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been strictly enforced for some time. However, it became a viable solution as youth-related violence in recent months reached unacceptable pro portions – often leading to deadly outcomes.Still,some leaders and parents in the County have expressed their con cerns about the curfew – even voicing their opposition to Alsobrooks’ deci sion along with the caveat that they
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All 435 House seats are up for grabs, while 35 are available in the Senate.
The U.S. Congress failed earlier this year to prolong the child nu trition program that essentially served free school meals to students during the early and middle stages of the coronavirus pandemic and a desire exists in the District for the effort to continue.
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With a low – but increasing – approval rating, Presi dent Joe Biden hopes that his string of summer legislative victories and a widely unpopular and Republican-driven Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade will catapult Democrats to Meanwhile,success.Republicans are counting on inflation, high prices, and the economy to sway voters in their di rection.Democrats currently have a slight edge in both hous
“We are concerned about this program not being extended,” said Crystal FitzSimons, the director of School and Out-of-School Time Programs at the Food Research & Action Program. “Because the pro gram’s waivers were blocked in the Congress, many students will have to pay for their meals or go through the process of having to sign up for free and reduced breakfast and lunch. There are many families in D.C. who are having trouble making ends meet. This is a high cost of living area.”
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As incidents of violence in Prince George’s continue to escalate, with many either initiated by youth or which result in youth becoming the victim, County Executive Angela Alsobrooks recently made the bold decision to re-invoke a youth curfew. The legislation, previously signed into law and part of the County’s arsenal of crime prevention, had not
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During the pandemic, two out of five District public schools, most of which had been located east of the Anacostia River, lacked a full-time librarian. In response, Boyd and other librarians con nected council members with families who spoke about how that situation hindered their child’s academic success.
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A House bill authorizing the establishment of a D.C. memorial to honor enslaved persons passed this week. The Enslaved Voyages Memorial Act introduced by D.C. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, would honor enslaved persons’ presence, celebrate their contributions to history, and recognize their resilience and fortitude, according to a press release. The bill names the George town African American Historic Landmark Project and Tour as the entity to establish the memorial in keeping with its mission to place markers at historic landmarks commemorating the lives of enslaved and free African Americans’ contributions to the Georgetown community.
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This campaign garnered the support of the Washington Teach ers’ Union and EveryLibrary, a national nonprofit that helps librar ies secure funding.
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Skyland Lidl in Ward 7 will be the first full-service grocery store to open east of the Ana costia River in more than a decade. Daily store hours will be from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
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On Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 4 p.m., there will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony that will feature D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Deputy Mayor John Falcicchio. The store will have a soft opening until 5 p.m. on that day.
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Boyd, a librarian of 24 years, has had stints in Chicago Public Schools and East St. Louis School District, both located in Illinois where she served as an administrator and worked with students of various grade levels. Boyd’s recent accolade follows School Library Journal’s recognition of her as National School Librarian of the Year for her efforts to boost literacy at Jefferson Academy.
The National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) recently recognized K.C. Boyd as Policy Leader of the Year for her ongoing efforts to ensure that libraries in D.C. public schools have adequate staffing.
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More than 60 jobs are promised with a start ing pay for store associates is $16.50 per hour, in cluding comprehensive benefits. Lidl also offers health care benefits for all employees, full and part-time, regardless of hours worked.
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“It's an honor to represent school librarians in winning this award, especially this year with the work that we do across this country being scrutinized like never before,” Boyd said.
Last year, Boyd, a librarian at Jefferson Middle School Academy in Southwest, ad vocated for the District Students Right to Read Amendment Act. The emergency legislation, which the D.C. Council approved before the full return to in-person learning, pro vided each District public school with a full-time librarian.
“We are ready — and the community is ready — to welcome Lidl to Ward 7,” Bowser said. “This grocery store has been a long-time coming, and it is going to help us make Skyland into a true town center. Welcome to D.C., Lidl.” WI
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NASBE, a national nonprofit, supports state boards across the nation in advancing equity. In a statement, Boyd not only acknowl edged her colleagues but highlighted the ongoing work to protect school librarians and teachers.
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“The memorial my bill authorizes will exist as a powerful marker of truth-telling and remembrance, and I am proud to have gotten it passed in the House,” Norton said. “Thank you to Senator Cory Booker for introducing the companion bill. Let us honor the personhood of these individuals, who were repeatedly assumed to have none so that they will never be forgotten.
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”I want to thank NASBE for this recognition while serving stu dents and teachers at Jefferson Academy. My hope for librarians and all educators across DC Public Schools is that we receive a fair con tract so that we can concentrate and serve the students that we love.”
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“I commend the House for passing the Enslaved Voyages Memorial Act, which would authorize a memorial to honor the millions of enslaved Africans who were forci bly transported across the Atlantic and to celebrate their immense contributions to the United States,” said Booker, who introduced the bill in the Senate. “I urge the Senate to take up the measure so that we can send it to President Biden’s desk for his signature.” WI
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Kim’s announcement comes days after Bowser finalized a union contract with public school principals. Weeks earlier, DCPS and charter school offi cials revealed efforts to boost students’ post-pandemic academic standing.
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“If I spoke to my team the way that Melissa Kim spoke to me, I’d probably be fired,” the staff member continued.
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DCPS Deputy Chancellor Melissa Kim Announces Resignation Insiders Say Internal Investigation Compelled Administrator's Decision to Step Down
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As one former DCPS employee said, administrators knew that, despite
“As a tiny woman, barely able to see over the middle school students, Melissa Kim had to yell to be heard in crowded hallways,” Davis said. “She worked tirelessly to turn the school around and bring it to a standard of national excellence. Families went on to love and adore her.”
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“I hope they come clean about what’s happening and apologize to the people who suffered under not just Melissa Kim, but other people as well,” they added.
“A number of folks said our budgets would get slashed when we advocated for anything. Melissa Kim was a head line-driven leader. We were told to be flashy in our work. Hands down, that was the Neitherconversation.”DCPSnor D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office returned The Informer’s inquiry about the circum stances of Kim’s resignation. Efforts to contact Kim for comment also fell short. Sources familiar with the inves tigation said a complaint by a white male colleague triggered it.
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“I don’t know if they will. They don’t like to admit there’s anything wrong.”
The former employee, who agreed to speak on the condition of ano nymity, said it got to the point where, instead of speaking out against Kim’s behavior, central office veterans of ten advised leaders rising through the ranks to avoid Kim’s wrath.
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Within a matter of weeks, Melissa Kim, a polarizing figure in District public education, will step down from her role as deputy chancellor of DC Public Schools (DCPS).
“I cannot talk like that or I’d be la beled as aggressive and a problem. In our eyes, you can’t speak out about this, or it will come back to you. You’ll be punished and penalized.”
For nearly five years as DCPS’ dep uty chancellor, Kim has had purview over 116 public schools, along with academic programming, interven tions, equity initiatives and family engagement.Inherrole, she guided the Ana costia and Ballou redesign, created a turnaround strategy for low-perform ing schools, ushered in a “science of reading” curriculum, and launched a pandemic-era data-tracking system intended to connect students with in terventions.Supporters say Kim clocked up ward toward 100 hours per week since the start of the pandemic, often sacri ficing time with her young children.
In the early 2000s, Davis, then founding director of the New Leaders for New Schools, personally selected Kim from a candidate pool of hun dreds to become part of the first co hort of aspiring principals.
Staff members and administrators received an email on September 16 in the middle of what’s been described as an ongoing investigation into allega tions of Kim, DCPS Deputy Chance lor’s, verbal abuse of others and her creation of a turbulent work environ ment.In the aftermath of Kim’s an nouncement, some DCPS employ ees, including one who requested an onymity, continue to question why it took DCPS years to investigate Kim. They also bemoaned DCPS’ decision not to terminate her.
clude a stint at KIPP as chief academic officer as well as a partner role at New Schools Venture Fund, a national ed ucation-based philanthropic organiza tion. She also spent nearly a decade as principal at Alice Deal Middle School in JacquelynNorthwest.Davis, Kim’s colleague of more than 20 years, decried the allegations against Kim as ridiculous and untruthful. She went on to tout what she described as Kim’s pursuit of academic excellence and dedication to students.“Atthe beginning of her tenure [as principal at Deal Middle School], there were some complaints from parents that she yelled too loudly in the halls and some teachers who said her expectations were too high,” said Davis, a nationally recognized social entrepreneur and education advisor.
her designation as deputy chancellor, Kim wielded significantly more power and influence in the central office than DCPS Chancellor Lewis D. Ferebee.
dren who arrived in the District by bus this summer and have been enrolled in public schools.
Kim’s departure, scheduled for Oc tober 7, comes more than a year after DCPS transferred Dwan Jordon, her former KIPP DC colleague, from his position as principal of John Hayden Johnson Middle School in Southeast to a similar role at the school system’s virtualTeachersprogram.and staff members who organized around Jordon’s removal during the pandemic said Jordon’s proximity to Kim often compelled him to berate teachers without conse quence.Kim, in her second go-around in the public school system, similarly garnered a reputation as someone who didn’t take well to criticism.
With so much happening this fall, some people, like a former DCPS em ployee who also requested anonymity, said the central office must raise ad ministrator and staff member morale by quickly responding to complaints about Kim and others who speak out of turn to subordinates.
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“No one wanted to talk about it [but] we shouldn’t be spoken to like this,” the school-based employee of more than a decade said as they re counted instances when Kim overtly questioned their competence and pit ted them against their supervisor.
“This is so widespread and for senior leadership to know it’s hap pening, from either something being said to them directly or being copied in emails, is the sad part,” the former employee said.
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“One of the mechanisms of control was that when you provided some feedback counter to the mayor, there would be backlash,” the former em ployee said.
1861 – The Union Navy allows Blacks to enlist for service for the first time during the Civil War.
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1828 – Shaka Zulu, monarch of Africa's Zulu King dom, is assassinated.
1950 – Gwendolyn Brooks is awarded the Pulit zer Prize for her book of poetry "Annie Allen," be coming the first African American to win the honor.
1912 – W.C. Handy publishes the sheet music to "Memphis Blues," one of the earliest known blues songs.
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1998 – President Clinton pres ents Nelson Mandela with the Congressional Gold Medal for his anti-apartheid efforts.
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1950 – Civil rights icon Ralph Bunche becomes the first African American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
1884 – Judy W. Reed receives a patent for the bread kneading machine, becoming the first African Ameri can woman known to receive a U.S. patent.
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1930 – Music legend Ray Charles is born in Albany, Georgia.
Bessie Smith, known as "Empress of the Blues," dies in an automobile accident in Clarksdale, Mississippi, at age 43.
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I would never do anything in the name of Kanye. He is out having “free thoughts “and telling the world that Harriet Tubman didn’t do anything, but help slaves get new jobs. He hugs Trump in the White House and calls him daddy! I have no time for people like him who are conveniently Black when things don’t go their way. He can hold his own with this fight.
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While I do feel like Kanye is right in this situation. I’m not boycotting them for him. That’s [a] beef between billion aires. His overpriced shoes ain’t doing nothing for me.
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They’re doing everything they can to get our minds off of what’s really happening. We must get out and vote in our local elections this November. Forget West and Kelly, and think about what kind of country we are going to leave the next generation.
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It’s not misguided at all! His IP can’t be stolen or replicated. That is against the law. Why can’t Black people support each other first of all? And why can’t Black people stand against corporate aggression (white supremacy) as a whole without it being portrayed as a misguided civil rights issue?
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Curfew or No Curfew? –I Never Had a Chance to Choose
I had a much later experience with the dreaded curfew while visiting my mom more than 20 years later. This time, I was given an extension of sorts until 2 a.m. But she made it clear: “Get home by 2 a.m. or stay out all night.”Imade it home by the skin of my teeth, driving like a madman down the streets of Williamsburg, Virginia.
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I was having a great time and was on the dance floor trying to do the funky chicken or the robot – whatev er dances people were doing on Soul Train or on The Scene (Detroit’s tele vised dance program popular with the Black Suddenly,community).tomyhorror, the host’s mother came to the landing of the stairs which led from the upstairs kitchen to the basement where the festivities were being held. The party was started to get super crowded and I couldn’t wait to brag the next day at school, making those who had not
been invited feel even smaller than they already felt.
How could you, Daddy, I asked him? His reply was terse: “I’m your father and it’s my job to take care of you, to give you everything I think you may need and above all to make sure you’re safe. So, get your behind in the Actually,car!”
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Then, I heard it again – three words delivered in his baritone voice, uttered so loudly that I could have sworn he was using a megaphone: DOMINIC KEVIN MCNEIR.
Because I wasn’t old enough to drive, my dad offered to drop me off. But, like Cinderella would learn just before she headed off to the ball, I, too, had been given strict instruc tions. My father, not mincing words, dropped the bomb as I got out of the car and checked my outfit one last time before making my entrance: be ready to leave by midnight.
However, Daddy remained ada mant and warned me not to make him have to wait on me and make sure I was ready to go when he re turned. Surely, he had to be kidding, I told myself, crossing my fingers just for good measure.
I tried to explain to Daddy that because of the importance of arriving “fashionably late,” no one who was “anyone” would be there until just before 11 p.m. As for those who were among the most admired, chances are they wouldn’t get there until just before the bewitching hour.
he said a few more things – expletive-laden phrases that I shall not repeat. But you get the point. So, you see, a city-wide curfew was unnecessary in our home. In fact, it would have been irrelevant. I was already living under a curfew – one which remained non-negotiable.
I had to be imagining things but I thought I heard my father’s voice. Could it be? No way!!
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Talk about being embarrassed, mortified and humiliated.
As parents, leaders and youth con tinue to choose sides on what has become a controversial subject – that is, Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks recent decision to more strictly enforce a longstanding juvenile curfew law – I thought I’d weigh in on the issue as well. After careful thought and a walk down memory lane, I decided the best way to explain my perspective would be to share two experiences that arose within the McNeir/Baker household that I have never forgot ten.The first incident occurred in De troit back in the mid-1970s when I was a teenager living with my parents and older sister. The second reflection may be more surprising to some read ers because I was well past the age of adulthood.Myformal introduction to curfews came when I was about 14 years old. I had been invited to one of those parties which, if you’d been included on the list, meant you were part of the “in crowd.” You were hip – you were cool – and everything was “groovy.”
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cil Period, legislation should go through the normal process.
D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) concurred with Henderson, saying that during the summer recess, which lasted from mid-July to Sept. 16, no legislative activity occurred but his colleagues continued to work.
Council member Charles Al len (D-Ward 6), who serves as the chairman of the Committee on Public Safety and the Judiciary, said he will have an active remain der of the session also. He said his legislation putting a recurring $100 balance on District residents’ SmartTrip card every month and making a $10 million annual in vestment in improving bus service and infrastructure in the city will be of upmost importance, accord ing to the Sept. 16 e-newsletter he sends out to his constituents.
“A bill introduced in the middle of October will have a hard time getting through before the session ends,” he said.
“I don’t like tax exemptions [for individual businesses],” the chair man said. “I don’t have the taste for exemptions. But the bill did come through committee.” WI
D.C. Council members have re turned from their summer recess and are working on their legislative priorities before the Council Peri od ends on Dec. 31.
AllenAllensaid.has also sponsored bills that he plans to lead through the legislative process. One bill—the Partition of Real Property Act—is designed to protect homeowners by creating a new legal process when one or more co-owners want to sell their stake in the property. The other bill, the Expanding Fee Waivers for Low-Income Litigants Amendment Act, would let more
Mendelson said his top legis lative item will be to change the way the budget for the District of Columbia Public Schools “is put together.”“Iknow the [Bowser] adminis tration does not support this but parents are frustrated with the pro cess,” he said. “This legislation will be handled in the Committee of the Whole which deals with edu cation.”Henderson said in her e-newslet ter that she anticipates mark ups in bills she has sponsored such as safe passage to school, giving SNAP re cipients more money, simplifying the expungement process and en hancing reproductive process.
Allen said the first major bill he will move deals with the significant expansion of services and rights provided to victims and survivors of crime. Essentially, Allen says the bill will strengthen victims access to city services designed to help them through the trauma they have“Helpingsuffered.victims is an import ant way to begin to heal after a traumatic event and also a critical way to break cycles of violence,”
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“My team and I are preparing for a busy fall ahead and the end of Council Period 24,” said Coun cil member Christina Henderson (I-At Large) in the Sept. 2 edition of her e-newsletter to District res idents. “There will be a flurry of hearings and votes in the next few months. Any legislation that does not have a second vote by Decem ber 20 will die, and the legislative process must start again over in January.”InJanuary, Council Period 25 starts with new members added to the District’s legislative body and new assignments to committees.
Mendelson said any council member that wants to have a bill possibly move forward in the legis lative process before the end of the Council Period should introduce it this month or at least in the early part of October.
The chairman said he will be hesitant to waive council’s rules to prioritize any legislation. He said despite the lateness in the Coun
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“During the recess, council members were catching up on is sues and working to prepare for the fall,” said Mendelson during a news briefing that took place on Sept. 19 at the John A. Wilson Building in the District’s Northwest quadrant. “We will have a lot of work that will need to be done at the end of October and the beginning of No vember. I expect that we will need two legislative meetings in Novem ber and December to complete the work that needs to be done.”
