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On Wednesday, August 10, she and several other freshmen converged on 4th Street and Bryant Street in Northwest to check into their dorms. Even with a lack of sleep after a day of travel, she expressed excitement and enthu

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More than two years ago, Transformative Justice Coalition President and Founder Barbara Arnwine and Board Chair Daryl Jones put their arms around Ahmaud Arbery’s family. Both lawyers, Arnwine and Jones didn’t seek to represent the family legally but to offer encouragement and help strengthen the resolve they needed to pursue justice for the 25 year old shot to death in Brunswick, Georgia. “When we first interacted with the family, they were hesitant to get involved,” Jones told NNPA Newswire following the sentenc ing of Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael and William Bryan.

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Long before stepping foot in a classroom, they took part in various activ ities that touched on aspects of the HU experience and compelled them to reflect on issues of significance to young Black people attending college in a major U.S. city. For HU freshman Naika Belizaire, such activities affirmed her desire to attend the university. Belizaire, an 18-year-old student from Las Vegas, spent half the day traveling across the country with her family last week to start a new chapter of her life in a region she said better aligns with her personality.

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Civil rights activist James Meredith recently expressed plans to com memorate the 60th anniversary of his matriculation to the University of Mississippi with a visit to every county in his home state. In 1962, Meredith became the first African American admitted to the racially-segregated university known to many as "Ole Miss." Inspired 57, 44 - 24, 2022

Members of Howard University’s (HU) incoming freshman class spent the last few days learning about one another, meeting professors, administra tors and student leaders and getting acclimated to campus life during what’s touted as “Bison Week.”

5 Hundreds of freshmen students moved into Howard University’s campus last week with the help of parents and University volunteers. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

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In 1962, Meredith Became First African American Admitted to Racially-Segregated ‘Ole Miss’

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Today, President Joe Biden made history by signing the Inflation Reduction Act into law. The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP) applauds the unprecedented investments in healthcare, climate justice and tax fairness at a time when too many in our community continue to struggle. As millions of Black families continue to experience economic hardship, skyrocketing costs, and a disproportionate burden from the climate crisis, the passage of this legislation will begin to provide much needed relief. The IRA’s provisions to invest nearly $400 billion in climate change, allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices, extending health insurance subsidies, and imposing a 15% minimum tax on corporations that make more than $1 billion each year will help working families across the nation, particularly in Black, Brown, indigenous, and rural communities.

Melanie L. Campbell, President & CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and Convener of the Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR), issued the following statement “I am glad this legislation landed on President Biden’s desk after compromise in both chambers of Congress. It is a historic investment in our economy, an important piece of legislation for the planet and a crucial step in making our economy work for our communities that are too often over looked. Yes, there is still much more work to be done, and time is of the essence, but we also understand the need to pass immediate relief where possible and simultaneously organize our communities to vote for candidates who will not stand in the way of the progress voters demand. “As the nation’s affordability crisis continues, the need to address the systemic imbalances that have left millions of people vulnerable and at risk to physical, mental and economic harm exists. “It was the power of Black voters, especially Black women voters, that led the way to shift power in the halls of Congress and the White House in 2020. This mandate to deliver on economic justice and opportunity is because millions of Black voters, other people of color and young people, demanded that their elected leaders actively take legislative action -- includ ing the need for affordable housing & health care, a clean environment, paid family leave, lower insulin costs, and a fairer economy for working people. “And just as economic and environmental justice continues to be a priority for our organization, we stand firmly com mitted to elevating the urgency for the Congress to swiftly pass federal voting rights, reproductive rights and LGBTQ+ rights legislation now.” WI

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“Whether students are traveling to school, sports, internships, or more – Kids Ride Free makes it easy and free to use the train, Metrobus, or Circulator,” said Mayor Bowser. “We want all stu dents to take advantage of this critical program so that they can have a fantastic school year and their families can save hundreds of dollars.”

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As a councilmember, Mayor Bowser established and championed Kids Ride Free to ensure that District students can get to and from school and school-related activities for free on Metrobus, Metrorail, and the DC Circulator.

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Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that new Kids Ride Free SmarTrip cards for the 2022-2023 School Year will be available for pickup by students by the week of August 29, which marks the first week of DC Public Schools. New students will be given first priority at their schools to pick up new Kids Ride Free SmarTrip cards. School year 2021-2022 Kids Ride Free SmarTrip cards (purple cards) will remain valid through September 30, 2022. Students who have lost or misplaced their 2021-2022 card can request a replacement card from their School ID administrator. Replacement cards will also be distributed at District Department of Transportation (DDOT) headquarters (250 M Street SE) on Wednesdays through August 24 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Students will need to bring their student ID number.

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Over the next few weeks, cards are being sent directly to all DC Public Schools and DC public charter schools for dis tribution, allowing families to pick up cards directly from their child’s school. Once students receive their cards, they are encouraged to use them at all times within the Metro system in order to track the program’s usage and ensure compliance with Metro policies. To be eligible for participation in the Kids Ride Free program, each student must be:

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AUGUST 18 - 24, 2022 5WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM / THE WASHINGTON INFORMER Bonds has his support. “Anita has consistently support ed policies balancing the needs of public and charter school and has been good on such issues as afford able housing,” he said. “She has earned another term in my opin ion.” WI @JamesWrightJr10 AROUND THE REGION James Wright WI Staff Writer D.C. Councilmember Anita Bonds wants to serve four more years representing District resi dents on a citywide basis because she sees a lot of changes taking place and wants to ensure that ev eryone gets a fair chance. “I want to continue to keep our city moving forward,” Bonds said. “We need to keep people living in our city. A lot of people feel they are being pushed out due to gen trification. And the [coronavirus] pandemic has genuinely affected our city’s future.” Bonds will represent the Dem ocratic Party in the November 8 general election as its at-large can didate after winning the nomina tion on June 21 in the District’s primary. She will compete against Republican, Libertarian and D.C. Statehood Green party candidates as well as independents including council colleagues Elissa Silver man and Kenyan McDuffie for one of the two seats up for grabs. Bonds has served on the council as an at-large legislator since Decem ber 2012 when she replaced Phil Mendelson by vote of the D.C. Democratic State Committee. She said while the city progress es economically despite the pan demic, several issues remain which require the attention of govern ment“Weofficials.haveareas that need stark improvement such as schools, for I fear we are losing a great gen eration of residents and leaders,” Bonds said. “Senior citizens de serve to be a part of our great city also, many of whom feel isolated. They are out of the daily rhythm of life and there is a high rate of poverty among people who are over the age of 65.” Bonds, who chairs the Com mittee on Housing and Execu tive Administration, said District leaders should look at creative models when it comes to housing its seniors. She suggested a dor mitory-style facility that includes a common area where people can congregate as well as a kitchen and a courtyard as an example of a se nior housing model. The councilmember also said land located at The Parks at Wal ter Reed in Northwest and Reser vation 13 in the Southeast quad rant could be utilized for senior housing. Those two plots of land, Bonds said, could be used as vil lage-like settings for seniors – a concept that has been successful in other“Wecities.should build as much com munity as we can,” she said adding that in terms of housing costs over all, “the rent is too damn high.” “People are having a difficult time making ends meet,” she said. “Young families should be able to live in the city, if the parents work here. People making from $50,000 a year to $100,000 a year are hav ing a tough time here.”

Since the advent of Home Rule in 1974, no Democratic at-large council candidate has lost a general election. And while Bonds knows the odds remains strongly in her favor due to the Democrats 10-to1 voter registration advantage over the Republicans, she plans to run like an underdog. “It would be an insult to the voters if I didn’t campaign hard,” Bonds said. “People are into ‘what have you done for me lately’ and generally have short memories. However, this election is differ ent because there are three sitting councilmembers running for two spots.”Jacque Patterson, who serves as an at-large member of the D.C. State Board of Education, said 5 Mayor Muriel Bowser with Anita Bonds, a Democratic, at-large mem ber of the D.C. City Council. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer) “I want to continue to keep our city moving forward,” Bonds said. “We need to keep people living in our city. A lot of people feel they are being pushed out due to gentrification."

A few weeks ago, Bonds pub licly pledged to hold a hearing on social housing suggesting that the government or nonprofits should support housing specifically for workers at an affordable rate here in the BondsDistrict.also said the economic development of neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River should be a “Therepriority.isno reason that Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave. cannot be similar to 14th & U Street,” she said. “I think residents in com munities east of the river should be able to determine what goes in their neighborhoods. People want a say in neighborhood develop ment. They just don’t want some thing plopped in their neighbor hood and explained later.”

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Famed blues singer and guitarist John Lee , known as the "King of the Boogie," is born in Mississippi.

1932 – Melvin Van Peebles, actor, director and composer, is born in Chicago. Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain (below), the only player in NBA history to score 100 points in a single game, is born in Philadelphia.

black facts BLACK AMERICA WEB AUG 18 - 24, 2022 1904 – Count Basie, famed jazz pianist and band leader, is born in Red Bank, New Jersey.

1978 – Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's first prime minister, dies at 86. 1989 – Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, is shot and killed by a reputed drug dealer in Oakland, Cal ifornia. AUG. 23 1900 – The National Negro Business League, which was founded by Booker T. , holds its first meeting in Boston. AUG. 24 1950 – Edith Sampson, a lawyer and judge, be comes the first Black U.S. delegate appointed to theAUG. 18 1934 – Base ball great Rober to Clemente born in Carolina, Puerto Rico. 1963 – Civil rights activist James Meredith the first African American admitted to the University of Mississippi, graduates. 1977 – Stephen Biko ti-apartheid activist and leader of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa, is arrested. He is severely beaten while in police custody and dies of his injuries weeks later.

AUG. 19 1954 – Ralph J. Bunche Nobel Peace Prize, named undersecretary of the Unit ed Nations. AUG. 20 1942 – Soul music legend for his Oscar-winning "Theme from Shaft," is born in Memphis, Tennessee. AUG. 21 1831 – Nat Turner free Blacks in Southampton County, Virginia, that re sulted in the deaths more than 50 white people. MELVIN VAN PEEBLES

DORINE ROBY / SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Watch out for the so-called white liberals. They believe they’re helping by speaking out against CRT. A few Martin Luther King Jr. quotes and they believe they’ve solved racism and can speak effectively on racial matters.

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NATASHA B. / WASHINGTON, D.C. Because slavery is now “involuntary relocation,” they can’t actually teach. They have to sidestep and pretend America was built on, I guess, tufts of Abe Lincoln’s facial hair and a divine sense of entitlement.

KENNETH PATTON / HAMPTON, VIRGINIA Rockefeller created the public school system and said this about the curriculum. He didn’t want thinkers. He wanted non-questioning workers. So let that roll around your brain. Generation after generation, programmed to be workers and fed a fake white history. What could go wrong? The State of the American Teacher and State of the American Principal surveys found a third of educators were told to limit their classroom conversations about racism and gender studies, commonly referred to as “critical race theory.” What are your thoughts?

JAMES PERRINGTON / NEW YORK America being America. GREGORY CANCRYN / WASHINGTON, D.C. Let’s be sure “not to teach American history.” If you don’t want kids to know the truth, eliminate the subject from the curriculum.

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Serena Williams Announces Retirement from Tennis

Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer Serena Williams is giving tennis one last hurrah before hanging up her rack et for Withgood.23

The CDC noted significant dispar ities in the birthing experience of Black women in its most recent report. The agency noted that Black wom en are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than whiteThewomen.agency said multiple factors contribute to these disparities, such as variation in quality healthcare, under lying chronic conditions, structural rac ism, and implicit bias. The CDC added that social deter minants of health prevent many people from racial and ethnic minority groups from having fair economic, physical, and emotional health opportunities. After an emergency C-section, Wil liams gave birth to her daughter, Alexis. “I have never liked the word retire ment,” Williams wrote for Vogue. “It doesn’t feel like a modern word to me. I’ve been thinking of this as a tran sition, but I want to be sensitive about how I use that word, which means something very specific and important to a community of people. “Maybe the best word to describe what I’m up to is evolution. I’m here to tell you that I’m evolving away from tennis toward other things that are im portant to me.”

The U.S. Open, which begins in New York on August 29, will be Wil liams’ last “Unfortunately,tournament.Iwasn’t ready to win Wimbledon this year. And I don’t know if I will be ready to win New York,” Williams stated, directing her message to her fans. “But I’m going to try. And the leadup tournaments will be fun. I’m not looking for some ceremonial, final oncourt moment. I’m terrible at good byes, the world’s worst. “But please know that I am more grateful for you than I can ever express in words. You have carried me to so many wins and so many trophies. I’m going to miss that version of me, that girl who played tennis. And I’m going to miss you.” WI

Grand Slam titles and 192 career wins, Williams announced that she’s retiring following next month’s U.S.“ThisOpen.morning, my daughter, Olym pia, who turns five this month, and I were on our way to get her a new pass port before a trip to Europe. We’re in my car, and she’s holding my phone, using an interactive educational app she likes,” Williams penned in the Septem ber 2022 issue of Vogue Magazine. “This robot voice asks her a ques tion: What do you want to be when you grow up? She doesn’t know I’m listening, but I can hear the answer she whispers into the phone. She says, “I want to be a big sister.” Williams said it’s time for her to fo cus on Earlierfamily.thisyear, Williams penned an essay for Elle Magazine in which she recounted her reckoning that proved once again that Black women remain three times more likely to die after childbirth than white women. She said she was almost one of them. “I’ve suffered every injury imagin able, and I know my body,” she wrote. “Giving birth to my baby, it turned out, was a test for how loud and how often I would have to call out before I was fi nallyAsheard.”Williams recounted, she had a “wonderful pregnancy” with her first child, Alexis Olympia, and even her epidural-free delivery was going well –at first.“By the next morning, the contrac tions were coming harder and faster. With each one, my baby’s heart rate plummeted. I was scared,” she contin ued.“Every time the baby’s heart rate dropped, the nurses would come in and tell me to turn onto my side. The baby’s heart rate would go back up, and everything seemed fine. “Then, I’d have another contraction, and baby’s heart rate would drop again, but I’d turn over, and the rate would go back up, and so on and so forth.”

Andrece Bassett, the program di rector for W8CIF, explained that the grant-secured loan program awards grant funds to recipients to use as collat eral to secure a credit-building loan of 6% annual percentage rate and flexible terms to help Ward 8 business owners and residents start or grow their firms. Bassett said once the loan becomes paid, the grant funds are fully available so that the recipient can continue to fi nance their operations. The specifics of the plan consist of the Explorer, Start-Up and In-Busi ness tiers. The Explorer tier, designed for people contemplating opening a business, has a $5,000 award with $2,500 as a grant and $2,500 as a loan. The Start-Up tier, for people who are in the early stages of operating their es tablishments, offers a $10,000 award with $5,000 as a grant and $5,000 as a loan. The In-Business tier, for expe rienced entrepreneurs, has a $20,000 award that consist of $10,000 as a grant and $10,000 as a loan. There will be 10 recipients in each tier. The application, found on DC CDC’s website, must be completed and submitted by Sept. 7. The recipi ents will receive notification on Sept. 16. A W8CIF award session will take place during the week of Sept. 19 to sign the grant agreement issued by the DCCDC and the matching loan deal issued by Life Asset, a nonprofit orga nization that offers microloans, training and support for entrepreneurs in the Washington area. Other details include the funds be ing available to entrepreneurs first as a loan and when that becomes paid in full, the grants are available. If a recip ient misses a loan payment—agreed to either in 12, 24 or 36 monthly in stallments—the sum will be deducted from the grant. No portion of the grant must be repaid. Additionally, recipients are mandated to return a survey de tailing financial activities related to the usage of funds and any other economic impacts by Oct. 23. Bassett offered a tip to prospective applicants.“Thebetter you write your proposal, the better your chances of being fund ed,” she Bassettsaid.also made it clear that the W8CIF program served for-profit businesses and not nonprofits. D.C. Council member Trayon White (D-Ward 8) spoke in full sup port of W8CIF, saying “we set this up as a way to empower local minority businesses here in Ward 8.” “We have so many people in the ward who have great ideas and great business acumen but lack capital,” he said. “This is a new effort in the ward and the beginning of a larger vision to own things in our own community.” Darrell Gaston, the owner and chef at Kitchen Savages, set to open a loca tion in Historic Anacostia in Septem ber, said he likes the W8CIF and will likely put in an application. “This is an amazing idea,” he said. “I support public-private partnership dollars to help Black businesses break barriers when it comes to the banking system which hasn’t been friendly to us.” WI @JamesWrightJr10 5 Tendani Mpulubusi is a director of the DC Community Development Consortium. (Photo courtesy DCCDC.org)

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New Funding Source for Ward 8 Firms and Residents is Launched

James Wright WI Staff Writer A new source of funding for entre preneurs who have businesses in Ward 8 and those who have firms or wish to go into business who reside in the ward has taken shape. On Aug. 15, leaders of the DC Community Development Consor tium (DCCDC) announced the for mation of the Ward 8 Community Investment Fund (W8CIF) before a gathering of 150 people at the R.I.S.E. Demonstration Center on the St. Elizabeths East campus in Southeast Washington. The W8CIF serves as a grant-secured loan products program developed in partnership with govern ment officials, agency leaders and the private sector designed to help residents and businesses in Ward 8. “We want to close the racial wealth gap in this city,” said Tendani Mpu lubusi, a director of the DCCDC. “The white population’s median house hold income is 81 times more than the Black population’s median household income in this city. If we attack the ra cial wealth gap, we can deal with other problems also. This program will help businesses and people located in Ward 8 become more bankable.”

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Batchelor wants to serve another term as a commissioner and counts as a candidate for the 8C06 district. “I have been thinking about issues differently since the new boundaries of 8C06 have been set up,” Batchelor said. “There are issues that need atten tion such as development around the Congress Heights Metro Station. But basically, I am a kid from Congress Heights and I am looking forward to serve if the people elect me. Elected office is a good place to be.”

Batchelor will face present commis sioner Robbie Woodland and Betty Murray in the November 8 gener al election. The Rev. Rowena Joyce Scott, a former president of the Ward 8 Democrats and longtime political activist, has decided to run for com missioner again. “I served as a commissioner over 30 years ago and I am back,” said Scott, a candidate for single-member district 8E08. “There need to be stop lights and street bumps in my neighbor hood. I also want to help the children in my neighborhood. Their behavior is off the chain.” Scott, who faces no opposition in her bid for office, said she’d like to start the process of the District government building a resource center for at-risk youth in her neighborhood. “This is the nation’s capital and I know we can do it here,” she said. During the redistricting process that occurred earlier this year, Ward 8 added large portions of the Navy Yard neighborhood west of the Anacostia River. Several new advisory neighbor hood commissions single-member districts resulted from the redrawn boundaries of the ward and Clayton Rosenberg, an anti-gang violence activist, has submitted petitions to become the commissioner for sin gle-member district 8F04. “I have always wondered what I could do for my community,” Rosen berg said. “Now that my community is in Ward 8, I want to make a dif ference by doing something positive. We face some of the same issues Ward 8 residents east of the river face so I think we can coordinate and work to gether to solve them.”

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Markus Batchelor served as the Ward 8 representative to the D.C. State Board of Education from 20172021 and as a candidate for the atlarge seat on the D.C. Council in 2020. However, he served as the com missioner for the then single-mem ber district 8C04 from 2015-2017.

While residents are running for commissioner throughout Ward 8, in 8D commission, districts 1 through 4 have no candidates. District law states that if a vacancy occurs, the position must be made available to the public by way of the D.C. Register who must make petitions available. If one person files a petition and has met the qual ifications to serve as a commissioner, that individual gets the office. If there are two or more candidates, a special election becomes necessary and it will be called by the D.C. Board of Elec tions. The individual who receives the most votes will become the commis sioner. The process continues until the vacancy has been filled. WI @JamesWrightJr10 5 Former Ward 8 D.C. State Board of Education member Markus Batchelor is a candi date for advisory neighborhood commissioner. (WI File Photo)

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5 President Joe Biden signed an executive order Feb. 4 on project labor agreements at Ironworkers Local 5 building in Largo, Maryland. (Photo courtesy of the White House)

2023.”Asfor the recounts, District 23, which includes the Bowie area and portions of Upper Marlboro, Kym Taylor of Bowie came in third place and held that final spot by 19 votes, or .03%. A recount will determine if Taylor keeps the lead or if Jocelyn Collins of Upper Marlboro jumps ahead from fourth place.

