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President Barack Obama, who encouraged participants at last Monday’s White House Summit on Working Families, said his own experiences in a singleparent home continue to motivate him to help other Americans in similar situations. /Photo by Victor Holt
President Seeks to Create New 21st Century Workplace Policies White House Summit Gives Voice to Working Families Struggling to Survive By D. Kevin McNeir WI Contributing Writer Many American families face the stark reality that in today’s economy even two paychecks barely cover the rising costs of food, shelter, health care and education. Fueled by rising concerns
shared by members of a shrinking middle class and the working poor, hundreds of concerned citizens gathered last Monday in the nation’s capital calling for change. “For many minimum wage workers, it’s not the glass ceiling – it’s the sticky floor and outdated policies that are making
it increasingly difficult for hardworking families to survive,” said Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor to the president during the White House Summit on Working Families. “Women now make up 40 percent of the workforce and many are either single mothers living on one check or they’re the primary breadwinner in the
household. We need an immediate paradigm change,” Jarrett said. The summit, convened on June 23 at the Omni Hotel in Northwest, cited several policies that President Barack Obama and his administration have identified as crucial to the survival of 21st century families:
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paid leave; greater workplace flexibility; affordable child care and preschool; assistance with elder care; combating workplace discrimination; and creating career pathways in low-wage jobs. One married couple from Silver Spring, Maryland, Marcus
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Safeway Opens Petworth Store
Cutting the Ribbon to officially OPEN new Petworth Store
Muriel Bowser (Council Member Ward 4), Chuck Daniels (Chief Warrant Officer Retired), Esker McConnell (Sgt.1st Class Retired), Marlene Bland (Petworth Store Mgr.), Bill Opferman (Chief Warrant Officer Retired), Hon. Vincent Gray (DC Mayor), Chet Young (Sgt. 1st Class Retired), Vice Admiral Ret. Manson K. Brown, Chris Lawrence (News 4), Anita Bonds (Council Member At-Large) & Greg Ten Eyck (Safway Dir. Public Affairs & Govt. Affairs)
Local Veterans honored too! Petworth Safeway at Swift celebrated its grand opening with Mayor Gray and others with a ribbon cutting ceremony. This store is nearly three times the size of the previous Petworth store making it the 14th Safeway store in DC. The store is located at 3830 Georgia Avenue (corner of Georgia Ave. & Randolph Street NW). Regular store hours will be 5 a.m. until midnight daily.
(L-R) Jerry Moore (Venable LLP) , Brian Baer (Safeway’s Eastern Area Division President), Hon. Vincent Gray (DC Mayor), & Greg A. Ten Eyck (Dir. of Public Affairs & Govt. Relations Safeway Inc./ Eastern Division)
Brian Baer (Safeway) presents a check for $2,000 to the Friends of the Soldiers Home
Greg A. Ten Eyck (Dir. of Public Affairs & Govt. Relations Safeway Inc./ Eastern Division), Craig Muckle (Mgr. Public Affairs/ Govt. Relations) & Chris Lawrence (News 4)
Brian Baer (President of Safeway’s Eastern Division) - greeting the Petworth Head Staff
Photo Below Robert Messer, Jr., Ra (LEED Green Assoc. Design Dept.) Shawn Dekker (Safeway Project Mgr.) Scott Jacobs (Safeway Design Magr.)
“HAPPY Safeway Shopper” Ethan Tumblin with his Dad former ANC Commissioner for Ward 4 David Tumblin
Mrs. Williams (ANC Commissioner’s Widow Ward 4)
Tom Bullock (ESGR), 2nd Lt. Lane, & Van Samuel (Program Support Tec. DCESGR Committee)
The Bowsers Joan and Joe (Council Member Muriel Bowser’s Parents)
Robert Taylor (Non-Perishable Field Merchandiser), Dave Padgett (Beer & Wine Field Merchandiser), & Kevin Simmons (Non-Perishable Field Merchandiser)
Dr. Dwayne L. Simmons Pharmacist In Charge
Greg A. Ten Eyck (Dir. of Public Affairs & Govt. Relations Safeway Inc./ Eastern Division) with Manson K. Brown, P.E. (Retired Vice Admiral US Coast Guard Retired)
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Since at the New When its L.Y.debut Marlow's 23-yearYork World’s told Fair her in 1939, the old daughter the father television has molded public of her daughter threatened her opinion kept Americans life, and and the life of their child, she knew had toThe be abreast of something current events. done. Out of her frustration merger of commercial media with law enforcement's networks in recent years,handling howevEmail comments to: of has the raised situation, she decided to er, eyebrows in terms rburke@ start the Saving Promise camof programming and how it repaign.the views of local commuwashingtoninformer.com flects “It seems to be a vicious cycle nities. that won't turn my family That’s why Nantz Rickard, loose,” Marlow said. Marlow president CEO of the the Pubshared herand story with audilic Access Corporation DC ence at the District of Heights (DCTV), says that noncommerDomestic Violence Symposium cial media a significant on May 7 atserves the District Heights role in diversifying public disMunicipal Center. The sympocourse sium today. was sponsored by the Family and public Youthaccess Services “Aside from proCenter of the the economic city of District gramming, model Heights and themedia National Hookthat supports does not Up ofhave Blacka Women. really way to make local Marlow has work written a book, programming well,” said “Color Me Butterfly,” which is a Rickard, 55. story about four generations of “It’s unparalleled in media to domestic violence. The book is have channels where you can exinspired by her own experiences, press yourself. 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She said they threat,” she said. had come together to bring a Among the programs Marlow sense of uniformity in the way wants to see implemented are domestic violence victims and stricter restraining order policies, survivors are treated. more rights for victim's families “She's using her own personal to intervene on behalf of a vicstory, her own personal pain to tim, a domestic violence assesspush forward,” Davis-Nickens ment unit coupled with further said about Marlow. training for law enforcement Davis-Nickens said anyone agencies, a Child's Life Protecwho reads Marlow's book will tion Act and mandatory counsel“get it.” She said she “puts the ing for batterers. case in such a way, the average “If we are ever going to eradiperson can get it.” She said at the cate domestic violence, we must end of the day, the book will look at both sides of the coin. help people begin to have a dia- We need to address both the viclogue about domestic violence. tim and the batterer,” Marlow Also present at the event was said. Mildred Muhammad, the exMarlow would also like to see wife of John Allen Muhammad, programs designed to raise who was sentenced to six consec- awareness among children in D.C. member Vincentparole Orange (D-At and his daughter utiveCouncil life terms without publicLarge) and private schools. She counted among the more 700 in visitors thatchildren convergedneed on the by a Maryland jury forthan his role feels to grounds be educatofthe Brooks Mansion in Northeast Community Dayviolence. Festival on Beltway Sniper attacksforinDCTV’s ed about domestic June 21.Mildred /Photo by Muhammad Shevry Lassiteris 2002. “We have to stop being pasthe founder of After the Trauma, sive-aggressive with poor chilan“You organization that helps dren about domestic violence,” who lives in Northeast. can get training and the in- Wright survivors of domestic violence Marlow said. Since its first telecast in 1988, vite your friends. D.C. schools and their children. Marlow has worked to break should start sending students to DCTV has provided District res“I lived in fear for six years. Six the cycle of abuse in her family, means totheexpress DCTV it offers. years in and fear see is a what long time. It is idents and is aconfident policiestheir she views about local and isThis is a chance for them to not an easy thing to come out is pushing for will national start that sues. Six years ago, the executive learn how to use the equipment of,” she said. process. started DCTV’s andMildred create their own shows,” Muhammad said management “I plan to take these policies to fromimplore analog technolsaid Ashaka, a ForttoWashingpeople who63,want help a transition Congress and them to to digital and later expandton, Maryland resident. domestic violence victim must ogy change our laws,” Marlow said. its reach beyond television, muchthey of the day ed beThroughout careful of how go into “I will not stop until these polithe June victim's and toured understand cies are passed.” its programs online on 21,life, guests the streaming that she may beinquired in “survival Carol Joneswith can be thereached comBrooks Mansion, about andTiaconnecting mode”. at tiacaroljones@sbcglobal.net through social media. membership, enjoyed an assort- munity “Before get to 'I'm going Those who become DCTV ment of iceyou cream, chatted with to kill you,' it started as a to verbal WI have access to its editone another and grooved the members sounds of Mike McCoy & Voic- ing suites, two studios, five studio es United, Timmy Hall, and the cameras, and eight field cameras. Chuck Brown Band along with Members can also take courses other acts. DCTV broadcast in production, video editing, and the nine-hour festival and April use of the camera at prices well Watts of Majic 102.3 FM served below the market rate. “With DCTV, I can rent camas mistress of ceremonies. For many residents, like Alim era equipment to gather the footWright, DCTV has always been a age I need, use the editing suites part of their lives. Wright, whose and reach audiences all around grandmother worked at DCTV the city,” said Hedda Garland, a as a hiring manager in the early licensed dog trainer and DCTV 1990s, said he completed a pro- member. Garland said she hopes to duction course in May and plans to launch a television show that launch a television program features Jameisha “JayCole” about children and dog safety Cole, a local comedian who has with her friend, Paula Carr, a gained a following on the social children’s book author, in September. network Vine. “We want to make sure that “We want to keep people informed about what’s going on in people that live with dogs can D.C.,” said Wright, 20, a DCTV prepare before bringing chilMarlow home,” said member since April. “Jameisha dren into the L.Y. can entertain viewers and serve Garland. “We plan to produce as a news reporter. This DCTV these segments and show them show can be a stepping stone in at gatherings at local libraries. both of our careers. I want this Working with DCTV gives my show to take off nationally and project a more professional I will use all of the time that I look,” said Garland who lives in have to make that happen,” said Northwest. WI
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We have to stop being passive-aggressive with poor children about domestic violence. I plan to take these policies to Congress and implore them to change our laws. I will not stop until these policies are passed.
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The sounds of children’s laughter, the sizzle of half smokes on the grill, and the strumming of guitars made for a fun-filled day in a long neglected neighborhood last weekend during a gathering that attracted hundreds of community residents and passersby alike. More than 100 people strolled along the Kennedy Street corridor in Northwest where they talked with business owners, sampled a variety of foods, purchased ethnic jewelry, and danced in the streets to the sounds of live jazz, R&B, and hip-hop throughout much of the day. The event touted as the Kennedy Street Sidewalk Festival, allowed residents, both old and new, to reacquaint themselves with the neighborhood and share their concerns about impending gentrification. “In other neighborhoods, change often happened without input from the people that live there,” said Myles Smith, 32, co-founder of the Kennedy Street Development Association (KSDA), a volunteer-run nonprofit comprised of residents and business owners located along Kennedy Street. KSDA, founded in January, hosted the Saturday, June 28 celebration. “In the last few months, we surveyed residents and reached out to business owners. We want to build up Kennedy Street instead of replacing what’s already here,” said Smith who lives in Northwest. The festival stretched along the Kennedy Street corridor, starting on 3rd Street and ending on Georgia Avenue. Volunteers donning bright yellow and blue T-shirts with “I Love Kennedy Street” emblazoned across the front passed out fliers and maps to passersby. Business owners stood outside of their storefronts, wooing visitors and doling out samples of dishes that included curry chicken, rice and peas, and iced coffee to wash it down. Artists and jewelers also showcased their creations in the parking lot of Hortons Car Wash, located on Kennedy between 5th and 7th Streets. “The neighborhood needs this unity,” said Tony Joseph, a District resident who has lived near the Kennedy Street corridor for five years. He hopped off of his
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bicycle to watch a band perform in front of the Sewell Music Conservatory. “Whites, blacks, and Latinos are having fun. That’s what we’re missing. We need nice events like this so that people can see a positive side of Kennedy Street. It adds value to our neighborhood and helps make people’s lives better. This is the spark that keeps the progress going. We need to have festivals like this at least every other week.” Parents pushing baby strollers filed into Blandi’s Child Learning Center to sign up for its daycare program. Kiera Fernandez, a teacher at the center since 2012, sat behind a table outside and chatted with festival goers. Although she has no problem with the changes Kennedy Street has undergone in recent years, Fernandez said that longtime residents should have some say in what new businesses plan to bring to the corridor. “Kennedy Street wouldn’t be Kennedy Street without the people who have lived here for a long time,” said Fernandez, 25. “There are opportunities for the old and new to come together to affect some positive change. The people attending the festival are usually working during the week so it’s good to meet them and enjoy the diversity that’s in this area,” said Fernandez who lives in Northeast. In 2008, the DC Office of Planning in Southwest devel-
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Black Facts July 3 1775 – Prince Hall founds African Lodge Number One – the first Black lodge of Free Masons in the United States. Hall would become the pioneer builder of Black Masons in America. He was also a leading voice against slavery and for Black rights in the North.
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1962 – The first Black man permitted to play Major League Baseball, Jackie Robinson, is named to the Baseball Hall of Fame. July 4 1776 – The United States formally becomes a nation with the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. The document was largely written by President Thomas Jefferson. Amazingly, although he was a slave owner himself, Jefferson originally included a section in the Declaration denouncing slave traders and slave owners, but it was later deleted by Congress. 1881 – Booker T. Washington opens Tuskegee Institute – known today as Tuskegee University in Alabama. It would become a leading center for the education of Blacks.
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July 5 1975 – Tennis star Arthur Ashe becomes the first Black man to win the men’s singles championship at Wimbledon defeating Jimmy Connors. Ashe was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. During his prestigious career he had become active in several social causes including frequent protests against the system of racial oppression known as apartheid in then white-ruled South Africa. Ashe contracted AIDS as a result of blood transfusion in 1988. He died of AIDS complications on February 6, 1993. July 6 1862 – One of the most pioneering and militant Black journalists in Black American history is born. Ida B. Wells-Barnett
came into the world on this day in Holly Springs, Mississippi. The legendary journalist was also a relentless anti-lynching crusader and a fighter for women’s right to vote. She even made a stand against one of the more insulting laws of Jim Crow segregation nearly 70 years before Rosa Parks. In 1884, she refused to give up her seat on a train to a white man and move to an already over-crowded smoking car. She died in Chicago in 1931. 1957 – Althea Gibson becomes the first Black person (male or female) to win the singles championship at Wimbledon. Gibson was born in Silver, South Carolina and grew up in Harlem, New York. She died in September 2003. July 7 1906 – Baseball legend Satchel Paige is born in Mobile, Alabama. He was one of 15 children born to John and Lula Page. Paige first learned to pitch in a reform school where he had been sent at the age of 12 for shoplifting. He is generally recognized as one of the greatest pitchers to ever play the game. Baseball great Joe DiMaggio once said Paige was “the best and fastest pitcher I ever faced.” Paige pitched his last game in 1965
at the age of 60 throwing three shutout innings. The great Satchel Paige died on June 8, 1982. July 8 1914 – Jazz great Billy Eckstine is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was raised in Washington, D.C. where he began entering talent competitions at the age of 7. Eckstine would become one of the dominant Jazz singers during the era of the big bands. He has been described as “an exceptional singer who never failed to impress.” Eckstine died of a heart attack in 1993. July 9 1893 – Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performs the first successful open heart surgery in American history. Williams established himself as one of the foremost African-American surgeons in the history of this nation. In addition to the surgery, he taught at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, Chicago’s Cook County Hospital, and he founded Provident Hospital in Chicago where he trained many of the nation’s early Black doctors and nurses.
