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 1/14/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/14/2023, or be forever barred.

Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Jennifer C. Concino Esq. Personal Representative

Andree Harrington Personal Representative

Date of first publication: 7/14/2022

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Estate of Stafford I Pemberton aka Stafford Ivery Pemberton NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Robert Maurice Rouse for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal representatives.

Unless a responsive pleading in the form of a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth.

Admit to probate the will dated 7/2/2012 exhibited with the petition Appoint a supervised personal representative Date of first publication: July 7, 2022 Rocquelle A. Jeri, Esq. 1419 Perrell Lane Bowie MD, 20716 Petitioner/Attorney: TRUE TEST COPY Nicole Stevens Register of Wills Washington Informer

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Diane Coram Personal Representative

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2022 ADM 000688

2022 ADM 000010

2022 ADM 000589

Joseph Witherspoon aka Joseph Henry Witherspoon Decedent

Marian Bradley Decedent

Samuel C. Hamilton 8601 Georgia Ave., #503 Silver Spring, Md 20910 Attorney

Colline Silvera, Esq. Robinson Kirlew & Associates 7713 Belle Point Dr. Greenbelt, Md 20770 Attorney

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

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

Joseph D. Witherspoon, whose address is 1631 Varnum Pl. NE, Washington, DC 20017, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Joseph Witherspoon aka Joseph Henry Witherspoon who died on 6/29/2020 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 1/14/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/14/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Linda B. Cross, whose address is 10404 Forestgrove Lane, Mitchellville, Md 20721, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Marian Bradley who died on February 7, 2012 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 1/14/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/14/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Date of first publication: July 14/2022

Date of first publication: July 14, 2022

Joseph D. Witherspoon Personal Representative

Linda B. Cross Personal Representative

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LEGAL NOTICES

Naomi Davis Hart aka Naomi D. Hart aka Naomi Hart Decedent Leta M. Jackson, Esq. Legal Counsel for the Elderly 601 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20049 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Roger V. Hart, whose address is 2818 30th St., NE, Washington, DC 20018, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Naomi Davis Hart aka Naomi D. Hart aka Naomi Hart who died on 11/21/2019 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision.

All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 1/14/2023.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/14/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 000682 Ebony S. Wright Decedent

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Angela Hargrove, whose address is 1912 County Rd., #T3, District Heights, Md 20747, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Ebony S. Wright who died on April 12, 2021 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 1/14/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/14/2023, or be forever barred.

Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Date of first publication: 7/14/2022 Angela Hargrove Personal Representative

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 000655 Alfred Q. Carroll Decedent Bradley A. Thomas, Esq. 1629 K Street, NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006-1631 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Sergio Bost-Carroll, whose address is 193 Ramona Street, Unit 8, Pittsburg, CA 94565, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Alfred Q. Carroll who died on October 1, 2021 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 1/14/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/14/2023, or be forever barred.

Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

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Frank Kelly Walker Decedent

Samuel Moore, Jr. Decedent

Frances Ann Hatcher Decedent

Peter D. Antonoplos Antonoplos & Associates Attorneys At Law 1725 Desales Street, SW Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney

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Donald R. Marlais, Esq. 411 10th Street NE Washington, DC 20002 Attorney

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Robyn Wimberly, whose address is 901 6th Street, SW, Apt. 906 Washington, DC 20024, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Frank Kelly Walker who died on 2/2/2022 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 1/14/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/14/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Date of first publication: 7/14/2022

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Vera Frances Moore, whose address is 1509 Fort Davis St., SE, Washington, DC 20020, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Samuel Moore, Jr. who died on December 25, 2020 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 1/14/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/14/2023, or be forever barred.

Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Date of first publication: 7/14/2022 Vera Frances Moore Personal Representative

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Francine Hatcher, whose address is 4535 Edson Place, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Frances Ann Hatcher who died on February 2, 2022 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.

Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 14, 2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before January 14, 2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

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Nicole Stevens Register of Wills Washington Informer SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION 2022 NRT 16 Lottie Mae Tidline Name of Deceased Settlor NOTICE OF EXISTENCE OF REVOCABLE TRUST

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2022 ADM 000657

Michael Broadnax Decedent

Hugo E. Boyd aka Hugo Edison Boyd Decedent

Stevaughn Bush 600 Maryland Ave., SW Suite 800E Washington, DC 20024 Attorney

Aimee D. Griffin 5335 Wisconsin Ave., NW Suite 440 Washington, DC 20015 Attorney

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Nigel Broadnax, whose address is 1001 4th St., SW, Apt. 626, Washington, DC 20024, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Michael Broadnax who died on October 18, 2021 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision.

