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Election day Tuesday, April 3, produced no major surprises and low voter turnout in the District of Columbia. The winners: (top left) D.C. Council members Muriel Bowser (D-Ward 4), Yvette Alexander (D-Ward 7) and (bottom left) Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) retained their seats. Only D.C. Council member Vincent Orange (D-At-Large) is holding off slicing his victory cake. With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, Orange is leading in a race that sources say may remain unsettled for at least 10 days as absentee and provisional ballots are counted. / Photos by Shevry Lassiter, Victor Holt, Roy Lewis and Khalid Naji-Allah
City’s Political Status Quo Remains Unchanged By Barrington M. Salmon and James Wright WI Staff Writers District residents went to the polls Tuesday, April 3, in an election that featured low voter turnout and no major surprises. D.C. Council member Vincent Orange (D-At-Large) survived a
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Orange, 54, defeated Biddle last April for the at-large seat to replace Kwame Brown, who was elected D.C. Council Chairman in November 2010. D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser (D-Ward 4) was renominated easily to represent her ward at the John A. Wilson Building in Northwest. She de-
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Eric Weaver Washington, D.C. I have spoken with my son often before and after the Trayvon Martin shooting about stereotypes and images. It’s important that he understands the significance of this incident. Trayvon wasn’t the first and won’t be the last.
Alfred Hall Laurel, Md. My children are in their 30’s, so I couldn’t tell them what to wear, however, I believe a piece of clothing doesn’t make a person suspicion.
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Basim Shannon Laurel, Md. I haven’t had a talk with my son because I don’t believe what Trayvon was wearing that day was something that was considered suspicious.
Andre Taylor Washington, D.C. I am raising my son to be a respectful person, to be law abiding citizen and to be a man. He is athletic and hoodies are perfect for his on-thego lifestyle. They are comfortable, convenient and he has over 10. I will not ask him to change his clothing but to continue to be mindful of his surroundings.
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In Maryland, all eyes were on U.S. Sen. Benjamin Cardin and C. Anthony Muse (D-Prince George’s County). Cardin won his nomination race, but not without a spirited fight from Muse. Cardin won the primary 73 percent to 17 percent for Muse. He faces an unknown Republican candidate in the November general election. / Courtesy photo
ELECTIONS continued from Page 1 Marion Barry retained their seats by comfortable margins. Alexander, however, emerged victorious after a contentious and bruising battle where contender Tom Brown gained momentum and notable endorsements from business, labor and several of the city’s most prominent news publications during the course of the campaign. “I’m tired. I feel really good but I feel like I was in a 12-round boxing match, but we ended victorious” said Alexander as she slumped into a chair at The Chateaux to savor a meal as well as her hard-earned victory. “I need a good night’s sleep. I’m going away to an undisclosed location for a couple of days and then it’s back to work.” Late Tuesday, election results indicated that Alexander won by a two-to-one margin, 43 percent to 21 percent. Dozens of jubilant supporters clad in white Alexander campaign T-shirts laughed and joked and danced well into the night at the establishment which is located on Benning Road in Northeast. A procession of political heavyweights such as Mayor Vincent C. Gray (D), and Kwame Brown (D), as well as Ward 5 hopeful Delano Hunter and Ward 7 GOP candidate Ron Moten, who will represent his party in the November elections, came to offer their congratulations. Just over the bridge, off Minnesota Avenue, Tom Brown and a mélange of animated, vociferous and clearly excited supporters watched early returns on a large television at Ray’s The Steak. The diverse crowd felt victory at hand and reveled in the prospect of unseating Alexander. “I’ve been a Brown supporter for about a year. He has the credThe Washington Informer
ibility, respectability and the honesty – all the things we want in a representative,” said longtime Ward 7 resident Jeri Washington whose face bore the telltale marks of a day spent in the sun. “His work and work ethic would make him a perfect representative. He’s proven that he’s a diamond that cuts all other stones.” “I think she took for granted the opportunity and failed to realize her own potential. She failed to fully engage her community.” Brown, 47, strode in the restaurant to a hero’s welcome. Once they saw him approach the front door, supporters broke out into loud cheers and sustained applause, rising as one to give him a standing ovation. For several minutes he soaked up the adulation and showed his appreciation by also giving his supporters a warm hand. “Looks like you’re all here for a party!” he said. “This whole experience has been so humbling. It’s so surreal to be in an experience like this. I’m humbled by the groundswell of support. People get us. It’s never been about Tom Brown. Businesses, unions and all 29 communities in Ward 7 threw their support behind us. They know we can do better.” “I can tell you one thing for sure: I don’t know what the results are right now, but we gave them hell!” Not far from Ray’s, Alexander’s Chief of Staff J.R. Meyers walked around with a smile. “Did she run against every [candidate] known to man? She’s Wonder Woman,” he exulted. “She’s a fighter. I mean she was able to respond to the intensity of the attacks.” “Joslyn [Williams] and [DC Chamber President and CEO] Barbara [Lang] came to Ward 7 and held a press conference to say no to Yvette. They decided they wanted to unseat her.” “They marshaled every re-
source and pushed to beat her but she won.” In the Ward 8 race, the expected level of opposition from challenger Jacque Patterson failed to materialize. Barry, 76, (D-Ward 8), was never in danger of losing his seat despite strident calls by some in other parts of the city and by many of the city’s newspaper outlets to throw him out. He amassed a daunting 73 percent of the vote. Going into the election, Patterson, 41, considered himself the person best able to beat Barry, who is a four-time mayor and who ran for his seat, seeking his third term. Barry is widely regarded in his majority-black ward as the guardian of the neglected and underprivileged and he relishes that role. Perhaps the most dramatic news of the night came when Cora Masters-Barry told ABC 7’s Sam Ford that this would be Barry’s last election. In other races, former ANC Commissioner Mary Brooks Beatty won the Republican Party primary and will try to get one of the two at-large seats on the D.C. Council in the Nov. 6 general election. President Barack Obama had no opposition in his bid for reelection in the District and in Maryland. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the District and Maryland handily and will pick up all of the District’s delegates and the overwhelming majority of Maryland’s. D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton had no opposition in her bid for re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives. Norton is set to face Natale Stracuzzi of the Statehood Green Party in the general election. U.S. Rep. Donna Edwards (DMd.) had no trouble defeating two opponents for re-nomination to the House. She faces an unknown Republican opponent in the heavily Democratic district. U.S. Sen. Benjamin Cardin won his nomination race but not without a spirited fight from Maryland State Sen. C. Anthony Muse (DPrince George’s County). Muse did well in Prince George’s County and Baltimore City, but Cardin, 68, took the rest of the state with the advantages of incumbency, money and organization. Cardin won the primary 73 percent to 17 percent for Muse. He faces an unknown Republican candidate in the November general election. wi www.washingtoninformer.com
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Dr. John Hayden Johnson Middle School in Ward 8 will be modernized under D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray’s 2013 proposed budget. / Photo by Victor Holt
Gray’s Budget Reflects Eastern D.C. Priorities Barry Disappointed with Human Services Cuts By James Wright WI Staff Writer The city budget recently released by the mayor of the District has received praise for its fiscal stability and closing a $172.1 million budget gap while its cuts in human services are being criticized for being insensitive to those who are in need. However, observers have noted that it’s generous to the eastern portion of the city. D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray (D) presented his budget to members of the D.C. Council and to the public on Friday, March 23. The budget closed a $172.1 million deficit between revenues and expenses without raising taxes or fees and without dipping into the city’s reserve fund. “This budget continues to fund my administration’s top priorities – education, public safety and jobs and economic development – while respecting the fiscal discipline required to safeguard those services for the future,” Gray, 69, said. “We had to make difficult choices, but we believe this budget maintains the right level of government services, including protecting our most vulnerable citizens, without raising taxes.” D.C. Council member Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) disagrees. “We are balancing the budget on the backs of the poor,” Barry, 76, said. “I am disappointed in this budget and I have known Vince Gray a long time. Human services are not funded enough.” Barry, a former four-term The Washington Informer
mayor of the District, lamented the cuts in human services, which would affect his ward more heavily than others. Gray’s budget would cut $14.7 million in Temporary Assistance to Needy Families and $23 million from the D.C. Healthcare Alliance, where many low-income and workingclass residents get their health coverage. Other cuts include programs such as rental assistance [$19.9 million], homeless services [$7.7 million], victim services [$2.6 million] and affordable housing initiatives [$2.9 million]. Despite the cuts, Gray said that his budget “looks at investment on the east end of the city.” Gray pointed out that there is money for construction on Ballou Senior High School in Southeast, a $28 million upgrade of the Office of Unified Communications on the east side of Saint Elizabeths and $58 million of capital infrastructure investments on Saint Elizabeths east side, which is also being planned as an information technology hub. D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown (D) said that he’s pleased the budget includes an upgrade for the Dr. John Hayden Johnson Middle School in Ward 8. “It is important that we modernize our middle schools and I am happy that the mayor recognized that Johnson Middle School will need that,” Brown, 41, said. “Good schools in Ward 8 will keep families in Ward 8.” In last year’s budget, Gray cut funding of the Martin Luther
King Jr. Memorial Library in Northwest, forcing the central library to close on Sundays. However, he changed course when additional monies became available and the public demanded that the facility remain open seven days a week. George Williams, a spokesman for the D.C. Public Library system, said that money is in the budget and the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library will remain open on Sundays. Gray has added another branch of the library – Rosedale – which will be located at 17th and Benning Road in Northeast. The Skyland Town Center in Southeast will be a part of a citywide $54 million development package, in the mayor’s budget. A lot of attention has focused on the proposal to allow restaurants and bars that serve liquor to stay open until 3 a.m. on weekdays and 4 a.m. on weekends, but few of those are located in eastern Washington. There has also been a great deal of discussion about Gray’s idea of installing traffic cameras at every corner that could generate $24.8 million for the city. The mayor’s budget must be approved by the D.C. Council. Changes will be forthcoming, Brown said. The D.C. Council has 56 days to review Gray’s budget, make its changes and submit to the mayor before it has to be approved by the U.S. Congress. “It is now the Council’s responsibility to act,” Brown said. wi www.washingtoninformer.com
D.C. Political Roundup March to May 15 By James Wright WI Staff Writer
Hunter Wins Ward 5 Straw Poll
Delano Hunter topped the list of the Ward 5 Democratic Committee straw poll to determine the next D.C. Council member from the ward. Hunter received 178 votes, Kenyan McDuffie got 79 and Frank Wilds received 44. A special election will be held on Tue., May 15 in the ward to replace former D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr., who resigned the position earlier this year. The organization could not make an endorsement because no candidate got the requisite 60 percent of the votes. Hunter, 28, happens to be a former employee of the Nike Corporation and has worked as a community organizer in the Brookland Manor section of Northeast. Hunter ran against former D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr., in the September 2010 Democratic primary and came in second. He received attention during the race because of his stand against same-sex marriage. Today, Hunter supports D.C. marriage equality and is working to cement relations with the city›s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. Hunter said that he was delighted to have received
around the region coming May 15 election. “After much thought and interaction with all of the candidates, I am endorsing Delano Hunter in this election,» Boston said. In an e-mail to supporters, Boston said that his ward needs unity. “The bottom line is we need a council person who crosses all economic, sex, and financial boundaries,” he said.
Boston said the lack of financial resources forced him to drop out of the race. However, Ward 5 has not seen nor heard the last of him, he said. “We just simply did not have the money to compete at the level I like to win,” he said. “There will be other Council races in the future. We will rise again.” wi
WARD 1 TOWN HALL MEETING Ward 5 D.C. Council candidate Delano Hunter received 51 percent of the support of the ward’s Democrats in a recent straw poll. / Photo courtesy of the Hunter Campaign
the support of Ward 5 Democrats. “We reached another key milestone on our path to victory on May 15,” he said on his Twitter account. “I appreciate the support at the Ward 5 straw poll.»
