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District government officials kicked off the new school year excited about what they described as an uptick in citywide enrollment. These de velopments occurred amid ongoing efforts to fill more than 100 teacher vacancies and address dozens of school building work orders.
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On Monday morning, D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) Chancellor Dr. Lewis D. Ferebee acknowledged his colleagues within the Bowser admin istration, particularly the Department of General Services (DGS) and the DC Department of Transportation, for supporting DCPS central office’s preparation for the first day of school.
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Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer In the aftermath of back-toback bomb threats that triggered residence hall evacuations and campus-wide investigations last week, officials at Howard Uni versity (HU) continue to speak out against antagonistic acts that
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The shooting and attempted carjacking of Washington Commanders run ning back Brian Robinson, Jr. counts among the latest and most prominent incidences of violent crime to grip the D.C. metropolitan area this year.
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While D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) alluded to an influx of families turning to District public schools, she said preliminary enrollment figures wouldn’t be available until after Labor Day. At the moment, however, District public and public charter schools are estimated to have an equal share of more than 94,000 District students.
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Concerns on FBI’s Response to Domestic Terrorism have not only rocked the local, historically-Black college but several others across the U.S. thisHUyear.Bisons of various ages and backgrounds converged on The Yard on August 26 in solidarity against these bomb threats. During the #HUCares event, coordinat ed by HU’s Office of University Communications, the Office of the Chapel and the Office of Student Affairs, students enjoyed each other’s company while danc ing to music and eating snacks. More important, students
5 Vice Preisident Kamala Harris announces a new grant program to support HBCUs receiving bomb threats. (Photo courtesy Nyah Marshall/HUNS)
In the aftermath of the shooting, Robinson, 23, has been visited by Wash ington Commanders Owners Daniel and Tanya Snyder, President Jason Wright and General Manager Martin Mayhew among other team leaders. He has also received an outpouring of love and well wishes on social media fromThefans.Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has since identified two sus SCHOOL
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For the past six months, eight high school students from the Greater Washington Area have collaborat ed and learned as 2022 Arts and Social Justice Fel lows. The program was co-sponsored by Strathmore and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and in spired by Octavia E. Butler’s “Parable of the Sower” by Toshi Reagon and Bernice Johnson Reagon. The objective for the students was to develop leadership skills, connect with networks of other students and professionals with similar interests, and grow their capacity to drive projects from start to finish. Fellows met biweekly with mentors and facilitators to create theirTheprojects.inaugural class of Arts and Social Justice Fel Area
the concept. House-like structures with items inside painted white cutouts – what do they signify? But as you get closer to those structures, you see the cut outs are filled with items that say something about an American killed by gun violence. Items donated by loved ones have under them the name, date of birth and the date the individual died from gun vi olence. From young children to older adults, death from gun violence can occur at any age. The Nation al Building Museum in D.C. represents the proj ect’s second installation with the first taking place in Chicago in 2019. The District-based exhibition ends Sept. According25.to the Gun Violence Archive (https:// www.gunviolencearchive.org), as of August 28, there have been 29,193 deaths in the U.S. due to gun violence. The number includes killings, sui cides, accidental shootings and mass murders.
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PWF's CEO, Candice C. Jones, leads the Foundation and its core values of racial equity, economic well-being and fundamental fairness for all.
PWF recently announced that the Foundation awarded $3.5 million in True Reformer Grants to seven organizations. The Foundation’s headquarters, located at 1200 U Street NW, counts as an historical 1903 landmark – the first building in the U.S. designed, financed, built and owned by the Black community after reconstruction. The newly-restored edifice, The True Reformer Building, was constructed for the True Reformers, an African-American organization designed to promote social change. It was designed by John Anderson Lankford, the city’s first African-American registered architect, commissioned by the Grand United Order of True Reformers in 1902 and dedicated on July 15, 1903. In its 75-year history, the Foundation has made over 5,700 grants totaling more than $700 million. Today, the Foundation’s efforts focus on catalyzing a transformative approach to justice that is community-led, restorative and racially just through investments in criminal justice and youth justice reforms. For more information, visit www.publicwelfare.org or www.justicebyanymeans.org.
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Troy Donte Prestwood, the pres ident of the Ward 8 Democrats, articulated similar sentiments as a guest commentator on WTTGTV (Channel 5)’s “The Final 5” on Aug.“This24.is a big deal for the pres ident and he can check this off as a win,” Prestwood said. “It is enough? I don’t think it is but it is a goodPrestwoodstart.” owns a public rela tions firm, The Prestwood Group, and has served as an advisory neighborhood commissioner in Ward 8. He attended Howard and American universities. He said a strong likelihood exists that he will pay on his student loans “until I die.”“This should have been a great big wipe away,” he said. “It’s really a drop in the bucket.”
Prestwood said student loans serve as the primary means for many middle-and-low-income students, mainly those of color, for obtaining a college education. He talked about being the first mem 4 Zachary Parker is the Democratic nominee for the Ward 5 D.C. Council seat. Like Biden’s Student Debt Plan but Want
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lows included: Ambar Com dori-Boughton, 12th grade, Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Northwest; Rahimah Hagmagid, 12th grade, George Washington University Online High School; Sophia Hall, 12th grade, Holton Arms School in Bethesda; Rose Kepka, 11th grade, Montgom ery Blair High School in Silver Spring; Daniela (Dani) Klein, 11th grade, Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda; Emily Liu, 12th grade, Wootton High School in Rockville; Allison Sweeney, 11th grade, Poolesville High School in Poolesville; and Corvid Thomas, a 10th grader. Klein's project focused on hu man rights issues at the southern border. Her project incorporated multi-media art and multi-media performance using violin, nar ration and visuals to explain her concerns with the number of ref ugees in asylum since the start of the“Therepandemic.will be 18,000 beads in the final piece – that is 1.8 million expulsions due to the U.S. law,” Daniela explained in support of changing the nation’s current pol icy. For more information, visit www. strathmore.org.
ber of his family to get a college education and believes Biden’s ac tions will help working-class peo pleSheikafinancially.Reid, who works in com mercial real estate in the District, labeled Biden’s actions “great” but like Parker and Prestwood said it didn’t go far enough.
Parker holds a Bachelor of Sci ence degree in
Reid, a Howard University grad uate, said she’d like to continue her education at Howard but sees that as problematic at this time. “I would love to pursue an MBA at Howard,” Reid said. “But I would have to go into further debt to do it.”
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Biden formally announced his plans on Aug. 24 to cancel up to $10,000 in student debt for bor rowers without Pell Grants and earning less than $125,000 a year and up to $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients. He also extended the pause in repayment until Dec. 31. District borrowers carry some of the highest average student loan debt in the nation, owing an av erage of $55,500, according to March 2022 data from the Federal Student Aid Office.
Arts in Education Leadership and Policy from Teachers College, Co lumbia University in New York City.He currently pays on his student loan debt. Parker said he appreci ates the Biden’s effort but more should have been done. “It is good that the president has gone further on this than any of his predecessor but $10,000 is not very much considering some peo ple owe hundreds of thousands of dollars,” he said.
“This will help a lot of people in a small way,” Reid said. “It is also good that the president extended the pause for repayment of stu dents’ loans because of COVID-19 until the end of the year.”
“A once-in-a-generation oppor tunity to eliminate student loan debt squandered,” tweeted Zach ary Parker, the Democratic Par ty nominee for the Ward 5 D.C. Council seat, on Aug. 24. “Democrats won’t likely have the White House, Senate and House for another generation,” he said. “While the political will might not have been there for leg islation, it would have been great for an executive order to set a prec edent that would have been politi cally unpopular to overturn.”
James Wright WI Staff Writer District residents continue to express support of President Biden’s plan to eliminate $10,000 of federal student loan debt for eli gible borrowers but some believe it doesn’t go far enough.
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Serena Williams has even in spired me in more ways than I first realized. But she should serve as an inspiration to you, too. She counts as a young woman who has achieved greatness by remaining steadfast, working to improve her God-given abilities and, I believe, by remaining humble throughout theYou,process.too, must seek to realize your own talents and the desires of yourLetheart.God lead you and guide you in all things. And know that while it will not always be as easy as it sounds, it’s the best way – the only way – to truly make your dreams comeLovetrue.Always, Daddy WI
Dear Jasmine, Today, Serena Williams won the U.S. Open Tennis Champi onship in straight sets. I cried for her in her victory, baby girl. She is a young woman from Compton, California who had a dream and a supportive family. She’s the first Black woman to win the singles championship since Althea Gib son (do you know who that is?) and she’s only 17 years old. Remember this day my beloved daughter.Inmylife, I, too, have had some tremendous victories and oppor tunities. But sometimes, I have let others deter me from my course. Sometimes I have been my own worstDon’tenemy.confuse lust for love. Don’t confuse true friends for wolves in sheep’s clothing. Trust in your mother and in me. But I know you’re angry, con fused and hate how things have changed. But know that I will always be with you. Not always physically where you can touch me and see me and hug me. But we are connected through our souls –our hearts and minds and chromo somes are bound together forever. You are my beloved first born in whom I am very pleased. I urge you, Jasmine, to be care ful in your walk. This is not dress rehearsal – it’s the real deal. And the curtain which has already ris en will one day fall after the final performance – whether you are prepared or not.
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Over the last few days, politicians and community members have tak en to social media to weigh in on the bomb threats. In a statement, U.S. Representative Tom Malinowski (DNJ) championed the passage of the Bombing Prevention Act that would establish an office to address terroristic threats centered on explosives.
Meanwhile, Josh Jacobson, a Dis trict resident who’s running for a Ward 1 ANC seat, made clear his thoughts about the bomb threats that contin ue to be aimed at HBCUs across the country.Thepattern is clear between the threats this week and those to other HBCUs this year,” Jacobson said on Twitter, Aug. 26. “White supremacists are doing this to terrorize students. My thoughts are with the students and I hope the FBI catches the perpetra tors.” (Courtesy photo)
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“It was difficult for me to witness in person students sitting in Banneker Park and heading to trailers on Sher man Avenue and crossing Georgia Av enue on their way to Blackburn Cen ter in their pajamas and sleepwear,” HU President Wayne A.I. Frederick said in an August 26 letter. “This is terrorism and it must stop,” he added. “Nonetheless, I was im pressed by their orderly nature and model citizenry in times of crisis and maintaining care for the Howard community through sharing accurate information about incident statuses and personal safety in traditional me dia and social spaces. Your accurate information sharing is helping us to mitigate the crisis.” These recent incidents bring the to tal bomb threats received by HU this calendar year to eight. Investigators said they have leads on the origins of calls. University officials also continue to confer with federal officials looking into bomb threats made against other HBCUs.Atthebeginning of this year, at least seven other HBCUs, including Nor folk State University, North Carolina Central University and Prairie View A&M University, received bomb threats that triggered lockdowns and investigations. That trend continued throughout Black History Month and the rest of the year as HBCU leaders expressed frustration with the White House about investigations that didn’t result in any arrests, even as universi ties incurred costs to boost security measures.TheFBI has since reportedly identi fied six teenagers of interest who used technology to disguise their voices while carrying out the racially-mo tivated bomb threats. Higher-level agents within the bureau later spoke before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform, during which they admitted the difficulty they had deciphering the perpetrators’ encrypt ed Themessages.U.S.Department of Education DC JAZZ FESTIVAL®, A 501(C)(3) NON-PROFIT SERVICE ORGANIZATION, AND ITS 2022 PROGRAMS ARE MADE POSSIBLE, IN PART, WITH MAJOR GRANTS FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, MURIEL BOWSER, MAYOR; DC COMMISSION ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES; NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS PROGRAM OF THE U.S. COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS; DC OFFICE OF CABLE TELEVISION, FILM, MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT, THE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY MAYOR FOR PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; AND WITH AWARDS FROM NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, GILLON FAMILY CHARITABLE FUND, GALENA-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION, MORRIS AND GWENDOLYN CAFRITZ FOUNDATION, LEONARD AND ELAINE SILVERSTEIN FAMILY FOUNDATION, HENRY J. KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION, CHAMBER MUSIC AMERICA, DALLAS MORSE COORS FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, MAX AND VICTORIA DREYFUS FOUNDATION, MID ATLANTIC ARTS, THE VENABLE FOUNDATION, ARTS FORWARD FUND OF THE GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, LES PAUL FOUNDATION, AND HUMANITIESDC. ©2022 DC JAZZ FESTIVAL. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Stay Informed! www.washingtoninformer.com
has made available funds for HBCUs to be used for responses to bomb threats, like security and mental health resources. However, some HBCU ad ministrators have described the appli cation process as cumbersome.
“The bomb threat at Howard Uni versity reminds us these threats are real and HBCUs are the most targeted,” Malinowski said. “No person should have to work, study or worship while living in fear of a terrorist bombing.”
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During the earlier part of August, HU welcomed freshmen during Bi son Week. While activities focused on various aspects of the HU experience, administrators also touted safety as a priority. They highlighted university police escorts who remain available to students. Days later, in his letter to community members, Frederick en couraged faculty members to act com passionately toward students reeling from bomb threats.
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McDuffie touted his “Baby Bonds” legislation which would provide $1,000 per year to every eligible in fant born in the District to pay for their education, start a small business, purchase a home or make investments when they turn 18. He said the pro gram serves as an example of his ef forts to close the racial wealth gap in the“Wecity. need to talk about economic opportunity,” McDuffie said. “The ra cial wealth gap didn’t just happen. It happened because of government pol icies such as redlining which encour aged people not to sell their homes to Blacks. The government sanctioned policies that fostered discrimination that contributed to the racial wealth gap.”He said small business development has long been an interest.
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McDuffie said while campaigning he will talk about the issues on the mind of the “Whethervoters.itisWard 1, 3, 7 or 8, people are concerned about public safety,” he said. “They are also saying it is too damn expensive to live here. They also want access to better jobs. To me, the issues don’t change, the reach does.”
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“I have a vision of a vibrant com munity where small businesses thrive,” McDuffie said. “We want to make sure small businesses have access to capital and access to government con tracts. I initiated a disparity study to show how Black businesses are being left out of government contracting and supported, with the mayor, a $100 million grants program for busi nesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.”JamalHoltz, who works with 51 for 51 – an organization which seeks to convince the U.S. Senate to change its rules and allow D.C. statehood legisla tion to pass by only 51 votes instead of through the procedural 60-vote mar gin – said McDuffie has his support.
McDuffie has been a Democrat while as a legislator for Ward 5 but had to leave the party to pursue the atlarge position as an independent. He said that decision came after a lot of thinking and consultation with family and“Rightfriends.now, I am the only indepen dent in my family,” McDuffie said at an event held in his honor at the Dew Drop Inn located in Ward 5 in North east on Aug. 27. “I will not forget the Democratic Party but the party has a lot of work to do,” he said. “Also, if I am elected at-large, I will not forget the people of WardMcDuffie5.” joined the council in 2012 as the Ward 5 lawmaker after then Councilmember Harry Thom as resigned due to legal and criminal problems. He won a May 2012 spe cial election to secure the position. McDuffie, who won re-election in 2014 and in 2018, opted to run for District attorney general earlier this year. However, he had to drop out of the race due to a ruling passed down by the D.C. Board of Elections and the D.C. Court of Appeals which determined that he failed to meet the qualifications for the position.
“Kenyan supported me when I was a young person in the Marion Barry Youth Leadership program,” Holtz said. “I am impressed with his record on the council and I think it speaks for itself.”Chioma Iwuoha, a Ward 7 political activist, said she has a fondness for in dependent candidate Karim Marshall but has opted to support McDuffie.
James Wright WI Staff Writer Ward 5 D.C. Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie wants District vot ers to return him to the city’s legislative body as an at-large member. But as he makes his positions on the issues clear to voters, he said he realizes he faces a tough battle to win the Nov. 8 general a field of eight can didates in the general election. In order to become an at-large council member, he must secure one of the two spots available. He faces two of his council colleagues – Democratic nominee Ani ta Bonds and independent Elissa Silver man – for one of those positions.
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“Kenyan and I have a longstanding relationship,” Iwuoha said. “He has a track record that looks like a success for me and he can get Ward 7 the re sources it needs. We need to support Kenyan because I understand that Sil verman has sent out an email saying the at-large race comes down to her and Kenyan because Anita is statisti cally locked in.”
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“Each of these hurdles cost time and tens of thousands of dollars to fix,” Tyra said. But the hurdles haven’t stopped the owners from making theirs a thriving local business. Stop by PJ’s Coffee, located in the Fairwood Shopping Center in Bowie, and get a French roast, a beignet and quality customer service. What do the owners recommend? “Try an Ethiopian roast for its sweet, cherry taste,” Mike Harris said. WI es were secured in New Orleans in September 2018, and the Fairwood location was eventually selected in August 2019. PJ’s officially opened in 2020, during the COVID shutdown and has been running smoothly since. The owners pride themselves on their beignets, the atmosphere, the specialty roasts and their ties to the 5 Owners Mike and Tyra Harris stand by their business, PJ’s Coffee, located in Fairwood. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer) local community. Living only a few minutes away on Church Road, they see PJ’s as a way to provide a service for their neighbors and a space for events such as book signings and art showcases. They take the time to provide education and mentorship opportunities for their baristas, strongly emphasiz ing manners and customer service.
The owners, Mike and Tyra Har ris, were inspired to open PJ’s in 2017 after working together in law and noticing a lack of specialty cof fee shops in their area. The first lo cation they planned for was Bowie Marketplace but they reconsidered and moved to Fairwood after notic ing a business opening. It’s a deci sion they don’t regret, as the Fair wood location is larger, cheaper and has more foot traffic from the sur rounding shopping center and the Kaiser Permanente health center.