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METRO’S FREQUENT WEEKEND TRACK WORK HAS CAUSED CONSTANT DELAYS WHICH HAVE FRUSTRATED MANY RIDERS. WHAT’S YOUR OVERALL OPINION OF METRO?
Kissa Smith John Cox Silver Spring, Maryland Takoma Park, Maryland I don’t think the track All in all, I’m happy with it. maintenance justifies the I use it every day to get to work, inconvenience and delays. I’ve and there are occasional delays. been to New York City and have But by in large, I’m able to get in used that city’s subway system, and get out, so I’m happy with it. and I’ve lived in Atlanta and used The track work can be frustrating, the subway system there. Those but it’s necessary. I don’t really subway systems are nothing like use it on the weekends because D.C.’s. Metro is too much of an trains don’t run as frequently, inconvenience, especially for the so I’ve found that it’s easier to cost. I always have to weigh the drive. That’s probably my one positives and negatives when I frustration. have to use Metro. GSUSA AP#1-Fine-Tuned-Informer9.5x6.5_GSUSA AP#1-Fine-Tuned-Informer 9.5x6.5 6/23/14 6:28 PM Page 1
Tava Jackson Washington, D.C. I think it’s good that Metro is ensuring that the tracks are safe for travel. The delays are to be expected if people want their [trips] to be safe. Safety comes first, and I’d much rather be safe than sorry. I’m sure Metro is doing all it can to keep riders safe.
Nina King Washington, D.C. I moved to the area three years ago from western Massachusetts where there is no subway system. I’m originally from Atlanta, and the subway system there is terrible. So when I moved here, I found the Metro to be great. I’m really happy with it and I love not having to drive. I’m not too keen on driving, so I don’t mind having to wait a few additional minutes when there are delays. It beats sitting on the Beltway.
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to take care of elderly parents, said Diavia, whose mother recently lost her battle with breast cancer. “Our business is doing pretty well but we still work very long hours and face increasing financial obligations.”
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works for all Americans. During the summit, Obama said he’ll soon sign a memorandum directing federal agencies to expand access to flexible work schedules and will also sign off on $25 million to help those who want to enroll in job-training programs but lack access to needed child care. “I lived in a single-parent home and know how hard it was for my mother,” Obama said. “This isn’t about political gain – I take the issues raised by working mothers and fathers quite seriously and personally. America’s promise has always been to give each of its citizens the same chance to succeed. That’s why we’re here today and why change must come.” One Washington native and divorced father of nine said he’s often considered “doing whatever I have to do to take care of my kids,” but so far he’s resisted the temptation. “Financial struggles were the reason my [first] wife and I broke up – after that I was homeless for a while and often felt hopeless,” said Jerry McIntyre, who now lives in Landover, Maryland with his fiancée, their three small children and two children from his first marriage. “I just got a construction job last week and that’s better than working multiple jobs for almost nothing. All my money goes to bills and stress is something we live with every day. I’d like to go to college but finding the time and money – that’s another matter,” said McIntyre, 33. One advocate for fathers in
the D.C. area said that while working families continue to face significant challenges, black fathers and their families have it even harder. “Our job is to encourage fathers to remain in the struggle and not give up, even when they don’t have a college degree or are hampered by a criminal record,” said Karl Andrews, program coordinator for Men in Motion, a Bethesda, Maryland-based advocacy program that falls under the umbrella of the National Center for Children and Families, first founded in Northwest. “Men cannot allow economic struggles to defeat them because their children need them. It’s about making responsible decisions – that’s what I’ve always taught my only son who’s now 19,” said Andrews, 58, a Southeast resident, handicapped veteran and divorced father of three. Vice President Joe Biden said improving the situation for working families has been one of the primary goals ever since he and the president first took the oath. “We cannot equalize the field but we certainly can make things better,” Biden said. “When my first wife and infant daughter were killed in a car accident, I had tremendous support from my family and I was earning a very good income – and I was still overwhelmed. I can’t imagine how minimum-wage workers with children make it all alone.” One father who shares custody of his five-year-old said that while he and his girlfriend are no longer together, they’ve decided that it’s important to raise their child together. “I’ve always worked, sometimes a couple of jobs at a time, and just recently started a sheet metal apprentice program,” said Kevin Wilson, 27. “I came from poverty and a lot of bad things happened along the way. But I had mentors that had my back, I’ve never been to jail and now I have health benefits. I have a son to raise – I can’t give up,” said the Northwest resident.WI
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Questions Linger in Mayor’s Race By Barrington M. Salmon WI Staff Writer@bsalmondc As he surveys the political landscape, Joslyn N. Williams is left shaking his head. Mayor Vincent C. Gray, the person the veteran union leader supported in this year’s mayoral campaign, sits on the sidelines after losing the Democratic nomination on April 1. Three weeks before the primary, U.S. Attorney Ron Machen, Jr., brought political super donor Jeffrey E. Thompson before a judge to say that Gray was fully aware of illegal money donated to his 2010 campaign. Now, said Williams, president of the Metropolitan Washington Chapter, AFL-CIO, the election has been thrown into disarray with Gray’s untimely exit. “I think it changes the whole complexion of the race because he had a record to defend or put before voters,” said Williams of Gray. “Now, you have two individuals who don’t have a record except their votes on the council. At the end of the day, it’s not worth spit in a spittoon.” “They’ll run on the vision and who’ll make that real and whoever runs will be running on faith.” The two individuals to whom Williams refers are D.C. Council members David Catania and Muriel Bowser. Last month, former Council member Carol Schwartz joined the fray. Schwartz, 70, served for 16 years as a Republican holding an At-Large seat. After losing, she stayed out of the public eye for five and a half years. Schwartz, now an independent, said she felt compelled to enter the race because of concerns about the direction elected officials have taken the city. In a June 6 statement and subsequent interviews, she also expressed concerns about longtime residents being pushed out because of gentrification and the scandals and corruption that have embroiled the council. Schwartz’s entry into the race recalibrated – some say muddled – the race. Her popularity, legislative experience and record make her attractive to many but she acknowledged
Although the rumor that Barbara Lang created a group called Women for Catania proved to be untrue, she recently endorsed Council member David Catania as the best, most qualified person to become the District’s next mayor. /Courtesy Photo
the mountain she has to climb. Williams said he’s doubtful that Schwartz will win. “She’ll lend some drama to the campaign but will not have significant impact,” he said. Longtime D.C. resident Francis Campbell agrees. “I’ve been reading and I’ve gotten mail from the candidates,” he said. “As colorful as she was and as experienced as she proved to be, her time may have passed. Her last-minute jumping in will take votes from Catania.” Campbell, 67, a Ward 6 resident and advisory neighborhood commissioner for more than a decade, says he wishes he could embrace a candidate unabashedly but politicians’ past actions have colored his perspective. “I’m cautiously supporting Miss Bowser. After attending some meetings and talking to her, I have a better feel for what she will accomplish as mayor.” That being said, Campbell added, he’s jaded by past history. “Politicians have a tendency to tell you they’ll get it done. Then when they get into office there are restraints and other issues that stop them from doing what they promised.” There’s real tension between Schwartz and Catania. During an appearance on the Kojo Nnamdi Show, she refused to call his name
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and explained that she lost her council seat when he joined a group which raised copious amounts of money to unseat her. Speculation in Catania circles suggests that she entered the race to help the Bowser campaign, a charge she strenuously denies. What each candidate faces is a rapidly and constantly changing landscape. Every month, the city’s
population expands by 1,100 new residents. A substantial number of younger voters likely don’t know any of the candidates. Then throw in the electorate’s cynicism and disgust of a system rife with corruption, theft and bad behavior; a scenario where many of the old rules no longer apply; and a move away from party affiliation, all spell a troubling scenario for those seeking elected office. Catania, 46, said he understands what he’s up against. “I’m trying to convince voters to look at my record,” he said during a recent interview. “This is something I’d been thinking about for a long time. It’s not something easily or lightly arrived at. You have to do a lot of soul-searching, be sure that you have the fire-in-the belly to do the work because there’s so much to do.” “For a very long time, government individuals have not reflected opportunity, fairness and importance of playing by the rules. I want to advance these beliefs and construct a government around them.” Catania spoke about his role in advancing health care, securing an additional $80 million for homeless
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D.C. Political Roundup By James Wright WI Staff Writer Ward 8 Democrats Call Truce Natalie Williams, the president of the Ward 8 Democrats, battled members of the organization’s executive board earlier this year but has since made peace with her former adversaries. “We need to put aside our differences and focus on the election that will take place in November,” said Williams, 43. “We had a special meeting recently where we ironed out our differences and we understood that the organization is bigger than just one individual.” The Ward 8 Democrats happen to be one of the city’s most active political organizations and through its straw polls bolstered the mayoral prospects of Vincent Gray in 2010 and Muriel Bowser, this year’s Democratic nominee for mayor. Since her election as president in September 2013, Williams has tried to discipline Second Vice President Trayon White and remove Interim President Markus Batchelor without consulting the executive committee. She and some executive board members have disagreed over how committee chairs are selected. The organizational conflict became so acrimonious that the D.C. Democratic State Committee had to step in and serve as mediators. To clear the air, Williams recently called a special meeting of the executive board to bring the organization back together. “I wanted us to be able to talk out our differences like adults and professionals,” she said. “We need to put the nonsense aside for the love of the party, for the love of the D.C. Democratic State Committee and for the love of Ward 8.” Despite the turmoil this year, Williams said the work of the organization’s committees never stopped. As an example of organizational unity, she cited a new, aggressive get-outthe-vote project that will soon be launched in the ward to help Democrats win in the Nov. 4 general election. “We want to be sure that we elect Muriel Bowser as our next mayor and re-elect Phil Mendelson as chairman of the D.C. Council, Eleanor Holmes Norton as our congresswoman and Anita Bonds as an at-large member of the D.C. Council,” Williams said. Jolly Hopes to Serve on Board of Education Tierra Jolly wants to see the chilThe Washington Informer
Tierra Jolly hopes to represent Ward 8 on the D.C. State Board of Education. /Courtesy photo provided by Tierra Jolly
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dren of Ward 8 reach their full academic potential. As a teacher, she helps her students excel at Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville, Maryland and now she would like to advocate on behalf of young people on a different level. Jolly wants the voters of Ward 8 to elect her their next board of education representative on Tuesday, July 15. A longtime resident of the ward, she said that she understands the value of a good education. “I’m running for the school board because teachers should have more say in what happens in our classrooms,” said Jolly, 31. “Now more than ever, we need our students to have real options when they graduate from high school. Our children should be able to read more than just a standardized test.” She faces longtime civic and political activist Philip Pannell and another educator, Derrell Simpson, as a write-in candidate. Jolly earned her bachelor’s degree from McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland and her master’s degree from American University in Northwest. She’s currently working
on her doctoral degree from Tulane University in New Orleans. At Bishop McNamara, Jolly teaches government and American History to ninth and 11th graders. She has also taught at Kramer Middle School in Southeast and in schools throughout New Orleans. Jolly agrees with D.C. Council member and Democratic Party nominee Muriel Bowser’s concept of a high-quality middle school, modeled after Alice Deal Middle School in Northwest, in each ward. She said that high school’s such as Ballou and Anacostia should offer as many Advanced Placement classes as Wilson High School, also located in Northwest. The District’s elected education boards have served as springboards to the D.C. Council. Jolly, however, made it clear that she has no desire to spend her days at the John A. Wilson Building in Northwest. “I am a lifelong teacher,” she said. “In 2016, I will run for re-election to the board of education and nothing else.”WI
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Marylander’s Vision Creates Women Entrepreneurs By Barrington M. Salmon WI Staff Writer@bsalmondc Margaret Dureke vividly recalls the challenges she faced when she emigrated to the United States as a young woman. Today, even after having achieved a level of success personally and professionally, the Riverdale, Maryland resident said she’s always fretted about the difficulties confronting women in developing countries and the U.S. Out of this concern came Women Empowered to Achieve the Impossible (WETATi), an organization Dureke founded which is committed to teaching women how to become successful entrepreneurs and offering them the economic power they crave.
“The WETATi brand is about empowerment and finding creative ways to fashion
business or lifestyle opportunities for women. It is a fashion platform to bring hope to women,” said Dureke. “Our goal is to use this WETATi brand to create a business opportunity for those women who would like to own their own businesses by becoming distributors and marketing representatives.” Dureke offers an array of products that include jewelry made of precious stones, amethyst, and freshwater pearls, clothes such as dress shirts, sportswear, T-shirts, books, perfume and other accessories. Customers can go online to purchase the items, many of which are made by artisans, jewelers, seamstresses and others living in India and countries on the African continent. Fort Lauderdale resident and
Margaret Dureke has spearheaded a project that helps women become self-sufficient. Her organization equips women with the tools they need to become successful entrepreneurs. /Photo provided by Margaret Dureke
independent representative Kimberly DelValle said joining the WETATi family changed her life. “I’ve been with WETATi
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since 2010,” said the Florida native. “In the past, men were in network marketing and always sat at the top of the chain. Women wouldn’t push themselves. Some women are afraid and shied away. I was one of those women who was like that. Being with WETATi has helped me recognize my power.” “My customers love it. I didn’t know so many people loved purple. The uniqueness and the name itself is amazing. Shea butter, a new product, has been getting rave reviews.” DelValle said she’s been sharing the products and WETATi’s concepts with other women. She said she feels energized when she considers the heights to which she could go. “This is a hybrid marketing venture … we work with small women business owners around the world to become economically empowered by either partnering with them to produce a good quality WETATi brand to be sold in other countries, or by being the end-user to support the small women business owners,” said Dureke, a lawyer and mother of three. “It seems like I’ve been working on this forever, but everything is coming together. Between 2011 and 2012, it began to take root. Every woman is secretly looking for ways to be better. It’s women helping women and it’s much needed.” Local businesswoman Fredricia Cunegin, PHR, said she’s one satisfied customer.
“I was looking for a gift and purchased a bracelet that Margaret is promoting. Mom transitioned July 1 last year and silver and purple were her favorite colors,” said Cunegin, founder and owner of HRinMotion, a human resources consulting firm in Silver Spring, Maryland. “Margaret has some great, great products, things that women enjoy. I don’t wear the bracelet every day but when I do, it reminds me of my mother.” “I really enjoy supporting other business owners, especially women. I was going to buy something anyway. It was great to support Margaret.” Cunegin echoed Dureke’s belief that women embrace and help each other. “Oh my gosh, it’s so vitally important that we inform the present generation and generations-to-come about self-determination and purpose,” said the native Washingtonian. “The quicker we can actually teach women and girls their worth, nothing can stop them. We have to pull up those behind us.” Dureke, an author and motivational speaker, said everything WETATi produces has been designed with meaning, purpose and power, helping women to become part of what she calls the economic empowerment emancipation movement. She counts the first lady of Sierra Leone, Sia Nyama Koroma and former Jamaican Ambassador to the U.S. Audrey Marks as among her most enthusiastic supporters. In retrospect, she added, the journey has been worth every minute. “It took a while. I’m not one who enjoys overnight success,” Dureke quipped. “These things are not easy. It was very difficult, very challenging. It was like pulling teeth without an anesthetic but you had to endure that tooth being pulled. It comes from believing in yourself. I looked at the task as one to be accomplished. I never thought of taking the path of least resistance.” “It’s sweeter and I appreciate it more because of what its taken. Fortunately, my whole family was involved. My daughters were part of the game plan. I couldn’t do this without their support.”WI For more information go to shopwetatinow.com.