Union Supports McDuffie The Executive Board of Local 25 has voted to endorse Kenyan McDuffie›s 2012 campaign to replace former D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr., in a special election on Tue., May 15. Local 25 represents 6,000 hotel workers in the Washington, D.C. area. “Kenyan has strong roots in the labor movement and a
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Casting Our Buckets Down: A Re-examination of the Strategy to Grow Minority Businesses
By Dennis C. Smith Director of Technical Assistance for Center for Minority Business Development This article discusses a strategy to improve the plight of minority businesses in the 21st Century. It questions whether or not minority businesses, and in particular black businesses, have strategized properly in pursing an improvement in their overall status. In the year 1895, there was a debate sparked by the Atlanta Compromise on how best to address rampant discrimination that was occurring against blacks. This debate occurred after “reconstruction” and shortly after the Supreme Court decision of Plessy vs. Ferguson. Some proclaimed that black ascendency into the political ranks and educational attainment were the roads to travel to abate discrimination. Others took a more passive position and said “caste your buckets down where you are”; be satisfied with being a dairy farmer or a worker in the stock yard; do not pursue higher advances. Both answers took into consideration the immediate circumstance that blacks found themselves in. In a climate of anti-affirmative action the question of what strategy should minority businesses pursue today is one of upmost importance. The strategy must be representative of a diverse black business community; representing retail, professional services, construction, government contracting, entertainment, media, products, manufacturing, training and others. For example, in the industry of government contracting, a strategy must include reference to U.S. Public Law 95-507, legislation that made the SBA’s 8a program substantive. It must consider a discussion of the 1989 Supreme Court decision in Richmond vs. Crosan; and the 1995 Adarand Constructors, Inc vs. Pena decision, both a setback for affirmative action initiatives. Each industry needs to be explored consistent with how it operates and how it has transformed over the years. An industry may have been impacted by technology, litigation, globalization, market conditions, change in the habits of the buying public, demographic changes and other trends. The analysis is necessary to assist policy makers and potential entrepreneurs to construct viable solutions for sustaining and growing black businesses. Who should perform this analysis? Economist, businesspersons and industry experts from the private sector and academia should join together to form a brain trust, a “talented tenth”. This topic will hopefully rekindle the discussion between the business community and academia. It will hopefully encourage academics and businesses to cast down their buckets where they are and bring forth a strategic analysis that will benefit all. Positive changes in the growth of black businesses will benefit the entire black community. About the Center for Minority Business Development The Center for Minority Business Development (CMBD) provides local minority business leaders with the ancillary skills and political business insight needed to build successful enterprises. Visit www.cmbd.biz
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Serious Concerns Linger on Gaming Bill as Md. House Debate Looms By Steve Monroe Special to The Washington Informer Whatever the results of the Maryland House of Delegates debate and possible vote in these last days of the 2012 General Assembly session on the bill to allow a sixth state gaming site to be in Prince George’s County, emotions will remain high and concerns will be debated for months, if not years. That was made clear by the sentiments from the overflow crowd at Prince George’s County Council member Obie Patterson’s town hall meeting Saturday at the Oxon Hill Library. The meeting featured an appearance by County Executive Rushern Baker who stopped by to push his bid for the bill to include amendments that specify a $1 billion gaming resort at National Harbor. “One of the major areas of concern that hasn’t been resolved is transportation,” said Patterson (Dist. 8) Saturday regarding a facility at either National Harbor or Rosecroft Raceway. “It’s already pretty hectic on [Rt.] 210 and [Rt. 414] out here and we don’t think there has been sufficient detail about what the plans are for resolving those issues.” Other issues raised at the meeting included the question of provisions for more on-site police and whether attention is being given to added medical facilities to handle the large number of local gaming patrons and tourists. Another issue involves how much revenue from gaming would actually be provided for needs like education, transportation and public safety in the Oxon Hill, Fort Washington areas specifically, and not just statewide. And while minority business participation in the development of gaming and resort facilities is a base issue, a long-standing one is the idea of using gaming to help fund government activities in the first place. Furthermore, some say it is “repugnant” that gaming revenue would be coming from low income residents who can least afford to gamble.
Last week, the state Senate passed the gaming bill, proposed by Sen. Douglas J.J. Peters (D-Dist. 23) of Bowie, to allow slots and table games in Prince George’s County. Penn National Gaming is pushing for that site to be at Rosecroft Raceway, while Baker favors National Harbor. According to published reports, a casino also has been proposed for the Boulevard at the Capital Centre in Largo. Patterson asked Baker at the meeting what provisions are being made that his district would benefit from the millions generated by a gaming facility, and Baker said plans are being made now to make sure funds are allocated properly. Patterson released a statement Monday saying: “We are still working to make sure that Senate Bill 892 incorporates the concerns of local residents in District 8. I have advocated for more monies to come back to Prince George’s County that will allow for local impact aide for road and infrastructure improvements, school funding and also that this bill incorporate provisions for minimum local minority contracting and hiring guidelines.” Binding vote by county a good thing – Peters If the bill passes in the general assembly, voters statewide will cast their ballots in a referendum this fall with a majority of voters in Prince George’s County who will need to vote “yes” for any site to become a reality. State delegate Jay Walker, whose district includes Rosecroft Raceway and National Harbor, said in a published report he was pleased about the gaming facility being contingent on county voters and that the bill would be considered carefully by the House this week. wi (For more of this story, visit us online at washingtoninformer.com.) www.washingtoninformer.com
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PGC’s 100 Black Men Attracts MLK Prayer Breakfast Crowd By Gale Horton Gay WI Staff Writer
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f the turnout at the MLK Prayer Breakfast is any indication, there’s solid support in Prince George’s County for the formation of a new chapter of 100 Black Men. The breakfast, held Saturday, March 31, at the District Heights Municipal Center on Marbury Drive, attracted about 350 black men and 50 women and was a combination recognition, networking and kick-off event by the 100 Black Men of Prince George’s County Interest Group. Jerry McLaurin, who initiated the interest group, said he was overwhelmed by the attendance. “I had no idea we would have this big of a turnout,” said McLaurin. The group submitted its application to form a chapter to the national office of 100 Black Men in Atlanta on March 9. Steven E. Morris, one of the members of the interest group, said he anticipates the national office will notify them of their status in June during the organization’s national convention in Atlanta. “I am positive we are going to be chartered,” said Morris. “This is the right time in Prince George’s County for this organization to be birthed,” said Dr. Terry Nelson, master of ceremony of the event. “We know we can impact and make a difference in this county and collectively we are going to do that.” Nelson said the proposed new chapter planned to work closely with the Washington, Baltimore and Anne Arundel County chapters. The presidents of two of the chapters also were in attendance. “It’s time for men to step up to the plate and take their rightful place in what needs to be done,” said Nelson. “We are setting the example and leading the pace toward the success we want to see.” Nelson added that the interest group was not sitting idle while it waits for disposition of its application and planned to hold fundraising and other events. The event’s keynote speaker
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Michael Lyles, executive director of the Prince George’s County Human Relations Commission, spoke to the group about a number of issues including “advancing our community, repositioning it, rebranding it.” He said one of the roles 100 Black Men could serve is explaining disparities that exist in black community to young boys so they better understand the realities. “We must do a better job of training children toward constructive life options,” said Lyles. According to information in the breakfast program, the interest group first met in January. “We looked at a number of areas where we could have an impact such as reducing our drop-out rate and the number of young people who are incarcerated, addressing the health and wellness of our young population, preparing our young men for the workforce and to be college ready, and having an overall influence on the personal development and growth of our young men,” it states. District Heights Vice Mayor Eddie Martin referred to the event as “larger than large. I say that because on this historic occasion we here in Prince George’s County are setting out to acquire a chapter of 100 Black Men. I think it’s outstanding.” During the event, the mentoring and leadership efforts of three community members were also recognized. Levet Brown, president of the Laurel Boys & Girls Club; Reginald Harrod, chief executive officer of Suitlandfest CDC; and Jerrod Mustaf, executive director of Take Charge Juvenile Diversion Program, were presented with community service awards. Saturday’s event featured prayers by Minister Archie Byrd, Dr. Yvonne Felton of First Baptist Church of Highland Park and Deacon Bill Jones of First Baptist Church of Glenarden. Musical selections were provided by Renee’ Allen, Joe Colemen, Michael Winans and the group Bondage to Freedom. Several vendors had booths at the breakfast including Jafra cosmetics, Wells Fargo, Allstate and a number of artists. wi
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By Barrington M. Salmon WI Staff Writer Since she learned about the murder of Trayvon Martin a month ago, Nikki Trahan said her emotions have shifted between sadness, incredulity and fear. Trahan, 40 and mother of a 13-year-old, said she has watched the tragedy play out involving a child who could very easily be her son, Mikey. “It scares me to death. I have always treated him with a very loose leash,” she said during an interview on Sunday, April 1. “[But] he wanted to stay with friends two or three months ago and I told him no. It’s the neighborhood and police, people who don’t like you. I had to break it down and a few months later, this happened to Trayvon.” “As a mother, it’s very scary. My son is 13 and the only thing I think about is keeping him alive, for real. I don’t press him too much about a lot of things because he will have enough stress on him for the rest of his life.” Trahan, a North Philadelphia resident, said she quizzes her son routinely about what he needs to do if he’s stopped by the police. “He said he won’t say a word,” she explained. “He has been instructed to ask for his mother and a lawyer … he’d be repeating that. ‘I want to talk to my mother or a lawyer.’ I’d rather they take The Washington Informer
him into an office where other people are. It’s a safeguard to keep him safe.” But what has struck Trahan and other parents is the apparent futility of preparing their children to deal with encounters with law enforcement. Now, they have to factor in the actions of ordinary citizens who take the law into their own hands. The Trayvon Martin tragedy has brought that reality into stark relief. Trayvon, a 17-year-old honor student, was shot and killed by George Zimmerman, who admitted that he shot the teenager in self-defense. After the Feb. 26 incident, Zimmerman was not arrested because of Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law. Trayvon’s death has sparked a wildfire of protests and rallies around the country. The case encompasses questions about vigilantism, racial profiling and gun laws. People are incensed about the fact that Trayvon was unarmed and minding his own business, that he was pursued by someone who judged him solely on his color and mode of dress, and most of all, that Zimmerman, 28, remains free. Last week, lead homicide investigator Chris Serino wanted to charge Zimmerman with manslaughter, however, according to a number of sources, Serino was instructed not to press charges because State Attorney
Norman Wolfinger determined there wasn’t enough evidence to lead to a conviction. Both Police Chief Bill Lee and Wolfinger stepped aside two weeks ago in the wake of the firestorm of public fury surrounding the way they handled the investigation. “He’s gonna get off. They may arrest him but he won’t serve any time,” said New Jersey resident Horatio Fenton of Zimmerman. “They [Sanford Police Department] have to appear as if they’re doing something about it. They’ll find some diversion. They’re trying to buy time. It’s going to be something that fades away unless we keep up the protests, keep up the pressure.” Fenton, a federal employee and father of a 24-year-old son, said Americans’ attention span is too short. “If we don’t make an effort to keep this in the public eye, if we don’t keep it visible, it will disappear,” he said. “They are going to purposely drag out the trial until things die down. We’re not taking it anymore. We’re not going to take it and shut up.” Fenton and his family emigrated from Jamaica to South Florida in the 1970s and he lived, worked and studied there for almost two decades. “Florida just has a history of racism which is one of the rea-
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o, how have you fared economically since President Obama took office and the Senate voted to endorse a national apology for slavery? The Obama presidency is one thing, and the Senate apology is another; but neither has accrued a whit for the majority of Black Americans. Reparations compensation is a subject that is never discussed in America. To the Senate measure, author Randall Robinson insists that “an apology to African Americans is meaningless without reparations payments.” In contrast with African-Americans’ political leadership, Robinson is primarily concerned with speaking out on behalf of African Americans and makes a grand case in his book, “The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks.” A lack of Black leadership on the issue has allowed reparations for slavery to linger on the fringe of American political thought. The legacy of slavery, segregation, and racial violence against African Americans continues to be a divisive issue in America. Whether or not descendants of Black slaves are entitled to reparations is an American debate that not only divides Whites from Blacks, but many Blacks from one another. The money Black Americans are owed could cure a lot of our ills. According to Harper’s Magazine, America owes African Americans more than $100 trillion in reparations, based on 222,505,049 hours of forced labor between 1619 and 1865, with a compounded interest of 6 percent. Mainstream American thought is that “a $100 trillion payoff to Blacks is inconceivable” therefore, no real thought or discussion is given it. Whites have a 400-year head-start on Blacks in America and want the status quo to remain. Mainstream thinking makes Americans of all races ill-at-ease on the subject of reparations and causes them to amble into “non-racial discussions” on more acceptable themes of national unity, and adherence to particular political philosophies. A multitude of Blacks subscribe to Mainstream thought and thinking to our own detriment. We accept our conditions at the bottom of the rung in America and make no concerted effort to collect the debt. Though Obama rejected the concept of reparations long before his election, surely a substantial debt is owed Black Americans. The legacy of slavery has hindered the economic progress of Blacks in America; and reparations would rectify a historical wrong,
By William Reed would give poor Blacks more disposable income which would increase their living standards and lift entire communities. We sure could use a few trillion dollars. Who among us wants our just inheritance, the trillions of dollars due us for the labor of our ancestors? The more Mainstream thinking among African Americans the more we neuter ourselves. Since so many Black have ascended into very high places in American politics, church realms, businesses, sports and entertainment, more and more of the Black population have become confused in exercising our priorities. Whites continue to support and advocate a system that’s been very good for them these last 500 years. How to make justice happen for us and get our needed amends in America will require Black Americans to reject Mainstream programming and agree that present-day racism stems from 246 years of slavery and Jim Crow laws and practices. We should be looking for advocates who agree that American slavery was “one of history’s most brutal genocides.” While Obama is on record in his opposition to reparations to Blacks, supporters should be looking to the two dozen members of Congress who are co-sponsors of current legislation to create a commission that would study reparations – that is, payments and programs to compensate Blacks for the damage done by slavery. Advocates who say Black Americans should be compensated for slavery and its Jim Crow aftermath are chalking up victories and could gain national momentum. Civic governments in Washington, D.C., Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Chicago, and a halfdozen other cities have all endorsed “restitution” payments to Black Americans. Following Black leadership such as that of Robinson and joining and supporting local groups dedicated to reparations is a way to make it all happen. William Reed is head of the Business Exchange Network and available for speaking/seminar projects via the BaileyGroup.org. wi www.washingtoninformer.com
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March of Dimes’ Summit Discusses Fatherhood By John Muller
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At Providence Hospital last week a tri-state summit convened by the March of Dimes to share new research on perinatal health equity broached an important yet sensitive issue in the black community: family fragmentation and father absence. According to the National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI), father absence is “America’s most pressing social issue” with one out of every three children living apart from their biological fathers. In the African- American community, nearly 2 out of 3 (64 percent) children live in father-absent
homes. To those old enough to remember, today’s statistics build on existing research by famed black sociologist E. Franklin Frazier and the U.S. Department of Labor’s 1965 “Moynihan Report” which underscored the importance of fathers being present. Last week’s panel--composed of representatives from Mary’s Center in the District, Baltimore City’s Office of Male Initiatives, and Virginia’s Fatherhood Initiative--attested to the importance of fathers in the black community. Project Alpha, a partnership of the March of Dimes and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, has been leading the way since 1980. According to Shannon Gilbert,
chapter director of the March of Dimes Maryland-National Capital Area Chapter, Project Alpha is designed to provide young men with current and accurate information about teen pregnancy prevention. Over the past 5 years, the Alpha Phi Alpha has raised over $1 million for the March of Dimes to support development of the program’s curriculum and outreach which impacts more than 25,000 young men across the country every year. Project Alpha’s three goals are: sharing knowledge, changing attitudes, and providing skills to engender self-confidence. “The black community has been divided on this subject for so long,” says Jeff Johnson of
Last week, the March of Dimes invited representatives from Washington, Maryland and Virginia to discuss the important role of fatherhood in elevating young families. /Photo by John Muller
the Pi Upsilon Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity in Prince George’s County, Maryland. “Too often we hear about ‘baby mamas.’” Johnson says, “While there’s little to no emphasis placed on the male and his role.” Involved with the March of Dimes since high school, Johnson says Project Alpha has facilitated “man-to-man” inter-generational conversations that otherwise may not have happened. “Often young men want to do the right thing but they don’t know how because their brothers, cousins, and fathers weren’t around. We’re here to uplift our young men.” The Costs According to Brian Gullins of the Richmond Family and Fatherhood Initiative, a dual program between Virginia’s Department of Health and Department of Social Services, the combined federal, state and local yearly costs of family fragmentation and father absence in Richmond, Va. alone is more than $200 million or an average of $663 per family. “This is just the programmatic costs, not the administrative costs,” Gullins said. The numbers Gullins cites come from a groundbreaking study in 2008 by Benjamin Scafidi, Ph.D, an economist at the Georgia Family Council that analyzed family fragmentation and father absence in Richmond. Historically, funding for fatherhood and similar family strengthening programs has been attached to TANF --Temporary Assistance to Needy Families.