All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 1/14/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/14/2023, or be forever barred.

Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Cynthia T. Boyd, whose address is 4305 Ridgecrest Drive, Suitland, Md 20746, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Hugo E. Boyd aka Hugo Edison Boyd who died on March 2, 2022 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.

Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 1/14/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/14/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Date of first publication: 7/14/2022 Cynthia T. Boyd Personal Representative

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2022 ADM 675

2022 ADM 000672

2022 ADM 676

Leah Catherine April Decedent

Willa M. Durham aka Willa Mae Weston Decedent

LaJuan Y. Baylor Decedent

Eulah R. Ward Decedent

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Attorney Ethel Mitchell 8403 Colesville Rd, #1100 Silver Spring, MD 20910 Attorney

Sandra A. April, whose address is 715 6th Street NW, Apt. 703, Washington, DC 20001, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Leah Catherine April who died on February 27, 2022 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment 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 1/21/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/21/2023, or be forever barred.

Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

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The Trust is subject to claims of the deceased settlor’s creditors, costs of administration of the settlor’s estate, the expense of the deceased settlor’s funeral and disposal of remains, and statutory allowances to a surviving spouse and children to the extent the deceased settlor’s residuary probate estate is inadequate to satisfy those claims, costs, expenses, and allowances.

This Notice must be mailed postmarked within 15 days of its first publication to each heir and qualified beneficiary of the trust and any other person who would be an interested person within the meaning of D.C. Code 20-101(d).

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The Trustee may proceed to distribute the trust property in accordance with the terms of the trust before the expiration of the time within which an action must be commenced unless the Trustee knows of a pending judicial proceeding contesting the validity of the trust or the Trustee has received notice from a potential contestant who thereafter commences a judicial proceeding within sixty days after notification.

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Lottie Mae Tidline, whose address was 4226 H Street, SE, Washington, DC 20019 created a revocable trust on July 8, 2010, which remained in existence on the date of death on October 6, 2020, and, Sterling X. Tidline & Ava M. Tidline, whose addresses are 8106 Thornfield Terrace, Forestville, Md 20747 and 4226 H Street, SE, Washington, DC 20019, is the currently acting trustee, hereinafter the Trustee. Communications to the Trust should be mailed or directed to Kathy Brissette-Minus, Esq. at Law Office of Kathy Brissette-Minus, LLC 9701 Apollo Drive, Suite 230, Largo, MD 20774.

Claims of the deceased settlor’s creditors are barred as against the Trustee and the trust property unless presented to the Trustee at the address provided herein on or before January 14, 2023(6 month after the date of the first publication of this notice.) An action to contest the validity of this trust must be commenced by the earliest of (1) October 6, 2021, (One year from date of death of deceased settlor) (2) January 14, 2023, (6 months from the date of first publication of this notice) or (3) Ninety days after the Trustee sends the person a copy of the trust instrument and a notice informing the person of the trust’s existence, of the Trustee’s name and address, and of the time allowed for commencing a proceeding.

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Date of first publication: 7/21/2022 Sandra A. April Personal Representative

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Debra Durham Drayton, whose address is 2001 Shadowrock Lane, Bowie Md 20721, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Willa M. Durham aka Willa Mae Weston who died on March 14, 2022 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 1/21/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/21/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

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Christal D. Baylor, whose address is 5812 Folgate Ct., Capitol Heights, Md 20743, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of LaJuan Y. Baylor who died on June 25, 2021 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 1/21/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/21/2023, or be forever barred.

Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Sterling Ward, whose address is 7020 Wyndale St., NW, Washington, DC 20015, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Eulah R. Ward who died on March 22, 2021 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 1/21/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/21/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

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Roland George Henderson Jr. Decedent

June 15, 2009 Date of Death

Marjorie Betty Miles Decedent

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Hamouda Abdurrahman Henderson, whose address is 1225 50th Pl. NE Apt 202 Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Roland George Henderson Jr. who died on 9/26/2019 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 1/21/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/21/2023, or be forever barred.

Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Jonathan Charles O’Neill Name of Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Jacqueline O’Neill whose address is 274 Ward Hollow Road, Watertown, TN 37184 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Jonathan Charles O’Neill, deceased, by the Probate Court for Smith County, State of Tennessee, on September 30, 2021.

Service of process may be made upon Joshua Branson 1615 M Street, NW, Ste. 400, Washington, DC 20036 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. 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.