5 Dr. Ernest Carter, chief health officer in Prince George’s County, summa rizes some of the symptoms of monkeypox during a virtual town hall Aug. 24. (Screen shot: courtesy of Prince George’s County Health Department) William J. Ford WI Staff Writer
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Located in Bowie, PJ’s Coffee is a Black-owned, New Orleans-themed coffee shop for those who love cof fee, not just a caffeine buzz. PJs has many fans in the surrounding area and enjoys strong ratings on review websites. You can find remote work ers, Gold’s Gym members, young parents and plenty of others stop ping by for a cup of coffee.
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Dr. Ernest Carter, the county’s chief health officer, addressed similari ties and differences between monkey pox and the flu. “With monkeypox, you have to have skin contact. You have to have intimate contact. Even when it comes out in droplets, you literally have to kiss somebody or spray it in somebody's face for that to happen,” Carter said during a virtual town hall Aug. 24. “We don’t anticipate that monkeypox will spread in the school system like COVID did.”
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Although the White House de clared monkeypox a public health emergency last month with less than 20,000 cases detected nationwide, Prince George’s County health offi cials said the disease won’t have as big an effect compared to COVID-19.
This is not the couple’s only PJ’s. They also own and operate another PJ’s Coffee located in Silver Spring, near the Fillmore and have been the roadmap to success in PJ’s franchis es selling beignets, something they innovated.During the 2022 primary elec tions, PJ’s hosted a Civic Saturdays series to give candidates a platform to talk to curious residents and store patrons about their legislative plans. District 23 Senate candidate Sylvia Johnson launched her cam paign in the PJ’s parking lot, in part to emphasize her commitment to small business and Black-owned businesses.“Thestaff and ownership were very receptive and welcoming,” Johnson said, referring to how she and her team were treated after pre senting the idea.
PJ’s also threw a Mardi Gras pa rade this year, attracting over 300 visitors with a jazz band and New Orleans native Mayor Adams to their shopping center. This atmo sphere, bringing New Orleans fla vor to the DMV, is their specialty and they plan to host a Mardi Gras paradeWhatannually.havebeen some of the hurdles they’ve had to overcome in building a successful business? Even though the business had expenses, they were locked out of PPP loans as they didn’t have an active payroll prior to COVID shutdowns and federal officials were unable to as sist. Permitting agencies presented demands that further caused the owners anxiety, including a required grease trap estimated at $60,000. Eventually, an agreement was made for a smaller unit.
During the first week or two in the county’s public schools, nurses must instruct students on hand washing to promote and encourage cleanli ness, said Dr. Traci Jones with the schoolJonessystem.alsosaid students and staff shouldn’t share utensils, school supplies, clothing or other personal items.She said she plans to meet with principals and athletic directors to present information on monkey pox.Athletic directors must ensure athletic equipment be wiped down after each use. Coaches must also conduct a verbal questionnaire with student athletes to see if they’re ex periencing a fever or rashes. Currently, students and staff must wear masks inside all school buildings.“Weare [about] prevention,” she
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Bowie resident and former Coun ty Council At Large candidate Rudy Anthony is also a fan of the beig nets. Several of the candidates in the County Council District 6 election, Bowie Mayor Tim Adams, and even Democratic gubernatorial nominee Wes Moore have stopped by.
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Liza Smith of Sandy Spring in Montgomery County said it sym bolizes the president’s support for union“Helabor.believes in unions,” said Smith, a member of UNITE HERE Local 25 based in northwest D.C. “We’re a better America in support ing union workers for a fair wage and fair work. That’s what that sign means to me.”
Gennaro Thompson, a bus me chanic for Metro and member of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689, said the words from both Moore and Biden aren’t “politics as usual.”“They both are trying to reach people. I respect that,” said Thomp son of Lanham in Prince George’s County.Asfor Moore, Thompson said, “he gets my vote. He’s lived in this environment with a single mom. Look at where he is today. That’s a testimony.”
5 President Joe Biden (right) gives remarks during a Democratic Party rally Aug. 25 at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville. Maryland Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wes Moore (left) listens. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer) some GOP leaders and Republican voters who follow former President Donald Trump and his “Make America Great Again” movement for harming American democracy. “I do respect conservative Repub licans. I don’t respect these MAGA Republicans,” he said.
AS USUAL’ Before the president came on stage, the Bowie High School march ing band entertained the crowd for at least 30 minutes. Behind them stretched an American flag and the phrase, “Building A Better America.”
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A few hours before Biden spoke, Del. Dan Cox of Frederick County canceled a press conference he had scheduled in Rockville. The state lawmaker who received the Republican nomination for gov ernor released a statement. Some of it summarized how Democratic gubernatorial nominee Wes Moore supports Biden’s policies that Cox claims increase taxes and force vac cine mandates. He also criticized the student loan proposal, saying it would force Marylanders to pay for “someone else’s college degrees.”
The praise increased Wednesday when he announced up to $20,000 in debt cancellation for Pell Grant re cipients and as much as $10,000 for other borrowers. He also extended the current federal loan pause until December.Theadministration touted about 90% of borrowers who would see the relief earn less than $75,000 a year. “I just want to say to our presi dent, Joe Biden, thank you,” said Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison, who touted himself as a Pell Grants recipient while attending college. Democratic leaders in attendance said other issues are on the Novem ber ballot such as abortion. Mary land remains one of more than a dozen states that allows women to have an However,abortion.the Supreme Court’s decision this summer to overturn Roe vs. Wade to declare abortion a constitutional right no longer exists, allowing states, mainly in the South, to decide for themselves.
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During part of Biden’s near ly 30-minute speech, a man who shouted, “You stole the election,” would be escorted out of the gymna sium without any incident. The Biden-supportive crowd yelled, “Get him out!” Meanwhile, the president faced criticism this year as inflation rose for months that hit consumers hard purchasing groceries and gas for their vehicles.However, he received strong leg islative victories this month as he signed the $750 billion Inflation Reduction and $280 billion CHIPS and Science acts into law.
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A day after President Joe Biden touted a student loan plan proposed to erase up to $20,000 in debt, he joined a standing-room-only crowd in Montgomery County, Maryland, to rally fellow Democrats with less than 10 weeks until the Nov. 8 gen eralBidenelection.stood on the podium at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville with a message based on several words: hope, unity and opti mism.“We the people will still determine the best for America. If we the peo ple stand together, we will prevail,” he said Thursday, Aug. 25. “We just have to vote.” Part of his push to encourage peo ple to vote stems from Congress not approving legislation to ban assault weapons.“Ifyou’re not for banning assault weapons, then we’re not going to vote for you,” the president said – words which drew a rousing ap plause inside the school gymnasium. The president also condemned
For instance, Georgia lawmakers approved legislation prohibiting an abortion after six weeks of pregnan cy.“We won’t let that happen” in Maryland, said former Del. Aruna Miller, the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor. “Choice is on the ballot. Freedom is on the ballot.”
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“I will win this November and vigorously serve the people of Mary land as governor because the failed policies of the Biden administra tion, which Wes Moore is praising, advancing and will implement are disastrous for Maryland,” Cox said. “The people of Maryland want their freedom back. We want our state back.”Moore said the main focus for Maryland voters shouldn’t be just on Cox and the Republican Party. “It’s time for all Marylanders to rally around the future,” he said be fore introducing Biden to the podi um. “The reason we’re going to win in November and up and down the ballot [and] all across this state is we are going to give Maryland some thing to believe. This is our time.”
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The report found that denial rates for Black borrowers are highest in De troit, Miami, and Jacksonville, while they’re lowest in San Francisco, Seattle, andAcrossSacramento.Detroit, Miami and Jack sonville, the average denial rate for Black borrowers is 25.52% — more than double the average denial rate of 12.55% across San Francisco, Seattle, andThoughSacramento.theycan vary by metro, de nial rates for Black borrowers are high er than 10% in each of the nation’s 50 largest metros, according to the report.
“Metros with the largest spread be tween mortgage denial rates for Black borrowers and the overall borrower population,” Lending Tree researchers found.Among the key findings: St. Louis, Boston and Jacksonville, Fla., see the largest percentage point differences between the denial rates for Black borrowers and the overall borrower population. Across these metros, the denial rate for Black borrowers is an average of 13.36 percentage points higher than the denial rate for the overall mortgage borrower’s population.
Consider different types of loans. Some types of mortgages, like those backed by the Federal Housing Ad ministration (FHA) or the Depart ment of Veterans Affairs (VA), can be easier to qualify for than other types of mortgages — especially for lower-in come borrowers. If you’re having trou ble getting approved for a standard mortgage, these options might help you access the funds you need to buy a home.Speak up if you feel discriminated against. It’s illegal in the U.S. to dis criminate against borrowers based on race. If you feel like you’ve been the victim of discrimination, consider contacting your local housing author ity or attorney general’s office or the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to file a com plaint. Speaking out about discrim ination can help yourself and others who may be going through some thing similar. WI
“Though it may be more difficult for some Black homebuyers to get ap proved for a loan, there are still ways for Black borrowers to help make their dream of homeownership a reality,” Lending Tree researchers insisted.
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It’s Not Easy Getting a Home Loan – Racial Bias Makes it Nearly Impossible for Many Blacks
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San Francisco, Sacramento, Calif., and Seattle see the smallest percentage point differences between the denial rates for Black borrowers and the over all borrower population. Though Black borrowers are more likely to be denied a mortgage in each of these metros, the average spread be tween their denial rate and the denial rate for the overall population is a rela tively low 3.94 percentage points.
The new report comes as African Americans continue to experience dis crimination in the real estate appraisal market.Most recently, a Black couple in Baltimore filed a lawsuit against an appraiser and a mortgage lender, alleg ing they received a severely underval ued appraisal for their four-bedroom home.Following an initial appraisal of $450,000 – which already was less than the $622,000 government as sessed value, the home received a $750,000 appraisal from a different appraiser.“TheU.S. housing industry has a long history of racial discrimination –one that helped build the racial wealth gap and one that carries through to day,” CBS Mornings reported. In 2021, on the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre, President Joe Biden announced the launch of an interagency initiative to combat bias in home appraisals. But real estate lending itself remains anTheissue.company analyzed purchase mortgage application records from the Federal Financial Institutions Ex amination Council’s Home Mortgage Disclosure Act 2020 data set — the most recent full data set available.
“Racial barriers many,homeownershiptointheU.S.areundeniableforwithBlackAmericansoftenfacingthemostobstaclesduringthehomebuyingprocess.”
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In data released earlier this year from the federal Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, major disparities exist in home loan approval rates between African Americans and whites. Nationally, the purchase mortgage denial rate for Black homebuyers is twice as high as the denial rate for the overall mortgage borrower population in each of the nation’s 50 largest met ros.In D.C., approximately 32,238 loan applications were made or orig inated by mortgage lenders. About 16,227 mortgages were approved for white applicants and just 4,945 for BlackCensusapplicants.datacollected by Prosperity Rampant bias remains in the real estate industry according to a new report which revealed that, on average, 18% of Black homebuyers are denied a mortgage. (Photo courtesy NAREB) Now revealed that the Black home ownership rate in the District of Co lumbia stood at 35.2% compared to 50.3% for white Americans. A new report from Lending Tree found that, on average, 18% of Black homebuyers are denied a mortgage. That counts as 9 percentage points higher than the average denial rate for the overall population of 9%. “Racial barriers to homeownership in the U.S. are undeniable for many, with Black Americans often facing the most obstacles during the homebuy ing process,” Lending Tree researchers wrote.“One obstacle Black Americans disproportionately face is getting their mortgage requests denied by lenders.”
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The researchers listed three tips that could make finding a lender and get ting a loan easier: Shop around for a lender. If you’ve been denied a mortgage from one lender, that doesn’t necessarily mean there aren’t any others. By shopping around for a mortgage, you can po tentially increase your odds of finding a lender and possibly even getting a lower rate on your loan.
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Lakesa Bunn, the owner of Pol ished Events, sponsored an annual women’s empowerment luncheon earlier this summer that featured curated speakers and vendors to help elevate brands with like-mind ed individuals to network in Prince George's County.
“We were forced to go inward and ask, ‘girl, who are you,’ kids, marriage and business aside,” said Jon’ll Boyd of Eventful Life Enter prises.Bunn, a coach, mentor, advocate, spiritual advisor to modern-day working women and the creative director of “The Table,” curated the event in honor of her mother, Do ris Bunn. Her mother worked hard to provide for Lakesha and her two sisters.“Ioften joke about how my mom had 10 jobs, not including the ones at church,” she said. “I often saw her cry and wondered if she had lived out her purpose-driven life.”
With Americans still reeling from the impact of the COVID-19 pan demic, many female business own ers have found it necessary to rejuve nate their brands – that is, pivoting in another direction so consumers still see the benefits of their business while maintaining their core values.
“For the women who came here depleted, I hope they got spiritu ally fed,” she said. “I want women to know how to move up the cor porate ladder and leave a legacy for theirThefamilies.”leaders of this communi ty that Bunn continues to build consists of financial advisors, fash ion stylists, clothing designers and health and wellness instructors. They have formed an intimate group of about 100 women committed to their businesses and knowledgeable on how to best serve their clients.
“ The pandemic created the per fect storm for us to get still,” Bunn said. “We all were going 90 miles per hour, just running – towards what I have no clue. We needed to rejuvenate, reignite, re-energize and restart.”
“If God is not the center of your relationship, there is no power. When you have a solid relation ship with God, you know and un derstand when and how to insert power into your relationships,” said Marcella Mollon Williams of Lega cy Builder Group, LLC.
As Jon’ll Boyd said, “Your net work is your net worth. You can have it all while being true to your self. Always come to the table be cause you never know what you are going to walk away with.” WI
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While her mother has since died, Bunn said she want women of color and all ages to work out of poverty, strengthening the community and “leave no woman behind.”
that a lot of players are gonna go over there and just take the bigger checks because it’s kind of is what it is,” Wil liams told NBC News Washington. Rodman had previously declared he would travel to Russia to seek Griner’s release.However, Biden administration of ficials pushed back against such a visit.
Over 80 men and women are scheduled to receive awards from President Biden this year at ceremo nies held at North Carolina Cen tral University in Durham, the Elks Lodge in Delray Beach, Fla., and Morehouse College. A final ceremony is scheduled for September 10 at the Thurgood Mar shall Center Trust in Washington, D.C.“We are eternally grateful to all venues for hosting the awards pro gram this year,” said Dr. Beverly Kee, Executive Director of Premiere Co alition Partners Association, LLC., a Maryland-based certifying organi zation for the Presidential Volunteer Service Award Program.
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“I still don’t understand to this day how they ended up in my bags,” Griner said, adding that she was aware of the Russian law out lawing cannabis oil and that she had not intended to break it.
National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. has received the President Joseph R. Biden Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award for Community Service and Dr. Chavis received the award at a ceremony hosted at Morehouse “On behalf of the NNPA and rights leaders, and others who have shaped American history. Among the notable recipients included: Dr. Otis Moss Jr., Rev. Dr. Lawrence E. Carter Sr., Dr. Anne Winbush Watts, Dr. Clarissa Myrick-Harris, Thurgood Marshall Center Trust Inc. President/CEO Thomasina W. Yearwood and others.
While former NBA All-Star and Champion Dennis Rodman formally canceled plans to go to Russia to help gain the release of WNBA star Brit tney Griner, members of the Washing ton Mystics said Griner’s detainment has discouraged them from playing overseas.“Idon’t know if being politically correct is right now,” Mystics Forward Myisha Hines-Allen, who played in Italy last season, said at her end-of-sea son press conference. “So, I know I wouldn’t want to play in Russia. I mean that’s just that.”
“We have a very impressive list of honorees who are making a meaning ful difference in their communities, and this venue is so fitting for such a prestigious event,” Kee stated.
Ahead of the 2022 midterms, Dr. Chavis said it’s important to regis ter new voters. The NNPA and the Transformative Justice Coalition are in the middle of a campaign to regis ter 10 million more Black voters.
“We’ve got work to do,” Dr. Cha vis“Ideclared.thank President Biden for the Lifetime Achievement Award for Community Service and Civil Rights. Equality, equity, and justice are on the ballot.” WI the Thurgood Marshall Center Trust, as well as on behalf of all my fellow Civil Rights Movement comrades who were present at the President Joe Biden 2022 Lifetime Achievement Awards on the campus of the his toric Morehouse College in Atlanta, I express my profound gratitude to President Biden and Vice President Harris,” Dr. Chavis remarked.
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“It takes two to tango. So, we start all negotiations to bring home Amer icans held hostage or wrongfully de tained with a bad actor on the other side,” an unnamed official told CNN.
“At a time when our nation is facing renewed challenges to our de mocracy, it was very timely to reassert the importance of the right to vote, the Black Press of America, and the need to continue the fight for free dom, justice, equality, and equity,” Dr. Chavis continued.
“My career is my whole life,” she re flected as she faces up to 10 years in a Russian prison. “I dedicated everything. Time, my body, time away from my family. I spent six months out of the year away from everybody, and with a huge time difference.”U.S.officials are awaiting word from the Russian government on whether they will accept the swap.
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“We start all of these with some body who has taken a human being American and treated them as a bar gaining chip. So, in some ways, it’s not surprising, even if it’s disheart ening, when those same actors don’t necessarily respond directly to our offers, don’t engage constructively in negotiations.”TheCNN report noted that Sec retary of State Antony Blinken an nounced Wednesday that the United States presented a “substantial propos al” to Moscow “weeks ago” for Whel an and Griner, who are classified as wrongfully detained. The top U.S. diplomat said he in tended to discuss the matter on an expected call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov this week. WI
“We communicated a substantial offer that we believe could be success ful based on a history of conversations with the Russians,” a senior adminis tration official told CNN. “We com municated that a number of weeks ago, in June.”