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“When budgets get intense it’s often a program that is cut,” Gullins added. Along with Ohio, which passed legislation in 2011 to fund the Ohio Fatherhood Commission, Virginia is ahead of other states in working to “institutionalize” solutions to father absence. Over the past three and half years, Virginia has worked to address father absence through community mobilization, resource, policy, workforce and curriculum development, and alternatives to incarceration and reentry. Throughout Virginia, Alexandria, Fredericksburg, Norfolk, Petersburg, Roanke, and Richmond have been the focus areas. Initiated under Democratic Governor Tim Kaine, the state’s efforts have continued under current Republican Governor Bob McDonnell. But Gullins said the issue has been overly politicized. “Dealing with policymakers and elected officials, they have two bottom lines: votes and dollars,” says Gullins. “The issue of fatherhood is bigger than Democrat and Republican.” Not only is the issue not political, Gullins said, it’s not race either. “Father absence is not a racial issue; it is impacting all of America. It is a social justice issue as it disproportionately impacts the African-American community where 80 percent of all AfricanAmerican children can now expect to spend at least a significant part of their childhood years living apart from their fathers. We know the financial costs but the human costs are uncountable.” wi www.washingtoninformer.com
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HU: Weight-Loss Surgery Can Reverse Diabetes By Cheylin Parker Special to The Washington Informer
Dr. Terrence Fullum of Howard University Hospital has long been touting bariatric surgery as a way to halt Type 2 diabetes and obesity. Now, two new studies back up his claim. Cleveland researchers recently released a pair of studies showing that weight-loss surgery can reverse and even possibly cure Type 2 diabetes, giving patients with the disease and obesity issues the ability to live longer and healthier. The studies, which were presented in Chicago at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology and published in the New England Journal of Medicine, are the first to compare weight-loss surgery operations to medicines for Type 2 diabetes caused by obesity. Doctors are now saying that the operation should be offered sooner to more people who struggle with the disease and obesity, rather than as a last resort. Dr. Fullum, a bariatric surgeon and director of the Center for Wellness and WeightLoss Surgery at Howard University, recommends that obese patients with Type 2 diabetes strongly consider the operation. “This is a potential option for them,” Fullum said. “The success rate for curing diawww.washingtoninformer.com
betes with medicine is really low, about zero to two percent, compared to the success rate for curing Type 2 diabetes with weight-loss surgery, which is around 90 percent.” Both studies showed that significantly more patients achieve normal blood-sugar levels after having the operation. With weight loss, patients see improvements in not only Type 2 diabetes, but also all other associated medical illnesses such as high cholesterol, asthma and about 20 different types of diseases, Fullum said. Critics of the studies say there is no way to forecast long-term effects. However, Fullum says that may not be the case. “I think there’s no doubt that the benefits are longterm,” Fullum said. “There’s actually a study that was done that followed patients for 10 to 14 years after their surgery and their diabetes did not return.” Fullum adds that studies done at Howard University show similar results to the two recently released by Cleveland researchers, even in African-American women. This research will be presented at the Society of Black Academic Surgeon Meetings at John Hopkins University and Howard University later this month. Alfreda Hill, who serves as the Bariatric Coordinator and Clinical Practice Supervisor for Howard Uni-
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versity’s Center for Wellness and Weight Loss Surgery, had the operation in August of 2001 and has not taken any oral medications or injections for diabetes since. “I absolutely recommend it for patients, especially African American women,” Hill said. “It’s been 11 years and the diabetes has not returned.” Although it seems like the surgery can cure a patient’s diabetes, there are still some things unknown about the phenomenon. “What has not been determined or done yet is following patients for 25 to 30 years to see if the diabetes comes back,” Fullum said. “There’s still a lot to be uncovered but there’s no denying or disputing the improvements.” Weight-loss surgery, ranging from about $15,000 to $25,000, appears to be the more expensive option in regards to medicines and treatment costs, but years of those costs can add up. Most insurance companies will cover the surgery if the patient has a body mass index greater than 35 with diabetes. But Hill says it is ultimately up to the employer to include or exclude weightloss surgery in an employee’s insurance plan. wi Cheylin Parker is a Health Sciences communication officer. The Washington Informer
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OSSE, States Request NCLB Waiver By Dorothy Rowley WI Staff Writer As the deadline approaches for states to prove student proficiency in reading and math, a majority of them have figured out that they still won’t make the grade by 2014 with the federally-mandated No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act requirements. To that end, those states as well as the District of Columbia, have applied for a waiver that would give them flexibility to oversee, administer and improve their outcomes for the academic success of students. “I know that the Office of the State Superintendent of Education [OSSE] is trying to get a waiver,” said D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown (D), a staunch supporter of the District’s public education initiatives. However, in light of assertions across the country that NCLB doesn’t work, Brown – who recently received the Council’s approval on an education bill he crafted – said that to some extent, the mandate has been effective in the District. “There have been both some good things and questionable things surrounding the initiative,” Brown, 41, said. “And that’s why the waiver is being requested – because of the questionable things.” But the Council chairman was quick to note the differences between his legislation and NCLB. “My education reform bill stands on its own two feet,” Brown said. “While its mandates
D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown. Photo by Victor Holt
include raising performance levels of students and rewarding exceptional teachers, it’s so much different than NCLB,” in that its main focus is on preparing students for education beyond high school. Brown further stated that while concerns about NCLB have been raised throughout the country, the District has had to grapple with “certain parts” of the mandate that was initially passed during President Lyndon Johnson’s administration as the “Elementary and Secondary Education Act.” Decades later, and after having achieved bipartisan support, Johnson’s legislation was revamped and eventually enacted by Congress in 2001 under President George W. Bush. “But the real question now has been how do we ensure that every child has a fair shot, that every child has access to a quality education and is learning,” Brown said
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of NCLB. “OSSE is trying to waive out some of the requirements and give D.C. the opportunity to move forward in that aspect,” he said. “I think that at some point everyone knew that there would be concerns with NCLB, and that at some point those concerns would have to be addressed.” To gauge its effectiveness, NCLB has been up for renewal every year since 2007. While the Act does not establish a national achievement standard, it does allow standards to be set by each individual state. As a result, more states are jumping on the bandwagon and stepping away from NCLB. Cathy Reilly, an associate with the District-based Senior High Alliance of Parents, Principals and Educators, which advocates on behalf of District of Columbia high schools, said certain things have to occur to get a waiver. “[In order to request] a waiver, they had to promise to do other things – to sign onto other requirements – because that’s part of it, [including] the bonuses for teachers and more charter schools.” Reilly added that she’d like to see the preservation of municipal schools rather than charter facilities, which would likely take over in the event that a public school fails. So far, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oklahoma and Tennessee have received waivers, and 28 more states – including Virginia and Maryland – have indicated that they’re on the same path. wi
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D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown talks to D.C. students at the 11th Annual College Round-Up event at Edgecombe Community College in Tarboro, N.C. on Sat., March 10. / Photo courtesy of Chairman Kwame Brown.
