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OMMUNITY EWSPAPER FOR RINCE EORGE S OUNTY SINCE A C N P G ’ C 1932 Vol. 87, No. 20 May 16 — May 22, 2019 Prince George’s County, Maryland Newspaper of Record Phone: 301-627-0900 25 cents

65 TH ANNIVERSARY OF BROWN V. B OARD OF EDUCATION ‘A Salute to our Veterans’ Desegregation in Prince During Veterans Appreciation Ceremony and Muster May 16 George’s County Revisited: This marks the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County 10th Annual Celebration An Interview With UPPER MARLBoRo, Md. (May 8, 2019)—in celebration of their dutiful service to Prince George’s County, our country and beyond, the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County is pleased to honor the Historian Avis Matthews selfless acts of local veterans during its 10th Annual Veterans Appre - By DonnA SCoTT-MARTin Q & A ciation Ceremony and Muster on Thursday, May 16, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. PGCMLS How did your experience of desegre - The ceremony will be held at the Prince George’s County Court - gation color your research of the post house, 14735 Main Street, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 at 9:30 a.m. in Introduction Brown v. Board of Education era? the Jury Assembly Room (M2400). Avis Danette Matthews’ research reveals i grew up within a nurturing and em - “This annual celebration is a true reminder of the Prince George’s how blacks in Prince George’s County af - powering network of family, neighbors and County community’s commitment to recognizing and honoring the firmed their racial and cultural identity and teachers. i often heard my family speak selfless acts of our service men and women who put their lives on the also advocated for fair desegregation plan - poignantly of their all-black schools. My line to protect our liberties. i thank you,” says the Honorable Sheila R. ning in the face of undermining county poli - experience with desegregation began in the Tillerson Adams, Chief and Administrative Judge of Prince George’s cies. Growing up in closely knit African- 7th grade. The memories i have of my high County and the Seventh Judicial Circuit of Maryland. “Additionally, i American communities in Prince George’s school years, September 1972 to June 1975, would like to thank the Honorable Dorothy M. Engel for leading an County, Maryland, Matthews was intrigued are what initially drove my research. i re - PHoToGRAPH CoURTESY PGCMLS amazing committee who have worked diligently to orchestrate a mem - by her family’s enduring stories about their membered DuVal High School as being a Historian Avis Matthews orable event.” beloved communities and schools. Conse - racial utopia, where we all just got along. Judge Engel, an Associate Judge of the Circuit Court for Prince quently, Matthews questioned whether The high school was pretty well racially George’s County and a proud former Captain in the U.S. Army Reserve Were there mixed attitudes about de - Thurgood Marshall’s “unyielding integra - balanced, as mandated by the desegregation Judge Advocate General’s Corps, expresses her gratitude to the brave segregation among blacks in Prince tionist worldview,” as described by biog - order. My master’s thesis started out as an soldiers, sailors and airmen of the United States military. rapher Juan Williams, had been the only or effort to validate this memory. George’s? What were these attitudes? “it fills me with great joy to be able to celebrate the noble service even the most relevant view of school de - However, i changed my thesis due to a The attitudes were mixed, but not con - of our veterans—both near and far—who sacrificed so much to protect segregation among African Americans. lack of sufficient documentation and evi - flicting. The dominant concern was the this great country. i thank you all and salute our veterans.” dence, beyond yearbooks, and as well-being of black children and the quality The ceremony is free and open to the public. Community Conversation: a result of further inquiry. i began of their education. Everyone was not com - —Press Officer, Prince George’s County Md. Remembering Desegregation reading closely about how Prince mitted to the idea that black children would Date and Time: Saturday, May 18, noon –4 p.m. George’s County schools had been get a better education if they went to white Description: Did you or your children attend desegregated. Also, the murder of schools. The important thing about the Prince George’s County Government presents: public schools in Prince George’s County in the Emmett Till a year after the Brown Brown decision, in the view of many blacks, v. Board of Education decision was that their children’s schools would be Bike to Work Day fifties, sixties, or seventies? We bet you have Friday, May 17, 2019 • 7 –9 a.m. suggested to me that there might better resourced and would be physically stories! Come to this event to reconnect with Register at Biketoworkmetrodc.org and enter for a chance to have been more than just a cele - improved. Yet, funding inequity from com - former classmates and share memories of how win one of the many new bicycles as part of a free raffle! bratory aspect to the school de - munity to community was one of the out - the Brown decision and the desegregation of Learn Bicycle Laws and other safety tips with giveaways. segregation narrative. i came to comes of Brown and remains a pressing is - Prince George’s County Schools affected you, Largo Pit Stop: Wayne K. Curry Administration Building question the one-dimensional nar - sue today. your family, your school, and your community. 1301 McCormick Drive, Largo, MD 20774 You will also be able to audio record your stories rative of a black population that After Brown , Blacks also were con - had unequivocally endorsed the cerned that black children were being bused in the library’s DREAM Lab for inclusion in Council Member At-Large Mel Franklin presents: our oral history collection. Brown decision and had univer - into white neighborhoods, but no white Cost: Free sally viewed desegregation as a children were being bused into black neigh - Family & Friends Day Ages: Adults common good. How, in reality, did borhoods. A small percentage of black fam - Sunday, May 19, 2019 • 3 –6 p.m. Location: Fairmount Heights Branch Library, the Prince George’s County ilies did take advantage of the county’s free - Watkins Park (outdoors), 301 Watkins Park Drive, 5904 Kolb St., Fairmount Heights, African American community re - dom-of-choice transfer policy and sent their Upper Marlboro, MD 20774 MD 20743 spond to the Brown v. Board of children to white schools, but most black RSVP here: https://tinyurl.com/buylocal-investlocal-May19. Contact: 301-883-2650 Education decision? That is where See Brandywine-Aquasco column on page A2 for more info! my curiosity began. See DeSeGReGAtIon Page A3 Stop Treating Older Adults as Third-Class Citizens When It Comes to Affordable Housing, Local Seniors Urge Congress at Senior Housing Now Rally Only 1 in 3 eligible seniors receive housing assistance; Older adults on limited incomes in the greater D.C. region have few places to live By SHELLEY DUCKER • Protect and expand HUD’s Section 8 Project-Based Rental As - Fellowship Square sistance (PBRA) program providing rental housing to low-in - come households in privately owned and managed rental units. WASHinGTon DC (May 8, 2019)—More than 100 empowered The program currently enables housing for 1.2 million house - elder residents from Fellowship Square affordable housing properties holds; two-thirds of which are older adults or people with dis - in Maryland and Virginia gathered at the U.S. Capitol last Wednesday abilities. to urge Congress to protect and expand affordable housing for older “Seniors of limited means used to be able to stay in their homes adults. These seniors joined their voices with hundreds of other or downsize into rental apartments. Today in our area, however, Americans of advanced age from across the country as part of the older renters get squeezed out as rents have exploded. Housing Senior Housing now rally. costs are at an all-time high in our region, resulting in fewer and The need for affordable housing for older adults has exploded nationally and locally. older adults represent 66% of the recent in - See SenIoR HouSInG Page A5 crease in “worst case housing needs” households, according to a re - cent U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Residents of Fellowship Square’s Maryland and Virginia hous - report. ing communities for low-income seniors urged lawmakers to ex - only 1 in 3 low-income seniors (34%) receive the housing as - pand affordable housing programs for older adults by sistance they are eligible for because the programs are small com - participating in the Senior Housing now rally on Capitol Hill pared to real need. Concerningly, with housing and rental costs on May 8. Veronica Gaither, 75, of Largo, Md. stood ready to soaring and health care costs rising, older adults are at greater risk rally alongside other residents from her Largo Landing com - of homelessness than at any time in recent history, according to munity. “It took two years on a waitlist for me to get into an af - Justice in Aging. fordable housing apartment for seniors. I’m one of the lucky To address this trend, the Senior Housing now rally urged Con - ones. there are millions of others of older adults like me who gress to: face the very scary reality of ending up on the streets without • Protect and expand HUD’s Section 202 Supportive Housing for the the assistance of affordable housing. Congress can do something Elderly program that provides capital advances and operating as - about this, and that is why I am going to the Senior Housing sistance to finance the development of housing for elderly residents. now rally.” PHoToGRAPH CoURTESY oF FELLoWSHiP SqUARE