The unnamed sources told the net work that the planned trade received the backing of President Joe Biden af ter being under discussion since earlier thisCNNyear. reported that Biden’s sup port for the swap overrides opposi tion from the Department of Justice, which is generally against prisoner trades.The families of Whelan, who Russia has held for alleged espionage since 2018, and WNBA star Griner, jailed in Moscow for drug possession since February, have urged the White House to secure their release, includ ing via a prisoner exchange, if neces sary, the report stated. During her testimony, Griner told the court that she’s still unsure how cannabis oil ended up in her luggage. She said a doctor recommended cannabis oil for her injuries on the bas ketball court.
teammate, Elizabeth Williams, said Griner’s situation opens conversations for players wanted to stay“Ihome.think it won’t be surprising to see keep in my possession any substance that is prohibited in Russia,” Griner said.Detained in February, Griner said she had already been in Russia for sev eral months before her arrest.
“We believe that anything other than negotiating further through the established channel is likely to compli cate and hinder those release efforts,” State Department Spokesman Ned Price told Confirmedreporters.reports said the United States government had offered to swap the so-called “Merchant of Death” Viktor Bout for Griner and another imprisoned American, Paul Whelan. Bout, who’s serving a 25-year fed eral prison sentence and notorious for his desire to kill Americans, reportedly has been at the top of Russian Presi dent Vladimir Putin’s wish list.
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“You can get a refund for any payment including auto-debit payments you make during the payment pause beginning March 13, 2020,” administration officials wrote.They advise borrowers to contact their loan servicer to request a re fund.According to CNBC, Kaitlyn Koterbski, a personal finance fellow at Fortune, described her personal experience of getting a refund this way, reporting that it took “two phone calls and several hours on hold with her student loan servicer for her refund of nearly $3,000 to be processed.”Thenetwork noted that several tweets and TikTok videos have also featured borrowers sharing their sto ries about how they were able to get refunded for payments made since the freeze began in March 2020.
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Despite criticism from Repub licans and even some Democrats about the Biden-Harris administra tion’s massive student loan forgive ness, silver linings tucked within the plan continue to reveal a wide range of Whenbenefits.the federal government paused student loan repayments in March 2020, many borrowers used the money to pay down their prin cipalNow,debt.those who did just that count among those in line to receive refunds for any payments made during the pause – a result of the Biden Administration’s new plan.
President Biden extended the moratorium on payments for a final time through December 31. The administration has continued to push everyone to visit the Fed eral Student Aid website for details about the plan and how to receive refunds or other benefits.
“This is a big deal,” said Dr. Tony Allen, the President of historically Black Delaware State University and the chair of the President’s Board of Advisors on HBCUs. “HBCUs do more with less,” Al len asserted. “Less is no longer ac ceptable and the Biden Administra tion has heard us in word and deed.”
Still, criticism from the right con tinues– and the White House has taken notice. In a series of tweets, the White House spotlighted lawmakers com plaining about student loan for loans paid during the
Over the summer, DGS has received 870 work orders for facilities main tenance with 200 orders coming in daily.As of Monday, only 100 work orders remain open including those concerning water fountains coming off of the Thoughwall.the Prince George’s County public school system fac es similar challenges, like 900 staff vacancies and bus driver shortages, officials continue to push forward in the realms of mental health, COVID mitigation and school boundary changes.Prince George’s County Public Schools CEO Dr. Monica Goldson highlighted the launch of Cherokee Lane Elementary School, one of 10 facilities to be constructed within the next four years with a focus on sus tainability and safety. Amenities at the Hyattsville, Maryland-based school include cam eras, hallway doors that can be locked from the main office and a common area with mobile bookshelves.
“We’re proud that our teams have been working to make sure we’re ready for day one,” Ferebee said. “It’s so great to know that we have more young people walking into schools today. We're so excited that more families have chosen DC Public Schools as their option. The part nership between home and school is critical to realize students’ full po tential.”This academic year, DCPS will utilize a combination of contracted staff, substitute teachers and support team members within the central office to serve teaching roles while officials work to fill staff vacancies.
Over the next six years, the Dis trict will dedicate $246 million to the modernization of schools, librar ies and recreation centers. The new ly-modernized SWS has two new wings, a new gymnasium and library and stormwater management system among other amenities.
For Denise, a mother of an SWS fifth grader, this academic year will be the continuation of a fruitful rela tionship that has allowed her son to deeply explore his interest in science.
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On Monday, Bowser joined D.C. Councilmember Charles Al len (D-Ward 6), D.C. State Board of Education Representative Jessica Sutter (Ward 6) and others for the third consecutive first-day-of-school ribbon cutting at a Ward 6 school.
In the District, Bowser spent the first day of school extolling the mod ernization of School within School at Goding Elementary School. For decades, the Northeast-based school known to community members as SWS has fostered a child-centered learning environment inspired by an educational philosophy known as the Reggio Emilia approach.
Bridget O., a Northeast resident and mother of two SWS students, expressed some concern about COVID and monkeypox. Even so, she relished an opportunity for her daughter, a recent SWS enrollee, to overcome a speech impediment and feel the love of teachers that her son received at SWS for years.
On Monday morning, Denise took her son’s photo and spoke at length with school officials, many of whom she has known for years. “I’m expecting the same great things: good leadership, community and academics,” Denise said. “We’re coming out of COVID and we won’t be back to normal but this is a good start. We do what we always do. I want my son to continue to love learning and move on to middle school.”
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“I’m looking forward to more openness and everything being more well-rounded [with] teachers work ing together this school year for my daughter,” Bridget O. said. “I like the diversity and mix of cultures. We have COVID and monkeypox [out here] but we’ll get through it.”
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Several minutes earlier, hundreds of families converged on the en trance of SWS to take photos, hug their young ones and engage staff members. Children reunited with their friends while a staff member sought out those who haven’t con ducted a home COVID test.
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“Being a police officer is not about just locking people up,” he said. “People should understand that they can talk to us.”Muslim leader Muhammad Abdul Malik said the time has come for Black males to lead their families and com munities.
“We should be in those places where decisions are made about our commu nity,” he said. “If we aren’t there, some body else will make those decisions for us.”Lamont Carey, director of the Mayor’s Office on Returning Citizens Affairs, said his agency helps residents who have been previously incarcerat ed. He said his office helps returning citizens – 95% Black and 96% male according to the federal Bureau of Pris ons – by offering chrome books and free cab ride vouchers to help them find employment and other activities as they began to manage their lives.
“You are not just a man biological ly,” he said. “A man is a protector of himself and his family. The majority of the problem with Black males lies with men. Men aren’t doing their jobs. Our women are stressed out because they have to be mom and dad for their chil dren.”Adofo proposed a wide array of pro grams to help Black males in the city including nature retreats, a pre-college initiative in concert with the District chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers, after-school tutoring sessions, a book club and information sessions on topics including how to change a tire. WI @JamesWrightJr10
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The National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (NICJR) examined the numbers for homicides and nonfatal shootings in the District in 2019 and 2020, according to a WTOP report on Feb.The22.NICJR reported that “most gun violence is tightly concentrated on a small number of very high-risk young Black male adults that share a common set or risk Additionally,factors.”more than 90% of vic tims and suspects in the city consisted of males with 96% African American. A Feb. 17 article published by the Georgetown Journal of Law & Mod ern Critical Race Perspectives, “True Justice: The Disturbing Truth About Incarceration in D.C.,” revealed that while Blacks made up 44% of the Dis trict’s population in 2019, according to date from the American Community Survey, the District jail’s population for Black males stood at 87.4%. Salim Adofo, chairman of the 8C advisory neighborhood commission, addressed the many problems some District males continue to face during a “Black Men’s Action Summit,” held on Aug. 27 at the R.I.S.E. Demonstration Center in Ward 8. Adofo, who also serves on the May or’s Commission on African American Affairs, said community involvement in aiding struggling Black males has become crucial.
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District leaders in the government and private sector have recently ramped up efforts to identify strategies for and solutions to the hurdles and problems faced by an increasing number of Black men in the Organizationscity. including The Alli ance of Concerned Men and The 100 Fathers Inc., as well as those fraternal in composition have worked throughout the years in the District to help troubled Black boys and men. But more must be done, said D.C. Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie (D-Ward 5), while speaking to a gath ering on Aug. 27. He said the city’s rise in homicides in recent years has been fueled by gun violence and serves as an indicator that efforts must contin ue to be pursued to help Black males, particularly youth, navigate their way through the city without resorting to violence.“Too many young people have guns,” McDuffie said. “Guns don’t shoot themselves. Too many of our young people have learned to resolve disputes, mainly petty disputes, with gun violence. Dealing with the gun violence is traumatic – the trauma is real. Solutions such as giving people a second chance at a productive life and rehabilitation must be offered to people who have gone astray.”
“If anyone you know has just been released from being locked up, come to my office,” Carey said. “My team will helpDistrictthem.”Metropolitan Police Depart ment officer Ernest Landers said he could have easily become engaged in criminal activity as a youth. “I grew up with family in the streets but I took a different path,” Landers said. “I decided to become a police of ficer so I could give back to my com munity.”Landers said Black men shouldn’t fear police officers, saying engagement should take place between both groups.
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"Almost 30 years after its launch, the Tokyo International Conference for African Development continues to deliver on its promises with concrete results in the areas of education, agriculture, health and water, to give just a few examples," he said.
On the agenda were measures aimed at countering China's influence on Africa. China has been steadily increas ing its influence in the region in recent years, notably through its ambitious "Silk Roads" project. However, the summit was especially important for Tunisia as the country continues to suffer from a political and economic crisis, made worse by the COVID pandemic and, more recently, the war in Ukraine affecting wheatTunisiaimports.hopes to take advantage of the summit to attract investors for about 80 projects worth $2.7 billion in the health, automotive, space and renewable energy sectors, which are expected to create 35,700 jobs. WI
Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, tested positive for COVID-19 and used a video link to join the sum mit, chaired by African Union Chair, Macky Sall. President Sall of Senegal spoke of his faith in the conference.
Tunisian President Kais Saied welcomed visitors to the 8th Tokyo International Conference on Afri can Development, which brought together delegates representing all continents, including the African Development Bank Group. Some 30 heads of state attended the summit.
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Furthermore, the minister said extensive upgrades to school administration buildings will be done as part of measures to improve working conditions for teachers and administrators. She said the ministry’s goal is to have an administrative block that is properly configured, particularly in the larger schools, and outfitted for the benefit of their teachers and administrators. She added that there is no doubt there needs to be a faster approach to developing appropriate working spaces for the teachers. WI
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Japan is expected to provide additional support to the continent’s development of communication infrastruc ture and to address food security. The African Development Bank Group is promoting strong, inclusive and sustainable growth in Africa through continued cooperation with Japan.
Jamaica’s Minister of Education and Youth, Fayval Williams, said the ministry has allocated $210 million for critical repairs to schools across the island, Caribbean National Weekly (CNW) reported on Aug. 27. Speaking at the 58th annual conference of the Jamaica Teach ers’ Association on Aug. 24, Williams said each of the Ministry’s seven regions has received $30 million for infrastructure upgrades and 97 schools have been identified for critical repairs. To date, the assessed value of work totals approximately $196 million.
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Kayla Benjamin WI Staff Writer Frank Cole’s most recent elec tricity bill was $1.52 but before he installed solar panels on the roof of his Petworth home, he remembers paying upwards of $400 a month. “We got a nice flat screen tele vision, took a couple of vacations here and there,” Cole said, laugh ing while recalling what he and his Frank Cole stands on the backside of his house in Northwest where solar panels are slightly visible on the roof. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer) wife have been able to do with the money they’ve saved. “And we’re able to go out every now and then to get a bite to eat,” he said. Cole installed rooftop panels four years ago through the city government’s Solar for All pro gram, which helps income-quali fying households access solar en ergy at no cost. The program has options not only for homeown ers like Cole but also for renters and people living in multi-family buildings. Evenfor those who don’t quali fy for Solar for All, an income-re stricted program, District residents can save on energy by going solar – the city has one of the nation’s best solar energy markets. But in D.C. as in the rest of the country, low-income residents and people of color have been dispro portionately shut out of the solar market. Solar for All has helped address some of that inequity as Ward 8 now leads the District in solar energy production by mega watt.But NAACP DC Branch Presi dent Akosua Ali pointed out that it’s only part of the solution.
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“Solar for All is really designed for low- to moderate-income households within the District, so it neglects addressing the middle class,” Ali said. “Without provid ing affordable solar solutions to middle class residents, it further exacerbates the Black wealth gap.” Solar energy, like many home improvement investments, per petuates wealth inequality because
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Johnston said. Currently, about 6,500 District residents participate in Solar for All, and the Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE) hopes to reach 100,000 total households by 2032. But most of those enrollees won’t be single-family homeown ers like Cole and Simo. However, the Solar for All program also of
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As Ali pointed out, most D.C. government efforts to help house holds access solar energy focus on low-income residents only. But privately-run community solar options exist outside of Solar for All in both the District and Mary land, though they don’t usually knock off nearly as much money from users’ bills.
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“So, if the customer gets $100 in credits, they would pay, say, $90 for the month,” Caperton said. Different community solar pro grams will have different payment structures and as with any subscrip tion, consumers should read contracts carefully before signing up. Groups like EnergySage and Solar United Neighbors offer online resources and free consultations to help people un derstand solar contracts.
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“As the drug landscape shifts over time, this data provides a window into the substances and patterns of use favored by young adults,” said NIH Drug Abuse Director Nora Volkow.“Young adults are in a critical life stage and honing their ability to make informed choices,” she said. “Understanding how substance use can impact the formative choices in young adulthood is critical to help position the new generations for success.”Datafor the 2021 survey were collected online from April 2021 through October 2021. Key find ings in the young adult group in clude:The proportion of young adults who reported past-year marijuana use reached 43% in 2021, a signif icant increase from 34% five years ago and 29% 10 years ago. Marijuana use in the past month was reported by 29% of young adults in 2021, compared to 21% in 2016 and 17% in 2011. Daily marijuana use also signifi cantly increased during these pe riods, reported by 11% of young adults in 2021, compared to 8% in 2016 and 6% in 2011. While marijuana use is at his toric highs, alcohol remains the most-used substance among adults in the study, though past-year, pastmonth and daily drinking have de creased over the past decade. Binge drinking – five or more drinks in a row in the past two weeks – rebounded in 2021 from a historic low in 2020, during the early stages of the COVID-19 pan demic.Onthe other hand, high-inten sity drinking – having 10 or more drinks in a row in the past two weeks – has been steadily increasing over the past decade and in 2021 reached its highest level ever record ed since first measured in 2005. The study also showed signifi cant decreases in past-month ciga rette smoking by young adults and non-medical use of opioid medica tions in the past year (surveyed as “narcotics other than heroin”) com pared to 10 years ago. Both sub stances have been declining steadily in use for the past decade.
“Monitoring the Future and similar large-scale surveys on a con sistent sample population allow us to assess the effects of ‘natural ex periments’ like the pandemic. We can examine how and why drugs are used and highlight critical areas to guide where the research should go next and to inform public health interventions,” she said. Since 1975, the Monitoring the Future study has annually surveyed substance use behaviors and atti tudes among a nationally represen tative sample of teens. WI
Rates of past-month nicotine vaping, which have been gradually increasing in young adults for the past four years, also continued their general upward trend in 2021, de spite leveling off in 2020. Past-month marijuana vaping, which had significantly decreased in 2020, rebounded to pre-pan demic levels in 2021.
Sarafina Wright WI Contributing Writer Marijuana and hallucinogen use in the past year reported by young adults 19 to 30 increased signifi cantly in 2021 compared to five and 10 years ago, according to a new National Institute of Health (NIH) supported study.
Additional data from the 2021 MTF panel study include drug use reported by adults 35 to 50, col lege/non-college young adults and various demographic subgroups.
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“One of the best ways we can learn more about drug use and its impact on people is to observe which drugs are appearing, in which populations, for how long and under which contexts,” said Megan Patrick, Ph.D., principal in vestigator of the MTF panel study.
Marijuana, Hallucinogen Use Among Young Adults Reaches All-time High
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Black Teen and Chess Phenom, Miles Kwasi Davis, Organizes Tournaments for Youth
The U.S. Chess Federation (USCF) will soon host its annu al K-12 grade championship at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, located in a majority-Black county and miles away from what used to be called Chocolate City.
“There definitely could be more young Black people in Prince George’s County [playing chess] but they were never introduced to it,” said Miles, founder and CEO of the BeEmpowered clothing brand through which he became a USCF affiliate earlier this year. Miles has played chess and par ticipated in local tournaments since the age of five. In recent years, he’s endeavored to make an impact in a different way. During the earlier part of August, 32 elementary, mid dle and high school students partic ipated in the first BeEmpowered Chess Tournament which Miles hosted at Second Street Baptist Church in Northwest.
On August 27, the USCF told Bennett he has 30 days to change the name of his three-year-old affiliate, DC State Chess Federa tion, as it had been deemed sim ilar to the DC Chess League, an 82-year old organization with mostly-white leadership that coor dinates matches in the D.C. met ropolitan area throughout the year. Bennett said this situation high lights ongoing efforts to keep Black youth out of chess.
“It’s about strategies that can help them maneuver [the world] every day,” he said. “People in my age group think it’s difficult but it varies based on the skills level. If they understand how the pieces move and the strategies, it would make more sense.”