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2022 ADM 000739

Lorenzo White Decedent

Betty Jane Diggs Decedent

Yvonne Davis Smith, Esq. 2501 Northampton Street, NW Washington, DC 20015 Attorney

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Gwenavere White Dunn and Lori White Carrington, whose addresses are 11224 and 11228 Westport Dr., Bowie, Md 20720, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Lorenzo White who died on July 18, 2014 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 1/21/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/21/2023, or be forever barred.

Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Date of first publication: 7/21/2022

Zewdi Alem, whose address is 3716 Nash Street, SE, Washington, DC 20020, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Betty Jane Diggs who died on April 18, 2022 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 1/21/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/21/2023, or be forever barred.

Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

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Vikki Gray, whose address is 625 Brandywine St., SE Washington DC 20032, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Marjorie Betty Miles who died on September 23, 2021 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision.

All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 1/21/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/21/2023, or be forever barred.

Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

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PLAYERS from Page 31 Ward 8 position from councilmember to advisory neighborhood commissioner. Most scheduled events there not because it seemed to attract residents like a magnet but due to its reputation for being a place that served good food.

However, like many District businesses, The Players Lounge would be forced to suspend in-house dining and catering services when the coronavirus pandemic struck. Steve Thompson testified before McDuffie’s committee on June 16, pointing to the negative impact the pandemic has had on his business.

“In order to keep the business running after the pandemic set in, we have had to take out a reverse mortgage on our home, cash in our life insurance policy and deplete our savings,” he said. “We have no savings. When the pandemic came, our catering business came to a halt.”

Thompson said The Players Lounge paid its city taxes primarily through the cash obtained from the owners’ life insurance policy. And while the building comes under the ownership of a LLC which the couple controls, he said if they rented the facility, they would be unable to pay their taxes because it would be priced at market rate.

“We had to figure out a way to survive and this real estate tax exemption will help," Thompson said.

Brenda Richardson, a Ward 8 political activist, also testified in support of White’s legislation to provide assistance to The Players Lounge.

“The Players Lounge is an unofficial historical landmark in Ward 8,” Richardson said. “It has had a tough time since COVID started. We in the community have weathered the storm with the Thompsons. The council can afford to provide them tax relief.”

Troy Prestwood, a former advisory neighborhood commissioner in Historic Anacostia and the president of the Ward 8 Democrats, agreed with Richardson.

“The Washington City Paper once said The Players Lounge is ‘Ward 8’s living room,’” Prestwood said. “It is pivotal to the Congress Heights neighborhood. It reminds me of the television show Cheers. It is the place where everybody knows your name.”

However, despite glowing comments at the hearing, Nancy Fox, a senior policy analyst in the D.C. Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Economic Development Finance,

“In order to keep the business running after the pandemic set in, we have had to take out a reverse mortgage on our home, cash in our life insurance." said the establishment doesn’t need the tax exemption.

“While it is true that they had a substantial decrease in revenue in 2020 and 2021, they did enough business, according to their own records, to pay taxes,” Fox said. “I don’t think the exemption is necessary based on that.”

McDuffie countered Fox by saying the Thompsons delved into their assets to pay the taxes and that should not be the case for any business.

Councilmembers Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) and Vincent Gray (D-Ward 7) attended the markup for The Players Lounge legislation.

Cheh supported the tax exemption for The Players Lounge but had questions.

“We will definitely approve this but my question is what are we opening the door to?” she asked.

“There are a lot of businesses that have struggled due to the pandemic. But is the city obligated to assist them?”

McDuffie said he and the Bowser administration have created programs to assist businesses in the $100 million range. He said The Players Lounge needs the tax exemption so they can continue to pay taxes. He noted that a Black-owned Ward 1 business, Sankofa Video Books & Café, received the council’s assistance through tax exemption legislation a few years ago.

Gray made it clear he supported the tax exemption.

“I know Steve and Georgene Thompson and they have done so much for the community,” he said.

“I support this legislation at markup and will also support it before the full council.” WI @JamesWrightJr10

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CLYBURN from Page 26 of Blacks and other minorities.

Under this oppressive reality, the Great Migration ensued, where millions of African Americans moved north searching for dignity and greater opportunity. For them, a country in which they had to migrate from one part to another for basic rights — though circumstances at their destinations were far from perfect — was no union at all.

This type of disunion is beginning to repeat itself. Already, the Supreme Court's decisions over the past decade in Shelby County (which resulted in states and localities no longer needing

JEALOUS from Page 26 facts about policing in this country.

One is the need for accountability.

Chauvin had a record of violent behavior. When abusive cops are not held accountable, more people will be subjected to their violence.

Another point is that policing is a local issue requiring local solutions. National policies, like those in the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, can help.

But holding violent cops accountable, getting them off the streets, or better yet, preventing them from getting hired in the first place, all require change at the local level.