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Less than 12 weeks before the No vember general election, President Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, are scheduled to attend a rally in Mary land on Thursday, Aug. 25. As of Monday, Aug. 15, the ex act location hasn’t been determined. However, a map on the Democratic National Committee’s website shows the rally could be near Chevy Chase in Montgomery County. There’s so much at stake in the upcoming election and it’s impera tive that we elect Democrats up and down the ballot in November,” ac cording to a committee statement on its website. “Join us and hear direct ly from Democratic leadership and special guests…”

William J. Ford WI Staff Writer The Maryland State Board of Elec tions officially certified primary elec tion results Monday, Aug. 15 from statewide races that concluded last month.The board quickly voted unan imously to confirm results but re counts are set for a few close races such as legislative Districts 23 and 24 in Prince George’s County for can didates who sought the Democratic nomination.NikkiCharleston, deputy admin istrator for the state Board of Elec tions, said they’re scheduled to begin next“We’veweek.already received those peti tions,” she said. It’s unclear how long a recount will take but candidates have until Thurs day, Aug. 18 to file a petition making a formalMeanwhile,request.the board also vot ed to file an emergency petition in circuit court to allow local election boards to count mail-in ballots as soon as they arrive during the Nov. 8 general election. Current law per mits those ballots to be counted two days after Election Day, specifically Thursday.Astatement from the board men tions Maryland remains the only With Maryland Election Results Certified, Recounts Begin or .19% over LaTasha Ward. Christopher Stevenson sits in fifth place behind Alston by only 131 votes, or Alston,.25%.elected as a delegate in 2010, was indicted for improperly using campaign and state funds and later ousted from her seat in 2012. This year marked Alston’s third attempt seeking public office. But she garnered enough votes this year for third place behind the top two vote-getters, Dels. Jazz Lewis and Andrea Fletcher Harrison who repre sent municipalities and communities including Glenarden, Largo and Seat Pleasant.TheMaryland General Assem bly approved legislation this year for candidates who petition for a recount must be down by at least .25%. The previous figure stood at 1%. In addition, the campaigns wouldn’t have to pay for a recount. Election officials in the state’s 23 counties and Baltimore City already certified results but a recount in the state’s highest populated jurisdiction will start MontgomeryThursday.County Executive Marc Elrich won the Democratic nomination by 35 votes, or .03%, over businessman David Blair. Blair lost to Elrich by just 77 votes in While2018. county election officials counted votes last week, Blair issued a statement Aug. 7 that he plans to petition for a recount. “Given the extremely close margin, state in the nation to continue that mail-in ballot process. “Given Maryland’s experience in the primary election and the expect ed and continued expansion of mailin balloting, the inability of the local boards of elections to canvass mail-in ballots before Election Day could have significant implications,” ac cording to the board’s letter. “It could leave local, statewide and even federal contests without certified results until late December 2022 or early January

5 Prince George’s County election workers Darnell Eastman (L-R), Mark Mosby and Chancelor Richardson count and prepare to load ballots in the vote tabulator at Lake Arbor Elementary School in Mitchellville on July 29 which marked the last day to canvass provisional and mail-in ballots. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

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Maryland sits in a rare position of a highly-publicized general elec tion to replace the term-limited Republican Gov. Larry Hogan. Six candidates count among those in the race for governor but the two main candidates include Democrat and former nonprofit executive Wes Moore and Re publican Del. Dan Cox who has been endorsed by former President DonaldMoore,Trump.apolitical novice who received high-profile endorsements from Oprah Winfrey, Spike Lee and top Maryland Democrats, seeks to make history to become the state’s first Black governor. His running mate, former Del. Aruna Miller, would become the state’s first woman lieutenant gov ernor and the first of Indian de scent.Although Democrats outnum ber Republicans in the state by a

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After Prince George's County pub lic schools instituted a mask optional policy in the buildings last month, the state of Maryland's second largest school system reverted back to requir ingThemasks.mandate went into effect Monday as teachers are going back into the buildings in preparation for the new school year that begins Aug. 29.“This decision was recommended by the Prince George’s County Health Department,” according to an email from the school district sent to the school community Friday. “When re sponding to public health threats such as COVID-19, Maryland school dis tricts have flexibility in determining mask-wearing policies.”

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The correspondence states the mask policy can change based on local and state health department guidance and recommendations from the Cen ters for Disease Control and Preven tionThe(CDC).federal agency notes the highly Stuff the Bus Don’t drain every ounce. On Peak Savings Days — and all summer long — save energy and money by unplugging appliances and electronics.

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contagious BA.5 omicron subvariant accounts for the most coronavirus cases in the U.S. and 40% of counties in the “high COVID-19 community level.”Prince George’s and Montgomery counties in Maryland represent the only two jurisdictions in the D.C. area ranked with high community levels by the CDC. Although Prince George’s has a high level, the county’s data between July 31 and Aug. 6 shows the new weekly cases at 1,635, or a decrease of During10%. that same timeframe, the county recorded six deaths compared to five the previous week. Prince George’s has recorded the second highest number of confirmed cases in the state with more than 200,000 and the fifth highest per centage of residents fully vaccinated at nearlyThree77%.other counties in Maryland sit in the high level, all located near the Eastern Shore: Somerset, Wicom ico and CountiesWorcester.labeled as high are recom mended by the CDC to wear masks Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy hosted a community rally at Goodwin Park in Seat Pleasant on Friday, Aug. 12. The rally called “Our Streets, Our Future” focused on gun violence prevention in the majority Black jurisdiction where county police recovered nearly 1,400 firearms last year. That figure increased from 1,293 in 2020. Besides the push to decrease guns on the streets, county agencies and community organizations set up tables to offer information on job training, mentorship programs and other resources.Thestate’s attorney led another event in June at Eastover Shopping Center in Oxon Hill alongside County Council member Edward Burroughs III and D.C. Councilmember Trayon White of neighboring Southeast. Braveboy began the rally in June 2021 outside Jericho City of Praise Family Ministries in Landover. The event started in that month to symbolize Gun Violence Awareness Month. WI William J. Ford WI Staff Writer

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indoors in public and on public trans portation and get a COVID-19 test if a person experiences any symptoms such as a sore throat, fever, chills, or muscle and body aches. In Northern Virginia, Fauqui er, Stafford and Arlington counties are ranked medium and Fairfax and Loudoun counties are ranked low community level where masks aren’t necessary.TheCOVID-19 level in the Dis trict remains medium where residents “may choose to wear a mask at any time” as a precaution. However, the agency suggests people wear a mask on public Meanwhile,transportation.MayorMuriel

The Prince George’s County Department of Public Works and Transportation held its annual “Stuff TheBus Back to School Supply Drive” this summer with the hopes of collecting thousands of pens, pencils and other materials. The department collected school supplies in Lar go from July 22 to Aug. 15.

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Donations came from various people such as members of the county’s alumni chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. donated markers, note books, pencils, backpacks and other school supplies. Last year, the department received about 17,800 school supplies and nearly 1,100 backpacks. WI

5 Members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. donates pens, pencils, markers and other school supplies Aug. 12 for Prince George’s County public school students. The county’s Department of Public Works and Transportation con ducted its annual “Stuff TheBus” back to school supply drive that ran from July 22 to Aug. 15. (Robert R. WashingtonRoberts/TheInformer)

5 Public Welfare Foundation President and CEO Candice Jones. (Photo courtesy Public Welfare Foundation) on the mural, Ellington’s eyes draw theThecurious.musician counted among the most famous performers in the building’s iconic history.

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The True Reformer Building could easily get overlooked if a larger-than-life mural of Duke Ellington adorning the side of the beautiful historic landmark didn’t first greet passersby. Like the accompanying piano

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Located at 1200 U Street in Washington, D.C., the building stands as the first in America de signed, financed, built and owned by the African-American commu nity after DesignerReconstruction.JohnAnderson count ed as D.C.’s first Black registered architect, and the Grand United Order of True Reformers commis sioned the building in 1902. It lat er enjoyed its dedication in 1903. Over the years, numerous civic and cultural institutions that serve African Americans have called the True Reformer Building Home. Perhaps none have had the im pact of the Public Welfare Foun dation, which Charles Edward Marsh founded in 1947 with a mission to “make gifts for educa tion, charitable or benevolent uses in accordance with a plan which shall meet the changing need for such gifts with flexibility.”

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Over 75 years, the Foundation has issued nearly 6,000 grants to taling more than $700 million. Jones said the Foundation seeks strategic points where funds can make a significant difference. No tably, the Foundation aims to pro vide grants in social justice areas where organizations can jumpstart reform in adult and youth justice. “Youth justice is about focusing on youth – usually those under 18 and not considered an adult,” Jones explained. “If they’re in conflict with the law, whether it’s an arrest, in the court system, or custody, we focus on those youth. Some groups will fund children just because they think they’re cute and redeemable. But we focus on kids and don’t be lieve in throwing them away. We fund organizations that step in be fore there is trouble. We focus on organizations who say, ‘these peo ple are Jones,redeemable.’”whoreceived her J.D. from New York University School of Law and her B.A. from Wash ington University in St. Louis, Missouri, enjoys a long history of fighting for youth justice. She served as a senior advisor at Chicago CRED, an organization focusing on gun violence in the Windy City. In her role at Chicago CRED, Jones helped secure significant investments for violence interven tion programs as an alternative to the criminal justice system. She also served as director of the Illinois Department of Juve nile Justice, pushing significant reforms that reduced the number of youths in state custody. According to her Foundation bio, Jones also served as a White House Fellow, managing a port folio within the U.S. Department of Education that included de veloping education strategies for correctional institutions and shep herding a plan to reinstate federal Pell grants for youth and adults in custody.Earlier, Jones worked as a pro gram officer with the MacArthur Foundation, managing a grant portfolio focused on decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in the juvenile justice system and im proving the quality of defense for disadvantaged youth. “At the Public Welfare Founda tion, we want to get resources to communities of color that tend to be over-policed and spend too much time being incarcerated,” Jones stated.

“We’re celebrating 75 years,” said Candice Jones, who joined the Foundation in 2017 as presi dent and CEO. “We are a national grant-making organization. We exist to give money away to or ganizations that do good work,” Jones“Rightasserted.now, we are focusing on giving money around criminal and youth justice reform all over the country.”

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What’s more, Black entrepreneurs are more optimistic about their company’s future than any other small business group, according to the Chase Business Leader Outlook. If you are a business owner or thinking about starting a business, one of the best things you can do as an entrepre neur is to invest in yourself and your business. As you hear more about inflation and the economy in the news, now is a good time to check-up on the financial health of your business health and set-up a strong foundation for long-term success. Here are three suggestions to consider: Rise above the cost of doing business

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By Mikal Quarles and Byna Elliott, JPMorgan Chase Entrepreneurship is booming in Black neighborhoods across the country. 2021 saw the highest number of Black businesses created in more than two decades and accounted for 25 percent of all businesses founded nationwide. Owning a business is one of the fastest avenues to creating wealth for U.S. Black households. And while there are chal lenges to getting any business off the ground, especially when confronted by today’s issues like inflation, supply chains and labor shortages, the benefits of owning a business are numerous.

“The PACT Act is the least we can do for the countless men and women, many of whom may be in this room, who suffered toxic exposure while serving their coun try,” Biden said. “This new law matters. It matters a lot.”

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The president’s demonstrable excitement stands in contrast to the gloom and doom that has sur rounded his administration for most of the year. That cloud over the White House hovered because of the upcoming 2022 midterms and the perception that Biden hasn’t accomplished enough to help Democrats retain control of Congress or boost his own reelec tion chances in 2024. However, despite facing un relenting criticism because of high gas prices, inflation and his low-approval rating, Biden has built a track record that has gone almost overlooked. If he continues the string of success in getting his mandate through Congress, historians might revisit Biden’s presidency as one of the most consequential in American history. Despite Republican leadership vowing to do all they can to stunt Biden’s agenda, the president has pushed through game-changing legislation like the PACT Act, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, the American Rescue Plan and the CHIPS and Science Act. Biden has displayed a steady hand in returning affordability to gas prices, succeeded in expanding NATO and monthly jobs reports continue to show increases. He has also continued re cord-breaking funding of HBCUs, pushed through the confirmation of the first Black woman to join the U.S. Supreme Court, Ketan ji Brown Jackson, and ushered through Congress historic gun leg islation.“Youcan say what you will, that Biden is too old, he’s not a deal maker, he’s sleepy Joe, or whatever but he’s getting things done even though he’s not getting the cred it he deserves,” Stacey Rouse, a D.C.-based utility worker opined. “It’s funny. When the other guy [Trump] was in office, you heard so much talk and bragging about what he’s doing and the media blanketed him with coverage,” Rouse said. “Now, you got the F.B.I. raiding Trump. He’s plead ing the fifth at depositions and Biden is conducting business the way you would want your presi dent to conduct himself. I think he’s accomplished so much but we don’t hear about it. I think 10 years or so from now, people will look back and realize what a good president this man is.” Rouse’s colleague, Scott Antho ny,“Iagreed.wasa skeptic because that thing about sleepy Joe seemed true,” Anthony said. “But it seems other people are doing the sleep ing because Biden is getting things done and he’s just not getting the credit.”Upon signing the CHIPS and Science Act on August 10, Biden also looked toward the future and predicted what historians might determine.“Ihonest to God believe that 50, 75, 100 years from now, when people look back on this week, they’ll know that we met the mo ment,” Biden declared. An acronym for Creating Biden Slowly Winning LBJ and FDR Like Praise as Legislative Victories Mount veterans who developed illnesses because of exposure to toxic sub stances at U.S. military bases.

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Democrats on the ballot seek to make history as well. Rep. Anthony Brown won the Democratic nomination and hopes to become the state’s first Black at torney general. He will face Michael Anthony Peroutka, a Republican who served on the Anne Arundel County Council. Del. Brooke Lierman of Baltimore City won by nearly 208,000 votes in last month’s primary election to face Harford County Executive Barry Glassman, who ran unopposed as a Republican candidate. If elected, Lierman would become the first woman ever to the position. The seat became open after Comptroller Peter Franchot decided to run for governor. A more challenging contest will be in the 1st Congressional District where former Del. Heather Mizeur seeks to unseat Rep. Andy Harris, the state’s only GOP member in the state’s federal delegation. Harris, who challenged the 2020 presidential election of Biden, seeks a seventh term representing the dis trict with a heavy Republican influ ence along the Eastern Shore and portions of Baltimore, Carroll and Harford counties. “I am running to defeat a traitor in our nation,” Mizeur said Aug. 1 at a Maryland Democratic Party rally in Silver Spring. She seeks to be the first woman elected in the state’s fed eral delegation in 15 years since for mer Rep. Donna Edwards of Prince George’s County. @WJFjabariwill The seat became open ComptrollerafterPeterFranchotdecidedtorunforgovernor.

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“Those early aspirations to be ing another Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson, the ones that felt like so much hubris in the past few months, are being heard again in the halls of the West Wing and the Capitol,” Peter Bak er wrote about Biden for the New York“HouseTimes.aides argue that the string of congressional victories –capped by the package of climate, health and tax provisions that fi nally cleared the Senate – compare favorably to the two-year legisla tive record of most any other mod ern president, even perhaps F.D.R. and L.B.J.,” Baker penned. Politico noted that “Biden has never had a more productive stretch of his presidency” with wins stacking atop wins at a most opportune time. “Already the victories have en livened beleaguered supporters and injected new optimism across the West Wing,” Politico reported. “President Biden has delivered on real, lasting change in less than two years in office. While achiev ing historic legislative victories that will protect our environment, create more jobs and protect our communities, he has also placed emphasis on delivering these out comes with equity squarely in mind,” said Trey Baker, the White House Senior Advisor for Public Engagement.“Blackcommunities have seen historic funding for HBCUs, an increase in funding opportunities for Black owned businesses and a judiciary with more Black women circuit court judges than at any time in history,” Baker said. “Gas prices are dropping dramatically across the country and employ ment is up – which will only be buffered by the Inflation Reduc tion Act. The Biden-Harris Ad ministration is getting things done for the American people.”

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And despite the hot water his legal advisors including former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and others have found themselves in promoting conspiracy theories, Trump’s lawyer, Alina Habba, went on Fox News to sow nefari ous“I’mseeds.concerned that they may have planted something,” Habba said.Even Trump’s allies in Congress suggested a criminal lack of integ rity on the part of the FBI. “How do we know they won’t put things into those boxes to en trap him,” Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky said. Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) suggested on Fox News that the FBI sought to steal from Trump’s home.“They’re probably using this [search] as an excuse to [take] whatever they could find,” Rubio stated.Democrats have remained mum on the search but some journalists view the remarks and behavior of Trump and his allies as all-too-fa miliar. “Trump has long used a strategy of portraying himself as the victim of persecution,” New York Times Journalist Maggie Haberman wrote.Tim O’Brien, author of the book “TrumpNation: The Art of Being The Donald,” told Haber man that Trump’s current behav ior “is rooted in a long tradition that began with his father, Fred C. Trump, in which ‘authorities and law enforcement are out to get him and he is always the victim.’” “It’s legally useful to him to do so and he knows painting himself as the victim is powerful to people in his camp,” O’Brien said. Trump and some of his media defenders went back to “his old chestnut about how former Sec retary of State Hillary Clinton had been permitted to ‘acid wash’ emails, a fabrication loosely based on the fact that an email-deletion software program happens to be called BleachBit,” Daniel Dale re ported for CNN. In unsealing the warrant that authorized the FBI search, a fed eral judge allowed the public to see why the FBI searched Trump’s home. The warrant revealed that federal authorities are investigating Trump for removing or destroying records, obstructing an investiga tion and violating the U.S. Espi onageSomeAct.of the contents of the box es removed from Trump’s home included classified documents, photos, a handwritten note, infor mation about France’s president and a clemency order for Trump supporter Roger Stone.

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WELFARE from Page 14 “We support the kind of pro grams and services that will help. Research shows that programs and services – pound for pound – net better results than spending mon ey on incarceration. Youths who get services and support will have a better chance of outcomes than youths arrested and sent into the prison system.” As she provided another tour of the famous True Reformer Build ing, Jones reflected on those who made the landmark possible. “The True Reformer Society was a society of individuals who came together to pool resources because they wanted to offer services,” Jones“Theyreminded.knewthat [Black people] would be able to get those services on the market – the people flee ing racial terror in the south. You couldn’t go out in 1899 or 1900 to buy insurance and be assured that it would be honored. You couldn’t walk into a bank and get a small business loan. That is what the Society was there for, and the designer and every sub-contractor who worked to build this place were Black. So it was important for people doing that kind of work on behalf of racial justice.”

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Former Grenada Minister to Become Un Climate Chief Grenada’s former environment minister Simon Stiell is set to head the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), regional and international media reported on Friday, August 12. Stiell, who had served as the Caribbean island’s minister for climate resil ience and the environment until this year, will replace Patricia Espinosa, who finished her second, three-year term as executive secretary of the UNFCCC in StiellJuly. is regarded as a veteran advocate for climate ambition from a vul nerable Caribbean island state. On the global stage, his calls for rapid reductions of emissions have put him at odds with big emerging economies like China, while his lobbying for climate finance has met resistance from rich countries like the United States and the European Union. The UNFCCC has declined to comment, but many media outlets including Reuters and Climate Home News, said Stiell, who was appointed to Grenada’s Senate and went on to lead ministries for agriculture and education before becoming Grenada’s minister for climate resilience in March 2018, is a shoo-in for the post.

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Chase has played a role in helping Callender maintain and grow his business. “Being a part of the mentorship program has been a blessing. We were able to understand some of the dynamics of business that I might not have homed in on,” he said, adding that the classes Chase offers increased his business savviness. “I do think there is a way to amplify some of those challenges that we have, whether it’s staffing, access to capital, funding or workforce development.”