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Membership in the USCF for youth below the age of 18 costs $20 and has to be renewed an nually. Members often compete in tournaments in their area and establish ranking after 25 matches or seven tournaments, whichever comes first. In many chess tour naments, computers determine pairings by rankings and rankings affect the types of tournaments available to chess players. The more competitive tourna ments, characterized as intense, quiet and timed, come with a cash prize amounting to thousands of dollars. USCF awards the national chess master title to a player whose rating surpasses 2,200. Original life masters achieve this feat with 300 games under their belt while chess grandmasters and interna tional masters represent the high est ranking one can achieve at the national and international levels, respectively.However, any exposure to these types of opportunities requires participation in tournaments host ed by a USCF affiliate. In the late 1990s, Maurice Ashley became the first Black chess grandmaster in the world. To this day, he is one of a dozen Black chess grandmas ters across the globe to come from theVaughnU.S. Bennett, a former D.C. firefighter and chess instructor of more than a decade, said by not ever hosting any chess tourna ments in Prince George’s County for several years, the Maryland Chess Federation has systemati cally kept young Blacks out of the sport.
Bennett, Miles’ chess instructor during middle school, encouraged Miles to gain affiliate status and fill a void in the D.C. metropolitan area. Before then, Bennett hosted free, USCF-sanctioned tourna ments in the District and Mary land for decades.
For years, local chess instructors and players have raised concerns about the lack of USCF-rated matches in the District, Prince George’s County and inner-city communities across the U.S. They said Black youth have been kept out of a sport that encourages strategic thinking and mental ap titude while imparting lessons of patience, foresight and caution. That’s why, in anticipation of the USCF national K-12 grade cham pionship, high school student and newly-minted USCF affiliate Miles Kwasi Davis has set out to organize USCF-sanctioned chess tourna ments for Black youth in the D.C. metropolitan area.
After participating in the BeEm powered Chess Tournament at Second Street Baptist Church in early August, Demarcos Pinck ney said he has visions of sharp ening his skills and increasing his ranking. To do so, he often goes toe-to-toe with friends and onlineDemarcos,competitors.a 14-year-old youth who attends Digital Pi oneers Academy in Southeast, learned to play chess in the months preceding the pandem ic as a member of The Creative School, a program that equips young people to capture their peers’ stories and design solu tions to problems facing their communities.Hesaidchess taught him to think more clearly and plan his life.While he commended Miles’ efforts to bring more young people into the game, Demarcos had some suggestions about how to ensure that all participants get better and involve their peers who might lack the confidence to give chess a try.
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After six hours, four young peo ple clinched championships based on their age group. Within a few weeks, youth chess players will have another chance to increase their ranking during another Be Empowered Chess Tournament in College Park, Maryland. “A lot of young people have the skill and focus to understand the game,” said Miles, a 14-yearold sophomore at DeMatha High School in Hyattsville, Maryland.
“We have to consider that Blacks didn’t have access to chess until the 1960s,” he continued. “They’re bringing one of the biggest tour naments in the country to Prince George’s County but there haven’t been any tournaments there. That’s not by coincidence,” he said.
“At the end of a game, give them a chess board,” Demarcos said as he reflected on chess’ im pact on his life. “This is a game that calms me down and makes me think. You have to think be fore you make your move.”
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5 Daveyon Jones (L-R), Demarcos Pinckney, Jahani Hester, Fred McRoy and Carlos McGill participate in the BeEmpowered Chess Tournament at Second Street Baptist Church in Northwest on August 6. (Courtesy photo)
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“Miles is the first Black child to ever organize and direct a US CF-sanctioned tournament in the D.C. metropolitan area,” Bennett said. “I can say that has [never] hap pened here or across the country.”
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Tweeting the video, the White House rebuked Buchanan: “Con gressman Vern Buchanan had over $2.3 million in PPP loans forgiven.” Also on Fox, Mullin claimed, “We do not need farmers and ranchers, small business owners and teachers in Oklahoma paying the debts of Ivy League Lawyers and doctors across theTheU.S.”White House fired back and put him on “Congressmanblast: Markwayne Mul lin had over $1.4 million in PPP loansRespondingforgiven.”to Hern’s tweet that claimed the administration “forced [taxpayers] to pay for other people’s college degrees,” the White House replied, “Congressman Kevin Hern had over $1 million in PPP loans forgiven.”TheWhite House also pointed out that Congressman Mike Kelly had $987,237 in PPP loans forgiven and Congressman Matt Gaetz had $482,321 in PPP loans forgiven. Social media erupted over the White House’s diss of Republicans attacking loan forgiveness.
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“Yo, the White House twitter account has temporarily reinstated slavery in the United States because they are owning every single Repub lican who had a PPP loan forgiven,” the user Addedwrote.U.S. military veteran Eric Garcia: “My house provides shelter. The White House provides shade.”
Rep. Eric Swalwell of California chimed in: “Dear GOP colleagues, before you offer your hot takes on student debt relief, please make sure you or your colleagues didn’t have one of your government loans for given. Otherwise, I will absolutely scorchBidenyou.”also offered a hot take.
giveness despite the government ultimately forgiving those members of Congress Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans.
“Congresswoman Marjorie Tay lor Greene had $183,504 in PPP loans forgiven,” the White House tweeted along with a video of the congresswoman complaining about Biden’s new student loan policy.
The White House account spe cifically homed in on GOP Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Reps. Markwayne Mullin and Kevin Hern of Oklahoma, Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania and Vern Buchanan of Florida.Each received large PPP loans during the pandemic. Greene went on television to call Biden’s student loan forgiveness un fair – to which the White House Twitter account sprang into action.
“Today is the day that Joe Biden officially became the second Black president of the United States,” Twitter user @BlackKnight10K wrote. “Because only my people would do some [stuff] as gangster as this.”@BlackKnight10K wasn’t done.
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“To those Republicans in Con gress who believe student debt shouldn’t be forgiven: I will never apologize for helping America’s mid dle class – especially not to the same folks who voted for a $2 trillion tax cut for the wealthy and giant corpo rations that racked up the deficit,” Biden wrote. WI
On Fox News, Buchanan insisted, “As a blue-collar kid who worked his way through college, I know first hand the sacrifices people make to receive an education. Biden’s reck less, unilateral student loan giveaway is unfair to the 87% of Americans without student loan debt and those who played by the rules.”
The White House “Twitter ac count pulling a ‘this you?’” Philip Lewis, a Huffington Post editor, tweeted.Singer and actress Malynda Hale tweeted, “The @WhiteHouse put ting Republicans on blast that had PPP loans forgiven is the kind of petty [thing] I want to see more of. Drag them. DRAG. THEM.”
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Robinson Jr. reportedly struggled with the two suspects he encountered on H Street, N.E. He wrestled a firearm away from one of the suspects but was shot twice in the leg by the other. Robinson, 23, believes his attackers were between 15 and 17.
I loved the story of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. I salute our an cestors for their hard work, including its founder A. Phillip Randolph, who doesn’t get talked about enough for my liking. J. Edgar Hoover once called him “the most dangerous Negro in America.” A compliment, in my opinion.
M.B. Washington,Brown D.C. Robinson acknowledged that incidents like this don’t make people feel safe in their neigh borhoods. Moreover, he believes the bad guys must be held accountable for their actions. In both cases, the bad guys are still on the loose. On the other hand, Bond Gill lament ed over the power in communities lost by massive displacement, particularly of older residents. She told reporters, "Gone are the days of having older neighbors that sat on the porch all day and watched and waved to you when you got home from work. I think, in some ways, trying to think about how to preserve this intergenerational neighborhood is so valuable.”
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Hours later, a parent notified the school after suspecting that Christopher Harris, 18, may have brought a gun to school. The weapon was found in the youth’s backpack, police said.Prince George’s County Public Schools CEO Monica Goldson advised parents to check their children’s backpacks. “Families must assist us in protecting all students and staff from harm,” she said.
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But instead of a souvenir from Busch Gardens or a keepsake from their new boyfriend or girlfriend, two Suitland High School students brought loaded guns to class on Monday, Aug.Deputies29. from the County Sheriff’s Office initially went to the school to execute an arrest warrant for a 16-year-old student who’d been involved in a carjacking in District Heights on June 29. But upon being taken into custody, officials discovered a gun in the young man’s waistband, according to a news release.
Sounds good, but is that it? Of course, both young men, because of the poor decisions they have each made, have exited the path toward higher education and will more than likely spend time in either a juvenile detention center or jail. They join thousands of others who have traveled along the school-to-prison pipeline, which only continues to get worse for Black boys and girls in America. We realize that parents cannot discipline or watch over their children every single mo ment, particularly if there’s only one parent in the home. But many single parents, di vorced parents and two-parent households in the Black community have been battling against the odds for centuries. They have lived in poverty, they have fought against racism and Jim Crow and they have survived with little or no formal education and with subpar employment. Perhaps they wondered, “how I got over,” but they did get over.
I applaud Mayor Muriel Bowser for giv ing the District’s most vulnerable families a one-time payment of $1,000. This is much-needed, especially as school comes back in and prices for everything are skyhigh due to inflation.
Carol Washington,StephensonD.C. We agree. The models exist in the memories of those who often speak of how things were “back in the day.” Neighbors knew each other and knew each other’s children by name. They felt a sense of responsibility to look out for one another, which, in many ways, was a deterrent to the bad guys. Neither Bond Gill nor Robinson nor law en forcement recommend anyone simulate their responses to their attackers. Yet, it appears that when they looked into the faces of children with guns, they believed a caring and daring adult could influence the bad decisions chil dren make. WI
WI When Victims Show ‘Enough is Enough’ “But for the grace of God,” there goes anyone who encounters a person with a gun. The consequences are usually deadly but for Iris Bond Gill, an educator and public policy consultant, and Brian Robinson, Jr., Washington Commanders rookie running back, their lives were spared and they lived to tell their stories. Bond Gill and Robinson’s separate encounters occurred last week on the streets of D.C. Both were approached by suspects armed with a gun during a brazen daytime attempted carjacking and robbery, respectively. Bond Gill reported that she exited her car and be gan rummaging through her purse when a suspect approached her from behind. In an interview with FOX5, Bond Gills said the suspect told her “I’ll shoot you" and "give me your keys." She knew she was in danger but having worked with many young people, she said she “went into almost a chastising mode with him.” With her hands raised, the video shows Bond Gill reacting fearlessly, refusing to hand over her keys, until the suspect quickly walked away.
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Frederick Douglass once said, “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”Itseems that the two young men who went astray at Suitland High serve as living exam ples of two broken “men,” despite barely having reached the age of manhood. We need the village to step up to the plate and offer their assistance in every way possi ble. But even more, if we’re willing to become parents, we have got to both understand and then accept the great responsibility that comes with having a child. It’s more than having a notch on one’s belt, having someone to take out the garbage or having a “mini-me” to ride shotgun along with us. We are required to be the first teacher in the shaping of children’s lives, providing positive “food” as they minds, hearts and souls continue to develop and hopefully, blossom. Parents represent the first examples for chil dren as they learn the difference between right and wrong. It’s time for all of us to reclaim our youth, especially those who appear to be broken. If not, we’ll simply continue to provide an endless supply of tenants for either the graveyard or the prison industrial complex.
On the first day of school, when youth should have been talking about their summer vacation, sharing photos on their cell phones of frolicking in swimming pools, kicking it with their best friends or enjoying a quiet moment with relatives who live in faraway places, two students at a Prince George’s County high school decided it was a good time for “show and tell.”
The director of the nonprofit Ev eryLibrary warns that the current wave of book bans amounts to "the silencing of stories and the sup pressing of information" that will make "the next generation less able to function in society." Children learn better when they can see themselves in others and see their communities as part of the great American story. At the same time, science tells us that learning how to understand and empathize with people across differences is es
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Thousands of students who attended Children's Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools summer enrichment programs this year are now headed back to school armed with the con fidence that for every new chal lenge this school year brings, as the CDF Freedom Schools motivational song says, "There's something inside so strong!" Every year the college-aged Ser vant Leader Interns who teach in CDF Freedom Schools programs and the adults who serve in all kinds of leadership roles mar vel at the children's growth and achievements over the course of the summer. The nonprofit Free dom School Partners coordinates programs for children in grades K-8 in Charlotte, North Caroli na, and they recently shared sto ries from a few of the adults who were part of their community's FreedomShacondaSummer.Melton is the parent of two CDF Freedom Schools alumni, and her five-year-old grandson Kaiden just finished his first year as a student, or "scholar," at one of the Charlotte sites. For the last twelve years she's also served as the Freedom School Partners' Transportation Coordinator, overseeing bus schedules for the regular day routes and field trips. It's small wonder that she says the CDF Freedom Schools program has been a "a huge part of my family for so long." Employees from the bus company closed their office one day this summer so their drivers and even the company's owner could attend one of the special CDF Freedom Schools
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A child rides a bus to school every day — the traditionally big yellow one that runs on diesel gas. Day in and day out, children are exposed to the fumes emitted by the bus, breathing carbon dioxide like its fresh air on what should be an otherwise safe journey to school. After several years of this toxic exposure, the child develops asthma; they can no longer play sports, face a heightened risk to infections like Covid-19, and lose three years to their average life ex pectancy. The worst part of this tragedy is that it all could’ve been avoided. Had the school bus been electric instead of diesel, its pas sengers would have faced no toxic emissions and been spared of ir reparable lung damage. Shared by countless others across the nation, especially those in underserved communities, this story highlights the urgent need for school districts to convert their fleets to electric school buses and protect the health of students and surrounding com munities. Furthermore, thanks to President Biden’s Bipartisan Infra structure Law, which designates $5 billion in federal funding for clean school buses, it has never been easier for school districts to take a step towards the future and tran sition from diesel-powered school buses to fully electric ones. By electrifying their bus fleets, school districts will be prioritizing the health of both their students and the community at large, con tributing to environmental justice, and saving money down the road. According to the Healthy Schools Campaign, the exhaust from die sel buses contains "40+ toxic air contaminants, carcinogens, ozone smog-forming compounds, and fine particulate matter," all of which can have devastating im pacts on the health of students as well as the surrounding envi ronment. Diesel buses not only pollute the lungs of their passen gers, but they also affect air quality through their emissions, especially considering that large portions of the day are spent driving and waiting idly. Ross Cities estimates that full electrification of the na
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talking about topics like racism; according to Education Week, 42 states have now enacted limits on what teachers can say about racism or sexism in the classroom. These same political forces want to make schools teach a white washed version of our history and our current reality in the name of "patriotic" education. They're try ing to take over school boards to impose their political ideology on teachers and students. That's bad for our kids. And it's bad for our country.
Back to School, Back to Fighting Far-Right Attacks on Education Columnist programs and see the scholars in action, and afterwards those colleagues were asking how they could enroll their own children next summer too.
Melton's family has adapted CDF Freedom Schools traditions into their routines at home, in cluding using a mini version of "Harambee," the morning meeting and greeting, as they wake Kaiden up each day. This summer she got to watch the CDF Freedom Schools program ignite Kaiden's interest in read ing—"He has a new spark to learn. He's ready to go over sight words now because he wants to be able to read fun books"—just as she's seen it spark the same love of learning in other scholars over the years: "I have seen the transformation of scholars hav ing a true foundation of learning through fun exploration and ac tivities. … Sometimes learning is intentional, sometimes it's not. It's just doing and not even no ticing that it is happening."
The freedom to learn is at risk. This fall, it's more important than ever to stand for the rights of teachers to teach, and students to learn, about the full spectrum of the American experience. That means lessons that include and celebrate diverse communities. It means history that doesn't erase the experiences of Black people, brown people, LGBTQ people, women, immigrants, people with disabili ties, and other communities that have been historically marginalized.
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For the first time in almost 15 years, Sarasota schools this fall are turning down hundreds of free dictionaries from the local Rotary Club. Why? Because the district is afraid of violating a radical new law that's part of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's crackdown on inclusive curricula. The district can't buy or accept any new books until it hires someone to make sure they comply with the state's draconian censor ship regulations. So, the dictionar ies sit on the shelf. The idea that dictionaries might be hazardous to kids would be laughable if it weren't so dangerous. This new school year is starting as more states are passing laws to make it easier to ban books. States are also passing laws to stop teachers from
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Was An American Patriot
Reverend Martin Luther King Junior was an American patriot. In the years since his death, my family has shared the memory of my martyred uncle with the world. More than any figure from modern American history, my uncle and his call to "let freedom ring" unites people from all walks of life and every corner of the po litical spectrum. As we celebrate the 59th anni versary of the March on Wash ington and the "I Have a Dream" speech, social media will be flood ed with excerpts from the address. People will rightly highlight his ever-consistent call for America to honor its promise to all citizens. His love for America manifests all these years later in the true ex ample of patriotism. His expres sion of love was never ever giving up on this great experiment in democracy. Yes, all these years later, his model of nonviolent protest and servant leadership are examples of excellence that would benfit each of us to study and em ulate.My memory will always be of an uncle who loved America too much to not push her towards be coming her best self. He refused to give up on America living out the true meaning of its creed. The self-evident truth that all men are created equal remains a coura geous standard today. In a speech about Vietnam, he dispelled any confusion about his motives and his love for Ameri ca. He described his disappoint ment in America but asserted that "there can be no great disap pointment where there is no great love."Over these past months, I have felt disappointment in America. But like my uncle, my disap pointment pales in comparison to my faith in Americans to do what is right. My hope for America’s bright future is fortified because I join Dr. King as he believed America is a nation bent towards justice. For all the areas of sorrow that might bring us despair, there are far more reasons that bring hope.Iwas 17 years old when my un cle died, and as a guardian of the King family legacy, I remember him well and still have faith in his American dream. As one blood, one united race, with eyes wide open and not colorblind, we, the people of America, must press on to realize the "possible dream" together, from the womb to the tomb into eternity. WI
The right to vote, Dr. Martin Luther King taught in his famous "Give Us the Ballot" address, is one of the "highest mandates of our democratic tradition." De mocracy is founded on the right of citizens to decide via popular, free and fair elections who should represent them. Across the world, the U.S. champions democracy. Yet at home the right to vote is embattled.TheUnited States trails most other developed democracies in voter participation. Our neigh bors — Mexico and Canada, our European allies, our Asian friends like South Korea, and Australia all have higher voter participation than the U.S. does. The reason isn't a mystery. In most democracies, national gov ernments take responsibility for registering their citizens to vote. In many countries, registration is automatic when citizens become old enough. In others, like the United Kingdom, governments take responsibility to seek out and register eligible voters, something like how our Census Bureau takes responsibility to get people count ed in the census. In the U.S., voting laws are de centralized. In most states, getting registered is left to the individual. Some states purposefully make it more difficult to register — re quiring various forms of docu mentation, requiring in-person as opposed to online registration, limiting volunteer efforts to get people registered and more.