The bill passed McDuffie’s Com mittee on Business and Economic Development in June unanimously and Mendelson said he doesn’t see any major opposition to it.
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A: After coming to the NYC Depart ment of Probation as the deputy com missioner in 2011, I had the oppor tunity to spearhead the development and implementation of the Arches Transformative Mentoring programthe first iteration of what we now call Credible Messenger Mentoring.
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Q: As you travel throughout the country, including Washington, DC, to engage city, state and community leaders, what are you hearing, seeing, and learning? Are the challenges familiar to your experiences and work?
A: One of the biggest myths ever perpetrated is that people don't want help, healing and opportunities to be come well. They absolutely want all of the things that all people want in that regard. We obtain buy-in through our collective transparency, authenticity, and in communication of love for peo ple and the belief that they are worthy.
Credible Messengers, youth, families and a growing number of justice sys tem leaders are buying in to this vision of CM3 because they believe our efforts to form trusting relationships and uti lize restorative practices represents a way forward out of the cycle of misery that has created and sustains our national mass incarceration crisis and growing culture of gun violence.
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Q: What led you to a career in Juvenile Justice? How did that happen?
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Q: Where did you grow up and what were your experiences as a young man that prepared you for these roles in Juvenile Justice or helped you avoid similar Juvenile Justice issues?
They continued to advocate for civil & human rights after moving to New York. I was raised in an activist house hold and developed a keen interest in juvenile justice-related issues. As a high school and college student, I became very active in anti-apartheid activities and other activities focused on pro moting social, economic, and political justice here in the US and other nations impacted y colonialism, structured rac ism, etc. For me, all of these experienc es continue to inform my thinking and actions into the Juvenile Justice space. It's still about multigenerational mar ginalization of black, brown and poor people - with a particular emphasis on disparate treatment of those popula tions & failed policies still being prac ticed by the justice system.
A: In a very real sense, I was led to a career in Juvenile Justice as a result of my lifelong interest in civil and hu man rights issues. However, I hadn't worked in the field until 1992 when I happened to hear about a small new organization serving youth at Rikers Is land, NY, I became the second person hired at Island Academy to work with 16-21 years at the jail and in their com munities throughout the five boroughs of New York City.
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That initiative which funded com munity based organizations to hire and support Credible Messengers, proved to be extremely successful (60% reduction of recidivism). In 2015 I was appointed Director of the District’s juvenile jus tice system (DYRS) and continued to expand the Credible Messenger model (served families and placed Credible Messengers inside of our secure facili ties, again with great success (50% re cidivism reduction).
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Lacey previously served as Director of the District of Columbia Depart ment of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) and Deputy Commissioner of the New York City Probation Depart ment. Other positions held by Lacey over his 30-year career include project manager with the W. Haywood Burns Institute, director of the Youth Justice Program at Vera Institute of Justice, and associate executive director of Friends of Island Academy, which serves 16 to 24-year-olds at Rikers Island, New York City.
A: I was born in Harlem, NY, and grew up in neighboring Teaneck NJ. My parents, both from Alabama, met as young adults in Montgomery, and were close friends and collaborators with MLK, Rosa Parks, Joanne Robin son, and other activists involved in the Montgomery bus Boycott.
Clinton Lacey is the CEO & Presi dent of the Credible Messenger Mento ring Movement (CM3), which focuses on supporting Credible Messenger Mentors who share similar life expe riences with current justice-involved young people and are poised to have a transformative impact on an individual, family, community, and systemic level.
Q: CM3 has been a mission and vision of yours for a while now. How did it come about and why do you see it as a solution?
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A: While every state, county, city and community is unique in important ways, the core issues and challenges we need to address are being faced every where. All of the communities we seek to serve are facing, inadequate housing, education, health care and disparate treatment from the justice system. All of these communities are facing des peration, absence of hope and spikes in violence. SO as we provide credible messenger mentoring, it is not provided in a vacuum, but rather in the context of all of the challenges our people are facing. It's all integral to our work.
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In 2021, I left DYRS to launch CM3 with the core purpose of supporting and advancing CM work around the nation. I see CM work as a clear exam ple of a shift in reliance and investment from solely juvenile justice systems, to communities. The CM’s are the com munity representatives who continue to reduce violence, reduce recidivism, provide vital life coaching to justice im pacted people, while also changing jus tice policy & practice. In short, CM's represent the infusion of a community voice, insight, and expertise into the sys tem - with the result being better justice policy, better justice practice, increased public safety and far better outcomes
David Harrington, a former Maryland state senator who recently served as the president of the Prince
Greenbelt Council member Bran don Gordon said he remembers Har rington fondly.
“He was the mayor of Bladens burg when I attended Bladensburg High School,” Gordon said. “He challenged us to make a broader change in the community and was glad to see me doing just that. Rest in Harrington'sHeaven!” wife Cheryl is the owner of Shortcake Bakery in Hy attsville, MD. They have two sons Stephen and Christopher.
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“Sorry to hear about the passing of a great business and community leader that inspired and encouraged Black business owners to get in and stay in the game,” said LaTasha Ward, an entrepreneur and former candi date for the Maryland House of Del egates. “Thanks for fighting for busi ness stakeholders in Prince George’s County. You will be missed.”
District 5 on the Prince George’s County Council from 2002-2008, including a term as council president. He also was a state senator from 2008-2011.
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3 HarringtonDavid recently led the Prince George’s Chamber of Com merce. (WI File Photo)
“David was loved, respected, and ad mired throughout the region. The chamber shares the sorrow of his family, the communi ty, and the businesses of Prince George’s County, as well as the entire public at his passing. We are heartbroken but will continue, as an orga nization, to honor his mission of excellence, service, advocacy, pol icy advisory, mentor ship, and ensburg,timeHarrington,leadership.”onemayorofBladrepresented
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The chamber praised Harrington as its leader.
“David Harrington, a proud Howard University graduate, was more than a leader,” a statement from the chamber said. “He was a public servant and champion for businesses with a career that spanned over 40 years in the Washington metropoli tan area.
“David Harrington, a proud Howard University graduate, was more than a leader,” a statement from the chamber said. “He was a public servant and champion for businesses with a career that spanned over 40 years in the metropolitanWashingtonarea."
Harrington stepped down as the chamber leader earlier this year.
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George’s County Chamber of Com merce, has died. He was 68.
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But Tillerson Adams reminded County residents that the judicial branch remains independent from the other branches and has no legal obligation to adhere to their demands. Still, she said she believes more inno vative approaches should be employed to reduce the troubling rise of youth violence.Alsobrooks said more wraparound services have already been initiated in cluding increasing the hours of opera tion for a specifically targeted number of community centers to give youth somewhere to be that’s safe and which only allow activities that are positive and“Weproductive.knowwe need more services and we’re working to that end,” she said. “And we are seeing more orga nizations from the County come for ward to offer their support in a variety of “We’reways.” doing everything we can and we’re going to continue to work first with our parents as well as others who are willing to join us, so that peo ple will once again begin to feel safe on the streets of Prince George’s County. Everyone deserves to feel safe wherev er they live or go – that’s the goal we know we must achieve,” Alsobrooks said.
lative sessions revealed that there’s no statewide Maryland curfew law which specifies a curfew for juveniles. How ever, each county, township or city may have an ordinance which allows for juvenile curfew laws.
Tillerson Adams, while speaking recently with a reporter from News 4, said while she and her colleagues on the bench are all concerned, that they must remain true to their duty and only address the case that stands beforeCouncilthem.Chair Calvin Hawkins recently issued a warning recorded on camera by News 4 to judges who continued to let juvenile offenders off with little or no consequences for their actions, saying that they would have to deal with the council.
icized for being too lenient on youth – especially youth who count as repeat offenders.“Iamconfident that Judge Tiller son and the other judges who rou tinely deal with cases involving youth offenders are open to change because they’re just as concerned as anyone else about finding solutions to the rise in juvenile crime,” Alsobrooks said.
According to a Washington Post report, the Prince George’s County council passed the juvenile curfew code in 1995. Its purpose would be to
executive for Prince George’s (elected in 2010 and reelected in 2014), spoke with the Informer about the summer of 2011 when he ordered more strict adherence to the juvenile curfew code.
“We were lucky because, unlike what the current county executive has been forced to address, we did not have juveniles participating in crime. Certainly not to the extent that we’re seeing now with the recent rash of car-jackings that have been plaguing our“Thecounty.”legislation was there if we needed it and we used it to keep our youth and others safe, too. Things are much different today but I’m confi dent that it’s going to get better,” Baker said. WI
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5 Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks speaks to the press. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
doubted it would prove effective.
Alsobrooks also thanked Sheila Til lerson Adams, an administrative judge for the County, who some have crit
Alsobrooks did not mention what penalties the teenaged passenger or her parents might eventually have to face.
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“The curfew laws had been around for a while before I was elected county executive but as we began to face a rise in homicides, we felt that a summer curfew would be an effective way to keep youth safe,” he said. “It wasn’t a decision that was made lightly but it proved to be a good one.”
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“We saw a sharp decline during the initial weekend for the curfew and that’s a really good start,” she said. “The first reported incident involved a 16-year-old girl who was riding along with a man who had a gun in his car. Officers arrested the man, confiscated the weapon and took the girl home.”
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prevent crime by restricting children from going to public spaces after a cer tain time of day.
She said she knows it’s too soon to claim victory or to even celebrate but she remains encouraged. However, she noted that after a long, hot summer during which dozens of violence-relat ed incidents occurred that increasingly involved youth, particularly in August, last weekend’s total number of inci dents which took a steep decline to just two was good news for everyone.
“As for the second incident, that is one which clearly shows how parents are behind this curfew,” she said. “A mother called the police after finding it difficult to enforce the curfew on her son. She didn’t want him out on the streets but was at a loss as to how to make him stay home. The police visit ed the home, spoke with her son and persuaded him to follow her instruc tions and the law and to stay home.”
“I am grateful to our parents and parental figures who also want our youth – their children – off the streets at night and safely at home,” she said. “It has only been one week since the curfew has been initiated but it’s al ready making a tremendous differ ence.”Alsobrooks said specific locations where violence had become a frequent and ever-increasing occurrence, served as the foci on which law enforcement set their sights as night began to fall last weekend and the hour of the start of the curfew drew closer.
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And while several Black council members voiced concern as to the en forcement of the curfew, in particular against any racial profiling from offi cers, according to the report, it passed unanimously.RushernBaker III, former county
But with the first weekend (Sep tember 9 – 11) of the juvenile-focused curfew now behind her, Alsobrooks said she’s encouraged by the positive results reported by law enforcement.
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“I thank the families in Prince George’s County who I knew would step up to the plate,” she said during an impromptu conversation with the press during a homecoming celebra tion which she co-hosted for local ten nis star Frances Tiafoe on Friday, Sept. 16, at the JTCC in College Park.
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permits.Heath Carelock, an accredited fi nancial counselor and program direc tor for the Financial Empowerment Center at Prince George’s Commu nity College, delivered the keynote on the emotions of homebuying and the power of money. He introduced the concept of “financial therapy,” a new method of addressing care for people receiving financial services.
full-service real estate and construction firm started 17 years ago with millions of dollars worth of assets in the DMV. “Nowhere around the country is there leadership that believes in Black wealth creation, that will give you a chance, a poor kid like me from Memphis, as the leaders of D.C., particularly Adri an Fenty and Muriel Bowser,” Karim said.A former wall street lawyer making six figures, he said the best decision he could have made was to take a $400 a week job with a local woman-owned developer in D.C. who allowed him to make deals on her behalf. He was bit ten by the entrepreneur bug, he said, and started his own firm. As he ticked off hundreds of units currently under construction, he proudly announced his most recent acquisition, a 72-unit building on 16th Street, N.W. creat ing homeownership opportunities for a diverse group of renters upon the
completion of the project.
Justin and Kelly Saunders are founders of Urban Professionals Com munity, Inc., a non-profit created to support young Black professionals to find friendships in the DMV and build wealth. The young married cou ple lives in Prince George’s County where they are homeowners and par ents of a newborn baby girl.
“It’s going to be amazing,” he said. He passionately advised the young audience, “You’ve got to be intentional [about real estate], and it’s hard; you’ve got to work really hard, but we’ve got to save our people. We’ve got to create affordable housing, and create com munities for our people.”
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The day-long event held Sat., Sep tember 17 in the offices of Keller Wil liams in Northwest, attracted nearly 80 mostly young, Black property
“Whether you are at the wealthy end of the totem pole or someone who is living paycheck to paycheck or someone with more money than money,” financial therapy is a new way to help an old problem of caring for people whose finances were impacted by the recession or pandemic. Care lock
5 Harrison Beecher, a realtor and co-founder of Coalition Properties Group, shares his success in the housing market with attendees of the OwnerCon conference held September 17 in Northwest. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
“One of the biggest tickets to build ing wealth,” Justin advised, “is real estate,” which is why they juggled their Saturday babysitting schedule to attend OwnerCon, a wealth-building conference sponsored by Coalition Properties Group. The event was also presented by Ownership Matters and The Washington Informer. Sponsors included Caliber Home Loans, Smart Settlements, and Draper & Kramer.
The day was filled with a legal dis cussion of the nuts and bolts of prop erty ownership including estate plan ning, wills and trusts, as well as advice about the best tools and resources for renovations, hiring contractors and
The conference was held to encour age each participant to think big and recognize “My ownership matters” and that “My ownership is power,” a chant repeated throughout the day.
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Ronald L. Williams, a sixth-gen eration Washingtonian, who has business interests in crabbing, oysters and poultry farming, will bring his talents to Ward 8 in the form of a food establishment lo cated in the Historic Anacostia neighborhood.“Itismyintention to bring a farm to table restaurant and bak ery to the ward,” said Williams, who resides in Ward 7 with his family. “My place will cater to the happy hour crowd and the goal is for it to be an active destination spot for Ward 8. I know this will work because there is an econom ic base in Anacostia that is middle class.”Williams serves as the founder and CEO of RT Williams Sea food Inc., that will add his new seafood eatery and bakery as one
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D.C. International Development and Trade Director Andres Hayes (left) presents a city portrait to Mohammed Ibrahim Awai (center), Ghana's Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture at a Business and Investment Forum held at the Embassy of Ghana in Northwest on Monday, Sept. 19. The event focused on increasing trade between Ghana and the District and plans to host a DC-Ghana trade mission to Ghana in early 2023. Paxton Baker of PKB Enterprises, a minority owner of the Washington Nationals, also used the occasion to announce that the Capital City Africa Cup between the Ghanian Premium League champion team and DC United will be at Audi Field in March 2023. Also pictured is Akwasi Agyeman, CEO of the Ghana Tourism Authority. (Lafayette Barnes /The Washington Informer) courtesy)
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and oyster farming, Williams said he had to overcome hurdles and challenges such as securing financ ing and winning the acceptance of the white long-term farmers. He developed a routine of harvest ing crabs and coming back to the District to sell them. He counts anti-gang violence activist Ron Moten and Ben Soto, an attorney with strong political connections in the District among his solid
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Officials have established “Ad vancing Our Purpose. Elevating Our Power” as the theme for the conference.“Thereturn of the in-person
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“Through the ALC, CBCF has allowed activists and community leaders to network and collaborate with our nation’s elected leaders to forge pathways that seek to re solve racial disparities,” said CBC Chairwoman U.S. Representative Joyce“ForBeatty.decades, the ALC has served as the cornerstone for par ticipants, fostered critical dis course, educated the public, and as a launching pad for mobilizing communities. This mission con tinues as we reconvene rejuvenated and ready to advance the needs of the global Black community,” Be atty added.
With more than 10,000 people expected for the five-day event, which kicks off on Sept. 28, Congresswoman Val Demings of Florida and Congressman Steven Horsford of Nevada will serve as honorary co-chairs.
“Advancing our purpose doesn’t just involve policymakers but re quires everyone to take part to el evate our power. So, we invite ev eryone to join us in Washington, D.C., for an empowering five days of forward-thinking program ming.”CCBF
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Annual Legislative Conference could not have come at a better time,” CBCF President and CEO Nicole Austin-Hillery, stated in a news“Withrelease.pivotal primary elections currently taking place, this is a year of action and urgency for the CBCF, establishing the founda tion for our call to action through the ALC as we look towards No vember,” Austin-Hillery remarked.
officials said more than 100 in-person issue forums and established brain trusts count among the events at the nation’s leading public policy conference.
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The conference includes a “Day of Healing” and the Gospel Ex travaganza.“TheAnnual Legislative Confer ence serves as an opportunity for CBC members to connect with current and future leaders of our nation,” CBCF Board Chair Rep resentative Terri Sewell said in a statement.“Through the unique perspec tives of thought leaders, com munity organizers, activists, and others, we will generate the momentum necessary to propel the Black community to new heights.”Officials noted that lawmakers, celebrities, concerned citizens, and others from across the country at tend the conference to share per spectives on issues that impact the global Black community, includ ing education, economic develop ment, public health, voting rights, civic engagement, and social and environmental justice.