People For the American Way spent the two years since Floyd's murder developing a road map for transforming public safety. We looked at the

MARSHALL from Page 26 but according to his sister Aime, she was with him when the crime occurred. Stinney's parents did not see him before or during the trial due to the threat of attack or lynching. Detained in jail 50 miles away in Columbia, Stinney was isolated and alone with no support from his family during his confinement and trial. Stinney's family maintained he was innocent, insisting that their son was too small to commit such a crime and too naïve to handle the pressure put on him by law enforcement officials.

The George Stinney story is typical of Jim Crow justice, where he was tried before a jury of all white men.

While whites crowded the courtroom, Blacks were not allowed to enter. His court-appointed counsel was a tax commissioner who never challenged the police officers who testified that Stinney confessed to the two murders, nor did he challenge the prosecution's presentation of two contradictory versions of Stinney's verbal confession.

to have voting law changes "precleared" by the Justice Department), Rucho (which gave a green light to partisan gerrymandering) and Brnovich (which increased the difficulty of protecting the right to vote under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act) are enabling stark divergences in democratic procedures from state to state, with some states enacting significant barriers to electoral participation and accountability.

This creeping disunion is being exacerbated with the overturning of abortion rights in many states. As a result of the Supreme Court's green lighting of voter suppression and partisan gerrymandering, this backsliding may not be limited to states where a majority

of voters support candidates who favor abortion bans. When this happens, women in many states — disproportionately Southern states — will be forced to travel elsewhere for abortion care. That will be a grave imperfection in our Union. And this option may not even be feasible for many low-income women, and they will find themselves in wrenching situations with no good options.

Those seeking to deny basic rights rarely stop halfway. States are already proposing to legally sanction trips to other states for abortions. The enactment of these laws — which I believe

research. We talked to criminologists, public officials, clergy and other community activists, and members of law enforcement. "All Safe: Transforming Public Safety" is a guide for public officials and community activists seeking to make their communities safer.

Among the essential steps to make policing more just and more effective at the same time: improving recruiting to weed out potentially dangerous cops, holding violent officers accountable, and getting unfit officers off the force. Also, importantly, restructuring public safety systems to reduce the unnecessary involvement of armed officers in situations where they are not needed and for which they are not trained is good for cops as well as communities.

The authors of "His Name Is

George Floyd" describe optimism in the face of our history as both a defense mechanism and a means of survival. I am optimistic that we can end unjust police killings. I am optimistic that we can build the uncomfortably large coalitions it will take.

"Our book makes the argument that if we can demonstrate step-by-step how this country's history with racism continues to shape people today, then we can continue the good work of dismantling systemic racism," Samuels told me in an email. "We have to connect the theory with the practice."

That job belongs to all of us. We know what kind of changes will make our communities safer. Let's organize, city by city and town by town, to make it happen.

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Stinney's counsel did not cross-examine witnesses or call any witnesses on his behalf. The 14-year-old had no defense, with the trial presentation lasting only two and a half hours. After deliberating for fewer than 10 minutes, the jury found Stinney guilty of murder.

On the same day, the judge sentenced him to death by electrocution. No trial transcripts still exist, and Stinney's counsel filed no appeal. He was able to see his parents on one occasion after the trial. Electric chairs were not made for children. Standing at 5 feet, one inch tall, and weighing 95 pounds, George Stinney was too small for the adult-size electric chair. The mask and the straps were also too big to contain him. In less than three months, a 14-year-old child was charged with murder, tried, convicted and executed by the state of South Carolina. His family buried him in an unmarked grave, fearing vengeful whites would vandalize it.

Cruelty has become so accepted and normalized that even innocent children will not be safe and protected from death if it goes against safeguarding the

interest of those with wealth and power.

While they took 10 minutes to convict him, it took 70 years to exonerate him.

Rumors about the actual culprit had long traveled through Alcolu's tightknit Black communities. An alternate version of who killed the girls said the culprit was a well-to-do white man whose father had steered blame onto Stinney and away from his son. The real killer was never brought to justice.

The fact that two girls suffered a horrific death and people knowingly punished the wrong person because of his race is an injustice and insult to those young girls' lives.

Some would say times are different now. While it is true we are no longer living in the Jim Crow era, we are still living in a world where powerful people of influence can be cruel. The senseless deaths of children resulting from mass shootings in schools continue because the interest and greed of the NRA will always be protected. Protected by elected lawmakers and defended even by parents whose own children could one day be killed in a future mass shooting. WI

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All their bad air is still there. But since we don't control the air, our good air decided to float over to China's bad air.

