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year-old accountant who lives in Silver Spring, said the accident is an unpleasant reminder of the dangers of riding the train. “Most times when I’m on the train, I don’t think about anything happening to the train,” said Campbell. “I’m so preoccupied reading and people watching my mind doesn’t go in the
direction of being harmed. Usually, I’m more concerned with people doing something to me or someone getting into a fight rather than derailment.” Metro Media Relations Manager Caroline L. Lukas said it’s unfortunate that Haywood and other passengers are fearful about riding Metro.
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raine Bouknight, of Southeast, said that Norton is well-liked “because she is just a powerful voice.” “She has fought for the right of District residents to have a vote in the U.S. Congress and she has fought hard for D.C. statehood,” said Bouknight, 62. “She has taken the position that we D.C. residents do have a voice even though we don’t have statehood and I appreciate that.” Despite not having a vote, Norton managed to bring a vote on D.C. statehood to the House floor in November 1993 but if failed, 277-153, with most Democrats supporting it and the majority of Republicans opposed. In 2009, Norton sponsored legislation that would give the District a full voting member of the U.S. House of Representatives but it failed due to pressure from the National Rifle Association. In May, Norton was blocked by a Republican chairman of a subcommittee from speaking on behalf of a rider to an appropriations bill that would not fund abortions for low-income women in the District. The political disrespect that Norton endures on Capitol Hill is why she is thought of so highly, said Wilmer J. Leon III, a Howard University political scientist. “Eleanor Holmes Norton is a competent public servant,” said Leon, 53. “While I disagree with some of her politics, I agree with her as a person and public servant because I know she is doing what she feels is in the best interests of the city.” Bouknight said that Norton has defined her niche in politics.
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before the U.S. Supreme Court, born. 1934 - Donald Payne, first African American congressman from New Jersey (1988), born. 1862 - Ida Wells was born a slave on July 16, 1862, in Holly Springs, Mississippi, to James and Elizabeth (Warrenton) Wells. The oldest in a family of four boys and four girls, she acquired from her parents a love of liberty and self-sufficiency that characterized her life. 1977 - Janelle Penny Commission of Trinidad and Tobago is crowned the black Miss Universe. 1991 - In Paris, jazz trumpeter Miles Davis was named a Knight in the (French) Legion of Honor, one of that nation’s highest cultural honors. July 17 1942 - Muhammad Ali (Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.) was born on this day. 1944 - Actress Diahnn Carroll was born in the Bronx, NY. 1959 - Death of singer Billie Holiday (44) New York City. 1967 - Innovative and famed jazz musician, John Coltrane dies. 1981 - Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicted Wayne B. Williams, a twenty-three-year-old photographer, for the murder of two of the twentyeight Black youths killed in a series of slayings and disappearances in Atlanta. William denied the charges but was convicted in February, 1982. July 18 1753 - First Black minister to serve for a White congregation, Lemuel Haynes was born. 1863 - Sgt. William H. Carney won Congressional Medal of Honor for his bravery in the charge and became the first Black soldier to receive the coveted award. 2002 - Nelson Mandela was born in Transkei (South Africa). www.washingtoninformer.com
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Viewp int Philip Brown, Takoma Park, Md. I was out of power until July 3, but I got to cook everything in my freezer and my neighbors loved it. I don’t think, at least in this area, that Pepco [should] be completely blamed. They called in help a little later then they should have but they got us up quickly, unlike [the] Baltimore Gas and Electric Company.
Frank Henderson Washington, D.C. Service hasn’t always been great with Pepco. But as far as this particular storm, I think that they did an OK job. It only took two or three days for our power to come back on when it normally takes about a week. So this particular time, it wasn’t too bad. Mother Nature is going to be Mother Nature. The last two storms we had were so quick and powerful that you really couldn’t blame anybody.
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Alicia Hunter Alexandria, Va. I’m really disappointed in the amount of time it took [Pepco] to repair power and restore service to everyone. We’re in the middle of a heat wave and this is a highly populated area and people have been miserable. I didn’t have power for about three days. It was definitely frustrating. Mother Nature is absolutely unpredictable, however, you have to be proactive in situations and with such a large population of people you have to prevent these things.
Shirley Barnes-Braxton Washington, D.C. I understand that Pepco brought people in from as far as Canada to help restore power. I think that Pepco has worked as diligently as they could, but because of the volume of the people who were without electricity, it was devastating. I do have empathy for those who were affected.
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Sylvia Ferrell Washington, D.C. My power did go out for five days but Pepco has [performed] wonderfully. They’ve been very professional and efficient and it was a blessing that they were able to get all of those people from other states to come in and assist. So as far as I’m concerned, Pepco has been doing a wonderful job. But I still continue to pray for the people who [are still without electricity].
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DERAILMENT continued from Page 1 years and two weeks after the train system’s worst crash in history. On the evening of June 22, 2009, a malfunctioning electronic circuit led to the collision of two trains near the Fort Totten station during rush hour. Cars from the trailing train jackknifed and fell onto the first train. A train operator and eight passengers were killed and 80 others were injured. Lukas said investigators identified a misalignment of the rails known as a heat kink as the likely cause of Friday’s incident. The rails are believed to have expanded because of extremely high temperatures and exposure to direct sunlight. She said investigators would be presenting their findings to the Metro Board on Thursday, July 12. Over the past weekend, crews repaired a 1,000-foot section of the track, and also put the toppled train back on the rails. In addition, crews also repaired the third rail and fasteners in the area of the derailment. Normal service was restored on Monday morning and heat-related speed restrictions of 35-miles-an-hour were also lifted Monday. Fifty-five Metrorail passengers escaped serious injury Friday afternoon after the train derailed during rush hour. The Green Line train, headed toward the District of Columbia, slipped off the tracks near the West Hyattsville station at 4:45 p.m., just before the train entered a tunnel. Three of the cars left the tracks, officials said. One passenger, a pregnant woman, was transported to the hospital as a precaution. Three other family members accompanied her there. Terrance Daye, a 29-year-old Greenbelt, Md., resident said he was leery about what had happened and didn’t hesitate to pursue another option to get home. “I usually take the Green Line train into Greenbelt,” Daye said. “I’m stranded here because there’s no service at Prince George’s Plaza. Plus, with the derailment, I don’t really feel comfortable getThe Washington Informer
ting back on the Green Line today. So, I just called [for] a ride. Metro officials closed the track between Fort Totten and Prince George’s Plaza and it remained that way as Metro investigators tried to determine the cause of the accident. Early in the investigation, officials speculated that heat might well have been a factor or the cause since hot weather can cause train tracks to swell or buckle. Last week, residents in the Washington metro area endured brutal triple-digit weather from mid-week into the weekend. Some meteorologists say that this has been the hottest span of weather on record and there’s much more expected in the dog days of summer ahead. Prince George’s County Fire Chief Marc Bashoor said 95 firefighters on the scene – 24-25 of them in the tunnel and on the track – assisted the stranded passengers. He said it took about 45 minutes to one hour from the time the dispatcher received the call to the time it took to coordinate the evacuation and bring the passengers above ground. Firefighters and Metro employees helped the passengers get out of the affected cars and led them to safety. They exited from the train tracks through an escape hatch at the intersection of Ager Road and 29th Avenue. Emergency personnel, police officers and Prince George’s County officials set up a temporary station near the fan shaft, and several television trucks sat nearby in an area fenced off with yellow tape. The fire chief said the passengers had to travel about 100 feet to get the fan shaft, and the distance from the derailment to the station was between 1,000 and 3,000 feet. Emergency personnel set up a triage area for the evacuated passengers, Bashoor said, with the focus being on accessing injuries, treating them if necessary and ensuring that both passengers and emergency personnel stayed as cool and as hydrated as possible in the 100-degree heat and humidity. The passengers were taken by bus to the West Hyattsville Metro station. “We dispatched additional units and had an air-conditioned
bus and a [mobile] canteen with snacks. We operated in 15-minute shifts and rotated people in and out,” Bashoor said. Down the street, Metro and Prince George’s County police cordoned off the train station and parking lot. A Metro Transit Mobile Command truck was parked in front of the station, while commuters clambered out of vehicles in the station’s drop-off zone. A few solitary cars dotted the parking lot and police officers in twos and threes kept an eye on things. At the Fort Totten station, riders sat in the grass in front of the station seeking shelter from the sweltering heat. Others took refuge under an underpass also located near the front of the station entrance. Long lines of displaced passengers waited for buses and shuttles to West Hyattsville and Prince George’s Plaza Station, while police and extra Metro staff helped with crowd control. There appeared to be some confusion between bus drivers and station staff as to what shuttles were parked where, and increasingly impatient commuters appeared visibly upset with the lack of communication between Metro employees and themselves. Brandon Catron, also of Greenbelt, Md., was not in a very forgiving mood for this, the latest Metro mishap. “It’s getting very aggravating,” said Catron, 48. “As a matter of fact, I’m getting tired of paying all of the money that we’re paying for this service that’s not so good. They definitely need to do something about it.” Catron was referring to new Metro fares which went into effect on July 1 and his complaints echoed those of significant swathes of Metro riders who have tired of the broken and faulty escalators, delays, derailments and a host of other problems. Metro’s latest mishap left Peggye Mason shaking her head. “It’s a mess. It’s a mess. I think that they should have been more prepared than they are,” said Mason, 46, who lives in Hyattsville. “It’s like every other day there’s something. If it’s not Metro, then it’s Pepco. They just need to get all of this stuff together. It’s just a mess. It’s too hot out here, they should be more prepared.”wi WI Staff Writer Elton Hayes and WI Staff Researcher Stacey Palmer contributed to this story. www.washingtoninformer.com
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Bill Raspberry the Man of the Hour The first time Robert Woodson was introduced to William Raspberry, he said a heated three-hour argument erupted as each man challenged the other’s politics, positions and precepts. Neither man backed down but from that stormy encounter blossomed a friendship that has lasted more than 35 years, Woodson said. “He has written several columns coming out of our conversations, he would call to bounce things off of me and I suggested some columns to him,” said Woodson, founder and president of the Center for Neighborhood Enterprise in Northwest. “What stood out is his independence, his political and philosophical independence. A lot of pundits you can predict what they’re going to write, but he was willing to change his mind in the face of new information.” “He’s a man moved by evidence. Few people are. They have an ideological position and do everything to defend that. His punditry is really missed.” Woodson, 75, counted among the more than 200 friends, colleagues and admirers who gathered at The Washington Post late last month to honor the celebrated columnist and journalist at an event labeled, “Raspberry’s Roast.” Washington Post Chairman and CEO Donald Graham and the newspaper sponsored the event, said Paul Delaney, a longtime friend of Raspberry’s. Though slowed by illness, Raspberry, his wife Sondra and his family enjoyed the banter, jokes and witty repartee on an evening when he and his formidable legacy took center stage. An army of admirers and wellwishers swarmed the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, surrounding him when he entered the room, hugging, kissing and chatting, their laughter bouncing off the walls. Speakers ranging from Post Senior Editor Milton Coleman, fellow Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Colby King, longtime friends Delaney and Ron Sarro and a succession of people whose lives have intersected with Raspberry’s, heaped praise on a man all said has left an indelible imprint on the newspaper business and on them. Fox News Commentator
Juan Williams served as master of ceremonies and toward the end of the tribute, choked up as he spoke about the beauty of Raspberry as a mentor, colleague and friend. “Bill Raspberry is the best,” he said. “He’s been a mentor to so many people. His writing is heartfelt and incisive … there were no polemics, it was personal and no one could peg him. He always wrote with a smile. I would be honored to be mentioned in the same sentence as him. He’s a pioneer who paved the way for writers and commentators [and] he had loyal readers across the political spectrum.” After the roast, Williams discussed Raspberry, who he asked to introduce him when he was inducted into the Washington Journalism Hall of Fame. “I came to the Post as an intern in 1976 and he was doing a local column. Then he went from Metro to Op-Ed. He was always the mentor,” Williams said. “It was an interesting time. There was lots of obvious racial turmoil in the city. Washington had burned and there was a transition from no blacks to blacks [at the newspaper].” “There were lawsuits by black people saying we needed a greater role [but] he stood apart from the lawsuits and the bitterness. Look at who’s left standing, leaving a legacy? It’s Bill Raspberry.” Delaney, 79, is one of Raspberry’s closest friends. They’re lives have been deeply intertwined for the past 45 years and both families have vacationed in the U.S., the Caribbean, Europe and North Africa annually for the past 40 years, he said. Delaney, one of the roast’s organizers and a participant in a skit with Sarro, playfully skewering Raspberry, said he was pleased to be able to honor his friend. “I thought the roast was terrific,” he said. “That was very important. People showed up and showed their appreciation.” One of Raspberry’s most noticeable qualities, said Delaney, a former New York Times writer and editor, is his adherence to certain values which are unchanged over time. “He is honest and open about them and sticks to those determinations and beliefs,” he explained. The explosive, heady days of the Civil Rights era illustrated
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another Raspberry trait. “He was not like the rest of us. He kept his cool. Some of his friends were angry at the plight and situation of black people and their [plights] in particular,” said Delaney. “Sometimes we got mad at him because he didn’t get mad enough.” Raspberry, he said, was the person to stand back rationally, challenge the prevailing sentiment and offer an unemotional, nuanced opinion. Raspberry, 76, began his newspaper career as an intern at the Indianapolis Recorder in 1956 and he was inspired by his work as a reporter, photographer and editor to join the Post six years later. The Army veteran worked as a Teletype operator and soon moved up the ladder from general assignment reporter to copy editor and assistant city editor. He began writing as a columnist in 1966. As a syndicated columnist, Raspberry’s columns appeared in more than 200 newspapers. He was first nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1982, and in 1994, he won for Distinguished Commentary. He retired from the Post in 2005 and subsequently served as a Communications and Journalism professor at Duke University. Eleanor Clift, a contributing editor for Newsweek and a regular on the McLaughlin Group – for almost 30 years – has known Raspberry since 1976. “I met him and interacted with him at the Gridiron Club where my husband was a member,” Clift recalled. “I always admired his way with words ... he was one of the first African Americans to break into the white, mainstream media. That may sound archaic now, but it matters that people like him broke down the barriers. He did it with grace and opened doors.” Sarro, a former Washington Star reporter, said Raspberry walked the path less traveled. “He was a genius because he identified the key Civil Rights issue of the 2000s in the 1960s – education as a way to move up,” he said. “People were blaming whitey, the system, their neighbors and he said ‘we should take responsibility…’” The wide cross-section of luminaries from the newspaper business, other media, judges, lawyers, business people and others who gathered at the Post to honor him is testament to
Bill and Sondra Raspberry listen to banter and a bit of the blarney about the former Washington Post columnist during the “Raspberry’s Roast” at The Washington Post in Northwest on June 26. /Photo by Roy Lewis
the admiration and respect with which Raspberry is held, said Woodson. Native Washingtonian and local attorney Fred Cooke, Jr., characterized Raspberry as “a wonderful, wonderful guy.” “He’s very committed and very integrated into the fabric of the city,” said Cooke, 65. “He’s a wonderful human being and a great teacher without being pedantic. You’d be hardpressed to meet anyone who has anything bad to say about him. I wouldn’t have missed this.” Guests watched a video that detailed the mélange of assistance offered by the BabySteps program that Raspberry established in 2003. Several speakers noted that the program reflected Raspberry’s lifelong belief in the redemptive and restorative power of education. Proceeds from the roast will
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benefit BabySteps, the nonprofit which is located in Raspberry’s hometown of Okolona, Miss., for preschoolers. The organization teaches parents how to prepare their children for success in school and life especially when positive role models are not a factor in their lives. Most parents in the program are low-income earners with children under the age of six. Raspberry once described BabySteps as “my attempt to help give another generation of young people the thing that worked so well for me – a belief in the magic of education.” Raspberry family friend Mary Malgoire agreed. “BabySteps is an example of how people can change a small part of the world,” she said. wi