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Habitat for Humanity to Be equal: County Maintains M-nCPPC, Department of Parks earth talk Metro Maryland State of Black America® 2019 triple-A Bond Rating From and Recreation Celebrates Dear EarthTalk: opens Homebuyer Applications unveiled Amid An Increased Push All three Rating Agencies older Americans Month one home is available for imme - for Voting Rights, Protection from “We are very pleased that Moody’s The 2019 theme, Connect, Create, What are some examples of ways diate purchase. Two homes are ex - Foreign Interference and Fitch maintained our triple-A rat - Contribute, encourages older adults food and drink producers are pected to be available for purchase nothing is more important in the ing,” County Executive Angela Also - and their communities to: Connect fighting the ever-growing torrent by the end of 2019, however home - fight for economic and racial justice brooks said. “These ratings are a sign with friends, family, and services… of plastic waste they have helped buyers will be selected in the coming than protecting the right to vote. of our sound fiscal policies and our Create by engaging in activities… create? months. ability to manage our obligations in a Contribute time, talent, and life ex - —Stacy Y., Raleigh, nC fiscally responsible way.” perience… Community, Page A3 Commentary, Page A4 Business and Finance , Page A5 out on the town , Page A6 Features , Page A7 A2 — May 16 — May 22, 2019 — The Prince George’s Post TOWNS and NEIGHBORS In and Around Morningside-Skyline by Mary McHale 301-735-3451 Around the County Morningside re-elects Mayor Cann photos. You might spot one of Jim of the fact that there was only one can - Prince George’s Student Places First in the State and two Councilmembers Reilly and me watching the Morning - didate for the office, Mr. William H. For Writing Contest Morningsiders turned out at the polls side independence Day Parade. Stewart, became the Mayor Elect. After on May 6 and voted for the three in - being sworn in, he took over from for - Students honored at Maryland Humanities ceremony cumbents on the ballot: Mayor Bennard Changing landscape mer mayor Jay Lowery. Council Mem - celebrating state finalists for Letters About Literature J. Cann (3-year term), Councilmember The Surratts-Clinton Library is clos - bers serving with the newly-elected BALTiMoRE , Md. (May 8, 2019)— Anthony Charles , a student at Walker and current Vice-Mayor Bradley Wade ing July 1. The building will be com - mayor were Dallas Bragunier, William Mill Middle School, received the first place prize in the state for Level one (2-year term) and Councilmember Todd pletely gutted, renovated and enhanced A. Schaub, Leonard F. Gardner and entries (Grades 4–6) in the 2019 Letters About Literature contest, a program Mullins (2-year term). and, as one of the librarians assured me, John David Smith. of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, coordinated locally by So, everyone won their respective will reopen “before too long.” (i’m Maryland Humanities. Students participate in Letters About Literature by seats. They will be sworn in at the 90—do you think i’ll get to visit it?) earl Swann, DC transit retiree writing to the author of a book, poem, short story, essay, or speech. one Town Hall on Monday, May 20 at 7 The shelves are nearly empty and look W. Earl Swann, 100, of oxon Hill, hundred one finalists from across Maryland were honored at the ceremony on p.m. And they take their seats for the very sad. now i’ll have to start going died April 6. He served with the Air May 4 in Baltimore City. next Town meeting on May 21. They to the oxon Hill Branch—a fine library Force in WWii and then worked for Letters About Literature is a national program where students write to the all have big plans to make Morningside but three times further away. DC Transit (which became Metro) as a author (living or dead) of a book, poem, or speech and express how the work even better. This week i drove under half a mechanic, repairing and maintaining changed their view of the world or themselves. Letters are judged on state There were also write-ins: Sheila bridge. Which will probably be gone buses. and national levels. Readers in grades 4–12 are eligible to enter the contest. Scott received 2 votes for Mayor and 2 by the time you read this. it’s the last He was the husband of 74 years of nearly 1,500 Maryland students entered the contest this year. The first place votes for Councilmember. other Coun - of the original Beltway bridges over Margaret McConkey Swann, father of winners for each contest level advance to the national level of the competition. cil write-ins were: Elizabeth Long, 1 Suitland Road and i’ve been driving John and Marlene. He’s also survived Letters About Literature Winners 2019, Level one (Grades 4–6) vote; Lori Williams, 1 vote; and Someli under it for almost 60 years. The two by five grandchildren, two great-grands, Maryland State Winner: Anthony Charles, Walker Mill Middle School, Fuller, 1 vote. new spans have been carrying the traffic numerous nieces and nephews and ded - Capitol Heights; Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli; Teacher: nathan Garner The next major event for the Town for a year or two. icated caregivers. Mass of Christian Date: 1/10/19 will be the annual independence Day A Dash in gas station and Splash in Burial and the burial itself were at his - Dear: Mr. Spinelli Parade, followed by family fun time car wash are opening soon on old toric St. ignatius Church in Ft. Wash - Your book Manic Magee has helped me to deal with racial stereotyping. and those amazing fireworks. Branch Avenue in Clinton. There may ington. As a young 10 year old child of color i was affected by the killing of young By the way, if you’d like to sign up also be a convenience store. black people by police. Many of the victims were unarmed and the killings your antique car for the Parade, or your There are nearly twice as many ju - George Donald Cook, Post office seemed senseless and brutal. Whenever i turn on the news it is as though marching band, your Scout troop, or venile crabs in Chesapeake Bay waters retiree something bad is always happening to people of color. This made me feel your float, contact the Town at 301- as there were a year ago, according to George Donald Cook, 99, formerly fearful and upset of the world around me. Everyone had a viewpoint some of 736-2300. an annual population survey. Scientists of District Heights and recently of Mont - which were dub conspiracies and it was very confusing. When i read Maniac in Maryland and Virginia found that the gomery County, died April 17. He was Magee i encountered Jeffery who chose not to react based on color and stereo - neighbors and other good people bay’s crabs are at their most plentiful born in Baltimore, served during WWii types but with compassionate humanity for people. He did not ignore what At Morningside’s delightful 70th an - in seven years. Time for a crab feast! with the Army Air Corps and was a U.S. was going on around him but at the same time he did not allow racial stereo - niversary celebration, i was pleased to Postal Service retiree. He was a long - types to dictate how he was going to treat people. Magee helped me realize chat with former Morningside Vice Hell Comes to Southern Maryland time volunteer of The Lutheran Church that each racial group will have their own perceptions of other racial groups Mayor James Ealey. He had moved Get a lesson on that hell as Civil War of the Holy Comforter. and that one proper way to transcend racial stereotypes is to focus on people’s from Pine Grove Drive after his wife scholar and author, Dr. Brad Gottfried, His wife Carolyn Janet predeceased needs whenever you interact with them. And if the people i’m interacting Selaine died in 2015. He told me he is speaks about the history of Point Look - him. Survivors include children, Sandra with still choose to be suspicious because they wouldn’t let go of the stereotype, married again and introduced me to the out Prison Camp in St. Mary’s County. Garner and Brian K. Cook, grand- and then like Magee i may have to do the only wise thing and run. lucky woman, Yvonne Ealey. They wed The presentation starts at 4 p.m. on June great-grandchildren. Services and bur - Maniac Magee also help me see that while people look through the lens of Jan. 6, 2017 and live in Clinton. 8, at the Surratt House in Clinton. it’s ial later at Arlington. stereotypes, at the heart people are searchingf or acceptance. Wherever Magee Skyline’s Chaplain Apostle Deborah free. For information, call 301-868- went, his presence asked the question “can we just get along” and his actions Dunham has suffered some health prob - 1121. Milestones said ‘i’m giving it a try”. He made no excuse for who he was and was bold. lems. Remember her in your prayers. By the way, consider joining the Sur - Happy birthday to Morningside His self-confidence and boldness encouraged me to accept that i am unapolo - Suitland Road Baptist Church hosts ratt House. it’s only $10 a year and Mayor Benn Cann and Patti (Parco) getically a person of color and to stop being fearful of what i think other racial Community outreach every first Satur - comes with a monthly newsletter ( The Grey, May 18; Kaylin Barbour, otis groups are thinking about people of color. day, 10 a.m. to noon, with free food, Surratt Courier ), tours, and more. Jones and Ellen Ashby, May 19; Crystal Finally Mr. Spinelli, Maniac Magee let some fresh air in my confusion. free clothing, and more. information: Foster, Juanita Hood, David Sanford not everyone that Manic met put their fears in front of human compassion. 