So when China gets our good air, their

EDELMAN from Page 27 pursuing justice for children and ending child poverty."

Those able to gather in person again will be at CDF's Alex Haley Farm in Clinton, Tennessee, the spiritual home of the children's movement. Scholar and theologian Rev. James H. Evans Jr. composed this grace for the 1999 dedication of Haley Farm's Langston Hughes Library: And Jesus said, "Suffer the little ones to come to me" Let them be included Let them be visible They are "the least of these" Let them come,

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King Jr. Memorial. The rally sets in motion the relaunched Reclaim Your Vote campaign of civic engagement and defense of democracy.

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris last addressed the Conference as candidates for the nation's highest office; now they head the administration tasked with leading the nation out of its current turmoil. High-ranking members of the Biden-Harris administration, including Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia L. Fudge, Census Director Robert L. Santos, and Environmental Protection Agency Michael S. Regan will share their vision

CLYBURN from Page 45 to be blatantly unconstitutional, but do not trust the current Supreme Court to agree — would force women to choose between living in certain states and access to legal abortion anywhere. Given that nearly one in four American women have an abortion in their lifetimes, I fear deaths and horrific outcomes to many pregnancies and maybe another Great Migration.

There is no reason to believe the anti-choice zealots would stop there. Members of Congress are already discussing a national ban on abortion. The most extreme seek a constitutional ban. Some may say they don't foresee these bans happening, and they may be right. But I don't trust the right-wing, anti-abortion

bad air got to move. So it moves over to our good air space. Then now we got we to clean that back up."

Hand-picked by Trump, Walker is obviously a candidate because of his football fame at the University of Georgia and as a Negro-counter to Sen. Raphael Warnock.

The absurdity of these characters is

obvious to those who recognize the importance of personal character and understand the divergence of ideas in a democratic society. The greater danger for our nation is that they are not the only threat. They and those they represent are a clear and present danger to the freedoms we will enjoy in the future. WI

These lost lambs Leave no child behind.

Deep in their eyes is the Kingdom of God Let them come.

If they come dragging their tender wings Through the fire and the mire Let us dry and clean their wings In the sunshine of our trying Let them soar with full bellies Bellies full of pasta, collard greens Arroz con pollo and sweet tea.

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Hope in worlds not yet known As we eat of this bounty Let them into our hearts, our lives.

Put them on our laps and Let them eat from our plates As you welcome us to your banquet feast Bless this repast to our use And us to thy service.

for repairing the damage inflicted by the previous administration and reimagining our national institutions and systems to be more diverse, equitable and inclusive.

On the second day of our last in-person conference opened — less than a day after Mueller's testimony about the continued threat of interference in American elections, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell twice blocked legislation to improve election security. Since then, he has repeatedly led filibusters to defeat voting rights.

Then, we were alarmed that Black Americans were being deterred and denied participation in elections.

Now, we are alarmed that there no longer will be elections in which to par-

ticipate. More than 70 election deniers are candidates for state offices that run, oversee, or protect elections. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could open the door for a state legislature to refuse to certify the results of a presidential election and instead select its own slate of electors — much as the plotters of the Jan. 6 insurrection attempted to do.

It is these extraordinary threats to the foundation of our democracy that we will confront as the National Urban League Conference convenes next week in Washington, D.C. To participate virtually, visit our conference website and follow the social media hashtag #NULCONF22.

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extremists to stop until the right to legal abortion has been eliminated.

And as Justice Thomas' concurring opinion warned, those seeking to outlaw abortion won't stop there. The Republican platform calls for overturning Obergefell, which guarantees the right of same-sex couples to marry. Other rights like contraception, intimate activity between consenting adults, and even interracial marriage could also be at risk. If this Republican Party is given the power to pass laws and appoint judges, rights that many thought were safe will be in jeopardy.

Forming a more perfect Union in a diverse society like ours cannot be achieved through mandated conformity — that is a recipe for rupture, not cohesion. I have often observed that none of

us is any more or any less than our experiences allow us to be. Some Americans' experiences have led them to the conclusion that abortion is morally acceptable, while the experiences of others have led them to the opposite conclusion.

The best way to form a more perfect Union is to leave decisions regarding abortions to those who are by far the best suited to make them: pregnant women. The Court's decision in Dobbs will go down in history with the Slaughterhouse Cases, Bradwell, Cruikshank, Plessy and Giles as grave errors that took us further away from a more perfect Union. I urge my congressional colleagues and state legislators to learn from our history and change course before our nation is torn apart once again. WI

At a moment when we and our children desperately need sustenance and hope, let this continue to be our prayer.

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