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“I would say focus on controlling what you can,” Sicard said. “Focus on talent retention or raising employee compensation if you have the ability to doSicardso.” also said, “it’s important to do forecasting and place orders ahead of time, maybe for the next two seasons to stay ahead of supply chain issues. It may also be a good opportunity to leverage a business line of credit or get a business loan to help finance the extra inventory costs.” “This is a great way to help with capital expenditures. I think it’s being strate gic. Take a step back and look at ways to reevaluate all processes, while keeping an eye on the prize to stay vigilant in maintaining your business,” Sicard said. Many of the issues that Sicard has heard from customers stem from rising fuel and food costs, as well as materials for construction and supply chain issues.According to the National Federation of Independent Businesses, nearly 90 percent of small business owners say inflation is their top challenge right now. Chase is there to help entrepreneurs strengthen their companies. “We help with resources so business can thrive and continue to add to the

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Callender said he is optimistic about the future.

“I think the light at the end of the tunnel is to not overextend your capacity. Small steps help with big steps.”

Analysts have generally agreed that the Inflation Reduction Act will only have a modest impact on inflation over the bill’s 10-year lifespan, according to reporting from NPR’s Juliana Kim. Climate and environmental justice advo cates remain concerned that it opens up big swaths of public land for potential fossil fuel drilling. These oil and natural gas projects would disproportionately pollute the same communities that have historically faced environmental injustice, Earthjustice Healthy Communities scientist Michelle Mabson said. Still, Blacks stand to benefit from a number of the bill’s key measures including healthcare sav ings and tax credits that can enable low- and middle-income to buy electric cars or install renewable energy technology in their homes.

Around 25 climate advocates stood near the Capitol building to support the passage of the nation’s biggest investment in climate change action at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, August 12. By 5:00 p.m., more than 200 people had gath ered to celebrate as the bill passed with votes from every Democratic representative.Thoughthe bill’s biggest fund ing goes toward renewable energy

The IRA’s healthcare provisions primarily impact two sets of peo ple: those who get their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace and people, mostly seniors, on Medicare. D.C. has just over 94,000 Medicare en rollees, more than 60% of whom are Black, according to Kaiser Family Foundation data. “I don't think there's any mem ber of Congress that doesn't have constituents that we can actually visualize in our minds that this bill isn’t going to help, particular ly with the Medicare piece,” said Rep. Susan Wilde, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, outside the Capitol building before the vote. Among other changes to Medi care, IRA institutes a $2,000 cap on out-of-pocket spending for prescription drugs for beneficiaries and enables Medicare to negotiate for lower drug prices. Together, the changes could save some se niors thousands of dollars in drug costs, according to analysis by Ra chel Sachs in the journal Health Affairs.ForACA marketplace users, the law extends pandemic-era sub sidies that prevent anyone from paying more than 8.5% of their income on monthly premiums which had been set to expire this year but will now remain in place until 2025. The change saves the average HealthCare.gov user $700 a year, according to data from the Department of Health and Hu man Services. “It is our communities who are uninsured and underinsured in many instances,” environmental justice leader Mustafa Santiago Ali, the executive vice president for the National Wildlife Federation, said. “And in our communities, we are disproportionately impact ed by a number of public health challenges.”TheIRA addresses one such challenge: diabetes, which is al most 5% more prevalent among Blacks than whites according to the CDC. The bill includes a $35 cap on the price of insulin for Medicare users.

subsidies and pollution-fighting programs, the crowd included a broad progressive coalition. Provi sions aimed at lowering healthcare costs and energy bills also made it into the final legislation, along side measures to reduce the federal deficit.Titled the Inflation Reduction Act, the bill passed both the House and the Senate in strict party-line votes. President Biden signed it into law Tuesday, August 16. “This bill is historic – it will do a lot of things for Black Ameri cans who are disproportionately impacted by climate change, pre scription drug costs and healthcare costs,” said Bart Rutherford, the director of state partnerships for Building Back Together, a group that supports the Biden-Harris policy agenda. “But there's more work to be done.”

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“Still, Blacks stand to benefit from a number of the bill’s key mea sures andhealthcareincludingsavingstaxcreditsthat can enable lowmiddle-incomeandto buy electric cars or install renewable energy technology in their homes.

5 Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a Democrat out of New York, thanks and celebrates with activists outside the Capitol building after the August 12 vote on the Inflation Reduction Act. (Kayla Benjamin/The Washington Informer)

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Sarafina Wright WI Contributing Writer Federal health agencies announced the release of a tool to measure the impact of environmental burdens on health and health equity.

The EJI builds off existing environ mental justice indexes to provide a sin gle score for local communities across the United States so that public health officials can identify and map areas most at risk for the health impacts of environmental burden. It is the first national, geograph ic-driven tool designed to measure the cumulative impacts of environmental burden through the lenses of human health and health equity, the CDC said.Cumulative impacts are the total harm to human health from the com bination of ecological burdens such as pollution and poor environmental conditions, pre-existing health condi tions, and social factors. The EJI was created to help pub lic health officials and communities identify and map communities most at risk for facing the health impacts of environmental hazards. Social factors like poverty, race, ethnicity and pre-existing health con ditions may increase these impacts. The agency gave an example of how pre-existing health conditions can be worsened by environmental burdens for two people with asthma. One per son lives in a community with elevated air pollution, and the other does not. While both people have asthma, the person living in the community with high air pollution may be more likely to be hospitalized based on hav ing both factors. “Too many communities across our nation, particularly low-income com munities and communities of color, continue to bear the brunt of pollu tion,” Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said. “Meet ing the needs of these communities requires our focused attention and we will use the Environmental Justice In dex to do just that.”

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The EJI can help public health offi cials, policymakers, and communities identify and respond to the unique environmental and social factors that affect a community’s health and well-being.TheEJI databases and maps can be used to: • identify areas that may require special attention or additional resourc es to improve health and health equity, • educate and inform the public about their community, • analyze the unique, local factors driving cumulative impacts on health to inform policy and decision-making, and• establish meaningful goals and measure progress towards environ mental justice and health equity.

The CDC said environmental in justice could profoundly affect human health and Therefore,well-being.addressing these adverse effects is key to promoting health eq uity.“Everyone deserves to live, learn, and work in a healthy environment, and this new tool builds on existing environmental screening tools,” Pat rick Breysse, director of ATSDR and CDC’s National Center for Environ mental Health said. “The Environ mental Justice Index strengthens the scientific evidence on the cumulative health impacts of environmental bur den on communities across the coun try.” Tool to Measure Environmental Health Impacts

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It is the first geographic-drivennational,tool designed to measure the cumulative impacts of environmental burden through the lenses of human health and health equity, the CDC said.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agen cy for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), in partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Environ mental Justice, announced on Aug. 10 the release of the Environmental Justice Index (EJI).

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5 Siblings from D.C. and both DC-CAP Scholarship recipients, De’Andre Gore and Tyson Minor. (Courtesy photo)

DCCAP is currently accepting ap plications for the DC-CAP Scholar ship and University Partnership Schol arship. Ideal applicants show a record of high achievement and meet the admissions requirements of the partner universities.Throughout the University Partner ship Scholarship’s existence, students have received $4 million in scholar ships and DC-CAP has established relationships with 14 predominant ly-white universities and historical ly-Black institutions of higher learning.

At this time, nearly 500 District high school graduates receive year-round re tention support services including tu toring and mental health resources, to ensure they complete college on time.

Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer Since 2019, hundreds of District high school graduates have matriculat ed at more than a dozen U.S. colleges and universities for little to nothing as part of DC College Access Program (DC-CAP)’s University Partnership Scholarship.Oncethey arrive on campus, these students receive various forms of sup port from a DC-CAP advisor, an on-campus retention specialist and fellow University Partnership scholars living and studying on campus. Now in its fourth year, the Univer sity Partnership Scholarship will fund the education of students attending 14 partner universities, each of which have a proven track record of success fully retaining and graduating students of color.AtUniversity of Massachusetts (UMass) Lowell, incoming University Partnership scholar De’Andre Gore will not only have DC-CAP and uni versity officials in his corner, but his older brother Tyson Minor, a senior at UMass and a member of the Uni versity Partnership Scholarship’s first cohort.Gore said the current scenario will lay the foundation for a successful out come.“Jumping into college is not some thing everyone does coming out of high school,” said Gore, a Dunbar High School graduate who’s pursuing a degree in business administration. “I got my brother and other people at the University of Massachusetts,” he continued. “It’s difficult but I’m pre pared for that challenge. You shouldn’t totally rely on your support system but it’s something that you need. If I’m struggling, my brother can help me study.”Each year, high school seniors in the District apply for financial assistance from DC-CAP that bridges financial gaps in their college education. DC-CAP’s scholarship programs, including the DC-CAP Scholarship and University Partnerships Schol arship, often allow students to enroll in any four-year institution of their choice and receive between $20,000 and $25,000 in financial support. Through the STEM Ready Scholar ship Program, students at three Dis trict high schools, from the time they start ninth grade, sharpen the skills needed to enter STEM-related fields and earn scholarships. The University Partnership Schol arship’s funding model leverages DCCAP funds in addition to universities’ contributions, Pell Grants and the DC Tuition Assistance Grant to ensure that students receive as much aid as possi ble, and in some cases a full-ride, to attend one of the partner universities.

This year, 200 University Partner ship scholars will start their freshman year, many of whom with few to no dollars in student loans.

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“It’s exciting to see how in less than four years, our program has grown and how much we have been able to assist families and siblings,” said Tosha Lewis Hughes, DC-CAP’s interim president and“OurCEO.first University Partnership Scholarship recipients graduate next year and we’re seeing the difference it makes in their lives,” she said. “We’re providing meaningful financial aid and scholarship support so they graduate with little to no student loan debt.”

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Next spring, Minor will graduate from UMass Lowell with a bachelor’s in finance and administration. He ex pressed his desire to establish a career in human resources and management. To meet that goal, he’s currently network ing and exploring internship opportu nities.As one of the first University Part nership Scholarship recipients, Minor learned how to break out of his shell and immerse himself in campus life. He also saw firsthand the toll that col lege takes on students who lack sup port.For Minor, the best aspect of being a University Partnership scholar involved the lack of anxiety he has about his college finances. Though he works to purchase books and toiletries, among other items, Minor doesn’t often have to worry about the major expenses. That freedom, he said, will translate into his career choices when he acquires his bachelor’s degree free of debt. “There are students who have a bal ance on their accounts and can't take classes next semester without paying their balance,” Minor said. “I’m glad I don’t have to think about outrageous debt. After college, I can find a thing I’m interested in and spend time invest ing in myself without worrying about a financial burden. The college aid changed the game.” WI @SamPKCollins

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According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), a sector of the U.S. Department of Ed ucation, Black students often lack necessary reading proficiency and comprehension skills. One national test last year, scored only 18 percent of Black 4th-graders proficient or above in reading; for 8th graders, the per centage fell to 15 percent. [White students charted equally dismal scores, with less than 50 percent proficiency on the same tests; only Asian students charted high proficiency at 89 percent.] In the District of Columbia, more than 70 percent of the 4th grade children in DC scored below basic on the NAEP. “We need to get back to basics and refrain from blaming the kids, the parents, the neighborhoods, the teachers, and the mayor,” retired schoolteacher Rosalee Stoddard told the Informer. “The truth is that we are not working together as a community to ensure the success of the children in the nation’s capital. We are not supporting parents or teachers, and the children cannot be expected to perform successfully without thatStoddard,support.”who has worked for Philadelphia, Texas, and D.C. school systems said that with the additional burdens D.C. students faced learning to read under COVID mandates to go virtual, all children became “at-risk” for falling behind. So, what do we do about this? We work to kick things up a notch or two. We set aside gimmicks and fad fixes, and instead develop activities supported by homes, libraries, churches, and recreation centers that reinforce the instruction provided by teachers. This Informer Back to School supplement reopens the dia logue on what tools young people (and adults) need to improve their reading and comprehension skills. Let’s return to the days of fighting for our literacy. Read, Learn, & Grow Dr. Shantella Sherman

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By Dr. Shantella Y. Sherman WI Special Editions Editor Georgia’s 1829 Anti-Literacy Act stated: “…if any slave, negro, or free person of color, or any white per son, shall teach any other slave, negro, or free person of color, to read or write either written or printed characters, the said free person of color or slave shall be punished by fine and whipping, or fine or whipping at the discretion of the court; and if a white person so offending, he, she, or they shall be punished with fine, not exceeding five hundred dollars, and imprisonment in the common jail at the discretion of the court before whom said offender is tried. With this law, Governor George R. Gilmer solidified the role of state governments in suppressing knowledge and aggressively positioning literacy as the key component to personhood and citizenship. Given that both enslaved and free African Americans found themselves subject to the same restrictions, gaining access to and mastering the very valuable tool of literacy, fueled daily life. African Americans found continued barriers to accessing literacy into the 1950s when libraries, including Purcellville Library in Loudoun County, Va., pro hibited Blacks from accessing or checking out books in libraries.

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Undeterred, African Americans created their own private libraries, reading clubs, and literacy councils. They also researched, wrote, and published their own books, illuminating the importance of literacy. In places like Louisville, Kentucky, the Black residents in 1905, opened the first free public library for African American readers staffed and operated entirely by African Americans. This brief history lesson establishes a clarion call to return to literacy in Black America as a necessity of life.

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Foundation.todisadvantage,one-yearaccordingtheChildren’sReadingStudentswhoarebehindwhentheystartkindergartenmakeupthelargestportionofschooldropouts.Thesestudentshavealessthan12%chanceofattendingcollege,accordingtotheChildren’sReadingFoundation.

H-3 2022 BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLEMENT / www.washingtoninformer.comBS-3 On average, in 2017, female 8th graders scored 10 points higher than male 8th graders on the reading portion of the Average National Assessment of Educational Progress. Some 4.5 million young adults (aged 16 to 24) are “disconnected” — mean ing they are not in school or working, according to Measure of America. These individuals often lack a high school diploma or GED. Students who are behind typically make only one year’s worth of progress at each grade level, keeping them behind their classmates throughout school and making them more likely to repeat grades.

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Fourth grade students, overall, improved 5 points between 1992 and 2017, while 8th grade students, overall, improved 7 points between 1992 and 2017. About 27% of eighth grade students are below basic reading level, per NCES. Another 39% are below the proficient reading level. Children of adults with low literacy skills are 72% more likely to be at a low reading level in school, according to ProLiteracy.

Some 34% of students are below basic reading level in the fourth grade, according to the U.S. National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Another 31% are below the proficient reading level.

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We’ve all been through a lot in the last couple of years, and we honor the educators, school employees and families for their heroic work in getting our kids through it all. We are committed to focusing on helping all DCPS children recover and succeed, by giving them the knowledge, skills, and social and emotional support they need to thrive. Our message to everyone: WORK HARD, DREAM BIG AND BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER. And remember: All students must have an up-to-date immunization certification on file with their school within the first 20 school days or they will not be able to attend school or school activities. Free vaccinations are available at school-based health centers, mobile vaccination units and Saturday vaccination block parties at schools. COVID-19 vaccines are available at D.C.’s COVID Centers in all eight wards.

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The mem bers of the Washington Teachers’ Union, other school employees, students and their families know the start of a new school year brings ener gy, excitement and hope. Working together, teachers, parents and stu dents will continue to overcome any challenges—pandemic or oth erwise—to ensure our students re ceive the best possible education. This culture of resilience gives all of us a terrific launching pad for the 2022-23 school year.

WELCOME BACK, DCPS FAMILIES and EDUCATORS! DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS START AUG. 29. WE CAN’T WAIT TO SEE EVERYONE. Washington Teachers’ Union educators are excited to start the new school year.

WTU members will do every thing we can to make this a great school year for each and every child. We are committed to building on last year’s Thankssuccess.toagrant from the Amer ican Federation of Teachers, the WTU helped schools restart school gardens, schedule school trips, hold proms, produce school plays, open school libraries, provide a new book for every child who got vaccinated and hold end-of-school activities. But we must do even better. And we can do better. To do better, we must face facts and be honest with the public and each other. District of Columbia Public Schools has one of the low est retention rates for teachers in the nation. According to a 2020 D.C. State Board of Education report, “on average 25 percent of public school teachers leave their school annually, compared to a national average of 16 percent and 19 percent in oth er urban cities.” This unacceptably low retention rate has terrible con sequences for our students. And this report came out before the pandem ic and today’s teacher shortage that is sweeping the nation. The 2020 report identified the main factors for the district’s high teacher turnover, and things haven’t changed since then. It said the topdown teacher evaluation system has “created a polarizing environment and has become one of the leading drivers in teachers exiting. This eval uation system has left teachers frus trated and scared.” The report also mentioned burdens with work cul ture and workload, lack of support for teacher safety and mental health, and tensions with school leaders. There is no better example of that tension than the fact that the WTU teachers’ contract expired nearly three years ago. In this time of high turnover, teachers have not had a cost-of-living increase or changes to improve their working conditions. The small increases that only some teachers receive don’t come close to keeping up with inflation. School leadership needs to stop stalling negotiations with unreasonable re quests and remember who actually teaches the students—teachers. To keep teachers, the district will have to do Otherbetter.areas that the WTU will focus on this year include: • Continuing our work to re duce opportunity gaps, including to improve literacy, especially in underserved areas. We’re thrilled that—working with city leaders— every school now has a librarian. But that funding runs out at the end of the upcoming school year. Given the importance of the work of school librarians, we will work to ensure that funding school librari ans is an ongoing budget item.

• Expanding communi ty schools. Community schools should be much more prevalent in the district. They offer students in-school wraparound services—of ten provided by the city, non-prof it groups or businesses—to help overcome consequences of poverty. Depending on the schools’ needs, these could include health clinics, programs to help with social and emotional needs, food and cloth ing banks, tutoring and after-school enrichment programs. Community schools are extremely successful in helping students overcome chal lenges and be able to concentrate on school.Wehave a lot of work to do this year. We pledge to work with fami lies and communities to help ensure that every student gets the educa tion they deserve.

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Student Orientation Day (Aug. 26) PGCPS will host orientation for pre-kindergarteners, kindergarteners and new students along with new middle school students and rising ninth grad ers. First Day of School (Aug. 29) PGCPS will welcome back all students for the first day of school. Share your back-to-school moments on social media with #PGCPS1stDay. For more information on the 2022-23 school year, view the Back-to-School Guide at www.pgcps.org.

1. Be Wise: Immunize! All students must be up-to-date on all state-mandated vaccines before the beginning of this school year. The Prince George’s County Health De partment is hosting community and school-based clinics all month. For in formation on dates and appointments, visit toEligiblewww.pgcps.org/immunizations.studentsarealsoencouragedgettheCOVID-19vaccine.

5. Spread the Word: Join #TeamPGCPS PGCPS is seeking dynamic profes sionals, including teachers, nurses, bus drivers and support staff. Visit www. pgcps.org/careers to explore opportu nities for the 2022-23 school year with the #1 team. Substitute teachers and paraprofessionals are also a critical part of school communities. Openings for short and long-term substitutes are available with higher salaries.

Back-to-School Drive & Dash (Aug. 20) Families are invited to the annual backpack and school supplies giveaway at High Point, Charles Herbert Flowers and Oxon Hill high schools beginning at 9 a.m. and while supplies last.

3. Stay Connected! Don’t miss important news and up dates: Make sure contact information is updated in SchoolMax. Sign up to receive newsletters, text and email alerts on the PGCPS website and fol low PGCPS on social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn).

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This year, CEO Dr. Monica Goldson has encouraged the PGCPS community to be lieve in the “power of one” — each individual working collectively to build a thriving system of teaching, learning, equity and excellence. “Families, educators, and staff are all integral to the success of the PGCPS community,” said Dr. Goldson. “This school year, stay informed and get involved — whether through volunteering, becoming a community partner, participating in a school PTA/PTO or giv ing your best every day.” In preparation for back-to-school, take note of key dates and tips to start off strong. Back-to-school is as easy as A-B-C with these top tips to get ready for #PGCPS1stDay!

4. Get Transportation Help Questions on student bus assign ments? Our Transportation Call Cen ter (301-952-6570) will be open to assist families prior to the first day of school from 8:00a.m. - 3:00p.m. on the following dates: Saturday, Aug. 20, Sunday, Aug. 21, Saturday, Aug. 27 and Sunday, Aug. 28.

2. Apply for Free Meals Families must complete the Free or Reduced Price Meals application for students to receive free break fast and lunch at school. The federal waiver that provided free meals for all students during the pandemic has expired. This school year, families who do not qualify for free or reduced meals will be required to pay. Visit www.myschoolapps.com to apply.