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In the 1970s, the maximum fed eral Pell Grant covered nearly 80% of the cost of a four-year public col lege degree. Today, it covers only a third.Inthe 1970s, a student could earn an entire year's tuition at a public university by working just five hours a week at a minimum wage job. To day, a student would have to work 28 hours a week. From 1978 to 2012, college tui tion rose four times faster than infla tion and has risen three times faster in the past decade. Since 1970, the average student loan debt at graduation has increased 317% when adjusted for inflation. In other words, this is not your grandfather's student debt. This week President Biden offered much-needed relief to millions of federal student loan borrowers. With the stroke of a pen, he is forgiving $10,000 in federal student loan debt for those making under $125,000 a year. One in four Black borrowers would see their debt cleared entirely under the president's plan. Pell grant recipients, who are twice as likely to be Black, are eligible for an addition al $10,000 in relief. The extra relief for Pell Grant re cipients is responsive to the National Urban League's call for an approach that recognizes these borrowers of ten owe more and for longer periods. According to a Brookings Institu tion report, Black college graduates owe an average $7,400 more than their white peers upon graduation. Four years after graduation, they owe an average $52,726, compared with $28,006 for the average white college graduate, according to the report, which included nonborrow ers in the average. About two-thirds of Black borrowers owe more than they originally borrowed 12 years after starting college.
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"By forgiving up to $20,000 in burdensome student loan debt, Pres ident Biden is giving working and middle class families the financial breathing room the desperately need. Buying a home, founding a business, starting a family, and so much more will now be a financial possibility for millions more Americans. But we cannot stop there. The Congressional Black Caucus remains committed to achieving additional reforms to ensure current, and future borrowers are not subjected to this cycle of burdensome debt."
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So, while turnout of those who are registered — 86.8% in 2020 — is relatively high, only 64% of the voting age population is reg istered. That compares to 92% in England, 93% in Canada, and 94% in FailuresSweden.inregistration lead to lower voter turnout — and dis proportionately impacts those who are younger, less educated, and less wealthy. Blacks, Latinos and Native Americans are also less likely to be registered — and thus to Thevote.problem is reinforced by how our high-cost electoral cam paigns are run. Campaigns target those who vote — not those less likely to vote. Candidates often make little or no effort to appeal to those who tend not to vote. That lack of appeal and attention then makes their turnout even worse. Making it easy to register and vote should be embraced by all Americans no matter their party or their politics. The Freedom to Vote Act would set national stan dards for voting, including auto Guest Columnist Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.
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5 Solomon Parker III (Harpo) and Frenchie Davis (Sofia) are in “The Color Purple” at Signature Theatre until October 9. (Courtesy photo Christopher Mueller)
We all know “The Color Pur ple,” an award winner in every category. Whether from Alice Walker’s book, Steven Spielberg’s movie, or the Broadway musical, those versions of the literary mas heartbreak. We feel rawness but also hope. There’s sadness, then joy. Nova Y. Payton, as Celie and every company member, are ex ceptional! Audiences can expect their emotions to get a workout.
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The production is a Signature The atre until October 9. Director Timothy Douglas worked meticulously inside Signa ture’s intimate setting with skilled actors, creating a blended fami ly we learned to love. Each actor managed their roles with care, al lowing the audience to see abused characters transform into whole ness.Payton continues proving she is one of our top musical theater ac tresses in the metro DC area. She goes through a metamorphosis as Celie finds her strength. Payton’s facial expressions and how she held her body were deeply felt.
terpiece have put us through a whirlwind of emotions. Currently, at Signature Theatre in Shirling ton, Va., this outing of the musi cal takes us on a 40-year journey with a teenage Celie. She is torn from her beloved sister and forced into an abusive marriage. Celie en counters repression, despair, and Brenda C. Siler WI Contributing Writer
“The harmonies, the arrange ments are all there. What is hard about the score is that in gospel music, there is so much feeling and pausing that once I got in the Visit loc.gov/bookfest to learn more.
Native Washingtonian Mark Meadows is the music director. He jumped from this summer Signature Theatre Stevie Wonder cabaret show “Hotter Than July” into this dynamic musical. “The Color Purple” has an intense spiri tual musical score that extends the production’s dialogue. Working on a soul-stirring score with superior voices meant no holding back.
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Danielle Summons portrayed Shug Avery. She joined the cast im mediately upon completing “Sister Act” in Rochester, N.Y. The Shug Avery character strongly connects to every other character in “The Color Purple,” which was not seen in the movie. Coming into the role, Summons understood that everyone knew these characters.
Danielle J. Summons (Shug Avery) shares her thoughts with Nova Y. Payton (Celie) in "The Color Purple." (Courtesy photo Christopher Mueller)
“Sliding into Shug Avery and the complexity she has in her rela tionship with Celie and Mister has been like therapy and emotionally challenging,” said Summons while rehearsing this musical. Raised in Bowie, Md., during her elementary-age years, Sum mons continued, “I think this show is going to be very healing for a lot of people, including us on stage. This cast is incredible, argu ably one of the best casts I’ve ever worked with. They are generous and selfless on stage.”
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“This world is not easy. It’s so personal, especially coming off the past two and a half years,” said Douglas. “The care this amazing ensemble has with and for each other inspires me daily to keep going. We finally have to stop at some point, put it in front of an audience, and hope we have some thing to say.” 820 9771
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A stage and film actress. Sum mons recently completed work on “Rustin,” a movie about civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, directed by George C. Wolfe. As the director, Douglas har nessed a wealth of talent and pre sented to us a gift wrapped in love.
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NRBHF said many National R&B Hall of Fame inductees have supported the hall of fame’s erection including Marshall Thompson of The Chi-Lites, blues legend Bobby Rush and Dionne Warwick, who was inducted in 2019.
“First, let me say that I am hon ored to be included amongst the in credibly talented artists that hold the distinction of being inducted into the National Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame,” Warwick said in a statement.
“I am grateful to the founder and CEO LaMont Robinson and his board for having the vision to select Quitman County, which will be the “official home” of the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame,” he said.Velma Benson-Wilson, Quitman County’s Economic and Tourism Director, echoed Thompson about the economic boost the Hall of Fame will bring for Marks-Quitman County and the state of Mississippi.
“It goes without saying, that the importance of this Hall of Fame be ing established gives recognition to the bodies of music that we as artists have been able to share with many who have and continue to support our careers,” she said.
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The NRBHF’s groundbreaking ceremony will kick off the Annual Mules & Blues Fest on Sept. 30.
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Fifty years in the making, the Na tional Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame (NRBHF) is coming to life. Founded in 2010, NRBHF will now have a permanent home in a state-of-the-art facility in Marks, Mississippi, according to its founder and CEO LaMont Robinson. The body has inducted 200 art ists including R&B icons like James Brown, Aretha Franklin and B.B. King.The City of Marks-Quitman County has donated five acres of land known as Industrial Park and $500,000 from a state grant to jumpstart what they call a one-of-a-kind international tourist attraction. Robinson said NRBHF has addi tional partners to assist with funding and is currently conducting a Go Fund Me campaign to help complete this project.
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“I have been a long-time activist and advocate for preserving the his tory of rhythm and blues music and its legends. There is no other hall of fame in the world that is primarily focused and dedicated to the history of R&B music on a national scale,” Robinson said.
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“This project won’t just be made up of showcases and photographs on the wall like you would find in a typ ical hall of fame or museum,” he said. “It will be highly interactive – virtual reality with Robinsonholograms.”continued that his vi sion is to build an R&B Hall of Fame that acknowledges its contributions to the Civil Rights Movement. “R&B goes hand and hand with the Civil Rights Movement and one of the reasons for choosing Marks is the role that it played in Dr. Martin Luther King’s Poor People’s Cam paign,” Robinson said.
According to NRBHF, Ben son-Wilson is working on a con gressional bill to honor rhythm and blues artists from the Jim Crow era. She also hopes to make Aug. 17 “Rhythm & Blues Artists’ Day.”
Congressman Bennie Thompson, who represents Mississippi’s second district, said the Hall of Fame will be a catalyst to Delta tourism growth and opportunities and a means to at tract businesses and industry.
As for the clothing for Barbie Madam, Bundles wanted to bring in color, even though the photos from that era could only be pro duced in black and white.
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Brenda C. Siler WI Contributing Writer Madam C. J. Walker’s status as an entrepreneur, philanthropist and activist serves as a model for aspiring Black business owners. On August 24, a doll in the im age of Madam premiered through Mattel’s “Barbie-Inspiring Women Series.”According to A’Lelia Bundles, Walker’s great-great-granddaugh ter and official biographer, the doll sold out on Mattel’s website in under five hours but restocking ef forts continue for online shoppers at Amazon, Target or Walmart. Bundles said going from Mattel presenting the idea to Bundles to achieving retail success began with conversations dating back to last October.“Igot an email out of the blue from Mattel Barbie asking if I was interested in a Madam Walker doll,” Bundles said. “Of course I said,Bundles‘Yes.’” shared phenomenal statistics from the first-day launch of Barbie’s Madam, highlighting a positive response from media across multicultural, lifestyle and toy outlets. Launch day ended with 20 high-quality media place ments reaching over 35 million people seeing information about Barbie Madam through various platforms like social media and online media sites. And on the day of the launch, Amazon’s data showed Madam as the #1 best seller in the “dolls” category and #1 as a new release among all toys on that day. Bundles received a lot of support during the process because of her friendship with Michelle Duster, the great-great-granddaughter of Ida B. Wells. In January, The Wells doll was launched in Mattel’s “Bar bie-Inspiring Women Series.” Madam and Wells knew each other, as both counted as strong advocates for women’s and work er’s rights. Duster and Bundles posted on Twitter mutual excite ment about their legendary elders being together again as Barbie dolls.“Obviously, Barbie is a big deal. I watched that process for some body who went through the same thing I was going through,” Bun dlesBundlessaid. sent vintage photo Stay www.washingtonInformed!informer.com
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“Some of Madam’s stationery was turquoise with purple and lavender lettering,” said Bundles about how she got ideas about the dress worn by Barbie Madam, the finishedBundles,doll. an award-winning journalist and author, serves as the official biographer for Madam and has published two books about her iconic foremother: “On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker” and “All About Madam C. J. Walker,” a book geared toward fourth and seventh graders. “On Her Own Ground” served as the inspira tion for “Self Made,” the fiction al, four-part Netflix series starring Octavia Spencer. Bundles also founded the Madam Walker Fam ily Archives and serves as brand historian for “MADAM” by Mad am C. J. Walker, a line of hair care products developed in partnership with Sundial Brands and Walmart. Keep track of available Madam dolls on Mattel’s “Barbie - Inspir ing Women Series” at bie-inspiring-women-series.ations.mattel.com/collections/barhttps://cre WI
The Madam C. J. Walker doll produced under Mattel’s “Bar bie-Inspiring Women Series” was rolled out on August 24. D.C. resident A’Lelia Bundles, an award-winning journalist, author and biographer for her great-great-grandmother, Madam C. J. Walker, gave Mattel input on Madam’s appearance. (Photo courtesy A’Lelia Bundles)
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Other key events scheduled for the month include: DC Jazz Festival, Aug. 31 – Sept. 4; DC Shorts International Film Festival, Sept. 8 – 18; Mayor’s Arts Awards, Sept. 13; Mayor’s Maternal Infant Summit, Sept. 15; H Street Festival, Sept. 17; DC Fashion Week, Sept. 23 – 25; Art All Night, Sept. 23 – 24; and Fiesta DC Festival, Sept. 24 – 25. For more information, visit www.entertainment.dc.gov. WI
The month-long celebration showcases and engages the District’s en trepreneurial and creative communities through a diverse series of events that will take place in each of the city’s eight wards.
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An annual, month-long celebration of the District’s creative commu nity kicked off on Thursday, September 1, on the Pier at District Wharf in Southwest with an entertaining program hosted by DJ Tommy McFly and a 202Creates Pop-Up Lounge at La Vie Rooftop hosted by Kyle on theDr.Mic.Angie M. Gates, director, Office of Cable Television, Film, Music and Entertainment (OCTFME), said she’s excited about the return of the initiative and invited everyone in the Greater Washington Area to take advantage of the many events that will be featured during 202Cre atesMayorMonth.Muriel Bowser launched 202Creates in September 2016 to celebrate the District’s vibrant creative community which includes: mu sicians, performing artists, filmmakers, tech entrepreneurs culinary and cosmetology industries, sports, entertainment, music, artists, fashion, visual artists, production support companies and creative entrepreneurs who contribute to the city’s creative economy.
202Creates has been making an impact by supporting creative resi dents and building the creative community for the past seven years. Each year, in honor of the District’s diverse and dynamic creative economy and its diverse and vibrant creative culture and community, D.C. sponsors a city-wide celebration.
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The MHG also owns Po Boy Jim Bar & Grill on H Street in Northeast and in Columbia, Maryland and Creole on 14th in the city’s northwest quadrant in the Columbia Heights neighborhood, plus Suga & Spice in Hyattsville, Maryland. Toya Miskiri said the group also owns a restaurant in MissCleveland.Toya’s features Creole-cooked cuisine including pasta prepared with shrimp, lobster and crabmeat, catfish or shrimp and grits, short ribs (beef), gumbo and jambalaya. The restaurant features a variety of salads as well as classic American fare such as a chicken sandwich, burger and po’ boy with seafood seasoning. It also features a wide range of oysters and entrees that include pork chops, a Pittsburg ribeye steak and Cre ole-spicedCustomerslamb.can feed their children with the offerings of the Kids’ Menu featuring alfredo, chicken tenders and a shrimp basket. Sides offered to patrons include macaroni and cheese, crab and Cajun fries, seafood fried rice and asparagus. Desserts in clude key lime pie, banana foster cake and white chocolate bean bread pud ding. Specialty cocktails and brunch packages that must be purchased as a whole are also offered to customers.
Residents of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area don’t have to travel to New Orleans to get a sample of some of that city’s famed cuisine. Now, they can simply go to Silver Spring in order to have their taste buds satisfied. However, in the near future they have a second local option – in the District, east of the Anacostia River.“We love serving New Orle ans-style food to our customers,” said Toya Miskiri, a co-owner of Miss Toya’s Creole House in Silver Spring. “We have been well received since we opened up several weeks ago. This area has a real taste for Southern and CreoleMisscuisine.”Toya’s Creole House, the latest eatery of The Miskiri Hospi tality Group (MHG), operates in the downtown Silver Spring devel opment. The MHG, co-founded by her husband restauranteur Jeffeary Miskiri, wanted to have an estab lishment in his native Montgomery County. Miss Toya’s took the physical location of Eggspectation, a breakfast and brunch restaurant.
Dontrell Smith, a Ward 7 politi cal activist and former candidate for the D.C. State Board of Education, works as the chief of staff for the MHG and currently maintains a fo cus on Miss Toya’s. Smith, who holds a Bachelor of Business and MBA from Howard University, has gained the respect of Toya Miskiri. “Dontrell helps us a lot with hiring and training our staff,” she said. Smith revealed plans continue to open a restaurant in D.C.’s Penn Branch neighborhood of Ward 7 in Southeast, making it the group’s first restaurant located east of the Anacos tiaSmithRiver. expressed excitement about working with MHG and its location in Ward 7 set for groundbreaking in November.“Iwanted to be a part of a strong Black business,” Smith said. “The Miskiri Hospitality Group is just that and they are offering a different concept in hospitality. People used to want to go to clubs but now they want to go to lounges. That’s why the Penn Branch location will work. People coming from Prince George’s County into D.C. will be able to come to our restaurant and relax and have a good time.”
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While the debt – if retained –would have been paid over a peri od of years, the debt cancellation is included in income in the year it is taxed.
According to an analyst by the Tax Foundation, as many as 13 states will consider President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness a taxable event, levying as much as $1,100 in taxes to some borrowers who receive a $10,000 break. When announcing plans to for give as much as $20,000 in stu dent loans, Biden said provisions in the American Rescue Plan would render the forgiven debt non-taxable.However, the law doesn’t ex empt loan forgiveness at the state level.“As a general rule, a discharge of indebtedness counts as income and is taxable,” Jared Walczak wrote for the Tax Foundation.
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In the coming weeks and months, Walczak added that it’s likely that additional states would issue guidance on the treatment of discharged student loan debt and perhaps even adopt legislative fixes, causing this list to dwindle.
Similarly, Walczak noted that officials in Pennsylvania have an nounced that the Biden admin istration’s cancellation of student loan debt is not taxable.
Thirteen States Set to Tax Student Loan Forgiveness
“Under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), however, the forgiveness of student loan debt between 2021 and 2025 does not count toward federal taxable income. States which follow the federal treatment here will like wise exclude debt forgiveness from their own state income tax bases. “But, for a variety of reasons, not every state does that. There are at least six relevant interac tions with the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) for purposes of the treatment of student loan debt cancellation.”Thosereceiving $10,000 in loan forgiveness are now facing the fol lowing tax penalties in the follow ing states:
“California, for instance, does not conform to a post-ARPA ver sion of the IRC but has a provi sion in existing law exempting student loans canceled according to income-based repayment pro grams,” Walczak wrote.