301-219-2296. In case you didn’t know it… and Linda Holsonbake, May 22; Ricci They went against the stereotypes and treated him like their own and gave May is older Americans Month, rec - Lee Jr., Betty Call, L. Dorothy Jones, him an address he can rely on as home. it was fresh air to know that there are Skyline has a website! ognizing the contributions of older nancy Sawyer, Dory Babecki and people everywhere who do not fearfully respond based on stereotypes. And Skyline’s website editor, Ana Gutier - adults across the nation. it’s a chance Chester Lanehart iV, May 23. though the police in these instances was not one such person, i will breathe rez, has established a very handsome for everyone to be nicer to these old Happy anniversary to Dennis and this fresh air even if i have to run. Skyline website, designed to keep the folks (like me). Leigh D’Avanzo who’ll celebrate their Yours truly, community informed on news, issues 30th on May 20, and to Ronnie and Anthony Charles and announcements. Check it out at Morningside Memories: 1957 Karen Ellis on their 53rd (!), also on Pgskylineassoc.com. There are also Sixty years ago this May, by virtue May 20. Maryland Humanities is a statewide nonprofit organization that creates and supports educational experiences in the humanities that inspire all Marylanders to embrace lifelong learning, exchange ideas openly, and enrich their commu - Brandywine-Aquasco nities. For more information, visit www.mdhumanities.org. —Sarah Weissman, Maryland Humanities by Audrey Johnson 301-922-5384 BeCoMe A FoSteR PARent May 16, 9:30 –10: 30 a.m. Function for Seniors. Functional PGCPS Remains top in the State For Win Family Services, a faith based foster care agency, is Fitness is exercise that mimics your everyday activities while Green School Certification always looking for individuals wanting to make a difference. engaging multiple muscle groups. The class focuses on these UPPER MARLBoRo, Md. (May 9, 2019)—Prince George’s County Public They need parents with a BiG hearts to provide home for key multi-directional moves to get you strong and steady for Schools (PGCPS) continues to lead the state with the most number of schools youth who have big needs. Make a difference in a young daily life. The class is free for ages 55 and up at Temple earning new Maryland Green Schools certifications. person’s life and become a Foster Parent. As you know, it Hills Community Center, 5300 Temple Hill Road, Temple This year, 11 schools earned certification and 22 schools were recertified, takes a village to raise a child and there are thousands of Hills, Maryland 20748. Telephone number is 301-894-6616. raising the total number of PGCPS Green Schools to 121—58 percent of all youth in Maryland that need a loving home. These youth county public schools and approximately 20 percent of the 614 active Maryland need compassion adults like you to nurture and love our WoMen’S DAY 2019 Green Schools. young people. Visit www.winfamilyservices.org or contact new Hope Fellowship Cooperative Parish will celebrate “our Green Schools serve as models for environmental awareness, man - us today at 401-578-8004 to learn more about becoming a Women’s Day May 19, 2019, 11:00 a.m. at nottingham My - agement and education in our communities,” said Dr. Monica Goldson, interim Foster Parent. ers United Methodist Church, 15601 Brooks Church Road, Chief Executive officer. “They encourage students to be lifelong environmental SenIoRS 60 AnD BetteR Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20772. Pastor Rev. Connie stewards.” Enjoy a wide range of recreation service for seniors 60 Smith. our Guest Minister will be Minister Faye Johnson Central and Frederick Douglass high schools and Hyattsville Middle School and older. Some of the activities are recreation classes, Journey of Faith UM Church, Waldorf, Maryland. Colors joined eight elementary schools in earning first-time certification: Carrollton, senior clubs, tours and trips, health and fitness programs, are all shades of purple. Point of contacts are Ms. Catherine CMiT north, Concord, Highland Park, John H. Bayne, Longfields, Samuel P. Massie Academy and Thomas Stone. nutrition program, special events, free fitness Room iD card, Watkins [email protected] and Ms. Summer Broadwater Berwyn Heights Elementary, Dora Kennedy French immersion and John free community Center iD card for county residents and [email protected]. many more services. Call 301-699-2255, TTY 301-699- Hanson Montessori achieved “model school” status this year for having three 2544 or visit ppparks.com for more information. FAMILY AnD FRIenDS DAY consecutive recertifications. Council Member at large Mel Franklin presents #BuyLo - Schools earning recertification included four high schools (DuVal, Eleanor tHe LIon KInG Roosevelt, Parkdale, Tall oaks), six middle schools (Buck Lodge, Kenmoor, cal#iocal Family and Friends Day Festival Sunday, May 19, Starlite Performing Arts presents The Lion King for boys nicholas orem, Samuel ogle) and nine elementary schools (Beacon Heights, 2019 from 3:00 p.m. –6:00 p.m. at Watkins Park. Featuring and girls featuring drama, modern, jazz, hip hop, field trips, César Chávez, Cora L. Rice, Francis Scott Key, High Bridge, Langley Park- arts and crafts, video games. Registration fee is $150 (non- special guest DJ Flexx WPGCC 95.5’s, “The DJ Flexx Show” McCormick, Magnolia, Riverdale, Vansville). refundable) includes one T-Shirt and one DVD of the show and High School Battle of the bands. Join us for a day of All newly-certified and recertified schools and centers will be honored per child. Free pizza Wednesdays. Tuition is $125.00 per free food, fun, and support for our local business. The park during the Maryland Association for Environmental and outdoor Education's week. Ages 5 and up Monday –Friday 7:00 a.m. –6:00 p.m. is located at 301 Watkins Park Drive, Upper Marlboro, Mary - (MAEoE) Annual Maryland Green School Youth Summit on May 30 at Begins Monday June 17, 2019 and ends Friday August 23, land 20774. Sandy Point State Park in Annapolis. Schools will receive a Maryland Green 2019. RSVP at https://tinyurl.com/buylocal-investlocal-May19 School or Center flag, statewide and local recognition, and special gifts. For more information contact our center at Performance for local businesses, non-profits or agencies that would like The Maryland Green Schools program, sponsored by MAEoE, is one of Saturday August 24, 2019 at Dr. Henry A Wise High School a free display table at the event, or you can register on line at the most rigorous and comprehensive Green School certification programs in Upper Marlboro Maryland. The address is 9000 Edgeworth https;//tinyurl.com/table-registration-May19. Display tables the nation. it encourages educational opportunities, increases environmental Drive, Capitol Heights, Maryland 20743, 301-333-0051 and are for informational purposes only. no vending or item sell - awareness, and promotes environmental stewardship practices for students at all grade levels. Through a non-competitive application process, schools must 9552 Crain Highway, Upper Marlboro Maryland 20772, 240- ing is permitted at the event. 318-2260. You can visit www.starliteboogi.com or email: demonstrate their green activities and culture in eight criteria areas. “Bringing the World to Prince George’s County”. Email: [email protected]. The William S. Schmidt outdoor Education Center provides an overnight [email protected] or visit the website at https://pg outdoor education program to all fifth-graders annually. The Schmidt Center FunCtIonAL FItneSS FoR SenIoRS ccouncil.us/CMAL_Franklin Telephone number is 301-952- has played a key role in growing the number of certifications by assisting Join us in a free fitness class Tuesday and Wednesday, 2638. “Bringing the World to Prince George’s County”. schools with achieving and maintaining Green School status through modeling, educational programs, application guidance and support. 7th Annual Do More 24—May 22 –23, Noon –Noon: Power Your Community! For more information about the Green School Program, visit the MAEoE For more information about Do More 24, contact 202.488.2009 or [email protected] website. www.domore24.org • www.unitedwaynca.org —Office of Communications, Prince George’s County Public Schools May 16 — May 22, 2019 — The Prince George’s Post — A 3 COMMUNITY

the American Counseling Association’s Habitat for Humanity Metro Maryland Counseling Corner opens Homebuyer Applications Habitat is seeking qualified applicants for 3 homes in Prince George’s County Relaxing—A Skill By DonnA CLAYBURn for affordable housing, are income qualified, can afford to pay back We All need to Learn Habitat for Humanity Metro Maryland a mortgage, and who are willing to partner with the organization. Habitat provides an affordable mortgage, ensuring that buyers do We live in a world that produces lots of stress. While stress can SiLVER SPRinG , Md. (May 6, 2019)—Habitat for Humanity Metro not pay more than 30% of their income on housing. sometimes help motivate us to focus and act, a lot of stressful Maryland (HFHMM) is seeking qualified home purchase applicants Habitat for Humanity Metro Maryland is pledged to the letter things are nonproductive and harmful. 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The result will be a happier 35,000 elementary and middle school reading program with and healthier you. students. the Southern Maryland Through the “Read & Hit a Home Run” Blue Crabs baseball program, students who read four books out - team. in addition, the Counseling Corner is provided by the American Counseling Asso - side the required reading curriculum receive Credit Union supports ciation. Comments and questions to ACAcorner@ two free tickets to a Baysox Reading night “Read Across Amer - counseling.org or visit the ACA website at www.counseling.org. Game where they are recognized for their ica” by reading to stu - achievement. This year also marked the in - dents and donating Dr. Desegregation from A 1 augural Baysox jersey design contest. The Seuss books, book - winning design created by Annabella Mejia, marks and school sup - parents did not see this policy as an earnest commitment to de - a fourth grader at Belvedere Elementary plies to local schools. segregation nor to improving their children’s educational oppor - School in Anne Arundel County, is now fea - tunities. tured on a limited edition jersey that’s being Educational Systems worn by the players. After the game on May FCU (esfcu.org) has Why didn’t more blacks apply for Freedom of Choice 18, the jerseys will be auctioned with the proudly served the ed - PHoTo CoURTESY EDUCATionAL SYSTEMS FCU transfers? proceeds benefitting Belvedere Elementary ucation community for Pictured from left to right: Kelsey Carter from the Bowie only 93 of the 6,347 African American students enrolled in School. over 60 years. With Baysox, Vic Samuels from educational Systems FCu, all-black schools in the county in 1955, when Freedom of Choice “For us, it’s an honor to Support Educa - over $1 billion in as - Annabella Mejia from Belvedere elementary School and the went into effect, applied for transfers. Black families were ap - tion,” said Chris Conway, President/CEo of sets and 12 branches, Baysox mascot Louie. prehensive about their children not being welcomed and being unsafe in white schools. in Prince George’s County as in other including Breast