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By Lee Ross / WI Staff Writer Across the nation educators con tinue to struggle with a new normal in deficiencies in reading and com prehension skills. While scientific evidence explains why our standard approach to reading instruction fails – particularly for African American children – few concrete policy chang es exist to shift declining reading scores. Instead debates rage on over professional training, prospective teachers usually are made aware of a number of cultural differences that may affect education. However, language variation and its impact on reading and instruction are rarely em phasized.Expand children’s knowledge of language and the world prior to school entry. Many AAE-speaking children are less ready than their peers to benefit from reading instruc tion on the first day of kindergarten because they are not familiar with the school dialect. AAE speakers could gain greater facility with GAE in a language-intensive pre-K environ ment that provided rich and abun dant access to both oral and written language.Useclassroom materials and prac tices that are effective with AAE speakers. The curricula and support materials produced by major educa tional publishers assume that GAE is the language of the child and the classroom. Classroom teachers (and school systems) should work to de velop materials and practices on their own.Provide enough time on task. Sensitivity to the time a child who is becoming bidialectal may need to master a new language skill is critical ly important. A child who has more to learn to reach a goal needs more time to get Respondthere.constructively to AAE use in the classroom. Teachers face difficult choices when students use AAE in the classroom. If AAE is viewed as “bad English,” the response may be to provide a GAE correction, which conveys to children that their home language is bad. It should be possible to help children learn the classroom language variety without negative messages about AAE. Recognize the impact of bidialectal experience on comprehending and producing language. Becoming flu ent in using two languages or dialects is a positive achievement, but slower responses and other “errors” may oc cur because the child’s knowledge of the two codes and how to use them is still developing, not because the child lacks the ability to learn. WI

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Education Matters in the Classroom and the Home reading materials, children naturally gravitate towards sound reading skills and become proficient. Another idea suggests that reading is a series of strategic guesses based on context, and that kids should be taught these guessing strategies. In the final anal ysis, researchers have concluded that reading is a code, with combinations of letters representing certain sounds – and phonics—is still believed the most reliable way to teach reading. Reading scores for American stu dents have dipped consistently for many years and educators like Res ton-based teacher Sarah Flagstaff believe that changing the downward slide requires more action and less research.“Theamazing Marva Collins was my role model, and I followed her example of digging my feet into the soil, planting my will for student success deep, and bending to meet the individual challenges each stu dent faced in learning how to read,” Flagstaff told the Informer. “Her students came from marginalized communities where books were not inside homes, parent literacy was low, and income was scarce – but the kids thrived because she would not allow them to use those markers as barriers to Atsuccess.”Collins’ Westside Preparatory in Chicago, the teachers’ credo, “I will never let you fail,” established a cov enant between teacher and student, but also parents (and community volunteers) with educators to ensure that they worked in tandem to reach academicYolandagoals.Brown, a retired Chicago teacher who studied under Collins said she has grown dismayed by the decline in reading scores across the nation.“Marva would always say, ‘Don’t try to fix the students, fix ourselves first. The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good student superior.’ With a myriad of resources at the ready and accessible, there appears to be a disconnect that we must address,” Brown said. “Let’s start with us.” Brown notes that the classroom works to support the language skills already being taught at home –namely, speaking, but in a new form: print. She said the American Federa tion of Teachers, among others, notes that the language spoken in Black homes (African American English or AAE), for instance, varies slightly from the English standard (General American English or GAE) taught in classrooms. This is known as being bidialectal.Atschool entry, AAE speakers have less exposure to GAE and subsequent ly may lag behind GAE speakers be cause their language experiences prior to school entry do not always include GAE. Similar lag shows in bilingual children, who need extra time and support to become fully proficient in both their home language and En glish. Some suggestions from Amer ican Educator contributors, Julie A. Washington, Mark S. Seidenberg: Expand teachers’ knowledge of language variation. As part of their the use of sight words or phonics, combinations of the two, the use of cultural sensitivities for Black and Hispanic children, and the role socio economics may play in comprehen sion outcomes. All the while, fewer young people learn to read. Education Week note that one theory suggests that reading is a nat ural process, like learning to speak. Consequently, if teachers and par ents provide environments of quality

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Attend storytelling events

Times for these events de pends upon your child’s age. Check out the local library near you for event details.

Many households experience difficulty supporting children and young adult with literacy because the adults also need a bit of sup port. There is no shame in needing to improve literacy skills. Find an adult reading class either online or through your local library or literacy council. Learning together strengthens the entire family, as well as the communities in which you live. WI

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Start reading early Reading to children at an early age helps promote a love of reading but also assists with language development. Children learn language through interactions like conversation. Think of reading as having a conversation with your child. The more you talk to the, the more they will understand.

Utilize Camps Beyond socialization, camps provide peer-to-peer learning. This sup port allows the exchange of information from peers and not just an authority figure. The way information is conveyed makes the difference in whether an individual will grasp the concept. Learning a concept from someone on your level is at times better than from an instructor. School Breaks Summer and holiday breaks routinely create learning loss. The term is now used to describe the academic achievement decline in a child after returning to school following the days and weeks of closed classrooms. Stimulate your child’s mind in activities focused on all subject matters he/she engages in during the regular school term. Wonderful resources are museums and library events. Be patient with your child

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The public library holds free story telling events weekly. Since re opening after the pandemic, many libraries also have a virtual op tion (www.Facebook.Com/Dclibrary).

Children must learn to focus and work things out for themselves – with the care and boundaries set by adults. Learning to read chal lenges their vision, ability to pronounce, comprehend, and interpret what they’re reading. This process should not be forced or hurried. Encourage their progress; Reassure them through missteps

Reassuring youngsters that they are doing just fine, allows them to soldier on through the process of learning to read without feeling humiliated, afraid to make errors, and confident they can become great readers. Learn together

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https://readingpartners.org/ Reading is Fundamental Reading Is Fundamental is committed to a literate America by inspir ing a passion for reading among all children, providing quality content to make an impact and engaging communities in the solution to give every child the fundamentals for success. RIF the nation’s largest children’s lit eracy non-profit, and believes every child deserves an opportunity to own books, learn how to read, and obtain the fundamental building blocks to achieve their highest potential. Literacy opens doors and enables every child the chance to live their own journey.

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Reading Partners has been part of the educational landscape in Wash ington, DC since 2010, when we first began placing community vol unteers in Title I elementary schools to support students in mastering essential reading skills. Our one-on-one tutoring model empowers young readers to succeed in reading and in life through the engagement of com munity volunteers who provide individualized, personal attention to each student in our program. Facing a school year of uncertainty due to COVID-19 in 2020-21, Reading Partners collaborated with teachers and school leaders to meet students’ learning needs, including creating an innovative online tutoring program that can be used to support stu dents when in-person tutoring is not an option.

Reach Out and Read

Since 1995, EWDC has used books and reading to help children de velop the foundational skills needed to succeed in the classroom and beyond. We build social-emotional skills, support literacy fluency, and foster a love of reading and learning. We change children’s lives for the better. But it isn’t just the children who benefit from reading. By creat ing connections through reading, we help whole communities thrive. When everybody reads, everybody wins. Today, EWDC offers students, schools, and community partners three distinct reading-based programs designed to fill critical support gaps for children so that they can have a fair and equitable shot at success.

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At Reach Out and Read believes all families should have the tools and information they need to make reading aloud a daily routine. They help integrate reading into pediatric practices, advise families about the importance of reading with their children, and share books that serve as a catalyst for healthy childhood development. Their program books reflect the widest possible representation of the children and families they serve, with stories that are relevant and engaging, accurately reflect and affirm a diverse range of identities, cultures, and histories, and contain illustra tions that are colorful and recognizable to young children.

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Students Across the Country are Heading Back to School, Getting Students Safely Back in School, is a Major Focus for Parents.

By Dr. Elizabeth Primas School systems across the country are looking to provide a balanced in-person learning experience for all students. COVID-19 prevented many students from participating in direct teacher instructions, peer-topeer learning, and interaction. Data indicates that learning loss due to COVID has had a greater negative impact on people of color, low-in come students, English Language Learners (ELL), and students with disabilities.Inpreparation for students re turning to in-person learning, Fed eral funding provided states revenue to improve classroom environments. Specific improvement options in cluded improved HVAC systems (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Con ditioning), and/or classroom filters. Schools have taken a close look at room organization to maximize space to allow for safe distancing for students and staff. However, the guidelines for safe distance between individuals has been removed. Parents are preparing their chil dren to ensure a safe return to in-person learning. The usual list of school supplies: paper, pencils, crayons, markers, colored pencils, etc., has been expanded to include tissues, hand sanitizers, wipes, and properly fitted masks. On August 11, 2022, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) dropped some recommendations. CDC removed the recommenda tion to keep students in cohorts. They changed recommendations regarding screen testing to focus on high-risk activities, such as in-door sports that requires close contacts between students breathing hard, like contact sports, band, and choir. CDC removed the recommenda tion to quarantine unless symp tomatic, and recommended that individuals should wear a mask. Stu dents will no longer be required to Test to Stay. Schools will provide di rections on when to wear masks, All students that feel more comfortable continuing to wear a mask, should be protected and allowed to wear masks. Students that live in a highrisk home (elderly parents, immu nocompromised family members, or family members that cannot be vaccinated, like babies or pregnant mothers) should wear a mask to prevent transmitting of the virus to family members. In addition to COVID-19 and its variants, parents must be concerned about the recent reappearance of Polio, a disease eradicated in the US since 1994. Many parents have opt ed not to take recommended vac cines, including that for polio. The CDC maintains the Child and Ado lescent Immunization Schedule. for most school districts, students need a back to school physical, which in cludes a review and update of gener al vaccinations based on age. Some waivers are allowed on an individual bases. The recent identification of polio further shows the importance of receiving and maintaining up-todateGettingimmunizations.childrenready for school goes beyond immunizations, and school supplies. Helping students prepare to learn includes ensuring that they get enough sleep (8-10 hours). That they have a healthy diet, which includes fresh fruits and vegetables, proteins, and carbohy drates, while limiting sugar, salt, and junk food, like sodas, chips, cookies, andFinally,candy. the focus of school is learning. Education begins at home. Parents need to provide a well-lit, quiet area for students to study and do homework. Research indicates that having a home library with between 40 – 80 books, vastly im proved success in both reading and math. Students between birth and 8 years old should be exposed to pic ture books, rhyming books, number books, nursery rhymes and fairy tales. Beyond having books in the home, parents need to read to their children daily for 15-20 minutes. for students 3rd grade and up, home libraries should have a variety of books covering topics in all content areas. Children will be more engaged in books that are interested in, even if they are above their reading levels. Many public libraries have programs that will provide free books monthly for children birth to 5 years old. In addition to free books through the public library, children birth to 5 years old, are also eligible to receive free books from the Dolly Parton Book Program. For students not el igible for free books, a public library card, allows students to check out books for free. Each city or state of fers free library cards. However, New York Public Library has made their on-line collection available to any one, regardless of where they live. Be prepared, enjoy your school year!

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Over the past decade the popularity of Black writers including E. Lynn Harris and Terry McMillan has been hailed as an indication that an active African American read ing public has come into being. Yet this is not a new trend; there is a vibrant history of African American literacy, literary associations, and book clubs. Forgotten Readers reveals that neglected past, looking at the reading practices of free Blacks in the an tebellum north and among African Americans following the Civil War. It places the Black upper and middle classes within American literary history, illustrating how they used reading and literary conversation as a means to assert their civic identities and intervene in the political and literary cultures of the United States from which they were otherwise excluded.

The racial achievement gap in literacy is one of the most difficult issues in education today, and nowhere does it manifest itself more per niciously than in the case of Black adolescent males. Approaching the problem from the inside, author Alfred Tatum brings together his various experiences as a Black male student, middle school teach er working with struggling Black male readers, reading specialist in an urban elementary school, and staff developer in classrooms across the nation. Teaching Reading to Black Adolescent Males: Closing the Achievement Gap addresses the adolescent shift Black males face and the societal experiences unique to them that can hinder academic progress. Tatum bridges the connections among theory, instruction, and professional development to create a roadmap for better literacy achievement.

Readers: Recovering the Lost History of African American Literary Societies

By Lee Ross / WI StaffForgottenWriter

Drawing on the authors’ experiences as Black parents, researchers, teachers, and teacher educators, this timely book presents a multipronged approach to affirming Black lives and literacies. The authors believe change is needed—not with in Black children—but in the way they are perceived and educated, particularly in reading, writing, and critical thinking across grade levels. To inform literacy teachers and school leaders, the authors provide a conceptual framework for reimagining literacy instruction based on Black philosophical and theoretical foundations, historical background, literacy research, and authentic experiences of Black students. It includes counternarratives about the lives of Black learners, research conducted by Black scholars among Black stu dents, examples of approaches to literacy with Black children that are making a difference, conversations among literacy researchers that move beyond academia; and a model for engaging all students in literacy. WI

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Improving Literacy in America: Guidelines from Research By Frederick J. Morrison, Heather J. Bachman, Carol McDonald Connor An alarmingly high number of American students continue to lack proficiency in reading, math, and sci ence. The various attempts to address this problem have all too often resulted in “silver bullet” solutions such as reducing class size or implementing voucher programs. But as the authors of Improving Literacy in America

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show improving literacy also requires an under standing of complex and interrelated social issues that shape a child’s learning. More than twenty years of research demonstrate that literacy success is determined by a combination of sociocultural forces including parenting, preschool, classroom instruction, and other factors that have a direct impact on a child’s development. Using the most up-to-date research on the diverse factors that re late to a child’s literacy development from pre school through early elementary school.

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It’s very cool, yet long overdue, that the Jordan brand and Howard Universi ty are now in partnership for its athletics apparel. I’m sure for the student-athletes having the endorsement of the greatest basketball player ever will lift their con fidence and spirits. I would like to see Jordan Brand partner with more HBCUs in the future.

Students across the region are getting ready to head back to school soon but the real question is, are school buildings, administrators and teachers prepared to receive their students?COVID created significant disruption to students' academic lives over the past two years despite efforts by administrators, with the aid of local businesses and community organizations, that offered support to students and families through the process. In many ways, virtual learning failed for most students here and across the country who, according to research, suffered significant learning loss and social-emotional progress as a Toresult.putit plainly, the last two academic years were a catastrophe and the 2022-23 academic year will prove how far and fast schools will have rebounded from all they haveDCsuffered.Schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee is expected to hold a town hall meeting on Thursday, August 18, according to a recent newsletter distributed by Mayor Muriel Bowser. Ferebee will share important dates and how “DCPS is preparing to welcome students and staff to School Year 2022-23” on Facebook Live at 5 PM. He will share updates on student immunizations, health and safety, academics, attendance, and more.Mayor Bowser and the D.C. Department of Health forewarned parents about man datory vaccine requirements. Students attending DCPS, private parochial, and inde pendent schools must have an up-to-date immunization certification on file or present it within the first 20-school days of the school year. If not, they will not be allowed to attend school or participate in school activities. In April, the D.C. Council voted to reduce the number of resource officers provided by MPD. Last year, teachers reported an increase in disrup tive behavior among students in the classrooms and many of those incidents spilled into the streets. With reportedly 60 few er school resource officers this year, schools will have to rely more on violence interrupters posted in neighborhoods sur rounding the most troubled schools.These are just two of the concerns Chancellor Ferebee is expected to address in his town hall meeting, which we would encourage DCPS to also post on its website at dcps.dc.gov. Other significant concerns in clude transportation, food, and before and after-school pro grams.We strongly believe in the adage, “It takes a village to raise a child.” A successful school year for all students exists in the classroom but it begins at home and extends to the community beyond the school walls. for to School

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Julianne Malveaux Maryland School Kids at Risk Due to Low Vaccination Numbers Guest Columnist

Declining vaccination rates among Maryland children are cre ating the potential for another pub lic health crisis. As demonstrated by the recently reported polio case in New York, skipping routine vacci nations can create serious public health issues. The CDC reported that Maryland's vaccination rate for children entering kindergarten plunged from an average of 95% for MMR, DTaP and varicella in 2019-2020 to 88.2% for 20202021. Maryland schoolchildren are vaccinated at a rate almost 6% lower than the national average of 93.7%. And among states, both Maryland and Washington, D.C.'s proportion of kindergarteners at tending school without proof of required vaccinations were at 8.3% and 4.8%, among the greatest in the country. As COVID-19 evolves from a pandemic with unknown risks to a part of our lives, it is imperative to return to pre-pandemic health care routines. During the first year of the pandemic, research suggests that 41.3% of children missed rou tine well-child visits and 33.1% missed recommended vaccinations. Reasons for skipped visits included COVID-19 exposure concerns and vaccination hesitancy. These visits are critical to establishing children's health as they grow. As school starts in the fall, pre schoolers are required to get critical vaccinations for kindergarten regis tration, and it's not too late to catch up on missed vaccinations. And now, with the COVID-19 vaccine available for children six months and older, you can provide more protection for your child. Remember the following four vaccination facts and make it a pri ority to keep your child up to date withImmunizationsimmunizations.save lives: Get ting vaccinated is the most effective way to protect against infectious diseases that can cause severe ill ness and death. If parents follow the CDC recommended schedule, their children will be protected from 14 potentially deadly diseas es before they turn two years old. Thanks to vaccines, many of these We could all use some good news out of Washington. I've got some. The Senate's passage of the Inflation Reduction Act this month is good news for families, the economy, the planet, and even our democracy. As I write this, the House is poised to pass the bill too, giving Congress and President Biden a major win this summer.

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Democrats play checkers, and Re publicans play chess. That's why the Reagan Revolution, which kicked off in 1980, worked. Then-Pres ident Ronald Reagan pledged to trim government bureaucracy, install conservatives into administrative government positions, and deliver a conservative agenda. He didn't do it in a day or a week; it took years for his plan to take hold. Newt Gingrich's Contract on America, introduced in the 1994 congressional campaign, successfully ushered a Republican congressional majority, even though President Bill Clinton was the Democratic lead er. Their theme: reduce taxes, enact welfare reform and cut the size of government. In the nearly 30 years since the Contract on America (they called it the Contract for America, but it was an attack on America) was implemented, its strange fruit is still beingConservativeharvested.

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This is a big deal. For starters, it is the biggest investment in fighting climate change in our country's history. The bill puts a whopping $360 bil lion toward developing affordable, clean energy sources. It creates tax breaks if you buy an electric vehicle. Supporters say it will slash carbon emissions by 40% in just eight years; great news for our kids and grandkids, but also great news for all of us right now. Because not only will we have cleaner air and measurable ognizes that and does something about it. The bill also promises to put more money back in families' pockets by using the government's bargaining power to lower Medi care prescription drug prices. That is great news for seniors in our communities.Andittackles a nagging prob lem we've had for years: getting big corporations to pay their fair share in taxes. The bill creates a 15% minimum tax on corpora tions that make more than $1 billion in profits. It gives the IRS more money to collect taxes from big businesses and wealthy people who use loopholes and legal tricks to avoid paying what they owe. The bill will also put downward pressure on inflation. It may take a little while to see all the effects, but saving families money on health care, prescriptions and energy — while reducing the deficit — is a firm push in the right direction for the economy.

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Republicans have become rabid co-signers of the pu trid agenda of the 45th president of the United States. Republicans who know better have chosen to be quiet in the face of neo-fascist election de niers who prefer winning to integrity. These folks think long term, while Democrats prefer to indulge in inter necine squabbling, short-term think ing and unfocused resistance. Thus, the Democratic focus on midterm elections has not sufficient ly amplified Biden's victories, and there are many. More importantly, Dems have been far more focused on the top of the ticket than the bottom. Election deniers are running for state and local offices, and electing them will have ramifications in 2022 and 2024. The Democratic National Committee needs to spend money progress against climate change, the investment in renewable en ergy generation should save fam ilies money on their electric bills. It also means we should suffer less from big ups and downs in oil prices caused by turmoil in unsta ble parts of the world. I especially like the parts of the bill that include money for cities being hit particularly hard by cli mate change and for Native Amer ican communities. The harms caused by climate change aren't shared equally. This legislation rec Ben Jealous Yes, focusing on some of these down-bal lot elections. Congressional and Sen ate races are important. So are secre taries of state. In most states, the secretary of state determines how elections are run. They choose the voting machine ven dors and decide on election rules re garding early voting, mail-in voting, and more. They certify election re sults. That's why the former president called Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, asking him to "find" enough votes to overturn President Biden’s narrow victory in that state. Raffensperger declined to meddle in the election results, which resulted in the former president endorsing his opponent in the May Georgia pri mary.That hasn't stopped the former president and his allies from their election denial. And it has not pre vented the twice-impeached presi dent from endorsing his supporters who might alter the course of future elections.Secretaries of state certify election results. The former president's allies, supported by him, will likely bend the rules to "find" votes to prevail in

What Happened to Praying?