· Arkansas: $550
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· South Carolina: $700 · Virginia: $575 · West Virginia: $650 · Wisconsin: $530 Walczak said those amounts double for individuals receiving $20,000 in debt relief. He noted that in several other states, tax officials have indicated that there will be no tax on stu dent loan debt discharge despite ambiguity in state law.
“Legislation expressly conform ing to the new federal law failed, but state revenue officials seem to be taking the position that the for giveness announced by the Biden administration will be covered by the existing law.”
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Our sponsorship of Recycle Day is a natural complement to our internal recycling program, which includes recycling and/or composting at least half of our waste products. Daily environ mental practices range from replacing bottled water with filtering pitchers to smart document design that reduces paper waste. Many eligible em ployees also participate in some form of telework arrangement, reducing impacts on the DMV from time spent in traffic. At our six Washington Gas sites, we have di verted approximately 51% by weight of waste ma terials into a single stream recycling program for paper, metal, glass and plastic, including a special initiative for all non-sensitive e-waste materials. We also support a robust food waste collection program in the cafeterias that provides compost for local farms in Maryland. Washington Gas customers, we thank you for being active partners in the effort to keep our local environment clean and beautiful. Through your selection of our E-Bill initiative, you have reduced mailed envelope volume by 25 million mailings per year, with 25 tons of paper saved simply by e-delivery of our annual report. To put that in per spective, each ton (2000 pounds) of recycled paper can save 17 trees, 380 gallons of oil, three cubic yards of landfill space, 4000 kilowatts of energy and 7000 gallons of water. In 2023, our company will mark 175 years as part of the DMV area, and our founding charter was approved in the same week that the Washing ton Monument cornerstone was placed. While much has changed since 1848, our commitment to meeting your energy needs remains our most important goal. We are committed to supporting a clean, vibrant DMV-area so everyone can live the future to its fullest.
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Washington Gas is proud to sponsor the second WUSA9 Recycling Day on Sept. 17. Our teams will join the WUSA9 crew in donating a Saturday morning to receive and to process paper and elec tronics. Washington Gas volunteers will be on-hand at recycling drop-off locations around the area, in cluding our own Springfield location. Start getting your old paper and electronics ready for recycling. On Sept. 17, simply load up and head to one of the locations below between 7 a.m. and 12 p.m. Smiling volunteers will be on-hand to accept your drop-off – and offer free goodie bags – before you drive home to a cleaner garage or basement. It’s that easy to do your part to help make the DMV a cleaner home for us all.
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Once Upon a Time there was a strange mummy and … Finish this story. Look through the newspaper for articles and ads about pets. How many can you find? Make a graph to show how many are about each kind of pet. How many are about dogs? How many about cats?
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ot all mummies are made by people. Some get accidentally mummified, or preserved, by nature. This happened to a young mammoth more than 40,000 years ago. Archeologists named her Lyuba (lay-OO-BAH). They think she got stuck and sunk into some deep mud. The mud dried around her and preserved her for tens of thousands of years.
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Ancient animalsbelievedEgyptianssomecouldtalk to the gods. They would mummify an animal to send a message to a god. It took time to make a mummy, or mummify, an animal. First, the animal’s organs were removed. The body was rubbed with salts to dry it out. Then, it was covered in special oils and wrapped in cloth. Some animals were put into special jars made to look like them. Mummi ed Zoo Archeologists have also found other animals mummified by ancient Egyptians. Use the code to reveal some of these animals. a b c d e f g h i j k n l m o p q r s t u x y z
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The Egyptians believed that scarabs were _______________ of their god Khepri. They believed Khepri ____________ the sun across the sky each day, just like a scarab beetle would roll up and move a ball of dung.
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SCORPIO You'll do well to join forces with a dear friend, significant other, or colleague at the start of the week. You could be putting your heads together to tackle an issue that has cropped up at work, to develop a business proposal together, or to design a game plan for achieving a shared goal. Either way, one-on-one collaboration allows your individual strengths to shine and bumps up your chances for success. Lucky Numbers: 6, 13, 42
AQUARIUS Setting a new tone with loved ones and in your home comes naturally at the beginning of the week. It's a time for tapping in to your intuition to explore the aspects of home that bring you a sense of security and how you can further foster those details of your life. This could mean carving out more time to connect with relatives both near and far, or devoting more time to ensuring that the aesthetics of your home reflect your sense of style. Lucky Numbers: 10, 14, 33
Lucky Numbers: 20, 37, 58
SEPTEMBER 1 - 7, 2022horoscopes "The Mamas: What I Learned About Kids, Class and Race from Moms Not Like Me" by Andrews-DyerHelena c.2022, Crown 240$27 pages reviewwi book Terri Schlichenmeyer
Author Helena Andrews-Dyer is "Black with a capital B," she's gonna tell you about it, and she'll make you laugh. She's also going to tell you when she might have been just a little wrong. And (at the risk of spoiling), she was wrong about her first impressions. But mothers and mothering while Black aren't the only things "The Ma mas" tackles. Andrews-Dyer writes about "the talk" Black boys get, and how heartbreaking it is to even think about having to have it. She writes about how friendship can bowl you over when you least expect it, and she muses about the difficulty of parenting one's parent.
SAGITTARIUS As the week begins, you'll do well to tune in to your underlying motivations for pur suing particular moneymaking opportunities or spending time on a specific job. If it feels like the thing that's driving you isn't actually all that in line with your values, you might want to revise and reframe how you're going about pursuing your professional path. You'll come out stronger for it.
Sometimes, you just don't feel like you belong. Everybody knows more than you do, and your inexperience shows. Or you're the wrong gender, the wrong age, the wrong political affiliation to fit in properly. And then there are the times when you wonder if the color of your skin keeps you from belonging. As in the new book "The Mamas" by Helena Andrews-Dy er, join the club. Back a decade or so ago, Helena Andrews-Dyer and her husband, Rob, were content with the status quo. They lived in a cute Washington, D.C., condo. They were able to travel, dine out, stay up late, and do pretty much whatever they wished — until the deluge began. Within seven months, seven of Andrews-Dyer's friends had announced preg nancies and the year 2013 was going to be nothing but baby bumps and baby showers. And no, no, no, she wasn't ready for that! Nope, she was "the loud and proud only child of a loud and proud lesbian single mother." She didn't need a baby.And when a baby arrived anyhow, she didn't need a mother's group to get by. At least that's what she told herself. But she did need the community, advice, and the camaraderie they offered. At issue was that most of the women in her neighborhood — and in the mother's group — were white. Would she — could she — fit in? With her firstborn strapped to her chest, Andrews-Dyer went to her first meet-up and it was good. Eager to join everything, she immediately signed up for multiple mom-and-baby classes when she noticed that the group was a lot like high school, complete with an activist, a hippie-mom, and a mean girl. But the question remained: did Andrews-Dyer, a Black mother with a Black daugh ter, really, truly fit in with a mostly-white moms group? A badly timed vacation and a whole-family diagnosis of COVID-19 told the truth … If ever there was a time for a book like "The Mamas," now is it. Issues of racism seem to be on everyone's mind today, and this whole book is one gigantic look at the subject on all its sides — but there's also an equally gigantic twist here.
PISCES You could find yourself feeling exceptionally curious, wanting to put your head down and learn as much as possible about a hobby or side hustle when the week starts. This could also mean connecting with friends and colleagues, brainstorming, or answering nonstop flurries of emails and texts. Keeping busy and gathering as much information as possible now could pave the way for exciting collaborations down the road. Lucky Numbers: 6, 28, 38 WI Contributing Writer
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CANCER Connecting with new and old colleagues and friends is sure to be at the front of your mind when the week starts. Vibrant, intellectual conversations could be happening more organically than usual, and you'll be mapping out new ways to collaborate in order to achieve a common goal. Fos tering these relationships can have you feeling truly supported. Lucky Numbers: 7, 10, 26
LIBRA You could be compelled to connect with your significant other or loved ones on a more spir itual level at the beginning of the week. Opening up about your most heartfelt emotions and having what might feel like at times challenging conversations about the deep-rooted dynamics could ulti mately help you take your bond to the next level. Lucky Numbers: 7, 29, 51
VIRGO You'll be opening your eyes to exciting opportunities to hone your skill set and advance your career as the week gets underway. Whether that looks like a retreat or a class you can take online, welcoming new experiences and information and shaking off tried-and-true routines can prove en lightening. Lucky Numbers: 12, 23, 33
Lucky Numbers: 21, 33, 58
There's a lot of funny inside "The Mamas," but a lot is left to think about here, too. If you're a mother (to be) or if you've been studying or living with racism, this book belongs on your shelf. WI
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GEMINI You could find yourself taking more time to yourself to practice deep breathing techniques, journal, go on long walks around your neighborhood, and just generally look backward in order to move forward as the week begins. This is a period of rest and reflection, but it's not a total snoozefest, given that the realizations you come upon now could help inform power moves you'll make in the upcoming months. Lucky Numbers: 14, 15, 35
Early in the week, you'll be stirred to make pragmatic moves around your finances, whether that means exploring new moneymaking opportunities or investigating potential investment oppor tunities. Research and action steps you take now could set the tone for growth down the road. Lucky Numbers: 24, 26, 27
CAPRICORN Sweet opportunities to connect with your significant other or loved ones could abound around the start of the week. Thanks to the cosmos, you should be feeling cared for, optimistic, and more eager than ever to express what's in your heart. This can bolster bonds all around. Lucky Numbers: 4, 13, 43
TAURUS At the start of the week, you have the opportunity to meditate on new ways you'd like to present yourself and pursue your goals, and sudden opportunities could crop up. The more willing you are to get out of your comfort zone and broaden your horizons now, the greater the possibilities!
LEO If you've been meaning to touch base with a higher-up about taking on more responsibility or send out a proposal that could allow you to take your professional path to the next level, you'll do well to get the ball rolling early in the week. Lucky Numbers: 1, 9, 24
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“On the road toward that ag gressive goal, we’ve spent the neces sary time listening to understand,” Monahan said. “There isn’t a single solution or one-size-fits-all approach to addressing social inequities and in justices. Experiences differ. Issues are complex. And we must invest more than dollars in becoming a true and effective resource.”
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According to the Tour’s diversitylatestreport,nearly1,000youthhave benefited in two years
Further, after being inspired by a global awakening toward race rela tions in the U.S. following the 2020 murder of George Floyd, the Tour announced a $100 million commit ment over 10 years to support racial equity and inclusion efforts.
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“As former Commissioner Deane Beman once stated, the PGA TOUR is ‘more than just a sports league; we are a public trust,’” Monahan said. “With that as our North Star, our success as an organization is through a long-held commitment to show casing the world’s best players to fans around the world, always with an im pact on local lives, communities and economies,” he said. WI
5 PWCC Men's Division I Champions, Howard University pose for a photo with their trophies during the Awards Ceremony for the 2022 PGA Works Collegiate Championship at The Union League Liberty Hill. (Photo courtesy PGA of America)Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer Howard University’s Gregory Odom Jr. made his PGA Tour debut in May at the Wells Fargo Champi onship in Maryland. His exciting entry came, in part, because of a sponsor exemption – a mechanism that the Tour uses to help African Americans and other individ uals of color gain footing in the golf profession.Odom’s appearance only serves to help underscore the PGA Tour’s con tinued diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.TheTour has partnered with orga nizations like the 100 Black Men of America in its ongoing efforts. In 2020, the PGA Tour established a five-year partnership to help 100 Black Men of America enhance edu cational and economic opportunities for African American and minority residents and communities. According to the Tour’s latest di versity report, nearly 1,000 youth have benefited in two years from re sources and programming that pro mote career and workforce readiness, financial literacy, community service andFollowinggolf. Commissioner Jay Monahan’s 2020 announcement committing a minimum of $100 million over 10 years to supporting nonprofits that advance equity in the communities in which the PGA Tour plays, the Tour joined the 3M Open as a presenting sponsor of the “Be The Change” golf tournament in Minneapolis.The3MOpen hosted a series of events during its 2022 tournament. They welcomed 500 youth from the Minneapolis and St. Paul area to the tournament to enjoy golf, music, art and discussions with local and na tional celebrities, sports figures, golf enthusiasts, and corporate leaders.
Additionally, the tournament hosted a “Shark Tank” style business competition presented by a local sponsor that featured three finalists selected from nearly 50 applicants that pitched their businesses to a panel of business leaders before a live audience.Grants totaling $100,000 were awarded to assist the finalists with mentoring, business development and networking resources.
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Monahan noted that he’s grateful that the Tour is “uniquely structured in sports to bring our tournaments and corporate partners together to help organizations drive vital equity efforts.”Thediversity, equity and inclusion report includes a breakdown of the Tour’s priorities. The charitable im pact for health and human services counted for $12.7 million, while $8.9 million have gone toward youth development.Additionally, racial equity and social justice reform reaped approxi mately $7.5 million and community economic growth and empowerment realized a $5.5 million impact be cause of the effort of the Tour and its partners.InJanuary, the PGA TOUR re ceived a score of 95/100 on the Hu man Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index, becoming the first major sports organization ever in cluded.Since its inception, the PGA Tour reportedly has generated more than $3 billion in charitable impact. Mo nahan said the investments directly result from the support of partners, players, sponsors, fans, volunteers and communities.
The PGA Tour and Advocates Pro Golf Association Tour (APGA) launched the APGA Collegiate Ranking in 2021, providing exemp tions for five African-American golf ers to play on the APGA Tour and the pre-qualifying stage of the Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying Tournament. The Tour has provided $500,000 to HBCUs and its affiliation with the APGA Collegiate Ranking.
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In 2014, the PGA Tour adopted a strategic plan, “formalizing a longheld commitment to diversity efforts that strengthen its workforce, opera tors and Monahanindustry.”then “convened a task force of leaders across the organiza tion to assess its progress and identify specific actions, initiatives and oppor tunities that reflect its core values,” PGA Tour officials stated.
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In delivering the Tour’s diversity, equity and inclusion report, Mona han proudly announced that they’d achieved more than $40 million in charitable impact in just two years since the pledge.
Golf also returned to Florida’s old est HBCU, Edward Waters Univer sity.THE PLAYERS Championship granted $50,000 to Waters’ women’s golf program which helped support the school’s launch of a Student-Ath lete Golf Mentoring Program. The program counts as a du al-purpose initiative that engages student-athletes to serve as mentors in unique professional development environments – including exposure to career opportunities within the Tour and THE PLAYERS network –and off-campus volunteer experienc es with community-based programs.
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THE WASHINGTON INFORMER / WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM46 SEPTEMBER 1 - 7, 2022 CARJACKING from Page 1 pects and recovered a firearm at the scene of what has been described as an aggravated assault. Though Robinson’s injuries appear not to be detrimental to his life and career, residents and local officials con tinue to demand a response to violent crime consuming the H Street corri dor and other District neighborhoods.
“The gun violence and danger ous driving are at a peak on H Street Northeast,” ANC Commissioner Keya Chatterjee said on Twitter short ly after Robinson was shot in her sin gle-member district on August 28. “What is the plan D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser? Where is the oversight D.C. Council Chairman Phil Men delson?” she asked.
On Sunday evening, as Robinson, a third-round draft pick, left an es tablishment on the 1000 block of H Street in Northeast, two juveniles at tempted to steal his car, a white Dodge Charger. MPD, in collaboration with the Prince George’s County Police Department, later found what author ities believed to be a stolen vehicle that the suspects used to quickly leave the scene.According to reports, Robinson wrestled a gun away from one assailant but was shot by the other in the glute and lower leg. Paramedics treated him at the scene and transferred him to Medstar Washington Hospital Center in Northwest. In an Instagram post on Monday, Robinson celebrated a suc cessful surgery. As of Monday, MPD reported 1,400 robberies and 2,272 motor vehicle thefts in the District this year. Those figures increased from the same time last year by 17 percent and 3 per cent respectively. Meanwhile, homi cides experienced a 4 percent uptick from around this time last year, while all frequency of crime reported to MPD have remained consistent. Last weekend, MPD reported shooting incidents along the H Street corridor during which a woman suf fered a gunshot to the head near the corner of 7th Street and H Street in Northeast while another person had similar injuries four blocks away. On Monday, a would-be carjacker suffered a gunshot when his accom plice shot him in an attempt to take an Uber driver’s vehicle in Southeast. Prince George’s County Police De partment has documented similar sit uations. Earlier this month, two dozen carjackings occurred within a week. A District man also pled guilty to federal charges for a series of violent carjack ings in Prince George’s County and Montgomery County. During another incident, a Prince George’s County police officer pur sued alleged carjackers into the Dis trict during a chase that ended in the sedan driven by the teens crashing into a Circulator bus in D.C. When it comes to prevention, au thorities advise drivers to park in welllit areas and remain alert with keys in hand when walking to their car or stopping at an intersection and to drive in a center lane to make it harder for would-be carjackers. If confronted by a carjacker, they recommend giving a carjacker the car keys and remembering key details about their Robinson,appearance.anative of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, became a favorite among Washington Commanders fans and front office managers alike for his temperament and agility. In May, he signed a four-year rookie NFL con tract after finding much success with the University of Alabama Crimson Tide football program. He had been expected to play a significant role in the Commanders’ offense this up comingEarlierseason.thisweek, Rivera took to Twitter with some good news after visiting Robinson at Medstar Wash ington Hospital Center. “[Brian] is in good spirits and want ed me to thank everyone for their kind words, prayers and support,” Rivera wrote “He wants his teammates to know that he appreciates and loves them all and will be back to doing what he loves best.”