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D.C. Taxicabs to be Fitted with New Meters By Barrington M. Salmon WI Staff Writer Mayor Vincent C. Gray said the city has taken a major step toward modernization of the taxicab industry with an agreement that will lead to the installation of what is called a smart meter system. The system, Gray said, will allow customers to pay by credit card, and has driver verification, a safety-response system for both driver and passenger, Internet access, GPS tracking and other advanced features. “We’ve made another major step in bringing the taxicab system into the 21st century,” said Gray during a Thursday morning press conference at the John A. Wilson Building in Northwest. “This moves us from the middle of the pack and will make Washington’s taxicabs among the most advanced taxi fleets in the country.” “… I’m absolutely delighted that we’ve reached this stage,” the mayor said during the July 5 press conference. The proposed five-year, $35 million contract is with VeriFone Systems, Inc., a San Jose, California-based company that will
install, maintain and operate the meters. Drivers will pay what Gray calls a “modest” one-time installation fee of between $300 and $500. When asked if cabbies had to have that money upfront, Gray deferred to Taxicab Commission Chairman Ron Linton who said city officials would be willing to work with cab drivers if they needed to pay the fee in installments. Those taxicabs that already have compatible meters will not need to be retrofitted. He said he hoped to have the new meters installed in the estimated 7,000 taxicabs by the end of the year. VeriFone Vice President for Taxi Services Amos Tamam said he was pleased his company was able to outbid seven other competitors to get this contract. “We’re very proud that the District has selected VeriFone to provide an integrated platform that represents state-of-the-art secure payment and digital content delivery and will provide a better experience for riders,” Tamam said. He offered a demonstration of the system to members of the media, which included voiceguided navigation for drivers to any location in the Northeast U.S., a payment screen that will
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Taxi drivers gathered in front of the John A. Wilson Building in Northwest to air their grievances about legislation introduced by Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) to modernize District taxicabs on Monday, July 2. /Photo by Shevry Lassiter
cut the transaction time to about five seconds, and a television monitor that will show headlines and programming from NBC stations. “It will offer primetime content, the weather and headlines expanded to give passengers more information,” said Tamam of the exclusive agreement VeriFone has signed with NBC. An added benefit of the proposal, Gray said, is that the 50 cent-per-ride surcharge the city plans to charge customers will pay installation costs for the meters and also finance the operating costs of the commission through a trust fund. “The fund will be fueled by the surcharge,” said Gray. “In 2013, it will also pay the commission’s $2.4 million budget. That will mean several million dollars in savings for the city.” Gray, 69, encouraged members of the D.C. Council to move quickly to approve the contract that he said would benefit the riding public, the drivers and the public at large. But while Gray focused on this development being consummation of a promise he made earlier in his tenure, not all cab drivers are comfortable with the new plan. “I have been a taxi driver for seven years and I already have that system in my car,” said Negede Abebe after the press conference. “We’re not against technology but why is the government controlling this information in real time? What we’re opposing is the ‘Big Brother’ aspect where they monitor my passenger and me,” he said. Abebe was referring to one of the system’s new features – a tracking and monitoring device which will be activated whenever the cabbie picks up a new fare. “They should let that inforThe Washington Informer
mation be stored and monitored by taxi companies and if the city needs that information for legislative purposes, for example, then the taxi companies could provide it.” He said he fears that this feature might drive customers away to other modes of transportation. One of his compatriots agreed. “It is an invasion of privacy,” said Haimanot Bizuayehu. “Passengers know their movements are being tracked and that their credit card information is kept and can be monitored. My number one concern is scaring customers away … And I don’t know why the city forced us to go with one vendor. Our costs may have been lower if we were allowed to shop around.” Bizuayehu, who has been driving a cab for 17 years, said the city’s executive branch has moved ahead of the legislative branch, in effect, putting the cart before the horse. He also said he believes maintenance issues surrounding repair of the meters will be a nightmare. “We can go to a shop now and get a meter fixed but how many shops will VeriFone have?” he asked. Gray said he would never have agreed to a hodgepodge of companies installing the meters because that would have been chaotic and unproductive. “To have people shopping around, waiting, and maybe not installing the meters at all would have been a mess,” he said. “At the end of the day, I’m comfortable with this process.” Ward 3 Council member Mary Cheh said she was pleased with the latest developments. “D.C. taxis and taxi drivers are our public face to millions of visitors every year,” said Cheh, chair of the Committee on the Environment, Public Works and
Transportation, in an earlier interview. “They are often the first impression people have of our city and its services. We want that service to be courteous, efficient and safe, while allowing drivers to earn a proper income and take pride in their work.” She introduced the legislation that is the basis of the modernization effort. Their desire, she has said, besides modernizing the District’s taxicab fleet, is to improve safety standards, create a more robust regulatory structure for taxicabs and install card readers in every cab so that riders can pay fares using credit or debit cards. Cheh and Gray described the smart meters as one of several steps to effect much-needed change in the industry. This includes restructuring the fare systems of cabs in the District, while addressing the varied concerns of passengers, taxi drivers and the city’s hospitality industry. “We will have an industry that works for D.C., is fair to drivers and is a wonderful experience for people traveling around the city,” said Cheh, 61. But city officials are not without their detractors who are fearful that independent drivers will be forced out, that a medallion system may be introduced or that over-regulation will deny drivers the ability to make a decent living. And officials have had to overcome a relationship fraught with distrust and suspicion. Drivers have also spoken of being isolated and excluded from the decision-making that has characterized the modernization process and they have expressed a desire to have a greater hand in helping upgrade their industry. “I have met with drivers many times. I support independent drivers. I thought I’d settled it with them,” Cheh said. “I’m not in favor of medallions, neither is many on the Council. The last roll showed that. We have no intention of going in that direction.” Gray concurred. “I was never in favor of medallions,” he reiterated. At the end of the day, Linton said, this is a win-win situation. “I think this project will serve the public and drivers very well, particularly for the 50 percent who come to the city,” he said. wi www.washingtoninformer.com
CBCF ANNOUNCES 42nd ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE
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he Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) will host its 42nd Annual Legislative Conference (ALC) from September 19-22 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. This year’s conference theme is Inspiring Leaders| Building Generations. U.S. Reps. Gwen Moore of Wisconsin and Andre Carson of Indiana are serving as honorary co-chairs of the conference. ALC provides an outlet to highlight the mission of CBCF - to develop leaders, to inform policy and to educate the public. It also provides dozens of forums to address the critical challenges facing the AfricanAmerican community. The Foundation will offer numerous session tracks to present high level, thought-provoking, engaging and useful information. The town hall discussion will center around conversations about voting rights and voter suppression. The third installation of the research report Breaking Barriers 3 will be released during ALC and further define academic success for school-aged AfricanAmerican males. CBCF Fellows will return to present their popular Alumni Series and the popular Black Party networking affair will return. In addition, scholarship recipients in the performing arts will be recognized during the Celebration of Leadership, and CBC members and spouses will join together for a community outreach project. The conference will culminate with its awards/ fundraising dinner. Proceeds from ALC are used to fund educational opportunities and program outreach. “The Annual Legislative Conference brings together policymakers, educators, business and industry leaders, celebrities, media, emerging leaders and everyday Americans to discuss and solve issues that are important to all Americans,” said Elsie L. Scott, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer for CBCF. “The conference is recognized as one of the most important gatherings of African-American
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leaders in the nation. In addition, attendees recognize the importance of what CBCF accomplishes in the community and have supported our efforts to provide scholarships, internships and fellowships, and to improve economic parity and reduce health disparities.” The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc., was established in 1976 as a nonpartisan, nonprofit, public policy, research and education institute to help improve the socioeconomic circumstances of African Americans and other underserved communities. Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Inc. 1720 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington DC 20036 (202) 263-2800 www.cbcfinc.org
CBCF PRESIDENT ELSIE L. SCOTT, Ph.D., STATEMENT ON THE SUPREME COURT’S DECISION ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) applauds the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to protect the most defining law in favor of public health and preventive care services in nearly 50 years. “Not only does the Affordable Care Act expand health care coverage for low-income populations, it enables everyone to receive recommended preventive services at no cost and expands community-based primary and preventive care. The law prevents insurance companies from refusing to cover those with pre-existing health conditions, and it enables young adults to continue receiving health insurance coverage through their parents until age 26. “Over time, the law will close the gap in prescription drug coverage under Medicare, which leads many low- and moderate-income elderly to forego needed medicine until catastrophic coverage goes into effect.
“It also seeks to address the unacceptable disparities in health that exist across racial/ ethnic lines by requiring the collection and reporting of accurate data on health care services and health outcomes by race, ethnicity, sex, primary language and disability status. “Just as importantly, the law requires nearly all citizens to have health insurance and
makes the purchase of coverage more affordable. Mandatory health insurance helps to spread the financial risk of health care across a wider pool of individuals with differing health status, and it promotes the use of primary and preventive care. “Given the current rates of chronic diseases affecting many in our country, includ-
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Wells’ Possible Mayoral Run Has D.C. Residents Talking By James Wright WI Staff Writer The recent announcement that a D.C. Council member is likely to run for the city’s top political spot in 2014 has generated a great deal of discussion. “I have not [officially] announced that I am running for mayor, but I am strongly considering a run,” said Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6). Wells, who attended the Palisades Parade on July 4 in the well-heeled Northwest community, said that many residents told him that the D.C. Council is corrupt and they asked him if he would run for mayor. “It’s pretty clear that people are upset with the ethics of this
council and I am humbled that they want me to run for mayor.” The Rev. Anthony Motley, a longtime black political activist who lives in Southeast, said that he’s not stunned that Wells is considering a run for mayor. “Anybody can run,” Motley, 63, said, nonchalantly. “We live in a democracy.” Wells’ consideration, given the fact that the next mayoral contest isn’t until 2014, does come as a surprise to some political observers, and the current mayor, Vincent Gray, a subject of a federal investigation into his 2010 mayoral campaign, has not been charged with any crimes. If Wells, 55, succeeds, he would become the first white to be elected mayor
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since the U.S. Congress voted to establish Home Rule in the city in 1973. However, since 1974, white candidates have run for mayor but have failed. Carol Schwartz, who served on the D.C. Council from 1985-1989 and 1997-2009, ran for mayor in 1986, 1994, 1998 and 2002, as a Republican. D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) ran for the Democratic Party nomination for mayor in 1998 but only polled 10 percent of the vote, losing to Anthony Williams, who eventually won the general election. In 1990, David Clarke, the chairman of the D.C. Council, ran in the mayoral Democratic primary but lost to Sharon Pratt
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Dixon. David Bositis, a senior research associate at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies in Northwest, said that the “time is ripe” for a viable white candidate for mayor. “I think it could happen,” Bositis said. “The population is changing and while it depends on the quality of the candidate, a white candidate who can appeal to black voters could certainly win.” The 2010 census reported that the District is 50.7 percent black, the lowest level it has been since the 1940s and the white population is 38.4 percent. Demographers have noted that young whites are moving into the city in large numbers and taking over previously predominantly black neighborhoods. Bositis said that cities like Baltimore have elected white mayors with large black populations. He said that Wells has a chance if he supports policies that are favorable to blacks. Wells represents Ward 6, the only political jurisdiction that is located in all of the city’s quadrants. Whites constitute 47 percent of the population while blacks are 42 percent, with the rest Latino, Asian and Native American, according to the website, Neighborhood Info DC. Wells is known on the D.C. Council as an ethically-minded legislator who is working to make the city more “bikeable and walkable” and is pushing streetcars for some major thoroughfares. His crowning legislative achievement is the passing of the
“bag tax” in 2009, which assesses five cents for plastic bags in the District. Nick McCoy, a black political activist in Northwest, said that he thinks the city is ready for a white to lead it and “it is time.” “I think so but for some people, there is a real question of whether D.C. is ready to elect a non-person of color [for] mayor,” said McCoy, 36. “This is not a conversation we in the city would have had a few years ago.” McCoy said that he would have to look at Wells platform “just like I would look at anyone else’s.” Wells, said McCoy, has not sponsored any anti-black legislation, and that’s all right with him. McCoy, however, said that he does have a preference when it comes to which white could be the next mayor. “I would look at Phil Mendelson as mayor,” he said, referring to the new D.C. Council chairman. Angela Moore, who is the owner and artistic director of A&A Productions, LLC in Southeast, said that she would “advocate for all races to go for government offices” but would still prefer a black mayor. “I would vote for a qualified African-American candidate for mayor in 2014 who would work for the people of D.C.,” said Moore, 28. “I would love for the mayor to be African American.” Motley said that he wishes Wells luck in his mayoral quest. “The election will come down to who can get their troops out to vote,” he said. “If he can do that, more power to him.” wi www.washingtoninformer.com
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Sheriff’s Community Partnership Section Launches Summer Camps Upper Marlboro, MD…The Prince George’s County Office of the Sheriff ’s Community Partnership Section (CPS) launched its Deputies Assisting Youth (D.A.Y.) Corps Summer Camps Program. Although the first day was delayed by last week’s storm, the CPS launched the first of two sessions for young people from the eight middle schools where Sheriff ’s Deputies are assigned during the school year. The D.A.Y. Corps Summer Program is designed to continue the encouragement and development of young people through their interaction with deputies. The first session, held at Thurgood Marshall Middle School in Temple Hills, includes 15 cadets whose day began by learning how to properly raise and lower the American and Maryland flags. After an early morning fitness routine, the cadets participated in classroom sessions with Deputies, Sheriff ’s Explorers Post1696 members and guests who spoke on a variety of subjects such as bullying, etiquette, proper grooming and constructive and positive self-image. “The camps are a great opportunity to continue to work with young people during the pivotal middle school years,” said Sgt. Hines, D.A.Y. Corps director and supervisor of the CPS. “In a world that is more complicated than ever, our goal is to facilitate good social and problem-solving skills, and to make our camps an exciting experience for campers. The experience encourages them to be good citizens at home, at school and in their communities.” Guest speakers in the first week included Chuck Smalley of the eMPAS Group that teaches hard work and excellence to www.washingtoninformer.com
youth, providing them with examples of the importance of education and entrepreneurship and conflict resolution, while making it fun. Smalley’s presentation included cast members from his anti-bullying stage play entitle “Give Me Your Lunch Money.” In addition, local hairstylist Patricia Cheeks from Divine and Beauty Hair Salon in Temple Hills, MD and local master barber and former Sheriff ’s Explorer Post advisor Lavon Lucas from the Largo One Barber Shop provided hair and skincare grooming tips – with demonstrations. The first week also included a field trip and tour of TV News Channel 9, where campers met and talked with Washington D.C. icon J.C. Hayward. Other topics and field trips for the camp include conflict resolution, career and educational goal setting, a tour of the University of Maryland in College Park and the Bureau of Engraving in Washington, D.C. The D.A.Y. Corps’ second session will be held July 23rdAugust 3rd at Thomas Johnson Middle School. For more information contact the Prince George’s County Office of the Sheriff ’s Communications and Public Affairs Division at 301-780-8637.
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As he has read and listened to televised accounts of the abuses the disgraced former Penn State University defensive coordinator visited on defenseless young victims, Del McFadden said he has one recurring question: How could this have gone on so long without Jerry Sandusky being detected? That is just one of a number of questions the public is left to ask following a high-profile trial after which Sandusky was found guilty in 45 of 48 counts of sexually abusing 10 boys over the course of 15 years. The 68-yearold convicted pedophile could spend the rest of his life in prison if his appeals are rebuffed. “It appears that there is an overwhelming amount of evidence against him but when I last heard, he was still claiming innocence,” said McFadden, outreach coordinator with the Co-
lumbia Heights/Shaw Family Support Collaborative in Northwest. “The thing that’s shocked me was the period of time – 15 years. What’s wild is that someone had to know something. My question is why?” Jurors took more than 20 hours to deliberate and return with a verdict. Lead prosecutor Joseph McGettigan’s comments to jurors shortly before they began deliberations crystallized what the trial represented.