Cancer Research Founda - jurisdictions, black parents desired to keep their children in black Hair Cuttery Partners With national network tion, American Red Cross, American Cancer schools where they would be taught and nurtured. to end Domestic Violence to Share a Haircut Society, and Girls on the Run. Were the ideals and methods of the Civil Rights Movement Hair salon’s Share-A-Haircut program is in its 20th year The national network to End Domestic Vio - ever evident in Prince George’s County’s school desegregation By SHAnnon STERn nnEDV President and CEo. “Hair Cuttery’s lence (nnEDV) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) or - battle? Hair Cuttery continued commitment to championing do - ganization that serves as a leading national Definitely. There was an active nAACP in the county at the mestic violence is the kind of commitment voice for domestic violence victims and their time of Brown . Hester V. King, the nAACP president, the Rev. ViEnnA , Va., (May 1, 2019)—on Monday, that creates change.” allies. NNEDV's membership is comprised of Perry Smith of north Brentwood, and Jesse Warr of north ingle - May 20, and Tuesday, May 21, Hair Cuttery The Share-A-Haircut program is in its all 56 state and territorial coalitions against wood, the community where Fairmont Heights High is located, and the national network to End Domestic 20th year, with over 51,000 certificates al - domestic violence, including over 2,000 local regularly testified before the school board. Then, in the 1960s Violence (nnEDV) are teaming up to raise ready having been donated in February to programs. NNEDV has been advancing the and ’70s, the Prince George’s County Action Project, which com - awareness for domestic violence through the homeless. Hair Cuttery has an established movement against domestic violence for over prised housing organizations, interfaith groups, civic organiza - Hair Cuttery’s Share-A-Haircut program. For history of charitable giving that has sup - 25 years. To learn more about NNEDV, please tions, and the Congress of Racial Equality, all advocated for de - every haircut purchased at one of the Hair ported a range of local and national causes visit NNEDV.org. segregation in line with the civil rights larger movement. Cuttery’s over 800 salons, one free haircut certificate will be over the 20 years of your study period, what did black donated to a survivor of do - parents and their allies want? mestic violence through a net - CItY oF DIStRICt HeIGHtS My research reveals that, for most black citizens of the county, work of state coalitions and lo - notICe oF A PRoPoSeD the fight was not for desegregation in and of itself, but for a fair, cal programs nationwide. two-way desegregation process that would require movement of “Hair Cuttery is proud to ReAL PRoPeRtY tAX InCReASe black and white children; ensure black children, black teachers, work within our local neighbor - and schools were provided the same quality of resources and hoods to make a difference,” The Mayor and Commissioners of the City of District Heights proposes to services; and acknowledge and preserve the cultural history of said Dennis Ratner, Co-Founder increase real property taxes. black communities and black life in Prince George’s. Members and CEo of Hair Cuttery. “our 1. For the tax year beginning July 1, 2019, the estimated real property assessable of Prince George’s black communities remained directly active goal through the Share-A-Hair - over the 20-year period i discuss in my research. cut program is to shine a light base will increase by 6% from $397,333,893 to $421,052,324. on those in need and to help 2. if the City of District Heights maintains the current tax rate of $0.8175 per $100 Did desegregation policies have an adverse effect on the strengthen and give a voice to of assessment, real property tax revenues will increase by 6% resulting in $193,898 growth of predominantly African American communities in those in our communities.” of new real property tax revenues. Prince George’s County? Through the partnership, 3. in order to fully offset the effect of increasing assessments, the real property tax Yes, it adversely affected some communities in direct and Hair Cuttery and nnEDV will compound ways. Children who had grown up together as neigh - work closely to distribute thou - rate should be reduced to $0.7714, the constant yield tax rate. bors, friends and playmates were assigned to different schools, sands of free haircut certifi - 4. The City is considering not reducing its real property tax rate enough to fully disrupting neighborhood stability and the continuity of relation - cates to individuals affected by offset increasing assessments. The City proposes to adopt a real property tax ships among children. Communities such as Lakeland, a histori - domestic violence, including rate of $0.79 per $100 of assessment. This tax rate is 2.4% higher than the cally African American neighborhood within the city of College women, children, and men. constant yield tax rate and will generate $78,315 in additional property tax Park, experienced this profoundly. The closing of the community’s “The vast majority of those historic school and the building of a new school—which would impacted by domestic violence revenues. serve Lakeland’s black children and white children in adjacent experience some level of finan - A public hearing on the proposed real property tax rate increase will be held at neighborhoods—compounded the devastating effects of an urban cial abuse. The gift of a free, 7:00 p.m. on June 6, 2019 at the E. Michael Roll Municipal Building, 2000 renewal program that left part of the Lakeland community phys - fresh haircut can make the Marbury Drive, District Heights, Maryland 20747. ically dismantled, displaced 70 percent of the families and ir - world of difference. A haircut reparably injured the spirit of the community. is a gift that supports economic The hearing is open to the public, and public testimony is encouraged. empowerment and gives sur - Persons with questions regarding this hearing may call (301) 336-1402 for vivors a moment to practice further information. See DeSeGReGAtIon Page A8 self-care,” shared Kim Gandy, A4 — May 16 — May 22, 2019 — The Prince George’s Post COMMENTARY

hinder people from voting and having those votes tisan group of Senators introduced a proposal to counted.” bar foreign citizens who have interfered in the Specifically, the Committee is planning to ex - U.S. elections from entering the United States. amine voter suppression in north Carolina, Geor - Last week, Sen. Bob Menendez of new Jersey Marc Morial gia, Texas, and Kansas. unveiled a bill that would fund states’ implemen - in partnership with the Brennan Center for tation of paper ballots that could be audited and President and CEO, National Urban League Justice and the German Marshall Fund of the to enact new cybersecurity standards to protect United States, the State of Black America re - against hacking—a recommendation that is in - vealed how the “Terrible Trio” of voter suppres - cluded in State of Black America®. to Be equal : sion—state legislatures, the Supreme Court, and other recommendations include H.R. 1, the hostile foreign actors—worked together to disrupt For the People Act which includes a wide range State of Black America® 2019 unveiled Amid American democracy. of voting reforms like enhanced cybersecurity Beginning in 2010—following the first year protection of election systems, removing barriers An Increased Push for Voting Rights, of the first African-American President’s term— to voter registration and prohibiting the distribu - state legislatures began passing restrictive laws tion of false information about elections to hinder Protection from Foreign Interference intended to hinder Black voters. The Supreme or discourage voting. “This is not Russia. This is the United States The national Urban League’s 2019 State of Court opened the floodgates for voter suppression We endorse H.R. 4, the Voting Rights Ad - of America. And I will fight until the death to make Black America® report, “Getting 2 Equal, United in 2013 when it gutted the Voting Rights Act with vancement Act, which restores the full enforce - sure every citizen—whether they’re Green Party, not Divided,” an unprecedented examination of its decision in Shelby v. Holder. ment protections of the Voting Rights Act of whether they’re Freedom Party, whether they’re the state of the Black Vote, was unveiled this it was into this suppression-happy environ - 1965. Democrat, whether they’re Republican, whoever week amidst a new push in Congress to protect ment that hostile foreign actors—specifically the We also make some bold suggestions like the —has that right to vote. Because it is the essence voting rights and secure democracy. troll farm of Russia’s internet Research Agency— elimination of the Electoral College. of our democracy. For so many people, their rights Just a day after we unveiled the report at the unleashed a firestorm of manipulative, misleading nothing is more important in the fight for eco - are pulled away from them, then they’ve got to national Press Club in Washington, D.C., House and deceptive social media aimed at dissuading nomic and racial justice than protecting the right put in laws to get them back. What does that mean? oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cum - African Americans from voting. to vote. Make sure your congressional represen - They cannot progress rapidly. They cannot mings announced he wants to “make sure we our report has landed at a crucial moment tatives know that combating voter suppression progress with the rest of society. All they’re trying spend significant effort and time, perhaps even when some members of Congress are ramping and foreign manipulation of our elections is a to do is control their own destiny.” looking at even more states and seeing what up pressure to address foreign meddling and top priority. You can tell Congress to pass the —U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, Chair, they’re doing and shining a light on what they racially-motivated voter suppression. Voting Rights Advancement Act by texting House oversight Committee may be doing illegally or improperly to stop or The same day we unveiled the report, a bipar - “VRA4” to the number 52886.