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EDUCATION BRIEFS Compiled by Dorothy Rowley WI Staff Writer New Literacy Program Prince George’s County has become home to a new summer literacy program sponsored by the District-based Children’s Defense Fund. About 100 students are participating in the six-week literacy program which has partnered with Howard University, Community Builders of Maryland and the county’s public schools to address the reading issues of middle school students. “The goal of this summer literacy program is to engage students in learning and instill within them confidence and a love for reading,” said Wayne A.I. Frederick, Howard University’s interim president. “By doing so, we will help eliminate the cradle-to-prison pipeline and establish a cradle-to-college track.” Free Summer Lunches The Prince George’s Memorial Library system will provide free lunch to children who might otherwise go hungry during the summer months, particularly after receiving free and reduced-price meals during the school year. According to a federal report on poverty, more than 45,000 students that attend the county’s public schools are eligible for free and reduced-price meals. As a result, seven county library branches will provide the free meals to youth ages 2 to 18 years old. The children and teenagers will not have to register or show identification to participate. The meals will be served at the Bladensburg, Glenarden, Hillcrest Heights, Hyattsville, Oxon Hill, Spaulding, and Fairmount Heights libraries. Students to Use Summer for Homework Each year during the summer break, students are sent home with homework packets to help them retain what they’ve learned during the school year. The packets include learning concept guides and math-related examples that students are encouraged to master during the summer. Their lesson plans from June to August also include assignments in math and reading,
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with 2nd-graders encouraged to read at least 30 minutes a day. Second grade students should also have two journals – one for reading and writing – to help with their summer studies. All students are encouraged to participate in an activity each day of the week – for instance, joining in game night activities with their families. In addition, some of the information students took home when schools closed, is tailored to remind them of their academic accomplishments during the 2013-14 term. Scholar of the Week Jordan Fonville, who graduated last month from Oxon Hill High School, has added the honor of “Scholar of the Week” to his lengthy academic accomplishments. Jordan graduated with a 3.67 grade point average, having excelled in the Advanced Placement courses that include lan-
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D.C. Council Seeks to ‘Ban the Box’ Wells, McDuffie Lead Effort to Remove Employment Barrier By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer Courtney Stewart grew up in the drug infested streets of Northeast and he struggled at home with two alcoholic parents and became a product of the juvenile justice system at the tender age of 9. Placed in foster care at 13, Stewart spent several years in and out of prison and, when released a final time more than 20 years ago, he discovered just how difficult his criminal past made it for him to land a job. “All that I asked was a chance to compete in the job market beyond the screening of that box,” Stewart said. The box referred to by Stewart, who now serves as the chairman of the Reentry Network for Returning Citizens in Northeast, might be familiar to most, if not all, returning citizens. It’s the space on an employment application form which requires everyone to answer whether or not they’ve been convicted of a crime. “If that box is not banned
from the employment application, someone like me will continue to be prejudged and not given a fair chance to be considered for employment,” he said. Led by Ward 5 Council member Kenyan McDuffie and Ward 6 Council member Tommy Wells, the D.C. Council plans to give final approval on Monday, July 14 to legislation that removes the box from an employment application. McDuffie and Wells both hope that the legislation, known formally as the “Fair Criminal Records Sentencing Act,” or “Ban the Box,” will help to significantly lower recidivism among those reentering society after an arrest and conviction and offer them a better opportunity of securing a job. “There may be a move to water it down, to change it, but it will pass,” said Wells, 57, who’d also like to see a similar bill that includes prohibiting landlords from conducting criminal background checks. “Primarily, because we have so many returning citizens who will say that the two main obstacles
that they have is getting jobs and finding housing,” Wells said. “A lot of people are not even considered for a job if they have a criminal history. I wanted to at least give them a chance and, if they’re qualified, they deserve that chance.” Statistics compiled by the U.S Bureau of Justice from federal, state and local law enforcement and courts show that there’s an estimated 70 million American adults with arrests or conviction records. Officials at the National Employment Law Project in New York, a nonprofit that’s pushed, “Ban the Box,” legislation, said that the total has grown because of tougher sentencing laws. Also, nearly 8,000 District residents are released from prison every year and African-American men comprise the majority of that total, local officials said. “If you look at the data, one of the primary factors that contribute to recidivism is the failure to gain meaningful employment,” said McDuffie, 35. “For
Council member Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6) is helping to lead efforts to push through legislation that would prohibit employers from including on their employment applications the question as to whether an individual has been convicted of a crime. /Courtesy Photo
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and, where applicable, enforce penalties against the employer that could include up to a $5,000 fine. Further, the victim of such discrimination could be awarded back pay, reinstatement, compensatory damages and attorney’s fees. However, the bill doesn’t come without its share of skeptics. “For a lot of African-American men, in particular in Wards 7 and 8, their criminal record is a large barrier to employment,” David Oberting, executive director of Economic Growth DC located in Northwest, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the city’s economy, told council members. “That is what I think the authors of, ‘Ban the Box,’ are trying to address, but the problem is that it’s not going to work. It’s going to have the exact opposite effect and it’s going to harm the people that they think they’re trying to help.” Oberting noted that a 2006 study showing that employers who use background checks are more likely to hire African-American men; this appears stronger among employers with an aversion to hiring returning citizens. “Whether that’s all good or bad is irrelevant, because what’s going to happen is that employers will perceive that it’s more risky to hire anyone,” Oberting said. “If you perceive something to be more risky, then you do less of it. Right now, you cannot seal any felonies in the District of Columbia, and I think we should move aggressively toward a broader expungement record-sealing process, which removes certain convictions from an applicant’s record, giving them a better chance at employment.”WI
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Mayor for Life In Marion Barry’s book, race plays a factor in everything that occurs in America. In “Mayor for Life: The Incredible Story of Marion Barry, Jr.,” you can learn how this politician’s focus on race made him one of the most popular and controversial figures in modern history. The book is chock-full of information contemporary Black households need to know about what can be done with political power. Barry recounts the times when we were at our zenith in terms of political power. In Washington he’s a Black “icon” and “role model.” Born in Itta Bena, Mississippi, the son of a sharecropper, Barry is the third of 10 children. His father died when he was four years old, and a year later his mother moved the family to Memphis, Tennessee, where her employment prospects appeared better. In his autobiography, Barry has a lot to say about how his life in politics was publicly diminished by institutions like the media and government agents. Barry said the book helps readers “know me.” “Mayor for Life” shows the impact Barry has had on the District of Columbia. He’s a civil rights activist that adroitly leveraged political power for D.C.’s poor and Black communities. Barry has been at the center of the District’s triumphs and troubles since the 1970s. The 78-yearold politician proudly says that he has dedicated 40 years of his life to public service “always fighting for the people.” Known around the world, Barry served as the second elected mayor of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1991, and again as the fourth mayor from 1995 to 1999. He has served on the D.C. Council, representing Ward 8 since 2005. Reading the book reveals Barry’s having courage, tenacity and vision few Black politicians display. The book illustrates that in no way was Barry colorblind. If President Barack Obama leveraged the power of the presidency toward his people, as Barry did, a nation of Blacks would be dancing in the streets.
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By William Reed Barry helped Blacks develop wealth through government jobs and contracts – Black businesses received 3 percent of D.C. contracts when he entered office and 47 percent when he left. Barry said, “They didn’t want me creating all of these opportunities for Black folks.” His deliberate hiring practices and set-asides for minorities created a generation of Blackowned businesses and the nation’s largest Black middle class. Mayor Barry’s true legacy is Prince George’s County – the nation’s wealthiest majority Black jurisdiction. No other mayor has come close to his achievement in providing jobs for poor young Blacks. The late Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson places second on the list. Houston’s Lee Brown comes in third. The worst longtime Washingtonians are willing to say about Barry is: “He didn’t exercise self-control.” Barry’s personal problems first surfaced in 1983, when he was accused of using cocaine at a nightclub party. The culmination of a series of embarrassing incidents was an FBI sting that caught Barry on a videotape smoking crack cocaine at the Vista Hotel. At his 1990 trial, Barry was only convicted of one of the 14 charges pending against him. One juror has been recorded saying: “I believe the government was out to get Marion Barry.” Call him “a rascal” or “champion for the race” Barry deserves credit for his purposeful and single-minded quest of “doing what’s right for Black Americans.” The 324-page book published by Simon & Schuster is squarely aimed at Black readers. Barry makes no apology for that, addressing Whites at the end of the book: “I’m Black, and my life has been
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Predatory Lenders Take Aim at Our Soldiers When it comes to payday and other small-dollar, high-cost loans, many think of urban areas plastered with signage and neon lights. And while those images are all too true, predatory lenders have another favored target: America’s military families. Military installations populated by the men and women who wear the nation’s uniform are also easy targets for high-cost lending. Often young but earning a steady paycheck, high-cost lenders beckon them with a wide range of triple-digit interest rates on lending products ranging from payday and auto title loans to refund anticipation checks, installment loans and more. In 2007 President George W. Bush signed into law the Military Lending Act (MLA). Before its enactment, the Department of Defense (DOD) found that “predatory lending undermines military readiness.” To address the abuses, MLA capped annual interest rates at 36 percent for consumer credit. Further, it banned the use of a borrower’s bank account as collateral for payday loans. Has progress been made? Yes. But is small-dollar lending reform complete? No. Last month DOD issued a report that noted how too many service members are still caught in predatory debt. Other predatory lending products, such as high-cost installment loans, are now being offered but fall outside the scope of the existing MLA. As a result, DOD now seeks to broaden its current protections to include other forms of abusive credit. DOD advised Congress that consumer education alone was simply not enough to overcome predatory lenders’ aggressive marketing. “While the Department also
REED continued from Page 16 about uplifting Black folks.” Howard University 1991 journalism graduate Omar Tyree, a New York Times best-selling author, penned the book with Barry. Like Barry,
By Charlene Crowell
believes that education is both important and helpful, it is simply not as effective in steering vulnerable Service members away from high-cost loans as prohibiting those loans. . . . Financial protections are an important part of fulfilling the Department’s compact with Service members and their families,” it stated. A survey of active duty Service members found that 88 percent of enlisted members said they did not think they would be inconvenienced if there was no access to credit products with more than 36 percent interest rates. The Department of Defense also asked financial counselors who work with service members additional questions. Nearly the same proportion – 87 percent – did not view a 36 percent annual percentage rate as being too restrictive. With these and other findings, DOD concluded that new, more comprehensive regulations are needed to protect service members from high-cost credit. That same conclusion is shared by the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL). Independent research by CRL has found that high-cost lending robs the most financially vulnerable of their monetary assets: Repeated payday borrowing costs consumers $3.5 billion in fees each year. Tyree said the book was written for Black people, many of whom benefited economically from city contracts and summer jobs during Barry’s time in office. The “big payback” would be for Barry and Tyree to experience gigantic book sales. The book’s hardcover
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Like payday lenders, auto title lenders derive more revenues from fees than on the actual principal borrowed; the average car title customer renews his/her loan eight times. Like payday and car title loans, installment loans have also been associated with repeated refinances and account for as much as 75 percent of this loan business; and installment loans typically include high-cost, add-on products such as credit life, disability insurances and discount clubs that significantly raise the total costs of credit. DOD reports that 67 percent of enlisted service members reported seeing other military members get in trouble using credit. Additionally, because of conflicting state statutes, only 24 states have the authority to enforce the MLA. In states that already have a comprehensive rate cap in place to prevent high-cost loans of any type, they already extend these important protections to military and civilians alike. However, in states where such triple-digit interest debt trap lending is legal, the DOD’s enhancements would be a welcome way to protect active duty military nationwide. Reacting to the Department’s report, CRL said, “These findings are consistent with earlier analyses by our respective organizations that found that far too often, the important protections established by the Military Lending Act are easy to evade… We applaud the Department of Defense for its commitment to protecting the financial stability of service members and their families and we look forward to continued progress on this critical issue.”WI Charlene Crowell is a communications manager with the Center for Responsible Lending. She can be reached at Charlene.crowell@responsiblelending.org. price runs about $20. Hopefully, Barry and Tyree will sell millions of copies so “the Mayor” can go fishing.WI William Reed is publisher of “Who’s Who in Black Corporate America” and available for projects via the BaileyGroup.org The Washington Informer
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Officials Say Mental Illness Widespread By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer Whether one resides in prison or the White House, there’s little escape from the battle against mental illness. “The president has to really insist [on getting out]. You know, it’s good for his mental health, I think, to do that,” Ken Walsh, the chief White House correspondent at U.S. News and World Report and the author of, “Prisoners of the White House,” said of President Barack Obama’s recent strolls along Pennsylvania Avenue in Northwest. “Harry Truman called it the great white jail. Bill Clinton called the White House the crown jewel in the federal penitentiary system and presidents tend to really, in very short order, get claustrophobic, they get very resentful,” Walsh said. It’s likely that Walsh’s comments can be construed as being a little facetious when comparing the Oval Office to the Warden’s Office, but the author’s insights come as a new report revealed that more than 70 inmates in a Washington D.C. jail have attempted or threatened suicide since September. Channel 4 News reported on June 16 that none of the suicide attempts proved successful, but prison and city officials said the frequency of the episodes count as an indication of widespread mental illness inside District detention facilities. In an August 5, 2013 email obtained by the Peacock network’s
D.C. affiliate, Tom Faust, the director of the D.C. Department of Corrections expressed concern about suicides and he feared a public relations nightmare. “This afternoon we have experienced our third inmate suicide at our main facility in just the last six weeks,” Faust said in the email. “As you can imagine, we will get beat up by the press and Council … all bets are off.” The attempts have placed more pressure on Faust and other local correction officials who have ordered changes inside city jails in the wake of earlier suicides. “Our jails and prisons, including here in the District, have started to become psychiatric hospitals staffed with an insufficient number of mental health professionals,” Faust said in a statement released to the media shortly after Channel 4’s recent report. “There is a critical need for alternatives regarding mental illness and the need to shift the responsibility of untreated mental illness out of the criminal justice system.” Attorney Edwin P. Aro, of the firm Arnold & Porter LLP, who filed a lawsuit in 2012 on behalf of four local inmates who alleged that they were denied adequate mental health services, said the Bureau of Prisons turns a blind eye to the needs of the mentally ill and to the deplorable conditions of confinement that are inhumane. “No civilized society treats its mentally-ill citizens with
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Before taking your medicine, make sure you understand how to read the prescription (medicine) label. There are a lot of medicines (drugs) doctors can prescribe for their patients to use. There are pills — capsules, round and oval-shaped or 8-sided pills. There are liquids, creams and jellies. Each medicine treats different conditions in different ways. It can be hard to know what you are taking, how many times you have to take it and why you are taking it. Reading the medicine label on the bottle is important. To help you, the sample shown is how your medicine label may look.
Knowing how much medicine to take is also important. Never take more medicine than directed. If you take too much, it can lead to other health problems. If you don’t feel like your medicine is helping you feel better, talk to your doctor. Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you need to take your medicine with food or an empty stomach. Taking medicines as directed will help it do its job and help you get better. Some medicines don’t work well with others. Some medicines can even stop your other medicines from working. You will want to tell your doctor and pharmacist all the medicines you take. This can help stop any reactions caused by mixing medicines. It’s best to know the name of the medicines you are taking and how much you take of each one. You should be able to share this information if you need to.