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“I have 10 souls in my pocket – childhoods ravaged, memories destroyed by this man. You can’t give back the pieces of their souls that he took,” McGettigan said on the final day. Linda Kelly, Pennsylvania’s Attorney General, declared in remarks following the trial that justice for those 10 boys had finally been served. “This defendant, a serial child predator who committed horrific acts upon his victims, causing lifelong and life changing consequences for all of them, has been held accountable for his crimes,” Kelly said. For Houston, Texas homemaker Sheila Price, the stories each victim revealed on the witness stand about their exploitation fueled her sorrow. “It’s just really sad, sad for him and his family and sad for the children,”said Price, 54. “It’s also a sad state of affairs that it went on for so long and has now come to light. To me, he’s guilty. He’s a grown man and even if he wasn’t doing anything, as an adult there are certain boundaries he should not have crossed. There are some boundaries adults must maintain.” D.C. educator Marva Shand McIntosh said she was pleased with the verdict but worried that Sandusky’s actions have tarnished the good work nonprofits do. “The saddest part of the story for me was that he was able to reach these boys under the guise of a charitable organization,”
said McIntosh, who works with the District of Columbia Public Schools. “He reached out to these kids and victimized them with what they were running from. It is so sad. Essentially, he was a homosexual and a pedophile who adopted a kid and then abused him.” McIntosh was referring to the bombshell announcement by one of Sandusky’s adopted children, Matt, that he was abused by his adopted father. Sandusky’s lawyer Joe Amendola said in a CBS News interview that Sandusky “was absolutely going to testify in his own defense right up until” … the news broke that Matt Sandusky, 33, the family’s youngest adopted son, had informed the prosecution that Sandusky had abused him as a young boy and was available to the prosecution as a final rebuttal witness. Matt Sandusky had previously defended his father when the elder Sandusky was arrested last November but he recounted his story of the alleged abuses against him to police during his father’s trial. The savagery of Sandusky’s actions, the length of time he preyed on his victims, and the long-term harm he has brought into the lives of innocents makes his punishment appropriate, said McIntosh. “I am pleased about the verdict,” she said. “He represented Penn State for a long time. Just as how he represented them when he was good, he represents them
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national SANDUSKY continued from Page 14 now he’s evil. This is a sad day for disadvantaged youth. Sandusky has compounded the disadvantages these young men had in life.” McIntosh said Sandusky betrayed their trust. “He was a devious man. Who would think of setting up an organization to have these kids at his disposal? Other pedophiles do it more by happenstance; he did it by design. It’s horrible. There’s no room for any remorse. He’s not even sorry he got caught. … Why would 10 different boys from different settings lie about you? All had the same story, even the one he adopted.” Kelly made it clear at the trial’s conclusion that Penn State bears responsibility for what happened. “It’s hard to overlook the fact that Penn State, the campus of Penn State, the physical campus of Penn State was the area where some of these assaults took place,” she said. During the trial, witnesses testified seeing Sandusky in the showers with young boys on campus, he was given access to the facilities by university officials because of his position and status on campus. And as the fallout of the case spread, former Penn State Football Coach Joe Paterno, Uni-
versity President Graham Spanier and two other school officials were either fired or forced to resign when it became clear that they turned a blind eye to what Sandusky was doing. In the weeks since the verdict, more information is being revealed of the depth of complicity by university officials. Sandusky’s crimes occurred at the nexus of a juggernaut football program, money, and powerful university interests. In many ways, those who were interviewed said, the young boys never had a chance. They were sacrificed on the altar of big-time college sports. “I’m interested in why these things are allowed to fester,” said the 38-year-old McFadden. “I guess because he was a beneficial, high-powered individual and maybe they didn’t want that success and winning streak to be affected.” There is, and has been, widespread outrage against Penn State for officials who engaged in a cover-up designed to protect the school’s name and football legacy at the expense of vulnerable, innocent children.University officials have expressed a desire to settle any victim lawsuits and turn the page on a chapter that has sullied the institution’s once pristine reputation. “I put 70 percent of the blame
on the university because they failed to address the situation,” Price said. “That’s unfortunate if they knew what was going on and did nothing. I know that sometimes you hear rumors and blow it off but if they got wind of this and did nothing, they’re culpable.” McFadden said Sandusky’s behavior isn’t uncommon and he said he is diligent in instructing his nieces and other young people about ways to safeguard themselves because it could be a matter of life and death. He recalled the time he supervised a 10-bed girl’s facility in Rockville, Md. “Fifty or 60 percent of the girls had been molested,” he said. “The abuse would always come up in therapy. I was blown away by the assaults and the closeness of those who committed those crimes. It was uncles, fathers, and relatives.” “This will affect them for the rest of their lives. It will affect their relationships, marriages and just the way they see the world. I am concerned about the lives of these young people. They will be forever haunted by what happened to them.”wi
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By William Reed Sudan is a resource-rich land many want to rule. It is ripe for agricultural development, but less than 5 per cent of the land is currently cultivated. In terms of overall income generation; South Sudan does quite well compared to its East African neighbors. The 2010 GDP per capita was estimated at U.S. $1,546 compared to U.S. $769 in Kenya. South Sudan is bordered by Ethiopia to the east, Kenya to the southeast, Uganda to the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the southwest, the Central African Republic to the west, and Sudan to the north. Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan has fought for decades against the Americans’ designs on breaking up Sudan, but Washington, D.C.–based businessman Malcolm Beech agrees with Chavis in that African Americans should get a piece of the South Sudan action saying, “U.S. Agency for International Development and State Department funds will be flowing to that part of the world and we need to be in the deal.” South Sudan has a population of around 8 million and a predominantly rural, subsistence economy. This region has been negatively affected by war for all but 10 years of the independence period, resulting in serious neglect, lack of infrastructure development, and major destruction and displacement. More than 2 million people have died, and more than 4 million are internally displaced persons or have become refugees as a result of the civil war. The capital of South Sudan is located at Juba. However, due to Juba’s poor infrastructure and lack of centrality, the South Sudanese government adopted a resolution to study the creation of a new planned city to act as its capital seat. This proposed project is functionally similar to those which resulted in the construction of Abuja, Nigeria; Brasília, Brazil; and Canberra, Australia. This will be just a part of the building from the ground up that will be occurring in South Sudan. wi (William Reed is available for speaking/ seminar projects via the Bailey Group.org www.washingtoninformer.com
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On June 29, the violent, fast-moving derecho storm tore through states from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic, leaving in its wake a 700-mile trail of death and destruction – including 34 fatalities and almost 4 million customers without power. Some power outages lasted well over a week. Storms affect different systems in different ways and in this case, our critical infrastructure – substations, main power lines, transformers – took a direct hit. The storm caused significant damage to our system and we were faced with rebuilding it before we could begin restoring service to our about 443,000 customers without power.
Thank you to our customers who remained patient while we worked around the clock to restore service. Thank you to our emergency response partners and government officials who helped coordinate clean-up and safety efforts. Thank you to the crews who came from as far away as Canada to help, and to the workers who kept them fed and hydrated. And thank you to our dedicated line crews, customer service personnel and countless others who worked 24 hours a day until the job was done.
We Prioritized and Mobilized. Once the storm cleared and crews were able to safely begin damage assessment, cleanup and power restoration, they worked hard and did not stop until their job was done. Line crews and other key personnel, about 3,000 total, worked twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week – many in severe heat – to repair the damage the storm had caused. The restoration effort clocked in an estimated 300,000 man-hours, and involved replacing almost 300 utility poles and almost 200 transformers – a considerable amount more than what was replaced after Hurricanes Irene or Isabel. After rebuilding the essential infrastructure that was ripped apart, crews focused on restoring power to critical health and safety facilities. The storm did a lot of damage near a large nursing home in Montgomery County, and restoration required about 50 crew members, 26 bucket trucks and about a half-dozen excavators working for two days to restore service to just this one facility. On a stretch of Bradley Lane in Bethesda, where three nursing homes are located, 30 crew members and 20 bucket trucks were needed to restore service because two major power lines had been damaged and the wires were a tangled mess. And about 100 crew members worked to restore power to the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission Potomac Pumping Filtration Center, a facility necessary for providing clean drinking water and sewage services. Even with all of the destruction, we beat our original global estimated time of restoration by two days. We restored power to 90% of customers by midnight, July 4 and our performance was in line with our peers’ response to the storm. Restoration was complete during the early morning hours of Sunday, July 8, on which morning a report issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency stated that there were still more than 100,000 customers without power in some areas of the storm’s path.
Stronger and More Reliable. In September 2010, we committed $910 million over five years to improving our infrastructure and reliability and reducing the frequency and duration of outages. In the almost two years since we began that work, we have strengthened and improved our systems. In fact, customers served by upgraded power lines experienced a 39% percent reduction in the average number of power outages of normal day-to-day service during 2011 as compared to 2010, and when outages did occur, they didn’t last nearly as long, declining, on average, by 56% percent compared to 2010.
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Reggie Jackson has been HIV-positive for 27 years. Today, he’s a peer community health care worker under the auspices of Positive Pathways. Jackson ensures that individuals living with HIV/AIDS receive the help that they need. / Photo by Victor Holt
Community Health Workers Fight AIDS By Barrington M. Salmon WI Staff Writer Reggie Jackson recalls living life on the edge, giving into his desires and not worrying about the consequences of what he now acknowledges as very risky behaviors. So he was not all that surprised when he found out that he had contracted the HIV disease. Jackson, 60, has lived with the disease for 27 years but said rather than turning away from the somber reality of his situation, he has embraced the role of crusader against the disease. “I knew I was a high risk. I knew I did everything to catch HIV,” said Jackson, a community health worker with Positive Pathways. “Twenty-seven years ago, they told me I had two years to live.” Jackson said while he’s at peace, he doesn’t want anyone to live his experience. His colleague, “Ramona”, said she was unaware she was infected until someone told her that the man she was involved with was dying in a hospital. “I’ve been HIV-positive since 1997,” she said. “I was depressed, my family didn’t know and I didn’t want to share my status. The journey I’ve been through, I’ve been there. No one wants to be HIVpositive but I live [well].” Both Jackson and “Ramona”, The Washington Informer
who agreed to discuss her situation in return for anonymity, credit Positive Pathways with transforming their lives. They are two of a cadre of peer community health workers who work under the auspices of Positive Pathways. They’re on the ground, going door-to-door, using the personal touch to get those living with the disease to begin to take better care of themselves. Abby Charles, a program coordinator with Positive Pathways, described community health workers as “peers who are an intrinsic part of the process.” “Peers are very important because case managers are overwhelmed with high client loads,” said Charles. “An increased staff leads to greater capacity and increased emotional capacity. They can build a bond in a way most professionals cannot because they are trained to share to the benefit of the clients. Emotional support is a key piece.” “Ramona”, 54, said the work she does as a peer community health worker has given her purpose. “Positive Pathways is the best thing that ever happened to me,” she gushed. “I’ve brought back three clients [to the clinic] everyday and I’m constantly calling people who’re out of care. Some say they’re depressed. I help them with medication, make doctor’s
appointments and things like that. I want people to feel hope and look forward to getting up in the morning.” “I get good money but I’d do it for free.” Jackson agreed. “It’s a godsend,” he said. “D.C. has the highest incidences and the numbers for African American women have doubled.” Their jobs take on added currency because in the District of Columbia, there are significant pockets in some wards where a lack of knowledge, access, and the stigma of the disease are taking a tremendous toll on residents. “One-point-two million people are living with HIV/AIDS in the U.S.,” said Robert Scott Banaszak, communications director of AIDS United. “We feel it’s ignored in many ways. The stigma of poverty and other “isms” stopped it from being addressed here. It’s a synergy of plagues – limited education, poverty, stigmas and people being afraid to get tested.” “And the laws that criminalize HIV don’t inspire people to get tested.” In low-income areas, the pandemic moves unhindered, primarily affecting black women who are uneducated, unaware and who often are so caught
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Charles said that D.C. has its own unique issues. “D.C. has such layered determinants of health such as high drug use and no needle exchange, significant poverty, unemployment and violence,” said Charles. “… Money for outreach is decreasing and the focus is on high-impact targets such as men having sex with men.” But the District has the best matrix of care in the country which means people come from all over to get care,” several of those who discussed the issue said. Charles said the Positive Pathways was created “based on significant need because of D.C.’s viral load data.” The organization, which is funded by AIDS United, has partnered with a number of community organizations. To date, 401 people are clients in the program that began in June 2011. “We still have a lot of people who don’t know their status,” she said. “And some men are bitter and have unprotected sex. We need more peer workers because we have an epidemic. We have to be real strategic about
aids continued from Page 18 up in maintaining households, being a caregiver and dealing with the issues of everyday life, they neglect their own personal care. All too often, people living with the disease are overlooked or don’t come to the attention of case managers who are stretched to the limits with their caseloads. “Ramona” and Jackson said low-income neighborhoods, in Wards 5 through 8, are “ground zero” for the disease, affecting heterosexuals, homosexuals, IV users, women, and members of the transgender community, with Jackson adding his concern about the growing number of young men who engage in homosexual activity but have relationships with women and who are not using adequate safeguards during their sexual activity. “This should have been in place a long time ago,” Jackson said of the program. “We need to have as many community health workers here as they have in Texas, Los Angeles and San Francisco.”
how to reach those people and get them into consistent health care.” “Homophobia and the fear of expressing one’s sexuality is driving the disease and driving people underground.” Ramona and Jackson shook their heads when they recounted the rigorous coursework they A Positive Pathway peer community health care worker holds an HIV/AIDS kit used to endured before they test individuals at the Max Robinson Center in Southeast on Monday, July 9. /Photo by hit the streets. They Victor Holt received extensive training over the course of eight consistent health care.” 20 years. months, meeting three hours a Banaszak praised Positive “It gives us the opportunity day, and three days a week. Pathways. to keep working on these things “There are barriers to access, “Positive Pathways and the care and services, systematically peer navigation model is a big and tell the story of what’s hapor individually,” Charles said. component of many of the or- pening on the ground,” he said “The training is such an asset. ganizations we support because of the 19th International AIDS They feel the pulse. Workers are it’s a very effective way to reach Conference, at the Walter E. employed and placed at differpeople where they are,” he said. Washington Convention Center ent sites such as Unity Health Care, Our Place D.C., the Wom- “There is an element of trust on July 22-27. “And with HIV en’s Collective and the Family talking to peers of the same Awareness Month, we will be Medical Counseling Services, gender and race and they often able to bring [different] factors D.C. Chartered Health Plan and come from their very own com- to light. A lot of attention has munity.” Whitman-Walker Health.” He said he is excited that the been placed on the global epi“We’re going to homes, calling people, and going to shel- District will host its first inter- demic but what type of society ters to get people back into national AIDS conference in do we see ourselves living in?”wi
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District’s Top Students Honored By Dorothy Rowley WI Staff Writer A week after they graduated from high school, a group of the District’s best in the Class of 2012 had their achievements showcased by a local organization that promotes academic excellence among youth. Total Sunshine, a nonprofit organization based in Southeast, sponsored the event which was held June 21 at Roosevelt Senior High School in Northwest. The program honored 66 valedictorians and salutatorians from District public and charter high schools, and because all of them are poised to begin college this fall, a partnership Total Sunshine is developing with Walmart could soon provide them with brand new laptops. “The organization started about 12 years ago when I was trying to find a way to make people smile,” said Total Sunshine President Merilyn Holmes. “We ended up
getting into TV and doing more and more charity work. Then, on Martin Luther King’s birthday in January 2003, the organization was born and we increasingly did things to help young people.” At its onset, the project recognized middle and high school students from wards 7 and 8, but has since evolved into a showcase of the top high school students’ achievements. This year marks the 4th anniversary of the Total Sunshine School Grade Rewards ceremony. And, while the program was attended by a contingent of youth advocates and representatives from Council members Vincent Orange and Marion Barry’s offices, it also attracted School Board members Trayon White [Ward 8] and Dorothy Douglas [Ward 7]. White, 28, said he respects Holmes’ leadership and vision in organizing both the Total Sunshine organization and ceremony. “It was an honor for me to at-
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“And that’s partly because there are more charter schools in the city now than there are regular high schools,” she said. Holmes added that in the past, refurbished laptops were distributed during the ceremony. But she explained that this time, they decided to present students with brand new computers. In doing so, her organization reached out to the community for assistance. “We ended up getting a request in through the Walmart Foundation,” said Holmes. “They were asking all these questions like our business ID number, as if they were going to get things in order. But so far, we’re in a holding pattern while they try to work through some corporate bureaucracy.” Holmes said if Walmart doesn’t
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Teaching Children Healthy Lifestyles that Last a Lifetime By Linda Moore Special to the Informer By 2030 when today’s newborns will become adults, 42 percent of Americans will be classified as obese compared to 36 percent today. So finds a new study from Duke University’s prestigious Global Health Institute. Such alarming statistics have had the positive impact of inspiring healthy lifestyle campaigns, such as the ‘Let’s Move’ initiative pioneered by first lady Michelle Obama. But as Duke University’s grim prognosis indicates, there’s much to do. Although the health of our young people has to be prioritized, the toll of obesity actually impacts everyone. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] study found that obesity-related medical bills cost the nation $147 billion annually – which equates to $677 per adult each year. Children are especially vulnerable to the epidemic, as obese parents provide the biggest risk factor for children’s later obesity as adults, according to Stanford University’s School of Medicine.