Brown Takes D.C. Students to North Carolina College Fair By James Wright WI Staff Writer Hundreds of exuberant high school seniors made a four-hour trek south to savor the taste of college life in North Carolina recently. During a day chock-full of activities, 160 District students who attend both public and charter schools – and accompanied by D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown (D) – started to solidify decisions surrounding their posthigh school education. “We all want our young folks to go to college,” Brown said. “Education is the key to lifting people out of poverty. We want to make sure that every young person from D.C. gets an acceptance letter from college.” The group participated in the 11th Annual College Round-Up on March 10, in Tarboro, N.C., on the campus of Edgecombe Community College. Brown, 41, has chaperoned District students to the event for four of the past five years. The Round-Up is sponsored by the Black Heritage Museum and Cultural Center Inc., in Tarboro which is 15 miles east of Rocky Mount, N.C. The Round-Up is the brainchild of Robert Whitehead, who founded the college fair in 2001 with the purpose of helping young blacks graduating from high school go to college. The students who are registered at the event network with college and university offiwww.washingtoninformer.com
cials, who are strongly encouraged by Round-Up organizers to offer admissions and financial aid decisions to students on the spot. Brown said of the students who he has taken to the Round-Up in past years, “94 percent get into at least one college” while they are there. Whitehead said that he’s pleased with the way his pet project has progressed so far. “The Round-Up has become very, very successful,” he said. “I am so proud of the way it has grown and that kids from all over the country come to it.” While the District’s contingent proved by far to be the largest, other aspiring college students hailed from various parts of North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Tennessee. The North Carolina colleges and universities that participated included Shaw University in Raleigh; Fayetteville State University in Fayetteville; Bennett College for Women in Greensboro; East Carolina University in Greenville; Saint Augustine’s College in Raleigh; Elizabeth City State University in Elizabeth City; Edgecombe Community College; North Carolina Central University in Durham; and Winston-Salem University in WinstonSalem, N.C. Colleges and universities from other states included Benedict College in Columbia, S.C., Lincoln University in Lincoln Uni-
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City Celebrates 150th Emancipation Day By James Wright WI Staff Writer This year, the annual celebration of the date that slaves received their freedom in the District will be commemorated by parades, guest speakers and assemblies at various federal monuments that hold a special meaning for African Americans. The activities, which will span nearly a week, promise to give residents and visitors to the nation’s capital, a chance to reflect on the emancipation of freed slaves. D.C. Council member Vincent Orange (D-At-Large) said that the D.C. Emancipation Day 150th Anniversary Celebration will be different from the past, which largely consisted of speeches, marches and events that focused on the District’s history. One of the highlights this year will be the “March through the Monuments” opening ceremony, on Wed., April 11 with speakers at the Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Martin Luther King memorials. “In many respects, the ‘March through the Monuments’ chronicles the American experience,” Orange, 54, said. “Our nation has evolved from an economy based on the slave trade, to the emancipation of those enslaved, to the current state of our quest for civil and human rights. However, the struggle in making civil and hu-
man rights a reality for everyone remains as valid now as it was in 1862.” D.C. Emancipation Day took place on April 16, 1862 when President Abraham Lincoln signed the D.C. Compensated Emancipation Act. The Act released the 3,100 enslaved persons in the District and it was the first time that the federal government “freed” slaves en masse. Slave owners in the District received $300 for each slave. The cost to free the slaves in the city totaled $1 million. The emancipation of the District’s slaves served as a precursor to the historic Emancipation Proclamation on Jan., 1, 1863, which freed all slaves in the Confederate State of America. The Emancipation Day celebration was held yearly from 1866 to 1901, but was ignored until the 1990s. Loretta Carter-Hanes conducted research and lobbied the D.C. Council to officially recognize Emancipation Day. Orange, who was a member of the D.C. Council at the time, representing Ward 5, co-sponsored and passed legislation that recognized Emancipation Day as a private legal holiday in 2000, with the support of D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams. On Jan., 5, 2005, Williams signed legislation pushed by Orange to make Emancipation Day a legal holiday in the District. Speakers at the Lincoln Me-
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D.C. Council member Vincent Orange (D-At-Large), center, with his office staff near the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial. The King Memorial will be a site for the D.C. Emancipation Day 150th Anniversary Celebration, which begins on Wed., April 11. /Photo courtesy of Stacey Lincoln
morial portion of the march will include D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown (D), the Rev. Al Sharpton of the National Action Network of New York and Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League. Jefferson Memorial speakers will include D.C. Council member Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) and former D.C. Mayor Sharon Pratt. The Rev. Willie Wilson of Union Temple Baptist Church in Southeast, human rights activist Dick Gregory, and E. Faye Williams of the National Congress of Black Women will speak at the Roosevelt Memorial while former D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams
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and Harry Johnson, president of the Martin Luther King Memorial Foundation will deliver remarks at the King Memorial. Orange said that the “March” program shows the progress of America. “Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves, Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence which said that all men are created equal, Franklin Roosevelt gave African Americans a ‘New Deal’ and King challenged Americans to look at the content of character,
not race,” Orange said. The five-day program will feature a wide range of activities including concerts by Chuck Brown and Raheem DeVaughn; essay, oratorical, and poster contests and a “Great Debate” at the BET headquarters in Northeast that will feature Sharpton and Georgetown University scholar and commentator Michael Eric Dyson debating two Black conservatives, with well-known journalist T.J. Holmes as the moderator. On Mon., April 16, the D.C. Emancipation Day parade will start at 3rd and Pennsylvania Ave., NW and end at 13th and Pennsylvania Ave., NW. Instead of one grand marshal, there will be 3,100 grand marshals to symbolize the number of slaves freed in 1862. Throughout the events, there will be an unofficial theme of full political rights for District residents. “During the anniversary, we celebrate the ending of slavery as America’s greatest milestone of achievement,” Orange said. “My commitment to history highlights the importance of our fight for freedom and urges us to keep on fighting until statehood; budget autonomy and full voting representation in Congress are achieved by the residents of the District of Columbia.” wi
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By Denise Rolark Barnes and Barrington M. Salmon WI Staff Writers One of the most respected symbols of a bygone era for African-Americans in the District is slated for rebirth. Howard Theatre will open with great fanfare after decades of neglect and decay almost led to the permanent demise of the venerable old lady of the Shaw community. On Monday, April 9, the community is invited to a ribbon cutting and community day, while Thursday, April 12, is set as the date for a grand opening gala and benefit concert for the historic 101-year-old landmark which launched the careers of Duke Ellington, Marvin Gaye, Billy Eckstine, Ella Fitzgerald, the Supremes and other entertainers. April 9 activities – which last from noon to 3 p.m. – include the installation of the “Jazz Man” sculpture in the façade of the theatre. The sculpture was created by Brower Hatcher of Mid-Ocean Studio, Inc. There also will be the unveiling of the Duke Ellington Encore statue by Zachary Oxman. The Ellis Development Group was awarded the contract to redevelop the city-owned building in 2006 at an estimated cost of
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Andrew Thomas, pictured here, was an early manager at the Howard Theatre which is experiencing a rebirth. The newly restored theatre will open to the public with a ribbon cutting and community day on Monday, April 9.
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$25 million. Company officials formed Howard Theatre Restoration, a nonprofit, to manage the property and complete the project. The Historic Theatre Restoration website highlights the theatre’s majestic history. “Before the Apollo, before the Regal, there was The Howard Theatre,” it said. “At its opening in 1910 it was ‘the largest colored theatre in the world.’ … For most of the 20th century, The Howard Theatre, located in
the heart of Washington, D.C., near the corner of 7th and T, held audiences captive with music, dance, drama and comedy. Speakers like Booker T. Washington shared the stage with musicals, road shows, vaudeville acts, theater productions and community programs. Later, Washington’s favorite son Duke Ellington opened a new era of jazz big bands on The Howard’s stage.”
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“An Education on the African American Experience”
April 21-22, 2012
Saturday: 10 am – 7 pm, Sunday: 10 am – 5 pm
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- Many vendors with Black Memorabilia and Collectibles for sale including
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- Educational Exhibits include Slavery Artifacts, Civil War, Jim Crow, Black Panther Party, Buffalo Soldiers, Tuskegee Airmen, George Washington Carver, Madame C.J. Walker, Marcus Garvey, Dorothy Dandridge, Malcolm X, Negro League Baseball & more.
- Celebrity Autograph sessions with: - Negro League Baseball Players - Tuskegee Airmen - Lonette McKee who was “Sister” in the movie “Sparkle” - Ernest “Raj” Thomas and Haywood “Dwayne” Nelson from the TV series “What’s Happening!”
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The Howard Theatre, scheduled to reopen next week, began its renovation and restoration work five years ago./ Photo courtesy of Marshall Moya Design
howard continued from Page 23 “…When the nation was deeply divided by segregation, The Howard Theatre provided a place where color barriers blurred and music unified.” From the outside, the newly restored Howard Theatre looks much like it always has – just better. Built in 1910, the Historic Preservation Review Board wouldn’t have had it any other way. But on the inside, the theatre’s new look is different and unlike anything Washingtonians have seen before– not at the Howard – not in D.C. The Howard Theater, located at Sixth & T Streets, Northwest, is scheduled to reopen next week. The renovation and restoration work that began five years ago is just about complete but for a few finishing touches. Local residents, organizations and the media have been given a sneak preview of the new facility and there is no question that the Howard Theatre is new and improved. “It’s like the Cotton Club inside The Apollo,” said Michael
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Marshall, partner at Marshall Moya Design, the District-based architectural firm hired to create the theatre’s new interior. Marshall and his partner, Paola Moya, did away with the old stadium-style seats and created a cabaret-style ambiance, with tables and chairs on the main floor, a balcony with Banquettes for private parties, two full bars, a full-food service restaurant and, of course, the stage with one of the best sound systems in the Washington area. “We just had to come up with something that was modern and warm but, most importantly, flexible,” Moya, said. The new theatre’s flexible floor arrangement has a capacity for 600-seated guests, and from 1,000 to 1,200 standing. “What we want this time around is for the Howard to be economically sustainable, so that it’s flexible enough for various uses and not just locking it into just one type of facility.” The theatre has been closed for 30 years and the D.C. Preservation League listed it among the District’s Most Endangered Places in 2002.
Today, glass and mahogany wood surround the entire space and the walls are painted a muted tone of beige to give a feeling of warmth. Marshall and Moya often use the word “warm” as they point out highlights of the interior design. “At first Michael started with the overall concept, but we wanted something very soft, very welcoming and warm. The light boxes would be a way of bringing in the historic aspect of the space, but trips to several places helped us to root out many ideas and think about how comfortable and intimate we want things to be for the patrons,” Moya said. Light boxes are situated throughout the theatre including the restrooms. Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, Marvin Gaye and Duke Ellington are just a few of American music icons whose faces will be illuminated. “The great thing about the client was they thought about the life cycle of how the theatre would be used Monday through Sunday and then throughout the entire year. The design responds
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around the region howard continued from Page 24 to how the event can change and how the venue can adapt for corporate, concerts, or comedy events. The “new” Howard Theatre is expected to offer a balance of national events and community performances. The Howard’s future cabaret-style format will host a variety of cultural events and is expected to lead the rebirth of jazz, R&B, soul, blues, and funk in Washington D.C. The theatre will also feature a
museum and gift shop. And, with the return of the theatre lobby, one wall will be set aside to recognize contributors to the theatre’s $25 million rebuilding project. This is the Mercedes Benz of theatres, Marshall said. “This is a one of a kind venue.” “It’s great when people go on the tours, and they have so many memories even though the theatre has been closed for 30 years.” “[The opening of the theatre] is becoming a reality and it’s exciting for us to be a part of it,” Moya said. wi
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Hundreds of students from the District, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and North Carolina attended the 11th Annual College Round-Up event at Edgecombe Community College in Tarboro, N.C. on Sat., March 10. /Photo courtesy of Chairman Kwame Brown.
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FAIR continued from Page 21 versity, Pa., Lane College in Jackson, Tenn., Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Ala., and Saint Paul’s College in Lawrenceville, Va. Upon arrival the students were immediately ushered into the Thomas S. Fleming Building and stepped into opening ceremonies in the Keihin Auditorium. The students, about 250, were greeted by Dianne Valentin, chief executive officer of the museum. New York City Judge Betty Staton, who was born in Tarboro, served as the keynote speaker, and encouraged the participants to “believe in yourselves.” “You are destined to make a difference,” Staton said. “You can be what you want to be because God says so.” The representatives of the colleges who were present introduced themselves to the students, provided a brief history of their schools and encouraged them to apply to their respective college or university. In addition to networking, some students attended workshops which covered topics that included leadership, personal motivation, student debt, and vital information on financial aid. It didn’t take long for some students to take the first steps toward college. Pairie Mallory and Artie Shaw, seniors at Washington Metropolitan High School in Northwest, were both admitted into Benedict College and received $7,500 and up to $13,000, respectively. “This is good, this is great,” Shaw said beaming. “I am looking forward to going to Benedict.” Many of the female students talked to Tisha Jackson, an admissions recruiter for Bennett. That is probably because they are familiar with outgoing president, Julianne Malveaux, who is a D.C. resident. Jackson, who graduated from Bennett in 2011, could not say enough good things about Malveaux. “Her presence is an inspiration to the girls at Bennett,” she said.