NOTE: Your medicine label may have a different format. Pay attention to the part of the label that explains your medicine. Remember, this may be in a different spot on your label. This will let you know how your medicine should look. If it is a pill, it will explain the color and shape, and if there are any imprints. The imprint can be numbers, letters or symbols on the pill. Before you take your medicine, it’s important to check that the medicine in the bottle is the same as explained on the label. If it’s not, call your doctor or pharmacist right away. Taking the wrong medicine can make you sick and put you in the hospital.
If you need a doctor’s approval to get your medicine refilled, you will want to call your doctor before you run out. It can take 2 business days for a medicine to be filled — and this is not including the time it takes to get your doctor to approve a refill. If you’re taking pills, you should call your doctor when you have about 10 days’ worth of pills left. Don’t wait until the last minute. You don’t want to be without your medicine. You can also sign up for automatic refills. Automatic refills may not work for everyone. Talk to your doctor to find out more information. When getting your medicines filled, if you don’t know something, ask your pharmacist. Understanding your medicines and taking them correctly can help you get better quicker and keep you healthy. Learn everything you can about the medicine your doctor prescribes. Know how to read your medicine labels. And know when you’ll need refills. Sources: Cleveland Clinic and University of Washington Medical Center
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HEALTH PRISONS continued from Page 18 such deliberate indifference to their plight,” said Aro, a Colorado-based attorney who joined the Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs in filing the suit. Aro contends that dozens and perhaps hundreds of inmates, including those from D.C., are being denied medication for their illnesses. Those inmates include Ernest Norman Shaifer of the District, who suffers from bipolar disorder. Shaifer’s father, Carl Shaifer, said his son only needed his proper medication which would have helped him to avoid a 10year sentence he received for attacking a chaplain at another prison. “All he needed were some pills, that is all,” the elder Shaifer said. In their court filing, the lawyers for the inmates said extended confinement in isolation “is likely to exacerbate all types of mental illness, increasing the risk of violence against prison staff and other inmates, and reducing the likelihood that the prisoners
will ever be able to successfully reenter society at the end of their sentences.” The complaint alleges that because of their untreated or poorly treated mental illnesses, many prisoners act out, resulting in disruption, compromised security and a risk of harm to themselves, staff and other prisoners. “No one disputes that certain prisoners require a closely controlled prison environment. But for people with mental illness, confinement with little or no mental health care in the isolated and brutal conditions is torment,” Aro said. “It’s wrong and it’s unconstitutional.” Approximately 70 percent of youth in juvenile justice systems experience mental health disorders, with 20 percent having severe mental health conditions, said officials at the National Alliance on Mental Illness in Southeast. Also, another report released in April by the nonprofit Treatment Advocacy Center in Arlington, Virginia, revealed that, in 2012, more than 350,000 people with serious mental illnesses re-
In 2012, more than 350,000 people with serious mental illnesses resided in the nation’s prisons and jails, about 10 times as many as those in state mental health facilities. /Photo courtesy CBS News
sided in the nation’s prisons and jails, about 10 times as many as those in state mental health facilities. The District of Columbia counted among 44 states where a prison or jail holds more individuals with serious mental illnesses than the largest remaining state psychiatric hospital, authors of the report said. Dr. E. Fuller Torrey, found-
er of the Treatment Advocacy Center and the report’s lead author, said the problems associated with incarcerating mentally ill individuals include behavioral issues that are disturbing to other prisoners and correctional staff; physical attacks on staff or other inmates; victimization in disproportionate numbers; the deterioration in the psychiatric condition of those with mental illness;
and increased taxpayer costs and disproportionate rates of recidivism. Torrey said consequences for failing to treat mentally ill inmates are usually harmful and sometimes tragic. “Without intervention, symptoms worsen, leading inmates to behave in disruptive and bizarre ways and [they] become vulnerable to being beaten, raped or otherwise victimized, to mutilating themselves or committing suicide,” he said. Also, inmates whose symptoms are uncontrolled are more likely to be confined in isolation or placed in restraints and, as a group, contribute to the overcrowding of prisons and jails and the increased cost of corrections. “The lack of treatment for seriously ill inmates is inhumane and should not be allowed in a civilized society,” Torrey said. “This is especially true for individuals who, because of their mental illness, are not aware they are sick and therefore refuse medication.”WI
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DISTRICT EDUCATION BRIEFS Compiled by Dorothy Rowley WI Staff Writer Teacher Job Fair As the 2014-15 school year approaches, officials anticipate having a lot of teacher slots to fill. Part-time teachers or those seeking a voluntary transfer should attend one of the DCPS job fairs being held Thursday, July 10 and Monday, July 21. Teachers can also contact principals at schools where vacancies are posted. Locations for the job fairs will be announced later. For more information, call the Washington Teachers’ Union at 202-293-8600. Summer Enrichment Program The school system has collaborated with the University of Connecticut’s Neag Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development and plans to offer an exciting summer program for 100 middle school students. The four-week program, based on the Schoolwide Enrichment Model, involves six schools. The program will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., July 7Aug. 1 at Kelly Miller and Hardy middle schools in Southeast, with free breakfast and lunch being served. Participants will start the program by listening to a guest speaker or watching a film in a specific subject area such as science, math, creative writing, social studies, or the arts. Students will be asked what
piqued their interest, and then be given the resources and time to conduct additional research. The students will also work with their peers to solve problems related to their interests. Completed projects will be displayed at an event at the end of the program. Deal Middle School Gives Back Students from Alice M. Deal Middle School in Northwest recently found a way to give back to their community and school at the same time. During the school’s 5th annual “Deal Gives Back” service day bonanza on June 4, the students performed a variety of tasks that included packing sandwiches, writing greeting cards and weeding gardens. And, they did everything with a smile. This event derived from efforts to demonstrate the ideals of the International Baccalaureate curriculum – which encourages students to serve their communities. More than 1,300 Deal students and staff assisted with tasks throughout the District, and in doing so, they made a real impact while learning to practice compassion and caring for others. The “Deal Gives Back” project represented a culmination of all of the school’s service-learning activities that occur throughout the school year. Chancellor: ‘Thank You!’ Chancellor Kaya Henderson recently ended the school year by expressing her appreciation to students, faculty and staff
Students from Alice M. Deal School in Northwest learned the meaning of community service by recently helping to pack hundreds of snack bags and writing out greeting cards. /Photo courtesy of District of Columbia Public Schools
for making 2013-14 a banner year. The chancellor said in a letter that the current year had been successful, but there’s still much more work ahead in
making DCPS a model system for the nation. “[Its] been one for the record books, and while I’m sad it is over, I want to share a little about what made me so
proud this year,” Henderson, 43, wrote. “We set the bar high at the beginning of the school year and each month, we saw more and more reasons to celebrate.”WI
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The National Capital Area Council Boy Scouts of America held their “Champions of Character” Awards dinner at the Renaissance Hotel in DCe. Angela Franco (Pres. & CEO Hispanic Chamber of Commerce) was awarded the “Vale La Pena Service Award”. Atty. Michael E. Melton received the “Whitney Young Jr. Service award”, Dr. Jorge Ribas recived the “Vale La Pena! Service Award”, Senator Mike Enzi was the receipent of the “Good Scout Award” & Susan Au Allen received the “Woman of the Year Award”. The master of ceremonies was Jose Nino (VP Strategic Relations, Microtech). Whitney M. Young, Jr. Service Awardee
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Judah Bell (Tender Foot Scout) & Justice Boston (Eagle Scout) Saluting the Colors Boy Scout Troop 100 of St. Ann Church, NW Washington, DC
(L-R) Jose F. Nino (VP Strategic Relationships, Microtech & Master of Ceremonies), Tender Foot Scout Atty. Michael E. Melton Judah Bell & AwardeeSusan Au Allen (National Pres. & Whitney M. Young, Jr. Service CEO US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce) Awardee with Eagle Scout Justice Boston (Pres. of 100 Black Men of Greater Washington, DC)
Dan Mullin (Council Executive Staff) and Jeffrey Berger (COO National Capital Area Council Boy Scouts of America)
Awardee Dr. Jorge Ribas (Founder of the First is a Co-Founder and First President & CEO of the Mid-Atlantic Hispanic Chamber of Commerce) with his wife Rachel
Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY) Good Scout Awardee and Justice Boston (Eagle Scout Troop 1869 AME Church - SE Washington DC)
(L-R) Scout Representative, Vale La Pena! Service Award Honoree Angela Franco (Pres. & CEO GW Hispanic Chamber of Commerce) & Master of Ceremonies Jose Nino (VP Strategic Relationship, Microtech)
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Parents Demand Delay in School Boundary Change By Dorothy Rowley WI Staff Writer Following nearly two years of inquiries from parents about school boundaries and feeder patterns, Mayor Vincent C. Gray, his deputy mayor for education and the schools chancellor agreed that after decades of significant population shifts and school closings, the time had come to move forward. In January, Gray announced to the dismay of many with vested ties to the public schools system, plans to redraw school borders and subsequent feeder patterns that would impact tens of thousands of students, and take effect in 2015-16. “The District has waited more than 40 years to engage in this highly complex exercise and any decisions will have far-reaching implications for families and communities across the District,” said David Catania (I-At Large), 46, chair of the D.C. Council’s education committee. “As such, it is in the best interest of current and future students that we take the time to get the final plan right, rather than hastily move forward in order to meet an artificial deadline.” But Gray, a lame duck mayor, didn’t anticipate losing the primary nor having to face the enormous resistance of parents. However, many of them want improvements in the schools before the boundaries are redrawn, and have suggested that the plan be put on hold until a new mayor takes office. “I don’t think the timing is right, now that the position of the city’s chief executive is about to be changed,” said Thomas Byrd, vice chair of the Ward 8 Education Council. “And from what I’m hearing, all of the candidates are communicating that they will go in the direction of slowing things down,” said Byrd, 58, who added that the issue has parents confused about how the changes would affect the quality of schools now labeled as high-performing. “So aside from boundary changes, the prevailing issue in all of this is accessibility to school quality for all students,” he said. The Washington Informer
Through an extensive public engagement process, an advisory committee led by Abigail Smith, deputy mayor for education, has developed draft recommendations for additional community feedback on the school boundary changes. /Courtesy Photo
The redistricting plan primarily seeks to improve the schools system by addressing overcrowded or underused schools and travel and safety issues. It will also help to determine what rights students have to remain in a school, and what rights they have in transferring to other schools. “When people in our community talk about boundary changes, we’ve already got a school that’s closed – so we need to look at how the redrawn lines will ensure that our children are going to a school that provides safe passage and is convenient to their homes,” said Pho Palmer, a Ward 8 parent and advisory neighborhood commissioner. Arlene Marcus, 41, a single mother of three children also weighed in on the issue. “We live in Ward 5 and two of my children are at Eastern Senior High School when they would have been at Spingarn Senior High School, except that’s been closed,” she said. “Phelps which is also in our community, wasn’t really an option, so my children are actually out of boundary. If the lines are redrawn and they get reassigned to Ballou or Anacostia – I wouldn’t be too happy.” Catania, a candidate in this fall’s mayoral election, made reference to the concerns of parents in Northwest who believe the changes would prevent their children from enrolling in high-performing schools in their neighborhoods. He also addressed the reservations of parents east of the river who fear redrawn school boundaries across the city decrease chances of their children attending high-performing schools like Alice Deal Middle and Woodrow Wilson Senior High schools in Ward 3. Parents in Ward 3 communities have suggested that in the long run, the quality of their neighborhood schools would suffer if certain stu-
dents enrolled. To that end, Abigail Smith, deputy mayor for education, who heads the advisory committee established to oversee the changes, revamped the school boundaries and student assignments, with no definite word on when the changes might occur. “Over the last eight months my office along with an advisory committee of community members has been engaged in a rigorous review process of the District’s student assignment policy,” said Smith. “Through an extensive public engagement process the committee has developed draft recommendations for an additional community feedback.” Smith added that the draft recommendations include proposals for phasing in the new policies and boundaries over several years, no sooner than 2015. “The mayor is looking forward to receiving the committee’s final recommendations in August,” she said. Meanwhile, Catania said that parents throughout the District have raised concerns regarding the revised plan. “The initial draft proposals included many elements that would have undone our system of matter-of-right neighborhood schools,” Catania said, adding that he’s pleased that the vocal opposition from parents and residents has been taken into account. Catania said that public meetings will now take place on ways to ensure that programs and budgets are developed in accordance with goals set for students’ rights to high-quality neighborhood schools all over the District. “Only after [these] public conversations take place and the issues are addressed, will I consider supporting a final plan,” Catania said.WI
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Congratulations Lt. Gov. Brown
Maryland’s Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown handily defeated a slate of Democratic opponents last week and won the nomination to succeed his boss, Gov. Martin O’Malley. Brown defeated Attorney General Doug Gansler and State Delegate Heather Mizeur. Although he faces Republican businessman Larry Hogan in November, with a 2-1 advantage of registered Democratic voters and a distinctive Democratic tilt among the electorate, Brown is widely expected to become Maryland’s first black governor and only the third elected African-American governor in history. Brown, a former state delegate and Iraq War veteran, never trailed in the polls leading up to the race and received endorsements from President Bill Clinton, Sen. Ben Cardin, O’Malley and Sen. Barbara Mikulski. He ended up with 53 percent of the statewide vote, won Prince George’s County with 76.8 percent of the vote and earned a 47 percent – 29 percent margin in Montgomery County. He never tried to distance himself from O’Malley, who couldn’t run for a third term because of term limits. Outside of the historic nature of Brown’s win, if it comes to fruition, he will have his hands full of issues that will need his immediate attention. He has acknowledged during pre-election interviews that the state needs to do a better job of being business-friendly and attracting businesses to Maryland saying his administration would work to eliminate the red tape and help the state earn better business-climate ratings. Other issues demanding attention are jumpstarting the moribund economy, creating jobs, blunting the damage done to the economy and related effects of sequester cuts, and finding other viable solutions to the state’s economic problems other than tax increases. Of equal importance in our mind, is the need for politicians like Brown to look at ways to excite jaded and frustrated voters who came out in lackluster numbers to vote in this off-year election.
World Cup Fever
For much of the last century, the imagination and passions of the rest of the world has routinely been stirred by futbol. However, the U.S. which prides itself on going its own way, has, for much of the past 100 years, turned a blind eye to a game embraced with fervor by soccer lovers worldwide. It took hosting the FIFA World Cup in 1994 to plant the first real seeds of interest and all over the country Americans, primarily young people, began playing the game in earnest. In fact, the term “soccer mom” became synonymous with a coveted segment of voters presidents and their aspirants sought to lure into their respective camps. The U.S. Women’s National Soccer team has blazed a trail across the soccer firmament. Arguably the best team in the world, the team won the inaugural Women’s World Cup in 1991 and 1999, along with four gold medals in the Olympics and nine Algarve Cups. The men’s team has always been a distant second but now it’s their time. This year, they have captivated America, even those with just a passing interest. Since the World Cup began in Brazil on June 12, millions have stayed glued before TV screens, laptops, IPads and to social media. The team, led by Coach Jurgen Klinsmann, played well enough to escape the “Group of Death” and make it into the knockout rounds. Seeking to tamp down expectations, Klinsmann said his team will not win the World Cup – it won’t – but the team’s grittiness and competitive spirit has ignited a rush of national pride. It’s been fun to see supporters going nuts in front of big screens at Dupont Circle, jamming into bars and restaurants, and living and dying with each game’s every move. Only sports can bring strangers together like that. The U.S. plays Belgium on July 1. Win or lose, go U.S.! Do well.