While the life expectancy of obese adults is shorter, they are also at greater risk for weight-related diseases such as Type II diabetes, heart disease and cancer. It is our responsibility as adults to ensure today’s children make the right choices – choices that will serve them throughout their lives. I can’t change our nation’s unhealthy lifestyles on my own, but I believe in the philosophy of changing things for the better, one child at a time. In my work I have tried to do this at the school I founded, Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School in Northeast, where we serve locally sourced, nutritious meals cooked on site from scratch. The meals include ingredients grown in our organic garden, which our students plant and harvest. Our school, which is located in the Brookland neighborhood, recently started a Wellness Program. We offer after-school fitness programs for parents and children, and three healthy meals a day to students, 74 percent of whom are eligible for free or reducedprice school meals. We partner with
“Although the health of our young people has to be prioritized, the toll of obesity actually impacts everyone.” – Linda Moore Whole Foods, which donates and contributes fresh fish, and fruits and vegetables, and nutritious recipes to help families prepare healthy options. In this effort, we have learned how to get children more interested in staying healthy. Faculty and staff eat with students and the faculty also explains to students how their food is prepared. It helps that our healthy meals taste good, thanks to our in-house chef. We have found this effort to be more productive and less costly than the processed alternative. After overhauling our food service program – reducing sodium and fat content while serving fresh, nutritious, locally-grown foods – we want to help other schools develop the capacity to do so. The District’s city-run public schools – which have complimented
our program – are now also beginning to open school gardens, and serve meals that meet the U.S. Department of Agriculture gold level standard. And many other District public charter schools, which educate 41 percent of D.C. students, have moved forward with this type of healthy provision, independent of the city government. Everyone concerned about the obesity epidemic knows we need to encourage children to adopt healthy habits. Obviously, I am aware that this goal poses certain challenges. Our inherited desire for sweets and fats, for example, represents a particularly tough obstacle. And I worry about how my students continue to seek out the unhealthy options that surround them not only at home, but also in their community.
Amid the opulence of our nation’s capital, some 18,000 District residents live in “food deserts.” This term refers to areas in industrialized countries where healthy, affordable food is hard to obtain. Many students who attend our school do not live in our city’s most vulnerable neighborhoods, where even grocery stores are few and far between. It is disgraceful that our children should want for such basic necessities. We do not want the society forecast by the latest trends. Actions that we can take now can have a profound influence on the adult lives of those growing up today. My hope is that the next generation of adults uses the nutritional insights provided by modern science to live healthier, more productive, longer, and rewarding lives. I know that my students need this information. As adults, it is our responsibility to provide this better future to the next generation and position them to pass it on. Linda Moore is both founder and executive director of the Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School in Washington, D.C. When she established the school in 1996, she named it in honor of her mother, who was an inspirational firstgrade teacher in Arkansas for more than 30 years.wi
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Some Believed Still Fighting Civil War over Health and Immigration By Hardy L. Brown Special to the NNPA from Black Voice News With the way some governors and congressional people are reacting to the United States Supreme Court ruling that The Affordable Health Care Act is constitutional indicates to me that we are still fighting the Civil War in this country. Those individuals call it “Obama Care” which I read as code for race. This ruling came on the heels of an earlier decision by the same court to strike down parts of the State of Arizona’s passage of a very restrictive immigration law aimed at our Latino brothers and sisters in this country.
It has become crystal clear that most Americans have come to grips with these two issues and agree that the court was correct in both decisions. We all know that our health care delivery system is broken and must be corrected. Even those who still say that they want to repeal what the president, congress, and the court has said is legal say the system is broken and needs repairing. We all know people who need care and cannot afford it. We all know families who have had to remove children from their health plan because of age before they are established and the child can’t get established. Your child comes out of college in their early twenties trying to get a
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job with benefits but those jobs have been outsourced to other countries. If Kaiser Foundation Health Plan had made us drop my son, Hardy II before he had gotten established, we would
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with these same people. Now I will admit something needs to be done about people coming into the country illegally, it has become a complicated problem. I know a young lady that had to be deported back to Mexico and it is a horrible thing to see that happen. She was a good college student and involved in community activities to assist children. Then there are others that work in agriculture on large farms to help harvest the food we eat, while others get legal visas and when they expire never go back home. No one political party or group of people have an answer that will satisfy everyone but we must treat every group with respect while we work toward a solution. We cannot deny our neighbors basic human rights if they are in need. We cannot stop and ask people for legal papers and identification just because we suspect they are here illegally. Yes the more things change the more they stay the same and the decisions by the United States Supreme Court and the reactions by some who vow to not abide by the law, only highlights that. They should ask themselves are they still fighting the Civil War? wi
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have gone to the poor house when he broke his leg and was hospitalized for a month. He had just graduated from Wilberforce University and not employed when the accident happened near Cal State University, San Bernardino. There is no way we could have covered the financial cost of his excellent care at Kaiser in Fontana. Yet we have governors from the poorest states in the country saying they will reject the coverage for the people in their state. These states have high populations of African Americans, Latinos and people living below the poverty level and sadly do not vote in high numbers. I think these leaders need to consult with their providers of health care in their state and question the wisdom of denying health coverage to their citizens. Regardless, the Affordable Health Care Act passed by congress and signed by President Barack Obama is the law of the land in America. With the U. S. Supreme Court taking the thunder out of the State of Arizona’s Immigration Law in essence saying that only the federal government has the right to make and enforce immigration laws, this did not sit well
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Fifty African-American High School Students Enjoy Unique Summer Media Program WI Staff Report While some high school students are making up for failing grades in math and English during summer school classes, others are participating in exciting summer programs. Do The Write Thing Foundation of DC is sponsoring a unique six-week media program at Woodson SHS in far northeast (Ward 7) that involves 50 African American youth in the following: Poetry writing/publishing workshops that teach youth how to write haikus and solar cycle poems plus every aspect of publishing their own collection of poems. Solar cycle poems draw connections between planetary and human evolution. They will develop and submit peace haikus for the Sonia Sanchez “peace is a haiku” mural project. It is anticipated that these youth will sign copies of their book of poems at the Author’s Pavilion during the prestigious Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s (CBCF) Annual Legislative Conference in September 2012 (just as they did in 2011). Poetry/songwriting workshops: through poetry reading and song performance, youth will write songs using poetry. Students will learn simple steps to find their own path in the journey from inspiration to creation. Using formal and casual exercises, the workshops will present ways of finding inspiration, capturing ideas, storytelling, building lyrics and using melody. Youth will have the opportunity to add beats and record their songs in a portable sound studio www.washingtoninformer.com
then upload their lyrics to YouTube and Vimeo. Shooting and editing of videos under the supervision of Hollywood filmmaker, Ryan Richmond (who was born and raised in the District). Planning and attending the July 9th private screening (at the Landmark E Street Cinema, 11th and E, Northwest) of the award winning film, MONEY MATTERS, a dramatic urban tale set in Washington, D.C., that was written, directed and produced by Ryan Richmond. The film, Money Matters, explores many of the issues affecting District teens including HIV/AIDS, teenage drinking, sexual identity conflicts, lesbianism, girl gangs, prostitution, teen pregnancy, date rape, parental drug use and adult drug dealers. The teen protagonist, a District resident, finds a positive outlet for all the problems she has to deal with by writing poetry. The film delivers a powerful message to teens who are dealing with similar problems: drugs, alcohol and early sex will not solve problems, just exacerbate them. The screening will be followed by Q&A with Mr. Richmond and the film’s two stars, Terri Abney and Aunjanue Ellis. Terri was a teen attending Duke Ellington at the time of filming. She just graduated from Clark University in Atlanta. Ms. Ellis’ film credits include The Help and Ray (a biopic on Ray Charles). She also had a re-occurring role on the TV drama, The Missing which premiered during the 2011-2012 TV season.wi
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Gray Resignation Rumors Grow Rumors have it that D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray’s resignation is imminent. Some prognosticators were so adamant about their predictions that, according to rumors, Gray was supposed to have resigned last weekend. These rumors have been inflamed, of course, by the recent news that now a third Gray campaign supporter has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit campaign fraud and for conspiring to destroy records. Public relations consultant Eugenia “Jeanne” Clarke Harris admitted on Tuesday to federal authorities that between 2008 and 2010, she made illegal campaign contributions to federal and local candidates. The contributions were made in the names of employees, family members and friends, along with contributions made in the name of two companies she owns, which in turn were reimbursed by an unnamed co-conspirator. This does not look good for Mayor Gray who is continuing to do his job in spite of the ongoing distractions that began immediately after he took office in January 2011. And, despite the distractions, Mayor Gray continues to add to the list of accomplishments his administration is making. The District’s unemployment rate has been reduced due in part to more than 1,000 residents hired through the “One City, One Hire” program, the schools and public libraries modernization program is moving along swiftly, numerous major construction developments are ongoing, the city’s cash reserves are being replenished and record numbers of newcomers to the District are adding to the city’s tax rolls. It’s the proverbial “best of times and worst of times” for Mayor Gray. Mayor Gray’s commitment to this city and to public service is undeniable. His life’s story, personal and professional, is a testament to this fact. We look forward to seeing a successful Gray Administration through to the end of his term, and we encourage him to move forward with his efforts to make the District an even greater city than it is now. If, however, he has been involved in any wrongdoing, we urge him to spare District voters the angst of waiting for the other shoe to drop, and we remind him that there is no perfect time for what some believe may be inevitable.
Voting Rights a Mandate for Holder The Civil Rights Act was signed by President Lyndon Johnson 48 years ago on July 2, 1964. It was one of the landmark pieces of legislation that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and others marched for, were beaten and died for. It was also the prelude to the passage of the Voting Rights Act, signed by President Johnson one year later. Upholding the tenets of both laws is the job of U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. The first African American U.S. Attorney General, Holder is responsible for making sure the U.S. Justice Department, along with the federal courts enforce the constitutional right to vote and to assure that victims of discrimination receive injunctive relief from offenders of the law. Violators include public facilities, public schools, federally-assisted programs and states that seek to limit the rights of people who want to vote. Holder was recently held in contempt of Congress by a vote of the U.S. House of Representatives on June 28 for refusing to respond to a subpoena related to the Operation Fast and Furious scandal. But he has not allowed the issue to distract him from what he has called the major civil rights issue of the day – voting rights. In a speech Holder delivered in May, he said the Justice Department’s Voting Section “is as busy as it has ever been – we handled more new cases in the last fiscal year than in every single year going back to 1977, which is the earliest year for which we could construct the records, save for one, 1994, which it tied. We are halfway through the 2012 fiscal year, and we already have almost as many new cases as last year’s record year. Voting rights enforcement is indeed an all hands on deck enterprise.” On Tuesday, July 10, Holder spoke at the 103rd Annual Convention of the NAACP in Houston, Texas, the state that has been at the center of the national debate on voting rights and where a case was filed against the Justice Department seeking approval of its proposed Voter ID law. Holder said the Justice Department found the law would be harmful to minority voters and rejected its implementation. Holder made it clear … “very clear … we will not allow political pretexts to disenfranchise American citizens of their most precious right [to vote].” We commend Attorney Holder for his fearless tenacity.
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Understanding the Affordable Care Act
This fight over the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, “Obamacare” has confused me. I’ve read newspaper articles and listened to television news about the Affordable Care Act and become even more confused. I just don’t know what to think. I’m on Medicaid and Medicare, so what does the new law mean for me? How will it affect the care I get now and down the line? I just can’t figure it out. It would be great if the Washington Informer could run some article explaining how the new law will work and how it will affect different people. In my heart I feel it is a good law, but I would like to be able to make an informed decision about it. Johnny C. Wade Washington, D.C.
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Your article “New Homeowner Glad She found ‘Buy Suitland’ Program,” by Gale Horton Gay, July 5, 2012 was one of the most exciting news articles I’ve read in some time. The reason I say that is my daughter and son-in-law have been living in my basement paying me rent for about three years with the purpose of saving enough money to buy their own home. The program written about in the article hopefully will help them fulfill their dream. As soon as I read it I immediately showed it to them and they too got very excited. Suitland would be a perfect location for them to buy. They would be close to their jobs and they would still be close enough to me so I could still see my grandchildren regularly. They are planning to call DHCD for more information on how to start the process. I am praying that this article is an answer to their prayers.