“You cannot be around Julianne Malveaux and not be inspired to be somebody and to do something.” In some academic circles, there is a perception of District students as being unfocused in their studies. Phillip Osborne III, the assistant director of undergraduate admissions at Winston-Salem University said that the perception is not true. “We have admitted a number of D.C. students and they are quite productive once you get them past the freshman year,” Osborne said. “Some need a lot of mentoring because they are in a different atmosphere but generally they can make it if they try.” Brown said that he was pleased at what he saw and heard at the Round-Up. “We got all but one of our students accepted to a college at this Round-Up,” Brown said enthusiastically. “This is so rewarding. So many people were impressed with the credentials and the behavior of the D.C. students.” The chairman said that the next step will be for his director of youth services, LaToya Foye, to follow up with the students to make sure that they file their financial aid and housing forms in a timely fashion. Brown, sticking his chest out a bit, said, “D.C. made the event and the D.C. students stepped up to the table.” Marcus Butler, a senior at SEED in Southeast, was accepted into Saint Paul’s, Saint Augustine’s, Elizabeth City State University and Benedict. “The trip was worth it to me,” he said. “I was accepted on the spot at those schools and I am proud of that.” When asked whether he will tell his friends about the Round-Up, he smiled-and then responded.” “I already did,” he said, flashing his I-Pad. wi www.washingtoninformer.com
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David Barney, a community outreach worker for the DC Clean Rivers Project, explains the need to update the water treatment system in the Washington Metropolitan area because the system is more than 100 years old. The project is considered one of the largest since the Metro construction. Barney made the presentation at the Anacostia Public Library in Southeast on Thursday, March 29. / Photo by Roy Lewis
Getting Jiggy
Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker, III joins students, faculty and parents at the 3rd Annual “Bop til You Drop” Toddler Dance Movement event at the H. Winship Wheatley Early Childhood Center in Capitol Heights, Md. /Photo by Michael J. Yourishin
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Doris Leonard, 74, dons her hoodie during Palm Sunday services at the Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ in Southwest on Sunday, April 1. /Photo by Khalid Naji-Allah
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Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, president of the “No Fear Institute” and author of “No Fear: A Whistleblowers Triumph Over Corruption at the EPA,” joined civil rights activists for an OccupyEPA march in the District on Friday, March 30. Protestors said they wanted to use the occasion to highlight the concerns of EPA employees and to launch the Occupy Movement this spring. /Photo by Victor Holt
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Freedom 150 Years Later One hundred and fifty years ago, on April 16, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed legislation that freed nearly 3,000 men, women and children of African descent who were enslaved in the District of Columbia. It marked the beginning to the end of slavery in America and the end of an experiment that allowed slave owners in the District to receive compensation, up to $300, for each slave they freed. But Lincoln took it a step further. A proponent of voluntary colonization, Lincoln sought to provide these newly freed people with a chance to relocate in areas outside of the United States, mainly in South America, and he offered to pay each person who chose to emigrate a payment up to $100 for them to leave. In other words, Lincoln wanted to end slavery and to rid the nation of the question of what to do with these newly freed Africans. It is an amazing story that was once commonly known among D.C. residents, especially African- Americans, who placed an indelible stamp on the date by hosting the city’s biggest parade to mark the anniversary of Emancipation Day. Celebrations have waned over the years, but the significance of the act still bears importance in the minds and hearts of many District residents, especially At-Large Council member Vincent Orange. It was Orange’s bill that created a citywide holiday for District residents on Emancipation Day and it was his hard work to see to it that the day is observed by the local government and District residents. But we would be remiss if we did not acknowledge Loretta Carter-Hanes, founder of Reading is Fundamental, as the one who initially resurrected the celebration of Emancipation Day in 1991. Now blind, Hanes still has a vision to see the event celebrated on every block, in every ward in the District. Orange is in the process of planning a grand Emancipation Day celebration this month marking the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s act. And, we encourage every District resident to participate. This lesson about the abolition of slaves in the District should also be shared in District classrooms, churches and community organizations and fortunately, many of the educational resources that can be used to teach this story can be found on the District’s website, including an hour-long video on slavery in D.C. In a speech delivered on the 21st Anniversary of D.C.’s Emancipation Day, abolitionist Frederick Douglass said: It is easy to break
forth in joy and thanksgiving for Emancipation in the District of Columbia. It is easy to call up the noble sentiments and the startling events which made that measure possible. It is easy to trace the footsteps of the Negro in the past, marked as they are all the way along with blood. But the present occasion calls for something more. How stands the Negro to-day? What are the relations subsisting between him and the powerful people among whom he lives, moves, and has his being? What is the outlook, and what is his probable future?
It’s Time for Affordable Health Care
Your article “Supreme Court Takes Up Health Reform Law” by Talib I. Karim provides great insight on the importance the Supreme Court has placed on this issue. The political fighting is just a cover for what this county really wants us to believe. The health care industry is one of the most profitable industries in this country; health care reform takes a swat at that, and that’s what this really is about. Affordable health care will put the industry on notice that they can’t charge anything they want and get away with it. I hope the Supreme Court rules in favor of the reforms, which will give us a chance to have affordable health care. Arthur Myers Washington, D.C.
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By Marc H. Morial
Civil Rights Community Mourns the Loss of John Payton
“Diverse democracies depend on diverse people who know and respect each other.” – John Payton Over the past century, the most powerful force behind America’s on-going struggle for equality has been an outstanding group of civil rights attorneys. Imagine where we would be today without lawyers like Charles Hamilton Houston – “the man who killed Jim Crow” — or his
protégé, Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall, who in 1940 founded the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund (LDF). For over 70 years, LDF has been America’s first and foremost civil and human rights law firm. During that time, the organization has had just six leaders: Thurgood Marshall, Jack Greenberg, Julius Chambers, Elaine Jones, Ted Shaw and the LDF’s sixth president and director-counsel, John Payton who passed away last week at the age of 65.
Whether he was defending affirmative action before the United States Supreme Court or leading the fight to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act, John Payton was one of the most brilliant and fearless civil rights champions of our generation. A graduate of Pomona College and Harvard Law School, Payton’s commitment to civil rights led him from a career at WilmerHale, one of Washington, D.C.’s most prestigious law firms, to his leadership of LDF beginning in 2008. It was at WilmerHale that
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Payton laid the foundation as a great civil rights attorney. According to a statement on the firm’s website, “Beginning in 1997, he led the firm’s representation of the University of Michigan—from the district court through the Supreme Court—in the Gratz and Grutter cases, which hold that public institutions of higher education may consider race as a factor in admissions in order to achieve the educational benefits that flow from having a racially-diverse student body.”
Payton continued his exemplary defense of civil rights at LDF where, in 2010, he won a Supreme Court employment discrimination case on behalf of a group of Chicago AfricanAmerican fire fighters. He also won a Supreme Court victory in Northwest Austin v. Holder, which upheld the constitutionality of a core provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. On a personal note, John Payton was a dear friend and
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By Dr. Julianne Malveaux
We Are All Trayvon Martin I have two nephews that I love with an amazing passion. Anyi, 28, is a Los Angeles-based comedian, who kinda looks like me and acts like me. He is my absolute escort of choice when I am in Southern California. Armand, 25, is an Oakland-based aspiring writer, and a 2008 graduate of University of California, Santa Cruz. Both of these young men are well over 6’3”, but neither carries any extra weight. Both
of them wear hoodies. And both of them have had unfortunate run-ins with so-called law enforcement officers that have tainted the way that they see law and order. Whenever they share their stories with me I am sickened by their experiences and our nation’s myopia about the way young black men are treated because of a series of sick stereotypes gone amuck. A few years ago Anyi, then working for Berkeley-based Youth Radio, parked his dilapi-
dated car in the public transit parking lot and headed to meet colleagues who were also taking the train to an assignment. A police officer followed him, said his car was stolen, pulled a gun on him, forced him to his knees, even as his colleagues begged the officer to stop. What I remember from Anyi’s account is that he had dirtied his “clean white shirt” when he was forced to the prone position. As it turned out, the officer had miscued one digit in the license number, look-
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ing for a new Toyota, not an ancient jalopy. There was never an apology, nor any discipline for the officer who, unfortunately, happened to also be a young African American. Indeed, from our family there was gratitude that Anyi had so many witnesses around him that the police officer could not pull a Trayvon on him. But here is the deal. The experience embittered Anyi. It reminded him that the police are not his friend. This is post-racial America.
You can shoot and kill a young black man in a hoodie then claim self-defense because you find him threatening. There was a case, perhaps three decades ago, when a white man was able to claim disability because he was “afraid” of working with black people. What if each of us could claim disability because we are afraid of working with hostile whites? Instead, we suck it up each day and walk into a
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By George E. Curry
Who Cares about Trayvon Martin?
The shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by a neighborhood watch captain in Sanford, Fla. has dominated national news lately, with African-Americans more than twice as likely as whites to follow the story very closely, according to a study by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. The study, conducted March 22-25, found that 70 percent of
African-Americans followed the story very closely, compared to 30 percent of whites. Women were more likely to closely follow events surrounding Martin’s death than men, 40 percent to 29 percent. There was also a political divide, with 50 percent of Democrats saying they followed the story very closely, compared to 31 percent of Republicans and 26 percent of independents. Older respondents followed the story more closely than younger people. The study found that 40 percent of those
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65 and older followed the story very closely, trailed by the 50-64 age group (37 percent), 30-49 (33 percent) and 18-29 (26 percent). When pollsters approached the issue another way by asking respondents to rank their top stories, there was also a sharp racial divide. Fifty-two percent of blacks ranked the Travon Martin story as their top pick, followed by the presidential elections at 13 percent. Whites were almost evenly divided, with 20 percent ranking the death of Trayvon
Martin as No.1, edging out the presidential election at 19 percent. Among Whites, the economy was a close third at 17 percent. The economy was a distant third among African-Americans, with only a 7 percent ranking. The wide gulf between the views of whites and blacks on race is nothing new. The two communities hold distinctly different views toward law enforcement officials. While whites tend to view cops as protective allies, many African-Americans, especially males, live in fear of being
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mistreated by police officers. A 2009 study by the Pew Research Center found that 38 percent of Whites expressed a great deal of confidence in local police treating Blacks and Whites equally. However, only 14 percent of African-Americans shared that view. At the other end of the spectrum, 34 percent of Blacks expressed very little confidence in police treating Blacks and Whites equally, a view shared by 9 percent of Whites.
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Child Watch©
By Marian Wright Edelman
“How Our Nation Can Protect Children, Not Guns” When the Children’s Defense Fund released its new report in March, “Protect Children, Not Guns 2012” we dedicated it to the memory of Trayvon Martin and the thousands of other children and teenagers killed by guns in America, including the 5,740 killed in 2008 and 2009, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The fight to uncover the truth of what happened the night Trayvon Martin
died hasn’t ended, but basic facts that have never been in dispute are starkly clear. Of the two people involved, one was a teenager carrying an iced tea and a bag of candy. The other was a much larger adult carrying a gun and patrolling a gated community despite having previously been under a restraining order for domestic violence and charged with resisting arrest with violence and battery on a police officer. Without George Zimmerman, a zealous neighborhood watcher with a gun, Trayvon Martin would be
alive today. The same is true for thousands of other children— whether they were victims of deliberate shootings, victims of accidental shootings, or victims of suicide. Guns lethalize anger and despair and twist everyday tensions into life-threatening and life-taking tragedies. The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act requires federally licensed gun dealers to conduct background checks on every gun sale, but a loophole in the law allows private dealers to sell guns without a license and avoid the
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required background checks. This loophole accounts for a large share of all gun sales. It’s estimated that over 40 percent of all guns in our country are sold by unlicensed private sellers to buyers who did not have to pass a background check. Congress must require criminal background checks on anyone who attempts to purchase a gun. Congress should reinstitute the ban on assault weapons. The federal Assault Weapons Ban, signed into law in 1994, prohibited the manufacture and sale
of 19 types of semi-automatic military style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines that contained more than 10 rounds of ammunition, but it expired in 2004. Our nation should strengthen gun restrictions on people convicted of a violent misdemeanor or a violent act as a juvenile. Under current law, a conviction for a violent misdemeanor doesn’t prohibit a person from purchasing or possessing a gun, and a re-
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By Ron Busby
The Tragic Travesty in Trade and Transactions
The positive demonstrations of support for the family of Trayvon Martin following his tragic death, and the nationwide evidence of unified response (hoodies everywhere!) in the call for justice are inspiring signs of a renewed spirit among African-Americans and others committed to correcting the obvious inequities exposed in
the wake of this travesty. Clearly, nothing we encounter in the world of business can be equated to the senseless slaying of this young man, but as Dr. King taught us in his Letter from a Birmingham Jail, “… injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere…” We are clear that there is no way the shock, hurt and grief Trayvon’s family endures because of the absolutely inhuman conduct of one misguided individual can be
compared to the struggles of businessmen and women. We can’t help, however, but draw parallels to the inequity black business owners must contend with each and every day. When the deck is stacked against you… when the courts rule against you… when financial institutions refuse to extend credit to you… when even the governments you support through your tax dollars can’t bring themselves to provide equitable access to opportunity to you…
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well, you get the picture. As a class, the businesses we work hard to represent face odds no other group faces in this country. And just as there are – incredibly – voices that somehow defend the series of bad decisions that resulted in the senseless snuffing out of a young life, there are those who believe there is nothing wrong with a marketplace that delivers fractional percentage points of opportunity to Black-owned businesses.