Baker, Staying the Course
The more I hear and read about Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker III and the agreements he and his staff are developing for the residents of the county the more I am reminded of what Marion Barry did for the residents of the District of Columbia when he was mayor, just taking it a bit further. Stacy Brown’s article “MGM, Prince George’s County Reach Landmark Deal,” June 26, 2014, highlights a number of monumental achievements and goals for the new MGM casino that will be located at National Harbor in Prince George’s County. This agreement establishes Minority Business Enterprise contracting goals, county residents’ construction related employment goals, an internship program, educational opportunities for county students, a culinary training program and an employment center and training facility for local residents. If this agreement is kept, and I think it will be, not only will the current residents of Prince George’s County benefit, but future residents, as well. Getting an agreement like this must not have been easy for Mr. Baker and his staff, and I am sure they didn’t get everything they wanted, but it’s much better than anything I’ve read concerning what others have negotiated with casinos that are located in their counties. Rushern Baker III is doing a tremendous job for residents of Prince George’s County. I hope and I pray he can stay the course. William Traveler Landover, Maryland
Redskins Name Warrants Change
With regard to the article, “Redskins Vow to Keep Name despite Trademark Ruling,” published in the June 26-July 2, 2014 edition by Stacy M. Brown, I’m one of many people who feel that the Redskins name should be changed. I really don’t understand the team owner, Dan Snyder’s, insistence on keeping the name if people, especially native Americans, find the moniker offensive. Native Americans, just like any other ethnic group in this country, deserve to be respected. So if the Redskins’ name is so disparaging as to have 50 Democratic senators and the United States Patent and Trademark Office – which has cancelled the team’s trademark registration – press for the change of a label that’s blatantly racist, then Mr. Snyder should fall in line and give respect where it’s due. I’m sure he’d see things a lot differently if one of the other NFL teams enjoyed a name that offended his ancestry. James Carter Washington, D.C.
Marion Barry: D.C’s ‘Mayor for Life’
The article, “Barry Feted at Event Marking Book Launch” by Barrington M. Salmon and which appeared in the paper’s June 26-July 2 edition, was definitely long overdue, and I was sorry to have missed the enlightening and thought-provoking conversation Marion Barry had with the Informer’s publisher
on June 23 at the Old Congress Heights School in Southeast. Mr. Salmon’s article seems to have captured the essence of the evening, which to me was a candid look into the life – the good, the bad and the ugly – of the District’s most iconic politician. Marion Barry has been a godsend to the voiceless and disenfranchised residents of the District, and in fighting for their rights and needs, he often put his and those of his own family on hold. As someone who has had close ties with the District for more than 40 years, I’ve seen how Mr. Barry, as a four-term mayor, endeavored to turn a lackluster city in a thriving economic mecca. Once he embraced the vision to bring positive changes to the District, Mr. Barry never let up until that vision was brought to fruition. For that, and all of his accomplishments from securing adequate housing for the poor to ensuring that residents had an opportunity to work for the District government and improve the quality of their lives, he’s truly deserving of the title, “Mayor for Life.” Thank you, Washington Informer, for continuing to showcase the best of all D.C. has to offer – and congratulations on 50 years of making both news and history in the nation’s capital. Robin Thomas Prince George’s County, Maryland
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By George E. Curry
Right Wing gets it Wrong on Mississippi If you ever doubted that conservatives were sore losers, the recent Senate election in Mississippi should remove all doubt. After complaining for a half century about Blacks not voting for Republicans, African Americans did just that in the GOP runoff between incumbent Senator Thad Cochran and State Senator Chris McDaniel, a staunch Tea Party supporter. And because Blacks did not vote
for McDaniel against their best interest, right-wingers are livid. Rush Limbaugh called Blacks who voted for Cochran “Uncle Toms.” Glenn Beck chimed in: “I have a question for every Black Democrat in Mississippi: What the hell has this 90-year-old fart – a White Republican, the same White Republican that for years the Democrats have been telling you are nothing but old racists – you tell me exactly what Thad Cochran did for you.” Sean Hannity, speaking on
his June 25 edition of his radio program, said: I am so angry at this Thad Cochran/Chris McDaniel race; I can’t even begin to tell you. … And Thad Cochran, seeing his power slipping away after many decades as a senator in Washington, you know, knew that his career was on the line here. And rather than run with dignity and honor and integrity and honor and decency, what did he do? He did just the opposite. And he was appealing to Democratic voters.” Hannity contended Cochran
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“perpetrated the worst libel, the worst smear against conservatives, against the Tea Party, which is this false narrative that you hear every election cycle from Democrats: that conservatives are racist, that conservatives are mistreating the president because he’s Black. None of which is true.” Let’s take these idiotic comments in reverse order. Yes, Hannity, Cochran’s career was on the line. McDaniel had edged him by 1,400 votes in the Republican primary and
there was no way he was going to win the runoff without appealing to Black Democrats. It wasn’t an issue of “dignity, honor and integrity,” it was about his only chance of winning. Of course, some conservatives are opposed to President Obama because he’s Black. Those who think otherwise are the same ones who believe Fox News is “fair and balanced.” Glenn Beck, I will answer your question about what “old
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By Julianne Malveaux
Ikea and the Gap Fill the Wage Gap President Obama would like the national minimum wage to rise to $10.10 an hour. By executive order, he has already raised the minimum wage for federal contractors. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has threatened to sue President Obama for his use of an executive order, which he says circumvents Congressional authority. Ikea said it will raise the average minimum wage to $10.76 an
hour, which is an increase of 17 percent. Ikea says its goal is to offer their workers a living wage, regardless of whether their competitors offer it. Half of Ikea employees will get a raise, while those who already earn a living wage will not. The chain now provides other benefits, such as a 401(k) match. Ikea has just 38 stores in the United States, which may minimize the impact their wage increase has on its competitors. Still, Ikea has done the right thing and earned
a competitive advantage in the areas where they have stores. The Gap, too, has increased its wage to $9 an hour, which will rise to $10 an hour next year. Seattle has raised its minimum wage to $15, and dozens of municipalities have also increase their minimum wage. When employers and municipalities fail to offer a living wage, they shift a wage burden to the rest of us because those who earn the minimum wage are subsidized by federal benefits to the poor,
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which we all pay. This is also true when states refuse to expand the base for Medicaid for the purposes of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare). In more than 20 states, people have to earn less than $11,000, or $23,000 for a family of four. With Medicaid expansion, people can earn as much as $15,000 to qualify for Medicaid, and as much as $32,000 for a family of four. Without the Medicaid expansion, some states are saying that
poverty and poor health are acceptable for some of its citizens. The moves by Ikea and the Gap put some wage pressure on their competitors. It also makes it clear that these companies understand that raising wages will not significantly affect their profits. These companies also understand that better paid employees are also productive employees. Memo to fast food and big box stores set on paying
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By Raynard Jackson
GOP’s Reverse ‘Southern Strategy’ Last week’s election results infuriated me and not for the reasons you might suspect. My anger has less to do with the outcomes of the various elections, but more to do with the means of getting to the outcome. The most watched election of this year was the Mississippi Senate race between Tea Party favorite Chris McDaniel and sixterm incumbent Senator Thad Cochran. Cochran was forced
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into a run off last week, which typically doesn’t bode well for an incumbent. According to Professor Larry J. Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, “In 37 of 40 Senate primary runoffs conducted since 1980, turnout had decreased from the initial primary to the runoff. In these 40 races, the combined turnout dropped by about a third from the primary to the runoff. And yet, this time [Miss. senate race], turnout went up by 18 percent, jumping from about
319,000 in the initial primary to about 375,000 in the runoff.” Astonishingly, there were more votes cast in the runoff than in the June 3 primary. McDaniel went from 155,000 votes to 184,000 votes; Cochran went from 153,654 votes to 191,508 votes. Without question, the Black vote saved Cochran. There is universal consensus on that point – liberal and conservative; Black and White; Democrat and Republican. But the analysis of how the Black vote led to Cochran’s win has been totally The Washington Informer
misunderstood. Make no mistake about it; Haley Barbour was the brain behind Cochran’s resuscitation. Haley is like a son to me. He is the former governor of Mississippi and former head of the Republican National Committee. A political genius, Haley knows how to win. Haley knows how to operate without leaving fingerprints. But his DNA was all over Cochran’s campaign. He is definitely old school. What saved Cochran was the Republicans use of the “reverse
Southern Strategy.” Kevin Phillips, a former Nixon aide, created the Southern Strategy, in the 1960s to sacrifice the Black vote (who were staunchly Republican) in order to pick up the vote of the White Southern Democrats opposed civil rights. To this day, that keeps Blacks aligned with the Democratic Party. The Cochran campaign did the exact opposite. They sacrificed the conservative White Tea Party vote to pick up the Black
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Bush Marched Us Off to War While Cutting V.A. Benefits In 2003, we were lied into a war with Iraq. Just about everyone now admits that. At the same time that we were being lied into the war, the then Bush administration was cutting benefits to veterans. This was such an odd set of circumstances. At a point when the U.S. was preparing for war, at a point when one must expect casualties, the Bush administration cut benefits. The current crisis in the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs (VA), which has been described as a situation of long waits, in some cases allegedly leading to the deaths of patients, cannot be understood in the absence of a discussion of funding cuts, insufficient funding, and retaliation against workers who have identified the depth of the problems at the VA. In fact, it is fair to say that many of the most vocal critics of the VA, on the Republican side of the aisle, were equally unwilling to fund the VA to the extent that it has needed
funding. Why? The VA gets very high marks from veterans for the actual service that it delivers. Their expertise with physical, emotional and psychological wounds and injuries simply cannot be matched in the non-VA health care systems. It is, in effect, one stop shopping. This, however, is an anathema to many conservatives who wish to see all healthcare privatized. It is for that reason that in the midst of the current VA crisis, there are those who are suggesting a voucher-like system
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for veterans rather than actually fixing the problems. These critics would rather dismantle the VA and hand out vouchers, than repair a system that has worked for thousands of veterans. In order for the VA to be repaired, however, the career managers have to be punished for retaliating against whistleblowers within the workforce. VA workers, many of who are represented by the American Federation of Government Employees, have spoken up to identify some of the problems that are cur-
rently coming to light, only to face various forms of retaliation from management. One must ask the question of whether career managers who have watched the juggernaut of privatization proceed down the tracks since the time of the Bush administration, are more interested in preparing their own nests in the private sector over ensuring that veterans receive the service to which they are entitled. How else can one explain
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By William Spriggs
Fifty Years After Civil Rights Act: A Land of Opportunity Fifty years ago, the U.S. Senate passed the version of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that would be passed by the House and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The bill faced a filibuster of 14 hours and 13 minutes by the late Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia. Between the passage by the Senate and debate by the House, three young civil rights workers-Michael Schwerner, An-
drew Goodman and James Earl Chaney-disappeared into the night on June 21, 1964, driving in the rural area near Philadelphia, Miss. Schwerner, Goodman and Chaney were later found dead, having been murdered for trying to register African American voters in Mississippi. On Monday, this week, the AFL-CIO supported a Moral Monday protest in North Carolina revisiting many of the issues America faced in 1964, and meant to be addressed by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Many
things have changed since then. Too many things have not. The Senate debated the Civil Rights Act for 60 working days, including Saturday sessions. Rarely today does Congress meet to carefully craft legislation lifting the lives of people. An important purpose of the act was to ensure economic freedoms for African Americans, especially the right to hold a job. In the 1960s, major American newspaper want ads openly advertised for segregated job openings. Those cold hard lines
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denied access to earning a living. Today, Senate Republicans filibuster votes to raise the minimum wage, and House Republicans refuse to debate it. That cold hard line leaves more than 2.6 million Americans working full time, year round but living in poverty, and America’s poor families with workers are unable to earn enough to get out of poverty. North Carolina is a state where a child born into poverty has less than a 6 percent chance of moving up to the top 20 per-
cent of the income pile. In the Wilson area, a poor child has only a 3.9 percent chance of moving up above middle. This is not because of single parent households, individual irresponsibility or the water people in North Carolina drink. The problem is that North Carolina has policies that trap people who fall down into poverty. Lose a job? In North Carolina, the average unemployment benefit will replace only 35 percent
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By Askia Muhammad
Mississippi: Money Doesn’t Explain Hate, or Pay for Regained Dignity The simple way many people explain American slavery and its aftermath is to say it was all about money. And while it is true that America’s wealth and power in the world today are a direct result of the free labor of millions of enslaved Africans, it wasn’t all about money. It wasn’t just about money in the antebellum days. White supremacy, race hatred, xenophobia, are not all about money
today. Misogyny, or hatred of women, is not about money. Indeed, rape is not about sex. Child abuse is not about disciplining children. No, the mental illness that’s involved in these behaviors has more to do with domination, with a sense of power over lives which are subject to one’s authority than any gain that may be derived from the undeserved suffering of another. Now money is used as a barrier to segregate some men and women from “their betters,”
that is folks who would build barriers about all that’s good to have in life, and place a price on it, knowing many people (most people) will never be able to pay the price. That “price” is for certain food, certain clothes, certain living accommodations, education from certain schools, and the leisure time away from drudgery and work to be able to enjoy those attainments. No, slavery was not about the money barriers that were erected between Blacks and Whites. There is this primordial sense
of superiority which goes along with being White and discovering a world full of dark-skinned people. President Lyndon Johnson said at the time that there were three principalities: The United States, The South, and then there was Mississippi. This existential hatred got refined in Mississippi where it seems the notion developed that no one or nothing could be more hateful than they, because after all Mississippi has the reputation for being the worst state in
the union. It is the poorest state in the union. So the state profits nothing from being the place where between 1870 and 1940 more than 600 Black men were lynched, murdered, with seldom anyone even standing trial let alone being convicted. It’s not about the money. No other place has such a bloody record by its name. But there developed in Mississippi a component of the Civil Rights movement like no other.
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Radio Personality Winston Chaney Celebrated 30 Years at Radio One on June 10. /Photo courtesy of Roy Cox Photography
D.C. Gospel Radio Host Still No. W Y C B ’ s
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By D. Kevin McNeir WI Contributing Writer Few people can say that they’ve been on the same job for 30 years. But when the time has been spent in realizing a dream, the accomplishment becomes even more satisfying. “I wasn’t going to make a big deal out of it [the anniversary] and was totally surprised when I got to the station and saw it decorated with balloons and signs wishing me congratulations,” said Winston Chaney, often reThe Washington Informer
ferred to as the “voice of gospel radio” in the Washington metropolitan area. “I should have known something was up when I learned I had a co-host [Cheryl Jackson, WPRS-FM, Praise 104.1] and then discovered that she had arranged a who’s who of gospel greats to call into the show to wish me well,” said Chaney, 59. Chaney celebrated his 30th anniversary on June 10 as the host of “The Morning Show” – the most popular broadcast on WYCB-AM 1340, a member of the Radio One Network, the largest minority-owned on air system in the nation. He said he never thought that when he began training at a small radio station in Richmond, Virginia, that his part-time gig would lead to a major opportunity in Washington, D.C. “My listeners say that I’m funny and entertaining – I guess that comes from being raised in a small, southern town which is just a stone’s throw away from the North Carolina border,” said the Danville, Virginia native.