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By George E. Curry
Healthcare Momentum Shifts toward Obama Since the enactment of the Affordable Care Act two years ago, polls have consistently shown that a slight plurality of Americans have opposed the measure. But public opinion now seems to be shifting in President Obama’s favor, with a slim plurality supporting the landmark healthcare measure. The Kaiser Health Tracking Poll, released a week after the Supreme Court ruling upholding
the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), shows that 47 percent approve of the Supreme Court ruling, 43 percent oppose and 10 percent are uncertain. Not surprisingly, as is the case with so many social issues, there is a deep political divide, with 83 percent of Democrats preferring to keep the law as is or expanding it and 79 percent of Republicans wanting to repeal it. Independents are divided, with 49 percent wanting to keep or expand the law and 41 percent
cent favor moving on to other issues, and 41 percent are for continuing the fight. Romney’s problem is that he made the identical argument as governor. For political reasons, however, Romney does not want to repeat that argument as Republicans try to use the ruling as proof that the president’s signature legislation is a massive tax hike on Americans. On the CBS News broadcast “Face the Nation,” House Speaker John Boehner said, “It’s now a tax, since the court says
favoring repeal. A clear majority of Americans – 56 percent – are tired of the political bickering and want opponents to “Stop their efforts to block the law and move on to other national problems.” An even larger 82 percent of Democrats share that sentiment. However, if Republicans have their way, that is unlikely to happen soon. According to the poll, 69 percent of opponents want to “Continue trying to block the law from being implemented.” Among independents, 51 per-
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it’s a tax.” That is directly at odds with what Romney said as governor. Eric Fehrnstrom, a senior advisor to Romney, said in an interview on MSNBC: “The governor believes that what we put in place in Massachusetts was a penalty and he disagrees with the court’s ruling that the mandate was a tax.” But “the governor” promptly threw Fehrnstrom under the bus. “While I agreed with the dis-
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By Julianne Malveaux
Blame Republicans for High Unemployment The unemployment rate has hovered above 8 percent for several months, most recently holding ground at 8.2 percent, the same as last month. Meanwhile, the African American unemployment rate went up, officially to 14.4 percent, and we all know that means the real rate is even higher, probably in excess of 25 percent. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney interrupted
his vacation to gloat about the number of Americans who are experiencing misery, and his gloating might be at least somewhat amusing were this not the same man who says he likes to fire people. The 8.2 percent unemployment is not in President Obama’s best interest. Many who are feeling the misery and pain are open to an alternative, even if it is one as muddled and confused as Romney who doesn’t support health care reform now, although
he engineered a similar plan as governor of Massachusetts. This man has so talked out of his mouth, that a simple reel of his contradictory quotes would make it clear how confused, or deliberately deceiving he is. The good news for President Obama is that the lower the unemployment rate goes, the better his chances for re-election. The better news for President Obama is that many people don’t snap into campaign mode until after Labor Day. People want jobs, to
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be sure, but the summer numbers even if they are level, don’t alarm everyone. The employment reports that our president has to pay the most attention to are those released the first Friday of September and October. This is when Republicans will get all cranked up and suggest that President Obama can’t handle the fractured economy he inherited. Can the unemployment rate drop? Well if Republicans would pass the American Jobs Act, an
actual plan for employment, it might. It is in the interest of the nation’s unemployed, but not in the interest of Republican chicanery, for the American Jobs Act to be enacted. In some ways, Republicans are starving their constituents to thwart President Obama. Similarly, when state and local governments have to lay people off because their budgets are tight, the federal government has previously stepped
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By Wilmer J. Leon III
America’s Broke Priorities
On July 5, 1852 Frederick Douglass gave his famous speech What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? Douglass asked, “Are the great principles of political freedom and of natural justice, embodied in that Declaration of Independence, extended to us?” He then said, “I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals
the immeasurable distance between us …The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me…This Fourth [of] July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn.” As Americans recently celebrated another 4th of July, Douglass’ words continue to ring true. Too many of us were not included within the pale of the glorious anniversary. On June 18, another important speech was delivered 160 years after the
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one given by Douglass. This one was delivered by Robert L. Johnson, chairman of The RLJ Companies and founder and former CEO of Black Entertainment Television ( BET). In his address to the Congressional Forum on the “Economic Empowerment in the Black Community,” Johnson spoke about the troubling economic predicament of African Americans. He shared statistics illustrating a “wealth gap Tsunami.” According to a Pew Research Center study, “The wealth gap
between white and African American families has more than quadrupled over the course of a generation; the racial wealth gap increased by $75,000, from $20,000 to $95,000; the median wealth of white households is 20 times that of black households; and at least 35% of African Americans have no assets.” Johnson state, “Those in society who are generating wealth are beginning to look askance at supporting those who they deem to be nonproductive. So you have one group opposing
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transfer payments in the form of entitlements and another group arguing that we have to protect entitlements.” Johnson is not racially naïve. He explained, “There is a racial component to the employment and wealth gap between African Americans and White Americans that has to be addressed. Unfortunately, this country is uncomfortable with addressing that racial component…” It was uncomfortable 160 years
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Child Watch©
By Marian Wright Edelman
Ending the Cradle to Prison Pipeline A Black boy born in 2001 has a one in three chance of going to prison in his lifetime and a Latino boy a one in six chance of the same fate. The U.S. has the highest incarceration rate in the world: 7.1 million adult residents. One in 33 are under some form of correctional supervision, including prison, jail, probation, or parole. Michelle Alexander writes in her best-selling book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration
in the Age of Colorblindness that there are more adult African Americans under correctional control today than were enslaved in 1850, a decade before the Civil War began. In 2011, our state and federal prison population exceeded that of all European nations combined. Something’s very wrong with this picture. The numbers are frightening – and there’s more. That’s why the Children’s Defense Fund will focus on this unjust crisis in one of the main plenary sessions at our national conference in Cin-
cinnati on July 24. This epidemic of mass incarceration has created one of the most dangerous crises for the Black community since slavery and affects everyone in our nation. Black males have an imprisonment rate nearly seven times higher than White males, and Hispanic males have an imprisonment rate over twice that of White males. Mass incarceration is tearing fathers and mothers from children, and economically and politically disempowering millions by taking away the right to vote
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and ability to get a job and public benefits in some states after prison terms are served. One in nine Black, one in 28 Hispanic and one in 57 White children have an incarcerated parent. Mass incarceration has also become a powerful economic force and drain on taxpayers. Annual state spending on corrections tops $51 billion and states spend on average two and a half times more per prisoner than per public school pupil. I think this is a very dumb investment policy. Federal spending on
prisons totaled $6.6 billion in fiscal year 2012. An added danger driving mass incarceration is the privatization of prisons for profit. The Corrections Corporation of America, the largest private prison corporation, has proposed to 48 state governors that it will operate their prison systems for 20 years with a guaranteed 90 percent occupancy rate. A majority of all those incarcerated have committed nonviolent offenses.
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By James Clingman
Making Results Match Rhetoric
“Talk is cheap!” “Talkin’ loud and sayin’ nothin’!” Black folks do a lot of talking, rappin,’ espousing, pontificating, and philosophizin’. No matter the subject, we seem to know all about it and are more than willing to get engaged on any topic at hand. God gave us only one mouth, but He gave us two eyes, two nostrils, two ears, and two hands; we should get the hint that talk-
ing should not be the dominant of the five senses. Talking is what we do after using our other four senses. So why is rhetoric so high on our agenda? Why do we hold in such high esteem a speech, for instance, that brings with it no action? Why are we so enthralled with leaders who only talk, albeit very well, but have never established an entity, built a business, or started an initiative related to their rhetoric? Why do we even call these folks “leaders” in the first place? Shouldn’t we at least
measure them by the results of their rhetoric? I am so sick of hearing folks who only whine about our problems and never lift a finger to provide solutions. Loquaciousness is very overrated among Black folks. You can hear it on talk radio, callers and sometimes even by hosts who have little if any information on the topic, talking on and on as though they know everything there is to know about it. Even sadder is the fact that they give out erroneous information that others take and
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run with, thereby, perpetuating the ignorance of a certain issue among our people. Their favorite thing is to say what others “need” to do or what “we as a people” need to do, all without offering one thing they are willing to do or have done. I am also tired of seeing Black folks on television (legitimate news journalists not included) who only “talk” about the issues, usually telling us what we already know, and never having done one thing to contribute to our economic uplift. You ask them
for a few dollars to help with a cause or to invest in a Blackowned business and you can’t find them with a search warrant. Why are we so enamored with these folks? Is it because it requires no work on our behalf other than to simply sit and listen to what they have to say? Politics is the best example of this phenomenon among Black people. Ain’t nothing like an arousing, emotional, downhome speech to get us wound
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By Askia Muhammad
‘Obamacare,’ Brown v. Board, Social Security Right wingers are so predictable. They are against anything that even appears to benefit ordinary people, especially if ordinary Black people are seen as potential beneficiaries. Their ambition, very simply, is to tilt the balance in behalf of the well off; the “landed gentry;” folks they would describe as our “betters.” Racial identity politics in America has made it easy for the right wing, the chauvinists,
the jingoes, the Romneys, the Republicans, to dupe ordinary White people into supporting their plutocratic schemes by selling them the line that the lowliest White person has it better than each and every Black person, but: “Watch out. Those ‘coloreds’ are gaining on you!” The Affordable Care Act – also known as “Obamacare – has all that going on “in spades,” so to speak. Despite the fact that many Republicans who now vehemently oppose the law were once ardent
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supporters of similar proposals of their own, they are livid at the idea that something that will make it easier for ordinary folks to go to the doctor, receive medical care, and maybe live longer like the rich do is something that was brought about nationally by this Black President of the United States (POTUS) … this Black President with his Black First Lady of the United States (FLOTUS), and his two charming Black daughters, and his Black mother-in-law, living in the White House with them, and The Washington Informer
his Black brother-in-law who is the successful head coach of a Division I basketball team. They are really steamed that this Black President made national health insurance coverage happen in this country. They aren’t just a little worked up over what they termed “Obamacare” and the fact that its constitutionality was upheld by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), they are absolutely apoplectic over it. For the 31st time since Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) has
been Speaker, the House voted yet again July 11 on the “Bill to Nowhere.” The GOP bill to repeal Obamacare is going nowhere, because if it could possibly even come up for a vote in the Senate [which it absolutely cannot] it does not have a simple majority, let alone a “super majority” of 60 votes to break an opposition filibuster. But if it did pass both the House and the Senate, President Obama – after whom the pejorative sobriquet is named –
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cappella festival, comprised of performances and workshops for national and international post-collegiate, professional a cappella groups, provides a forum for vocal performers to experience how groups around the world are expanding the genre. The Afro Blue Vocal Band is a 10-member vocal jazz a cappella ensemble that was formed at Howard University and is comprised mostly of Howard graduates. The ensemble has performed alongside such artists as Smokey Robinson, Geri Allen and Bobby McFerrin. Most recently, the group gained a national fan base as one of 16 ensembles in the country to compete on NBC’s The SingOff, where they finished in
fourth place after an extended presence on the show. Member Danielle Withers said that the time on The Sing-Off allowed them to stretch their skillset, especially on such songs as Sam Cooke’s A Change Is Gonna Come. “We were really, really excited about that song. A Change Is Gonna Come is really an amazing song for a lot of different reasons. Some people say it’s the soundtrack of the civil rights movement. With Afro-Blue coming from Howard University, a historically Black college, we felt like it was very humbling and amazing to have been given the opportunity to sing a song that meant so much to the civil rights movement and sing it on a nationally televised show in a primetime slot on NBC,” With-
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ers said. Their musical style, which is based in jazz, has lent itself to a signature sound that incorporates other genres including R&B, gospel, pop, hip-hop, and funk. Whether dishing out a jazz standard in their dazzlingly reminiscent fashion or putting a flavorful spin on a modern hit, ABVB provides quality music through its adventurous arrangements with charisma and charm to spare. Though newly formed, their polish and style is comparable to that of a group seasoned
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professionals. The Strathmore is an established arts presenter and cultural destination that nurtures art, artists and community through creative and diverse programming of the highest quality, and is home to the Music Center at Strathmore, a 1,976seat concert hall and education complex. For additional information on ABVB visit their website at www. afrobluevb.com For more information on the VoCAL Nation festival or to purchase tickets, call (301) 581-5100 or visit www.strathmore.org wi
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you screamed encouragement until the match was done and so were you. Some say pro wrestling is fake, but you don’t care: you love it, but what do you know about it? Read “The King of New Orleans” by Greg Klein, and you might learn something new … Born in North Carolina in December, 1952, Sylvester Ritter was raised by his grandmother because neither of his parents were around to do it. He was a good kid but not much of a scholar, so he was happy when his school integrated with the white school. Integration meant that Ritter had a better chance at football. In eighth grade, at over six feet tall and 228 pounds, he seemed made for the game. After high school, Ritter played football at Fayetteville State University and later tried out with the Oilers and the Packers, but injuries kept him from a pigskin career. His dreams “dashed,” he joined his hometown sheriff ’s department where, during a wrestling tournament, he discovered a talent for takedowns. Promoter “Cowboy” Bill Watts was looking for a “superstar,” but it couldn’t be just anyone. Watts was looking for an African-American babyface who could win audiences and matches. Watts knew about Sylvester Ritter, but he thought Ritter needed more experience before he was ready for New Orleans and “real money.”
Eager to lose his amateur status, Ritter headed for Canada and threw himself in the ring to learn. By 1979, he was back in New Orleans – which was good because Crescent City residents adored Ritter, who was performing as The Junkyard Dog. They cheered for him, worshipped him, filled arenas for him, and physically assaulted his ringside “enemies” on his behalf. Finally, Watts had his “superstar” and “JYD” had pockets filled with cash. Cash that, unfortunately, also bought cocaine … So you say you’re not really a wrestling fan? That’s OK. Go read the business section because this book isn’t for you anyhow. Author Greg Klein writes with a fan’s-eye view of pro wrestling before it became a TV sensation, and that’s going to appeal to anyone who follows the sport. I liked that Klein explains in detail why Sylvester Ritter’s career is noteworthy and why it’s important to remember his contributions. What I couldn’t appreciate are all the names. There seemed to be hundreds of men involved in the few years about which Klein writes and, even for fans, that’s a lot to keep track of. Still … if you’re a wrestling fan, how could you pass up a book like this? Could you live, not knowing this history? No, you can’t … because, for you, “The King of New Orleans” is a knockout.wi www.washingtoninformer.com
The 2011 Summer Spirit Festival – a musical extravaganza attracted 15,000 people. Attendance is expected to be the same on August 4 at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Md. A special tribute to the late Chuck Brown has been planned for this year’s event. /Photo courtesy of Darryll Brooks
Getting Wound Up for the 2012 Summer Spirit Festival By Joy Freeman-Coulbary WI Contributing Writer
Performing Arts, and the Strathmore in Bethesda, Md. During D.C.’s ‘Chocolate City’ era If you ask Darryll Brooks about in the 1980s and 1990s, when hip the 2012 Summer Spirit Festival, he’ll hop reigned supreme and the Wizards likely say it’s a culmination of nearly 40 were still called the Bullets, CDE was years of musical entrepreneurship, art- the first company to routinely proistry and innovation that at one time mote sold out shows for local go-go included producing the “Mothership” and hip-hop artists at the former Capiof all acts, George Clinton & Parlia- tal Centre in Landover, Md. Likewise, ment Funkadelic. CDE also promoted national tours This year’s Spirit Festival on Au- with artists who included Outkast, gust 4 at Merriweather Post Pavilion Badu, Queen Latifah and Run DMC in Columbia, Md., will feature a spe- – bringing the finest in R&B, hip-hop, cial tribute to the late Chuck Brown jazz and children’s orientated shows with headliners who include Erykah and events to the D.C. Metropolitan Badu, Common, Estelle, and Sharon Area. Jones & The Dap-Kings, the band “We have brought diverse acts to that catapulted Amy Winehouse into the area through CDE. … We recently the musical stratosphere with her Back brought Jill Scott performing with the to Black recording. The upcoming neo- Atlanta Symphony, and we’re currentsoul extravaganza, however, promises ly promoting the Mindless Behavior to be an affair to remember. show.” “This is our seventh annual Spirit CDE was the byproduct of nonFestival. We expect 10,000 to 15,000 profit work started by Brooks and based on past ticket sales,” Brooks Kirkendall in the early 1970s, through said. “We attract music listeners from an organization called Compared to Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Phila- What, Inc. With financing from the delphia, New Jersey and New York to District of Columbia government, the the festival – which is the place to be,” National Park Service, and the Nahe said. tional Endowment for the Arts, the For the past several years, Brooks organization merged the visual arts has organized and promoted the an- with the performing arts to promote nual Spirit Festivals with his business education, the arts, and black heritage, partner Carol Kirkendall through their and to train minority youth to work in Virginia-based management group, the areas of production and promoCD Enterprises, Inc. (CDE), a full tion. service business and personal man“Along with developing a marketagement firm that focuses on produc- place for black talent, graduates of tion and event promotion. CDE was the program have gone on to become founded two decades ago, Brooks members of the International Alliance said. of Theatrical and Stage Employees, The double minority owned firm Local 22, that consists of technicians – Brooks, a black man and Kirken- and craft persons in entertainment, dall, a white woman – has a history to win art and essay contests, and to of creative and dynamic leadership. become successful artists and writers,” A large number of CDE’s acts have Brooks said. been showcased at DAR Constitution Brooks also prides himself on Hall, The Howard Theatre, 9:30 Club, promoting Civil Rights along with the Warner Theatre, The Fillmore, entertainment, through his work with The John F. Kennedy Center for the performers like Stevie Wonder, who www.washingtoninformer.com