You’ve seen the numbers in this space before. According to the Census Bureau, there are 1.9 million privately held Black-owned businesses across every industry sector in the United States. We employ over 921,000 persons, and generate $137.5 billion in annual revenue. Per the Nielsen Company, AfricanAmericans spend over a trillion hard-earned dollars in the U.S. economy. Tragically, even See Busby on Page 46
By Askia Muhammad
What’s So Bad About Obamacare? Whenever I heard someone repeat the term “Obamacare,” I used to cringe. It was used as a way to insult the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA)—the major healthcare reform legislation signed into law by President Barack Obama. But maybe I’ll soon stop cringing about the expression. The idea was to make the law sound bad to the nation’s nitwits in this country, who don’t read,
and who are hard to lead in the right direction, but easily led in the wrong direction, by pinning the President’s name to it. There are tens of millions of Americans—most of them White— who are so bigoted, who are so closed minded, that they will vote against provisions and candidates who are in their own best interest, just because they don’t want to see Black people gain any advantage whatsoever. These people would rather see the country fail, than to see Black people in general, and this Black
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President in particular succeed. So we come to Obamacare, which is likely something that is good for the country. It will guarantee health coverage for patients with pre-existing conditions, which insurance companies before have been quick to deny. It will guarantee health coverage for college students until they are 26, under the health plan their parents have. And most importantly, it will extend health insurance coverage to an additional 30 million now uninsured people—7 million of The Washington Informer
whom are Black—and thereby reduce the nation’s health care costs, by permitting previously uninsured persons to get regular medical treatment from a doctor, without having to wait to go to an emergency room after an illness has worsened and become more expensive to treat. But now what I like about “Obamacare” is that the President and his supporters have now embraced the term. They say yes, “Obama cares.” That will probably cause a lot of anguish for Republicans. They are well
known—from House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), and up and down the GOP ranks—for opposing their own ideas, if and when Pres. Obama says he supports them. Just think about so many provisions of the Obamacare law Republicans once supported. Just think about so many provisions in the tax plans and debt ceiling increase that Republicans once supported only to betray their own ideas when the Presi-
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Andrea Bray (left), owner of Andrea’s Fine Hats in Silver Spring, talks with a client recently about hats that are popular this season. /Photo by Victor Holt
(Left to right) Patricia Roulhac tries on the “Fascinator” at Andrea’s Fine Hats in Silver Spring. Roulhac’s daughter, Patrice gives her mom the thumbs-up on the smart spring accessory. /Photo by Victor Holt
(Left to right) Michele Reynolds, Lady Angela Burrus and Andrea Bray, owner of Andrea’s Fine Hats in Silver Spring sport the “Fascinator” – a nifty little cocktail number that took the country by storm after Kate Middleton’s marriage to Prince William. /Photo by Victor Holt
(Left to right) Michele Reynolds, Lady Angela Burrus and Andrea Bray chat about the confidence that hats give women. /Photo by Victor Holt
‘Hat-itude’ Takes Center Stage Among Easter Fashions By Dorothy Rowley WI Staff Writer As the old saying goes, “If you want to get noticed, then get a hat.” At least that’s the way Andrea Bray, owner of Andrea’s Fine Hats in Silver Spring, Md., sees it. “A hat keeps you heads above the rest, it tells the world who you are,” said the effervescent Bray, who rather than divulge her age, says she simply prefers to “celebrate life after 30.” The trick is to strut your stuff in one “that’s going to tell the world who you are,” she said. However, with Easter just around the corner, hats of all colors, textures and styles are set to make statements of their
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own. And, for connoisseurs in search of the perfect accent for their Easter outfits, a visit to milliners like Bray will result in an exciting – even eclectic mix from which to choose. In addition to offering a selection embellished with plumes, there will also be hats with veils, hats with plumes and veils, hats adorned with faux pearls and all kinds of glittery stuff reminiscent of vintage Hollywood. “I’ve always personally adored hats, mostly because I’ve never really liked hair,” said Bray. “A hat allows you to look as good as everybody else in those fancy hairdos.” She said that in Africa, women wear elaborate head pieces because they set them apart from other members of the community.
“A hat really defines who you are, and as we like to say here at the shop, it gives you ‘hat-itude,’” Bray said. “A hat will make you put a little switch in your walk.” But there’s a method to choosing a hat, according to Bray, who hosts “The Andrea Bray Show” Saturdays on WPFW, 89.3 FM in the District. “The hat selection comes before deciding on one’s outfit,” she said, “because it complements you, then the clothes.” Bray explained. “First of all, the hat should fit – it should be comfortable. The hat color should [also] complement your complexion.” Meanwhile, a popular hat called the “Fascinator” – the nifty little cocktail number that took the country by storm shortly af-
ter Kate Middleton’s marriage a year ago to Prince William, continues to gain kudos. Patricia Roulhac, 49, who enthusiastically browsed Bray’s shop this past weekend, bought two Fascinators – one in black, the other in brown. “I said, ‘Oh my God,’ these are so beautiful,” she exclaimed. “A woman who wears a hat is saying to everybody that she’s on top of the world, that she is gorgeous.” Bray said there’s been “a wonderful interest” in the Fascinators. “Some people [associate] them [with] Billie Holiday’s [era],” Bray said, adding that her store was carrying Fascinators long before the royal nuptials took place. She said the hat’s growing popularity actually began with Camilla
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Bowles’ marriage some 10 years ago to Prince Charles, and that it caught on in this country with the marriage of Middleton and Prince William. “What’s so nice about the Fascinator is that many of us wear complicated hairdos,” Bray said. “So a Fascinator is an opportunity to still wear something on your head, but it won’t encumber your hairdo. In other words, you’ll still look fabulous.” As for popular Easter hat colors, Bray said the palette is more about bold brights. “Hot pink, fuchsia, turquoise, royal blue, orange,” she said. “But interestingly, white is the No. 1 color every Easter and black is No. 2. And, of course,
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Fascinators abound at Andrea’s Fine Hats in Silver Spring, Md. /Photo by Victor Holt
hat continued from Page 31 we don’t want to forget about navy, which is always good.” Paula Settles, 61, who works with Bray, added that the ages of women coming in for their “Easter bonnets” ranges from the mid-20s to 90. “Of course, the younger set is looking for a Fascinator – usually something simple with a little feather, bow or rose, while the older women [prefer] more elaborate styles,” said Settles. “The Baptist and Pentecostal Apos-
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tolic ladies often wear very ornate crowns, but we have such a variety that we can suit anyone from the very young to the very old.” Settles said shoppers are beginning to understand they don’t have to go “big” when it comes to style. “They can go for very small hats like the Fascinators, which also work for tea and garden parties,” she said. “You can even wear them to worship service without bothering the person seated behind you,” she said, flashing an infectious smile. wi
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The “Makes-MeWanna-SHOUT!” 2012 Competition
LIFESTYLE More than 100 guests filed through the doors of Martha’s Table in Northwest to attend the “Makes-MeWanna-SHOUT!” Chocolate Layer Cake Semifinals on Saturday, March 24. Bakers entered an assortment of decadent chocolate cakes. The finals will be held on April 24 at Eatonville Restaurant in Northwest. Courtesy photo
Bringing Chocolate Back to Chocolate City By Eve M. Ferguson WI Staff Writer
Despite the chilly, rainy weather outside on a recent Saturday afternoon, the competition inside Martha’s Table was heating up – literally – as people fanned themselves with paper plates during the Makes-Me-Wanna-SHOUT! Chocolate Layer Cake Semifinals. But regardless of the hot room, more than 100 people enthusiastically armed themselves with paper plates and forks to sample the 14 chocolate layer cakes entered into the competition. The bakers were diverse, but for the most part, fairly young. They entered the spicy Dark Chocolate Chai Cake with Salted Caramel Buttercream, traditional chocolate cake with chocolate cream cheese
icing, dark chocolate cake infused with cardamom, a flourless Chocolate Trio Cake that tasted more like chocolate mousse and a Malted Milk Ball Birthday Cake. They were black, white and Latino; male and female. And all stood with pride behind their creations, anxiously anticipating peoples’ responses while describing ingredients, baking techniques and cake stories. Judges, including J.C. Hayward of WUSA Channel 9; cookbook author Lisa Yockelson and Pamela Hess, editor of the foodie magazine, Flavor, secluded themselves one level up from the activity to taste, judge and finally vote on their preferred chocolate cake. The ticket holders also got a chance to cast their votes – with five blue tickets – they chose their five favorite cakes
by dropping a ticket into the box at the cake stations of their choice. Kim Bright of Brookland, showed up to support her neighbor Rodney Mason, baker of the Chocolate Layer Cake with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting, whose cake “initiated her into the world of chocolate.” While making the rounds, Bright opted to avoid
the cakes with nuts. Her favorites? “The Four-Layer Chocolate Cream Cake,” she said. And of course, her neighbor’s topped her list. “A wet cake is an acquired taste,” she elaborated about the four-layer cake, a rich, moist and dense dessert made by Karima Simmons. “It’s not for everyone,” Bright added. “The chocolate speaks for
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Howard University Receives $1 Million Grant to Study Churches By Ron Harris Special to The Washington Informer The Howard University School of Divinity has received a $1 million, three-year research grant from the Lilly Endowment, Inc., to study African-American churches in three cities and one rural location and document the best practices in those communities that lead to the spiritual, physical, social and mental health of black congregations. Divinity school faculty and doctoral students and other researchers will work in Atlanta; Detroit; Tuskegee, Ala.; and the District of Columbia. where they will explore a broad range of subjects that affect or are affected by black spiritual worship and practice,” said School of Divinity Dean A. B. Pollard, III, Ph.D., the principal investigator for the grant. “We will be looking at everything from youth, economic development and the worship experience to mental health, HIV/ AIDS and the formerly incarcerated,” Pollard said. Research in each community will be overseen by a Divinity faculty member who will work with local researchers, such as doctoral students and professors at local universities and colleges. The researchers will examine at least two churches in each community. Professor Kenyatta Gilbert will oversee Atlanta, Professor Harold Dean Trulear will coordinate Detroit, Pollard will lead Tuskegee and Prof. Cheryl Sanders will supervise the District. The project is called “Equipping the Saints: Promising Practices in Black Congregational Life.” Howard received the grant after an extensive application process that spanned more than 18 months and included visits to the Lilly Endowment, an Indianapolis-based, philanthropic organization created in 1937. The foundation gives religious grants to “enrich the religious lives of American Christians, primarily by helping to strengthen their congregations.” “This is a milestone for the School of Divinity,” Pollard said. “We have not customarily been the recipients of major research grants.” The Washington Informer
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Throughout the project, the School of Divinity will be developing internet and written material so congregations, religious and scholars and others churches nationally can look at the best ways other churches are doing things and possibly learn from those practices, Pollard said. “We will have a web-based resource bank through our website, and we’ll also have brochures and pamphlets,” he said. “In the third year, we’ll have a major conference here at the school examining promising practices.” Finally, Pollard said, the school will publish an edited volume with contributions from faculty, researchers, and leading scholars familiar with the subject. “We’re making several layers of commitments to get the word out about some of the good things that are happening in black congregational life,” he said. The four communities where researchers will be working were chosen because each represents a different aspect of the AfricanAmerican religious experience to-
day, he said. Atlanta, the economic and political hub of the South, has long been the center of black economic empowerment and political leadership. Tuskegee, anchored by Tuskegee University and once the home of Booker T. Washington and scientist George Washington Carver, offers a rich heritage in a rural environment. In Detroit, African-American congregations are working through deep economic challenges in a city with double-digit unemployment rates. Washington, the seat of the nation’s Capital, represents the nexus between the political and the religious. The study will be looking for diversity as it chooses congregations to study, Pollard said. “They can be of any denomination, heritage, small or large,” he said. “They can be store fronts or mega churches. None of them is out of bounds.” Ron Harris is the director of communications at Howard University. wi www.washingtoninformer.com
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“The Substance of Things Hoped For” Viewers packed into the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in downtown Silver Spring, Md., on Friday, March 30 for a very special movie premiere. Guests who dressed in after-five attire enjoyed a catered reception before and after the private screening of the thought-provoking movie titled, Nocturnal Agony, written and directed by Shuaib Mitchell. Once again, Mitchell has proven that he’s indeed serious about God’s work. This is the second film by the Howard University graduate, and this time he’s taken his work to an altogether higher level. In Mitchell’s feature film debut, a few years ago, we traveled to the AFI Silver, but we were seated in one of the venue’s smaller theaters. The movie, Too Saved, told the story of a devoutly religious girl who learns to be careful what she asks for when God answers her prayers to save her wayward boyfriend and his newfound religious fervor threatens to drive the oncehappy couple apart. This time, however, we were seated in the largest theater at the AFI Silver, and the house was packed! Bravo, Brother Shuaib, what a message, especially for the Christian community. As the music of Jeff Majors’ Psalm 23 plays in the opening scene, Nocturnal Agony’s character, “Patty” [Deidra LaWan Starnes] brings the story to life by stumbling back into the world of crack cocaine use, after having graduated from Howard University, and making a success of her life. A beautiful home, ‘Gold Coast’ style didn’t matter once the drugs took over the life of this bi-polar wife and mother;
she had a tall, good looking husband who loved her; and she had a beautiful daughter. Plus, she was pregnant with the son that her husband had always dreamed of. But one day, everything changed! Demons from Patty’s past returned. You’ve got to see the movie to fully appreciate how the story unfolds. It’s a really fantastic film done on a small budget; we would never have known if the director hadn’t told us. Filmed entirely in Washington, D.C., it was delightful to see action taking place on familiar streets and not movie set creations. This movie tells the tale of two women, “Lois” [Vernee Watson] a renowned evangelist who is preparing for her retirement and her highly successful, upper middle-class daughter, “Patty” [Deidra LaWan Starnes]. By all accounts, Patty has it all: a successful career, a loving and supportive husband, a beautiful young daughter, an active church life and a gorgeous home in the suburbs. But something is eerily wrong and it all comes to a head when Patty’s seemingly perfect world turns upside down. The traumatic event uncovers years of hidden family secrets and forces Patty and Lois into a painful examination of their lives, their relationship with each other, and their faith in God. The movie is about the truth and as we all know, the truth will set you free. Secrets that had been buried for decades are revealed – and families are finally set free. The “faith-based” drama, which was inspired by a true story, stars veteran actors Verneé
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Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Rev. James Manion Supply Priest Foggy Bottom • Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW • Washington, DC 20037 Church office: 202-333-3985 • Fax : 202-338-4958 Worship Services Sundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Music and Hymns Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy Eucharist www.stmarysfoggybottom.org Email: stmarysoffice@stmarysfoggybottom.org All are welcome to St. Mary’s to Learn, Worship, and Grow.