Both at home and abroad, we are witnessing a rising tide of violence. Those who may think these trends are disconnected must confront events such as the recent tragedy in Buffalo — a senseless act of hateful violence committed by a violent extremist.Inkilling 10 people, the Amer ican gunman consciously copied far-right extremist who murdered 49 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. In copycat fashion, the Buffalo shoot er also authored a venomous man ifesto and livestreamed his crime in the hope of inspiring others to follow in his footsteps. Seemingly purposeless murders are terrible enough. But those who single out people of a partic ular faith, race or ethnicity pose a unique threat to our increasingly diverse and divided country. In these times of tragedy, we must be reminded that our common humanity unites us, and we must strengthen our resolve to teach people about the power of love and nonviolence. All too often, we look for a quick fix to identify and stop vi olent extremists. In any system, it is difficult to prevent the spread of hateful and violent ideologies. Censorship of ideas, no matter how malign, is tremendously dif ficult.Strategies that focus on playing defense against the forces of racism and violence are not enough. We need to go on the offensive and challenge those who preach hatred and violence. We must offer a pos itive, inspiring alternative to their divisive and destructive views.

Friends, I am saddened at the mockery of our leaders. Everything from the unprecedented invasion of President Donald J. Trump's home to the insensitive mocking of President Joe Biden for falling off a bike is ev idence of a nation in need of prayer. I am convinced that we need a miracle to avoid civil war in America. After more than half my life in the ministry and studying the Gospel, I am confident that miracles come when we stop and pray. I encourage people of faith to take counsel from 1 Timothy 2:1-4: "I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanks giving be made for all people— for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness." Throughout my travels this week to meetings in West Palm Beach and through sleepless nights with tears and prayers flowing simultaneously for this nation, I know that, like me, many Americans are angry and con

fused. Our nation is experiencing a season of great tumult. We feel angry andButgrieved.Iam also hopeful and prayer ful that in this season, Americans will exercise the great freedom to pray for each other openly and boldly. Wis dom dictates that we stop attacking and devouring each other. We must put politics aside and pray and face the "unseen" enemy head-on. I agree with my friend Dr. Ben Carson when he wrote, "Never in my lifetime did I think I would see an American law enforcement agency be run and weaponized like the FBI this evening.

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The best antidote is the phi losophy advanced by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He emphasized our shared humanity and insisted on respect for the dignity, equali ty and liberty of all. His message transcended our differences. Dr. King eloquently appealed to our better natures. Although he was not a perfect man, flawed and human, he lived his principles of respect for humanity and love for mankind, which gave his words special power. He was an activist and organizer. He did not leave the hard work of doing good and what was just to others but acted to change the world. He insisted on nonviolence even when he re ceived hurt in return. Ultimately, he died as he had lived, pushing America to honor its oft-pro claimedToday'svalues.young people desper ately need to hear this message. The MLK Educational Initiative was launched to teach young peo ple how to advance Dr. King's unifying, nonviolent principles in the Digital Age. That is important, JOSEPH/DANIELS Page 50

This is a frightening development in our modern political arena." "This is the way of Mao and Cas tro, not Washington and Lincoln," Carson wrote. "Our Republic is one where we have the freedom to think, say, and believe what we want with out fear of government intimidation, that includes the President. If we lose those basic freedoms, we lose it all. I am praying for our country right now because I’m not sure anything else can fix what is transgressing. Pray for our country this evening. It can and will be saved because We the people are waking up."

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Nichelle Nichols' Legacy: 'Out Of This Madness, Uhura Appeared' "Everybody, come quick, come quick; there's a Black lady on tele vision and she ain't no maid!" — Whoopi Goldberg Fed up with racist insults on set and longing to make her way as a Broadway musical star, "Star Trek" actress Nichelle Nichols already had given showrunner Gene Rodden berry her letter of resignation when she met Martin Luther King Jr. at a Beverly Hills fundraiser. He implored her not to quit, telling her that "Star Trek" was the only television show he and his wife allowed their three young children to stay up and watch: "For the first time on television, we will be seen as we should be seen every day, as intelligent, quality, beautiful, people who can sing dance, and can go to space, who are professors, lawyers. If you leave, that door can be closed because your role is not a Black role, and is not a female role; he can fill it with anybody — even an alien." Nichols retrieved her resignation letter — Roddenberry had torn it into pieces — and went on to inspire not only a generation of entertainers and artists but real-life astronauts as well. Before launching into history aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992, Mae Jemison, the first Black woman to travel into space, called Nichols to thank her for the inspi ration.Nichols, who passed away last month, portrayed a character who exuded intelligence, glamor, com petence and an authority that was respected by men and women of all backgrounds at a time when such roles were rare not just on television, but in American life. "Black people of all abilities and professions were still being relegated to the corners of restaurants, hotels and offices," journalist Stacy Chi na wrote in the New York Times. "Black women, if ever mentioned in the larger media, were portrayed as either loud, undignified trou blemakers or genial, overweight maids and nannies who supposedly delighted in doting on white folk's children."Outof this madness, Uhura ap Marc H. Morial

I implore people of faith to take a moment, breathe deeply, pray out loud, and believe the power of God's word.The great abolitionist of the 19th century, the former slave Frederick Douglass, once wrote: "I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but re ceived no answer until I prayed with myPraylegs."on your knees, get direction from God, then get to work. Get ready to vote in all elections. We have a God to serve and a nation that needs Jesus! WI

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3 Fantasia comes to Wolf Trap in Vienna, Va., on Friday, August 19. (Courtesy photos/Wolf Trap) 6 “No Crown in the Castle: Building a Strong Relationship and a Harmoni ous Life” by husband and wife Kendall and Fantasia Taylor is available from your favorite bookseller.

“The Color Purple,” fans have al ways embraced Fantasia’s talent. The Grammy-winning singer brings her tour to Wolf Trap in Vienna, Va., on Friday, August 19. Her opening act is singer Leela James. Like so many artists, the pandemic

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Fantasia Brings Her Signature Vocal Style to Wolf Trap Stepping Back from the Spotlight Led to Refocusing Brenda C. Siler WI Contributing Writer Fantasia is a multi-talented enter tainer. From winning the third season of “American Idol” to concert tours to portraying Celie in Broadway’s created space for Fantasia to reflect. Her time for introspection began long before COVID-19, resulting in a refocused Fantasia. “It was all about me taking con trol of my career,” Fantasia said when speaking about feeling like she was losing her first love, which is music. “People see the gifts. You can either find some one to protect the gift or pros titute the gift.” When Fantasia comes to Wolf Trap, she will share her gift of music with her hits and perhaps a few songs from “The Color Purple” movie that she recently wrapped up filming in Georgia. This movie of the Broad way version of the book comes to theaters in 2023. When Fantasia was in the original Broadway production, she admitted it took a lot out of her and she was done with the role of Celie. The film features a stellar cast of award-nominated and winning actors that includes Taraji P. Henson, Lou Gossett, Jr., Coleman Domingo, Aunjanue Ellis, David Alan Grier, Danielle Brooks, Corey Hawkins, Halle Bailey, and H.E.R. For Fanta sia, there is the difference between the character Celie she played 14 years ago and portraying Celie now. Fan tasia hopes young Black women can learn from this latest interpretation of Celie.“At first, I was not going to do it,” Fantasia said, explaining her hesita tion. “There were a lot of things she (Celie) and I related to. A lot of stuff I let go a long time ago came up.” One of the most significant chang es in Fantasia’s life happened in 2015 with her marriage to businessman Kendall Taylor. Last year, the couple welcomed their first child together, daughter Keziah joining Fantasia’s children, daughter Zion, son Dallas and Taylor’s son Treyshaun. Fantasia and Taylor also published the book “No Crown in the Castle: Building a Strong Relationship and a Harmonious Life.” The book shares how the couple built their relation ship. They met after Fantasia began working on herself upon finishing her second Broadway show “After Midnight.” She began fasting, focus ing on loving herself more, writing what she wanted in life on index cards, then posting them around her New York apartment. Then she met Taylor“My husband is my best friend. We call each other king and queen,” Fantasia said. “We came up with ‘Taylor Talks’ during COVID, which turned into 15-second video posts as caregiving for marriages. We were then approached to do a book.” Whatever it takes, singer, actress, author, producer, mother and wife, Fantasia pulls it all together for a ful filling life. “No Crown in the Castle: Building a Strong Relationship and a Harmonious Life” by Kendall and Fantasia Taylor is available from your favorite bookseller. Ticket informa tion for Fantasia at Wolf Trap on Friday, August 19, is at https://www. wolftrap.org. WI @bcscomm

The John A. Wilson Building in Northwest Washington, D.C. acts as the place where local government func tions but it also has historic exhibits and displays similar to a museum. “When people come to Washing ton, they can come tour the Wilson Building,” said Joshua Gibson, the D.C. Council’s communications di rector and public information officer. “I know we cannot compete with the Smithsonian or some of the other prominent museums in the city but we have something for people interested in localGibsonhistory.”serves functionally as the building’s archivist. He compiles infor mation and documents information about the building. In his office, there are a number of historic newspaper ar ticles, signs, political campaign buttons and posters and postcards signifying the District’s political history and the building.Many visitors come to the building to visit their council members or mem bers of the mayoral administration and attend hearings and news conferences. However, Gibson has long encouraged people to go beyond official business and get to know the contents inside the building.District officials commissioned the building of the then District Building in 1904. The construction finished in 1908 and it immediately operated as the place where District residents or stakeholders took care of their affairs in addition to where the three-member commission that governed the city de liberated. In 1994, the council renamed the District Building the John A. Wil son Building out of the memory of the late council chairman. Gibson said the management and maintenance of the building can be considered somewhat complicated. “The Wilson Building serves as our statehouse, county seat and city hall,” he said. “It is one building but plays three roles. It is the simultaneous head quarters for all three levels of govern ment. Both the mayor and the council function here. Technically, the council runs the Wilson Building. However, the executive branch administers the building. It is a shared building.”

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“We call those the class photos,” Gibson said. “Those photos have been done for as long as there has been a council.”Other noteworthy exhibits include pro-statehood and self-autonomy polit ical cartoons by Clifford K. Berryman, an early and mid-20th century car toonist who worked for the Washing ton Post and the Washington Star. On the ground floor, there are photos de picting the District’s quest for statehood throughout its history. Throughout the building, photos had been obtained from such sources as the Washington Star collection of the D.C. Public Li brary and the shuttered Cochran Gal lery of Art. The ground floor also hous es signs talking about the history of the building and a bell given by Bangkok, Thailand officials acknowledging the city’s struggle for self-determination.

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Several years ago, District journalist Bill Rice and WRC-TV (Channel 4) reporter Mark Seagraves worked with Gibson to fully restore the World War II Memorial plaque, located on the ground“Thesefloor.were folks who served in World War II who worked in the Dis trict government, “Gibson said. On the fifth floor, where the council meets and offices of the executive branch and the lawmakers are housed, there are signs revealing the city’s history. Gibson spoke about the building’s availability to tourists. “The building has always been open to the public even though the corona virus pandemic closed it down for a while,” he said. Gibson said he conducts tours of the building but people can have a council member or staffer request a tour. He said information about the building appears on the council’s website. In the near future, Gibson said he would like to have a brochure about the building’s history.“Iwould also like to create a self-guid ed walking tour where people can see where things are located,” he said. WI JamesWrightJr10

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When a visitor enters the building on the first floor, they notice the huge painting of a smiling Wilson greeting them. Along the corridor on the first floor between the offices, however, are photos of the legislators together during the council periods.

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Brenda C. Siler WI Contributing Writer Don’t let their ages fool you. One of Carnegie Hall’s three acclaimed, nation al youth ensembles, NYO Jazz, boasts a membership of accomplished musi cians ages 16 – 19 from across the U.S. The group, which recently wrapped up touring with a concert at the Kenne dy Center, performs at a level of musi cianship far beyond their years.

Under the leadership of artistic di rector, band leader and trumpeter Sean Jones, NYO Jazz, who recently released their first CD, “We’re Still Here,” counts as a big band group. “You close your eyes and think they’re all 20 years older than they are,” said Jones, president of the Jazz Educa tion Network and the Richard and Eliz abeth Case chair in jazz studies at The John Hopkins University’s Peabody Institute in Baltimore. The featured vocalist with NYO Jazz, Jazzmeia Horn, exudes a breadth of vo cal talent deserving of all honors she has received so far in her young career. Horn, who’s won the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition and the Thelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Competition, didn’t hesitate to let the Kennedy Center au dience know that she and NYO Jazz remained perfectly in sync. “The future is in good hands,” Horn said when thanking NYO Jazz during their final performance on this tour.

5 Leading NYO Jazz with a jump in the air is artistic director, band leader and trumpeter Sean Jones. The group ended their tour with a concert at the Kennedy Center. (Photo courtesy Todd Rosenberg)

Laura-Simone Martin, 17, plays acoustic and electric bass. From Law rence Township, N.J., she started play

Future of Jazz Remains Secure with NYO Jazz Young Musicians Passionately Embrace America’s Musical Genre “Probably, we will play together in the future.”When a musician joins NYO Jazz, they know it won’t last forever. Tenor saxophonist Zachary Levin from Ar lington, Va., who has been with NYO Jazz for a year, enters the University of Pennsylvania this month. He began playing the saxophone in the fourth grade learning several genres of music with private instruction. “I liked the classical genre and then my teacher had me improvise with the blues,” said Levin, who graduated from Arlington’s Yorktown High School. “In seventh grade, my private teacher con vinced me to join my middle school jazzInband.”highschool, Levin juggled school work, performing with the Yorktown High School Big Band, playing with his own jazz band “Four on the Floor,” serving on the local school board’s Bud get Advisory Council and served as a member of the school board’s Student Advisory Board. “We look for leaders,” Jones said about students who come to NYO Jazz. “I think we need more folks who have the ability to communicate on a higher level – not just musically – but also to get up and speak in boardrooms and implement policy changes.”

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The producers and director of “A Strange Loop,” the Pulitzer Prizeand Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, have no plans to bring the curtain down for good anytime soon.

Of course, the final move to Broadway would be delayed sev eral times with prerequisite pan demic-related complications. Those delays opened doors for Lee with productions that she could not have envisioned.“Iended up doing more work through Zoom than I had ever done in my life,” Lee said joyfully. “There were so many shows, plays and dif ferent projects in development here in the U.S. and internationally. It was as if the world needed to turn upside down for me to get to Broad way.”The promotional verbiage for “A Strange Loop” calls the production “the big, Black and queer-ass Great American Musical for all.” That one-liner conjures up a range of thought-provoking ideas that audi ences experience from the outstand ing cast. Relationships with families, friends and others we love come to life through Usher’s eyes in this mu sical.Lee admits the role of “Thought 1” in “A Strange Loop” allowed her to play a woman on a journey. The road to Broadway allowed for open ness and sharing herself with the world as a transgender woman. Lee feels the process has been an oppor tunity to tell stories more truthful ly. She had considered leaving the production as her transition process began but the support Lee received made her view things differently. “We think you being in this piece is going to make the reach a little bit bigger,” Lee said the production team told her. “A Strange Loop” has definitely gotten bigger. The musical, currently at the Lyceum Theatre in New York, has surpassed the 100 performance mark with the run open-ended with ticket availability through January 23, 2023 and same-day rush tickets available for purchase.

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In “A Strange Loop,” thoughts are characters identified with a number. Earlier this year, L Morgan Lee, cast in the role of “Thought 1,” re ceived a Tony nomination in the category “Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical.” The native from Bowie and Greenbelt, Md., is one of six “Thoughts” crowding Usher’s mind and spirit. Lee further counts as the first openly-transgender performer to be nominated for a Tony Award. In 2015, Jackson approached Lee to do a reading for “A Strange Loop.” She has been with the pro duction during workshop stages, through a pre-Broadway run at Woolly Mammoth Theatre in the District, off-Broadway and now on the current Broadway run. “I looked at some of the clips he sent me and I was knocked over by how raw the material was,” Lee said when she first looked at Jackson’s vision. “He was saying things that people just don’t say publicly. There was something alluring to me about the idea of uncovering these things that we consider taboo and connect ing to humans like humans.”

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Jackson, the creator of the suc cessful musical, said he’s already working on his next project. “I’m working on a new piece called ‘White Girl in Danger’ that will go up next year off-Broadway,” Jackson said during a chat before en tering the Lyceum Theatre. For more information about “A Strange Loop,” visit https://strangeloop musical.com. Follow “A Strange Loop” on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube at @strangeloopbway. WI @ bcscomm

Michael R. Jackson, the author, composer and lyricist, created a sto ry about aspirations that seem to be unreachable. Usher, the lead charac ter, has dreams that appear cloudy due to the thoughts in his head.