championed the Martin Luther King holiday. However, Brooks said he’s especially proud to be a part of showcasing a musical tribute to Brown, “The Godfather of Go-Go” and one of his musical idols, through this year’s Spirit Festival. “I also produced Chuck Brown’s ‘Going Away Service’ at the [Walter E. Washington] Convention Center. We helped coordinate with Chuck Brown’s family, management, and with Freeman Funeral Services for his viewing,” said Brooks. “I think Chuck will be sorely missed. He was the Duke Ellington and Marvin Gaye of our era – musical royalty,” said Brooks. “Chuck Brown was the soul of Washington D.C., just as Ellington and Gaye were for their time.” As part of the tribute, Brown’s former band will perform, along with KK and D. Floyd, with special guests James Funk, Sugar Bear, “Big” Tony and Andre, and White Boy Johnson. Soul singer Eric Roberson, Huggy Lowdown, Chris Paul, and comedian Red Grant will also entertain the crowd during the afternoon show. When asked what makes the Summer Spirit Festival so popular, Brooks took a moment to reflect: “Our concert is a neo-soul, musical event and presentation. The arts and crafts – along with the musical and comedy performances – [has an] appeal that gives the festival spirit. We basically have a unique flavor.” On Saturday, August 4, the gates open at 3:00 p.m. at Merriweather Post Pavilion, and the concert is set to begin at 4:30 p.m. Tickets are available at the Merriweather box office, 9:30 Club box office, online at ticketfly. com, merriweathermusic.com, and 9:30.com. Get them before they sell out! wi The Washington Informer
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TAURUS What you say and what you do are in harmony this week. The importance of your idea(s) comes through very clearly to others. They can see that you walk what you talk. Communicate your ideas through your values. Soul Affirmation: I give thanks for the goodness in people. Lucky Numbers: 6, 11, 18 GEMINI If you feel as if the vibes this week are mixed at best, make up your mind to only receive the positive ones. Tune the transmitter in your soul to life and give your spiritual a workout. You are in charge of who you are. Soul Affirmation: I see myself as a finisher rather than a starter this week. Lucky Numbers: 7, 34, 40
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CANCER A benefit arrives, and there’s good reason to celebrate. Claim your blessing and do the happy dance! Loving, supportive friends surround you, and family members are well behaved. Enjoy! Soul Affirmation: I speak my mind knowing that truth is my best defense this week. Lucky Numbers: 8, 50, 55 LEO Look forward to some pleasant news. There is every possibility for a renewed love affair or a refreshing new romantic interest. Free yourself from the past and make a fresh start. Soul Affirmation: I see myself as a finisher rather than a starter this week. Lucky Numbers: 21, 34, 48 VIRGO Your money instincts are itchy! Go ahead and scratch, because you’ve got the golden touch this week. Promise yourself that you’ll take at least one small step toward your dreams each day this week. You go! Soul Affirmation: I seek connection with the best that is in me. Lucky Numbers: 11, 20, 25
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Invitation to the Foreign Missions Center Public Scoping Meeting The U.S. Department of State (DOS) invites you to attend a scoping meeting for the Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed action to prepare a Master Plan for the long-term development of a Foreign Missions Center (FMC) on approximately 43.5 acres of the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) site, located at 16th Street, N.W., between Aspen Street and Alaska Avenue in Washington, D.C. In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321-4347, DOS announces its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and initiate the scoping process for the proposed Master Plan. The EIS will evaluate the impacts on the affected environment including, but not limited to, socioeconomics, traffic and transportation, land use, historic and cultural resources, noise, air quality, environmental justice, and cumulative impacts. The location of the FMC would be the Northwest portion of the former WRAMC site. DOS, as part of the NEPA process, is initiating a public scoping meeting to identify community concerns and local issues that will be addressed in the EIS. The meeting will be conducted using an open house format with informational displays and materials available for public review. Team members from DOS, as well as Master Plan and NEPA consultants, will be present at the open house to answer questions on the Master Plan and the NEPA EIS process. The open house will be held from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Thursday, July 19, 2012 Tifereth Israel Congregation 7701 16th Street, NW (16th & Juniper Streets) Cherner Auditorium Washington, D.C. 20012 All comments on the EIS process need to be submitted by August 10, 2012 to ensure that they are considered during preparation of the Draft EIS. During the scoping period, which runs from June 18 through August 10, 2012, the public can provide comments in two ways: 1) provide written comments at the scoping meeting; or; 2) mail comments to (if mailed, comments should be post-marked no later than August 10): Project Manager Department of State A/OPR/RPM HST Room 1264 Washington, DC 20520-1264
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ARIES Exhilaration is high and your mental abilities are amazing. Use your intuition to brainstorm your way to a highly creative idea that could change the way you make your living. Soul Affirmation: I give thanks for the chance to give. Lucky Numbers: 23, 46, 49
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LIBRA A loved one may feel a bit neglected as you pursue your material dreams with vigor this week. Time set aside for this person after you’ve made some gains will prove to be extra sweet. Try not to push a mate’s understanding nature too far, though. Soul Affirmation: My needs will be met if I just ask. Lucky Numbers: 7, 13, 17 SCORPIO Stay open-minded this week and you’ll actually feel the good vibrations! Co-workers will wonder at the smile on your face, but let it be your secret for now. Your smile itself will make others smile about their own lives! Soul Affirmation: I smile as I think about far away places. Lucky Numbers: 31, 36, 47 SAGITTARIUS Big appetites this week! Indulge at least one of your passions and then get back to work. You are making incredible strides toward your dream by just reminding yourself of it. Drive carefully and pay attention to brake lights. Soul Affirmation: Smooth communications is the key to my success this week. Lucky Numbers: 27, 29, 44 CAPRICORN Relax a bit and review your “things to do” list”. Move methodically, and check off each item as you complete them. You’ll be surprised by the progress you are making. Spend the afternoon with family, and friends. Soul Affirmation: This week family is the source of my joy. Lucky Numbers: 13, 50, 52 AQUARIUS Your best self is on parade this week, and wow! You look good! Co-workers will beat a path to your cubicle, so be prepared to turn chatterboxes away gently. Give your honey a phone call or send a loving email. Soul Affirmation: I open myself up to the vibrations of love. Lucky Numbers: 18, 25, 36 PISCES This week’s a good week to approach that person you’ve been wondering about. While you’ve been working very hard, you need to play, too. Good playmates make work seem more rewarding to you. Soul Affirmation: I master life by mastering myself. Lucky Numbers: 23, 37, 51
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Arab Spring: Let Freedom Rap By Williams Covington Special to the NNPA from Our Weekly Music has always had the power to incite the masses, both in celebratory joy and in conflict. Examples abound—the walls of Jericho fell as Israel marched around the ancient city following the trumpeters; African warrior Shaka Zulu incited his warriors with praise songs as they sat around the fires before a battle, the French rallied to the song “La Marseillaise” as volunteers marched into Paris to support the French Revolution. African American spirits were shored up by the refrains of such songs as “We Shall Overcome” during the Civil Rights Movement. Music has always shown the power to aid the overthrow of regimes, and such is the case of the pro-democracy uprisings known as the Arab Spring, where repressive governments have been falling almost like dominoes. Oddly, music from the streets of America’s inner city has played a key part in the Islamic revolution. According to Johnny West, author of the book, “Karama! Journeys through the Arab Spring,” rap is a double import from the French Arabs who themselves imported it from African Americans in the 1990s. It has various sub-forms. Its anger, however, is framed in an Islamic get-back-to-our-roots sentiment as opposed to the African American rappers who sing about oppression and being robbed of their roots. As in other countries, the youth of the Middle East and North Africa have been motivated by music in their campaigns for revolution. From the adhans, or a summons for mandatory prayer, recited regularly in mosques to the impromptu songs of the troubadours in places such as Tahrir Square, music has had both a motivational and a unifying effect on those who support the movement of the Arab Spring. In this modern age, however, there is a need for a musical genre that not only mobilizes activists in the struggle for democracy in those countries, but also unifies the youth living in the Middle East and North Africa with their cultural counterparts living elsewhere in the world, according to Alexandra Dunn, program development officer at the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies. In particular, she said, the musical genres of rap and its Hip Hop culture encourage activists in the Middle East and North Africa to work towards the pro-democracy movements. Although each artist has their own unique style, they www.washingtoninformer.com
share certain recurring themes, such as solidarity in basic human rights and protests against corrupt regimes. For example, Khaled M., a rapper and the son of a Libyan dissident, is well known for his single, “Can’t Take Our Freedom.” Khaled M. utilized the theme of common humanity among the Arab peoples to undermine the Gaddafi regime. He also wrote the song as an open letter from Libyans within and outside the country to the Gaddafi regime, asserting that such a government has no place in the modern world. Another possible factor to Khaled M.’s success in spreading the message of his song is his dual identity. The Libyans who opposed the Gaddafi regime may have been mobilized and motivated by the song because it resonated so strongly with them. However, it resonated just as powerfully with Libyans who had fled to other countries for various reasons. Even if they had never set foot in Libya, they had the chance to change history in the country that belonged to their ancestors. Arab observers believe the fact that Khaled M. is Libyan-American was cause enough for his works to be accepted and adopted by Libyan communities around the world. It is believed that the encompassing and mobilizing natures of rap and the culture of Hip Hop in the Arab Spring are most apparent in a collaborative work by Omar “Offendum” Chakaki (Syrian-American), The Narcicyst (Iraqi-Canadian), Sami Matar (Palestinian-American), Ayah (Palestinian-Canadian), Amir Sulaiman (African-American), and MC Freeway (African-American). These artists from various cultural backgrounds banded together to make one song centered on the date of January 25, when the Egyptian protests, the demands for the removal of Hosni Mubarak, and the celebrations of shared humanity were at their loudest. The song itself is merely called “#Jan25.” Many of the younger generation living outside of the Middle East and North Africa do not necessarily speak Arabic fluently, but they created a smooth flow between the English and Arabic lyrics while simultaneously preserving the song’s meaning. In addition, Omar Offendum used the ideas of unity and action to his advantage in the song lyrics, particularly this line: Behind the influential role of Hip Hop and rap in the Arab Spring is the power of language and communication. For example, the Egyptian protest prominently featured flags and banners with
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the following message: “The people want to bring down the regime.” For years, the Egyptian people engaged in little, if any, significant political activity on their own, nor were they strong enough to create a collective moral self, at least, until the rise of Hip Hop and rap as social mediums for the dissenters. Language also holds a unifying component between the protesters who speak only either English and Arabic. Even in this age of information, the differences between the two cultures in their language make it much more difficult for them to communicate ideas between each other. The musicians responsible for bilingual songs like “#Jan25” kept their audience in mind during the production phase. As a result, they garnered many more fans from around the globe in the aftermath of the Arab Spring. Essentially, their musical works were also social commentaries on their views on the Middle East as it is today. Although Hip Hop can be traced back to the early 1970s, 1980 is the year most people recognize as the emergence of the phenomenon, or the start of the Ronald Reagan administration, led by a president many African American rappers felt did not care about people of color. Oddly, many have referred to Reagan as the first Hip Hop president. Reagan’s legacy in Hip Hop music is unquestioned because the policies implemented in his twoterm presidency, and the effects they had on minority communities, were said to have created an atmosphere in the inner cities that birthed some of the most contro-
versial music in American history. During the Reagan presidency, social programs and policies that were created to aid the urban poor were severely cut, leaving underprivileged minorities without much-needed federal assistance. The economic program that Reagan introduced, known as Reaganomics, drastically increased the divide between the rich and the poor and wreaked havoc on Black and Hispanic communities. This is what many sociologists and political scientists feel took place in the Middle East under the rule of harsh dictators causing the Arab Spring. But not everyone considered rap a good influence. Such Washington, D.C., personages as Tipper Gore helped form the Parents Music Resource Center, which voiced strong concerns about morals and the negative influence rap had on the youth, according to rock musician Frank Zappa who strongly opposed such censorship. Such concerns are still voiced by the clergy, educators, sociologists and therapists who cite the negative behavior they believe Hip Hop and rap causes. On Monday night, an event was put on by Inter Public Group’s Black Employee Network and Viacom’s Black Employee Affinity Team titled, “Black Music’s Impact on Advertising and Pop Culture,” that featured a panel of professionals. Ernie Singleton, CEO of Singleton Entertainment, summed up the power of rap by discussing the power of Black artists and rap music and how it influences the world. Singleton believes if rappers were more conscientious they
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could empower Black youth with positive thoughts as opposed to simply inciting a lust for sex, drugs, cars and money. Just as the Arab Spring has awakened the Middle East, he feels, such conscious artists could awaken American youth. “When we look at rap music and its association with the Middle East’s Arab Spring we see rap music being used in a variety of ways by the United States as an acoustic weapon in Iraq and Afghanistan, and as an instrument of torture in the CIA’s no-touch-torture process on prisoners from the Middle East that are currently incarcerated at Guantanamo Bay,” said New York music historian Suzanne G. Cusick. “And we see it used by the common man in the Middle East pursuing freedom. Rap partnered with social media has been used as a voice of the Arab people, a poetic musical propaganda of the oppressed rallying millions through protest and inspiring civil war.” Cusick sees rap following in the footsteps of such revolutionary anti-establishment songs as France’s “La Marseillaise.” The Arab Spring surprised everyone, including the CIA and Great Britain’s MI-5. Who would have thought that Hip Hop culture of rap music would be instrumental in changing the geopolitical makeup of the Middle East? wi Read more: http://www.nnpa.org/ news/entertainment/arab-spring-letfreedom-rap/#ixzz2055gsKlp
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When Kia Motors America’s (KMA) press office offered this week’s test car, I expected a downmarket mid-size sedan, nice-looking, but less impressive in terms of suspension, cabin design, materials and features. Was I wrong or what? Formerly the butt of jokes in automotive circles just a few years ago, the South Korean automaker has gone from tailing the entire pack in style and sophistication to going head-tohead with segment leaders. The newly redesigned Kia wins hands down in my category for most improved vehicle. The Optima, one of Kia’s best sellers, isn’t just one of the best family sedans for economy, it’s also one of the best-looking cars of its kind in a very competitive segment that includes heavy hitters such as the Ford Fusion, Toyota Camry and Honda Accord. Kia has pitched its unremarkable past and gone for broke with the 2012 Optima. The car stands apart in this traditionally mundane midsize segment with its head-turning design, fun-to-drive performance, modern amenities and long list of standard safety features. In its first full year on the market, Kia Optima sales increased nearly 150 percent and demand has continued to outpace supply. The 2012 Optima is available in two fuel-efficient powerplants featuring gasoline direct injection (GDI), including a 2.4-liter GDI four-cylinder or a 2.0-liter GDI turbo engine. A 2.4-liter hybrid engine also is available. Though the Optima itself delivers an overall rewarding experience for most economical buyers, our test car, the Optima SX turbo is the real crowd pleaser. Unless you include the parent The Washington Informer
company’s Hyundai Sonata, Kia’s the only turbocharged engine in this segment. New for 2012, the Optima SX pumps out 274 horsepower/269 lb. feet of torque. The unit is mated to one of Kia’s 6-speed automatics and remarkably delivers V6 power with four-cylinder fuel economy. The EPA works these figures out to be 22 mpg city and 34 mpg highway – better than the Accord or Camry V6. For bottom line comparison, the Kia delivers better fuel economy and power similar to a Honda Accord V6, quite a remarkable achievement. This combination of performance, style, technology and long list of convenience features has earned praise from consumers and industry observers. The car was recently recognized by the editors at Kiplinger’s Personal Finance as a 2012 Best New Car Value in the $25,000-$30,000 sedan category. It has also received other accolades from Edmunds.com, Boston Globe, Autobytel to Consumer’s Digest. I like the vehicle’s bold design. The only concerns were expressed by a few female family members who felt it smacked too much of a “dude” car. Originally conceived at Kia’s Irvinebased design center, the Optima’s aggressive face features the brand’s signature tabbed grille complemented by projector headlamps. Optima’s coupe-like profile is accentuated by a sweeping chrome arc that flows from the A through the C pillars while boldly flared wheel arches and a raked cabin create a muscular stance. The Optima SX turbo has a more aggressive suspension and sharper steering than the normal Optima and it rides better than the similar Hyundai Sonata. The engine delivers a lot of power and handling in the test car was excellent – providing nimble cornering on Virginia country roads as well as on the Rock Creek Parkway in the District.