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Moving the Ball, a panel discus sion on driving diversity in sports management, and a session tout ing statehood for the District of Columbia are scheduled during this year’s Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legis lativeTheConference.51stinstallment of the con
“After years of decline, crime rose during the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly violent crime,” Brennan Center researchers reported.
It increased by 26% in the South and nearly 27% out west.
The scientists found that males were more likely than females to re port physical violence victimization
The California Study on Violence Experiences across the Lifespan (CalVEX) survey offered insight into those experiences as reported by a state-representative sample of adults.
“This survey is unique in its ability to provide population-level estimates on physical violence, inclusive of ex periences of weapon use, as well as a range of sexual violence experiences, inclusive of harassment, coercion, and forced sex,” the scientists wrote.
Men reported a stranger as the per petrator of weapon-related violence, while women reported partner-relat ed Mostviolence.who experienced past-year physical violence never reported it (93% of females, 87% of males).
A July report by the Council on Criminal Justice showed that homi cide rates in nearly two dozen cities with readily available crime numbers are still almost 40 % higher than be fore the “Sincepandemic.peoplesuddenly are under a lot of restrictions, they do not know how to express their bottled-up emo tions,” offered Veronica Thompson, the COO of Everyday Power.
5 Jamie R. Wright said intimate partner violence left her homeless during the pandemic. (Photo courtesy Jamie R. Wright)
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over the past year (11% vs. 5%).
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“I also believe, and now know, that for people who cause abuse, stud ies show, it’s because of the need for (them) to possess power and control over their partner.”
“I believe intimate partner violence has dramatically risen because of the stress and anxiety related to the lack of economic means and uncertainty of our future,” Wright stated.
While violence remains high, re ports are low.
Wright added that she believes many cases of intimate partner vio lence have gone unreported for years.
“The pandemic killed a lot of peo ple and ruptured family units [and] the response to it put many peo ple out of work and took students out of school, removing the regular structure from their lives,” said Ben Michael, an attorney at Michael & Associates.“TheGeorge Floyd protests and the police response to them created another dynamic, with the police in multiple cities pulling back on en forcement in many neighborhoods, leaving criminals free to be bolder,” Michael declared.
In the Golden State, scientists found that 18 percent of residents have experienced physical or sexual violence in the past year, and one in every 25 Californians fell victim to intimate partner violence.
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“The economic disruptions brought about by inflation, and the end of the child tax credit put more economic pressure on people. So it’s all these reasons and more,” Michael added.Researchers noted that, in the past
“In the end, these bottled-up emo tions come out at once, aggressively and physically, hence the uptick in abuse,” Thompson explained.
Jamie R. Wright describes herself as a small-town girl born in the rural parts of Northeast Oklahoma.
The author noted that current vi olence prevention efforts “are clearly woefully inadequate and often ignore the gendered nature of violence, its intersections with other socio-eco nomic vulnerabilities, and its dispro portionate effects on marginalized populations.”Theauthors concluded that multi-level approaches inclusive of social and normative shifts regarding human dignity and rights, improve ments to the policy environment to strengthen social and economic safe ty nets, and improvements to policy and programs in violence prevention and mental health services are need ed.“These approaches must be im plemented at the community level as well as in diverse and multi-sec toral key institutions, such as schools and health care systems, to address the violence crisis and improve COVID-19 rebuilding and health equity efforts more broadly.”
The issue isn’t unique to Califor nia.According to the Brennan Center, murders rose more than 36 percent in the Northeast and Midwest.
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year, physical violence, sexual vio lence, and intimate partner violence were more likely among gay, lesbian, and bisexual people, people with a disability, people with a history of homelessness or incarceration, and those who faced past year eviction or financial distress.
So, when Wright heard about a study by scientists at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine that revealed just how bad the trend of physical, sexual, and in timate partner violence has become, she wasn’t surprised.
The study by the California scien tists affirmed that belief.
The researchers noted that the re liance on criminal justice data to ex amine the state of violence “fails to capture the breadth of abuses” experi enced or committed by residents.
The mother of two adult daughters and a senior management program manager said she became homeless during the pandemic because of inti mate partner violence.
5 Seven leaders in public health, clean energy, environmental justice and political advocacy spoke at the Solutions for Pollution campaign launch held at the Center for American Progress on September 12. (Courtesy photo)
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“But there's not going to be any one single effort that's going to do everything [to address] the decades of disinvestment and the decades of racism,” Shepherd warned.
The “Solutions for Pollu tion” campaign, which officially launched on September 12, calls for tighter emissions standards on vehicles, power plants, and indus trial“Wefacilities.realize that none of us can do this work alone,” said Peggy Shepherd, co-founder and exec utive director of WE ACT for Environmental Justice, at a press conference marking the campaign’s launch.“We need a broad base of sup
“Really, what we are launching today is our roadmap for the Biden administration, a set of policies that if and when implemented, and im plemented well, will get us that ad ditional margin,” Alt said.
In D.C., as in the rest of the country, the impacts of air pollu tion are not spread equitably. Fine particle pollution hits Wards 5, 7, and 8 the hardest, according to a 2021 study published in the jour nal
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ThoseGeoHealth.researchers found that Fort Dupont and Marshall Heights, both in Ward 7, experience the city’s highest rates of pollution-re lated premature deaths—four times as many as there were in Woodley Park and Georgetown East, in
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More than 160 public health and environmental groups joined the Climate Action Campaign last week to press the federal govern ment for stronger pollution regula tions, hoping to build on momen tum from the climate bill signed by President Biden in August.
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Advocacy leaders involved with Solutions for Pollution hope that the campaign’s efforts to promote stronger clean air standards will help shrink the disparities and re duce air pollution overall.
port, but we also need the diverse voices of the communities that have been most exploited by the fossil fuels industry, and we need to enhance sustainability in our com munities,” Shepherd added.
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The recently passed Inflation Re duction Act is expected to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions 40% by 2030 compared to peak levels in 2005. However, President Biden has committed to a 50% reduction in that timeframe. Climate Action Campaign’s director, Margie Alt, said that the recommendations out lined in the Solutions for Pollution plan would help bridge that gap.
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Geoffrey Roach has been selected as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA). His appointment took effect on September 1.
The position of traditional chief, who serves as an intermediary between the community and the government, is unfilled because of factional infighting.
Many people, like 16-year-old student Kalimo, get by selling handcrafted dioramas of traditional Wagenya life to the few tourists who visit the impoverished area.
“Everyone does as he likes and we have no-one to defend our rights,” Tangausi said.
"To receive visitors? There are no conditions really. People may want to spend some time at the falls to rest or a holiday but there are no hotels, there are no restaurants, there are not many things", Tangausi saids.
At the beginning of the year, government officials visited the region and promised investments to attract tourists.
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Much of the DRC, one of the world's poorest countries, has crumbling or non-existent infrastructure due to misman agement, successive wars, and chronic corruption.
Tangausi pointed to what he calls the “small fishery” by the rapids, which are known as the Wagenya Falls.
The governor of Tshopo province also promised that all the problems would be fixed. It is a project which consists of modernizing the sites of the Wagenya falls. There will be a hotel, which will be built, and we will try to modernize the fishery.""Butas for basic infrastructure, that will be our battle, so that we have roads that will allow tourists to travel freely", said Madeleine Nikomba, Governor of Tshopo province.
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Making the announcement on Friday, September 16, during the BHTA’s third quarterly meeting at the Mount Gay Visitor’s Centre, the association’s chairman Renée Coppin said Roach’s selection came at the end of a recruitment process in which he was among three people shortlisted.
“Our review panel, comprising head of our Human Resources Committee Leroy Browne, past Chair Steve Austin, our Human Resources Consultant Gail Springer, CEO of the BTMI and board member Dr Jens Thraenhart and myself, unanimously selected Geoffrey Roach to be appointed to the position,” explained Coppin.
“I want to thank the Board of the association for the vote of confidence they have placed in me to take up this role. I know certainly that when I was chair, there were some high demands on the CEO and the secretariat and I am hopeful that I, too, can continue to build the association as persons in the past have,” he said. WI
Augustin Tangausi, who described himself as a “fisherman and servant of God,” said this means problems are piling up.
Wooden poles are wedged into holes in the rocks and tied together with lianas to form scaffolds.
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Speakingforward.”publicly for the first time since his appointment as CEO, Roach said he was grateful for the support.
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Basket fishing was once the lifeblood of the Wagenya community, feed ing them handsomely on a section of the mighty Congo River close to Kisangani, a city in Tshopo province. But fish numbers have dwindled in recent years, and the fishermen see little help from the government.
Welcoming Roach, who had served as interim CEO to the position, she added: “Geoffrey, we have every confidence that you will bring your wealth of experience, calm, logical approach, and balanced style of leadership to the task of taking the BHTA
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Fishermen perch precariously on wooden scaffolds stretching over tur bulent rapids in northeastern Democratic Republic Congo (DRC), haul ing up wicker baskets in the hope of catching tilapia or a Nile perch -– a time-honoured practice now threatened by overfishing.
“It helps me to pay for school,” said the teenager, who was selling wooden models of small stick men holding large fish, forKalimo,$10. whose father is a fisherman, wants to become an engineer.
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On top of the problems with fish, the Wagenya — split between three main clans and five sub-clans — are bickering among themselves.
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When the joys of becoming a new mother are met with the chal lenges of post-labor responsibili ties, the mental health of a birth ing woman can teeter on the line of extreme vulnerability. Maternal
Various medical professionals emphasize the importance of cul tural representation that helps to encourage trustworthy relation ships between healthcare providers and their patients.
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“Mental health conditions, in cluding depression and anxiety are common during pregnancy and after birth. Twice as many preg nant Black women with low in comes experience these conditions as white women,” Dr. HuynhNhu Le, a professor in the Depart ment of Psychological Services and Brain Sciences at George Wash ington University in Washington, D.C. told the Minnesota Spokes man Recorder in an interview ex amining Black maternal mortality rates. “Yet Black women are much less likely than white women to receive mental health screening or treatment during and after preg
post-traumatic stress disorder, de pression, postpartum psychosis, bipolar illness, and in some in stances, substance use disorders. According to the National Part nership for Women & Families, one in five mothers meet the cri teria for a mental health disorder during or after pregnancy. Even more, roughly 40 percent of Black American women who are either pregnant or new mothers in par
Popular news anchor Jeannette Reyes from Fox 5 DC stressed the importance of a reliable support team to help relieve and guide mothers in balancing their mental and physical health post-labor.
mental health issues too often plague Black American mothers at substantially greater rates than whites, yet all women are suscepti ble to complications of pregnancy andMaternalchildbirth.mental health con ditions appear in various forms including anxiety disorders,
The apparent gaps between the rate of Black mothers suffering from maternal mental health con ditions and seeking treatment is impacted by the stigma they face within their communities.
“My biggest lesson learned for me is that everybody’s journey is different. Make sure that if the support system doesn’t come to you, then you go find it. I was fortunate that I had people come to me, but getting connected with groups has been absolutely [bene ficial] for me,” Reyes said.
During this year’s National Ma
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“When provided with appro priate care and support, we see decreased depression, increased so cial support, and increased self-ef ficacy,” said Kimberly Brooks, pro gram lead at Healthy Steps DC.
The lasting effects of maternal mental health complications have proven damaging for the family dynamic of mothers, spouses, and children. But despite alarming percentages of suffering mothers, the issue still falls short of address ing the high percentage of Black women receiving medical, and social attention for their mental
ternal & Infant Health Summit held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in D.C., May or Bowser joined a host of medical professionals and media personal ities to hear personal motherhood testimonies of professional working women of color. The sentiments of mothering while facing mental and emotional hardships echoed a recurring theme experienced by many mothers in the audience, and across the District alike.
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ticular, suffer from maternal men tal health illnesses, doubling their white counterparts while being half as likely to undergo treatment.
Talks Target Mental Health, Birthing Outcomes For Black Women the Needs of Mothers with Maternal Mental Challenges
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5 Participants address challenges of maternal health at the National Maternal & Infant Health Summit at the Walter E. Wash ington Convention Center on Sept. 15. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
District residents have sever al local and national resources to choose from when seeking medi cal services and guidance for fam ily planning needs. Organizations similar to March of Dimes, and Healthy Steps DC assist moth ers throughout the DC area by spreading awareness of the dire importance of prenatal care, and mental health support for Black mothers in need.
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• Early in-person voting: Early voting runs from Oct. 28 to Nov. 7. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. An up dated list of early vote centers will be posted on the Board of Elections web site as Election Day nears.
Voters ages 50+ share familiar challenges and need candidates who will acknowledge and act upon their day-to-day issues. To help those 50+ make their decision, AARP DC has called on the candidates to propose solutions to address the challenges facing seniors and encourage voters 50+ to use their civic power in the 2022 November election.
Our elected officials must address issues important to the District, including: implementing policies and strategies to ensure that no District senior goes without a nu tritious meals; developing and exe cuting a strong infrastructure plan; ensuring District residents can stay in their communities as they age; put forth policies to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in access to affordable, high-quality health care and; ensure the District has policies to meet the health and long-term care needs of LGBTQ+ older peo ple including older people living with
Brown, and the Healthy Liv ing team outline each session by shifting focus on their five pillars of wellness; nutrition, movement, physical health, mindfulness, and personal environment. Nutrition Specialist and Giant’s Communi ty Health Program Manager Les lie Jefferson, is focused on pro viding attendees with applicable solutions to help remedy health concerns using resources already available in their communities.
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“We are nutritionists and di eticians, so our group of classes is health and wellness, specifically [centered] around foods. So, we utilize things like [methods] for meal planning, we propose strat egies for shopping, healthy eat ing on a budget, [and] compose strategies for mindfulness. We try to give people tools that they can utilize when they get home that can hopefully relieve some of the overall stress that they may be feeling,” Jefferson said.
The 4-week course to wellness instructed by nutritionist Alex andra Brown, provides guidance and solutions to residents’ health needs, offering lessons on food and lifestyle, budgeting tips, health goals, and more. Each week is dedicated to a specific focus; and provides an open di
needed void in Ward 8, as East of the River residents still struggle to find viable food options in their community, while additionally managing emotional and men tal stress consistently influencing their dietary choices.
Giant’s Healthy Living collec tive encourages introspection by highlighting residents’ relation ships with food, and what in spires food choices, eating habits, and the overall physiology behind food and stress. The first Sep tember 13 session kicked off the weekly Tuesday sessions from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., preceding several upcoming classes outside of this four week course, including deep er instruction towards budgeting, and seeking local available finan cial
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“Ourassistance.hopeis to provide people with the information that they need,” Jefferson explained.
alogue allowing attendees to ask personal questions specific to their health goals and challenges.
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“It’s great when we can give nutritional guidance and help give people assistance that works for them and their families. It really [shows] how small chang es can make a big difference” she
According to Capital Area Food Bank’s latest D.C. Hunger Solutions Report, only three out of 75 full-service grocery stores across the District are located East of the River, with a fourth store, Good Food Markets, opening the same month of the report’s re lease in November of 2021. The 4 Weeks to Wellness series fills a
continued.“Ifyou change one or two things in your diet overall, or maybe your shopping habits, that can go a long way in shift ing behavior and making change so people can be healthier, and financially stable.”
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Giant food store is sponsoring a Healthy Living Program for local, and distant community members in the Congress Heights Wellness Space in the Alabama Avenue store on Alabama Avenue, S.E. in Ward 8.
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“There are already processes in place that are doing that and with this bill, they will be able to be streamlined,” she added.
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year.Fuller said her students lost valuable instructional time while she waited at home to receive the results of her background check. By the time she had got ten cleared to teach, she had con tacted DCPS, CFSA and First Advantage several times to receive updates. Her students had also al ready taken the PARCC exam.
Convoluted Background Check Process Becomes
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Upon the D.C. Council’s re turn from summer recess last week, D.C. Councilmember Christina Henderson (I-At large) introduced the Educator Back ground Check Streamlining Act. In her comments, she said the leg islation would balance the need for efficiency and student safety.
ground checks, but instances when school administrators didn’t reveal positive COVID cases to volunteers entering schools.
them to engage District public schoolThreestudents.aspirant volunteers with Community Engagement Project (CEP) count among those who’ve submitted fingerprints, social se curity numbers and other identi fiers.
communication from DC Public Schools (DCPS) throughout the process.“Ithink the central office is do ing a good job,” Grimes said.
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If approved, the legislation, co-introduced by D.C. Coun cilmembers Robert White (D-At large), Anita Bonds (D-At large) and Brianne Nadeau (D-Ward 1), would reduce the employ ment history check period from 20 years to seven years, or an applicant’s last three jobs. It also reduces the sex offender registry check to states and U.S. territo ries where an applicant has lived andThisworked.bill has a supporter in Chantal Fuller, a Henderson staff member and former special edu cation teacher who experienced trouble with the background check process when she attempt ed to serve as a substitute teacher toward the end of the last school
matter.“We should be using the most effective, relevant, and efficient processes to check the records of those who are caring for our chil dren,” Fuller said.