Blessed Word of Life Church Dr. Dekontee L. & Dr. Ayele A. Johnson Pastors 4001 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 265-6147 Office 1-800 576-1047 Voicemail/Fax Schedule of Services: Sunday School – 9:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service – 11:00 AM Communion Service – First Sunday Prayer Service/Bible Study – Tuesday, 6:30 PM www.blessedwordoflifechurch.org e-mail: church@blessedwordoflifechurch.org
Campbell African Methodist Episcopal Church Reverend Daryl K. Kearney. • Pastor 2568 MLK Jr., Ave., S.E. Washington, D.C. 20020 (202) 889-3877 (o) • (202) 678-1291 (fax) Services and Times 7:45 a.m. & 10:45 a.m. Small Groups/Church School: 9:00 a.m. Small Group Bible Study Tuesday 7:00 p.m. Wednesday Noon Thursday 7:39 p.m. God our Father, Christ our Redeemer, Humankind one Family www.otfmall.com/camecame reedley5@aol.com
Mt. Zion Baptist Church Rev. John W. Davis, Pastor 5101 14th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20011 202-726-2220/ 202-726-9089 Sunday Worship Service 8:00am and 11:00am Sunday School 9:15am Holy Communion 4th Sunday 10:00am Prayer and Bible Study Wednesday 7;00pm TV Ministry –Channel 6 Wednesday 10:00pm gsccm.administration@verizon.net
700 I. Street, NE Washington, D.C. 20002 Pastor Louis B. Jones, II and Pilgrim invite you to join us during our July and August Summer schedule! Attire is Christian casual. Worship: Sundays@ 7:30 A.M. & 10:00 A.M. 3rd Sunday Holy Communion/ Baptism/Consecration Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @12:00 Noon @ 6:30 P.M. – One Hour of Power! (202) 547-8849 www. pilgrimbaptistdc.org
Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ Drs. Dennis W. and Christine Y. Wiley, Pastors 3845 South Capitol Street Washington, DC 20032 (202) 562-5576 (Office) (202) 562-4219 (Fax) SERVICES AND TIMES: SUNDAYS: 8:00 AM and 10:45 AM Worship Services BIBLE STUDY: Wonderful Wednesdays in Worship and the Word Bible Study Wednesdays 12:00 Noon; 6:30 PM (dinner @ 5:30 PM) SUNDAY SCHOOL: 9:45 AM – Hour of Power “An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and affirmed.” www.covenantbaptistdc.org
Morning Star Baptist Church Pastor Gerald L Martin Senior Minister 3204 Brothers Place S.E. Washington, D.C. 20032 202-373-5566 or 202-373-5567
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Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor Harold Andrew, Assistant Pastor 4915 Wheeler Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-894-6464 Schedule of Service Sunday Service: 8:30 AM & 11:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM Communion Service: First Sunday www.livingwatersmd.org
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Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church Rev. Dr. Michael E. Bell, Sr., • Pastor 2498 Alabama Ave., SE • Washington D.C. 20020 Office: (202) 889-7296 Fax: (202) 889-2198 • www.acamec.org 2008: The Year of New Beginnings “Expect the Extraordinary”
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Isle of Patmos Baptist Church Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews • Senior Pastor 1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 Fax: (202) 526-1661
Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan, Pastor 800 I Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 202-548-0707 Fax No. 202-548-0703
Sunday Worship Services: 8:00a.m. and 11:00a.m. Sunday Church School - 9:15a.m. & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study - 10:30a.m. 2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study - 10:00a.m. Tuesday Topical Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Wednesday Children’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Thursday Men’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service - 6:30p.m. Saturday Adult Bible Study - 10:00a.m.
Sunday Morning Worship 11:00am Holy Communion – 1st Sunday Sunday School-9:45am Men’s Monday Bible Study – 7:00pm Wednesday Night Bible Study – 7:00pm Women’s Ministry Bible Study 3rd Friday -7:00pm Computer Classes- Announced Family and Marital Counseling by appointment E-mail: Crusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org
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Third Street Church of God Rev. Cheryl J. Sanders, Th.D. Senior Pastor 1204 Third Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202.347.5889 office 202.638.1803 fax Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Prayer Meeting and Bible Study: Wed. 7:30 p.m. “Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital” www.thirdstreet.org
Sunday Worship Services: 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion: 2nd Sunday at 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday Church School: 9:20 a.m. Seniors Bible Study: Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. Noon Day Prayer Service: Tuesdays at Noon Bible Study: Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Motto: “A Ministry of Reconciliation Where Everybody is Somebody!” Website: http://isleofpatmosbc.org Church Email: ipbcsecretary@verizon.net
Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr.; Senior Bishop & Evangelist Susie C. Owens – Co-Pastor 610 Rhode Island Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 529-4547 office • (202) 529-4495 fax Sunday Worship Service: 8 AM and 10:45 AM Sunday Youth Worship Services: 1st & 4th 10:45 AM; 804 R.I. Ave., NE 5th 8 AM & 10:45 AM; Main Church Prayer Services Tuesday – Noon, Wednesday 6 AM & 6:30 PM Calvary Bible Institute: Year-Round Contact Church Communion Every 3rd Sunday The Church in The Hood that will do you Good! www.gmchc.org emailus@gmchc.org
ST Marks Baptist Come Worship with us... St. Mark's Baptist Church 624 Underwood Street, NW Washington, dc 20011 Dr. Raymond T. Matthews, Pastor and First Lady Marcia Matthews Sunday School 9:am Worship Service 10:am Wed. Noon Day prayer service Thur. Prayer service 6:45 pm Thur. Bible Study 7:15 pm
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Joseph N. Evans, Ph.D Senior Pastor 901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423 Sunday Church School : 9: 30am Sunday Morning Worship: 10: 45am Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00pm Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00pm Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10: 45am themcbc.org
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Friendship Baptist Church 900 Delaware Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20020 (202) 488-7417 (202) 484-2242 Rev. Dr. J. Michael Little Pastor Sunrise Prayer: 6:00 AM Sunday School: 9:30 AM Morning Worship 11:00 AM Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday-11:00AM www.friendshipbaptistdc.org Email: frienshipde1900@verizon.net
Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor 2001 North Capitol St, N.E. • Washington, DC 20002 Phone (202) 832-9591 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
Zion Baptist Church
Israel Baptist Church
Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor
Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr. Pastor
4850 Blagdon Ave, NW • Washington D.C 20011 Phone (202) 722-4940 • Fax (202) 291-3773
1251 Saratoga Ave., NE Washington, DC 20018 (202) 269-0288
Sunday Worship Service 10:15AM- Praise and Worship Services Sunday School 9:00am Monday: Noon Bible School Wednesday: Noon & 7PM: Pastor’s Bible Study Ordinance of Baptism 2nd Holy Communion 4th Sunday Mission Zion Baptist Church Shall; Enlist Sinners, Educate Students, Empower the Suffering, Encourage the Saints, and Exalt Our Savior. (Acts 2:41-47) www.zionbaptistchurchdc.org
Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 A.M. Sunday School: 8:30 A.M. Holy Communion1st Sunday: 10:00 A.M. Prayer Service: Wednesday at 6:30 P.M. Bible Study: Wednesday at 7:00 P.M.
Mount Moriah Baptist Church
St. Luke Baptist Church Rev. Aubrey C. Lewis Pastor 1415 Gallatin Street, NW Washington, DC 20011-3851 P: (202) 726-5940 Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Sunday School: 9:15 a.m. Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun. Bible Study: Monday - 7:00 p.m. Prayer Meeting: Thursday - 7:00 p.m.
Dr. Lucius M. Dalton, Senior Pastor 1636 East Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20003 Telephone: 202-544-5588 Fax: 202-544-2964 Sunday Worship Services: 7:45 am and 10:45 am Holy Communion: 1st Sundays at 7:45 am and 10:45 am Sunday School: 9:30 am Prayer & Praise Service: Tuesdays at 12 noon and 6:30 pm Bible Study: Tuesdays at 1 pm and 7 pm Youth Bible Study: Fridays at 7 pm Web: www.mountmoriahchurch.org Email: mtmoriah@mountmoriahchurch.org
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St. Matthews Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Maxwell M. Washington Pastor 1105 New Jersey Ave, S.E • Washington, DC 20003 202 488-7298 Order of Services Sunday Worship Services: 9:05 A.M. Sunday School: 8:00 A.M. Holy Communion 3rd Sunday Morning Prayer Meeting: 7:00 P.M. (Tuesday) Bible Study: 7:30 P.M. (Tuesday) Theme: “Striving to be more like Jesus “Stewardship”. Philippians 3:12-14; Malachi 3:8-10 and 2 Corinthians 9:7 Email: stmatthewbaptist@msn.com Website: www.stmatthewsbaptist.com
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Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Pastor and Overseer
215 Rhode Island Ave. N.W. • WD.C. 20001 (202) 332-5748
625 Park Rd, NW • WDC 20010 P: 202 291-5711 • F: 202 291-5666
Early Morning Worship: 7:45 a.m. Sunday School: 9:15 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:45 a.m. Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:45 a.m. & 10:45 a.m. C.T.U. Sunday: 2:45 p.m. Bible Study: Wednesday 11:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m. Prayer Service: Wednesday 8:00 p.m. Noon Day Prayer Service: Mondays 12 p.m.
Sunday Worship Service - 11 am Sunday School - 9:45 am Bible Study & Prayer Wed. - 7 pm Substance Abuse Counseling 7 pm (Mon & Fri) Jobs Partnership - 7 pm (Mon & Wed) Sat. Enrichment Experience - 9:30 am
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621 Alabama Avenue, S.E. • Washington, D.C. 20032 P: (202) 561-1111 F: (202) 561-1112
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4504 Gault Place, N.E. Washington, D.C 20019 202-397-7775 – 7184
Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 a.m. Sunday Church School: 8:45 – 9:45 a.m. Holy Communion: Every First Sunday Intercessory Prayer: Monday – 7:00-8:00 p.m. Pastor’s Bible Study: Wednesday –7:45 p.m. Midweek Prayer: Wednesday – 7:00 p.m. Noonday Prayer Every Thursday
9:30AM. Sunday Church School 11:00 Am. Sunday Worship Service The Lord’s Supper 1st Sunday Wednesday 7:00pm Prayer & Praise Services 7:30pm. Bible Study Saturday before 4th Sunday Men, Women, Youth Discipleship Ministries 10:30am A Christ Centered Church htubc@comcast.net
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Mt. Bethel Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Bobby L. Livingston, Sr. Pastor
Dr. C. Matthew Hudson, Jr, Pastor
75 Rhode Island Ave. NW • Washington, DC 20001 (202) 667-4448
2616 MLK Ave., SE • Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 • Fax 202-678-3304 Early Worship Service 7:30a.m Worship Service 10:45a.m. New Members Class 9:30a.m. Holy Communion : 1st Sunday -10:45a.m Church School 9:30a.m. Prayer, Praise and Bible Study: Wednesday 7p.m Bible Study : Saturday: 11a.m. Baptism: 4th Sunday – 10:45a.m “Empowered to love and Challenged to Lead a Multitude of Souls to Christ”
Peace Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Michael T. Bell 712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836 Sunday Morning Worship Service 7:15 am & 10:50 am Sunday School 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship Service 10:50am Wednesday Prayer & Testimonies Service 7:30pm Wednesday School of the Bible 8:00pm Wednesday - Midweek Prayer Service 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm “The Loving Church of the living lord “ Email Address pbcexec@verizon.net
First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church 602 N Street NW • Washington, D.C. 20001 Office:(202) 289-4480 Fax: (202) 289-4595 Sunday Worship Services: 7:45am & 11:00am Sunday school For All Ages 9:30am Prayer Services Wednesday 11:30am & 6:45pm Bible Institute Wednesday at Noon & 7:45pm “Changing Lives On Purpose “ Email: Froffice@firstrising.org Website: www.firstrising.org
Sunrise Prayer Service 6:00 A.M. Sunday Church School 8:30 A.M. Pre-Worship Devotionals 9:45 A.M. Morning Worship Services 10:00 A.M. Holy Communion 1st Sunday Worship Services Bible Study Tuesdays, 6:00 P.M. Thursdays, 1:00 P.M. Prayer Meetings Tuesdays, 7:00 P.M. Thursdays, 12:00 P.M.