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It could feel out of character, but you might want to shirk off your typical profes sional duties and rebel early in the week. The energy of this transit could inspire you to shake things up in a way that feels good in the moment but might create problems down the road, so make sure to think through any major move before diving in. Lucky Numbers: 2, 7, 59

SCORPIO At the start of the week, you'll be inclined to indulge in escapist activities to pursue your fantasies. Letting go of reality for a bit and steering toward your deepest desires for a while can be incredibly liberating and make you feel even more in love or sure of what you want in love. Lucky Numbers: 2, 20, 50

You're almost out. Out of energy, ideas, motivation, totally depleted from all you've been doing lately. Seeing racism, acting against inequality, speaking out against it, fighting for your friends and family, it all takes a toll and when you're just plain tired, you need something to help you focus. You need "Do the Work!" by W. Kamau Bell & Kate Schatz to energize you. So you've been fighting racism and, at this point, you're simply "exhausted" over it all. This process isn't easy and eliminating racism won't happen over night, but take a breath. This book is meant to help you in many ways. For sure, it'll help white people — but it's also for anyone who needs ideas on fixing what's broken. The first thing to do is to talk about it. Having a discussion on racism and why white people do this or Black people do that may seem scary, but conversa tion helps sort thoughts and foster an understanding. It also helps clear the air, if you talk respectfully. Do you know your privileges? If you're white, you probably grew up not even realizing that you have any — but you do. Acknowledging that is hard — these are the things that benefit you, after all — and to "check your privilege" is necessary before moving forward. You'll also want to know that privilege is fluid.Learn how to spot racism when it's hidden, because what you see every day is "just the tip of the iceberg." Remember that you don't hate history, you "hate history class!" Get to know some heroes who already "did the work." Learn how Jim Crow laws and redlining worked to entrench racism in the last century, and how gerrymandering does it now. Make a protest sign, play some games, take a quiz or two, color a page with markers or crayons. Know the history of policing Black people. "Get dirty" by being an ally. Remember that you're going to make mistakes and you "might not win." The seriousness of both subject and effort aside, "Do the Work!" is actually quite a fun book. Authors W. Kamau Bell and Kate Schatz use humor, facts and (beware!) four-letter words to get their points across, but this book also offers breathing-room relief from the anti-racism job in the form of relaxing playtime, quizzes, places to draw or fill-in-the-blanks, slots for note-taking, and informative games to try. That doesn't make it fluffy, though. Surrounding the fun & games are firm words that white people and allies need to read, ideas to ponder, and statements to make you squirm, presented chaotically with an invite to dip in and out at will. Despite the occasional silliness and the feeling of running wild sometimes, then, it means business for the baffled, befuddled, and determined alike. Judging solely on the swears and other language in here, this workbook is absolutely for older teens and adults only. You can bring small children along on your journey, but "Do the Work!" is a book of which you'll want to keep them out. WI

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CAPRICORN You might feel like you're in your element when higher-ups start serving up plenty of recognition and perhaps even hitting you up for more work or an opportunity to step into the spotlight as the week starts. This could feel like a well-deserved peak in your professional trajectory. Lucky Numbers: 7, 17, 58

GEMINI At the start of the week, you might feel like the mundane demands of regular life are weighing heavily on you and you want to prioritize lighthearted fun with loved ones. You'll be driven to trust your gut and pursue your desires in a bold, no-holds-barred way. As long as you're being true to yourself, you can't go wrong. Lucky Numbers: 11, 17, 33

LEO You might feel like it's tough to keep up with all the to-dos on your schedule and chores that have piled up on your list at the beginning of the week. Enlisting a friend or significant other can be a beneficial move at this time. Working as a team can help you feel more empow ered. Lucky Numbers: 3, 29, 41 VIRGO At the start of the week, you might feel like it's tough to reconcile how you feel with the reality of a relationship matter. Coming from a place of deluded thinking or simply wearing rose-colored glasses could only serve to make a confusing situation worse, so you'll do well to hit pause on any major conversations at the moment. Lucky Numbers: 12, 39, 47

LIBRA You'll find yourself craving attention, feeling as though you wish you were more seen and heard as the week starts. Thankfully, the cosmos makes this an ideal time to speak up about your needs to your nearest and dearest. Being more assertive and direct can leave you feeling empowered. In fact, this could lay the groundwork for another powerful relation ship-oriented influence that steps up your desire to share your thoughts on a one-on-one basis, be that with a significant other, dear friend, or close colleague. It's a powerful time to strengthen your intellectual bond! Lucky Numbers: 6, 10, 14

SAGITTARIUS You and your team of colleagues could be close to the finish line on a major undertaking at the beginning of the week. And stepping up how much you're trading informa tion and collaborating can get everyone on the same page. Lucky Numbers: 4, 15, 19

AQUARIUS You might find yourself clashing with a loved one out of the blue as the week begins. The conflict could stem from your resistance to adhere to a convention or tradition you feel is being imposed on you. There's a chance you'll be inspired to act in an impulsive way, but you'd be better off slowing down and sticking to the most pragmatic moves. Lucky Numbers: 2, 17, 18

PISCES You could feel like your heart is calling you to broaden your horizons and adopt new skills early in the week. Unfortunately, this isn't the best time to get cold, hard facts about how you can do that. However, allowing yourself to dream can help you gain clarity around the best way to follow your instincts down the road. Lucky Numbers: 14, 15, 25 AUGUST 18-24,

You'll be focused on ways you can strike a balance between your needs and those of a significant other or dear friend as the week begins. You might be inspired to get involved with a new form of activism alongside this person. The moment calls for pairing up and putting your joint energy toward a common cause you feel passionate about. Lucky Numbers: 14, 20, 31

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CANCER You could feel like you're being called to focus on work or to-dos that aren't in line with what your heart is craving early in the week. It could also feel tough to get a grip on the reality of the moment. Do your best to let the dust settle and gain clarity before making any major moves. Lucky Numbers: 22, 24, 32

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to tell you when it is safe to cross the street. It’s fun to be safe! How many differences can you find between these two school busses? Select a photo from the Whatnewspaper.doyouthinkhappenedbeforethispicturewastaken?Whatdoyouthinkhappenedafter? Standards Link: Reasoning: Students distinguish between observation and inference. Before and After Photo Finish the sentences using these words:Take the safe path to school, not the shortest one. Help Amy nd the best path to school. My name is ____________ and I take time to be safe. I always look ________ ________ before ____________ the ____________ . I walk, and don’t _________ . I never walk between parked ________ . I cross streets only at ______________ or _____________ . I ____________ up when riding in a car and wear a ____________ when riding my bike. © 2022 by Vicki

children are injured each year while getting on or off school buses. This is because the

(Far right) Quarterback Carson Wentz (11) looks for an open man during the Washington Commanders’ loss to the Carolina Panthers, 23-21, at Fed Ex Field in Landover on August 13. (Abdullah Konte/The Washington Informer)

5Brian Robinson (8) charges through an opponent during the Washington Commanders’ loss to the Carolina Panthers, 23-21, at Fed Ex Field in Landover on August 13. (Abdullah Konte/The Washington Informer)

(Center top) William Bradley King (56) leaps up to block a pass during the Washington Commanders’ loss to the Carolina Panthers, 23-21, at Fed Ex Field in Landover on August 13. (Abdullah Konte/The Washington Informer)

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Sen. Cheryl Kagan (D-Montgom ery County) criticized Lamone and a few election staff for not posting the 302-page meeting materials before the day of the session. Board of Elections Chair Wil liam G. Voelp said it may have been an oversight “with all the amazing amount of things happening during the election. It is something we will keep our eye on.” “Mr. Chairman, I also appreciate your accessibility, your thoughtful ness and your collaboration,” Kagan said. “If this was the first time, I might be willing to believe that it’s an oversight. It’s not the first time. I’m hoping for something better going forward.”

In the age of social media, Black students have debated online about the benefits and drawbacks of attend ing predominantly white universities versus historically Black colleges and universities.Socialmedia has also given Black students, regardless of the school they attend, a firsthand look at racialized events taking place across the coun try, often leading those at predomi nantly-white institutions to organize around their self-interests. At a time when institutions are fig uring out how best to foster diverse and inclusive spaces, Antar Ticha vakunda, a researcher and alumnus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, has touted the need for Black spaces. He said Black students at predominantly-white universities often thrive when they can freely co alesce around their similarities and form their own communities. In his 2021 book, “Black Cam pus Life: The Worlds Black Students Make at a Historically White Insti tution,” he documented how Black STEM students navigated an aca demic environment that disregarded their unique social and cultural needs via systems that have been inculcated within the institution since its found ing.While compiling his research, he focused less on hurdles that Black students encountered and more on how they formed tight-knit com munities in structurally anti-Black spaces. Even without the presence of student organizations, Black students often seek ways to affirm their identi ty by partying with one another and forming study groups to ensure their collective success.

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As a faculty member at Universi ty of Cincinnati, Tichavakunda now spends much of his time guiding administrators on how to best create welcoming spaces for Black students. However, he said Black students at predominantly-white institutions of ten make do in the most racially an tagonistic of situations – even though that shouldn’t be the case. “Black communities are housed in anti-Black racist structures but we still create life and resist and we find agency,” he said. “It comes with [being in] a collective – that’s where the life is. We’re not all the same but given our racialized statues, there are certain things we have in common.”

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At George Mason University (GMU) in Fairfax County, Virgin ia, Curtis Brooks has taken a leap of faith in meeting other Black students, serving as a DC-CAP student peer mentor and immersing himself in ex tracurricular activities like club foot ball and an affinity group for Black maleBrooks,students.agraduate of Banneker Academic High School in North west, encourages younger Black male students to also get involved in cam pus activities at a time when GMU promises to be even more of a cultur ally inclusive environment two years into Gregory Washington’s tenure as president.Overthe last few years, Brooks has seen Black students unite in moments of racial animosity and devote just as much energy to hosting kickbacks and other functions on campus.

THE WASHINGTON INFORMER / WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM40 AUGUST 18 - 24, 2022 MEREDITH from Page 1 by President John F. Kennedy’s inau gural address, he applied to the uni versity as a means of pressuring the Kennedy Administration to enforce civil rights for African Americans. Meredith graduated with a bach elor’s degree in political science but not without constant harassment and marginalization by his white class mates. Decades later, Black students at predominantly-white universities across the U.S. continue to experi ence similar, and sometimes incon spicuous, instances of racial animos ity on their campuses. Racial unrest in the early months of the pandemic spurred enrollment to historically Black colleges and uni versities. Even so, many Black stu dents still find themselves attending predominantly-white institutions be cause endowments and other struc tural conditions allow those univer sities to provide substantially more attractive financial aid packages. Mya Burrell, a North Delaware resident who applied to both How ard University and Spelman College, said cost and location compelled her to attend The George Washington University (GW) in 2019. She enters her senior year in the fall as a mem ber of several student organizations including the Black Student Union (BSU), Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., the National Council of Negro Women and the Young Black Profes sionals in International Affairs which Get up to $500 off when you switch to clean, simple-to-use electric lawn equipment. Electric lawn equipment provides beautiful results and promotes a cleaner environment. And with no need for gasoline, the fuel savings really add up. For more information on how you can go green for less, check out dcseu.com/ElectricLawnCare or call (202) 479-2222. Turns out it is easy being green we will be requesting a full recount and are hopeful that the outcome will be in our favor,” he said. If Elrich maintains the lead after a recount, he will face Republican Reardon Sullivan in the general elec tion.Voters and election officials en dured some changes for this year’s election that included the change of the primary election date from June 28 to July 19. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, some faith leaders chose not to allow their sanctuaries to be used as polling locations. In addition, new election judges and volunteers unfamiliar with the process forced experienced individu als to conduct more work. In the end, state officials said the voting audit systems tabulated the same number of ballots cast. Data shows 65% of people who participat ed in this year’s election voted in per son with nearly 78,000 on the final two“Idays.would like to recognize the election officials across the state of Maryland for successfully ad ministering this election,” said state Election Administrator Lin da Lamone. “It certainly had its challenges. Things kept getting changed. Everyone had a short period of time. We returned to a normal election.”

“Black excellence and culture have to stand out no matter where you are,” said Brooks, a junior majoring in computation and data science. “Be ing in the Black community helped me a whole lot [because] there’s a lev el of comfort and it’s [easier] to talk to other people of color and make sure we’re okay. It’s a connection we don’t have to talk about too much but we’re all in pursuit of higher education and making sure we’re having the best time in doing that.” WI

WI @WJFjabariwill RECOUNT from Page 12 sheIncofounded.speaking about her fervor for campus life, Burrell recounted advice upperclassmen gave her earlier in her college career to create an environ ment where Black students feel wel comed and included. Since taking on student leadership roles, Burrell has helped coordinate regular meetings not only between Black student leaders at GW but for those attending other predominant ly-white universities in the District. That citywide network, Burrell said, has helped GW’s Black community weather the storm of racial incidents throughout her entire college experi ence.“The administration doesn’t advo cate for students the way they need to but I’ve seen the BSU and other organizations rally behind students and get resources for them,” Bur rell said. “I don't have any concerns about how our Black community deals with these issues. We’ve stood together as a community and in the current [racial] climate, we have plans to make sure our community is safe, heard and [supported by] advocates.”

6. Live by the Great Command ment: Love your neighbor as your self and Love God first.

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2. Release all negative emotions –resentment, envy, fear, sadness and anger, for none of those are from God.3.Express your feelings appropri ately, don't hold on to them.

5. Hold positive images and goals in your mind, pictures of what you truly want in your life. When fear ful images arise, refocus on images that evoke feelings of peace and joy.

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Cleansing? Are you saying to yourself, "I take a bath every day, what is she talking about?" Let's talk about cleansing from the Scriptures: "These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him. Look at the things Scripture reminds us to cleanse ourselves of: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that de viseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mis chief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren." I mean, cleansing up our mind, body and spirit. Most of this in formation was taken from an in terview with one of my colleagues, Lareece Long, who said, "One re ceives many physical benefits from cleansing but there are also many spiritual bonuses you can derive from becoming involved in a con sistent fasting program." Scriptures also say "Jesus started his ministry with a period of cleans ing and prayer 40 days and 40 nights" (Matthews 4:2) and "Dan iel sought the Lord through prayer and supplication with cleansing sackcloth and ashes" (Daniel 9:3). Throughout Biblical history men and women have fasted to develop a stronger walk, deeper commit ment, forgiveness of sins, a renewal of relationships with God and man. There is something more to cleansing than the metaphysical act of spiritual cleansing, which seems to be "mystical" in a transformative effect. Individuals who engage in even a short fast, such as two weeks, can accomplish things that have eluded them for years. To maintain a spiritual fast, it is necessary to maintain a constant prayerful attitude where you will be still and know that He is God. You will get answers to questions that haunt your Cleansinglife.allows you to achieve a deeper and more profound spir itual life than seekers who are not cleansing, this is because cleansing aids the body in cleansing itself of impurities. These impurities clog up your system physically. It dulls your mental powers and decreases your spiritual alertness. Let's exam ine the impact of cleansing on the mind and Cleansingspirit.has had powerful ef fects on the mind, as scientifically documented. People involved in or completing a cleansing program have a noticeable decrease in de pression. A depressed person may feel estranged from God because he or she may feel that true spiri tuality and depression are incom patible. Depression denotes a lack of faith and a broken relationship, but during a spiritual fast, the bro ken relationship with God can be restored and the depression de creased."Cleanliness is next to godliness" is a quote many of us grew up hear ing from our mothers in the south, I sure did. We should keep our bodies, minds and physical envi ronment clean too. We can equally apply these principles to our inner state of mind, heart and spirit. The mere presence of a clean heart, mind, and spirit calls forth the Holy Spirit to dwell within a holy, clean temple which is you: As you allow God to cleanse your inner world, you will attract to yourself, angels, 'ministering spirits' sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation. (Hebrews 1:14)Here are a few ways Lareece Gee reminds us that we can stay well or get better if we're not doing too well to begin with:

1. Do things God created you to do, and you will notice immediate joy and peace.

4. Forgive yourself.

7. Make a commitment to health and well-being and develop a belief that your body is indeed a temple. Scripture reminds us that it is a temple, but do we really treat our bodies like the temple it is? WI 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 Service and Times Sunday Worship 10:15 am Sunday Church School 11:00 am Youth Sunday every 4th Sunday Prayer Call @ Noon every Tuesday & Thursday 978.990.5166 code: 6166047# Virtual Bible Study Wednesday Facebook & Zoom 7:00 pm “A Growing Church for a Coming www.adamsinspirationalamec.orgChrist”

AdamsA.M.E.InspirationalChurch Rev Kevin A. O'Bryant Pastor 401 Van Buren St., NW, Washington D.C. 20012 Office (202)-882-8331 Service and Times Sunday Worship 10:30 am Zoom: zoom.us/;/2028828331 Bible Study: Wednesday 7:00pm Communion Every First Sunday "Serve, teach and Live by precept and example the saving grace of Jesus Christ." Website: Theplbc.org Email: churchclerk@theplbc.org Promised Land Baptist Church

THE WASHINGTON INFORMER / WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM42 AUGUST 18 - 24, 2022 Allen A.M.E.ChapelChurch Rev. Dr. Michael E. Bell, Sr., Pastor 2498 Alabama Ave., SE Washington D.C. 20020 Office: (202) 889-7296 / Fax: (202) 889-2198 www.acamec.org Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 8:00am and 11:00 AM Sunday Church School 9:15am & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study - 10:30 AM 2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study: 6:30 PM Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study: 10:00 AM Tuesday Topical Bible Study: 6:30 PM Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study: 6:30 PM Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study: 6:30 PM Wednesday Children’s Bible Study: 6:30 PM Thursday Men’s Bible Study: 6:30 PM Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service: 6:30 PM Saturday Adult Bible Study: 10:00 AM “The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church” Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan Pastor 800 Street, NE - Washington, DC 20002 202-548-0707 - Fax No. 202-548-0703 Service and Times Sunday Morning Worship: 11:00 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday Sunday School: 9:45 AM Men’s Monday Bible Study: 7:00 PM Wednesday Night Bible Study: 7:00 PM Women’s Ministry Bible Study: 3rd Friday -7:00 PM Computer Classes: Announced Family and Marital Counseling by appointment E-mail: www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.orgCrusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net / “God is Love” Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews Senior Pastor 1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 - Fax: (202) 526-1661

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

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Reverend William Young IV Pastor 3845 South Capitol Street Washington, DC 20032 (202) 562-5576 (Office) / (202) 562-4219 (Fax) and Times Sundays: 10:00am Worship Services Bible Study: Wonderful Wednesdays in Worship and the Word Bible Study Wednesdays 12:00 Noon; 6:30 PM (dinner @ 5:30 PM) Sunday School: 9:00 AM – Hour of Power “An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and affirmed.” www.covenantdc.org

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

Dr. Dekontee L. & Dr. Ayele A. Johnson Pastors 4001 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 265-6147 Office 1-800 576-1047 Voicemail/Fax Service and Times Sunday School: 9:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service: 11:00 AM First Sunday Tuesday, 6:30 PM Word of Life Church Rev. Dr. Henry Y. White 2562 MLK Jr. Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Adm. Office 202-678-2263 Campbell@mycame.org 10:00 AM Sunday Church School: 8:45 AM Wednesday: 12:00 Noon Wednesday: 7:00 PM Thursday: 7:00 PM “Reaching Up To Reach Out” Mailing Address : Campbell AME Church 2502 Stanton Road SE - Washington, DC 20020

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Reverend Dr. Paris L Smith, Sr. Senior Pastor 901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423 Service and Times Sunday Church School : 9:00 AM Sunday Morning Worship: 10:10 AM Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00 PM Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00 PM Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10:10 AM themcbc.org

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

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

Sunday Service: 8:30am& 11:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM Communion Service: First www.livingwatersmd.orgSunday The Miracle Center of Faith Missionary Baptist Church Bishop Michael C. Turner, Sr. Senior Pastor 9161 Hampton Overlook Capitol Heights, MD 20743 Phone: 301-350-2200 / Fax: 301-499-8724 Service and Times Sunday Worship Times : 7:30 AM 7 10:00 AM Communion: 1st Sunday Sunday School: 9:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday, 12 Noon Bible Study in homes: Tuesday 7:00 PM Website: www.themiraclecenterFMBC.com Email: Miraclecenterfmbs@gmail.com Motto: “We Walk by Faith, Not by Sight” Rev. Cheryl J. Sanders, Th.D. Senior Pastor 1204 Third Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202-347-5889 office / 202-638-1803 fax Services and Times Sunday School: 9:30 AM Sunday Worship: 11:00 AM Sunday Community Worship Service: 8:30 AM “Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital” www.thirdstreet.org Live Stream Sunday Worship Service begins @ 12:00 noon www.thirdstreet.org Third ChurchStreetofGod Bishop Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. Senior Pastor 5757 Temple Hill Road, Temple Hills, MD 20748 Office 301-899-8885 – fax 301-899-2555 Services and Times Sunday Early Morning Worship: 7:45 AM Church School: 9:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship: 10:45 AM Tuesday: 7:00pm/Kingdom Building Bible Institute Wednesday , 12:30 PM Mid-Day Bible Study Wednesday: Prayer/Praise/Bible Study-7:30

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Pilgrim Baptist Church Rev. Louis B. Jones II Pastor 700 Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002 (202) 547-8849

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Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr.; Senior Bishop & Evangelist Susie C. Owens – Co-Pastor 610 Rhode Island Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 529-4547 office • (202) 529-4495 fax Sunday Worship Service: 8:00 AM and 10:45 AM Sunday Youth Worship Services: 1st & 4th 10:45 AM; 804 R.I. Ave., NE 5th 8 AM & 10:45 AM; Main Church Prayer Services Tuesday – Noon, Wednesday 6:00 AM & 6:30 PM Calvary Bible Institute: Year-Round Contact Church Communion Every 3rd Sunday The Church in The Hood that will do you Good! www.gmchc.org emailus@gmchc.org

Church of Living Waters Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor Harold AssistantAndrewPastor 4915 Wheeler Road Oxon Hill, MD 301-894-646420745

Service and Times Worship Sundays: 7:30 & 11:00 AM 5th Sundays: 9:30 AM 3rd Sundays: Baptism & Holy Communion Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @ Noon & 6:30 PM www.pilgrimbaptistdc.org

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headline and photo for LIF - MALCOLMX DAY John F. Johnson Reverend Dr. 1306 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20005 Service and Times Divine Worship, Sunday 10:00 a.m. Communion 1st and 3rd Sunday “Friendliest Church in the City” Website: mountolivetdc.org Email: mtolivedc@gmail.com

Service and Times PM Baptism & Communion Service: 4th Sunday – 10:30 AM “We are one in the Spirit” E-mail: ssbc5757@verizon.net BaptistStephenChurch

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Prayer Meeting & Bible Study - Wednesday 7:00 p.m. “A Church with a past to remember – and a future to www.mtzbcdc.orgmold” Mt. BaptistZionChurch

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Reverend John W. Davis Pastor 5101 14th Street, NW / Washington, DC 20011 Phone: 202-726-2220 Fax: 202-726-9089 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service - 8:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Children’s Church - 11:00 a.m. (1st & 3rd Sundays) Communion 10 a.m. 4th Sunday Sunday School - 9:15 a.m. (4th Sunday 8:15 a.m.)