In the final weeks before the start of their summer vacation, Fuller noted several missed op portunities to correct misconcep tions students had about subject
“Getting qualified and willing adults into our schools is the best way to help our students academ ically, socially, and emotionally. I’m happy to have helped support this legislation.”
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Other causes, according to peo ple familiar with the process, cen tered on DC CFSA’s dependence on contractor First Advantage to conduct background checks. These circumstances extended what was supposed to be a two to three week proces to upwards of three months, which In essence delayed the dissemination of offer letters.Throughout the pandemic, more than 60 organizations affil iated with DC Action’s Out-ofSchool Time Coalition engaged District leaders in dialogue about these issues. By last December, when the COVID surge forced several schools to shutter, volun teer organizations complained not only about lengthy back
Conversations between the DCPS, the Office of the Depu ty Mayor of Education and DC Child and Family Services Agen cy (DC CFSA) reportedly found key causes of background check delays to be a sex offender registry check that covered all 50 states and U.S. territories.
As the 2022-2023 school year gets underway, teachers and vol unteers continue to navigate the background check process that, once they complete, will allow
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While CEP Executive Direc tor Lauren Grimes spoke posi tively about background checks this year, and doesn’t anticipate hurdles similar to what her vol unteers experienced last year, she lamented periodic lapses in
“It’s not always easy to get in formation back during the clear ance process. I don’t know if I’m missing something on my end [because] there’s a breakdown in communication. DCPS central office said they would finish the process but I need confirmation on my end from personnel.”
“Young people are now more likely to be entrepreneurs because there are different ways [to make money] in the digital age. They are finding creative ways to make a living,” Obiaka said, stressing the need for more investors to support these efforts
Meanwhile, Obiaka and his colleagues have set their sights expanding HBCU VCU to all historically Black colleges and universities. Though they initially created the competition for MSU
Chukwuemeka “Obi” Obiaka said the most suc cessful participants often demon strate an ability to receive advice and change aspects of their busi ness to ensure the greatest success.
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part of an effort to highlight and support student entrepreneurship within the HBCU community.
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During the inaugural compe tition last year, 16 students from eight HBCUs presented their business plans in the areas of so cioeconomic equity, communica tions, health and wellness, energy and sustainability, manufacturing andTheculture.group of partner HBCUs has since expanded and now in cludes MSU, Howard University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Clark Atlanta University and Delaware State University. This has happened at a time when, as Obiaka described it, young people are creating their own op portunities in the job market.
HBCU students and recent graduates who need the startup funds for their entrepreneurial venture have less than two weeks to enter a competition where they can win a cash prize totaling tens of Thethousands.HBCU New Venture Challenge (HBCU NVC), now in its second year, provides entrepre neurs at 41 historically Black col leges and universities an opportu nity to compete for the financial support and long-term guidance of angel investors and business mavens, some of whom just so happen to be HBCU alumni.
“On the other hand, you need investors to make your vision a reality. It’s trending upward, but there is room for growth for things to get better. It’s really hard for Black entrepreneurs to get ac cess to capital.”
A survey conducted last year by Bank of America found that more than half of Black entrepreneurs
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adjusted to the changing land scape by changing their sources of revenue and meeting their cus tomers’ evolving needs.
Obiaka, a fixed-income asset manager and alumnus of Morgan State University (MSU) in Bal timore, launched HBCU NVC with four of his colleagues in 2021.After two of their business ven tures fizzled in college, the quin tet developed the competition as
Participants endure three rounds of competition where they engage judges in dialogue about their business ideas. HBCU NVC co-organizer
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D.C. Council’s Support of The Players Lounge is Justified
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Children and teachers continue to worry about their health and experience anxiety post-COVID. “Are we really there yet?” some worry, even though masks and social distancing are no longer required. Distant learning has ended, but now that students are back in the classroom, it is clear how remote they have become from grade-level proficiency in reading and math.
Just as law enforcement suggests that the cure to end violence does not begin and end with them, classroom teachers are not the sole cure for a broken education system. All children are owed the opportunity to learn in schools with adequate resources that are safe and welcoming. Quality education in America should not be a privilege for a few but a right for every child.
The mental health of students and staff remains a concern. Mass school shootings are a very recent memory and disconcerting to many. Some schools and school districts are still fighting against installing metal detectors and armed security to protect students. In contrast, others question whether police in schools is a good idea and do they help to make schools more secure.
One item that has garnered a lot of attention which the council passed on first reading on Sept. 20 is the “Players Lounge Tax Exemption Act of 2022.” The bill is named after the Players Lounge, known by locals as Georgena’s – a popular Ward 8 restaurant and bar located on Martin Luther King Jr., Ave., S.E. The co-owners, Steve and Georgena Thompson, are seeking the assistance of the District government in the form of a prop erty tax exemption due to the adverse economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic. To stay afloat, the Thompsons have had to tap into their personal savings and other assets.
The council made the right move in passing the Players Lounge bill. There are some who argue that legislation should not be used to give individual businesses a boost but in the case of the Players Lounge, their tax exemption deserves an exception. The District government should be in the business of rewarding enterprises that contribute to their neighborhoods and the city.
I can only say wow to the guest com mentary, “The Queen is Dead. Maybe the Monarchy Needs to Die Too,” by Bar rington Salmon. I can’t remember the last time I was moved so deeply by opinion writing that was very much so based on facts. He simply laid out why no Black in dividual on this planet has cause to mourn the head of an empire with our ances tor’s blood on their hands. His piece was award-winning.
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The school year has started, but not without its troubles. Internally, a rift between ad ministrators and staff is being aired in public. So are the daily brawls between students, primarily girls, that begin like clockwork at the end of the school day. Parents of special needs students are anxious and angry that their children or grandchildren are missing out on learning because buses arrive late or not at all. And, Congress refused to extend the free lunch program for students who, during COVID, could get meals regardless of income, and now parents of children that rely on free school meals and are income eligible must sign up or go hungry.
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The D.C. Council will consider a significant amount of legislation before it closes out Council Period 24 which ends on Dec. 31. The bills will deal with a wide range of subjects including affordable housing, public safety, improving the District’s education system and economic development.
If there is no other reason why Americans need to go to the polls in November, one must be to ensure all newly elected or reelected leaders offer a plan to improve all schools and the quality of education for all children, even those who sit in classrooms just weeks after crossing the borders with their families in search of a better opportunity.
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The exemption would be granted to an entity owned by the Thompsons that manages the building which houses the business. The bill would allow them to utilize the exemp tion until Sept. 30, 2026 and apply it retroactively to Oct. 1, 2019. The bill was initially authored by Councilmember Trayon White Sr. (D-Ward 8) and gained the support of Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie (D-Ward 5), who chairs the Committee on Business and Economic Development. At the June hearing on the bill and in the Committee of the Whole meeting on Sept. 20, McDuffie emphasized the cultural significance of the Players Lounge and its contribution to the economy of Ward 8. During the legislative session, White said the Thompsons have fed homeless people and offered the space to community groups for meetings at reasonable rates.
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While I am pleased that migrant chil dren will be able to get an education and enroll in DCPS, I feel there needs to be more transparency on the issue concern ing these migrants from our local lead ers. There needs to be education put out there for residents. For example, what’s the difference between a migrant and a refugee? Are these people legally in the U.S., and if not, why is that not an issue? In basic terms, our government needs to inform us of their decisions and why.
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Book Bans Are an Attack on the Freedom to Read, Teach and Learn
Truth is a threat to authoritarian ism. Reading is a path to truth. That’s why the freedom to read is essential to the freedom to learn. And that’s why the freedom to learn is often attacked by those who abuse power and those who cling to it.
to highlight and push back against these threats. This year’s Banned Books Week runs from Sept. 18-24 amid a wave of book bans and other attempts to restrict what people can learn.These efforts have a long and dis honorable history.
It also illustrates how a soldier, while in their weakest and most vulnerable state, is still seen as a valuable team member and should never be for gotten. How the human life of a ser viceman is valued on the battlefield is the example we all should follow throughout society.
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Queen Elizabeth seems to have
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The Latin phrase nemo resideo, or “leave no one behind” goes back cen turies, almost as far back as warfare itself. It is a concept that still has roots throughout our modern-day armed services. Today, the phrase, adopted by several arms of the armed forces, is often attributed to the elite U.S. Army Rangers, who included the language as part of their creed: “I
slave or free person of color caught learning to read or write be whipped.
onization and its aftermath?
was willing to put my life on the line for this country, and I would do it all over again because I believe in what this country is and what this country can be for so many other people.”
grettable."Regrettable?
Are the people of Jamaica, Bar bados and Tuvalu, among other countries, mourning with the same zeal as those in the United Kingdom? While some weep for the woman who reigned Britain and the countries it colonized, will they weep for the people who suf fer from the mark of oppression from the British? Some will say this is not the time to consider a colonial reckoning. When is the right time, then? As Charles III ascends the throne, does he get a pass because of his country's tur gid history, or does it make sense, as the page turns, to confront col
In our day, attacking the freedom to read is once again a political strate gy for those seeking to take and keep power. And once again, Black people are a primary target.
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tention.TheMAGA movement’s attacks on teaching about racism and sexu ality have led to what the American Library Association’s Office of In tellectual Freedom has called an “as tronomical” increase in challenges to books.That’s why the annual celebration of the freedom to read that is Banned Books Week is especially meaningful this year. In addition to the librarians, authors, booksellers, teachers, and other anti-censorship activists who lead Banned Book Week activities, all
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The Global Evils of Predatory Capitalism
The global racial wealth gap is a function of the ways that Europe an countries saw the African con tinent as a place from which they could extract surplus values. In his masterpiece, "How Europe Un derdeveloped Africa," Sir Walter Rodney explains how European prosperity was directly linked to African exploitation. Queen Eliz abeth, for better or worse, inher ited that legacy and did precious little to confront it. She and her progeny, the Charles, Williams, and Kates of the world, seem to think that they are supposed to
Following the end of the mili tary draft in 1973, the U.S. armed services depends on a constant flow of new volunteers each year. Unlike Wes Moore at age 17, most of today’s
rule other people's countries. They were raised to believe exploitation is acceptable, so when William and Kate went to Jamaica, they were stunned by demands for rep arations but could come up with nothing more than a tepid state ment that enslavement was "re
will never leave a fallen comrade to fall into the hands of the enemy.” It represents how the U.S. military will go to extraordinary lengths to evacu ate its wounded and recover its dead.
of us have a role to play in ensuring the voices of our communities are notBookssilenced.by and about Black people and other people of color — and by and about LGBTQ people — dom inate the ALA’s annual list of most frequently challenged books. This year’s honorary chairman, George Johnson, is an award-winning Black author whose “All Boys Aren’t Blue” is high on the list of books most chal lenged last year, along with others
Every year, the American Library Association and partner organiza tions observe Banned Books Week
household and later joined the Army at 17. He received an associate degree from Valley Forge Military College and graduated from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He earned a Rhodes scholarship and served as a White House Fellow in the Bush ad ministration under Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. If elected, Moore will be the first Black governor in Maryland. The Army combat veteran said he takes patriotism “very, very se riously”: "I look at my history where I
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State legislators and governors are making it illegal to teach honestly about the history and reality of rac ism in our country. Far-right activ ists are trying to purge schools and libraries of books that feature Black people, LGBTQ people, and others they deem unworthy of students’ at
The world is mourning the de mise of the United Kingdom's Queen Elizabeth II, the long-serv ing monarch who died on Sept. 8, and my mama always told me not to speak ill of the dead. I am sorry that her family endured her loss, as many of our families have. My dear mom died at the same age, and my siblings and I are still managing our grief. So I extend compassion to her family.
The history of Afri can exploitation and colonization is, at best, deplorable. Its roots are global anti-Blackness and a non-Christian pope who saw the Black body (and mineral-rich
In Maryland’s gubernatorial race, Wes Moore, the Democratic nom inee, uses his military record and a pro-America agenda to remind voters that Republicans don’t hold a mo nopoly on patriotism. As the favorite to replace term-limited Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, Moore is a veter an of the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division. As a captain and paratroop er, he led soldiers in combat while in Afghanistan.Mooregrew up in a single-parent
Before the Civil War, many slave states made it a crime to teach en slaved people to read. Slaveholders feared that being able to read might help enslaved people gain their free dom or organize rebellions. In Vir ginia, a judge could order that any
been a lovely, gentle, and caring lady, who loved her corgi dogs, and her children and grandchil dren, perhaps in that order, espe cially if they were mixed-race. Her death garnered gracious accolades from President Biden and former U.S. presidents, including Barack Obama and first lady Michelle, as they fondly recalled their visit with her. At the same time, she presided over a predatory, oppressive, co lonially-reminiscent "Common wealth" where she was the "reign ing monarch" over countries with a very different demographic than hers.
Consumer advocates currently are urging bank regulators to thor oughly examine a proposed TD Bank merger, particularly in light of the lender's record with home loans and overdraft fees.
lower Manhattan less than a mile from the National Urban League's current headquarters. Enslaved laborers even built the wall from which Wall Street gets its name.
sends a different message.
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and one of the only museums in the nation to delve into to the movement in the TheNorth.museum will be housed in Na tional Urban League's new Harlem headquarters, the Urban League Em powerment Center, currently under construction and slated to open in late 2024/early 2025.
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"It would be misleading to present the history of the northern cities outside the context of the Atlantic Slave Trade and the institutionalized enslavement of African people and their descendants,” said Jennifer Scott, the newly appointed executive director chief and curator for the Urban Civil Rights Museum, New York City's first museum dedicated to the American civil rights movement
Earlier this year, WHYY, the National Public Radio station serving the Philadelphia metro area, reported that in its region be tween 2018 and 2020, "TD Bank was more likely to approve a mort gage loan for a low-income white applicant than a high-income Black applicant."
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As banks grow larger through mergers and focus on growing on line and mobile services, serious concerns emerge on how fair and how accessible banking will be to traditionally underserved Black and Latino communities. In most cases, consumers and small busi nesses alike view bank branch ac cessibility and convenience as key to serving their communities.
A word for today's discus sion which captures the "soul" of events that are current to the U.S. experience is ANTIPATHY. It is defined as (1) a strong feel
public historian at Weeksville Heri tage Center, a historic house museum in Brooklyn that memorializes a free Black, independent community in the 19thThecentury.Urban Civil Rights Museum will illuminate the history of Weeksville and other similar communities across the"WhatNorth.did it really mean to be a free Black New Yorker, pre-Civil War when states as nearby as New Jersey were still enslaving people, and how complicated
Earlier this year, TD Bank an nounced its plan to acquire First Horizon Bank and its $85 billion in assets and 417 locations, largely in the South. If approved by fed eral regulators, the merger would create the sixth-largest bank in America.TDBank already has more than $1.3 trillion in assets, 27
TD Bank had the lowest mort gage approval rate for Black ap plicants in its entire metro area. During this time, "the institution denied 20 percent of all purchase mortgages, but denied nearly 40
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Scott, most recently the Senior Vice President of Exhibitions and Programs at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, brings decades of experience to her new role — including her many years as a
FinancialAntipathyFairness
ing of dislike and (2) an object of aversion. Whether expressed by a disregard for the physical and/or emotional welfare of a person or thing, or reflected by an overt as sault, antipathy results in a neg ative outcome for the intended target. For ease of explanation of description, I have always equat ed antipathy with the attitude of intense dislike (hatred) in con cert with conduct and behavior which clearly demonstrates that disdain.Antipathy against "The Rule of
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interests of a failed president. Some consider SCOTUS' overturning Roe v. Wade as sim ply an attack on women. Others understand the decision as ex pressing antipathy for the priva cy rights of all. The often-heard term "slippery slope" clearly describes what this decision has placed us on. We are well beyond an erosion of privacy rights and now face direct assaults upon them.The lack of clean water in Jack
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million customers and over 1,100 locations spread across 15 states and the District of Columbia. In Atlanta and Dallas, the bank does business as TD Ameritrade. The states with the most branches are New York (367), Florida (355) and New Jersey According(367).toits website, "Black experiences, in all their diversity, are at the heart of our drive for positive, sustainable change."
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A similar finding appeared in a 2018 investigative article by Re veal News: "African American and Latino borrowers are more likely to get turned down by TD Bank than by any other major mortgage lender. The bank turned down 54 percent of black homebuyers and
Law" is clear evidence of disdain for all of us who must live and abide by its guidance. The recent rulings of federal Judge Aileen Cannon discredit the entire ju dicial system and subvert confi dence in subsequent judgments. Republican and Democratic legal analysts alike have characterized her rulings as favoring Trump in his classified document scandal and contradicting the principle of "no one being above the law." Moreover, national security has been subordinated to the needs/
I have always loved and be lieved in the power of words. In my youth I was amazed at the emotional response to our (socalled) "Negro" leaders. Orators like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., my friend Dick Grego ry and a myriad of others spoke messages of practical importance, in their day, which now serve to benefit us in the present with en during relevance.