The interior is excellent for this segment. At an MSRP of $31,695, the Kia Optima SX offers power everything including dual-zone climate control, a USB port, a smart-key system, leather seat trim and Bluetooth. In addition, Kia’s Technology option package that add a navigation system, sunroof, Infinity Audio system, power folding external mirrors, rear camera, heated and cooled front seats and heated rear seats. The 2012 Optima is equipped with a high level of standard safety features. All trims come outfitted with driver and passenger advanced front airbags, front seat-mounted side airbags, first and second row side curtain airbags, front active headrests, sideimpact door beams, height-adjustable front seatbelts with pre-tensioners, three-point seatbelts for all seating positions, Lower Anchors and tethers for children and a Tire Pressure Monitoring System. A four-wheel Antilock Brake System (ABS), Electronic Stability Control (ESC), Vehicle Stability Management (VSM), a Traction Control System (TCS), a Brake Assist System (BAS) and Hill Assist Control (HAC) also are standard. Did I mention that the 2012 Optima is manufactured in West Point, Ga., and is covered by Kia’s comprehensive warranty program, which offers consumer protection at an exceptional value. Included also is a 10-year/100,000-mile limited powertrain warranty, a five-year/60,000mile limited basic warranty and a fiveyear/100,000-mile anti-perforation warranty. A five-year/60,000-mile roadside assistance plan also is part of the comprehensive vehicle coverage. Who could blame you if you fall in love? wi www.washingtoninformer.com
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Olympic Trial Athlete Tyrieshia Douglas Makes Pro Debut Amateur Champion to Appear on August 4 Boxing Card By Gary “Digital” Williams WI Contributing Writer Tyrieshia Douglas is already a part of history. But for her, that’s still not enough. Before the final bell rings on her career, the fighter plans to etch her name in the annals of boxing history. It sounds like a tall order, but given her battle-tested boxing background, she’s well equipped for the task at hand. Douglas, 23, hopes to inch one step closer to reaching her goal as she makes her professional boxing debut on Saturday, August 4, at the Ramada Renaissance Hotel in Northwest. “Boxing is my mother and my father. Boxing is my brother and my sister,” she said during an interview on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered. “… Honestly, boxing is the love of my life.” Douglas, a Washington native, spent years in the foster care system and developed an affinity for the sweet science after an altercation in high school. A schoolyard fight put then-16-year-old Douglas in front of a judge who recommended she pursue boxing as an outlet. The sport soon became her salvation. Under the guidance of coach Calvin Ford, Douglas trains at Baltimore’s Upton Boxing Gym. Since 2010, she has quickly become known as one of the na-
tion’s elite female amateur fighters. Ford recognized something special about her from the first moment she stepped into his gym. “She’s different from most of the boxers in the gym,” he said. “She is very precise. She does everything to the letter.” Earlier this year, Douglas started a historical journey that began with being selected to participate in the first-ever U.S. Women’s Olympic Boxing Trials in Spokane, Wash. The accomplishment took on added significance because Douglas’s brother, Antoine, 19, participated in the Men’s Olympic Boxing Trials in Colorado Springs, Colo., making the Douglas siblings the first sisterbrother duo to participate in the U.S. Boxing Trials. And although she didn’t make the U.S. Olympic Team as a flyweight [112 pounds], she still cherishes the unique experience. “I had fun,” Douglas recalled. “I was a part of history. It’s amazing that women are able to do something equal to men. That is what’s great about this.” Douglas said she wants to be recognized on the pro level with goals that extend beyond winning titles. “I want to be the first female boxer on HBO,” she said with a smile. “Showtime has had female boxers on TV but HBO has not. I want to be the first.” Well-known female boxers like Laila Ali and
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Christy Martin have appeared on Showtime in the past with a large viewership. “I also want to open people’s eyes to women’s boxing,” said Douglas who now lives in Charm City. “I want to show people that we deserve the same opportunities.” Cassandra White, head promoter of Babie Girl Promotions, said that she’s pleased to give Douglas an opportunity to turn pro. “I was impressed with Tyrieshia when I saw her at the Olympic Trials. I saw what kind of talent she had,” said White, 47. “I am proud to work with her as her promoter.” Coincidentally, Douglas has the ring nickname of “Baby Girl.” While Douglas’s August 4 debut coincides with the Women’s Olympic Boxing tournament in London, she will still cheer for someone very special in that tournament – her former rival Marlen Esparza of Houston, who defeated her during the trials. “I’m really hoping Marlen does well,” Douglas said. “I’m looking forward to challenging her when she turns pro. I think it will be a great rivalry.” Ford expects great things to come from his boxer. “Tyrieshia is strong and she will become a household name in the pros as she was in the amateurs.”wi The Washington Informer
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He Maketh Me to Lie Down in Green Pastures
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y and large Americans don’t value rest and relaxation, and fail to realize how much God can impart into their spirit while taking time to rest. On the contrary, we brag about how busy we are, as if the hectic pace of our lives is proof that we’re important and significant. We feel guilty when we’re not working, and we think less of those who don’t keep their noses to the grindstone. Let’s take vacations for example; in Europe, the standard is five or six weeks of time off per year. Sound good? Well in France, the whole country basically shuts down for the entire month of August, and everyone heads to the beach or the mountains. Based on my research, the only industrialized country in the world that takes less time off from work than we do is Japan. They work so hard that one of the most pressing health issues there is “karoshi,” or “death by overwork.” Americans live to work and tend to be fairly materialistic, measuring success in terms of wealth and possessions. God is very interested in the topic of rest. To Him, rest is not just wasted time, time when we could be doing something useful and productive. Rest, properly understood, has value, worth and purpose. In fact, it’s essential to our physical and spiritual well-being. My purpose in writing this column is to help you examine the balance of work and rest in your life, and not only the amount,
but the quality of your rest, to see if it’s what you need; what you were designed for. More importantly, whether the balance of work and rest you’re experiencing is pleasing to God. First, the Bible tells us that Jesus himself rests. Anything that He does is by definition a good thing. No one would accuse Him of being lazy or unproductive. Did you know that Jesus taught his disciples that it was important for them to take a vacation? Jesus’ disciples traveled from town to town telling others about God and His love for them. They traveled on a daily basis preaching, teaching, and healing the sick. They worked so hard that they often didn’t even have time to stop and eat or sleep. They became very tired. When Jesus saw how tired they were, he said to them, “Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, ‘Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.’” Mark 6:31 NIV. The Bible then says, “So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place.” I think it is important to notice a couple of things about what the Bible says. First, Jesus said, “Come with me.” When we take a vacation, we need to remember to take Jesus with us. Some people never give Jesus a thought when they go on vacation. We should include Jesus in all that we do, even when we are on vacation. Second, the Bible says the disciples went away to a quiet place.
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with Lyndia Grant Their main purpose was to rest and renew their strength. Some people plan a vacation that is so full of activities that when they come home, they are more tired than when they left! I’m writing this column from Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. Most of my family is here from around the country. It has been so peaceful that I could hardly remember that I had a little work to do for a couple of my clients. I hope that you have a great summer vacation. Remember to take Jesus with you, and remember to set aside some time for rest and relaxation. Then come back home refreshed and renewed! wi
Singers Needed JM Community Singers, a gospel group is recruiting singers ages 15 and up Music that consist of Gospel, Contemporary Gospel, Spirituals, and Anthems All voices are needed (Soprano’s, Alto’s, Tenors, and Basses). Location: Mary’s Missionary Baptist Church 2811 14th Street NE, WDC 20017 Rehearsal Start Date: July 14, 21, 2012 Rehearsal End Date: July 28, 2012 Time: 10:00 am-12:00pm (Near Rhode Island Ave. Metro Station) * Note: Rehearsals are scheduled only on Saturdays *Dates and Times May Change Due To Summer Schedule Contact: Brother Jason Marrow @ (301) 257-1544 Minister of Music
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Pilgrim Baptist Church
Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Rev. James Manion Supply Priest Foggy Bottom • Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW • Washington, DC 20037 Church office: 202-333-3985 • Fax : 202-338-4958 Worship Services Sundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Music and Hymns Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy Eucharist www.stmarysfoggybottom.org Email: stmarysoffice@stmarysfoggybottom.org All are welcome to St. Mary’s to Learn, Worship, and Grow.
Blessed Word of Life Church Dr. Dekontee L. & Dr. Ayele A. Johnson Pastors 4001 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 265-6147 Office 1-800 576-1047 Voicemail/Fax Schedule of Services: Sunday School – 9:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service – 11:00 AM Communion Service – First Sunday Prayer Service/Bible Study – Tuesday, 6:30 PM www.blessedwordoflifechurch.org e-mail: church@blessedwordoflifechurch.org
Campbell African Methodist Episcopal Church Reverend Daryl K. Kearney. • Pastor 2568 MLK Jr., Ave., S.E. Washington, D.C. 20020 (202) 889-3877 (o) • (202) 678-1291 (fax) Services and Times 7:45 a.m. & 10:45 a.m. Small Groups/Church School: 9:00 a.m. Small Group Bible Study Tuesday 7:00 p.m. Wednesday Noon Thursday 7:39 p.m. God our Father, Christ our Redeemer, Humankind one Family www.otfmall.com/camecame reedley5@aol.com
Mt. Zion Baptist Church Rev. John W. Davis, Pastor 5101 14th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20011 202-726-2220/ 202-726-9089 Sunday Worship Service 8:00am and 11:00am Sunday School 9:15am Holy Communion 4th Sunday 10:00am Prayer and Bible Study Wednesday 7;00pm TV Ministry –Channel 6 Wednesday 10:00pm gsccm.administration@verizon.net
700 I. Street, NE Washington, D.C. 20002 Pastor Louis B. Jones, II and Pilgrim invite you to join us during our July and August Summer schedule! Attire is Christian casual. Worship: Sundays@ 7:30 A.M. & 10:00 A.M. 3rd Sunday Holy Communion/ Baptism/Consecration Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @12:00 Noon @ 6:30 P.M. – One Hour of Power! (202) 547-8849 www. pilgrimbaptistdc.org
Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ Drs. Dennis W. and Christine Y. Wiley, Pastors 3845 South Capitol Street Washington, DC 20032 (202) 562-5576 (Office) (202) 562-4219 (Fax) SERVICES AND TIMES: SUNDAYS: 8:00 AM and 10:45 AM Worship Services BIBLE STUDY: Wonderful Wednesdays in Worship and the Word Bible Study Wednesdays 12:00 Noon; 6:30 PM (dinner @ 5:30 PM) SUNDAY SCHOOL: 9:45 AM – Hour of Power “An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and affirmed.” www.covenantbaptistdc.org
Morning Star Baptist Church Pastor Gerald L Martin Senior Minister 3204 Brothers Place S.E. Washington, D.C. 20032 202-373-5566 or 202-373-5567
Church of Living Waters
Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor Harold Andrew, Assistant Pastor 4915 Wheeler Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-894-6464 Schedule of Service Sunday Service: 8:30 AM & 11:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM Communion Service: First Sunday www.livingwatersmd.org
St. Stephen Baptist Church Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. State Overseer 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
Isle of Patmos Baptist Church Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews • Senior Pastor 1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 Fax: (202) 526-1661
Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan, Pastor 800 I Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 202-548-0707 Fax No. 202-548-0703
Sunday Worship Services: 8:00a.m. and 11:00a.m. Sunday Church School - 9:15a.m. & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study - 10:30a.m. 2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study - 10:00a.m. Tuesday Topical Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Wednesday Children’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Thursday Men’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service - 6:30p.m. Saturday Adult Bible Study - 10:00a.m.
Sunday Morning Worship 11:00am Holy Communion – 1st Sunday Sunday School-9:45am Men’s Monday Bible Study – 7:00pm Wednesday Night Bible Study – 7:00pm Women’s Ministry Bible Study 3rd Friday -7:00pm Computer Classes- Announced Family and Marital Counseling by appointment E-mail: Crusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org
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Third Street Church of God Rev. Cheryl J. Sanders, Th.D. Senior Pastor 1204 Third Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202.347.5889 office 202.638.1803 fax Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Prayer Meeting and Bible Study: Wed. 7:30 p.m. “Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital” www.thirdstreet.org
Sunday Worship Services: 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion: 2nd Sunday at 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday Church School: 9:20 a.m. Seniors Bible Study: Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. Noon Day Prayer Service: Tuesdays at Noon Bible Study: Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Motto: “A Ministry of Reconciliation Where Everybody is Somebody!” Website: http://isleofpatmosbc.org Church Email: ipbcsecretary@verizon.net
Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr.; Senior Bishop & Evangelist Susie C. Owens – Co-Pastor 610 Rhode Island Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 529-4547 office • (202) 529-4495 fax Sunday Worship Service: 8 AM and 10:45 AM Sunday Youth Worship Services: 1st & 4th 10:45 AM; 804 R.I. Ave., NE 5th 8 AM & 10:45 AM; Main Church Prayer Services Tuesday – Noon, Wednesday 6 AM & 6:30 PM Calvary Bible Institute: Year-Round Contact Church Communion Every 3rd Sunday The Church in The Hood that will do you Good! www.gmchc.org emailus@gmchc.org
ST Marks Baptist Come Worship with us... St. Mark's Baptist Church 624 Underwood Street, NW Washington, dc 20011 Dr. Raymond T. Matthews, Pastor and First Lady Marcia Matthews Sunday School 9:am Worship Service 10:am Wed. Noon Day prayer service Thur. Prayer service 6:45 pm Thur. Bible Study 7:15 pm
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Service & Time Sunday Worship 7:45A.M & 11A.M Communion Service 2nd Sunday 11A.M Prayer Service Tuesday 7:00 P.M Bible Study Tuesday 8:00 P.M Sunday Church School 10:00 A.M Sunday “A church reaching and winning our community for Christ” morningstarbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.morningstarchurch-dc.org
Mount Carmel Baptist Church
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Joseph N. Evans, Ph.D Senior Pastor 901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423 Sunday Church School : 9: 30am Sunday Morning Worship: 10: 45am Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00pm Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00pm Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10: 45am themcbc.org
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All Nations Baptist Church
Friendship Baptist Church 900 Delaware Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20020 (202) 488-7417 (202) 484-2242 Rev. Dr. J. Michael Little Pastor Sunrise Prayer: 6:00 AM Sunday School: 9:30 AM Morning Worship 11:00 AM Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday-11:00AM www.friendshipbaptistdc.org Email: frienshipde1900@verizon.net
Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor 2001 North Capitol St, N.E. • Washington, DC 20002 Phone (202) 832-9591 Sunday Church School – 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service – 11:00 AM Holy Communion – 1st Sunday at 11:00 AM Prayer – Wednesdays, 6:00 PM Bible Study – Wednesdays, 7:00 PM Christian Education School of Biblical Knowledge Saturdays, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM, Call for Registration Website: www.allnationsbaptistchurch.com All Nations Baptist Church – A Church of Standards
Zion Baptist Church
Israel Baptist Church
Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor
Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr. Pastor
4850 Blagdon Ave, NW • Washington D.C 20011 Phone (202) 722-4940 • Fax (202) 291-3773
1251 Saratoga Ave., NE Washington, DC 20018 (202) 269-0288
Sunday Worship Service 10:15AM- Praise and Worship Services Sunday School 9:00am Monday: Noon Bible School Wednesday: Noon & 7PM: Pastor’s Bible Study Ordinance of Baptism 2nd Holy Communion 4th Sunday Mission Zion Baptist Church Shall; Enlist Sinners, Educate Students, Empower the Suffering, Encourage the Saints, and Exalt Our Savior. (Acts 2:41-47) www.zionbaptistchurchdc.org
Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 A.M. Sunday School: 8:30 A.M. Holy Communion1st Sunday: 10:00 A.M. Prayer Service: Wednesday at 6:30 P.M. Bible Study: Wednesday at 7:00 P.M.
Mount Moriah Baptist Church
St. Luke Baptist Church Rev. Aubrey C. Lewis Pastor 1415 Gallatin Street, NW Washington, DC 20011-3851 P: (202) 726-5940 Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Sunday School: 9:15 a.m. Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun. Bible Study: Monday - 7:00 p.m. Prayer Meeting: Thursday - 7:00 p.m.