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Christ Embassy DC Rev. Curtis l. Staley Pastor 621 Alabama Ave., S.E.- Washington, D.C. 20032 P: (202) 561-1111 - F: (202) 561-1112 Service and Times Sunday Service: 10:00 AM Sunday School for all ages: 8:30 AM 1st Sunday Baptism: 10:00 AM 2nd Sunday Holy Communion:10:00 AM Tuesday: Bible Study: 6:30 PM Prayer Meeting: 7:45 PM Motto: “Where God is First and Where Friendly People Worship”

Pastor 7801 Livingston Road Oxon Hill, MD 301-534-547120745 Service and Times Sabbath School 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 AM Service 11:00 AM Praise & Worship Preaching 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM Motto: “A Church Keeping It Real for Real.” Website:Email:Shabbathcommandmentchruch.orgPraisebetoyhwh@gmail.com ChurchCommandmentShabbath

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

Evening Prayer & Bible Study: Wednesday 7:00 PM Laymen's League: Thursday 7:00 PM Email: Website:Froffice@firstrising.orgwww.firstrising.org “Changing Lives On Purpose “ First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor 2001 North Capitol St, N.E. Washington, DC 20002 Phone (202) 832-9591 Service and Times Sunday Church School – 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service – 11:00 AM Holy Communion – 1st Sunday at 11:00 AM Prayer – Wednesdays, 6:00 PM Bible Study – Wednesdays, 7:00 PM Christian Education / School of Biblical Knowledge Saturdays, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM, Call for Registration Website: www.allnationsbaptistchurch.com All Nations Baptist Church – A Church of Standards All BaptistNationsChurch Reverend Christopher L. Nichols Pastor 2409 Ainger Pl.,SE – WDC 20020 (202) 678-0884 – Office / (202) 678-0885 – Fax “Moving Faith Forward” 0% Perfect . . 100% Forgiven! Service and Times Sunday Worship: 8:00 AM & 10:45 AM Baptism/Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday Family Bible Study Tuesdays – 6:30 PM Prayer Service: Tuesdays – 8:00 www.emmanuelbaptistchurchdc.orgPM BaptistEmmanuelChurch Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor 623 Florida Ave.. NW - WDC. 20001 Church (202) 667-3409 / Study (202) 265-0836 Home Study (301) 464-8211 / Fax (202) 483-4009 Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 AM Sunday Church School: 8:45 – 9:45 AM Holy Communion: Every First Sunday Intercessory Prayer: Monday – 7:00-8:00 PM Pastor’s Bible Study: Wednesday –7:45 PM Midweek Prayer: Wednesday – 7:00 PM Noonday Prayer Every Thursday Florida Avenue Baptist Church Holy ChurchUnitedTrinityBaptist Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert Senior Pastor 4504 Gault Place, N.E. / Washington, D.C 20019 202-397-7775 – 7184 Service and Times Sunday Church School: 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service : 11:00 AM The Lord’s Supper 1st Sunday Prayer & Praise Services: Wednesday 7:00 PM Bible Study: 7:30 PM Saturday before 4th Sunday Men, Women, Youth Discipleship Ministries: 10:30 AM A Christ Centered htubc@comcast.netChurch Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor 2324 Ontario Road, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 232-1730 Service and Times Sunday School: 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 AM Baptismal Service: 1st Sunday – 9:30 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday – 11:00 AM Prayer Meeting & Bible Study: Wednesday -7:30 PM “Where Jesus is the King” Bishop

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Service and Times Sunday Apostolic Worship Services 11:00 A.M and 5:00 PM Communion and Feet Wash 4th Sunday at 5:00 PM Prayer/Seeking: Wednesday at 8:00 PM Apostolic in Doctrine, Pentecostal in Experience, Holiness in Living, Uncompromised and Unchanged. The Apostolic Faith is still alive –Acts 2:42 Rev. Richard B. Black Interim Pastor 1301 North Carolina Ave. N E Washington, D C 20002 202 543 1318 - lincolnpark@lpumcdc.org www.lpumcdc.org Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 AM Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 PM Friday Evening Service: 7:00 PM ; Last Friday “…Giving Your Life a Christ.embassy.dc@hotmail.comwww.Christembassydc.orgMeaning”

Rev. Oran W. Young Pastor 602 N Street NW - Washington, D.C. 20001 Office:(202) 289-4480 Fax: (202) 289-4595 Service and Times Sunday School for All Ages: 8:00 AM Sunday Worship Services: 9:30 AM Midday Prayer & Bible Study: Wednesday 11:30AM Adrian A. Taylor, Sr. King BaptistEmmanuelChurch

Bible Study: Fridays at 7 PM Web: www.mountmoriahchurch.org Email: mtmoriah@mountmoriahchurch.org Damion M. Briggs Pastor 8213 Manson Street Landover, MD 20785 Tel: (301) 322-9787 Fax: (301) 322-9240 Service and Times Early Morning Message: 7:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00 AM Sunday Church School: 9:00 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday 7:30 AM & 10:00 AM Prayer, Praise and Testimony: Wednesday 7:00 PM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM “Real Worship for Real People” Website: www.easterncommunity.org Email: ecc@easterncommunity.org Mount Moriah Baptist Church Eastern Community Baptist Church Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor 13701 Old Jericho Park Road Bowie, MD. 20720 (301) 262-0560 Service and Times Sunday Worship: 11 AM Sunday School: 10 AM Wednesday Mid-Week Worship, Prayer & Bible Study: Wed. 7 PM “A Church Where Love Is Essential and Praise is Intentional” BaptistCommandmentNewChurch Rev. Dr. Michael T. Bell 712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836 Service and Times Sunday Early Morning Prayer & Bible Study Class: 8:00 AM Sunday School: 9:00 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00 AM Wednesday Service: 12:00 PM “The Loving Church of the living lord “ Email Address: admin@pbc712.org Peace ChurchBaptist Rev. Dr. Kendrick E. Curry Pastor 3000 Pennsylvania Ave.. S.E Washington, DC 20020 202 581-1500 Service and Times Sunday Church School: 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 AM Monday Adult Bible Study: 7:00 PM Wednesday Youth & Adult Activities: 6:30 PM Prayer Service Bible Study Pennsylvania Ave. Baptist Church Rev. Aubrey C. Lewis Pastor 1415 Gallatin Street, NW Washington, DC 20011-3851 P: (202) 726-5940 Service and Times Sunday Worship: 11:00 AM Sunday School: 9:15 AM Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun. Bible Institute: Wednesday - 1:30 PM Prayer Meeting: Wednesday - 12:00 Noon St. BaptistLukeChurch The Rev. E. Bernard Anderson Priest Foggy Bottom Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 Church office: 202-333-3985 - Fax : 202-338-4958 Service and Times Sundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Music and Hymns Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy www.stmarysfoggybottom.orgEucharist Email: stmarysoffice@stmarysfoggybottom.org All are welcome to St. Mary’s to Learn, Worship, and Grow. Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church RELIGION

Zion ChurchBaptist Rev. Lance Aubert Imterim Pastor 1251 Saratoga Ave., NE Washington, DC 20018 (202) 269-0288 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:45 AM Sunday School: 9:15 AM Holy Communion1st Sunday: 10:45 AM Prayer Service: Wednesday at 6:30 PM Bible Study: Wednesday at 7:00 PM Bible Study: Tuesday at 10:30 AM Israel ChurchBaptist Elder Herman L. Simms Pastor 5606 Marlboro Pike District Heights, MD 301-735-600520747

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Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor 9th & P Street, N.W. - W. D.C. 20001 (202) 232-4288 Service and Times First Sunday Worship Service (one service): 10:00 AM Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Sunday Worship service: 7:45 AM and 10:55 AM Sunday Church School/Bible Study: 9:30 AM Thursday Prayer Service: 6:30 PM Email:Website:sbc@shilohbaptist.orgshilohbaptist.org

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Service and Times Sunday Worship: 10:00 AM Holy Communion: First Sunday 10:00 AM Sunday School: 9:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday @ 12 noon and 6:30 PM Motto: "Faith On The Hill" Sermon On The Mount Temple Of Joy Apostolic Faith Lincoln Park United Methodist Church Dr. Joseph D. Turner / Senior Pastor 2616 MLK Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 Fax 202-678-3304 Service and Times Early Worship Service: 8:00 AM Worship Service: 11:00 AM New Member’s Class: 9:45 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday, 11:00 AM Church School: 9:45 AM Wednesday 12:00pm Bible Study Prayer, Praise and Bible Study: 7:00 PM Saturday Bible Study: 11:00 AM Baptism 4th Sunday: 11:00 AM “Empowered to love and Challenged to Lead a Multitude of Souls to Christ” BaptistMemorialMatthewsChurch Kelechi Ajieren Coordinator 6839 Eastern Avenue, R1 Takoma Park, MD 20912 (202) 556-7065 Service and

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Rev. Dr. H. B. Sampson, III Pastor 2914 Bladensburg Road, NE Wash., DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-3180 - Fax: (202) 529-7738 Service and Times Worship Service: 7:30 AM Sunday School: 9:00 AM Worship Service: 10:30 AM Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:30AM & 10:30 AM Prayer Services:Tuesday 7:30 PM. Wednesday 12 Email:mthoreb@mthoreb.orgNoonWebsite:www.mthoreb.org

Reverend Peter R. Blue Sr. Pastor 2001 Brooks Drive District Heights MD. 240.838.707420744

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

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

Jones said Arbery’s family ex pressed relief. “We were pleased to hear the sen tencing. It assures that the two Mc Michaels and Bryan will not get out of jail for the rest of their lives,” Jones said. “The Arbery family demonstrat ed for this country how to be strong in the face of adversity. They weren’t seeking publicity – they were thrown into this Nationalfight.”Newspaper Publish ers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., who has been working with the Transformative Justice Coalition to get 10 million new Black Americans to register to vote, pledged to keep Arbery’s memory alive. “The NNPA takes due notice of the additional federal prison time given to the brutal and convicted murderers of Ahmaud Arbery,” Dr. Chavis said. “We stand with the family of Ahmaud Arbery and their attorneys who stood strong and vig ilant to demand justice. We pledge to keep Ahmaud’s memory alive and the legacy of all those murdered by the ruthless terrorist acts of racists in America.”

Jazzmeia Horn was the featured vocalist with NYO Jazz. The group ended their tour with a concert at the Kennedy Center. (Photo courtesy Todd Rosenberg)

When introducing NYO’s final selection, Jones became very emotion al. He acknowledged the struggles of working virtually for two years, then the joy of performing with NYO Jazz as a big band in front of live audiences. “The big band is the United States orchestral format, Jones said. “The big band can play jazz, gospel, hip hop, lit erally everything.” See NYO Jazz in rehearsal at https:// youtu.be/Hkq1RIwtbUM.

ARBERY from Page 1 “They figured they’d do whatever in this case and that there would be acquittals. But we were able to work with the family to stiffen their spine and stand with them and walk with them and talk with them. [The re sult] is that they became very strong advocates,” Jones said. U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Wood handed down life sentences to Travis and Greg McMichael and gave Bryan 35 years. A federal jury convicted the men of federal hate crimes. They were also found guilty in state court and received life without parole for those convictions.Overobjections from the defen dants, Judge Wood ordered the men to serve their sentences in the harsher environment of state prison. “This is a major victory for hold ing these men accountable for a racial hate killing,” Arnwine stated. “People don’t understand that should any thing go wrong with the state verdict, a reversal, now they have to somehow deal with the federal charges. It’s like having two padlocks at the door.” Arnwine called the McMichael fa ther/son duo and Bryan symbols of hate.“They will forever be a symbol of hate in this country,” Arnwine said. “The Arbery family will forever be symbols of justice – fighters who re fused to be lied to and people who re fused to believe the worst about their son. They demanded justice and they persisted.”BothArnwine and Jones were in the courtroom when Wood an nounced the sentencing and each referred to the decision as a powerful moment.

WI 5 Barbara Arnwine and Daryl Jones of the Transformative Justice Coalition. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer) ing the bass in the fifth grade but had a leg up since her mother is a jazz vocalist. She led NYO Jazz in “Ida’s Crusade,” composed by CBS Late Show bassist Endea Owens. With a vital bass opening section from Martin that went into a New Orleans feel before taking the audience to church, the piece served as a soaring, layered piece of musical storytelling honoring journalist and advocate Ida B. Wells. “Endea Owens composed a beau tiful arrangement,” Martin said about the composition. “It’s the struggle of her journey of trying to tell the truth.”

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“For the last two years, we had been advisors to the family and we have mobilized hundreds of people to come to Brunswick to lift up this tragedy and demand justice,” Arn wine said. “For the Transformative Justice Coalition, for the hundreds who have come demanding justice, for the Arbery family without whom there would be no murder or hate crime case but for them and their persistence, today was a moment of reckoning. It was judgment day. A day in which the racist murderers of Ahmaud Arbery were held account able in a very powerful way.”

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Washington,DivisionD.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM Gwendolyn000775Yvonne Dean EdwardDecedentG. Varrone, Esq. 1825 K Street, NW Suite 1150 Washington, DC 20006

Brenricha Isom Huggins, whose address is 1906 Colebrooke Drive, Temple Hills, Md 20748, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Brenda Carol Ward who died on April 19, 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 Wash ington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/4/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/4/2023, 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.

In God We DeclarationTrustofNationality Notice of Special Appearance

Nicole WashingtonRegisterStevensofWillsInformer

Claims of the deceased settlor’s creditors are barred as against the Trustee and the trust property unless presented to the Trustee at the address provided herein on or before 2/4/2023 (6 month after the date of the first publication of this notice.)

WashingtonRegisterNicoleTRUESignatureDavisofTrusteeTESTCOPYStevensofWillsInformer

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Washington,DivisionD.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 000756 Brenda Carol Ward NOTICEDecedentOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Jacqueline Palmer, whose address is 2905 Sedgemore Place, Bryans Road, Maryland 20616, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Deborah Ann Brown who died on 12/14/2019 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/11/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/11/2023, 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: Jacqueline8/11/2023

: I am that I am: ‘‘ Reanna Gabrielle Ek© ’’, in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: “ EK, REANNA GABRIELLE© ’’, corp. sole Dba.: ‘‘ REANNA GABRI ELLE EK© ’’, corp. sole Dba.: ‘‘REANNA EK© ’’, corp. sole Dba.: ‘‘ R. G. EK© ’’, and all derivatives of the name, having reached the age of majority, being aboriginal to the northwestern and southwestern shores of Africa, the Atlantic Islands, the continental Americas, being duly certified, hereby affirms to declare my tribal intention to be as my pedigree subscribes, as a: Moorish American, but not a citizen of the United States. declare permanent, and unalienable, allegiance to The Moorish Empire, Societas Republicae Ea Al Maurikanuus Estados, The Constitution for the united States of America, Article III Section 2, The Lieber Code, Hague Conventions of 1899 & 1907, The Geneva Conventions, [ United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ], and all natural laws governing moors, and hereby declare and proclaim my nationality in good faith as a: Moorish American. I am that am: ‘‘ Reanna Gabrielle Ek© ’’, from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status Jurisdiction, shall be known as: ‘‘ reanna ek© ’’. Notice of White Flag Surrender: as “hors de combat”, pursuant to The Geneva Conventions, Article III, as a minister of The Moorish Empire, and Internationally Protected Person. Notice of LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF WAR ON LAND HAGUE, IV), ARTICLE: 45, 46, & 47. Notice of Claim pursuant to Public Law 87-846, TITLE II, SEC. 203. Notice of Bailment Merging of Legal Title with Equitable Title : This order is to preserve legal and equitable title, and to reserve all rights, title, and interest, in the property, Re: STATE OF FLORIDA – OFFICE OF VITAL STATISTICS, REGISTER FILE NUMBER : 109-00-022796, ‘‘ REANNA GABRIELLE EK© ’’, to the depositor: ‘‘ reanna ek© ’’, nom deguerre: ‘‘Reanna Gabrielle Ek© ’’. 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: ‘‘ reanna ek© ’’, nom deguerre: ‘‘ Reanna Gabrielle Ek© ’’, as a special deposit order in lawful money. This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of : ‘‘ Reanna Gabrielle Ek 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. All Attorneys with a License from the Bar Association are explicitly prohibited from administering " REANNA GABRIELLE EK TRUST©" property without handwritten consent from each and every trustee, after said Attorneys have furnished their nationality, and Principal for whom's interest they are working, pursuant to [Public Law 75-583], to Trustees in plain writing. Inter alia enact fuit. All Rights Reserved. Deo volente. This deposit is not limited to, but including: discharge and set off etc., of any and all outstanding liabilities as accord and satisfaction.

NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Diane G. Long, whose address is 103 G Street, SW #702B, Washington, DC 20024, was appointed Personal Representa tive of the estate of Denise M. Long who died on 6/24/2020 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/4/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/4/2023, 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: 8/4/2022 Diane G. Long Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Nicole WashingtonRegisterStevensofWillsInformer

DECLARATION NATIONALITY PROTOCOL In God We Trust Declaration of Nationality Notice of Special Appearance : I am that I am: “ Roberto Carlo Ek©”, in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: “ROBERTO CARLO EK©”, “ ROBERTO C EK©”, " EK, ROBERTO CARLO ": As natural father, and guardian of: “ Ek, Renee Annalise Mikaela ”, the beneficiaries and heirs of: “ ROBERTO CARLO EK© ”, corp. sole Dba.: “ RENEE ANNALISE MIKAELA EK ”, “RENEE A M EK ”, “ EK, RENEE ANNALISE MIKAELA ”, “ REANNA GABRIELLE EK ”, “ REANNA G EK ”, “ EK, REANNA GABRIELLE ”. Having reached the age of majority, being aboriginal to the northwestern and southwestern shores of Africa, the Atlantic Islands, the continental Americas, being duly certified, hereby affirms to declare my tribal intention to be as my pedigree subscribes, as a: Moorish American, but not a citizen of the United States. declare permanent, and unalienable, allegiance to The Moorish Empire, Societas Republi cae Ea Al Maurikanuus Estados, The Constitution for the united States of America, Article III Section 2, The Lieber Code, Hague Conventions of 1899 & 1907, The Geneva Conventions, [United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ], and all natural laws governing moors, and hereby declare and proclaim my nationality in good faith as a: Moorish American. I am that am: “ Roberto Carlo Ek©”, from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: “ roberto ek©”. Notice of White Flag Surrender: as “hors de combat”, pursuant to The Geneva Conventions, Article III, as a minister of The Moorish Empire, and internationally Protected Person. Notice of LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF WAR ON LAND ( HAGUE, IV), ARTICLE: 45, 46, & 46. 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: REPUBLIC OF BELIZE – VITAL STATISTICS UNIT – BIRTH REGISTRATION NUMBER: 721, “RENEE ANNALISE MIKAELA EK©”, “ EK, RENEE ANNALISE MIKAELA ”. & Re: REPUBLIC OF FLORIDA – OFFICE OF VITAL STATISTICS – REGISTRA TION NUMBER: 109-2020-004904 : All property, of the same issue and amount, in like kind and specie, is to be returned full intact, as a Special Deposit order of the Depositor /Beneficiary / Bailor / Donor / Principal / Creditor: “ roberto ek ”, nom deguerre: “ Roberto Carlo Ek©”, as a special deposit order in lawful money. This deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of: “ Roberto Carlo Ek 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 / done / debtor. All Attorneys with a License from the Bar Association are explic itly prohibited from administering " Roberto Carlo Ek Trust©", property without handwritten consent from each and every trustee, after said Attorneys have furnished their nationality, and Principal for whom's interest they are working, pursuant to [Public Law 75-583], to Trustees in plain writing. Inter alia enact fuit. All Rights Reserved. Deo volente. 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.