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Words are powerful. I often call them the weapons of the lit erate. An orator's understanding of words and the ability to com municate their true, in-depth meaning to the masses has been the origin of many historical events. An ever-memorable ex ample is Dr. King's "I Have A Dream" speech.
"Recognition of the price paid in hu man life and liberty for economic ad vancement — and the costs of resources extracted as nature's systems were exploit ed — must inform and guide us as we work to transform our cities and regions. We must forge a new path illuminated by justice, respect for the dignity of each and every human being, and determination to maintain and restore the web of life as the foundation for health and sustainabil
The history of African Americans in the North does not begin with the Great Migrations of the early 20th cen tury, when millions of Black Southern ers fled the white supremacist terrorism of Jim Crow. The institution of slavery was as critical to the development of the manufacturing economy of the North as it was to the agricultural de velopment of the South. The oldest and largest known excavated burial ground in North America for both free and enslaved Africans was unearthed in
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As this writer knows all too well, when Alzheimer’s took hold of both my stepfather and mother, it would be a five-year struggle during which they became more like strangers than the parents I once knew and loved.
in a play written by Garrett Davis, “Unforgettable,” performed on se lect stages in cities that have included Greensboro and Charlotte and most recently included Bowie, Maryland, at the Bowie Center for the Perform ing Arts on September 18.
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mental abilities or inexplicable shifts in behavior that equate to the aging process.Whether we chose to admit it or not, a physician’s examination will often point to the root cause of the problem or problems as either Alzhei mer’s or some other form of dementia serving as the culprit.
The test market for the play will conclude in Milwaukee later this month before making its touring debut in Los Angeles early next year under the umbrella of G. Davis Pro ductions and Films.
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5 The cast of “Unforgettable” during an emotional moment when the family begins to suspect that the matriarch, Mama D (LeJeune Thompson), may be suffering from a form of dementia. (Photo by DJ Corey Photography, courtesy of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company)
cult to perform tasks which had once been routine, we often attributed these and other behavioral changes to old age – even referring to the decline as “normal.”Butwith advances in medicine, experts have determined that there’s nothing normative about declining
In the not-so-distant past, when grandparents, older aunts and un cles, even our parents, began to for get names or places, misplace or lose items, or found it increasingly diffi
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But how do we come to terms with these changes if they begin to manifest themselves in the lives of our loved ones? What are the signs? What resources can we access? Even more, as caregivers, should be feel all alone or are their others going through the sameThesestruggles?and other questions con tinue to be addressed and answered
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5 Opening night gala honorees and presenters for the 10th anniversary March on Washing ton Film Festival (MOWFF) will be (clockwise from upper left) Broadway producer/publicist Irene Gandy, an honoree; MOWFF gala host Washington Post contributor and MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart; Broadway costume designer Emilio Sosa, a presenter; actor and native Washingtonian Jeffrey Wright, a presenter; House Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn (DSC), a presenter; Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif), an honoree; and (center) playwright/director George C. Wolfe, an honoree. (Photo courtesy MOWFF)
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The March on Washington Film Festival (MOWFF) was launched 10 years ago to honor the 60th anniver sary of the March on Washington. This year’s anniversary film festival will once again be an event to learn from veteran civil rights activists, hear new voices in the movement, and view films that captured Amer ica’s struggle for equality. The festival runs from September 28-October 2 under the theme “Story, Stage & Theme.”“We’re looking at African Ameri cans in film and theater over the past 100 years,” Isisara Bey, MOWFF ar tistic director said. “At the opening gala, we will honor those who have made great strides in film and the ater in the African American creative community.”Receiving MOWFF honors during the opening night gala on September 28 are Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif), producer and Broadway’s first Black publicist Irene Gandy,
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and director/playwright George C. Wolfe. House Majority Whip Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-SC) will pres ent Lee with the John Lewis Legacy Award, the same award he received last year. Honoring Gandy with a MOWFF Award will be Broadway costume designer Emilio Sosa, the current chairman of the American Theatre Wing Board of Trustees in New York City. Tony-, Golden Globe-, and Emmy-winning actor and native Washingtonian Jeffrey Wright will present the MOWFF Award to playwright/director George C. Wolfe. Jonathan Capehart, Wash ington Post contributor and host of “The Sunday Show” on MSNBC is the gala host.
There is a full menu of 20 films and emerging filmmaker shorts to be viewed by streaming from a viewer’s personal location during a specific window of availability. There are
several in-person viewings and panel discussions spread over three Wash ington D.C. locations including Union Market Dock 5, Eaton Hotel, and Arena Stage.
On September 29, there’s an in-person viewing of “The Missis sippi Defenders,” a short documen
Center for Justice; and filmmaker/ producer Roderick Red. Panel mod erator will be Paul Butler, a professor at Georgetown University and an MSNBC contributor. Concluding this program will be a performance
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Typical age-related changes include sometimes forgetting names or ap pointments, but remembering them later.
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People living with Alzheimer's can lose track of dates, seasons and the passage of time. They may have trouble understanding something if it is not happening immediately. Sometimes they may forget where
Typical age-related changes include disruption with vision related to cat aracts.
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Typical age-related changes include making occasional errors when man aging finances or household bills. Difficulty completing familiar tasks
People living with Alzheimer's may have trouble following or join ing a conversation. They may stop in the middle of a conversation and have no idea how to continue or they may repeat themselves. They may struggle with vocabulary, have trouble naming a familiar object or use the wrong name (e.g., calling a “watch” a :hand-clock”).
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Typical age-related changes include misplacing things from time to time and retracing steps to find them.
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People with Alzheimer's often find it hard to complete daily tasks. Sometimes they may have trouble driving to a familiar location, orga nizing a grocery list or remembering the rules of a favorite game.
Other Theatre Week activities include #DCTheatre at the Wash ington Nationals on September 26, where people are invited to connect with the theatre community while enjoying a baseball game. On Octo ber 1, the #DCTheatre Bike Ride will lead a cycling tour of local theatres. Pre-show happy hours are scheduled throughout this three-week explora tion of the metro area’s theatre com munity.
celed or delayed until March of this year. Theatre companies are making up for lost time with interesting and diverse topics on their current sched ules.“Second to none, the DC-area theatre landscape offers something for everyone,” said Theatre Washing ton President & CEO Amy Austin. “So, we invite audiences to come as you are, get to know a new-to-you theatre, take a chance on something fresh, sample classes and conver sations. Also, meet artists, and our community, and most importantly have some fun. This year marks a revival of our industry, and we look forward to celebrating it.”
On September 30, “March on the World,” a regular MOWFF featured session will present an in-person viewing and discussion for “Acting While Black,” a documentary pro duced and directed by journalist Rokhaya Diallo. Her films have been
The 2021-22 DC theatre season became rocky when the COVID-19 omicron variant hit last December. After a robust season opening last September, performances were can
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A Kickoff Fest for the observance takes place on Saturday, September 24 from 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. at Arena Stage, located at 1101 Sixth Street SW. Performances, workshops, conversations, free locally made food and drinks, plus giveaways are a part of the Arena Stage festivities. Follow ing the Kickoff Fest, a concert with performers from area theatres will take place at the Transit Pier on the Southwest Wharf.
one office handled voting rights, another handled police arrests and brutality, and another handled civil rights cases.”
in partnership with Meta, formerly Facebook. MOWFF is an ideal set ting to connect activist work from the past to today’s social justice ac tivism.“Our stories, our strategies, our history, our very identity has been distorted. This film festival unearths the mistold and untold stories of the civil rights movement,” Bey said. “We correct them and add what is
Also, MOWFF will recognize film shorts by young emerging film makers and a Virtual Reality Equity Lab & Fellowship will be presented
unknown to current-day events so our people and others can learn the things that we do today and the peo ple we are today are because we stand on the shoulders of those who’ve gone on before.”
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From September 22 to October 9, theatre lovers can see a diverse group of performances during DC Theatre Week 2022. Coordinating this threeweek event is Theatre Washington, the organizer of collaborative partner ships and programs for the DC area theatre community.
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5 A scene from the provocative comedy, “Ain’t No Mo,” provides a hilarious spoof on the popular “Housewives” televised series and counts as one of a kaleidoscope of sketches in the play. The comedy, written by Jordan E. Cooper, continues at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Northwest through October 9. (Photo courtesy Woolly Mammoth)
And the comedy “Ain’t No Mo,” written by OBIE Award-winning playwright Jordan E. Cooper, now on stage through October 9, contin ues in that well-established Woolly Mammoth tradition.
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Cooper, imbued with an artist ry reminiscent of such luminaries as George Orwell, Jonathan Swift, Joseph Heller, Kurt Vonnegut and Mark Twain, has created a superb satire, using humor to bring atten
But even that critique may well be an understatement because while the play meets the standards of the traditional comedy, it’s also loaded with dialogue, inflections, gestures and vernacular germane to Black culture that may leave more than a few members of the audience scratching their heads – either in confusion or in total disbelief.
One critic from The New York Times has described the play as “thrilling, bewildering, campy . . . scary, devastating and deep.”
tion to the social and political prob lems that have plagued Blacks since our unwilling arrival upon America’s shores in Incidentally,1619. the play begins as Blacks must decide if they will heed the final boarding call for Af rican American Airlines Flight 1619 bound to Africa. That’s right – Flight 1619. And with the benevolence of the U.S. government, every Black person in America has been offered a freeButticket.there’s a catch – it’s a one-way ticket. So, while the journey may sound exciting, romantic – perhaps even a dream come true – few Afri can Americans actually know where their ancestors lived prior to their enslavement. It’s a predicament that will be explored throughout the play.However, for those who would rather face the unknown than re main in a land where equality has long been denied, they’re greeted at the gate by Peaches – a flashy drag queen who serves as the ticket agent. Among her duties will be the deliv ery of a warning to passengers that under no circumstances should they look back once they have begun to board the flight, lest they face grave consequences.
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One thing’s for certain about the productions that D.C.’s Wool ly Mammoth Theatre Company brings to the stage – they inevita bly force the audience to think far outside of the box, well beyond the normal limits of their comfort zone.
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Theair.actors are superb, the writing is provocative and the topics – well, they represent those that confront Black Americans almost every day of our lives – no matter how long or short those lives may be.
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And as you leave the production, you may be even more surprised as you discover which characters took that fateful last flight to Africa and which chose to remain.
In one scene near the end of the play, the essence of Black life and culture, hidden from view by a Black patriarch who has attempted to as similate in order to reap the benefits of white society, escapes from its cell, much to the horror of the well-todo, next generation of offspring, ig norant of its very existence.
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But who’s going to believe a drag queen, right? If even Lot in the Old Testament story could not persuade his own wife not to look back as he and his family left the wicked city of Sodom, what chance will Peach es have in convincing passengers to keep their eyes on the prize?
One thing’s for sure – if you en ter the theater just a little bit tired, you’re guaranteed to be struck with jolt after jolt of reality until you sit up in your seat – wide awake.
I must warn those who have yet to see the play, that a “lynching” will occur as this scene concludes. But who holds the rope and what leads them to such a heinous act, you’ll need to discover on your own. For this writer, the moment of revelation
Scene after scene offers a kaleido scope of situations of conflict – in stances that lead to fluctuations be tween joy and pain – emotions that mark the opposite points on a Rich ter scale which Blacks did not create but which illustrates the extremes of joy and pain which most, if not all, African Americans must inevitably endure in their lifetime.
During one scene early in the play, we are invited to the funeral for Brother Right to Complain who, like so many other Black men, has been murdered. The Black preacher conducts the service in a style which some might describe as stereotypical – replete with call and response dia logue which begs for the audience’s participation, along with exaggerat
ed gestures and the music common ly used during such services. But remember that stereotypical tropes come with a two-edged sword.
Ironically, the funeral comes at a bittersweet moment for Black Americans who also find themselves celebrating the election of the na tion’s first Black president. For a few, brief moments, Blacks have reason to believe that their suffering has come to an end – just as it has for Brother Right to Complain. But has it really? And if so, for how long?
5 As students returned to school, organizations handed out school supplies and groceries to help ease the burden on families. (WI File Photo)
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LaMonika N. Jones works as an anti-hunger analyst, child nutrition for D.C. Hunger Solutions. Jones said good nutrition for school-aged chil dren has become vital to the learning process.
“Students in D.C. schools need healthy school meals,” Jones said. “Studies have shown that students who eat a good breakfast learn better and those who have a nutritious lunch continue to function better during their classes as opposed to those who don’t.”Jones agrees with FitzSimons that free school meals remove the stigma of being identified as needy, a distinc tion some students find embarrass ing. Jones said the Congress should not only reauthorize the waivers but pass legislation mandating free school meals for all students.
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With the waivers terminated by Congress offering universal free school meals, FitzSimons said schools are charging some families to feed their children.“Some families are eligible for breakfast up to 30 cents and 40 cents for lunch,” she said. “Families who are upper income pay for their children’s meals.”FitzSimons worries charging stu dents for meals may create a three-tier system that creates a stigma.
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Cinque Culver lives with his wife and children in the River Terrace neighborhood of Ward 7 in north east Washington. Culver spoke of his awareness of Congress gutting the waivers that allowed free school meals during the earlier parts of the pandem ic and feels the legislators made the wrong“Familiesmove.having to pay for their kids to eat at school bothers me for societal reasons,” said Culver, who has three daughters enrolled at Anne Beers Elementary School located in the southeast quadrant of the city. “Hunger is rampant in some of these households. People have lost jobs and wages during the pandemic and some haven’t recovered. We have some peo ple who exist desperately below the poverty line. Parents are having to do what they have to do. In some cases, school meals are the only way children eat.”Culver agrees with Jones that hun ger affects the way children learn.
“There are the students who are eligible for free meals, those who are eligible for reduced meals and those who pay full price and have no trouble doing that,” she said. “There are some students who don’t feel comfortable with it being known that they are on the free or reduced meals program and have to stay back in the cafeteria. Who wants that? That’s why free meals should be offered to all students.”
“A lot of kids in the city are in a state of hunger,” he said. “Hunger affects their behavior. Kids cannot concen trate on math or reading when they are hungry. The thing is they won’t tell you they are hungry.”
meals keep a number of District chil dren from going hungry during their lives. Feeding America, a national advocacy group seeking to eliminate hunger, reported on its website that the struggle to afford enough food has become almost twice as high in households with children in the city than households without children, 21.2% compared to 11%. The web site revealed prior to the pandemic, 77% of the District’s children relied on free or reduced school meals for the nutrition needed to learn and grow. The city also has the second highest percentage in the country as a state-level jurisdiction for households with children facing hardship com pared with the 50 states.
Alzheimer’s disease and other de mentias which now threaten the Af rican-American community at a rate two times greater than white Ameri cans.It should be noted that Hispanics fare only slightly better who stand about one and one-half times more likely than whites to have Alzheimer’s and other dementias.
If Alzheimer’s has ever struck your family, be prepared to shed a few tears – as this writer found himself doing, particularly as the play moved towards its emotional conclusion.
Editor’s@mcneirdkNote: Look for more about the organization as they prepare for their major fundraising initiative, the 2022 Walk to End Alzheimer’s, slated for the District on October 8 and October 29 in Prince George’s County. Their vision is a world without Alzheimer’s and all other dementia. Visit www.alz.org or call (800) 272-3900 for more informa tion. And join the Washington Informer as we participate in both area walks in D.C. and Prince George’s County in October.
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Davis, who wrote, directed and produced the play, said it represents reflections that come from his heart after losing his grandmother to the disease.He approached the Alzheimer’s Association and Dr. Carl Hill, chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer for the Association with a mission in mind. He wanted to find a way to debunk the inaccurate beliefs about
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versation. As a result, he or she may withdraw from hobbies, social ac tivities or other engagements. They may have trouble keeping up with a favorite team or activity.
Typical age-related changes include sometimes feeling uninterested in fam ily or social obligations.
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The play features a stellar cast in cluding American Idol finalist Scott Savol and hit gospel musician and artist LeJuene Thompson. But each cast member brings something special to the stage. Even more, the produc tion, with singing that will make your heart soar, showcases the effects of car ing for a loved one with Alzheimer’s. It further points to the importance of understanding early detection and participating in clinical trials while in troducing the audience to the pletho
Individuals living with Alzhei mer’s may experience mood and personality changes. They can become confused, suspicious, de pressed, fearful or anxious. They may be easily upset at home, with friends or when out of their comfort zone.Typical age-related changes in clude developing very specific ways
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between Davis and the Alzheimer’s Association – the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer’s care, support and research – it’s hoped that those who see the production will leave better educated about the disease and other forms of dementia as well as the kinds of resources and support which organizations like the Alzheimer’s Association provides.