Pennsylvania Ave. Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Kendrick E. Curry Pastor 3000 Pennsylvania Ave.. S.E Washington, DC 20020 202 581-1500 Sunday Church School: 9:30 A.M. Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 A.M. Monday Adult Bible Study: 7:00 P.M. Wednesday Youth & Adult Activities: 6:30 P.M. Prayer Service Bible Study
Mt. Horeb Baptist Church Rev. Dr. H. B. Sampson, III Pastor 2914 Bladensburg Road, NE Wash., DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-3180 Fax: (202) 529-7738 Order of Services Worship Service: 7:30 a.m. Sunday School: 9:00 a.m. Worship Service: 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:30 a.m. & 10:30a.m. Prayer Services: Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Wednesday 12 Noon Email:mthoreb@mthoreb.org Website:www.mthoreb.org For further information, please contact me at (202) 529-3180.
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sports Fourth Annual ESPNHS National High School Invitational
Winston Shepard (15) keeps opponent Charles McDonald (20) at bay as he heads toward the basket during the Fourth Annual ESPNHS National High School Invitational. The tournament took place on March 29-31 at Georgetown Prepatory School in North Bethesda, Md. The tournament was televised live on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU and broadcast on WatchESPN. /Photo by Abdullah Yusuf.
Coolidge Boys, H.D. Woodson Girls Fall in Tournament Courtesy Ed Hill
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indlay Prep (Nevada) showed Coolidge why it’s ranked Number 2 in the country as it used a 25-12 second quarter to pull away to an easy 79-44 win over Coolidge in the National High School Invitational at Georgetown Prep. The Colts (29-8), who were a last minute addition to the tournament, played the annual powerhouse team from Nevada close through the first quarter, trailing only 18-12. But Findlay, which had a decided height advantage and more depth, proved to be too much for Coolidge, which was coming off a tough 70-64 loss to Paul VI in the City Title game. Findlay held a whopping 60-29 advantage on the boards. Khalen Cumberlander led the Colts with 13 points. Findlay Prep was paced by Anthony Bennett, who came off the bench to lead all scorers with 23,
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while Dominic Artis (14), Winston Shepard (12) and Brandon Ashley (11) contributed. Several of their seniors have committed to major Division 1 schools. “I am very proud of this team and what we accomplished this season,” said Coolidge Head Coach Vaughn Jones, a strong candidate for Coach of the Year honors. “Findlay is an outstanding team and this was a great opportunity for us to play in this prestigious tournament.” Woodson, (26-8), put on an impressive showing against Dr. Phillips (Florida), the Number 22-ranked team in the country. Led by senior forward Jephany Brown, who did all she could to help her team with a game-high 27 points, the Lady Warriors rallied from a 13-point second half deficit to get close but Dr. Phillips (30-4) staved off the upset attempt with some sizzling free throw shooting, converting on 14 of 16 in the second half.
Brown, who is headed to Providence, added 9 rebounds and 4 blocked shots to her stat sheet while Janae Blount chipped in with 13 for H.D. Woodson, winners of this year’s City Title game against Good Counsel. Dr. Phillips got 21 from Jade Cheek, who was 5 of 11 from beyond the arc and 20 from Sydney McCaskill, who was a perfect 11 for 11 from the free throw line. “All we had to do was hope they missed free throws, but they hit them down the stretch,” said H.D. Woodson Head Coach Frank Oliver. “That’s what good teams do.” Game Notes: Coolidge Head Coach Vaughn Jones and H.D. Woodson Head Coach Frank Oliver have something in common: They are both alums of DeMatha High School. wi www.washingtoninformer.com
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Wizards, 97, 76ers 76 Wizards guard John Wall (white shirt) out jumps his opponent in the first quarter of NBA basketball action at the Verizon Center on Friday, March 30. “Tonight our bench played great. They did a great job, especially Kevin (Seraphin), Cartier (Martin), Mase (Roger Mason), Shelvin (Mack) [and] Jan (Vesely). All those guys played great. That’s what really helped us. Sometimes when you get leads, either the first group or second group loses it, but today both teams kept it up,” Wall said. /Photo by John E. De Freitas
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CLASSIFIEDS legal notice SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Notice of Standard Probate Estate of Grover L. Ware Deceased Administrative No. 2012 ADM 220 Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Daniel Ware, Sr., and Janelle Ryan Colbert for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal representative. Unless a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth. In the absence of a Will or proof satisfactory of the Court of due execution, enter an order determining that the decedent died intestate appoint a supervised personal representative. Date of first publication: March 22, 2012 Daniel Ware Sr. 4920 Niagara Road #206 College Park, MD 20740 Personal Representative
legal CLASSIFIEDS notice SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2012 ADM 252 Georgia Lois Atkins aka G.L.A. aka Georgia L. Atkins Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Brenda Carter-Clark, whose address is 1619 Isherwood Street, NE #4, Washington, DC 20002, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Georgia Lois Atkins aka G.L.A. aka Georgia L. Atkins, who died on February 23, 2012 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W. Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 29, 2012. 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 September 29, 2012, 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: March 29, 2012
legal CLASSIFIEDS notice SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2012 ADM 247 Junius W. Carter Decedent James Larry Frazier, Esq. 918 Maryland Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Jeanette W. Washington and William J. Carter, whose addresses are 880 Nalley Rd., Landover, MD 20785; 11002 Sweet Gum Way, Clinton, MD 20735, were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Junius W. Carter, who died on January 6, 2012 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W. Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before October 5, 2012. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 5, 2012, 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: April 5, 2012
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Administration No. 2012 ADM 181 Burnie Carey Washington aka Burnie C. Washington Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Melvin A. Jones, whose address is 2107 2nd St. NE, Washington, DC 20002, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Burnie Carey aka Burnie C. Washington, who died on December 29, 2011 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. Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 22, 2012. 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 September 22, 2012, 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: March 22, 2012
Notice of Standard Probate Estate of Alvin Gregg Deceased Administrative No. 2012 ADM 229 Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Muriel Mealing for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal representative. Unless a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth. In the absence of a Will or proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution, enter an order determining that the decedent died intestate appoint a supervised personal representative.
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Malveaux continued from Page 29 world where we know that our race makes us suspect. Hoodie or not, we are all Trayvon Martin. In other words, there is still a manufactured fear of a black presence in our nation and in our world. We have an AfricanAmerican president who has been assailed, not because of his mostly moderate politics, but because he happens to be of African descent. We have an attorney general whose motives have been maligned because of his race. And we have a baby boy walking the streets with iced tea and some candy, whose height and hoodie made him suspect to a deranged white man (yes, it is possible to be white and Hispanic) with a temper and a history of domestic violence who disobeyed 911 orders
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gued before the Supreme Court beginning this week. I admired John’s sharp intellect and enjoyed the lively talks we had about the law and Supreme Court strategy. He was a seasoned, thoughtful litigator who earned a place alongside great civil rights lawyers like Charles Hamilton Houston and Thurgood Marshall. President Obama called Payton “A
true champion of equality who helped protect civil rights in the classroom and at the ballot box.” I will miss his friendship, his partnership and his humanity. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his wife, Gay McDougall, and his wide circle of family and friends. wi Marc H. Morial is the President and CEO of the National Urban League
and took his gun out to get vigilante justice. If George Zimmerman had an ounce of integrity he would turn himself in instead of hiding out. But Zimmerman is not the problem. The climate, these “stand your ground” laws are more the problem. What if we, black people, chose to stand our ground? Once upon a time, we did. In Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921, a young black man, Dick Rowland, happened to jostle a white woman elevator operator, Sarah Page, in the office building where they both worked. The unintentional contact was too much for the crazy white powers that existed and they threatened to lynch Rowland, who fled to Greenwood, the area once called Black Wall Street. Black men rallied to Rowland’s defense with a militia that threatened white power. Whites
responded by rioting against black people and holding us in concentration camps. It is likely that bombs were dropped on the black community by our own government (see the work of Dr. Kimberly Ellis), but the newspapers documenting the attacks can now not be found. A wealthy community was eliminated, but in the words of poet Claude McKay, “If we must die, let it not be like hogs, haunted and penned to this in this inglorious spot. … Like men we’ll face the murderous cowardly pack, pressed to the wall, dying but fighting back. “Find McKay’s Harlem Renaissance poem and ruminate on it. We are all Trayvon Martin. When do we start fighting back in an organized, disciplined, focused and effective way? wi
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to killing this number of civilians of all ages in the U.S. Only 27 states have even attempted to keep children from accessing guns by passing child access prevention laws. Gun deaths are the third leading cause of fatal injuries in the U.S. for people age one and older—following only motor vehicle and poisoning deaths. Congress must subject guns to the same consumer product safety regulations that cover virtually every other consumer product. Congress also must require childproof safety features on all guns. Every one of us should be urging our leaders to make these essential and sensible changes at the national level while simultaneously pushing state and local governments to protect children and all in America from deadly guns. Demand the repeal of the “Stand Your Ground” laws now
in effect in 21 states and made notorious in Trayvon’s killing that encourage a “shoot first and ask questions later” approach to confrontations. It’s shameful that when child and teen gun deaths are compared in 23 high-income countries, 87 percent of all children under 15 killed by guns were in the United States. Our gun homicide rate for teens and young adults 15-24 years old was 42.7 times higher than the rate for the other countries combined. There are an estimated 283 million guns in civilian hands in America—almost one gun per person. Why is the United States alone in allowing this unbridled epidemic of guns and public health hazard all over America to continue? As parents and grandparents and concerned adults and voters, it is up to us to tell our leaders no more. wi
this record spending does not translate to reciprocity in the form of contracting/ vendor relationships from the corporations that benefit from our spending. Tragically, the giant loopholes in regulations guiding federal, state and local utilization of ethnic minority suppliers allow for interpretations that boggle the mind and devastate our businesses and their
hope for a brighter future. It is beyond unfortunate that it takes the senseless slaying of a future businessman, a future lawyer, a future elected official, a future husband and father to cause us to take stock of all the inequity around us, but it is the re-awakened sense of outrage that will fuel our commitment to correct the wrongs we see around us. And though our commitment to improving opportunities for black-owned
businesses across this country is solid and sincere, the outpouring of support for justice in Florida fortifies us and strengthens our resolve to “… stay on the battlefield…” There is no doubt that the same energy that awakened so many of us to Trayvon’s murder is the same energy that will drive our achieving economic parity in America’s marketplace. wi Ron Busby Sr. is president of the U.S. Black Chamber, Inc.
on one case were held for three days in more than 30 years. If this right-wing Court decides to uphold the key provisions, then it’s all over. Call it what you will, but it will still remain the law of the land. “If you remember, the affordable care act was premised on the concept of personal responsibility,” Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.) said in response to a question from this writer in a conference call with reporters. “That each of us is responsible for securing good healthcare, keeping ourselves well, and therefore not only making sure we’re cared for and our family is cared for, but that we’re not costing our fellow Americans more in tax-
payer money for emergency care services. So it’s premised on this notion that we all have to take personal responsibility for our health.” That was historically a Republican argument, before it became a lynchpin of the ACA. “Remembering also that the United States is the only industrialized country in the world that allows its families to go bankrupt for seeking healthcare, and that we pay more per person for healthcare than any other country in the world, to have this law overturned would simply be so expensive for us as taxpayers, because we’re gonna see our fellow Americans continue to seek healthcare, and they’ll now be once again routed
back to the emergency rooms,” Rep. Becerra continued. “Much will be done over the years to recognize that asking everyone to take on their own responsibility in making sure healthcare throughout this country can work, is not only constitutional, but it’s what we need to go so we can compete with the rest of the world. So I think that the far-reaching ramifications of overturning of the healthcare law, is something I hope the justices understand goes way beyond their pay grade and I hope they recognize that the Constitution clearly would accommodate something like this historic health reform law of 2010,” Becerra said wi
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MUHAMMAD continued from Page 30 dent agreed to their terms. Just think about the long list of Republicans who said it’s time to do away with tax give-backs to oil companies—the world’s wealthiest and most profitable corporations—which Republi-
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