“Family has always been important to me, so having my daughter and my two granddaughters at my anniversary celebration was really special. Even my two older sisters and my brother came to D.C. and surprised me.” Chaney said he’s learned to adapt to new trends in the industry, including streaming live on the web, showcasing a variety of continuous music and providing less commentary. “As the gospel industry has changed, I’ve adjusted too – from playing the music of traditional artists like James Cleveland and Dorothy Norwood to mixing in the contemporary sound that was ushered in by folks like Kirk Franklin, Commissioned and Fred Hammond.” Chaney traces his interest in broadcasting back to 1974 when he began training at WKIE, a local radio station in Richmond. With several years of experience under his belt, he moved to Washington, D.C. in 1980 where he secured a part-time position with WYCB. He was placed under the tutelage of one of D.C.’s most prominent media personalities – Ralph Waldo “Petey” Greene, Jr. with whom he worked side by side until Greene’s death in 1983. “Petey really showed me the ropes and cared about his community,” Chaney said. “He always tackled the tough topics on his show and was a true professional. We interviewed some of the greatest: Patrick Ewing when he was just a freshman at Georgetown; Bob Johnson before BET became a household name; Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, of course; and even Ruby Dee, Ozzie Davis and Cicely Tyson.” During the funeral service for Greene, Chaney served as a pallbearer, along with Sugar Ray Leonard, James “J.B.” Brown [host, “NFL Today”] and Glenn Harris [D.C. native and sports anchor]. In 1984, Chaney got the call that he’d been waiting for and was offered the chance to host See CHANEY on Page 29
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Winston Chaney (left), often referred to as the “voice of gospel radio” clasped hands with Adimu Colon, music director at WYCB 1340 AM. The station celebrated Chaney’s 30th year as host of “The Morning Show” on June 10. /Photo by Nancy Shia
Julia Chaney, wife of radio host Winston Chaney (right), complimented her husband during the radio station’s celebration of Chaney’s 30th anniversary at WYCB 1340 AM in Silver Spring, Maryland on June 10. /Photo by Nancy Shia CHANEY
continued from Page 28 “The Morning Show.” A friend and colleague of Chaney’s for 32 years called him “the glue that continues to hold WYCB together.” “He makes [everyone] feel like they’re part of his real family – that, along with his passion for the gospel format, his dedication and his love for people are what, I believe, have contributed to his huge success,” said Karen Jackson, WYCB, general sales manager. “His listeners love him and I think God knew that this city needed a man like him. He’s one of a kind.” During the call-in portion on the anniversary of his morning show, Chaney received expressions of thanks and congratulations from some of the most respected artists in the gospel industry – from Myron Butler and Ricky Dillard to Donnie Mc-
Clurkin and Hammond. “Fred [Hammond] had to get with me later because the phone lines were so flooded with calls that he couldn’t get through,” Chaney said. “I’ve been with some of these artists from the beginning and we consider each other to be family.” One gospel legend, now living in the same Bowie, Maryland neighborhood as Chaney, remembers the radio host as being one of the first announcers to promote his album, providing him with invaluable public exposure. “Winston has been with me my entire recording career, from 1982 to today, and he’s been instrumental in exposing me and my work, especially throughout the metropolitan D.C. area,” said Richard Smallwood, 65. “He’s a dear friend, the guy next door and is undoubtedly one of the nicest people you could ever meet. That warmth translates to
his show because he makes everyone feel at home.” As a youth growing in Danville, Chaney attended Loyal Baptist Church where he befriended Doyle Thomas, Jr., whose father served as the pastor of the church. The two have remained lifelong friends. “I started working as a radio disc jockey when I was 12 and just recently learned that I was Winston’s inspiration for getting involved in the radio business,” said Thomas, Jr., pastor of Jerusalem Church, Inc. in Charlottesville, Virginia. “But there was a long line of others who came before both me and Winston that should also get part of the credit. I think he’s been so successful because of his great work ethic. God lays out a path for all of us but only a select few actually take that road. Winston did and now he’s reaping the benefits,” said Thomas, Jr., 59. WI
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Summer Soiree Draws Young Art Enthusiasts By D. Kevin McNeir WI Contributing Writer When an artist takes a blank canvas and transmits their vision through a vista of colors, shapes and sizes, the result can be magical. It may take years of practice, sacrifice and commitment to convert a painting or sculpture into a recognized masterpiece but with a bit of luck, it sometimes finds a permanent home in a gallery, museum or among the collection of an art aficionado. “My wife and I have never given our children traditional gifts – we’ve given them pieces of black art because we appreciate them and wanted them to do the same,” said Tommy Heggans, a lifelong Washingtonian. “Young people need to be taught the basics and develop an understanding for the spirit of the arts until they acquire their own perceptions,” said the 77-year-old Northwest resident. Heggans joined more than 100 supporters of black art at the Smithsonian Castle on the National Mall on a recent Friday evening for Summer Soiree – an annual fundraising
event. The proceeds benefit the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum [ACM] in Southeast. The festivities included a silent auction, live entertainment and a program honoring G. Wayne Clough, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and internationally acclaimed abstract artist Sam Gilliam. “This was a new format from our normal luncheons at the National Press Club but we hoped that by making this an evening event and holding it in the heart of the city, that we could expand the age group of our supporters,”said Dr. Robert E. Steele, a member of the ACM’s advisory board. “Anacostia was one of the very first community museums launched by the Smithsonian but the majority of our financial donors are older and retired. If we don’t reach out to youth and create new programming and funding streams, our museum could face a slow death,” said Steele, 71. People of various ages and ethnic backgrounds attended the program, held on June 6, but they all had one thing in common – a desire to support
The Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum honored artist Sam Gilliam with the John R. Kinard Leadership in Community Service Award during the museum’s June 6, 2014 Summer Soiree. /Courtesy Photo
the museum. “Each member museum, including Anacostia, must raise a specific amount of money through a combination of grants and donations and every dollar helps,” said Diane ScottJones, a North Carolina native now residing in Burtonsville, Maryland. “There’s no admission fee to any of the museums and we aim to keep it that way. And there are many job opportunities behind the scenes that could benefit youth looking for a career.” However, raising money isn’t the only challenge facing
the ACM. They must also find ways to grab the attention of young people. “I’ve lived in D.C. for four years but just recently took the time to visit the Anacostia Community Museum and I was blown away,” said Aaron Gilchrist, a morning anchor for NBC4’s News4 Today in Washington. “What the museum has done over the decades is incredible as they have maintained the rich history of their community,” said Gilchrist, who served as the event’s master of ceremonies. Camille Giraud Akeju, the
museum’s director, said keeping the story of Anacostia alive and accessible remains her ultimate goal. “Our mission is to collect, preserve and interpret the works of black artists but above all the Anacostia Community Museum’s focus must be to share and promote the vibrancy of this community in all of its many forms. We’re a small museum but we’ve taken on some big projects.” Clough, after receiving a spe-
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(L-R) ACM Director Camille Akeju beams as Smithsonian Secretary G. Wayne Clough receives a special recognition award from ACM Board Chairperson Larry Frazier at the museum’s June 6, 2014 Summer Soiree held at the Smithsonian Castle on the National Mall. Clough was honored for his leadership at the Smithsonian as his term comes to a close. /Photo by Susana Raab, Anacostia Community Museum
SOIREE continued from Page 30 cial recognition award for his eight years of leadership, said residents of Southeast and the entire District of Columbia should be proud of the ACM. “This museum has pushed and stretched itself to be more relevant to the community than any of our museums due in great part to the fine work of Camille [Akeju]” said Clough, 72, who also holds the title of president emeritus from Georgia Institute of Technology. “The kinds of projects and exhibits Anacostia features are unique and outstanding. In fact, the work they do is something of which we can all be proud.” Gilliam, the recipient of the John R. Kinard Leadership in Community Service Award, could not attend the program due to failing health. But Akeju said she remembered how his draped canvases and innovative style of painting served as an inspiration to her during her collegiate years. “I first encountered Sam’s genius while I was a student in the Howard University College of Fine Arts,” she said. “His paintings became my personal refuge as I often sat beneath them when they were on exhibit in the college gallery. I was one of those early emerging artists who benefited from his wisdom and creativity.” Bennie F. Johnson, chair for the museum’s advisory board fundraising committee, accepted the award on Gilliam’s behalf.
A fun-filled hand dance competition and the announcement of the silent auction winners, rounded out the evening’s festivities. Two younger women in attendance said the program reaffirmed their belief in the importance of preserving the works of black artists. “My parents grew up as black Nationalists so I was well acquainted with the artistic brilliance of people like Elizabeth Catlett, Lois Jones, William Johnson and Romare Bearden,” said Hatshepsitu Massey, 32. “From my youth I realized that I had to not only look at our history as it was presented in art but then to somehow create my own interpretation of our people’s struggles today,” said the Northeast resident. Her friend, standing beside her as Clough received his award and Johnson accepted Gilliam’s award, agreed. “Our generation may view black art in ways that are different from our parents or grandparents and I think that’s perfectly normal,” said Lindsay Young, who lives in Northwest. “But no matter what you see when you look at art, museums matter because they are the one place where our culture remains preserved for all to see. Pieces of art tell you where we’ve been, where we are and even where we’re going,” said Young, 32.WI
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Soul Genius Dead at the Age of 70 By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer Going across 110th Street will never be the same. Bobby Womack, the legendary soul singer who once worked with the late Sam Cooke and the musical genius who wrote hits for the Rolling Stones and others, died on Friday, June 27 at the age of 70. “Bobby Womack was a pioneer. He was one of the first songwriters in the black community to acknowledge the British music invasion of the 1960s,” Kim Fowley told Billboard Magazine. Fowley, Cooke and Womack shared the same California-based entertainment lawyer, Walter E. Hurst. “[Womack] would kibitz with us white rock guys and sit in one of Walter’s chairs talking shop. Bobby was a wonderful person who was kind, informative and encouraging. He understood the rock music game for what it was,” said Fowley, 74, who’s best known for such hits as, “Love is Alive and Well,” and “Born to Be Wild.” Harvey Kubernik, an author and music writer who penned several bestselling books including, “A Perfect Haze: The Illustrative History of the Monterey International Pop Festival,” recalled his 40-year friendship with Womack. “I remember once in 1983 at a restaurant in Hollywood immediately after I [broke up] with a girl who I thought I was deeply involved with. I was definitely in the bummer tent and in walked Bobby Womack who had just left United Artists Records up the street on Sunset Boulevard,” said Kubernik, 63. “He pulled up a chair and patiently listened to my saga. Bobby took a long and deep breath, lit a Kool menthol cigarette, and then explained to me some real facts of life about skin, sin and particularly the fascinating aspects of women, concluding with, ‘Man, where you think all of my songs come from?’” Born in Cleveland on March 4, 1944, Womack’s upbringing proved both strict and religious. However, in his biography published on the website Allmusic.com, Womack noted that his father encouraged him and his brothers to pursue music. He joined his brothers, Cecil, Curtis, Harry and Friendly Jr., to form the gospel quintet, the “Womack Brothers.” In 1953, the group opened a local show for the “Soul Stirrers,” and that’s when Womack met and befriended Cooke, who eventually renamed the brothers’ group, “The Valentinos,”
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Known for the widely popular 1972 hit song, “Across 110th Street,” Bobby Womack died on Friday, June 27. /Courtesy Photo
and turned them into R&B sensations. In 1962, the brothers scored a Top 10 hit on the R&B charts with, “Lookin’ for a Love,” and Cooke sent them on the road to back James Brown. Womack wrote the 1964 song, “It’s All Over Now,” which Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones quickly covered. The song became the English rock stars first U.K. No. 1 hit. However, just three months after Cooke’s death, Womack married his mentor’s widow, Barbara Campbell, causing many in the music industry to steer clear of the new couple and, for a time, they blackballed Womack. To make a living, Womack landed a job as a guitarist for Ray Charles and eventually became one of Wilson Pickett’s favorite songwriters, contributing to such big hits as “I’m in Love,” and “I’m a Midnight Lover.” In 1968, Womack scored the first charting single of his solo career with, “What Is This?” and soon he enjoyed a string of hits, including “It’s Gonna Rain,” “How I Miss You Baby,” and “More Than I Can Stand.” With his career back on track, producers of the film, “Across 110th Street,” a crime drama that starred Anthony Quinn and Yaphet Kotto, asked Womack to deliver the title track for the movie in 1972. A decade later, his single, “If You Think You’re Lonely Now,” a song that industry experts said helped to revive R&B music. The single, widely considered one of the best love songs ever, remains popular today. Perhaps none of Womack’s songs are as indelibly imprinted in the memories of music lovers than, “Across 110th Street,” which won critical acclaim and quickly climbed the Bill-
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“’Til the Well Runs Dry” by Lauren Francis-Sharma, c.2014, Henry Holt & Company $27.00 / $31.00 Canada 385 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer WI Contributing Writer The dress fits like a … well, like a glove. Its seams hug your curves in the right places as the neckline draws the eye upward. Its hem swishes around your legs and makes you feel fabulous. Whoever designed it had to be thinking of someone like you to wear it. Or, as in the novel “’Til the Well Runs Dry” by Lauren Francis-Sharma, she had other things on her mind. Keeping two boys fed and keeping up with her dressmaking clients. At 16 years old, that was about all seamstress Marcia Garcia could handle. Her mother was dead, her father was gone, she was by herself and she didn’t need a man sticking his nose into her business. But Farouk Karam was insistent. He came around, asking questions and fetching water for her. He wasn’t sure why he fell so hard – as a policeman, he could get any girl in Trinidad, but he wanted Marcia. He wanted her enough that he visited the obeah woman for some special tea, guaranteed for love. He made Marcia laugh. He made her feel special. He was there for her when the boys disappeared, and he was there a year later when their daughter was born, but he left soon afterward because there was something about those boys that just didn’t add up. Eight years after Farouk left, he still hadn’t actually gone. World War II was over,
WOMACK continued from Page 32 board singles chart. It’s popularity has never waned and moviemakers Quentin Tarantino and Ridley Scott licensed the song for the 1997 film, “Jackie Brown,” and 2007’s, “American Gangster,” starring Denzel Washington. Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and cancer at the turn of the 21st century, Womack earned election into the Rock and Roll
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ARIES The stars have you all charged up, but your battery still feels a bit low. Plug in – engage on a deeper level with a certain someone, dedicate your efforts in meaningful ways and be sure to listen to what your body is telling you. Put your renewed energy to great use, particularly when it comes to starting new projects or even new relationships. An issue that’s been simmering may come to a boil. Will you lose your cool? TAURUS Be ready to build bridges and strengthen relationships. Try others’ shoes on for size, and let ‘em know how they feel. Your efforts at empathy and your emotional intelligence should have you sitting pretty – whether at work or personally, relationships look sweet now. Mutual fulfillment is a win-win situation! Be active, change your daily routine, fit in a walk, express your emotions, even see some art – it will all open your eyes. Beware of passion turning into jealousy.