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5 Members of the cast from “Unforgettable” include Dartez Wright, Scott Savol, Deon Jones and Kenneth Pierce Sr., as they serenade the audience with a four-part harmonic selection. (Rob Roberts/The Washington Informer)
5 Advocates for Alzheimer’s care and support include who attended the play, “Unforget table,” include: Carl V. Hill, Harry Johns, Kevin Ford Sr., Tonya Muse, Jeffrey Ash, Kate Rooper, D. Kevin McNeir and Julius Ware. (Rob Roberts/The Washington Informer)
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PISCES A burst of gung-ho energy makes it easier to build on your existing progress when it comes to your wellness and personal goals in the beginning of the week. While you tend to be fairly flexible, you'll be more apt to dig in your heels now on causes you feel passionate about and argue your positions in a way that could leave those around you applauding your passion. Lucky Numbers: 6, 11, 30 horoscopes
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When that sound registers in your brain, let's face it: you're gonna rubber neck. You wonder if someone you know is inside that whooping vehicle, in an accident, or worse. You might even thank a higher power that it's not you in there. And once you've read "American Sirens" by Kevin Hazzard, you'll think of the heroes in the back of that ambulance.
When John Moon saw what was happening to the old homeless man on the street, he carefully stepped in, assuring the police that he could help. He knew the old man; admired the guy, had looked up to him once, as a mentor.
The man was a hero.
TAURUS Sharing ideas and information can amplify your potential to boost cash flow at the beginning of the week. You'll want to dive in to any type of research you believe can benefit your bottom line, such as new investments or opportunities. This could also be a fruitful time to tidy up your resume and read books or listen to podcasts about your field. Lucky Numbers: 2, 3, 26
CANCER You'll want to take a more cautious, private approach in how you open up and communicate when the week gets underwayy. Midweek, your one-on-one relationships could expand in a more spiritual, mental, and emotional way than by progressing in external ways. Lucky Numbers: 4, 12, 33
SAGITTARIUS Connecting with your significant other or dear friends one-on-one comes even more organ ically early in the week. This could look like long talks over video chat or enjoying one another's company in entirely different ways like doing a new online workout together. Being curious, flexible, and lighthearted can infuse your bond with a sweet, new vibe. Later, the cosmos could give you a leg up in terms of thinking in a big picture way about your moneymaking plans. This period will lend itself more to reflection, plotting, learning, and growing in a spiritual sense. Lucky Numbers: 1, 4, 7
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This slice of history book is perfect for true-medicine fans, but adrenaline junkies might like it, too. If that's you, then "American Sirens" will make you whoop.
VIRGO Research and communication that could allow you to advance your professional track will be bol stered in the beginning of the week. Not only will you have an advantage when it comes to pinpointing de tails that can inform your next move, but you'll also be able to step into high-profile meetings or presentations with ease. Lucky Numbers: 24, 45, 58
ARIES You'll be a master of busywork and multitasking when the week begins. Whether you're running errands, trading notes with colleagues over impromptu video meetings, plowing through endless emails, or diving into a variety of projects with your community, your mental energy is sure to be cranked up at this time. Just make sure to avoid burnout by taking well-deserved breaks. Lucky Numbers: 2, 37, 46
And while that's a big part of this story, it's not the best part: you'll be thrilled and proud of the people Hazzard introduces you to. Knowing them gives you a big chance to be thankful for all that professionals like them do.
Someone's screaming into a phone. Someone else is panicking. Emotions are high, it's pure chaos, it's what happens in a medical emergency. "Ameri can Sirens" is quite a bit less frantic, and that's OK.
GEMINI Although it might not feel possible, your craving for connection will be intensified at the start of the week. Finding new ways to share your thoughts, opinions, and social moments with loved ones and friends can be especially fulfilling. At the same time, you'll be more inclined to go to bat for yourself verbally with higher-ups and loved ones. Lucky Numbers: 12, 37, 50
LIBRA You'll have extra energy to apply to your fitness efforts and even just the simple routines of daily life at the start of the week. You'll want to draw up or revise a schedule, making sure to squeeze in time for self-care efforts. Sticking to it should prove easier than usual, especially if you can practice self-compassion at the times you might fall short of your original expectations. Lucky Numbers: 8, 25, 43
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AQUARIUS You'll want to be more assertive and take a bolder approach when it comes to pursuing your moneymaking goals early in the week. This could look like getting in touch with colleagues from the past to pitch yourself to a company you've been dreaming of working for or developing a new artistic approach to your current project roster. Either way, feeling like you're being proactive can make your loftiest professional aspirations a reality. Lucky Numbers: 13, 39, 44
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CAPRICORN Researching new ways to care for your health can prove satisfying early in the week. And you'll be able to hit the ground running to check any chores and errands off your list. The cosmos is also amplifying your assertiveness, inspiring you to stand up for what you believe in with colleagues, friends, and neighbors. Lucky Numbers: 13, 24, 31
You can't not look for the whoop.
Moon had met the guy in 1971, back when he was working a dead-end job as a hospital orderly. One afternoon, he watched in awe as two impressive Black men in white uniforms swooped in to the hospital and took charge of a patient, leaving as unshakably as they'd arrived. They wore sewn-on Freedom House patches, and Moon knew instantly that he wanted in on whatever they were doing.
SCORPIO When the week begins, you could find yourself spending more time reflecting on hard lessons you've had to learn around your daily interactions with others and the ability to tackle mounting errands and chores. Be honest with yourself about your ability to self-evaluate, self-regulate, and meet your responsibilities, and you'll be primed for personal growth. Lucky Numbers: 14, 17, 33
Before then, ambulance service was a whole different thing in America. If you had a medical emergency, you called police or funeral directors to get you to a hospital. If you were in medical crisis, tough luck; they weren't trained for that. If you lived in Pittsburgh's Hill area, you called an ambu lance service that was run by Black men who did their best with what they had — until Peter Safar met the men of that ambulance service, Freedom House.Born
LEO Group projects can prove especially productive and animated early in the week. You'll be trading ideas with friends and colleagues and brainstorming ways to collaborate, which can in turn fuel your long-term dreams and goals. Midweek, the cosmos turns up the volume on your sex drive and desire to connect on a deeper physical and soul level with your significant other or someone else special. Speaking from the heart, tapping into your creative impulses, and showing empathy are a few ways you'll be able to make the most of this transit. Lucky Numbers: 3, 5, 32
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6 A visitor to the H Street Festival on Sept. 17 samples the rower gym machine from Orange Theory Fitness. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)
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5 The most fun was had by children playing in mounds of sudsy foam at the H Street Festival on Sept. 17. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)
4 The Washington Teachers Union handed out free books during the H Street Festival on Sept. 17. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)
(Top left) Jody the Ventriloquist found himself mut ed if donations weren’t placed in the bucket during the H Street Festival on Sept. 17 though he was one of the few street performers at the festival. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer
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5 Thousands of people attended the H Street Fes tival on Sept. 17. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)
Other local officials from the Coun ty would continue to share words of praise about Tiafoe with the festivities continuing for several hours, replete with picnic-style food and drinks, cele bratory music and the release of a huge bundle of balloons into the sunny skies that signaled the end of the celebration.
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5 Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks presents a proclamation to Frances Tiafoe, proclaiming September 16 as Frances Tiafoe Day. (Robert R. Roberts/ The Washington Informer)
“And like your mother and as any mother would be, we, too, are all so proud of you,” Alsobrooks said to Ti afoe.“We are in the presence of great ness,” she said. “And I’m convinced that your recent success at the U.S. Open, becoming the first American to reach the semifinals since 2006 and the first Black American man since Arthur Ashe in 1972, to make it to the semifi nals, was not an accident.”
Tiafoe, perhaps more willing to let his prowess on the tennis court serve as his message than a long speech ever could, thanked those who came out in his support with just a few comments and a huge smile. But he promised the hometown crowd that he would keep working hard until he could really make them proud and bring home his first Grand Slam title.
But from this writer’s perspective, what really made Tiafoe stand out in comparison to far too many other Black “celebrities” who have risen to the top of their chosen careers, would be his Tiafoehumility.willingly signed scores of t-shirts, tennis balls, posters – whatev er folks presented to him – and posed for photograph after photograph with adoring children or equally enthralled adults until the very last person in line had been acknowledged.
Benton said he has long been proud of Tiafoe who first learned the rubrics of tennis as a little boy under the guid ance of JTCC coaches.
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“It was a step forward for you. This moment is lightning striking. And it confirms the fact that talent is noth ing without its being accompanied by hard work. You’ve worked hard ever since your father, who helped build this facility, first brought you and your brother when you were just children to tennis courts not far from where we’re gathered today.”
“We’re so proud of Frances who competes with such grace and sports manship, serves as an excellent role model and who always strives for ex cellence,” Benton said. “He’s a true champion for tennis. But what has
And while the roar of the crowd may still be echoing in his ears after his historic success at the recent U.S. Open, the young tennis star received a hero’s welcome upon his return to the community where he took his first steps – both on and off the court.
“It takes courage to play this game at this level and to continue to be competitive,” Tiafoe had recently been heard to say.
In fact, as Tiafoe greeted hundreds of friends, family members, local lead ers and dozens of youth eager to fol low in his footsteps – a collective who gathered in his support at the Junior Tennis Champions Center (JTCC) in College Park, Maryland – their voices filled the skies with shouts of “welcome home” that would reverberate long af ter he began his words of thanks.
honor you – our hometown hero and native son,” she said.
“And now, I really believe that I can win any match, no matter who my opponent may be, if I really put my mind to it. If I play with everything I’ve got. And that’s what I plan to do – to get better and better and win,” Tiafoe said.
learned during this year’s U.S. Open.
Frances Tiafoe sat quietly behind a makeshift podium situated just a few steps away from the courts on which he once practiced hour after hour as he honed his tennis skills.
As for Tiafoe, one observer re minded this writer something he’d heard the tennis star mention just a few days ago – a lesson that he
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5 Frances Tiafoe (right) is joined by his mother, Alphina Kamara, on Friday, Sept. 16 as the Prince George’s County community welcomes home their native son. The event, led by County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, paid tribute to his recent success at the U.S. Open where he reached levels of achievement not seen since the days of Arthur Ashe. (Rob Roberts/The Washington Informer)
“I’m the mother,” Alsobrooks said, referring to her observation of Tiafoe’s mother and the phrase she said repeat edly with pride.
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Thus, making up in exuberance what they lacked in size when com pared to the thousands who witnessed his success during the recent U.S. Open, Prince George’s County Exec utive Angela Alsobrooks and Ray Ben ton, JTCC’s CEO, spearheaded a cele bration that reminded Tiafoe what the fictitious Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz eventually discovered, “there’s no place like Alsobrookshome.” made it official as she declared Friday, Septem ber 16, “Frances Tiafoe Day in
If he had somewhere else to be, it clearly did not matter to him. And for the record, the line of those who waited for their chance to meet Tiafoe would be a very long one.
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really impressed me is his longtime commitment to serving as a mentor forAlsobrooksyouth.” shared a story about a woman who, as she moved through the crowd to take her seat – one, in cidentally reserved next to the tennis star – continued to utter three simple words in an almost sing-song manner.
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Ninety-four percent of respondents supporting a candidate in the race for governor say they have already decided whom they will vote for in November. However, when it comes to the Senate contest, 96% of voters said the same, the pollsters reported.
According to a Monmouth Universi ty poll, Fetterman enjoys a positive per sonal rating of 47% favorable to 42% unfavorable.Thepollfound just under half of the electorate will either definitely (32%) or probably (17%) vote for him in No vember.Ozhas a net negative personal rating of 36% favorable to 52% unfavorable. About 4 in 10 will definitely (23%) or probably (16%) vote for him. Slightly more Pennsylvania voters say they defi nitely won’t vote for Oz (45%) than completely rule out Fetterman (38%).
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The Times/Sienna researchers report ed that a surprising Democratic strength had been bolstered by falling gas prices and Biden’s success at breaking through legislative gridlock in Washington to pass his Democratsagenda.are also benefiting from factors over which they had little con trol: the public outcry in response to the Supreme Court’s overturning of federal abortion rights and the return of former President Donald Trump to an attention-commanding presence on the national stage, the pollsters wrote.
It takes 218 seats to win control of the House, and the Tracker currently estimates that if the House elections were held today, Republicans would see a net gain of 13 seats and hold 226 seats, while Democrats would win 209.
CBS’ Tracker noted that, in the Sen ate, Republicans need a net gain of just one seat to flip control of the evenly di videdCBSchamber.Newssaid it classifies 10 of the 35 races as battleground contests – four are considered tossups (Arizona, Geor gia, Nevada and Wisconsin); three are leaning in favor of the Republican can didate (Florida, North Carolina, and Ohio); and three are leaning toward the Democrat (Colorado, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire).
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Along with Georgia, races that will draw national interest include Senate contests in Arizona, Nevada, Wiscon sin, Colorado, New Hampshire, Ohio, North Carolina, and Florida.
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Interestingly, the poll found that vot ers “overwhelmingly said their minds are already made up.”
5 Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock is hoping to retain office in his midterm showdown with Republican Herschel Walker. (Courtesy photo/Wikimedia commons)
Also, 36 states have gubernatorial contests this year, including Texas and Florida, where controversial Republicans Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis are over whelming favorites to retain office.
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Peter in the boat on the Sea of Galilee. Peter gets out the boat and actually walks on water, as long as his focus was on Jesus. Then he started noting wind and waves and began to sink. Our focus determines our attitude. How do we let more light in? Psalms said in the word, "He is a lamp under my feet and a light to my path." Let light in by studying the word.
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RELIGION Dr. E. Gail Anderson Holness / Senior Pastor Rev. Ali Gail Holness-Roland / Assistant & Youth Pastor 12801 Old Fort Road • Ft. Washington, MD 20744 Office (301) 292.6323 • FAX (301) 292.2164
For those in dark places, for whom problems of life have taken a toll, who've made one too many mistakes, and had their light go out: God wants to speak into your life and say, "Let there be light." We must remember, it is always darkest just before dawn.
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ings. Here is when you and your husband could go on a mission trip.Another important thing you can do. Is there someone in your life you don't like? Get closer to them, and listen to more of their personal story, you may be surprised how your dislike will change. Pray for them, this will change your thoughts. Instead of dislike, may we be a thousand points of light.
Is your marriage in trou ble? Let me remind you that statistics show that ev ery marriage is 80% good and 20% bad. But you must focus on the good. Replenish yourself during such times by doing more for someone in need — your problem will seem quite small when you no tice how much others are suffering. Instead, you will begin to count your bless
Depression and other demons of unbelief will come after you and during your darkness. During this, it's hardest to walk by faith and not by sight. All of the neg ativity is working according to God's plan, because God is trying to get your attention. It is dark est before dawn. When you have a tall mountain to climb, facing unbelievable opposition, God is trying to tell you something. Many times, you are on the brink of something good.
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This Scripture says we will cele brate someone special. I celebrate my mother. She let her light shine even when it was dark. Mama played her washboard as my fa ther played his guitar, and the church was on fire! Psalms said, "The Lord is my light and my sal vation, whom shall I fear."
When I was young, I had ear aches and nose bleeds. Life felt very dark for me every time I got one of those painful earaches. My nose would bleed so badly that the teacher would have to stop class to try to help me to get it to stop. Do I know why this hap pened to me so often, in elemen tary school? No. God healed me from both, I'm thankful for His goodness and mercy in my life, thankful for Him shining His light on me.
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It's Always Darkest Just Before Dawn
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There is a point when things are so difficult you wonder how you will make it. That's when you must pray without ceasing and cling even closer to our Lord and Savior. You must find a new nor mal. You measure your life and it doesn't look like what you expect ed at a certain age. That's a time when darkness is setting in. Just remember, it is always darkest be foreThedawn.sun will rise. A new day will dawn. Isaiah 58:8 says, "Then your light shall break forth like the morning, your healing shall spring forth speedily, and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard." And Malachi 4:2 says, "But to you who fear my name the Sun of Righteous ness shall arise with healing in His wings; and you shall go out and
He can bring joy out of sorrow, beauty from ashes, and he said in the beginning, "Let there be light." Continue to be a light in darkRememberplaces.
This Scripture is from the book of Revelations where it says in 22:16 the bright morning star. It appears before sunrise. When the new day is dawning. It is bright enough to be visible even in daylight. Here is the Scripture: "I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star."
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“A Growing Church for a Coming Christ” www.adamsinspirationalamec.org
AdamsA.M.E.InspirationalChurch
Service and Times
Church Email: ipbcsecretary@verizon.net
Wednesday: Prayer/Praise/Bible Study-7:30 PM Baptism & Communion Service: 4th Sunday – 10:30 AM
1204 Third Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202-347-5889 office / 202-638-1803 fax
Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @ Noon & 6:30 www.pilgrimbaptistdc.orgPM
Communion 1st and 3rd Sunday
Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews Senior Pastor
Wednesday Night Bible Study: 7:00 PM
Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ
Sunday School: 9:00 AM – Hour of Power
Sunday Church School: 8:45 AM
Sunday Church School : 9:00 AM
Sunday Worship Service - 8:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.