“if i worked two full-time jobs, then i’m not at GDP. Another study found eliminating child home and that falls apart. if i work one full-time poverty between the prenatal and age 5 years would job, there’s more structure at home but then i make increase lifetime earnings between $53,000 and Marion Wright edelman less money. it’s like, you can’t win like that.” $100,000 a child—a total lifetime benefit of $20 You can’t win like that and we all lose in a nation to $36 billion for all babies born in a given year. President Emerita, that allows millions of children to face the minute And we cannot measure the countless innovations by minute, hour by hour, day by day harms of and discoveries that never occur because so much Children’s Defense Fund poverty. in 2017 over 12.8 million of our children child potential is lost. lived below the official poverty line—$25,094 for Child poverty also fuels a destructive intergen - ChildWatch : a family of four—based only on cash income. erational cycle of poverty with compounding ef - nearly half lived in extreme poverty below half fects that can have lasting consequences into adult - the poverty line. Like Davis’s children, more than hood. Children who grow up poor have a harder “You Can’t Win Like that” two-thirds of poor children in related families live time escaping poverty as adults. Research shows with an adult who works and more than a third people who experienced poverty at any point during “I can’t do a lot of the extra stuff that I would with her three children in Texas, indiana, the west live with an adult who works full-time year round. childhood are more than three times as likely to be like to do for my kids or with my kids because I coast, and Kentucky, she returned home to new Poverty stacks the odds against children and stalks poor at age 30 as those who were never poor as just can’t afford to. No vacations. There’s not too orleans three years ago, but even with a job as a them down every avenue of their lives. As our children. The longer a child is poor, the greater her much going to the movies or little outings. Even phone operator she wasn’t able to escape poverty. latest national plea to end child poverty now care - risk of becoming a poor adult. A 2017 Urban insti - getting school uniforms together is expensive. Her family lived in a homeless shelter until a non - fully documents, poverty places children at risk of tute report found only 20 percent of children who Sometimes they have to wear stuff from last year. I profit agency helped pay the first few months’ rent hunger, homelessness, sickness, violence, educa - spent half their childhoods in poverty were consis - have a lot of guilt because I can’t provide for them on a home. tional failure and family stress and too often de - tently working or in school during their twenties. the way that I want to.” now half of her salary of less than $1,700 a prives them of positive early childhood experiences no families should have to fight so desperately month goes towards housing. The rest isn’t enough and opportunities that prepare more affluent chil - to beat the odds in this battle that is so hard to win The Children’s Defense Fund recently released to cover everything else: “A lot of times i have to dren for school, college and work. Poverty wears in a nation with the largest economy in the world. our latest report on Ending Child Poverty now buy foods that are less expensive to buy but i know down children’s emotional reserves, saps their spir - We must act now to save our children’s lives and once again showing just how much poverty is hurt - are totally disgustingly bad for you. There are a lot its and confidence and threatens their potential and our nation’s soul. inaction is not an option; poverty ing our children and nation and sullying our pre - of ramen noodles . . . Sometimes i pay just enough aspirations. From infancy through adulthood is far too costly for our children and nation to con - tensions to be an equal opportunity society. As part on my water or electricity bill to keep it from get - poverty gnaws away at child resiliency and hope tinue. Ending Child Poverty now shows we already of their coverage of this new report The Guardian ting cut off. i always owe no matter what, because and harms them for life. have the solutions and that by investing just a small spoke with several parents struggling to raise chil - i have to have money for other things.” Davis’s Beyond its individual human costs, child percentage of our federal budget into existing pro - dren in poverty today including new orleans youngest daughter has been diagnosed with autism poverty has huge economic costs for all of us. one grams and policies, we can make significant mother Sarah Davis. As their story explains, Davis spectrum disorder and needs extra attention, so study shows the lost productivity and extra health progress and rescue many child lives from stunted lost her home in new orleans when Hurricane Ka - Davis knows that even if she could work 80 hours and crime costs stemming from child poverty add futures. We just need the moral decency, political trina struck. After attempts to make fresh starts a week, that wouldn’t be a good solution either. up to about $700 billion a year, or 3.5 percent of will and economic common sense to do it.

Seniors Are Under Pressure Prince George’s and Montgomery To Repay Student Loans, Says AMAC County Councils Adopt The GAO says those with federal student loans in default may have Social Security benefits withheld FY 2020 Bi-County Budgets U PPER MARLBoRo , Md. county budgets. our work was cal Year 2020 is scheduled for WASHinGTon, DC (May 10, 2019)—Millions the GAo suggests that it be increased and in - (May 9, 2019)—Prince George’s both productive and cooperative, Wednesday, May 29, 2019. of seniors are struggling to pay off student dexed for inflation. and Montgomery County law - and has resulted in a spending Budget schedules are subject to loans. But, these seniors are not scholars; they Meanwhile, if your benefits are being gar - makers, convening their annual plan that reflects the needs of change. For updates, visit, are senior citizens, older Americans, many of nished be aware that the Department of Educa - Bi-County Budget meeting on residents in Prince George’s and https://pgccouncil.us/budget. whom have had their retirement plans disrupted tion may be able to help you create a more-af - Thursday, May 9, 2019, unani - Montgomery Counties.” —Angela J. Rouson, as a result. fordable repayment option. Get in touch with mously adopted the FY 20 budg - Adoption of the Prince Prince George’s And, according to the Association of Mature the DoE and ask for a suspension or a reduc - ets for the Washington Suburban George’s County Budget for Fis - County Council Media American Citizens [AMAC], Social Security tion. You’ll have to provide documentation for Sanitary Commission (WSSC); benefits can be garnished if they default on fed - relief. the bi-county portion of the eral student loans. More than 50% of seniors whose benefits Maryland-national Capital Park in fact, says AMAC’s president, Dan Weber, are being withheld are receiving disability pay - and Planning Commission (M- The Prince George’s Post a growing number of seniors are having their ments and may be able to receive a disability nCPPC); and the Washington The Prince George’s Post Social Security benefits withheld because they waiver. it can be a difficult process, but it also Suburban Transit Commission are defaulting on their federal student loans. can be worth the effort. it’s been reported that P.o. Box 1001 15207 Marlboro Pike (WSTC). The joint session was Upper Marlboro, MD 20772-3151 He cites the U.S. Government Accountability as many as 33% of disability waiver applica - held at WSSC headquarters in Phone: 301-627-0900 • Legal Fax: 301-627-6260 office [GAo], which has reported that “older tions are approved. Laurel, MD. Email: [email protected] borrowers (age 50 and older) who default on Finally, says Weber, there are agencies and During the joint session, both federal student loans and must repay that debt organizations that can provide specific help in councils agreed to a WSSC op - Contents © 2019, The Prince George’s Post with a portion of their Social Security benefits getting out from under Social Security offset erating Budget of $817.4 million often have held their loans for decades and had withholding due to a student loan default. He Publisher/Senior editor editor and a Capital Budget of $569.7 Legusta Floyd Lisa Duan about 15 percent of their benefit payment with - suggests getting in touch with the national Con - million for the utility. The new held.” sumer Law Center [https://www.studentloan - budget includes a 5-percent rate General Manager/ Administrative Assistant/ Total outstanding student loan debt has borrowerassistance.org/] or The national Center Legal Advertising Manager Billing increase for water and sewer Brenda Boice Julie Volosin reached “stratospheric proportions. it currently on Law and Elder Rights [https://ncler.acl.gov/]. customers. The Fiscal Year 2020 stands at more than $1.5 trillion—that’s trillion bi-county budgets are effective Legal Advertising Assistant Web Manager with a T. And, $86 billion dollars of that debt is The 2 million member Association of Mature July 1, 2020. Robin Boerckel Kyler quesenberry owed by Americans over the age of 60,” ac - American Citizens [AMAC] [https://www. Prince George’s County cording to Weber. amac.us] is a vibrant, vital senior advocacy or - Council Chair Todd M. Turner Prince George’s County, Md. Member national newspaper Publishers Association, The GAo has made suggestions that could ganization that takes its marching orders from (D)—District 4, said the bi- and the Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia Press Association. aid seniors whose Social Security benefits may its members. We act and speak on their behalf, county work between the two The Prince George’s Post (iSSn 10532226) is published every Thursday by the be garnished. For example, if benefits are less protecting their interests and offering a practical councils has resulted in a solid new Prince George’s Post inc., 15207 Marlboro Pike, Upper Marlboro, Md. 20772-3151. than $9,000 a year [$750 a month] they cannot insight on how to best solve the problems they spending package for the resi - Subscription rate: 25 cents per single copy; $15 per year; be garnished. But, it’s been quite a while since face today. Live long and make a difference by dents of both counties. that $9,000 threshold was established and so joining us today at https://amac.us/join-amac. $7.50 senior citizens and students; out of county add $1; out of state add $2. “The council is pleased with Periodical postage paid at Southern Md. 20790. the process and the collaboration Postmaster, send address changes to Prince George’s Post, P.o. Box 1001, The Prince George’s Post Proudly Serving Prince George’s County Since 1932 established by both bodies to Upper Marlboro, Md. 20772-3151. reach a full agreement on the bi- May 16 — May 22, 2019 — The Prince George’s Post — A 5 BUSINESS AND FINANCE