Trinidad was in the midst of political unrest, he was the father of two more children – Jacqueline and Wesley – and there was another on its way. Farouk came when he needed Marcia, when another baby was born, to leave money, or because he could. And that situation might’ve continued forever, if it wasn’t for Farouk’s position on the force. It had become a job that made him uncomfortable, and there was nothing he could do about it. He couldn’t talk to his parents; they shunned him when he fell in love with Marcia. He couldn’t take the issue to his supervisor; his supervisor was part of the problem. And he couldn’t go to Marcia. She wasn’t raising his children right, and the memory of those boys festered in his mind… The Islands are calling you this summer. Sand, seas, sunshine – and plenty of drama, when you take “’Til the Well Runs Dry” with you. But drama is only half of the appeal. Because author Lauren Francis-Sharma (herself the child of Trinidadian immigrants) writes with her characters’ natural patois, we get a definite sense of place and time for this story. After awhile, it can seem almost as if you actually hear their voices, which makes them come alive. Yes, this book is a bit overdone – the plotline spun off too much for me – but the way in which its written makes that forgivable. Overall, I think this is the perfect get-away read, even if you don’t really go anywhere but in your mind. If that’s the kind of escape you want, “’Til the Well Runs Dry” is a book that’ll fit.WI
Hall of Fame in 2009 and, one year later, he remerged to work on the rock group, “The Gorillaz,” album, “Plastic Beach.” Two years ago, Womack again earned critical acclaim with his comeback CD, “The Bravest Man in the Universe.” The superstar planned several concert dates this year to celebrate his return to the stage. Kubernik recalled a conversation with Womack from 2009,
where the legend reminisced about visionary Curtis Mayfield and singer Dee Clark. “Womack lamented that, ‘I didn’t know I loved them this much until they aren’t around,’” Kubernik said. “He said, ‘Maybe it’s the thing where we become messengers for some people who aren’t here. Yeah, but boy, sometimes I’m telling you, I need some help with these messages. Sometimes they go too fast.’”WI
GEMINI Take a great idea – at work or in your personal life – and get it going. You’ll foresee a potential issue and be able to prevent it. (It’s so much better to nip it in the bud.) You’ve got tremendous energy of the fun and flirtatious variety. Plan a special date (and make the arrangements in advance!) or, if you’re single, get out and strut your considerable stuff. If you slow down, something important will come to you. CANCER You’re in a generous – maybe even extravagant – mood. Just make sure you can back up what you’re saying even though you’re exchanging grand plans for practical ones. You’ve got a low-key charm that’s far more alluring than others’ overblown efforts now. Take care with balancing the different aspects of your life when issues surrounding home or a partner are liable to come up. Will you be able to find the middle ground? A brisk morning walk clears your head in a most helpful way. LEO You’ve got bold, beautiful energy, so think big! On the other hand, that energy’s turned inward. While others may wonder what’s up with you, those mental wheels are turning in ways that can produce some great stuff. You’ll likely be ready to share those thoughts – not to mention some feelings, and those who you tell about it will know they’re lucky. (Speaking of lucky, these days are also primed for romance. Go get ‘em, tiger!) Be ready to bring something out in the open. VIRGO If other people are cramping your style, placate them and keep on going as best you can. You should have much more freedom of movement – and that style of yours can earn you some serious admiration. It’s time for a heartto-heart. If a decision is involved, you’ll want to put your head together with a pertinent person. What you think you can get done and what’s actually possible are a little different. One thing at a time! LIBRA Think large scale and long term regarding work, relationships and more. Then, zero in on some of the pertinent details – go step-by-step. And listen up, because you may hear (or maybe overhear) something helpful. The air around you crackles with your electricity – and when it comes to romance, something pleasantly shocking can happen now (especially if you make it happen!). Do a selfless good deed (small, medium or large) to consciously change your perspective. SCORPIO Stay behind the scenes. Making a splash just isn’t the best move now. Some arrangements you’ve been making can begin to come together in the most pleasing way. Be sure to follow up, either at work or when it comes to personal (even romantic!) business. Your inner depths are calling, but you’ll also want to stay attuned to the world around you. It’s all about balance. You’re totally tuned in – not to mention the center of some very appreciative attention. SAGITTARIUS You’re a great communicator so get the word out, whether at work or on a more personal level. You’ve got a lot on your mind now, and you may not be ready to share your findings or feelings. Have patience with those around you, annoying though they may be. Their questions suddenly don’t seem so pesky, and you’ve got answers they’ll love. Fun is in the stars, too, so pick your poison. Rest up! CAPRICORN Your week could be off to a bit of a rough start. Be alert to potential trouble spots, and have a contingency plan. Things will go more smoothly if you invest a little time in additional understanding. Ask a few extra questions – others will know you’re really engaged, and they’ll be impressed. You’re particularly work or goal-oriented, but don’t miss the interpersonal angles. Relationships of all sorts need care and feeding, too. Recharge in a very empowering way. AQUARIUS Others may be dragging around but you’re probably up to something extraordinary. You’ll need to really focus. It’s important to find out what’s at the core now, so don’t miss the point. You’re extra brainy and if you bring your best interpersonal skills into play, well, there’s very little you can’t do. Warmth and wit: It’s an unbeatable combo. You’ll probably want some privacy. PISCES Make a plan and stick to it – and include sensible eating and exercising for energy. Know the difference between looking thoughtfully at a situation and overanalyzing it (the latter can lead to not-very-helpful paralysis). Life can improve by leaps and bounds – just balance intellect and instinct, and choose your path. Plan some low-key, relaxing activities with some low-key, relaxed people.
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The 50th Anniversary of Freedom Summer – 1964-2014
D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (1st left), moderates a panel, “Where Do We Go from Here,” with Rep. Bennie G. Thompson who represents Mississippi’s 2nd District and Rep. Cedric Richmond of Louisiana’s 2nd District at Tougaloo College-Owens Wellness Center on Saturday, June 28 in Jackson, Mississippi. The panel discussion served as part of Mississippi Freedom Summer’s 50 Anniversary Conference. /Photo by Roy Lewis Activist and entertainer Dick Gregory addresses guests during the Mississippi Freedom Summer 50th Anniversary Legacy Banquet at the Jackson Convention Complex on Saturday, June 28. /Photo by Roy Lewis
D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton makes a point during the “Where Do We Go from Here” panel discussion regarding the state of black politics at Tougaloo College-Owens Wellness Center on Saturday, June 28 in Jackson, Mississippi. Rep. Bennie G. Thompson and Rep. Cedric Richmond consider Norton’s comments. /Photo by Roy Lewis
An edition of the Jackson Free Press Newspaper devoted six pages to Freedom Summer. /Photo by Roy Lewis
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Washington Mystics Defeat Connecticut Sun 69-63 Washington Mystics center Emma Meesseman is defended by Connecticut Sun forward Alyssa Thomas in the first half of WNBA action on Friday, June 27 at the Verizon Center in Northwest. Meesseman, the 6-foot-4 Belgian center, scored a career high 22 points with 13 rebounds. The Mystics defeated the Sun 69-63. /Photo by John E. De Freitas
Washington Mystics forward Monique Currie looks her Sun opponent in the eye before making her move to the basket in the first half of WNBA action on Friday, June 27 at the Verizon Center in Northwest. The Mystics defeated the Sun 69-63. /Photo by John E. De Freitas
Connecticut Sun forward Alyssa Thomas attacks the basket for two points between Mystics players Stefanie Dolson and Jelena Milovanovic in the second half of WNBA action on Friday, June 27 at the Verizon Center in Northwest. The Mystics defeated the Sun 69-63. /Photo by John E. De Freitas
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Seattle Sounders Defeat D.C. United 1-0 D.C. United defender and captain Bobby Boswell goes over the shoulders of Seattle Sounders forward Kenny Cooper in the first half of MLS action on Saturday, June 28 at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Southeast. The Seattle Sounders defeated the D.C. United 1-0. /Photo by John E. De Freitas
D.C. United forward Luis Silva navigates through three Seattle Sounders defenders in the second half of MLS action on Saturday, June 28 at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Southeast. The Seattle Sounders defeated the D.C. United 1-0. /Photo by John E. De Freitas
D.C. United forward Eddie Johnson takes a shot on goal in the second half of MLS action on Saturday, June 28 at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Southeast. The Seattle Sounders defeated the D.C. United 1-0. /Photo by John E. De Freitas
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The Disappearance of the Black Coach African Americans Shut out of Division I Basketball By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer It represented a sign of the times. Just a handful of years after the tumultuous, racially charged era of the 1960s, Georgetown coach John Thompson peered over his shoulder during a game at McDonough Gym in Northwest. What the coach saw he’d never forget. Neither would many others. “Thompson the [N-word] flop must go,” the racist banner read. “Today, this generation doesn’t even know who John Thompson is,” said Brian Ellerbe, a Capitol Heights, Maryland native and former NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball coach who worked at several schools including George Washington University in Northwest. Like many, Ellerbe, 50, laments the glaring absence of African-American coaches in Division I basketball. Ellerbe stopped short of accusing anyone of racism and admits that a black coach today probably wouldn’t have to endure the bigotry faced by the legendary Thompson in the 1970s. However, when asked wheth-
er an old-boy network might be responsible for the dearth of African-American coaches, Ellerbe said the matter runs much deeper. “A lot of the hiring practices are far more sophisticated and convoluted,” he said. “Today, the athletic directors and the presidents hire search firms to find coaches and [black coaches] are not clients of those search firms.” Ellerbe said athletic directors and presidents have moved toward search firms as a means to protect themselves if a coach fails. It’s a system that effectively locks out African Americans, he said. “We’re not even getting an interview, a phone call returned or even an email returned,” Ellerbe said. ESPN reported in May that, of the 25 jobs that have opened this year, 13 have been the result of black coaches being fired or resigning, including Tony Barbee at Auburn; Jason Capel at Appalachian State; Louis Orr at Bowling Green; Clarence Finley at Central Arkansas; Ron Mitchell at Coppin State; Greg Jackson at Delaware State; Mike Jarvis at Florida Atlantic; Cliff Warren at Jacksonville; Frankie Allen at
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With help from star center Patrick Ewing, legendary coach John Thompson led Georgetown to prominence in the 1980s and a national championship. /Courtesy Photo
COACHES continued from Page 37 white administrators, it stands to reason that most of the recommendations will be to hire white coaches. An NCAA spokeswoman declined to comment. Still, the percentage of African-American head coaches stands at its lowest level in 20 years. The University of Connecticut’s Kevin Ollie, who coached his team to the national championship earlier this year, also expressed concern over the lack of black men on the bench. “It’s definitely a concern,” said Ollie, 41. “It’s definitely something we need to take a long look at, and hopefully we can get more African Americans in these jobs, in these positions, that they can run a program.” Ollie said challenges facing black coaches are far more complex than the issues confronted by such pioneers as Thompson, Temple’s John Chaney, Villanova’s George Raveling and Cincinnati’s Nolan Richardson. Raveling, Thompson, Chaney and Richardson led the Black Coaches Association (B.C.A.). The group, so powerful in the 1980s and ’90s, remains, but it’s a
shell of what it used to be. “In the old days, when they saw the old B.C.A., they saw a bunch a black folks holding the hammer,” Raveling told the New York Times in April after the NCAA Tournament ended. He said that hammer proved to be extraordinary talent, which included the fact that Patrick Ewing single-handedly turned Georgetown into a destination. Led by Ewing, the Hoyas won the national championship in 1984, and they played for the title in ’82 and in ’85. Richardson won the national championship with star forward Corliss Williamson in 1994, and went back to the Final Four a year later. “For whatever reason, it’s not in vogue for the great black athlete to play for a black coach,” said Paul Hewitt, the coach at George Mason. With approximately 330 head coaching jobs in Division I basketball, the percentage of African Americans counts fewer than 19 percent. Meanwhile, more than 57 percent of Division I athletes are black and Ellerbe said there should be more coaches of color, individuals who might be able to better relate to young African-American athletes.
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“One of the biggest problems is the parents of the young athletes,” said Ellerbe, a Rutgers University graduate who said he’s now seeking to become an athletic director. “Parents and guardians keep sending their kids to the other guys, not to us. The only time they send their kids to us, the only time they want a black coach involved is when their kid is in trouble and, I’m here to tell you that, the D.C. area is one of the biggest culprits.” Ellerbe said it’s important that coaches, administrators, alumni and others continue to shine a spotlight on the lack of African Americans in Division I play. He said his friend, Stanford head coach and Washington, D.C. native, Johnny Dawkins, didn’t get a raise or contract extension after leading his team to this year’s Sweet 16, but every other coach who made it that far received new deals or more money. “I’m done and out of it and I’m happy,” Ellerbe said. “But, for the guys who are still in it, something needs to be said. They have to have a voice.” WI
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Nine Principles for Dynamic Living Principle No.1: How to Achieve Beyond Your Horizons This time, I’m sharing nine principles from Les Brown’s book entitled, “It’s Not Over Until You Win!” His first principle serves as a reminder how each of us can achieve far beyond our horizons and in avenues of life we have never explored; or renew our minds daily with new knowledge. Many people never really know the full range of their potential, and too often they limit themselves to what they have seen others accomplish rather than assuming that they have unlimited potential; we were created by God, who is all knowing. Horizon in reality means prospects, possibilities; to broaden our horizons would make our limits extend further than the norm. From a mental perspective, it means to look outside the box and approach things in a different way. Sometimes it’s best to live life with persistence and patience with the unlimited vision of a child who thinks everything is possible unless shown otherwise. Children learn fairy tales; they dream; and research has proven that children who dream the most and enjoy fairy tales dream bigger as adults. Fairy tales communicate strong, unconscious messages to children in terms they can grasp and even carry into adulthood. This is because these stories possess genuine resonance and dreamlike power. Fairy tales develop a child’s imagination, “When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me
than any talent for abstract, positive thinking,” said Albert Einstein. After all, you can’t expect to reach beyond your horizons if your vision is limited to your own backyard. Back in the 1970s when I was married, my husband and I decided to relocate. We moved from Washington, D.C. to California. Traveling across America was a new horizon for me. He had seen the world as a U.S. Marine, including Vietnam; as we drove across country, for me, America didn’t look familiar at all. Having only seen what’s between Kinston, North Carolina and Washington, D.C.; with a couple trips to New York. That was it for me. But this trip across country, heading toward the West Coast truly broadened my horizons. You have to be committed to continued growth, to expanding your life by pushing your talents and constantly testing them to discover new outlets and sources of energy. Set goals without limits. Let me make this simple: Once you set your goals, find persons who are already doing what it is you want to do; become a student and learn everything you can from them, be like a sponge, soaking up all you can; you will be taking your life to new heights! While working under the tutelage of Les Brown, everything I did for him was another lesson in how to move my own dreams forward. It has taken more than 10 years to figure this thing out; but what I’ve learned under Mr. Brown continues to change the course of my life.
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RELIGION RELIGION BAPTIST
AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL
Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church The Reverend Lyndon Shakespeare Interim 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 AME Church Reverend Daryl K. Kearney, Pastor 2562 MLK Jr. Ave., S E Washington, DC 20020 Adm. Office 202-678-2263 Email:Campbell@mycame.org Sunday Worship Service 10: am Sunday Church School 8: 45 am Bible Study Wednesday 12:00 Noon Wednesday 7:00 pm Thursday 7: pm “Reaching Up To Reach Out” Mailing Address Campbell AME Church 2502 Stanton Road SE Washington, DC 20020
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
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Pilgrim Baptist Church
Pilgrim Baptist Church Rev. Louis B. Jones II Pastor
Church of Living Waters
Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor Harold Andrew, Assistant Pastor 4915 Wheeler Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745
700 I Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002 (202) 547-8849
301-894-6464
Worship Sundays @ 7:30 & 11:00 A.M. 5th Sundays @ 9:30 A.M. 3rd Sundays: Baptism & Holy Communion Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @ Noon & 6:30 P.M.