5 Cameras capture of images of the suspects who shot Waashington Commander's running back, Brian Robinson, Jr., during a carjacking in Northeast. (Courtesy photo)
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Now, it's the beginning of a new school year, and we're head ing back to school for another year with so much uncertainty. First, is the pandemic really over or not? And will we find enough teachers for each school? It appears, things have gotten much, much better. With no mask mandates, and a pandemic that seems to have fi nally gotten better, we remain op timistic. Many have already gone back in other parts of the country, and are doing well. It is my prayer that teachers and students will enter school buildings under the protection of our Lord and Savior, that each and every one will be safe as they come back, prepared to teach our children. Let us all pray, and think about II Chronicles 7:14, which says, "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." As long as we have families in the world, we will need schools and teachers, because there will al ways be students for us to teach. Let us look to the future, and con sider what will happen to our chil dren in the future, over the next 500 years. If things keep going the way they are going now, we will be in even worse trouble. Let's turn this thing around and treat our teachers better! E. Gail
It is my hope that our country will rethink the salary of teachers. Teaching must become a profes sion that pays much more and looks for methods to attract young high school students to decide that it is a good thing.
Things are looking up. Schools across America are opening up, but now the problem is not so much the pandemic as it is a teach er shortage. According to news re ports, more than 300,000 teachers have quit for one reason or anoth er, retired or just left to try to fig ure out another way. A member of my own family, my son's fiancée, is a teacher in Georgia, but she chooses not to return. She owns property and has residual income, so she's looking for another way. Folks, it's happening all around us.
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No orders from governors and mayors to stay inside your homes, but thousands of teachers moving on and doing something different, there still hangs a cloud of uncer tainty of where do we go from here?Last year, when school opened, we heard horror stories of massive numbers of kids infected with the delta variant of the coronavirus. Quarantine was nearly the order of the Evenday.with things appearing much better now, I still think of the Yolanda Adams song released in 1995, "What About the Chil dren." It seems to sum up our situation by saying, "What about the children/To ignore is so easy/ So many innocent children would choose the wrong way/So what about the children/Remember when we were children/And if not for those who loved us and who cared enough to show us/where would we be today?"
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The past few years have been a huge concern to the world as we experienced a modern-day pan demic. Our students had to leave schools, colleges and universities emptied out, and we all went in side, shut the door and turned on ourThiscomputers.year,though, the Mont gomery County Public Schools website shows the school system "will return to pre-pandemic class room capacity and spacing. While the CDC encourages school dis tricts to implement physical dis tancing to the extent possible, it cautions against implement ing distancing requirements that would lead to the exclusion of stu dents from in-person learning." We are going back to our face-toface meetings. My sorority is hold ing in person our first meeting, to install our officers. We are back to what life once was three years ago. This is wonderful, especially after suffering over the past two to three years, and so much turmoil. Though we are able to go back to in-person learning, without wear ing masks, with supporting docu mentation from the CDC, we now face teacher shortages instead. As the old saying goes, "If it ain't one thing, it's another!"
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The Miracle Center of Faith Missionary Baptist Church Michael C. Turner, Sr. Senior Pastor 9161 Hampton Overlook Capitol Heights, MD 20743 301-350-2200 301-499-8724 7:30 AM 7 10:00 AM 1st School: 9:00 AM Study: Wednesday, 12 Noon Tuesday 7:00 Cheryl J. Sanders, Street, 9:30 AM 11:00 AM 8:30 AM for ChristNoon; 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
Reverend John W. Davis Pastor 5101 14th Street, NW / Washington, DC 20011 202-726-2220 202-726-9089 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.)
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Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan Pastor 800 Street, NE - Washington, DC 20002 202-548-0707 - Fax No. 202-548-0703 Service and Times Sunday Morning Worship: 11:00 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday Sunday School: 9:45 AM Men’s Monday Bible Study: 7:00 PM Wednesday Night Bible Study: 7:00 PM Women’s Ministry Bible Study: 3rd Friday -7:00 PM Computer Classes: Announced Family and Marital Counseling by appointment E-mail: Crusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org / “God is Love” 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
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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 Meeting & Bible Study: Wednesday -7:30 PM “Where Jesus is the Adrian A. Taylor, Sr. Pastor Livingston Road Oxon Hill, MD a.m. 10:30 AM 11:00 AM & Worship 11:30 AM 1:30 PM Lucius M. Dalton Senior Pastor 1636 East Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20003 202-544-5588 202-544-2964 Worship 7:45 AM and 10:45 AM 1st Sundays at 7:45 AM & 10:45 AM Sunday School: 9:30 AM & Praise Service: Tuesdays at 12 noon & 6:30 PM Study: Tuesdays at 1 pm and 7 PM Bell 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone 202-399-3450/ 202-398-8836 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 Loving Church of the Address: ChurchBaptist Dr. Kendrick E. Curry Pastor 3000 Pennsylvania Ave.. S.E Washington, DC 20020 202 581-1500 Service and Times Sunday
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Youth Bible Study: Fridays at 7 PM Web: www.mountmoriahchurch.org Email: mtmoriah@mountmoriahchurch.org Damion M. Briggs Pastor 8213 Manson Street Landover, MD 20785 Tel: (301) 322-9787 Fax: (301) 322-9240 Service and Times Early Morning Message: 7:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00 AM Sunday Church School: 9:00 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday 7:30 AM & 10:00 AM Prayer, Praise and Testimony: Wednesday 7:00 PM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM “Real Worship for Real People” Website: www.easterncommunity.org Email: ecc@easterncommunity.org Mount Moriah Baptist Church Eastern Community Baptist Church Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor 13701 Old Jericho Park Road Bowie, MD. 20720 (301) 262-0560 Service and Times Sunday Worship: 11 AM Sunday School: 10 AM Wednesday Mid-Week Worship, Prayer & Bible Study: Wed. 7 PM “A Church Where Love Is Essential and Praise is Intentional” BaptistCommandmentNewChurch Rev. Dr. Michael T.
NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Bryan Sanders, whose address is 2211 Taylor Street, NE, Washington, DC 20018, was appointed Personal Represen tative of the estate of Janice Sanders who died on 1/9/2022 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 2/18/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Reg ister of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/18/2023, 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 Washington,DivisionD.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 815 Lillie R. GlendaDecedentBrantleyM.Wheeler Allen, Esq. Law Office of Glenda M. Wheeler 808 E Street, NE Ste A Washington, DC 20002
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Katelyn Dee Zernovoj whose address is 192 Talmont Circle, Roseville CA 95678 was appointed Special Administrator of the estate of Andrew Phillip Zernovoj aka Andrew P. Zernovoj aka Andrew Zernovoj, deceased, by the Superior Court for Placer County, State of California, on May 12, 2022. Service of process may be made upon Jeffrey K. Gordon, Esq. 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, NW #700, Washington DC 20015 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real estate.1254Oates Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002. 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.
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 2/18/2023. 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 2/18/2023, 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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NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Tiffany Veney, whose address is 5335 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite 440, Washington, DC 20015, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Susan Denise Bain who died on 2/27/2020 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 2/18/2023. 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 2/18/2023, 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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Artis L. Wilkins whose address is 7310 Little Bird Path, Columbia, Maryland 21046 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Leon I. Smalls, deceased, by the Register of Wills/Orphans Court for Baltimore City County, State of Maryland, on 4/13/2018. Service of process may be made upon Andre O McDonald, Esquire 2101 L Street NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20037 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real estate.312Tennessee Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. 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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NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Gambi Kinton, whose address is 1854 Stella Lane, Unit 324, Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Margaret D. Jones who died on 12/29/2008 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 2/25/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Reg ister of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/25/2023, 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 Washington,DivisionD.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 000869 Scotia Jean Russell NOTICEDecedentOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Gary Brady Russell, whose address is 5201 Connecticut Ave., NW, #809, Washington DC 20015, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Scotia Jean Russell who died on October 9, 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.
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Washington,DivisionD.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 000865 Janice DeborahDecedentSandersD.Boddie, Esq. Probate Law DC 1308 Ninth Street, NW Suite Washington,300 DC 20001
Wilbert J. Davis aka Wilbert James Davis NOTICEDecedentOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Angela Maria Buchanan, whose address is 400 Warfield Drive, #4069 Landover, Md 20785, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Wilbert J. Davis aka Wilbert James Davis who died on 8/30/2020 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 2/18/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Reg ister of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/18/2023, 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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NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Keith A. Jackson, whose address is 4201 Captain Perry Court, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Joseph Jackson, Jr. who died on December 8, 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 2/25/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Reg ister of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/25/2023, 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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NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Debra T. Southerland, whose address is 219 Black Berry Dr., Fort Washington, Md 20744, was appointed Personal Repre sentative of the estate of Lillie R. Brantley who died on May 16, 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 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 2/18/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Reg ister of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/18/2023, 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 Washington,DivisionD.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 751 Martin Evans aka Martin Dylan David Evans GretchynDecedentG. Meinken 616 N. Washington Street Alexandria, VA 22314 NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Elizabeth Murphy Evans, whose address is 3313 P Street NW, Washington, DC 20007, was appointed Personal Represen tative of the estate of Martin Evans aka Martin Dylan David Evans who died on 11/19/2021 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 2/18/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Reg ister of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/18/2023, 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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NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Angela Garner, whose address is 2629 17th Street, NE, Wash ington, DC 20018, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Christina Garner who died on September 12, 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 2/25/2023. 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 2/25/2023, 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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Leah R. D. Singleton, whose address is 5808 3rd Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Represen tative of the estate of Betty P. West who died on 7/14/2022 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 2/25/2023. 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 2/25/2023, 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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Abdul-Qaadir Abdul-Khaaliq whose address is 6610 13th Place NW, Washington, DC 20012 was appointed personal rep resentative of the estate of Lenora Ross Watson, deceased, by the Orphans Court for Montgomery County, State of Maryland. Service of process may be made upon Abdul-Qudduws Muhammad 705 Randolph St., NW, Washington, DC 20011 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real property661013th Pl., NW, Washington, DC 20012 The decedent owned District of Columbia personal property. Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice. Date of first publication: Abdul-Qaadir8/25/2022 Abdul-Khaaliq Personal Representative Nicole WashingtonRegisterStevensofWillsInformer
PERSONAL REPRESEN TATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS
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In God We Trust. Declaration of Nationality. Notice of White Flag Surrender. Notice of Special Appearance: I am that I am: “Joseph Antoine Turner”, in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: “JOSEPH ANTOINE TURNER”, corp.sole Dba.: “JOSEPH A TURNER”, “JOSEPH TURNER”, “JOSEPH TURNER, A”, “JOSEPH ANTOINE TURNER”, “ TURNER, JOSEPH”, “TURNER, JOSEPH A”, “TURN ER,JOSEPH ANTOINE ”, &, “TURNER ANTOINE, JOSEPH”. As natural clan father, and guardian of: “Karson Isaiah Turner”, the beneficiary and heir of: “ KARSON ISAIAH TURNER”, corp.sole Dba.: "KARSON I TURNER", “KARSON TURNER”, “ KARSON ISA IAH TURNER”, “KARSON TURNER I”, “KARSON TURNER ISAIAH”, “TURNER,KARSON I”, “TURNER,KARSON”, “TURNER,KARSON ISAIAH”, “TURNER, ISAIAH KARSON”, &, “TURNER I,KARSON”. Having reached the age of majority, being aboriginal to the northwestern and southwestern shores of Africa, the Atlantic Islands, the continental Americas, being duly certified, hereby affirms to declare my tribal intention to be as my pedigree subscribes, as a: Moorish American, but not a citizen of the United States. declare permanent, and unalienable, allegiance to The Moorish Empire, Estados al-Marikanos, Societas Republicae Ea Al Maurikanuus Estados, The Constitution for the united States of America, Article III Section 2, The Lieber Code, Hague Conventions of 1899 & 1907, The Geneva Conventions, United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ], and all natural laws governing moors, and hereby declare and proclaim my nationality in good faith as a: Moorish American. I am that I am: “Joseph Antoine Turner”, from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: " aqeel yusef el”. My beloved son, " Karson Isaiah Turner", from this day forward, in harmony with our Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: " sekou el ". Notice of White Flag Surrender: as "hors de combat", pursuant to The Geneva Conventions, Article III, as a minister of The Moorish Empire, and Internationally Protected Person. Notice of: LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF WAR ON LAND ( HAGUE, IV), ARTICLE: 32, 45, 46, & 47. Notice of Claim pursuant to Public Law 87-846, TITLE II, SEC. 203. Notice of Bailment Merging of Legal Title with Equitable Title: This order is to preserve legal and equitable title, and to reserve all rights, title, and interest, in the property, Re: City of New York Department of Health: STATE FILE NUMBER,:156-87-308422: “JOSEPH ANTOINE TURNER”, “JOSEPH A TURNER”, “JOSEPH TURNER”, “JOSEPH TURNER, A”, “TURNER, JOSEPH”, “TURNER, JOSEPH A”, “TURNER ANTOINE, JOSEPH”, “TURNER, JOSEPH ANTOINE”,&,THE CITY OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE : STATE FILE NUMBER,:156-18-041513: “KARSON I TURNER”, “KARSON TURNER”, “KARSON ISAIAH TURNER”, “KARSON TURNER I”, “KARSON TURNER ISAIAH”, “TURNER,KARSON”, “TURNER, KARSON I”, “TURNER, KARSON ISAIAH”, “TURNER ISAIAH KARSON”“TURNER I,KARSON ”, is as a special deposit order, conveyed to "Joseph Antoine Trust". Re: City of New York Department of Health: STATE FILE NUMBER,:156-87-308422:” “JOSEPH ANTOINE TURNER”, “JOSEPH A TURNER”, “JOSEPH TURNER”, “JOSEPH TURNER, A”, “TURNER, JOSEPH”, “TURNER, JOSEPH A”, “TURNER ANTOINE, JOSEPH”, “TURNER, JOSEPH ANTOINE”,&, THE CITY OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE : STATE FILE NUMBER,:156-18-041513: “KARSON I TURNER”, “KARSON TURNER”, “KARSON ISAIAH TURNER”, “KARSON TURNER I”, “KARSON TURNER ISAIAH”, “TURNER,KARSON”, “TURNER, KARSON I”, “TURNER, KARSON ISAIAH”, “TURNER ISAIAH KARSON”“TURNER I,KARSON ”,is as a special deposit order conveyed to: “Karson Isaiah Trust© ”, with a 50% interest is retained by Trustee: “ joseph antoine turner© ”, &, a 50% interest is retained by Trustee: “ tonya latoya maynard© ”. All interest is to remain fully intact until the sole beneficiary, “ karson isaiah turner© ”, reaches the age of ma jority. All property of the same issue and amount, in like kind and specie, is to be returned fully intact , as a Special Deposit order of the Depositor / Beneficiary / Bailor / Donor / Principal / Creditor / Guardian: " aqeel yusef el", nom deguerre: "Joseph Antoine Turner ", as a special deposit order in lawful money. This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of : " Joseph Antoine Trust ", or : " Karson Isaiah Trust ", both Trust being, Inter Vivos Unincorporated Divine Grantor Trusts. These deposits are not to be commingled with general assets of any bank, nor depositary / trustee / agent / bailee / donee / debtor. This deposit is not limited to, but including: discharge and set off, of any and all outstanding liabilities as accord and satisfac tion. Inter alia enact fuit. All Rights Reserved. Deo volente.