Tuesday: 7:00pm/Kingdom Building Bible Institute
Wednesday , 12:30 PM Mid-Day Bible Study
Tuesday Topical Bible Study: 6:30 PM
Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study: 6:30 PM
Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 AM
Computer Classes: Announced Family and Marital Counseling by appointment
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Saturday Adult Bible Study: 10:00 AM
Reverend John W. Davis Pastor
Communion: 1st Sunday
Worship Sundays: 7:30 & 11:00 AM
Wednesday Children’s Bible Study: 6:30 PM
Sunday Morning Worship: 10:10 AM
Pilgrim Baptist Church
Service and Times
Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00 PM
Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM
Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service: 6:30 PM
Bible Study in homes: Tuesday 7:00 PM
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Dr. Paul H.
Sunday Church School: 9:20 AM
Seniors Bible Study: Tuesdays at 10:30 AM
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Children’s Church: 11:15 AM
Dr. Raymond T. Matthews Pastor and First Lady Marcia Matthews
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Mount Carmel Baptist Church
Sunday Worship Services: 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM
Bible Study: Wonderful Wednesdays in Worship and the Word Bible Study Wednesdays 12:00 Noon; 6:30 PM (dinner @ 5:30 PM)
Calvary Bible Institute: Year-Round
ChristianStreetChurch
Fax: 202 265 4340
Website:Email:www.turningheartschurchdc.orggr8luv4u2@gmail.com
“Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital” www.thirdstreet.org
Reverend William Young IV Pastor
Sundays: 10:00am Worship Services
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2562 MLK Jr. Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020
Email: Campbell@mycame.org
Fax (202) 682-9423
1812 12th Street, NW - Washington, DC 20009
4001 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 265-6147 Office 1-800 576-1047 Voicemail/Fax
Noon Day Prayer Service: Tuesdays at Noon Bible Study: Tuesdays at 7 PM
Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00 PM
Motto : “A Great Commitment to the Great Commandment”
1306 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20005
610 Rhode Island Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 529-4547 office • (202) 529-4495 fax
Mount LutheranOlivetChurch
Bible Study: Wednesday, 12 Noon
Office: (202) 889-7296 / Fax: (202) 889-2198 www.acamec.org
700 Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002 (202) 547-8849
E-mail:www.blessedwordoflifechurch.orgchurch@blessedwordoflifechurch.org
Blessed Word of Life Church
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Crusader Baptist Church Isle of BaptistPatmosChurch
Reverend Dr. Paris
Motto: “A Ministry of Reconciliation Where Everybody is Somebody!”
Men’s Monday Bible Study: 7:00 PM
Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10:10 AM themcbc.org
Sunday School: 9:30 AM
Sunday Youth Worship Services: 1st & 4th 10:45 AM; 804 R.I. Ave., NE 5th 8 AM & 10:45 AM; Main Church Prayer Services Tuesday – Noon, Wednesday 6:00 AM & 6:30 PM
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Sunday School: 10:15 AM
Sunday School - 9:15 a.m. (4th Sunday 8:15 a.m.)
“We are one in the Spirit” www.ssbc5757.org / E-mail: ssbc5757@verizon.net
Sunday Worship Services: 8:00am and 11:00 AM
“An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and affirmed.” www.covenantdc.org
Senior Pastor
Sunday Early Morning Worship: 7:45 AM
2498 Alabama Ave., SE Washington D.C. 20020
Sunday Morning Worship: 10:45 AM
“Reaching Up To Reach Out”
Wednesday: 12:00 Noon
Live Stream Sunday Worship Service begins @ 12:00 noon www.thirdstreet.org
Motto: “Discover Something Wonderful” Website: 12thscc.org / Email: Twelfthstcc@aol.com
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Women’s Ministry Bible Study: 3rd Friday -7:00 PM
Communion Service: First Sunday www.livingwatersmd.org
2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study: 6:30 PM
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Church of Living Waters
Dr. Dekontee L. & Dr. Ayele A. Johnson
E-mail: Crusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org / “God is Love”
Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor Harold Oxon4915AssistantAndrewPastorWheelerRoadHill,MD20745301-894-6464
Wednesday: 7:00 PM
Holy Communion: 1st Sunday Sunday School: 9:45 AM
Turning Hearts
9161 Hampton Overlook Capitol Heights, MD 20743
Sunday Morning Worship Service: 11:00 AM
Sunday Worship Times : 7:30 AM 7 10:00 AM
Bishop Michael C. Turner, Sr. Senior Pastor
Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study: 10:00 AM
Sunday Church School 9:15am & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study - 10:30 AM
Communion Service: First Sunday Prayer Service/Bible Study: Tuesday, 6:30 PM
Communion every Sunday: 11:00 AM
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St. Mark's Baptist Church 624 Underwood Street, NW Washington, dc 20011
Thursday: 7:00 PM
Phone
Fax: 202-726-9089
John F. Johnson
Phone: 301-350-2200 / Fax: 301-499-8724
Reverend Dr.
Service and Times
Adm. Office 202-678-2263
Sunday Worship: 11:00 AM
Rev. Dr. Michael E. Bell, Sr., Pastor
Website: www.themiraclecenterFMBC.com
Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church
“The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church”
Sunday Morning Worship: 11:00 AM
Rev. Cheryl J. Sanders, Th.D. Senior Pastor
3845 South Capitol Street Washington, DC 20032 (202) 562-5576 (Office) / (202) 562-4219 (Fax)
Services and Times Sunday School: 9:00 AM Worship Service: 10:00 AM Wed. Noon Day prayer service Thur. Prayer service: 6:45 PM Thur. Bible Study: 7:15 PM
Bible Study Tuesday: 12 Noon
Pastor’s Bible Study Tuesday: 6:30 PM
Fax: 301-843-2445
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Sunday Worship Service: 11;15 AM
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“A Church with a past to remember – and a future to www.mtzbcdc.orgmold” BaptistZionChurch
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Divine Worship, Sunday 10:00 a.m.
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“Friendliest Church in the City”
Motto: “We Walk by Faith, Not by Sight”
Email: mtolivedc@gmail.com
Campbell AME Church
Service and Times
Mt.
Service and Times
Phone: 202-726-2220
5757 Temple Hill Road, Temple Hills, MD 20748 Office 301-899-8885 – fax 301-899-2555
Website: http://isleofpatmosbc.org
Twelfth
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Service and Times
Sunday Community Worship Service: 8:30 AM
Prayer Meeting & Bible Study - Wednesday 7:00 p.m.
Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan Pastor
Communion 10 a.m. 4th Sunday
Thursday Men’s Bible Study: 6:30 PM
5101 14th Street, NW / Washington, DC 20011
Rev. Dr. Henry Y.
Reverend Saddler
Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr.; Senior Bishop & Evangelist Susie C. Owens – Co-Pastor
Sunday Worship Service: 8:00 AM and 10:45 AM
800 Street, NE - Washington, DC 20002 202-548-0707 - Fax No. 202-548-0703
L Smith, Sr. Senior Pastor
Rev. Louis B. Jones II Pastor
5th Sundays: 9:30 AM
Third ChurchStreetofGod
Sunday School: 10:00 AM
Bishop Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. Senior Pastor
1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018
Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 AM
901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 (202) 842-3411
Sunday Service: 8:30am& 11:00 AM
(Disciples of Christ)
Holy Communion: 2nd Sunday at 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM
3rd Sundays: Baptism & Holy Communion
Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study: 6:30 PM
St. BaptistStephenChurch
Church School: 9:30 AM
Virgil K. Thomas, Sr. Pastor/ Teacher Alabama Ave. SE Washington, DC 20032
Phone: 202-265-4494
Phone: 202-746-0113
Office: (202) 529-6767 - Fax: (202) 526-1661
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The Miracle Center of Faith Missionary Baptist Church
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Website: mountolivetdc.org
Children’s Church - 11:00 a.m. (1st & 3rd Sundays)
Services and Times
Sunday School: 9:30 AM
Email: Miraclecenterfmbs@gmail.com
Sunday School: 9:00 AM
Mailing Address : Campbell AME Church 2502 Stanton Road SE - Washington, DC 20020
Holy Communion: 1st Sunday, 11:00 AM Church School: 9:45 AM
Prayer Service Bible Study
Fax: (202) 289-4595
“A Church Where Love Is Essential and Praise is Intentional”
Florida Avenue Baptist Church Holy ChurchUnitedTrinityBaptist
Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun.
Dr. Lucius M. Dalton Pastor
Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor 13701 Old Jericho Park Road Bowie, MD. 20720 (301) 262-0560
Sunday School: 9:30 AM
2914 Bladensburg Road, NE Wash., DC 20018
Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00 AM Wednesday Service: 12:00 PM
Motto: "Faith On The Hill"
Service and Times
Service and Times
Preaching 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Email Address: admin@pbc712.org
Sunday School for All Ages: 8:00 AM
Foggy Bottom Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW Washington, DC 20037
Phone (202) 722-4940 - Fax (202) 291-3773
Email: churchclerk@theplbc.org
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Peace ChurchBaptist
Sunday Worship Service – 11:00 AM
Laymen's League: Thursday 7:00 PM
602 N Street NW - Washington, D.C. 20001 Office:(202) 289-4480
Ordinance of Baptism 2nd Sunday, Holy Communion 4th Sunday
Friday Evening Service: 7:00 PM ; Last Friday
Prayer Meeting: Wednesday - 12:00 Noon
Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor
Sunday Worship 10:30 am
Service and Times Sunday Service: 10:00 AM
Prayer – Wednesdays, 6:00 PM
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Sabbath School 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 AM
Learn, Worship, and Grow.
Sunday Worship: 8:00 AM & 10:45 AM
All Nations Baptist Church – A Church of Standards
Bible Study: Wednesday at 7:00 PM Bible Study: Tuesday at 10:30 AM
Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor
Sunday Early Morning Prayer & Bible Study Class: 8:00 AM
Oran W. Young Pastor
Rev. Curtis l. Staley Pastor 621 Alabama Ave., S.E.- Washington, D.C. 20032
Email: ecc@easterncommunity.org
Intercessory Prayer: Monday – 7:00-8:00 PM
Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 AM
Service and Times
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Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Sunday Worship Service: 10:45 AM
Bible Institute: Wednesday - 1:30 PM
Sunday 10:15am
5606 Marlboro Pike District Heights, MD 20747 301-735-6005
7 PM Pastor’s Bible Study
Service and Times Sunday Worship: 10:00 AM
Holy Communion: 1st Sunday – 11:00 AM
Senior
Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor
Promised Land Baptist Church
Saturday before 4th Sunday Men, Women, Youth Discipleship Ministries: 10:30 AM
Elder Herman L. Simms Pastor
Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy www.stmarysfoggybottom.orgEucharist
Sunday 9:00am
Prayer & Praise Services: Wednesday 7:00 PM Bible Study: 7:30 PM
“Real Worship for Real People” Website: www.easterncommunity.org
Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 AM
Wednesday Mid-Week Worship, Prayer & Bible Study: Wed. 7 PM
Sunday School: 9:30 AM
BaptistMemorialMatthewsChurch
Bible Study: Tuesdays at 1 pm and 7 PM
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1251 Saratoga Ave., NE Washington, DC 20018 (202) 269-0288
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3000 Pennsylvania Ave.. S.E Washington, DC 20020 202 581-1500
Lincoln Park United Methodist Church
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Zion ChurchBaptist
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Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert Senior Pastor
“Empowered to love and Challenged to Lead a Multitude of Souls to Christ”
Wednesday 12:00pm Bible Study
Website:Email:Shabbathcommandmentchruch.orgPraisebetoyhwh@gmail.com
Holy Communion: First Sunday 10:00 AM Sunday School: 9:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday @ 12 noon and 6:30 PM
561-1112
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Telephone: 202-544-5588 Fax: 202-544-2964
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2001 North Capitol St, N.E. Washington, DC 20002 Phone (202) 832-9591
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712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836
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Mission: Zion shall: Enlist Sinners, Educate Students, Empower the Suffering, Encourage the Saints, And Exalt our Savior. (Acts 2: www.zionbaptistchurchdc.org41-47)
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“Moving Faith Forward” 0% Perfect . . 100% Forgiven!
Rev. Dr. Kendrick E. Curry Pastor
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Pennsylvania Ave. Baptist Church
Bishop Adrian A. Taylor, Pastor
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Monday Adult Bible Study: 7:00 PM
Rev. Richard B. Black Interim Pastor
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4850 Blagdon Ave, NW Washington D.C 20011
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1415 Gallatin Street, NW Washington, DC 20011-3851
2616 MLK Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 Fax 202-678-3304
Dr. Joseph D. Turner / Senior Pastor
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Home Study (301) 464-8211 / Fax (202) 483-4009
Tel: (301) 322-9787 Fax: (301) 322-9240
Christian Education / School of Biblical Knowledge Saturdays, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM, Call for Registration
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APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
Nicole Stevens Register of WashingtonWillsInformer
Date of first publication: September 15, 2022
Stephanie Lynn Clemons, whose address is 3505 Bellflower Lane, Apt. 305, Rockville MD 20852, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Byron P. Clemons aka Byron Pe ter Clemons who died on 4/11/2022 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 3/15/2023. 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 3/15/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 000912
NicoleTRUEPetitioner/Attorney:TESTCOPYStevens
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
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Byron P. Clemons aka Byron Peter Clemons Decedent
NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
NOTICEAttorneyOF
2022 ADM 000982
2022 ADM 000914
Notice of Special Appearance : am that I am: " Michael Francis Milch© ", in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: “ MICHAEL FRANCIS MILCH ", corp.sole Dba.: " MICHAEL F MILCH© “, MR MIKE MILCH ”, “ MILCH, MICHAEL F ”, “ MR MICHAEL MILCH ”, “ MICHAEL MILCH ”, “ MR MICHAEL F MILCH
Date of first publication: Joanne9/15/2022Thomas
NOTICEAttorneyOF
Tamica Flora 200 Florida Avenue NE, #806 Washington, DC 20001
NOTICEAttorneyOF
Carroll Mosley, whose address is 4305 12th Street, NE, Wash ington, DC 20017, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Joe N. Hall aka Joe Nathaniel Hall who died on May 17, 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 3/15/2023. 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 3/15/2023, or be forever barred.
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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.
Joanne Thomas, whose address is 4303 3rd St NW, Washing ton, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of James Renard Thomas who died on August 6, 2004 without a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (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 3/15/2023. 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 3/15/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
Personal Representative
Law Office of Robert P. Newman Robert P. Newman, Esquire 801 Wayne Avenue Suite 400 Silver Spring, MD 20910
Nicole Stevens Register of WashingtonWillsInformer
2022 ADM 001007
LEGAL NOTICES
Jericho Jose Guzman Decedent
Personal Representative
Claudia A. York, whose address is 114 Swiss Gap Road, Upper Marlboro, Md 20774, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Cloudie E. York aka Cloudie Evidence York aka Cloudie Evidence York, Jr. aka Claudie Edward York, Jr. aka Cloudie Edward York who died on 8/19/2021 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 3/15/2023. 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 3/15/2023, 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.
2022 ADM 000942
2022 ADM 000967
“, “ MIKE MILCH ” having reached the age of majority, being duly certified, hereby affirms to declare my intention to be as my pedigree subscribes, as a: Michiganian, but not a citizen of the United States. I declare permanent, 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 a: Michiganian I am that am: " Michael Francis Milch© ", from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: " michael ian© ". 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 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: MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES: STATE FILE NUMBER, #1210012189 " MICHAEL F MILCH© ", “ MR MIKE MILCH ”, “ MILCH, MICHAEL F ”, “ MR MICHAEL MILCH ”, “ MICHAEL MILCH ”, “ MR MICHAEL F MILCH ” , “ MIKE MILCH© ", is as a special deposit order, conveyed to " Michael-Francis 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: " michael ian© ", nom deguerre: " Michael Francis Milch© ", as a special deposit order in lawful money. This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of : " Michael-Francis 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 satisfaction. Inter alia enact fuit. All Rights Reserved. Deo volente.
NOTICEAttorneyOF
James Renard Thomas Decedent
Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Tamica Flora for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal representatives. Unless a responsive pleading in the form of a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth.
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
Deborah D. Boddie, Esq. Probate Law DC 1308 Ninth Street, NW Suite Washington,300 DC 20001
APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
2022 ADM 000937
Terry Benson, whose address is 116 Scaly Bark Street, Lancaster, SC 29720, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Christine Benson who died on 6/20/2022 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 3/15/2023. 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 3/15/2023, or be forever barred.
Cloudie E. York aka Cloudie Evidence York aka Cloudie Evidence York, Jr. aka Claudie Edward York, Jr. aka Cloudie Edward York Decedent
Jeffrey K. Gordon, Esq. 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, NW #700 Washington, DC 20015
Thomasine Maria Miles, whose address is 6426 6th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20012, was appointed Personal Representa tive of the estate of Marion Pratt Miles aka Marion P. Miles who died on 6/15/2022 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 3/15/2023. 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 3/15/2023, 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.