Schedule of Service Sunday Service: 8:30 AM & 11:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM Communion Service: First Sunday www.livingwatersmd.org
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: 10:00 am 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: 9:00 AM – Hour of Power “An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and affirmed.” www.covenantbaptistdc.org
Twelfth Street Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 1812 12th Street, NW Washington, DC 20009 Phone: 202-265-4494 Fax: 202 265 4340
St. Stephen Baptist Church Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. Bishop 5757 Temple Hill Road, Temple Hills, MD 20748 Office 301-899-8885 – fax 301-899-2555 Sunday Early Morning Worship - 7:45 a.m. Church School - 9:30 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship – 10:45 a.m. Tuesday – Thursday - Kingdom Building Bible Institute – 7:30 p.m. Wednesday – Prayer/Praise/Bible Study – 7:30 p.m. Baptism & Communion Service- 4th Sunday – 10:30am Radio Broadcast WYCB -1340 AM-Sunday -6:00pm T.V. Broadcast - Channel 190 – Sunday -4:00pm/Tuesday 7:00am
“We are one in the Spirit” www.ssbc5757.org e-mail: ssbc5757@verizon.net
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”
Crusader Baptist Church
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
“The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church”
“God is Love”
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
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.
Third Street Church of God
Isle of Patmos Baptist Church
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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Reverend Dr. Paul H. Saddler Senior Pastor Service and Times Sunday Worship Service 11:00 a.m. Communion every Sunday 11:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Bible Study Tuesday 12Noon Pastor’s Bible Study Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Motto; “Discover Something Wonderful.” Website: 12thscc.org Email: Twelfthstcc@aol.com
Mount Carmel Baptist Church
52 Years of Expert Engraving Services
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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202-561-4100 or email rburke@washingtoninformer.com Zion Baptist Church
All Nations Baptist Church Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor 2001 North Capitol St, N.E. • Washington, DC 20002 Phone (202) 832-9591
Website: www.allnationsbaptistchurch.com All Nations Baptist Church – A Church of Standards
“Where Jesus is the King”
Israel Baptist Church
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
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.
2324 Ontario Road, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 232-1730 Sunday School – 9:30 am Sunday Worship Service – 11:00 am Baptismal Service – 1st Sunday – 9:30 am Holy Communion – 1st Sunday – 11:00 am Prayer Meeting & Bible Study – Wednesday -7:30 pm
Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr. Pastor
St. Luke Baptist Church
Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor
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
Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor
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
King Emmanuel Baptist Church
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 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
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202-561-4100 or email rburke@washingtoninformer.com
Web: www.mountmoriahchurch.org Email: mtmoriah@mountmoriahchurch.org
Rehoboth Baptist Church
St. Matthews Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Maxwell M. Washington Pastor Worshiping Location Knights of Columbus - 1633 Tucker Road Fort Washington, MD 20744 (240) 838-7074 Order of Services Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 am Sunday School: 9:00 am Holy Communion 3rd Sunday Morning Prayer / Bible Study: 6:15 pm - 7:20 pm (Tuesday)
Salem Baptist Church
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Florida Avenue Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Clinton W. Austin Pastor 2409 Ainger Pl.,SE – WDC 20020 (202) 678-0884 – Office (202) 678-0885 – Fax “Come Grow With Us and Establish a Blessed Family” Sunday Worship 7:30am & 10:45am Baptism/Holy Communion 3rd Sunday Family Bible Study Tuesdays – 6:30pm Prayer Service Tuesdays – 8:00pm www.emmanuelbaptistchurchdc.org
Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor
Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert SR. Pastor
623 Florida Ave.. NW • WDC. 20001 Church (202) 667-3409 • Study (202) 265-0836 Home Study (301) 464-8211 • Fax (202) 483-4009
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
Matthews Memorial Baptist Church
Sermon On The Mount Temple Of Joy Apostolic Faith
Dr. C. Matthew Hudson, Jr, Pastor
Elder Herman L. Simms, Pastor
2616 MLK Ave., SE • Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 • Fax 202-678-3304
Kelechi Ajieren Coordinator
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”
Sunday Worship Service 10:00 A.M.
Sunday Apostolic Worship Services 11:00 A.M and 5:00 P.M Communion and Feet Wash 4th Sunday at 5:00 P.M Prayer/Seeking Wednesday at 8:00 P.M. Apostolic in Doctrine, Pentecostal in Experience, Holiness in Living, Uncompromised and Unchanged. The Apostolic Faith is still alive –Acts 2:42
New Commandment Baptist Church
Peace Baptist Church
Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor
Rev. Dr. Michael T. Bell 712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836
13701 Old Jericho Park Road Bowie, MD. 20720 (301) 262-0560
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
Services: Sunday Worship 11 AM Sunday School 10 AM Wednesday Mid-Week Worship, Prayer & Bible Study - Wed. 7 PM “A Church Where Love Is Essential and Praise is Intentional”
“The Loving Church of the living lord “ Email Address pbcexec@verizon.net
Shiloh Baptist Church
First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor
Rev. Reginald M. Green, Sr., Interim Pastor
621 Alabama Avenue, S.E. • Washington, D.C. 20032 P: (202) 561-1111 F: (202) 561-1112
917 N St. NW • Washington, DC 20001 (202) 232-4294
9th & P Street, N.W. • W. D.C. 20001 (202) 232-4200
602 N Street NW • Washington, D.C. 20001 Office:(202) 289-4480 Fax: (202) 289-4595
The Church Where GOD Is Working.... And We Are Working With GOD
Sunrise Prayer Services - Sunday 7:00 a.m.
Sunday Morning Prayer Service: 8:00 a.m. Sunday Church School: 9:15 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship: 10:40 a.m. Third Sunday Baptismal & Holy Communion:10:30 a.m. Tuesday Church At Study Prayer & Praise: 6:30 p.m.
Morning Worship: 8:00 a.m Church School : 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:55 a.m. Bible Study, Thursday: 6:30 p.m. Prayer Meeting,Thursday : 7:30 p.m.
Theme: “The Kingdom Focused Church” Matthew 6:33 and Mathew 28:18-20, KJV Email: stmatthewsbaptist@msn.com Website: www.stmatthewsbaptist.org
Motto: : “Where God is First and Where Friendly People Worship”
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
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5606 Marlboro Pike District Heights, MD 20747 301-735-6005
Rev. Alonzo Hart Pastor
Sunday Service: 10 am Sunday School for all ages: 8:30 am 1st Sunday Baptism: 10: am 2nd Sunday Holy Communion: 10 am Tuesday: Bible Study: 6:30 pm Prayer Meeting: 7:45 pm
Christ Embassy DC
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Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 P.M. Friday Evening Service 7:00 P.M. ; Last Friday “…Giving Your Life a Meaning” www.Christembassydc.org Christ.embassy.dc@hotmail.com
Pennsylvania Ave. Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Kendrick E. Curry Pastor 3000 Pennsylvania Ave.. S.E Washington, DC 20020 202 581-1500 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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LEGAL NOTICES
LEGAL NOTICES
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Probate Division
Probate Division
Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
Administration No. 2014 ADM 586 Thomas J. Boyd aka Thomas James Boyd Decedent
Administration No. 2014 ADM 574 Albert Joseph Burgess Decedent
Johnny M. Howard, HOUSTON & HOWARD 1001 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 402
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Washington, DC 20036
AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Gwendolyn Boyd Ellis, whose address is 1599 Rogers Avenue, SW, Atlanta, GA 30310, was appointed
Alberta Z. Burgess, whose address is 2212 Perry Street, NE, Washington, DC 20018-3058, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Albert Joseph Burgess, who died on March 12, 2013 without a Will, heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall
aka Thomas James Boyd, who died on May 15, 2014
enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections
with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision.
to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of
All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are
Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor
unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.
Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before December 19,
Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of
2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented
D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before December 26, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills
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 December 19, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees
or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the
of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice
undersigned, on or before December 26, 2014, or be
by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so
forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees
inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and
of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice
relationship.
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: June 19, 2014
Date of first publication: June 26, 2014
Alberta Z. Burgess Personal Representative
Gwendolyn Boyd Ellis Personal Representative
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Personal Representative of the estate of Thomas J. Boyd
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Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before December 26, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills
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or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 26, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.
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Uncle Toms. Unlike some of your favorite Black Republicans, they were not traitors to their race. Instead, they were performing their civic duty. Had they voted the way you preferred, then that would be a real Uncle Tom. There is doubt that Thad Cochran would not be the Republican nominee without the Black vote, which is why he courted it. All 24 counties with a Black majority went with the incumbent. Perhaps more telling, the turnout in the runoff was up almost 40 percent in those Black counties, compared to just 16 percent in the other counties. Some Republicans have accused Black Democrats who voted for Cochran of being spoilers, but that’s not the case. If African Americans had wanted to be spoilers,
they would have voted for McDaniel because he would give Democrats a better chance of winning in November’s general election. It was deeper than that. It’s time for everyone to give Black voters in Mississippi credit for knowing what was in their best interest. What all of the pundits seem to miss is that Blacks were not necessarily voting for Thad Cochran. They were voting against Chris McDaniel. Either way you look at it, they were successful.WI George E. Curry is editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA.) Curry can be reached at www.georgecurry.com. You can also follow him at www.twitter.com/currygeorge and George E. Curry Fan Page on Facebook.
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MALVEAUX continued from Page 26 the minimum wage or little more – pay your workers a living wage. Ikea gets it, so does the Gap. What’s wrong with the Congress? If the minimum wage kept pace with inflation, it would be $10.90 by now, a bit higher than the amount President Obama has proposed. The same Congress that opposes an increase in the minimum wage gets an automatic increase in their pay. This is the kind of hypocrisy that engenders indifference and contempt for our elected representatives. Some members of Congress have insisted that only young people earn the minimum wage. But at least 12 percent of the labor force earns the minimum wage.
JACKSON continued from Page 26 vote. They made a political calculation that they had maxed out on their White support and their only way of winning was to expand their base of support. The only option was to go after Black Democrats who had not voted in the primary. It was a stroke of genius. What angered me about this last-ditch effort when, in fact, it should have a conscious development. Why did it take desperation to get the party and the campaign to do what was and has always been in its own best interest— cultivating the Black vote? I was further angered that prior to the runoff, there was absolutely no mention of the Black vote by either candidate. Neither
One in four of them are over 20. Sixty percent are women. One in four of those who earn the minimum wage are parents, supporting children on wages so low that they qualify for the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP, or food stamps). One in six African Americans and one in five Latinos earn the minimum wage. Nearly 35 percent of minimum wage workers have graduate from high school; another 23 percent have attended college. Some would say that minimum wage workers are mostly youth who are “training” for later work. These workers are not only young people who don’t need to get paid. These are adults with education and training, parents, and people who work in key industries, health and education.
During the Great Recession, six-figure executives who needed an income stream accepted the minimum wage or just a little more. There were teachers, laid off, who took a pay cut to shelve books in libraries. They were folks who put their pride aside to earn a little money, money they said was better than the nothing they earned when laid off. It is overtime for our congress to offer working people the same wages they get automatically. It is overtime for our Congress to embrace a living wage, or at least a higher minimum wage. Ikea gets it, why doesn’t Congress?WI
campaign had any Blacks on their campaign staffs or as consultants in decision-making positions. Normally, I blast the Republican Party for doing the right thing even if it’s the wrong way (Rand Paul’s visit to Howard University); but in this case, they did the wrong thing the right way. The Cochran campaign has spent more time and spent more money with Black Democrats than they have with Black Republicans. Go figure. Some unknown group created a robo-call targeting Black voters that said in part, “Hello neighbors. It’s time to take a stand against the Tea Party. The time has come to say no to the Tea Party. No to their obstruction; no to their disrespectful treatment of the first African American president. If we do nothing, Tea Party
candidate Chris McDaniel wins and causes even more problems for President Obama…” Both campaigns deny any involvement in the making and distribution of the recorded call. The McDaniel campaign and the Tea Party are furious about the robo-call. Now that you have experienced the race card being played against you, maybe, just maybe you will be more understanding of my views the next time we have a discussion about race.WI
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SPRIGGS continued from Page 27 of your pay, ranking 30th out of 53 unemployment systems in the United States and its territories, and you only have a 35 percent chance you will get any benefit at all, ranking 51st out of 53. If you are a single mother, then your combined Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families benefit will just get you to the level of extreme poverty (50 percent of the poverty line), ranking 43rd out of 51 (the 50 states and the District of Columbia). Hunt for a job, and you will be in one of the states where the minimum wage remains at the federal level of $7.25 an hour, making you a minority among American workers, since most now live in states where democracy is working to lift the mini-
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Thousands and thousands of brave Black natives of the state were joined by equal numbers of Black and White young people from all over the country and they stood and fought back, measure for measure, not with hate or harm, but with faith and fearless tenacity. Their movement was called Freedom Summer, and 50 years ago – in 1964 – it was coordinated by members of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). At the end of June this year, the survivors came together to commemorate the remarkable events of 1964 which led to major changes in not just Mississippi, but in the United States. This year’s event was called “Freedom Summer 50” and it The Washington Informer
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mum wage to more decent levels. Or, try landing a job that has paid sick days, health insurance and retirement benefits-meaning a union job; the share of jobs protected by a collective bargaining agreement in North Carolina stands at less than 4.8 percent, ranking 48th out of the 51. At the August 1963 March for Jobs and Freedom, labor and civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph famously remarked: “Yes, we want all public accommodations open to all citizens, but those accommodations will mean little to those who cannot afford to use them.” North Carolina and its radical Republican governor and legislature are hastily passing laws not to put government on the side of the people, but to put people at the servitude of the 1 percent. They have been lim-
iting access to unemployment insurance, standing in the way of accepting federal support to extend access to health insurance to the working poor and in the way of lifting the minimum wage. And, to make sure that no one objects to their hijacking of democracy, they are taking actions to limit voting and to deny access to the state capitol for people to exercise their 1st Amendment “right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” So, while the Civil Rights Act of 1964 sought the end of racebased laws, the state of North Carolina is trapping people into poverty.WI Follow Spriggs on Twitter: @ WSpriggs. Contact: Amaya SmithTune Acting Director, Media Outreach AFL-CIO 202-637-5142
was a look back at the Freedom Summer of 1964 and what has ensued from that time, as well as a strategy for engagement in the future, because while there has been remarkable progress since those days when American apartheid was destroyed, the forces of White retrenchment and privilege have not surrendered and they have been trying mightily to re-impose the evil that Freedom Summer helped do away with. And it’s still, not just about the money. More than 1,500 alumni of Freedom Summer returned to Tougaloo College where much of the instigation a half century ago was plotted. Another 700 young people attended a weeklong Youth Congress at the same time. Tougaloo, which almost lost its charter in the face of attempted retaliation by White state legislators who were hateful of the
school’s role in accommodating the insurrection; Tougaloo’s motto is a fit description of what happened during Freedom Summer 50. That motto is: “Tougaloo, Where History Meets the Future.” In the African mythology of Ghana it is depicted by the Adinkra symbol of the Sankofa Bird. Sankofa translates to mean: “To go back and fetch it.” The Sankofa is a bird moving forward, with its head turned, looking back where it has been. So, for the challengers, this 50-year odyssey has been about gaining and restoring the dignity that Black people have always deserved, here in the very teeth of the dragon. And while there have been financial rewards for many as justice has come to prevail, like the dehumanization of 300 years of slavery, it was not just about the money.WI
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