Social Security Matters County Maintains Triple-A Bond Rating Ask Rusty : From All Three Rating Agencies Is Social Security Based on Moody’s, Fitch and Standard and Poor’s all rate the county AAA and stable Last 3 Years of Work? By PRESS oFFiCER development in College Park and Urban Atlantic, near the Kaiser office of County executive Alsobrooks building in new Carrollton. Additionally, the county recently By RUSSELL GLooR, hosted two opportunity zone conferences with more than 400 AMAC Certified Social Security Advisor LARGo, Md. (May 8, 2019)— Prince George’s County Executive people in attendance. Association of Mature American Citizens Angela Alsobrooks announced today that all three of the financial Alsobrooks and the county’s economic development team will ratings agencies, Moody’s, Fitch and Standard and Poor’s, have also be headed to the international Council of Shopping Centers maintained the county’s triple-A bond rating and stable economic convention later this month, where they will meet with businesses Dear Rusty: outlook. The announcement comes after Alsobrooks and the and developers who have expressed an interest in locating in the i have heard many times that what is earned the last 3 years you county’s financial team traveled to Wall Street last month to meet county. work before drawing Social Security benefits determines what your with each agency. Less than 50 counties nationwide currently “These successes and many others confirm that Prince benefit dollar amount will be. is this true? if not, what determines have a triple-A rating. George’s County is the economic engine in the state and region,” your benefit dollar amount and how is it calculated? Signed: Work - “We are very pleased that Moody’s and Fitch maintained our Alsobrooks said. “We are Prince George’s Proud!” ing Still triple-A rating,” Alsobrooks said. “These ratings are a sign of our sound fiscal policies and our ability to manage our obligations Council Chair todd M. turner Says Council Dear Working: Funny how true the adage—if you say something in a fiscally responsible way.” Celebrates County’s top Credit Rating often enough, people will believe it is true. But i’m afraid that what in their report, Moody’s said the rating is the result of, “the UPPER MARLBoRo , Md. (May 8, 2019)—The Prince you’ve heard so many times about how your Social Security benefit county’s sizeable and diverse tax base, above-average resident George’s County Council joins County Executive Angela D. is determined is incorrect. While it’s true that the last 3 years you wealth levels and sound reserve position supported by compre - Alsobrooks in celebration of the exciting news that all three work may affect your Social Security benefit amount when you hensive fiscal policies” of the Alsobrooks Administration. of the Wall Street financial rating agencies—Moody’s, Fitch claim, those years alone are not what determine your benefit dollar Moody’s also said the county’s financial position is likely to and Standard and Poor’s—have maintained the County’s amount. Rather, your benefit is determined using a formula, which remain stable due to the ongoing commercial and residential de - Triple-A Bond Rating. includes the highest earning 35 years of your lifetime working velopment in the county and region. This top credit rating for Prince George’s County is a tes - career. Each year in your lifetime earnings record will be adjusted Standard and Poor’s cited the county’s, “strong financial poli - tament to our balanced fiscal management. it also affirms the for inflation, the highest earning 35 years will be selected and your cies and practices,” also highlighting several factors that will en - fiscal planning set forth for the County, the successful col - “average indexed monthly earnings” (AiME) will be computed from sure continued growth. “Due to the county’s strong transportation laboration between County Executive Alsobrooks and this those years. And to clarify another often-misunderstood point, you network, and ample amounts of still-developable land, Prince Council, and our responsible stewardship over County re - only get credit for earnings on which you paid FiCA taxes, so earn - George’s County remains poised for continued economic growth.” sources, focusing on greater efficiency, oversight, and ac - ings up to the annual payroll tax cap are the only earnings counted. The announcement comes on the heels of the April ribbon countability in government. For most people, the latter years of their working career are the cutting for the new Kaiser facility in new Carrollton and the an - We are proud that Wall Street rates the County’s financial highest earning, so it's quite likely that your last few years of earnings nouncement that WMATA will build its Maryland headquarters and economic outlook at such a superior level of fiscal re - will be included in the 35, which are used to determine your benefit. at the same location. sponsibility. The Council remains committed to the collabo - once your AiME is computed from your lifetime earnings record, The county also boasts 25 of the state’s 149 opportunity zones, rative and progressive work we have achieved together, and it is subjected to a standard formula to arrive at your Primary insur - second only to Baltimore City. These locations qualify for tax a thriving, sustainable financial future. ance Amount (PiA), which is the benefit you are entitled to at your incentives and other benefits to those who develop projects at —Karen D. Campbell, full retirement age. if you claim benefits before your full retirement the sites. The county currently has two projects underway that Prince George's County Council Media age (FRA) that benefit will be reduced, by up to 30% depending will receive opportunity zone funding, the Bozzuto mixed-used upon how many months before your FRA that you claim. And if you wish to increase your benefit you can wait beyond your FRA to claim and earn delayed retirement credits of 8% per year, up to age 70. Claiming at age 70 could get you a benefit as much as 32% Maryland opportunity Zone Information more than it would be at your full retirement age (depending upon the number of months after your FRA that you claim benefits). exchange Wins national StateScoop50 Award Unfortunately, there are many myths floating around about how Project is recognized as State IT Innovation of the Year your Social Security benefit is determined, and what you’ve previ - ously heard is but one variation of those myths. But reality is as de - By oWEn MCEVoY try influencers, up-and-comers and innova - Zone information Exchange has received scribed above—the highest earning 35 years of your lifetime earnings Maryland Department of Housing and tive projects. overwhelmingly positive feedback from users, record are used to determine your average monthly career earnings Community Development The first comprehensive resource of its and the Exchange has been presented at sev - (adjusted for inflation), and that 35-year lifetime average becomes kind in the nation, the Maryland opportunity eral national conferences. Additionally, the the basis for your Social Security benefit. Anything else you hear to AnnAPoLiS, Md. (May 7, 2019)—The Zone information Exchange is an interac - Maryland opportunity Zone Leadership Task the contrary is simply incorrect. Maryland Department of Housing and Com - tive, geographic information system website Force, chaired by Lt. Governor Boyd Ruther - munity Development’s Maryland opportu - featuring projects and businesses in the 149 ford, has held regional summits across the The 2 million member Association of Mature American Citizens nity Zone information Exchange was re - opportunity Zones throughout Maryland state to present the Exchange to local stake - (AMAC) (https://www.amac.us) is a vibrant, vital senior advocacy cently recognized as the State iT innovation and serves as the State of Maryland’s core holders. Currently, the information Exchange organization that takes its marching orders from its members. We act of the Year at the StateScoop 50 awards, tool to facilitate opportunity Zone invest - lists 96 projects totaling $12 billion of capital and speak on their behalf, protecting their interests and offering a beating out more than 40 other nominees ment. The exchange is open to the public investments, comprising 29,000 housing units practical insight on how to best solve the problems they face today. from across the country. and provides the latest information on op - and 45 million square feet of commercial de - Live long and make a difference by joining us today at The annual StateScoop 50 Awards honor portunity Zone activity for investors, fund velopment throughout Maryland’s 149 op - https://amac.us/join-amac. the best and the brightest who make state managers, property developers, new or ex - portunity Zones. government more efficient and effective. panding businesses and local stakeholders, For more information about opportunity This article is intended for information purposes only and does not represent legal or financial guidance. It presents the opinions and interpretations of the The awards, which were presented on May including, most importantly, a comprehen - Zones and to visit the Maryland opportunity AMAC Foundation’s staff, trained and accredited by the National Social Security 5 at a reception in national Harbor, Md., sive list of the state and local incentives Zone information Exchange, visit Association (NSSA). NSSA and the AMAC Foundation and its staff are not honor state government information tech - available in specific opportunity Zones. http://dhcd.maryland.gov/opportunity - affiliated with or endorsed by the Social Security Administration or any other nology and cybersecurity executives, indus - Since its launch, the Maryland opportunity Zones. governmental entity. To submit a question, visit our website (amacfoundation.org/programs/social-security-advisory) or email us at [email protected]. Maryland Judiciary Reminds Lawyers They Must Register Maryland Small Business With the Attorney Information System by June 1 Development Center Workshops By nADinE MAESER, TERRi CHARLES notifying them to pay the annual Client Protection Fund assess - tech Solutions Division of Government Relations and Public Affairs ment and complete online reporting on their pro bono activities June 3, 2019 • 12:30 –4:00 p.m. • Fee: $30.00 and on their interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (ioLTA). Data Registration Deadline: 6/3/2019 8 a.m. AnnAPoLiS, Md. 