Date of first publication: August 4, 2022 Brenricha Isom Huggins Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY

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

Denise M. Long SteveDecedentLarson-Jackson 1629 K Street, NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006

DECLARATION OF EXISTENCE THE POSTERITY 1782 TO PRESENT THE SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES 4 U.S.C.S. §41 League of Indian Nations Of United States We, the People of the United States not United States of America, members of the “The League of Indian Nations of North America”, Chief Akil Ali, by the DECREE OF OFFICIAL ACCREDITATION & RECOGNITION FROM Chief Patrick Sarrazin of the headquartered office of “THE LEAGUE OF INDIAN NATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA –CANADA. Officially inform all interested parties of the actions of the official Posterity of the United States by its appointed Chief Akil Ali of the “League of Indian Nations of North America” [United States not United States of America] makes this declaration of existence being the Posterity, Autochthon American Indian More=Moor and for the “Public Record” states the following: PROCLAMATION Ref: Letters Patent Number #RE 345 528 665 US

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION 2022 NRT 22 Jesse L. Davis Name of Deceased Settlor NOTICE OF EXISTENCE OF REVOCABLE TRUST Jesse L. Davis whose address was 3914 20th Street, NE, Washington, DC 20018 created a revocable trust on March 13, 2006, which remained in existence on the date of his/her death on 2/28/2021, and Guy P. Davis, whose address is 703 Candle Ridge Ct., Fredericksburg, VA 22407, is the currently acting trustee, hereinafter the Trustee. Communications to the Trust should be mailed or directed to Jeffrey K. Gordon, Esq. at 5335 Wisconsin Ave., NW, #700, Washington, DC 20015. The Trust is subject to claims of the deceased settlor’s creditors, costs of administration of the settlor’s estate, the expense of the deceased settlor’s funeral and disposal of remains, and statuto ry allowances to a surviving spouse and children to the extent the deceased settlor’s residuary probate estate is inadequate to satisfy those claims, costs, expenses, and allowances.

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Notice of Special Appearance : am that am: ‘‘ Sylvia May Livingston© ’’, in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: “ LIVINGSTON, SYLVIA MAY© ’’, corp. sole Dba.: ‘‘ SYLVIA MAY LIVINSTON © ’’, corp. sole Dba.: ‘‘ SYLVIA LIVINGSTON© ’’, corp. sole Dba.: ‘‘ S.M. LIVINGSTON© ’’, and all derivatives of the name, having reached the age of majority, being aboriginal to the northwestern and southwestern shores of Africa, the Atlantic Islands, the continental Americas, being duly certified, hereby affirms to declare my tribal intention to be as my pedigree subscribes, as a: Moorish American, but not a citizen of the United States. I declare permanent, and unalienable, allegiance to The Moorish Empire, Societas Republicae Ea Al Maurikanuus Estados, The Constitution for the united States of America, Article III Section 2, The Lieber Code, Hague Conventions of 1899 & 1907, The Geneva Conventions, [ United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ], and all natural laws governing moors, and hereby declare and proclaim my nationality in good faith as a: Moorish American. am that I am: ‘‘ Sylvia May Livingston© ’’, from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status Jurisdiction, shall be known as: ‘‘ sylvia livingston© ’’. Notice of White Flag Surrender: as “hors de combat”, pursuant to The Geneva Conventions, Article III, as a minister of The Moorish Empire, and Internationally Protected Person. Notice of LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF WAR ON LAND ( HAGUE, IV), ARTICLE: 45, 46, & 47. Notice of Claim pursuant to Public Law 87-846, TITLE II, SEC. 203. Notice of Bailment Merging of Legal Title with Equitable Title This order is to preserve legal and equitable title, and to reserve all rights, title, and interest, in the property, Re: STATE OF JAMAICA – REGISTRAR GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT, REGISTER FILE NUMBER : FC 7760, ‘‘ SYLVIA MAY LIVINGSTON© ’’, to the depositor: ‘‘ sylvia livingston© ’’, nom deguerre: ‘‘ Sylvia May Livingston© ’’. 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: ‘‘ sylvia livingston© ’’, nom deguerre: ‘‘ Sylvia May Livingston© ’’, as a special deposit order in lawful money. This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of : ‘‘ Sylvia May Livingston 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. All Attorneys with a License from the Bar Association are explicitly prohibited from administering " SYLVIA MAY LIVINGSTON TRUST©" property without handwritten consent from each and every trustee, after said Attorneys have furnished their nationality, and Principal for whom's interest they are working, pursuant to [Public Law 75-583], to Trustees in plain writing. Inter alia enact fuit. All Rights Reserved. Deo volente. This deposit is not limited to, but including: discharge and set off etc., of any and all outstanding liabilities as accord and satisfaction.

AUGUST 18 - 24, 2022 45WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM / THE WASHINGTON INFORMER LEGAL NOTICESLEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICESLEGAL NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Washington,DivisionD.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 000573 Ferrele A. Garling aka Ferrele HowardDecedentGarlingJ.Walsh III 7101 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 1200 Bethesda, Md 20814

Date of first publication: 8/4/2022 Katharine G. Sickel Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY

An action to contest the validity of this trust must be com menced by the earliest of (1), 2/28/2022 (One year from date of death of deceased settlor) (2) 2/4/2023, (6 months from the date of first publication of this notice) or (3) Ninety days after the Trustee sends the person a copy of the trust instrument and a notice informing the person of the trust’s existence, of the Trustee’s name and address, and of the time allowed for commencing a proceeding.

This Notice must be mailed postmarked within 15 days of its first publication to each heir and qualified beneficiary of the trust and any other person who would be an interested person within the meaning of D.C. Code 20-101(d). Date of First Publication: 8/4/2022 Jesse L.

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Washington,DivisionD.C. 20001-2131 2021 ADM 000044

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Washington,DivisionD.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 000766 Deborah Ann Brown NakiaDecedentGray, Esq. 800 Maine Ave. SW Suite 200 Washington, DC 20024

NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Jacquelyn Howell, whose address is 91-1079 Kaihohonu Street, Ewa Beach, HI 96706, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Gwendolyn Yvonne Dean who died on 1/27/2021 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 Wash ington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/4/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/4/2023, 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: 8/4/2022 Jacquelyn Howell Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Nicole WashingtonRegisterStevensofWillsInformer

NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Katharine G. Sickel, whose address is 418 Palm St. Palo Alto CA 94301, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Ferrele A. Garling aka Ferrele Garling who died on 9/25/2008 with a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/4/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/4/2023, 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.

Nicole WashingtonRegisterStevensofWillsInformer

Palmer Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Nicole WashingtonRegisterStevensofWillsInformer

2022 ADM 755 JoAnne NOTICEDecedentPritchettOFAPPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Kevin Pritchett, whose address is 87 Cossio Drive, Newark, NJ 07103, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of JoAnne Pritchett who died on 1/9/2022 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/11/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/11/2023, 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: WashingtonRegisterNicoleTRUEPersonalJanelle8/11/2022SimmsRepresentativeTESTCOPYStevensofWillsInformer

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2022 ADM 000818 Ethel TinaDecedentDickensSmithNelson, Esq. Legal Counsel for the Elderly 601 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20049

Date of first publication: Gwendolyn8/11/2022

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Washington,DivisionD.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 00356 Adrian Calin Lobontiu EarleDecedentW.Douglass, Esq. 4225 Jenifer Street, NW Washington, DC 20015

2022 ADM 759 Effie Basnight Decedent Aimee D. Griffin 5335 Wisconsin Avenue NW Suite 440 Washington, DC 20015

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Washington,DivisionD.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 000730 Eva Mae NOTICEDecedentRogieOFAPPOINTMENT,

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NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Julius Nichols, whose address is 2900 14th Street, NW, Apt. 1009, Washington, DC 20009, was appointed Personal Repre sentative of the estate of Effie Basnight who died on December 17, 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 shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/11/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Reg ister of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/11/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

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NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Mihaela Daniela Lobontiu, whose address is 5311 43rd Street NW, Washington, DC 20015, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Adrian Calin Lobontiu who died on March 7, 2021, without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 1/11/2022. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/11/2022, 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: Mihaela8/11/2022Daniela Lobontiu Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Nicole WashingtonRegisterStevensofWillsInformer

NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Gwendolyn Charles, whose address is 2334 14th Street, NE, Washington, DC 20018, was appointed Personal Represen tative of the estate of Ethel Dickens who died on October 30, 2015 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 2/11/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Reg ister of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/11/2023, 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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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Washington,DivisionD.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 000802 James Thomas Bradley, Jr. CollineDecedentSilvera Robinson Kirlew & Associates 7731 Belle Point Dr. Greenbelt, Md 20781 NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Jason Thomas Bradley, whose address is 6227 9th St., NW, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Represen tative of the estate of James Thomas Bradley, Jr. who died on 10/12/2016 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/11/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/11/2023, 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: Jason8/11/2022Thomas Bradley Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Nicole WashingtonRegisterStevensofWillsInformer

NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Janelle Simms, whose address is 11208 Lanette Lane, Glenn Dale, Md 20769, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Barbara Simms aka Barbara Jean Simms aka Barbara J. Hall who died on July 15, 2020 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/11/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/11/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Washington,DivisionD.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 000805 Barbara Jean Daniels NOTICEDecedentOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Benjamin Franklin Daniels Jr., whose address is 2541 Fairhill Dr., Suitland Md 20746, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Barbara Jean Daniels who died on March 27, 2022 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/11/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/11/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Washington,DivisionD.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 000827 Barbara Simms aka Barbara Jean Simms aka Barbara J. Hall DonaldDecedentR. Marlais, Esq. 411 10th Street NE Washington, DC 20002

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Johnetta M. McCrae, whose address is 227 46th Place NE, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal Represen tative of the estate of Eva Mae Rogie who died on 2/15/2000 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/11/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/11/2023, 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.

DECLARATION NATIONALITY PROTOCOL In God We Trust Declaration of Nationality Notice of Special Appearance : I am that am: “ Rosanna Avril Stephanie Smith©”, in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: “ROSANNA AVRIL STEPHANIE SMITH©”, “ ROSANNA A S SMITH©”, " SMITH, ROSANNA AVRIL STEPHANIE": As natural mother, and guardian of: “ Ek, Renee Annalise Mikaela ” and “ Ek, Reanna Gabrielle”, the beneficiaries and heirs of: “ ROSANNA AVRIL STEPHANIE SMITH© ”, corp. sole Dba.: “ RENEE ANNALISE MIKAELA EK ”, “RENEE A M EK ”, “ EK, RENEE ANNALISE MIKAELA ”, “ REANNA GABRIELLE EK ”, “ REANNA G EK ”, “ EK, REANNA GABRIELLE ”. Having reached the age of majority, being aboriginal to the northwestern and southwestern shores of Africa, the Atlantic Islands, the continental Americas, being duly certified, hereby affirms to declare my tribal intention to be as my pedigree subscribes, as a: Moorish American, but not a citizen of the United States. declare permanent, and unalienable, allegiance to The Moorish Empire, Societas Republicae Ea Al Maurikanuus Estados, The Constitution for the united States of America, Arti cle III Section 2, The Lieber Code, Hague Conventions of 1899 & 1907, The Geneva Conventions, [United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ], and all natural laws gov erning moors, and hereby declare and proclaim my nationality in good faith as a: Moorish American. I am that I am: “ Rosanna Avril Stephanie Smith©”, from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: “ rosanna smith-ek©”. Notice of White Flag Surrender: as “hors de combat”, pursuant to The Geneva Conventions, Article III, as a minister of The Moorish Empire, and internationally Protected Person. Notice of LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF WAR ON LAND ( HAGUE, IV), ARTICLE: 45, 46, & 46. Notice of Claim pursuant to Public Law 87-846, TITLE II, SEC. Notice203. 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: REPUBLIC OF JAMAICA – REGISTRAR GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT – BIRTH REGISTRATION NUMBER: NA 4951, “RENEE ANNALISE MIKAELA EK©”, “ EK, RENEE ANNALISE MIKAELA ”. & Re: REPUBLIC OF FLORIDA – OFFICE OF VITAL STATISTICS – REGISTRATION NUMBER: 109-2020-004904 : All property, of the same issue and amount, in like kind and specie, is to be returned full intact, as a Special Deposit order of the Depositor /Beneficiary / Bailor / Donor / Principal Creditor: “ rosanna smith-ek ”, nom deguerre: “ Rosanna Avril Stephanie Smith©”, as a special deposit order in lawful money. This deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of: “ Rosanna Avril Stephanie Smith 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 / done / debtor. All Attorneys with a License from the Bar Association are explicitly prohibited from administering " Rosanna Avril Stephanie Smith Trust©", property without handwritten consent from each and every trustee, after said Attorneys have furnished their nationality, and Principal for whom's interest they are working, pursuant to [Public Law 75-583], to Trustees in plain writing. Inter alia enact fuit. All Rights Reserved. Deo volente. 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. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Washington,DivisionD.C. 20001-2131

2022 ADM 000865 Janice DeborahDecedentSandersD.Boddie, Esq. Probate Law DC 1308 Ninth Street, NW Suite Washington,300 DC 20001

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NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Elizabeth Murphy Evans, whose address is 3313 P Street NW, Washington, DC 20007, was appointed Personal Represen tative of the estate of Martin Evans aka Martin Dylan David Evans who died on 11/19/2021 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/18/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Reg ister of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/18/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: Elizabeth8/18/2022Murphy Evans Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Nicole WashingtonRegisterStevensofWillsInformer SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Washington,DivisionD.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 815 Lillie R. GlendaDecedentBrantleyM.Wheeler Allen, Esq. Law Office of Glenda M. Wheeler 808 E Street, NE Ste A Washington, DC 20002

Andrew Phillip Zernovoj aka Andrew P. Zernovoj aka Andrew Zernovoj Name of Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESEN TATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Washington,DivisionD.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 751 Martin Evans aka Martin Dylan David Evans GretchynDecedentG. Meinken 616 N. Washington Street Alexandria, VA 22314

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Washington,DivisionD.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 000813 Laurence R. Driver aka Laurence Robert Driver MelindaDecedentM. Bolling, Esq. 2108 31st Street, SE Washington, DC 20020

NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Debra T. Southerland, whose address is 219 Black Berry Dr., Fort Washington, Md 20744, was appointed Personal Repre sentative of the estate of Lillie R. Brantley who died on May 16, 2022 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/18/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Reg ister of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/18/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: WashingtonRegisterNicoleTRUEPersonalDebra8/18/2022T.SoutherlandRepresentativeTESTCOPYStevensofWillsInformer

Artis L. Wilkins whose address is 7310 Little Bird Path, Columbia, Maryland 21046 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Leon I. Smalls, deceased, by the Register of Wills/Orphans Court for Baltimore City County, State of Maryland, on 4/13/2018. Service of process may be made upon Andre O McDonald, Esquire 2101 L Street NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20037 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real estate.312Tennessee Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice. Date of first publication: WashingtonRegisterNicolePersonalArtis8/18/2022L.WilkinsRepresentativeStevensofWillsInformer

Date of first publication: 28Albert8/11/2022C.D’AntonioLewisRoad Marlborough, CT 06447 Representative TEST COPY COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Washington,DivisionD.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 757 Susan Denise Bain Decedent Aimee D. Griffin 5335 Wisconsin Avenue NW Suite 440 Washington, DC 20015

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Washington,DivisionD.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 000669 Lorraine G. D’Antonio aka Lorraine Giorgio D’Antonio APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Albert C. Antonio, whose address is 28 Lewis Road, Marlbor ough, CT 06447, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Lorraine G. D’Antonio aka Lorraine Giorgio D’Antonio who died on April 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 2/11/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Reg ister of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/11/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

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NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Bryan Sanders, whose address is 2211 Taylor Street, NE, Washington, DC 20018, was appointed Personal Represen tative of the estate of Janice Sanders who died on 1/9/2022 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/18/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Reg ister of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/18/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

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NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Tiffany Veney, whose address is 5335 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite 440, Washington, DC 20015, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Susan Denise Bain who died on 2/27/2020 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/18/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/18/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

2022 ADM 000844 Wilbert J. Davis aka Wilbert James Davis NOTICEDecedentOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Angela Maria Buchanan, whose address is 400 Warfield Drive, #4069 Landover, Md 20785, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Wilbert J. Davis aka Wilbert James Davis who died on 8/30/2020 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/18/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Reg ister of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/18/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: Angela8/18/2022Maria Buchanan Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Nicole WashingtonRegisterStevensofWillsInformer

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Katelyn Dee Zernovoj whose address is 192 Talmont Circle, Roseville CA 95678 was appointed Special Administrator of the estate of Andrew Phillip Zernovoj aka Andrew P. Zernovoj aka Andrew Zernovoj, deceased, by the Superior Court for Placer County, State of California, on May 12, 2022. Service of process may be made upon Jeffrey K. Gordon, Esq. 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, NW #700, Washington DC 20015 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real estate. 1254 Oates Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002. Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice. Date of first publication: 8/18/2022 Katelyn Dee Zernovoj Special Administrator Nicole WashingtonRegisterStevensofWillsInformer

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NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Vanessa D. King, whose address is 3311 16 Street, NE, Wash ington, DC, 20018, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Laurence R. Driver aka Laurence Robert Driver who died on 1/29/2020 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/11/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Reg ister of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/11/2023, 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: Vanessa8/11/2022D. King Personal Representative TEST COPY NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Washington,DivisionD.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 000869 Scotia Jean Russell NOTICEDecedentOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Gary Brady Russell, whose address is 5201 Connecticut Ave., NW, #809, Washington DC 20015, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Scotia Jean Russell who died on October 9, 2021 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/18/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/18/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

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The upfront costs of electrifying one’s home prevents most low er-income Americans from trying to switch to clean energy, even if it could save money in the longterm, Ali pointed out. He and other environmental justice advo cates see the bill as the first major attempt to make “going green” ac cessible to low- and moderate-in come Americans. On the other hand, Mabson points out that most low-income people of color, especially in the District, are renters, not home owners. The electrification mea sures will not immediately benefit people who can’t make those de cisions about their home’s energy infrastructure.Overtime, however, greater adoption of green technology will likely bring down the cost of ener gy across the board.

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A slight drop in vaccination rates can weaken immunity within a community, as experienced in re cent history with measles. While vaccinations eliminated measles in 2000, almost 1,300 U.S. cases re emerged in 2019 due to anti-vacci nationBeforesentiment.school starts in the fall, ensure your child visits their health care provider to get any skipped vac cines. Kaiser Permanente offers con venient scheduling of COVID-19 vaccines for your family here. You have the power to protect your child by working with your health care provider to catch up on missed vaccinations. I have two children under 12, and I know it can be hard to juggle life's demands, but you still have time to get them fully vaccinated before school starts. Together we can get it done and have safer schools and communi ties. You can be part of the solution. WI

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It is not enough for the young to recognize injustice. They must commit to improve their lives and community. That requires all of us to teach social and civic responsi bility and train our youth to act accordingly.Tothatend, we are collaborat ing with the Andrew Young Foun dation to launch a scholarship pro gram for students determined to follow in Dr. King's footsteps who wish to attend a historically black college or university. We hope to teach the coming generation how to take up the great challenges of our age and advance his enduring moral principles. These scholar ships will go to students who, like Dr. King, dream of being ambas sadors of nonviolence and making not just the nation, but the world a better place. We are remorseful and hurt over the pain that has been caused in Buffalo. We know that the lives that were lost were valuable and the pain does not immediately go away. Beyond the horrific tragedy that occurred in Buffalo, we face enormous challenges as it relates to hate and violence throughout the U.S. and abroad. And there is no panacea. The forces of darkness are active and powerful, determined to harm our people, divide our so ciety and destroy our democratic JOSEPH/DANIELS from Page 29 peared," China Representationwrote.forpeople of col or in the entertainment industry is a founding principle of the Mar tha's Vineyard African American Film Festival, celebrating its 20th anniversary this week. The Nation al Urban League continues to be an active participant in the festival, hosting and participating in panels and discussions, including a con versation with filmmaker Andre Gaines, whose film "After Jackie" tells the story of the second wave of Black baseball players after Jackie Robinson — Bill White, Curt Flood and Bob Gibson — "who put their lives on the line to integrate baseball and demand a fairer, more inclusive America for African American ath letes around the world." This year marks the 50th anni versary of a Supreme Court ruling known as the Curt Flood decision that opened the door for free agen cy in Major League Baseball. The film has reignited the push to induct Flood into the Hall of Fame. 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This year marks the 50th anniversary of a Supreme Court ruling known as the Curt Flood decision that opened the door for free agency in Major League Baseball.

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