Register of WashingtonWillsInformer
Stephanie Lynn Clemons Personal Representative
NOTICEAttorneyOF
Date of first publication: 9/15/2022
Donald Marlais, Esq. 411 10th Street NE Washington, DC 20002
Date of first publication: Claudia9/15/2022A.York
Terry PersonalBensonRepresentative
2022 ADM 000962
Marion Pratt Miles aka Marion P. Miles Decedent
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
Date of first publication: LillianShari9/15/2022L.NelsonM.Nelson
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
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Shari L. Nelson and Lillian M. Nelson, whose addresses are 5702 Rollins Ln., Capitol Heights, Md 20743 and 1920 Valley Terr. SE, Washington, DC 20032, was appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Charles Augustus Nelson who died on 1/9/2020 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 3/15/2023. 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 3/15/2023, 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.
Joe N. Hall aka Joe Nathaniel Hall Decedent
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
Admit to probate the will dated March 22, 2003 exhibited with the petition upon proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution by affidavit of the witnesses or otherwise
Date of first publication: 9/15/2022
Ricci J. Guzman, whose address is 448 Staples Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94112, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Jericho Jose Guzman who died on March 28, 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 3/15/2023. 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 3/15/2023, 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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Date of first publication: 9/15/2022
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
Charles Augustus Nelson Decedent
LEGAL NOTICES
Estate Jacquelineof M. Caul aka Jacqueline Mcrae Caul
NOTICEAttorneyOF
LEGAL NOTICES
Date of first publication: Ricci9/15/2022J.Guzman
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.
APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
Personal Representative
Carroll PersonalMosleyRepresentative
APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
2022 ADM 000927
Louvenia W. Williams, Esq. 9701 Apollo Drive, #301 Largo, Md 20774
LEGAL NOTICES
LEGAL NOTICES
In God We Trust. Declaration of Nationality. Notice of White Flag Surrender.
Personal Representative
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Law Office of Robert P. Newman Robert P. Newman, Esq. 801 Wayne Avenue, Suite 400 Silver Spring, Md 20910
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Christine DecedentBenson
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Date of first publication: 9/15/2022
Thomasine Maria Miles Personal Representative
1207 Thornden Rd. Rockville MD 20851
Date of first publication: September 22, 2022
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
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Misora Enslein, whose address is 1738 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Washington DC 20007, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Peter T. Enslein who died on July 6, 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 3/15/2023. 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 3/15/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.
Date of first publication: Jason9/22/2022Humphrey Crockett Personal Representative Nicole Stevens Register of WashingtonWillsInformer
Jane C. Bergner, Esq. 1776 K Street, NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006
Date of first publication: 9/15/2022
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
2022 ADM 000884
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
2022 FEP 000101
Personal Representative
436 Delafield Place, NW, Washington, DC 20011. 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.
APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
Nicole Stevens Register of WashingtonWillsInformer
Michele A. Ramsey Clarke aka Michele Antoinette Ramsey Clarke Decedent
2022 ADM 000946
NOTICEAttorneyOF
Peter T. Enslein Decedent
2022 ADM 000980
Howard Haley, Esq. The Haley Firm, PC 7600 Georgia Ave., NW #416 Washington, DC 20012
Date of first publication: Deborah9/22/2022Juanita Lewis-Day Personal Representative
Kevin A. Woodland Sr. Personal Representative
LEGAL NOTICES
Personal Representative
Nicole Stevens Register of WashingtonWillsInformer
Date of first publication: James9/15/2022Clarke
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James Clarke, whose address is 4102 Arkansas Ave., NW, Wash ington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Michele A. Ramsey Clarke aka Michele Antoinette Ramsey Clarke who died on May 11, 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 3/15/2023. 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 3/15/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.
Date of first publication: September 15, 2022
Mark Darnell Wallace Decedent
Brenda Lenore Travis and Anthony Durrel Wallace, whose addresses are 19480 Lesure Street, Detroit, Michigan 48235 and 58 Seaton Place, NW #B, Washington, DC 20001, was appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Mark Dar nell Wallace who died on 10/30/2021 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 3/15/2023. 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 3/15/2023, 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.
Thelma T. Lewis aka Thelma Theresa Lewis Decedent
LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES
APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
Nicole Stevens Register of WashingtonWillsInformer
Thelma DecedentSamuels
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
Service of process may be made upon Clyde Rowhelia Crockett, 5840 Eastern Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20011 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
Personal Representative
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
Regena Crockett Roberts Name of Decedent
Helen Copen Ledsky aka Helen M. Coleman aka Helen Mae Coleman aka Helen Mae Copen Decedent
Patricia Anne Woodland Decedent
Jane C. Bergner, whose address is 1776 K St., NW, WDC 20006, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Helen Copen Ledsky aka Helen M. Coleman aka Helen Mae Coleman aka Helen Mae Copen who died on 2/9/2022 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 3/22/2023. 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 3/22/2023, 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.
Sierra Randall, whose address is 3732 Hayes St., NE #1, Wash ington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Michael Hawkins Randall who died on July 2, 2022 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment 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 3/15/2023. 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 3/15/2023, 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.
Jason Humphrey Crockett whose address is 8911 Palmer Street, Fort Washington, MD 20744 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Regena Crockett Roberts, de ceased, by the Clerk of Superior Court for Mecklenburg County, State of Charlotte, NC.
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Deborah Juanita Lewis-Day, whose address is 12004 Crestwood Ave., S Brandywine, MD 20613, was appointed Personal Rep resentative of the estate of Thelma T. Lewis aka Thelma Theresa Lewis who died on March 22, 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 3/22/2023. 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 3/22/2023, 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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Kevin A. Woodland Sr., whose address is 6405 Goodluck Road, Riverdale, Md 20737, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Patricia Anne Woodland who died on Sep tember 20, 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 March 22, 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 March 22, 2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or lega tees 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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Edilberto Vasquez, whose address is 1207 Thornden Rd, Rock ville, MD 20851, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Arnoldo Vasquez Lopez aka Arnoldo Vasquez who died on July 4, 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 3/22/2023. 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 3/22/2023, 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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Imogene Newsome, whose address is 1613 Hunters Mill Avenue, Fort Washington, Md 20774, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Thelma Samuels who died on December 30, 1985 without a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 3/15/2023. 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 3/15/2023, 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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But far-right activists tell parents that words like “equity” are code for Marxism and something they should fight. Trump Republicans are en couraging MAGA activists to take
today’s dropout crisis to become a na tional security crisis.”
My condolences for Queen Elizabeth are muted by my condo lences for the exploited, those who live in "kingdom" countries who chafed under her dominance. The death of this monarch offers us an opportunity to examine her reign, its awful impact, and the ways the U.K. colluded with global preda tory capitalist forces to keep Afri can and Caribbean nations subser vient. The mindless celebrations of her reign are also celebrations of worldwide capitalism and ex ploitation.
It is not surprising that someone with a military background like Wes Moore has adopted “Leave Nobody Behind” as their military-inspired campaign slogan. When we have reports showing over 70% of our young Americans are unqualified to serve in the military, it weakens the potential workforce for businesses and national security. It takes the child, parent, teacher, administrator, and community to play a direct or indirect role in our youth's physical, social, educational, emotional, and spiritualWhendevelopment.wehaveAmerican soldiers who are lost or left behind in bat tle, they are eventually designated as MIA, or “missing in action.” Today, far too many of our youth will be MIA when it comes to meeting the future military needs of our country.
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When she’s not completing her studies at Spelman and working on Save-Cycle, Hills mixes drinks at functions across the Atlanta metropolitan area as part of an other venture she started years ago. She calls entrepreneurship the best means of advancing her goals.After winning the HBCU NVC, Hills took on a venture capital internship in New York City and pursued another op portunity that connected her with more business mentors. She said she hasn’t spent her $25,000 grand prize yet, mostly out of a desire to soak in as much industry knowledge as possible and set a foundation for her small business.
evil and label it as something more than"regrettable"? If there is regret, Prince William shows it by becoming a champion for reparations. Smiling and dancing through Jamaica does not offer a scintilla of remorse.
Lt. Gen. Xavier Brunson, the head of the Army’s I Corps, was blunt in his criticism about military-age Americans.“Only23% of the people that are of age to serve are actually qualified,” Brunson said, highlighting the need to look at what is happening to our youth because the issues are much wider than just the Army. “Some of the challenges we have are obesity, we have pre-existing medical conditions, we have behavioral health problems, we have criminality, people with fel onies, and drug use. This is not an Army problem, this is an American problem.”"Ready, Willing and Unable to Serve," a report by Mission: Read iness — a group of retired military and civilian leaders — found that 1 in
“Imagine 10 young people walk ing into a recruiter’s office and seven of them getting turned away,” said former Under Secretary Joe Reeder in a press release. “We cannot allow
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According to the report, that leaves only 2 out of 10 American young people fully eligible to join the mili tary without special waivers.
It is the height of white enti tlement that a British queen at tempted to rule countries that were colonized. It is the irony of white entitlement that some African descendant Caribbean natives sing "Hail to the Queen" with as much enthusiasm as their British cousins do. But Queen Elizabeth's death is an excellent time to examine global predato ry capitalism and the evils it has wrought. When will the great col onizers come to grips with their
African countries) as something to exploit. In 1493, Pope Alex ander VI issued an encyclical (or Papal letter) that mandated that "Christian" Europeans "convert, colonize, and enslave" those who were not Christian. England was one of the most enthusiastic col onizers, claiming parts of Africa and the Caribbean as part of their "empire." Elizabeth II inherited this legacy and did nothing about it during her 70-year reign. Is it likely that Charles III will be any better?The "British Empire" grew and prospered through colonization and exploitation. It owes several countries on the African conti nent reparations. Of course, not that they are not as dominating
“I’ve been paired with great men tors through the challenge. It’s great to have someone as a sounding board,” she continued.
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WI dealing with racism, racial identity, and“Thissexuality.isafight for the truth that has always existed even if it rarely gets told,” Johnson says. “When the youth are empowered with stories about the experiences of others, they become adults who understand the necessity for equity and equality and have the tools to build a world the likes of which we have never seen.”
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4 young people between the ages of 17 and 24 do not have a high school diploma. About 30% of those with a diploma still fail the Armed Forces Qualification Test, the entrance exam required to join the U.S. military. Another 1 in 10 young people can not serve because of past convictions for felonies or serious misdemeanors, states the report. A full 27% are sim ply too overweight to join the mili tary. Nearly 32% have disqualifying health problems, including asthma, eyesight or hearing problems, mental health issues, or recent attention-defi cit/hyperactivity disorder treatment.
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MikkiAPPOINTMENTJefferson, whose address is 2343 Evian Court, District Heights, MD 20747, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Marquezn Jones aka Marquezn Jones, Sr., who died on February 2, 2013 with a Will. 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 March 22, 2023.
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This is an important part of our history. We cannot build a future to gether if we are not willing to honest ly face the truth about our past and ourBannedpresent.Books Week is a good time to commit ourselves to defending the freedom to read, teach, and learn about our history — and to opposing those who want to make it illegal to teach about that history or make it im possible for educators to do so without being smeared and harassed. WI
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“It’s about having people who’ve been in the industry with connections who know the pro cesses, even down to the paper work,” Hills said.
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“I know that Save-Cycle can be a world-changing idea [but] it takes time to get it off the ground. I want to be a Black woman who brings a world-changing idea, hire people who look like me and have young girls look up to me.”
as they once were, with a faltering economy and a diminished world footprint, they aren't likely to talk reparation now. Yet there is never a "good time" to make recom pense to the people who have been exploited. Queen Elizabeth II's death is a "good time" for a new king to repair old wounds.
Hills, a 2022 graduate of Spel man College in Atlanta, pre sented Save-Cycle, a low-ener gy recycling container in which consumers can deposit recyclable items and receive funds directly to their bank account. An accom panying mobile app shows people nearby recycling containers.
students and recent graduates, they targeted other HBCUs at the request of MSU President David Wilson.Obiaka said HBCUs serve as the ideal incubator for talent. Last December, Inglish Hills personi fied that reality when she took home the grand prize during the inaugural HBCU NVC.
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mobs when she was a six-year-old who became the first Black student to attend a New Orleans elementa ry school that had previously been off-limits to non-White students.
over their school boards by running propaganda campaigns about “criti cal race theory.” Trumpish state leg islators are introducing laws to make it illegal to teach anything that might make White students experience “discomfort.” One Texas lawmaker demanded information from schools on 850 books he thought were sus pect; his list included works on his tory and human rights. In Virginia, Gov. Glenn Youngkin set up an email hotline for people to report teachers suspected of “divisive” practices.
Books targeted in the current war on truth include a memoir by Ruby Bridges, which tells the true story about her walking through angry
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Hills, a Bay Area native, thought of Save-Cycle after she and her friends spending time at Mission Dolores Park in San Francisco struggled to find a trash can. A subsequent conversation with a man collecting trash at the park inspired what Hills de scribed as an eco-friendly way of supporting her community.
sance writers, publishing their poetry and short stories and promoting Afri can-American literature through arti cles, reviews, and literary prizes.
The policy decisions and political de cisions that have impacted northern city centers will be brought out, along with the different forms of injustices and"Weinequity.invite people to reflect on what brought us to where we are, and how that influences us and inspires us to move forward,” Scott said.
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son, Miss., clearly illustrates the antipathy which fuels the dispa rate funding resources for a major ity-minority city. For years, Jack son has suffered under the specter of failing (water) infrastructure. There is no justification for a state capital or a city as large as Jackson to operate under a "boil water" order since July. Instead of ad dressing this problem which will only worsen with age, Jackson has been ignored while the interests of surrounding 'white' suburbs have been met with the use of available financial resources.
Even more horrifying is the fact that these two Republican governors have expressed presi dential aspirations. Like the last Republican to hold the office, they each wish to bring and infect the nation with their own brand of duplicity, disorder, disruption and antipathy. They have accept ed the belief that political power and control can best be sustained in a state or country in chaos. At least for the near future, we, the people, have the ability to resist. For the remainder of our lives and for the future of our children, we must reject the hatred that will, if allowed, overwhelm us. WI
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Just two years ago, the Con sumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) entered into a consent or der with TD Bank that provided $97 million in restitution to 1.42 million consumers, and the CFPB charged the firm a $25 million civ il penalty. The bank had illegally charged customers overdraft fees without first obtaining their con sent before enrolling them in its optionalOverdraftoverdraft.fees often exploit consumers' short-term cash needs.
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In an Aug. 23 joint letter sent to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Reserve, agencies whose approval of the deal is required, consumer advocates made clear their"Thisopposition.mergerwill result in a sig nificant presence in the Southeast, in states like Tennessee, Texas, Ar kansas, and Florida, among others, where there is a concentration of Black and Latino communities and poverty, often overlapping. These communities bear the acute and disproportionate burden of overdraft fees, calling into the question whether the needs and
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was the idea of freedom at that time?” ScottThesaid.history of the National Urban League, which was born in Harlem in response to the Great Migrations, and its role in nurturing the Harlem Renais sance, will be interwoven in the muse um's sweeping Opportunity:narrative.AJournal of Negro Life, for many years the official month ly publication of the National Urban League, employed Harlem Renais
The vast majority of overdraft fee revenue comes from people with account balances that average less thanTD$350.Bank's business model re lies far more on overdraft fees than other large banks. While some of its peer institutions eliminated overdraft fees, TD charges a $35 overdraft fee as many as three times a Fortunately,day. consumer advo cates are registering their serious
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The museum also will explore the Black cultural, artistic, and political Renaissances that flourished in other communities like Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood, Washington DC and in Los"We'reAngeles.really taking a long view of civil rights, not just the period of the 1950s and 1960s that most people think of as the civil rights era,” Scott said. "We're looking at it from the very roots of the urban north, all the way up through the present day and the Black Lives Matter movement.
Signatories to the letter included Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund, California Rein vestment Coalition, Demos, and CRL.Federal regulators, appointed by the Biden administration, have signaled scrutiny of mergers is a re newedMichaelpriority.Barr, the newly ap pointed vice chair for supervision of the Federal Reserve System, staked out this position as part of a wide-ranging Sept. 7 speech, titled "Making the Financial System Saf er and "FairnessFairer."is fundamental to fi nancial oversight, and I am com mitted to using the tools of regula tion, supervision, and enforcement so that businesses and households have access to the services they need, the information necessary to make their financial decisions, and protection from unfair treatment," noted Barr. WI
Elsewhere, they note, "Many af fected by relentless overdraft fees end up having their checking ac count closed, and reentry into the banking system is difficult."
"TD Bank cannot serve the needs of low-income communities while insisting on maintaining this large stream of revenue that, by definition, depends on consumers who lack funds," testified Nadine Chabrier, senior policy and litiga tion counsel with the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL), at a recent hearing on the merger pro posal. She noted that in deciding whether to approve a merger, gov ernment regulators, by law, must consider whether community needs would be served.
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An egregious demonstration of antipathy is illustrated by the actions of two southern, Repub lican governors — Abbott of Tex as and DeSantis of Florida. Each has decided to unceremoniously ship "undesirable" economic ref ugees to northern jurisdictions in what has been described as a major political stunt. Stunt or not, these actions have been taken with complete disregard for the ultimate welfare of the affected men, women and children. I can only suggest that these two Bi ble-thumping governors refresh their understanding of the admo nition in Matthew 25:40.
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