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Senior Housing from A 1 ganization Leading Age and co-hosted lo - Aging, Poverty & Housing Insecurity: Maryland Numbers cally by Fellowship Square with other Prince George’s County: of Maryland’s projected population of 6.7 million by fewer options for seniors on limited in - housing and service providers for older • it is estimated that by the year 2030 the 65+ population 2030. comes. Current funding levels for afford - adults. in Prince George’s County will increase by 121 percent, • The geographic distribution of Maryland’s senior pop - able housing are not keeping pace with de - rising from 81,510 in 2010 to 179,970 in 2030. (MD ulation will shift as the overall population distribution mand. The lack of expanded federal Fellowship Square is a nonprofit organiza - Dept. of Planning Population Projections, 2012). changes over the next 30 years. in 2015, 63.8% of funding translates into older adults being tion that advocates for and provides safe, • Prince George’s County seniors live mostly in com - Maryland’s older adults (60+) are estimated to reside treated as third-class citizens, as only one- secure, and affordable homes and an array munities southwest of the county (such as Clinton and in Baltimore City and in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, third of eligible low-income seniors cur - of supportive services for a diverse popula - Fort Washington) and north western communities Montgomery and Prince George’s counties. rently receiving housing assistance,” said tion of low-income seniors and persons with (Calverton, Beltsville, and Laurel). • The greatest number of the State’s low income minority Christy Zeitz, CEo of Fellowship Square, disabilities. Our communities foster inde - • A majority of seniors in the county (78 percent) are older adults live in Baltimore City. in 2013, 38.12% a co-host of the rally. Fellowship Square’s pendence, dignity, and healthy and vibrant not in the labor force. of the State’s 60+ low-income minority individuals 670 apartments across four communities lifestyles. Fellowship Square operates four Maryland: (from Maryland Department of Aging) lived in Baltimore City. The two counties with the in northern Virginia and Maryland provide properties providing housing for seniors • The number of older Marylanders is increasing. of next highest percentage of this population are Prince housing and support services for 800 low- over age 62 with limited incomes, as well the nearly 5.8 million people in Maryland in 2015, George’s (17.82%) and Montgomery (15.47%). income older residents. as persons with disabilities. Visit fellow 18.35% were age 60 or over. This percentage is ex - —Fellowship Square, Older Adults & The Senior Housing noW rally was or - shipsquare.org, call 703.860.2536 or email pected to increase to 25.4% (1.8 million individuals) Housing Needs in Maryland—Fact Sheet ganized by aging education/advocacy or - [email protected]. A6 — May 16 — May 22, 2019 — The Prince George’s Post OUT on the TOWN

CONNECT , C REATE , C ONTRIBUTE : M-nCPPC, Department of Parks and Recreation Celebrates older Americans Month By KiRA CALM LEWiS, iYAnA MooRE Cost: FREE Prince George’s County Dept of Parks and Recreation This event features a variety of fitness activities, including aer - obics, swimming, strength training, line dancing, Tai Chi, and RiVERDALE , Md. (May 9, 2019)—Every May, communities Zumba Gold. Wellness activities available include: across the nation observe ‘older Americans Month’ by focusing • Bingo Spotlight on Farmers’ Markets on programs designed to meet their particular needs, interests, and • Craft Activity concerns. The 2019 theme, Connect, Create, Contribute, encourages • Massage Chairs PHoToGRAPH BY LADYHEART, MoRGUEFiLE.CoM older adults and their communities to: • Healthy Cooking Demos Glenn Dale Farmer’s Market • Connect with friends, family, and services that support partici - • Fitness Walking Date and Time: Saturday, May 18, 2019, 9 a.m. –1 p.m. pation. • Health Screenings Description: Come taste some of the freshest foods in Maryland • Create by engaging in activities that promote learning, health, • Health and Wellness vendors providing senior resource infor - on the Marietta House’s historic grounds. Purchase fresh baked and personal enrichment. mation goods, artisanal soaps and candles, various plants and herbs, and • Contribute time, talent, and life experience to benefit others. • Prescription Drug Take Back program more! Shop with your local organic food and produce vendors By engaging and supporting all community members, the De - • Donate old eyeglasses program from the Glenn Dale area at the Farmer’s Market! partment of Parks and Recreation recognizes that older adults play Stay active! Be healthy! Don't miss out on your chance to learn Location: Marietta House Museum, 5626 Bell Station Road, a key role in the vitality of our neighborhoods, networks, and lives. and live a healthy lifestyle! Glenn Dale, MD 20769 in celebration of ‘older Americans Month,’ join us for the upcoming Contact: 301-464-5291; TTY 301-699-2544 events that promote health and wellness for our 60 and better crowd! Brain Health Fair Date and Time: Saturday, May 25, 2019, 10 a.m. –2 p.m. Bowie Farmers’ Market Opens This Weekend Senior Health & Fitness Day Location: Bowie Community Center, 3209 Stonybrook Drive, Date and Time: Sunday, May 19, 2019, 8 a.m. –12 p.m.; through Date and Time: Wednesday, May 22, 2019, 8 a.m. –1 p.m. Bowie, MD 20715 october 27, 2019 Location: Prince George’s Sports & Learning Complex, 8001 Cost: FREE Description: Market vendors will offer fresh locally grown produce, Sheriff Road, Landover, MD 20785 Audience: Families with Aging Adults fruit, cut flowers, plants, breads, pastries, jams, jellies and more. Learn from Mental Health experts and discover ways to keep Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts at Bowie High OPEN TO THE PUBLIC your mind sharp and body healthy. Enjoy fitness demonstrations, School, 15200 Annapolis Road, Bowie, MD brain health workshops, and receive tools combat to mental aging. Contact: Matt Corley, 301-809-3078, Being a senior in Prince George’s County is better than ever! [email protected]. The Department of Parks and Recreation, Senior Services are an innovative body designed to help meet the needs, wants and aspi - *** A SAMPLinG oF MARKETS in THE CoUnTY : rations of seniors 60 & better as they age in place here in the Cheverly Community Market— Opens June 8 County. With so many activities to choose from, you'll be sure to Date and Time: Saturday: (BiWeekly) 8 a.m. –noon, June –oct. find an activity to your liking. For more information on senior ac - Location: Cheverly Community Center, 6401 Forest Road, tivities, services, and signature events, visit http://www.mncppc.org/ Cheverly MD 20785 903/Seniors. Contact: [email protected]; http://cheverlycommunitymarket.org FMnP, SnAP (farmer), Matching Program Prince George’s Sports & City of Bowie Bowie Senior Center Information and Referral Fair College Park Farmers Market Learning Complex May 29 –31, 2019 Date and Time: Saturday: 7 a.m. –noon, early-May –mid-nov. Location: 5211 Campus Drive (Formerly Paint Branch Park - PHoTo CREDiT: PG PARKS & RECREATion Each spring the Bowie Senior Center hosts a free fair to way), College Park MD 20740; Ellen Linson Swim - bring special entertainment and information to the commu - The Prince George’s Sports & Learning Complex integrates a learn - ming Pool/Herbert Wells ice Rink parking lot nity. The theme of this year’s Information and Referral Fair ing theme with a state-of-the-art athletic training and competition Contact: Phil Miller: 301-399-5485 venue for area athletes, and caters to the recreational needs of area is “Wiser Together—Intergenerational Partnerships.” For residents. The centerpiece of the complex is an extensive indoor more information, contact the Senior Center at 301-809- Downtown College Park Farmers Market —Open sports and learning facility. A central atrium, offering a food conces - 2300. Open to the public. Date and Time: Sunday: 10 a.m. –2 p.m. sion area, common core facilities, and a “Main Street” environment Schedule: Location: 4500 Knox Road, College Park MD 20740 serves as the primary circulation space and links the venues. Facilities May 29 , 10 a.m., “What We Had”, AARP movie and dis - Contact: 240-487-3543; http://shopcollegepark.org/shops/ in the complex include a field house, fitness center, gymnastics center, cussion downtown-college-park-farmers-market/ aquatic center, and learning center. At Betty’s Place & Café, stop by May 30 , 10 a.m., 2 p.m., Senior Services panel discussion and grab a quick snack or enjoy a delicious meal in the warm, invit - and 5 –7 p.m., Evening Information Vendor Fair ing, music-filled café. General hours are Monday–Friday, 6 a.m.–10 Farmers Market at Maryland —Open May 31 , 10 a.m., 2 p.m., Information Vendor Fair. p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m.–8 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m.–6 p.m. For more in - Date and Time: Wednesday: 11 a.m. –3 p.m., April –mid-nov. formation and calendar of events, visit www.pgsportsandlearn.com. Location: University of Maryland, Tawes Plaza Garden, 3900 Bowie Senior Center Campus Drive, College Park MD 20742 14900 Health Center Drive Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex, 8001 Sheriff Road, Contact: Larry Tumlin: 240-305-6485; terpmarketmanager@ Bowie, Maryland 20716 Landover, MD 20785 • 301-583-2400 • www.pgsportsandlearn.com umd.edu; http://farmersmarket.umd.edu/