Date of first publication: August 25, 2022 Leah R. D. Singleton Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Nicole WashingtonRegisterStevensofWillsInformer
Reuben McCornack aka Reuben R. McCornack NOTICEDecedentOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
2021
In God We Trust. Declaration of Nationality. Notice of White Flag Surrender. Notice of Special Appearance : am that am: "Tonya LaToya Maynard", in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: “ TONYA LATOYA MAYNARD", corp. sole Dba.: "TONYA L MAYNARD",“TONYA MAYNARD” “TONYA LATOYA MAYNARD” “TONYA TURNER” “TONYA L TURNER” “TONYA LATOYA TURNER” “TONYA MAYNARD TURNER” “TONYA L MAYNARD TURNER” “TONYA LATOYA MAYNARD TURNER” “TONYA TURNER MAYNARD” “TONYA L TURNER MAYNARD” “TONYA LATOYA TURNER MAYNARD”“MAYNARD,TONYA” “MAY NARD,TONYA L" “MAYNARD,TONYA LATOYA” “TURNER,TONYA” “TURNER,TONYA L” “TURNER,TONYA LATOYA” “MAYNARD TURNER,TONYA” “MAYNARD TURNER,TONYA L” “MAYNARD TURNER,TONYA LATOYA” “TURNER MAYNARD,TONYA” “TURNER MAYNARD,TONYA L” “TURNER MAYNARD,TONYA LATOYA”. As natural clan mother, and guardian of: "Kendrick Nathaniel Turner", the beneficiary and heir of: “ KENDRICK NATHANIEL TURNER ”, corp. sole Dba.: "KENDRICK N TURNER", "KENDRICK TURNER" "KENDRICK NATHANIEL TURNER" "KENDRICK TURNER NATHANIEL" "KENDRICK TURNER N" "TURNER,KENDRICK N" "TURNER, KENDRICK NATHANIEL" "TURNER, KENDRICK" "TURN ER NATHANIEL KENDRICK" "TURNER N, KENDRICK". Having reached the age of majority, being aboriginal to the northwestern and southwestern shores of Africa, the Atlantic Islands, the continental Americas, being duly certified, hereby affirms to declare my tribal intention to be as my pedigree sub scribes, as a: Moorish American, but not a citizen of the United States. I declare permanent, and unalienable, allegiance to The Moorish Empire, Estados al-Marikanos, Societas Republicae Ea Al Maurikanuus Estados, The Constitution for the united States of America, Article III Section 2, The Lieber Code, Hague Conventions of 1899 & 1907, The Geneva Conventions, [ Unit ed Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ], and all natural laws governing moors, and hereby declare and proclaim my nationality in good faith as a: Moorish American. I am that I am: " Tonya LaToya Maynard ", from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: "semira el". My beloved son, "Kendrick Nathaniel Turner", from this day forward, in harmony with our Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: "senam el ". Notice of White Flag Surrender: as "hors de combat", pursuant to The Geneva Conventions, Article III, as a minister of The Moorish Empire, and Internationally Protected Person. Notice of: LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF WAR ON LAND ( HAGUE, IV), ARTICLE: 32, 45, 46, & 47. Notice of Claim pursuant to Public Law 87-846, TITLE II, SEC. 203. Notice of Bailment Merging of Legal Title with Equitable Title : This order is to preserve legal and equitable title , and to reserve all rights, title, and interest, in the property, Re: THE CITY OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE: STATE FILE NUMBER,: 156-87-407797:" TONYA LATOYA MAYNARD", TONYA MAYNARD”, “TONYA L MAY NARD” “TONYA TURNER” “TONYA L TURNER” “TONYA LATOYA TURNER” “TONYA MAYNARD TURNER” “TONYA L MAYNARD TURNER” “TONYA LATOYA MAYNARD TURNER” “TONYA TURNER MAYNARD” “TONYA L TURNER MAYNARD” “TONYA LATOYA TURNER MAYNARD” “MAYNARD,TONYA” “MAYNARD,TONYA L” “MAYNARD,TONYA LATOYA” “TURNER,TONYA” “TURNER,TONYA L” “TURNER,TONYA LATOYA” “MAYNARD TURNER,TONYA” “MAY NARD TURNER,TONYA L” “MAYNARD TURNER,TONYA LATOYA” “TURNER MAYNARD,TONYA” “TURNER MAYNARD,TONYA L” “TURNER MAYNARD,TONYA LATOYA”, &,THE CITY OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE : STATE FILE NUMBER,:156-20-049082: “KENDRICK NATHANIEL TURNER ” “KENDRICK TURNER""KENDRICK N TURNER" "KENDRICK TURN ER NATHANIEL""KENDRICK TURNER N""TURNER,KENDRICK N" "TURNER, KENDRICK NATHANIEL" "TURNER, KENDRICK""TURN NATHANIEL KENDRICK""TURNER N, KENDRICK", is as a special to "Tmt Wellstead Trust". THE CITY OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE: STATE FILE NUMBER, 156-87-407797: "TONYA LATOYA MAYNARD", “TONYA MAYNARD”, “TONYA L MAYNARD” “TONYA TURNER” “TONYA L TURNER” “TONYA LATOYA TURNER” “TONYA MAYNARD TURNER” “TONYA L MAYNARD TURNER” “TONYA LATOYA MAYNARD TURNER” “TONYA TURNER MAYNARD” “TONYA L TURNER MAYNARD” “TONYA LATOYA TURNER MAYNARD” “MAYNARD,TONYA” “MAYNARD,TONYA L” “MAYNARD,TONYA LATOYA” “TURNER,TONYA” “TURNER,TONYA L” “TURNER,TONYA LATOYA” “MAYNARD TURNER,TONYA” “MAYNARD TURNER,TONYA L” “MAYNARD TURNER,TONYA LATOYA” “TURNER MAYNARD,TONYA” “TURNER MAYNARD,TON KENDRICK NATHANIEL" "TURNER, KENDRICK""TURNER, NATHANIEL KENDRICK" "TURNER N, KENDRICK", is as a special deposit order conveyed to: “ Kend rick Nathaniel Trust © ”, with a 50% interest retained by Trustee: “ tonya latoya maynard © ”, &, a 50% interest retained by Trustee: “ joseph antoine turner© ”. All interest is to remain fully intact until the sole beneficiary, “ kendrick nathaniel turner© ”, reaches the age of majority. All property of the same issue and amount, in like kind and specie, is to be returned fully intact as a Special Deposit order of the Depositor / Beneficiary / Bailor / Donor / Principal / Creditor / Guardian: "semira el", nom deguerre: "Tonya Latoya Maynard”, as a special deposit order in lawful money. This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of : "Tmt Wellstead Trust”, or : "Kendrick Nathaniel Trust", both Trust being, Inter Vivos Unincorporated Divine Grantor Trusts. These deposits are not to be commingled with general assets of any bank, nor depositary / trustee / agent / bailee / donee / debtor. This deposit is not limited to, but including: discharge and set off, of any and all outstanding liabilities as accord and satisfaction. Inter alia enact fuit. All Rights Reserved. Deo volente. 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Kathleen F. O’Reilly, whose address is 414 A Street SE, Wash ington, DC 20003, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Reuben McCornack aka Reuben R. McCornack who died on 1/6/2012 with 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 (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 2/25/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Reg ister of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/25/2023, 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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I, Ali El, whose address is 847 Sumpter Rd. Suite 116, Belleville, Michigan 48111 Proclaim my Free National Name as MOORISH SCIENCE TEMPLE OF AMERICA according to the rules and usages of such MOORISH SCIENCE TEMPLE OF AMERICA. The Moorish Science Temple of America deriving its power and authority from the Great Koran of Mohammed the propagate the faith and extend the learning and truth of the Great Prophet of Alli in America. To anoint, appoint and consecrate missionaries of the prophet and to establish the faith of Mohammed in America.
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Patricia Lyons, whose address is 1603 H Street, SE, Washington, DC 20003, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Achsah Carol Jackson who died on March 1, 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 2/25/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Reg ister of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/25/2023, 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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NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Ronald Dixon, whose address is Bynum & Jenkins, 1010 Cameron Street, Alexandria VA 22314, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Nettie Proctor who died on 1/7/2017 without a Will, and will serve without Court super vision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Ob jections 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 2/25/2023. 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 2/25/2023, 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.
Betty P. MelindaDecedentWestM.Bolling, Esq. 2108 31st Street, SE Washington, DC 20020
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Carol Jackson CherylDecedentChapman Henderson 4920 Niagara Road Suite College200Park,
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Carter said yes but reiterated “mon keypox is completely different from chickenpox.”“It’sacompletely different virus,” Carter said. “The lesions will hurt and itch. You would use the same topical treatments that you would have for chickenpox and you would also talk to yourSomedoctor.”advice to prevent the spread of monkeypox includes: Avoid close and skin-to-skin con tact.Do not share eating utensils or cups.Do not kiss, hug, cuddle, or have sex with a person diagnosed with monkeypox.Washyour hands with soap or an alcohol-based hand sanitizer before eating or touching your face.
Finally, one participant asked whether those traveling and staying in a hotel should wipe desks, tables and other surfaces in a room.
“At this time, data suggest that gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men make up the majori ty of cases in the current monkey pox outbreak,” said Henry Bishop, administrative chief for the county Health Department’s HIV and STD prevention program. “However, any one regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity that has been in close, personal contact with someone who has monkeypox is at risk.”
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The town hall also summarized how monkeypox begins with flu-like symptoms that can be seen within two weeks. About three days later, sores may develop on the skin that re semble pimples or blisters that can be itchy or painful.
Carter said yes, calling it a “public health practice.” He said there should be no concerns about bed sheets.
Date of first publication: Stacie9/1/2022Powell Declaration of Nationality. Notice of White Flag Surrender. God Trust. Declaration of Nationality. Notice of White Flag NoticeSurrender.ofSpecial : I am that I am: “Collin Burke Freestone©”, in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: “COLLIN BURKE FREESTONE©”, corp.sole Dba.: “COLLIN B. FREESTONE©”, “COLIN BURKE FREESTONE©”, “COLLIN FREE STONE©”, “C. B. FREESTONE©”, “B. C. FREESTONE©”, “C. BURKE FREESTONE©”, “COLLIN FREESTONE BURKE©”, “FREESTONE COLLIN BURKE©”, “FREESTONE BURKE COLLIN©”, “BURKE COLLIN FREESTONE©”, “C. FREESTONE BURKE©”, “BURKE FREE STONE COLLIN©”, “BURKE FREESTONE C.©”, “B. FREESTONE C.©”, “C. FREESTONE B.©”, “B. FREESTONE COLLIN©”, having reached the age of majority, being duly certified, hereby affirms to declare my intention to be as my pedigree subscribes, as an: Arizonan, but not a citizen of the United States. I declare perma nent, and unalienable, allegiance to The Constitution for the united States of America, Article III Section 2, The Lieber Code, Hague Conventions of 1899 & 1907, The Geneva Conventions, and all natural laws governing American Citizens, and hereby declare and proclaim my nationality in good faith as an: Arizo nan. I am that am: “Collin Burke Freestone©”, from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: “collin-burke freestone©”. Notice of White Flag Surrender: as "hors de combat", pursuant to The Geneva Conventions, Article III, as a minister of yhwh's covenant, and Internationally Protected Person. Notice of: LAWS AND CUS TOMS OF WAR ON LAND ( HAGUE, IV), ARTICLE: 32, 45, 46, & 47. Notice of Claim pursuant to Public Law 87-846, TITLE II, SEC. 203. Notice of Bailment Merging of Legal Title with Equitable Title : This order is to preserve legal and equitable title, and to reserve all rights, title, and interest, in the property, Re: STATE OF ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES VITAL RECORDS SECTION: STATE FILE NUMBER: B102-82-036212: “COLLIN BURKE FREESTONE©”, “COLLIN B. FREESTONE©”, “COLIN BURKE FREESTONE©”, “COLLIN FREESTONE©”, “C. B. FREESTONE©”, “B. C. FREESTONE©”, “C. BURKE FREESTONE©”, “COLLIN FREESTONE BURKE©”, “FREESTONE COLLIN BURKE©”, “FREESTONE BURKE COLLIN©”, “BURKE COLLIN FREESTONE©”, “C. FREESTONE BURKE©”, “BURKE FREESTONE COLLIN©”, “BURKE FREESTONE C.©”, “B. FREESTONE C. ©”, “C. FREESTONE B.©”, “B. FREESTONE COLLIN©”, is as a special deposit order, conveyed to “Collin Burke Freestone Trust©”. All property of the same issue and amount, in like kind and specie, is to be returned fully intact, as a Special Deposit order of the Depositor / Beneficiary / Bailor / Donor / Principal / Creditor: “collin-burke freestone©”, nom deguerre: “Collin Burke Freestone©”, as a special deposit order in lawful money. This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of: “Collin Burke Freestone Trust©”, an Inter Vivos Unincorporated Divine Grantor Trust. This deposit is not to be commingled with general assets of any bank, nor depositary / trustee / agent / bailee /donee /debtor. This deposit is not limited to, but including: discharge and set off, of any and all outstanding liabilities as accord and satisfac tion. Inter alia enact fuit. All Rights Reserved. Deo volente.
said.The CDC noted less than 500 cas es in Maryland. A limited number of monkeypox vaccine appointments in Prince George’s remain available through Friday, Sept. 2. One participant asked about the impact on the LGBTQ community.
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EDELMAN from Page 30 Williams has been part of the CDF Freedom Schools family for a long time. During college she spent four summers serving a Servant Leader Intern, and then worked in a CDF Free dom Schools after-school pro gram before being hired as a Program Assistant. Now, after a long progression of teaching and leadership roles, she oversees the Charlotte programs. Her experi ence gives her confidence in how much the CDF Freedom Schools program is making a difference right now and high hopes for the future:"To me, Freedom School rep resents how teaching and ed ucation should be. I think the 'Freedom' in Freedom School is so important because our schol JEALOUS from Page 30 ars are free to be themselves. At Freedom School, we value every one for what they bring to the larger group. I also often say that Freedom School is magic because of the transformations we see in our scholars and staff each sum mer. … I hope to see Freedom School making an impact in our schools, especially the ones we focus on. Can you imagine 50, 60, or 70 students coming back to school in August more excit ed about reading and learning, and more prepared overall for the school year? These students would come with increased self-confidence and conflict-res olution skills. We also have teachers and future teachers who work with us that now can infuse the Freedom School way into their classrooms, influencing the overall culture of schools."
Imagine this impact multi plied in schools and commu nities across our country! This summer CDF Freedom Schools programs operated in 90 cit ies and 25 states, serving more than 10,000 students and giving each one a literary-rich experi ence that nourished their minds, bodies, and souls. In addition to nurturing a love of reading and avoiding summer learning loss, scholars have self-reported that their CDF Freedom Schools ex perience helped them regulate their emotions and behaviors, empathize with others, commu nicate and listen, negotiate con flict well, and make good choic es. These students are headed back into their year-round class rooms ready to soar, and that's a summer every child deserves. WI sential to children's healthy devel opment. Looking honestly at our past helps students develop critical thinking skills that are desperately needed when every smart phone is a gateway to Democracy,disinformation.too,depends on informed citizens to function. It's no coincidence that the crowd that stormed the Capitol in 2021, was acting on lies and schools.andofrance.Authoritarianismmisinformation.feastsonignoElectiondeniersandcensorshistoryareinthesamecamp,shouldgetnowherenearour
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We cannot begin to heal our di visions until we acknowledge and teach our whole history—good and bad. And we know that stand ing up for the freedom to learn will be a challenging task. This school year follows one in which reports of book bans and censorship reached record levels according to the Amer ican Library Association. Far-right groups and politicians are offering rewards and setting up tip lines to "report" teachers who cover "divi sive" topics. School board members are receiving death threats. But we don't shy away from these challenges when we act from a place of love. Loving our children means being advocates for them when political extremists want to limit what they can learn. It means showing up to school board meet ings and organizing to make our selves heard. It means running for the school board. It means rejecting one of the cen sors' most harmful assumptions: that students are too fragile to hear the history our people have lived. Millions of families are getting ready to send their kids back to school. Let's also get ready to de fend the freedom to learn. Before the dictionary ends up on your dis trict's banned-books list.
THOMPSON from Page 30 tional school bus fleet would lower greenhouse gas emissions by eight megatons per year, which is signif icant as transportation is the larg est contributor to total U.S. emis sions. Additionally, the impacts of electrification would be felt most in low-income and minority com munities, who have been exposed to toxic contaminants dispropor tionately more than any other group. Aside from the humanitar ian impact, electric school buses also offer direct benefits to school districts. Based on data from the Modesto Unified School District, they can save $10,000 a year on gas per bus. Electric school buses can even be plugged into as an ex cess power source in the event of a grid failure. Because of electric school buses’ undeniable advan tages, districts must utilize this immense opportunity to electrify their fleets created by the Infra structure Bill. At the Greater Washington Re gion Clean Cities Coalition, we host a series of events and projects to showcase electric school buses, assist with project planning and grant writing, as well as education and training for school district staff, board members and other stakeholders. Our multilayered approach helps to achieve the goal to not only connect schools with dealers and manufacturers, electric vehicle supply equipment provid ers but also to increase familiarity between school districts and the electric school bus industry. The best example is our Mid-At lantic Electric School Bus Experi ence Project (MEEP), which pro vides school fleets with free electric buses to test over a six-to-eightweek demo period. Through prac tical experience, technical training, and proper planning with electric buses, school districts can better acquaint themselves with the pro cesses of electrification and upkeep of their fleets. MEEP bridges the gap of understanding between districts and electrification, often giving the necessary information on questions such as how to ac quire charging stations and how to retrofit or repower existing diesel buses to make them electric. As the need for electric school buses becomes more and more pressing, the Greater Washington Region Clean Cities Coalition is dedicated to facilitating and advocating for the electrification of electric school buses locally, regionally, and na tionally. WI
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Since Donald Trump spread the Big Lie that the election in 2020 was stolen, Republicans in states across the country have sought to make it harder to register and vote. freed Blacks from combining with working and poor whites to form multiracial coalitions to transform their states. "Thus," Dr. King not ed, "the threat of the free exercise of the ballot by the Negro and the white masses alike resulted in the establishment of a segregated soci ety."Today is no different. Republi cans — supported by corporations and the rich — want to limit the ability of working and poor peo ple to come together and vote to transform the country. So, claims of voter fraud focus on urban areas with large minority populations. And voter restriction schemes are targeted to make it harder for those populations to vote. But America cannot credibly champion democracy abroad while undermining it at home. Those like Senator Rubio, who consid er democracy a Marxist plot, do this nation a great disservice. The right to register and vote is not a partisan issue — it is a democratic essential. And now once more, cit izens must rally to defend it from those who would undermine it. WI
matic voter registration, same-day registration, online registration, and standards for maintaining vot er rolls and the like. It failed in the Senate due to a filibuster supported by all Repub lican senators. Sen. Marco Rubio, (R-Fla.), a former presidential con tender, claimed that the Act and the renewal of the Voting Rights Act constituted a "radical progres sive agenda," pushed by "Marxists in Washington, D.C." and a "left ist elite class." The Chamber of Commerce opposed making vot ingSinceeasier.Donald Trump spread the Big Lie that the election in 2020 was stolen, Republicans in states across the country have sought to make it harder to register and vote. Last year, according to the Bren nan Center, Republican legislators in 19 states passed 34 laws making it harder for Americans, and par ticularly Black and Latino Ameri cans to vote. Hundreds more were filed this year. The purpose is clear. In the South after the Civil War, Jim Crow laws were passed to keep Blacks from voting. The planta tion crowd wanted to keep newly from MORIAL from Page 29 tends the moratorium on federal loan repayment until the end of the year and takes other long-term steps to ameliorate the college debt crisis forStudentall. debt stands in the way of entrepreneurship, homeownership, and even the day-to-day purchase of necessities. But it's not just bad news for the borrowers. It's bad news for all Americans. A surprising one out of every five recipients of food stamps (SNAP) holds a postsecond ary degree. An even higher percent age of Medicare enrollees — nearly one in four — hold postsecondary degrees.While only a first step, the presi dent's actions will put borrowers one step closer to the financial freedom needed to purchase a home, save for retirement, and build wealth for themselves and their families. But we can do Cancelingbetter. $50,000 in student debt for households with income below $100,000 would increase Black borrowers' wealth to from
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