Dr. Lucius M. Dalton, Senior Pastor 1636 East Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20003 Telephone: 202-544-5588 Fax: 202-544-2964 Sunday Worship Services: 7:45 am and 10:45 am Holy Communion: 1st Sundays at 7:45 am and 10:45 am Sunday School: 9:30 am Prayer & Praise Service: Tuesdays at 12 noon and 6:30 pm Bible Study: Tuesdays at 1 pm and 7 pm Youth Bible Study: Fridays at 7 pm Web: www.mountmoriahchurch.org Email: mtmoriah@mountmoriahchurch.org
Rehoboth Baptist Church
St. Matthews Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Maxwell M. Washington Pastor 1105 New Jersey Ave, S.E • Washington, DC 20003 202 488-7298 Order of Services Sunday Worship Services: 9:05 A.M. Sunday School: 8:00 A.M. Holy Communion 3rd Sunday Morning Prayer Meeting: 7:00 P.M. (Tuesday) Bible Study: 7:30 P.M. (Tuesday) Theme: “Striving to be more like Jesus “Stewardship”. Philippians 3:12-14; Malachi 3:8-10 and 2 Corinthians 9:7 Email: stmatthewbaptist@msn.com Website: www.stmatthewsbaptist.com
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Emmanuel 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
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Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Pastor and Overseer
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625 Park Rd, NW • WDC 20010 P: 202 291-5711 • F: 202 291-5666
Early Morning Worship: 7:45 a.m. Sunday School: 9:15 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:45 a.m. Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:45 a.m. & 10:45 a.m. C.T.U. Sunday: 2:45 p.m. Bible Study: Wednesday 11:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m. Prayer Service: Wednesday 8:00 p.m. Noon Day Prayer Service: Mondays 12 p.m.
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Salem Baptist Church
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Rev. Alonzo Hart Pastor
Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith 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
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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
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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
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Rev. Dr. Michael T. Bell 712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836 Sunday Morning Worship Service 7:15 am & 10:50 am Sunday School 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship Service 10:50am Wednesday Prayer & Testimonies Service 7:30pm Wednesday School of the Bible 8:00pm Wednesday - Midweek Prayer Service 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm “The Loving Church of the living lord “ Email Address pbcexec@verizon.net
First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church 602 N Street NW • Washington, D.C. 20001 Office:(202) 289-4480 Fax: (202) 289-4595 Sunday Worship Services: 7:45am & 11:00am Sunday school For All Ages 9:30am Prayer Services Wednesday 11:30am & 6:45pm Bible Institute Wednesday at Noon & 7:45pm “Changing Lives On Purpose “ Email: Froffice@firstrising.org Website: www.firstrising.org
Sunrise Prayer Service 6:00 A.M. Sunday Church School 8:30 A.M. Pre-Worship Devotionals 9:45 A.M. Morning Worship Services 10:00 A.M. Holy Communion 1st Sunday Worship Services Bible Study Tuesdays, 6:00 P.M. Thursdays, 1:00 P.M. Prayer Meetings Tuesdays, 7:00 P.M. Thursdays, 12:00 P.M.
Pennsylvania Ave. Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Kendrick E. Curry Pastor 3000 Pennsylvania Ave.. S.E Washington, DC 20020 202 581-1500 Sunday Church School: 9:30 A.M. Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 A.M. Monday Adult Bible Study: 7:00 P.M. Wednesday Youth & Adult Activities: 6:30 P.M. Prayer Service Bible Study
Mt. Horeb Baptist Church Rev. Dr. H. B. Sampson, III Pastor 2914 Bladensburg Road, NE Wash., DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-3180 Fax: (202) 529-7738 Order of Services Worship Service: 7:30 a.m. Sunday School: 9:00 a.m. Worship Service: 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:30 a.m. & 10:30a.m. Prayer Services: Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Wednesday 12 Noon Email:mthoreb@mthoreb.org Website:www.mthoreb.org For further information, please contact me at (202) 529-3180.
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The Racing Presidents wore 1924 Senators jerseys. /Photo by John E. De Freitas
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Nationals ‘Turn Back The Clock’ To Honor 1924 Washington Senators The Washington Nationals honored the 1924 Washington Senators [also referred to as the Nationals at the time] as they hosted “Turn Back the Clock Night” during their final game of the weekend against the San Francisco Giants on Thursday, July 5 at Nationals Park in Southeast. Both teams wore 1924 replica jerseys, while grounds crew members dressed in full 1920s attire and game day staff wore newsboy and skimmer caps. The ceremonial first pitch featured an authentic game-used baseball from Game 6 of the 1924 World Series and was thrown from behind the Nationals dugout by Hank Thomas,
Walter Johnson’s grandson. The evening’s festivities also featured: performances by Ben Mauger’s Roaring 20s Jazz Orchestra, The Racing Presidents and Screech and the rest of the entertainment staff wearing 1924 Senators jerseys. The scoreboard reflected how it would have looked in 1924 with black-and-white video feed. Video tributes of the 1924 Senators were highlighted throughout the game and traditional organ music was played between innings. The Washington Nationals defeated the San Francisco Giants 9-3, 9-4 and 6-5 to win the weekend series. wi
Both teams wore 1924 replica jerseys. /Photo by John E. De Freitas
The grounds crew dressed in full 1920s attire and newsboy caps. /Photo By John E. De Freitas
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
Administration No. 2012 ADM 569
Administration No. 2012 ADM 625
Annie C. Armstrong Decedent
James Ambrose Washington Decedent
Barbara Betsock, Esq. 5225 Wisconsin Avenue NW Suite 500 Washington, DC 20015 Attorney
Bernadette Gartrell, Esquire Metro Plaza One, Suite 620 8401 Colesville Road Silver spring, MD 20910 Attorney
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Jenice Armstrong, whose address is 4 Elmwood Way, Burlington, NJ 08016, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Annie C. Armstrong, who died on April 16, 2012 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W. Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before December 28, 2012. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 28, 2012, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.
Janet M. Garner, whose address is 6604 Cockerille Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 209124732, was appointed personal representative of the estate of James Ambrose Washington, who died on March 24, 2012 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W. Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 12, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before January 12, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.
Date of first publication: June 28, 2012
Date of first publication: July 12, 2012
Jenice Armstrong Personal Representative
Janet M. Garner Personal Representative
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Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
Administration No. 2012 ADM 614
Administration No. 2012 ADM 623
Devorah Abrams Decedent
Margaret Sheelor Decedent
Paule G. Levadas 1629 K Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney
Deborah D. Boddie, Esq. 1308 Ninth Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20001 Attorney
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April Guerin, whose address is 4226 ½ Degnan Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Devorah Abrams, who died on May 23, 2012 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W. Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 12, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before January 12, 2013, 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.
Curtis Sheelor, whose address is 502 Millwheel Street, Capitol heights, MD 20743, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Margaret Sheelor, who died on September 19, 2010 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W. Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 12, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before January 12, 2013, 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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Fifty-two percent of Republicans favor “allowing children to stay on parents insurance until age 26.” These findings prove that the Obama administration has done an extremely poor job conveying the benefits of the Affordable Care Act to the public. If Romney wants to make this a campaign issue, Obama should gleefully borrow a page from Ronald Reagan when he told Congress in 1985 that he would veto any bill that would raise taxes. To those considering testing his resolve, the actor-turned-president, borrowing a line from Harry Callahan played by Clint Eastwood in the film Sudden Impact, said, “Go ahead, make my day.” wi
representation. These representatives need to hear from us, and from our neighbors, not only African Americans. And these representatives need to hear from our mayors, not only Democrats, who can pressure them to do the right thing by cities. Meanwhile, Republicans fiddle while Rome burns because no one has called them on it. Whenever Romney says the president has no plan, somebody needs to remind him of the American Jobs Act. Whenever Romney starts babbling about health care, someone ought to throw Massachusetts in his face. And when the braying bunch of bobbleheads who call themselves the Tea Party get worked up over the economy, we need to ask them: How many people in your family are unemployed? How much Social Security does your mama have? Don’t your kids have student loans? Does everyone in your family have health care?
Fuelled by race matters and rhetoric, working class White people are organized for Romney, someone who would cut education, health care, and Social Security and put those “savings” into military spending and tax cuts for the wealthy. In other words, and not for the first time, working class White people are working against their own economic interests. Meanwhile, if House Republicans want to move an economic agenda that helps some 14 million unemployed people, perhaps they can see their way clear to pass the American Jobs Act. We don’t need all the Republicans, maybe just a third of them, and I’ll wager that perhaps that many have sense enough to see what their leader, John Boehner (R-Ohio], does not. In any case, let’s make it plain. The unemployment rate is stagnant because Republicans have failed to act.wi
$22 billion over the 2010 appropriation. It is estimated that the U.S. has incurred an additional $2.1 billion in fuel costs since Pakistan closed it border to U.S. military shipments into Afghanistan in November. Pakistan closed the border after the U.S. refused to apologize for killing 24 Pakistani soldiers in a misguided drone strike. Closer to home, U.S. taxpayers paid roughly $16 billion in 2011 in farm support. According to the New York Times, “… The most controversial of these programs are the $5 billion in annual so-called direct payments to farmers of corn, soybeans and other crops, awarded simply for owning tillable farm land, even if they do not plant on it.” The newspaper continued, “Powerful interests and political traditions continue to constrain efforts to cut subsidies.” I don’t hear conservatives screaming about that transfer payments to
wealthy farmers and agri-business. Robert Johnson is correct in saying there is a wealth gap Tsunami affecting African Americans The neo-cons are wrong to claim that there is no money to pay for social entitlement programs such as welfare, Medicare and Medicaid, social security, substantive job training and other education programs. Americans simply have to shift their focus. It’s not that America is broke, its priorities are broken. wi Wilmer Leon is the producer/ host of the nationally broadcast call-in talk radio program “Inside the Issues with Wilmer Leon,” and a Teaching Associate in the Department of Political Science at Howard University. Go to his Prescription @ Face Book.com He can be reached at www.wilmerleon.com or by email: wjl3us@yahoo.com. www. twitter.com/drwleon
curry continued from Page 25 sent [that a health mandate is not a tax], that’s overtaken by the fact that the majority of the court said it’s a tax and therefore it is a tax,” Romney said in an interview with CBS News, contradicting himself and his senior campaign aide. Politics aside, past polls showing most Americans opposed to the Affordable Care Act may have been misleading. Although the public expressed opposition to the law, when the actual provisions of ACA are described, there is widespread support – even among Republicans. A poll released last month by Reuters/Ipsos found: Eighty-six percent of Republicans favor “banning insurance companies
Malveaux continued from Page 25 in to help. Part of the recovery funds went to state and local governments, some who turned the money down in the interest of fiscal conservatism. There the Republicans go again, hurting their constituents to thwart President Obama. Part of the reason Republicans can get away with this is because no one is pressuring them. Just like the Tea Party has pushed these people to the right, somebody needs to push them back to center. The Tea Party has virtually obliterated the notion of a moderate Republican, but there must be some out there, and what has to happen is that somebody needs to push back. The African American community has to push, too. While few of us are Republicans, many of us live in districts with Republican
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up. But if all we get is wound up, and the speaker walks away with thousands of dollars for his or her rhetorical gymnastics, wowing the audience with big words and provocative quotes, what good is it? As LeBron James suggested last year after losing the finals, most of us will wake up tomorrow with the same problems and the same life we had yesterday, namely, rising prices, inflation, foreclosures, unemployment, college loan defaults, and trying to pay for a fillup in order to get to work or operate our small businesses. He said, we will “have to get back to the real world at some point.” We must demand more from our “leaders” and not let them off
the hook so easily. The point here is that Black people cannot afford to be drawn into the euphoria of rhetorical nonsense or rhetorical excellence. We must not fall prey to those who only talk a good game but never get into the game. Before you believe, follow, or praise anyone simply because you heard them speak eloquently or share some information, find out what they have done and/or what they are doing. See if they are using their other four senses to initiate, build, or facilitate something of substance rather than just talking about it or telling you what you should do. Beware of bloviating rhetoricians and sentiment-grabbing, self-absorbed, self-proclaimed know-it-alls. We must have au-
thentic leadership among Black people, not sideline coaches and Monday morning quarterbacks. With all of the rhetoric coming from and to Black folks, we should be much further ahead in this country, that is, if rhetoric alone accomplishes that end. Sadly, it does not and never will. Words without action are just words. Information is only power to those who act upon it. Blackonomics requires action! wi Jim Clingman, founder of the Greater Cincinnati African American Chamber of Commerce, is the nation’s most prolific writer on economic empowerment for Black people. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati and can be reached through his Web site, blackonomics.com.
forever!” one southern governor famously declared. In Virginia they coined the expression “Massive Resistance” to describe how they would oppose what was supposedly the “law of the land” after the May 17, 1954 ruling. Believe it or not, the same thing happened when Social Security was enacted – the right wing went “buck wild” so to speak. “There is a precedent for this. When Social Security was passed, it was decried as socialism, just like health care,” Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) told reporters just hours after the Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act was announced. “Like health care, it withstood a Constitutional challenge early on, and of course Social Security went on to endure as a cherished program in the country. The health care law is getting more popular with
time, as more and more of it goes into effect.” Even today, as a majority of the American population [56 percent according to a poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation] believes it’s time to move on past debating the repeal of Obamacare, most Americans favor all the individual components of the law if you ask them individually about them, but they may still say they oppose “Obamacare” itself. Go figure. In addition the foundation discovered, the states most adamantly opposed to the implementation of “Obamacare” – Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Arizona, Florida, and Texas, for example – are also the states with the highest rates of both uninsured children and adults, and the highest rates of children and adults requiring Medicaid assistance, and they are the
states with the most significant problems with poverty. In other words they are the states most in need of the beneficial provisions the law provides their often indigent residents. I see a picture beginning to form here, and it ain’t pretty. The plutocrats have tricked so many average Americans into thinking that because they’re White they’re better than all Black folks, including the President; and that they are all just one lottery ticket, or one slot-machine pull, away from being millionaires like them, and that their American “average-ness” is just an embarrassing temporary condition, so support policies and politicians which favor the rich. And so the charade continues: Social Security, Brown v. Board, and now Obamacare. It continues until the next charade, Election Day?wi
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TEAM OF SPECIALISTS The technology alone cannot elevate ClearChoice Dental Implant Centers in their field. Our technology is paired with an expert professional team of doctor specialists enabling ClearChoice to empower so many patients around the country to change their lives. These qualified specialists include an oral surgeon who places implants, and a prosthodontist who designs your custom new smile. Each of the doctors has special expertise and can be trusted to deliver your high quality implant care. Dental Implants are a surgical procedure and the ClearChoice doctors have extensive experience in this area including administering anesthesia to provide comfort. Custom fabrication of the patient’s new smile and replacement teeth are accomplished by trained lab technicians in the on-site dental implant lab. Our local specialists are available for a FREE initial consultation or even second opinions. Why wait, call now! SATISFACTION & WARRANTY Whether for a missing single tooth, multiple teeth or a whole mouthful of missing or failing teeth, ClearChoice Dental Implant Centers provide comprehensive implant treatment professionally and affordably in a fraction of the time it would take many other professionals. That’s why in an independent study of thousands of patients, ClearChoice patients would overwhelmingly recommend ClearChoice to others† and we warranty our work.
“I suffered with bad teeth since I was a teenager. Imagine dealing with failing teeth so young in life. As a musician, I’m often in front of an audience. I wanted a rock star smile ... and now I have one.” - Kurt C., real ClearChoice patient
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TYSONS CORNER: Stuart L. Graves, DDS, MS • Debora Armellini, DDS, MS • Samantha Siranli, DMD, PhD ROCKVILLE: Stuart L. Graves, DDS, MS • Ben Javid, DDS ClearChoice Dental Implant Centers are locally owned and operated by licensed local dentists, and are part of a professional affiliation of implant practices operated by oral surgeons, prosthodontists and restorative dentists across the U.S. *Qualified patients can have their procedure in one day after initial workup without additional bone graft surgery. Results may vary in individual cases. Limited services available at satellite offices. †Independent Dental Implant Survey March 2011. America’s #1 Choice determined by an Independent Patient Survey 2011. © 2012 ClearChoice Dental Implant Centers
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