Greenbelt Farmers Market —Open Date and Time: Sunday: 10 a.m. –2 p.m., mid-May –mid-nov. (ex - up her boring life. They’re pur - be so breezy you forget how cept Labor Day Weekend); Special Holiday Market Dec. ERIC D. SNIDER’S IN THE DARK sued by one Willard Stenk (Tim - much work went into them, the Location: 25 Crescent Road, Greenbelt MD 20770 (in the park - othy olyphant), an assassin Laikas feel effortful. ing lot behind the Greenbelt Municipal Building) Movie Review hired by Sir Lionel’s snootiest The Sasquatch character Contact: 240-476-8769; [email protected]; gentleman rival, Lord Piggot- should have been the ace in the http://www.greenbeltfarmersmarket.org Dunceby (Stephen Fry), to make hole. Gentle, nervous, fussy, and sure they don’t achieve their literal-minded, he has great com - Hollywood Farmers Market —Open goal. edy potential. But the movie, Date and Time: Saturday: 9 a.m. –1 p.m., mid-April –mid-nov. Missing Link All the ingredients are there while amusing, is only sporadi - Location: 9801 Rhode island Ave., Hollywood Shopping Cen - for a rousing adventure, and cally funny. The characters look ter, next to REi, College Park, MD 20740 writer-director Chris Butler terrific and the voice work is Contact: [email protected] Missing Link where there are creatures similar (“Paranorman”) and his crew solid, but they don’t have souls. http://www.hollywoodmarket.org/ Grade: B- to him who must be his cousins created an astounding array of The chemistry among them Rated PG, mild whatever or something. in exchange for models and sets to depict it. i never produces anything mem - Hyattsville Farmers Market— Opening May 17 1 hr., 34 min. proof of Mr. Link’s existence, love Lord Piggot-Dunceby’s orable. Simple to a fault, the Date and Time: 3rd Friday of the Month: 4:30 –8:30 p.m., Sir Lionel pledges to assist him haughty appearance, and the story and script could have used May –Sept “Missing Link” is Laika’s in his travels. way an old nepalese woman’s some punching-up to give it Location: 4310 Gallatin Street, (City Municipal Building fifth gorgeously detailed work of A deceased colleague of Sir head shakes in the manner of the more personality, more zip— parking lot), Hyattsville, MD 20781 stop-motion animation and the Lionel’s had a map to Shangri- very elderly. You can see the more anything. My cold, dead Contact: Ellarose Preston: 301-985-5006; epreston@ fourth to leave me kind of cold. La, and while his feisty widow, countless hours of meticulous heart is often touched by films, hyattsville.org; http://hyattsville.org/591/Farmers-Market only the studio’s debut, “Cora - Adelina (Zoe Saldana), won’t let work that went into every corner especially ones aimed at kids. line,” had the intended impact; Sir Lionel take it, she’s willing of every frame. Maybe that’s the Why can’t i love the Laikas? i MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center “Paranorman,” “The Boxtrolls,” to join him and Mr. Link on the problem—where the similarly am a monster. Please escort me Date and Time: Wednesday: 12 p.m. –4 p.m., June –Sept. and “Kubo and the Two Strings” journey as a means of breaking painstaking Pixar films tend to home to the Himalayas. Location: 7503 Surratts Rd, Clinton, MD 20735 were all wonderful to look at but Contact: 301-877-4399 offered no emotional connection. i feel bad not being moved by Riverdale Park Farmers Market—Year-round these painstaking efforts, but it’s Date and Time: Thursday: 3 p.m. –7 p.m., year round been pretty consistent. Location: 4650 queensbury Road, Riverdale Park MD 20737 This one’s about a turn-of-the- (next to the Riverdale MARC train station) last-century English explorer, Sir Contact: 301-586-5973 Lionel Frost (voice of Hugh Jack - man), who is the laughingstock our Local Bounty St. thomas Church Farmers Market at the gentlemen’s club because Date and Time: Saturday: 8 a.m. –noon, early-June –late-Sept. of his interest in the Loch ness Location: 14300 St Thomas Church Road, Upper Marlboro, Monster and other supposedly MD 20772 imaginary beasts. on a tip, Sir Contact: 301-627-8469; http://stthomascroom.org/ Lionel travels to the Pacific ourlocalbounty/ northwest and finds a Sasquatch (Zach Galifianakis) who sur - uSDA Beltsville Farmers Market prises him by speaking English Date and Time: Thursday: 10 a.m. –2 p.m., June –mid-october and asking for help. Mr. Link (as Location: 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Parking Lot B, Beltsville Sir Lionel starts calling him) is RoTTEnToMAToES.CoM MD 20705 lonely here, the last of his kind. Meet Mr. Link (Galifianakis): 8 feet tall, 630 lbs, and covered in fur, but don’t let his appearance Contact: 301-504-1776 But he’s heard of a place in the fool you... he is funny, sweet, and adorably literal, making him the world’s most lovable legend —marylandsbest.maryland.gov Himalayas called Shangri-La at the heart of Missing Link, the globe-trotting family adventure from LAIKA. May 16 — May 22, 2019 — The Prince George’s Post — A 7

Banneker-Douglass Museum Announces event Line up Calendar of Events to Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Maryland Commission May 16 –May 22, 2019 For African American History and Culture 16th Annual Crime Victims Fund Run/Walk Welcomes More Than 9,000 Visitors During Year of Frederick Douglass Date and Time: Saturday, May 18, 2019. Registration check in By Soo Koo legacy throughout the 50th anniversary year Poetry Month and Jazz Appreciation month, and packet pick up at 7:00 am, Warm up at 7:30a.m., Runners Governor’s office of through inspiring panel discussions, work - the museum reflected on Maryland’s con - begin at 8 a.m.,Walkers begin at 8:30 a.m. Community Initiatives shops, events, talks, and exhibitions.” nections to the jazz and poetry scenes by Description: Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Aisha n. Upcoming exhibitions and events in - introducing 5 artists and recognizing the jazz Braveboy will host. The Crime Victims Fund Run is an important AnnAPoLiS, Md. (May 7, 2019)—in cel - clude: history in Maryland. one featured Marylan - cause designed to establish and maintain an emergency funding ebration of the “We Rise!“ 50th anniversary • Laurence Hurst Anniversary Show and der is Ms. Lucille Clifton, the only African source to compensate victims of crimes of violence. You can of the Maryland Commission on African Songs of the Caged Bird (until June 8, American among previous nine Poet Lau - participate in the Fund Run as an individual runner/walker or an American History and Culture (MCAAHC) 2019) reates appointed throughout the history of organized team by registering at the following link: and the 35th anniversary of the Banneker- • Deep Roots, Rising Waters: A Celebration the Maryland Poet Laureate. She served in https://tinyurl.com/fundrun2019. Douglass Museum, the Banneker-Douglass of African Americans in Maryland (per - the position from 1979 –1985 as Maryland’s Cost: $20 –30 Museum today announced the event and ex - manent) third Poet Laureate. Ages: All ages are welcome hibition line up. • Verda’s Place: An Homage to a Valiant in February, Governor Larry Hogan con - Location: Watkins Regional Park, 301 Watkins Park Dr., Up - “We are proud to support the Banneker- Woman (until December 28, 2019) cluded the “Year of Frederick Douglass” per Marlboro, MD 20774 Douglass Museum as we continue to honor • We Rise Youth Conference (June 28, with over 200 attendees. The “Year of Fred - Contact: Thelmetria Michaelides at 240-508-2018 or via the great legacy of dedicated Marylanders 2019) erick Douglass,” which ran from February email, [email protected]. and true African American icons,” said Gov - • MCAAHC Legacy Symposium (June 29, 14, 2018 –February 14, 2019, was announced town of upper Marlboro Community Day ernor Hogan. “i want to sincerely thank 2019). Speaker of the Maryland House of last February when Governor Hogan issued Date and Time: Saturday, May 18, 2019, 10 a.m. –4 p.m. everyone who has been involved in making Delegates Adrienne Jones will join the a proclamation establishing the commemo - Description: The Festival will start out with a parade down Main this 50th anniversary year for the commis - Maryland Commission on African Amer - rative year in observation of the bicentennial Street from 10 –11 a.m. and remain downtown with tons of fun, sion, and the Year of Frederick Douglass, ican History and Culture Legacy Sympo - of the birth of the renowned abolitionist and delicious food trucks, unique sales vendors, kids’ rides & activities, an incredible success.” sium as a panel speaker hosted by the Maryland native. and free live family-friendly entertainment! The Town of Upper During the year of Frederick Douglass, Banneker-Douglass Museum on Saturday, Marlboro is working tirelessly to improve the efforts of community over 9,000 citizens visited the museum. Vol - June 29, 2019. Located in downtown Annapolis since 1984, engagement and togetherness. Join us in a day of celebration! unteers provided tours to more than 1,200 • Doing the Work: Celebrating 50 Years of the Banneker Douglass Museum has contin - Cost: Free visitors, including more than 40 docent- MCAAHC (August 6 –December 29, ued to engage visitors of all ages and back - Ages: All ages are welcome guided tours with nearly 250 hours served. 2019) grounds to share the rich cultural traditions Location: Main Street, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 in addition, a new social media platform, over the first quarter of 2019, MCAAHC and history of Maryland’s African American Contact: http://www.uppermarlboromd.gov, 301-627-6905 instagram, engaged more visitors with fol - and the museum collaborated with Coppin community through programs and exhibitions lowers increasing by 34%. State University and Lillie Mae Carol Jack - highlighting the importance of education, Cheverly Day “The Maryland Commission on African son Civil Rights Museum to explore the community, and historic preservation. The Date and Time: Saturday, May 18, 2019, noon –9 p.m. American History and Culture and Ban - contributions of black scholars and Senator Hogan administration remains committed to Description: Cheverly Day is our annual celebration of all the neker-Douglass Museum are indebted to Verda Freeman Welcome—the first African the historic preservation of this museum, as great things in our community. Each year, we pick something that past and current African American pioneers American woman state Senator in U.S. his - well as the events and services it offers to the makes Cheverly special: the people, the community groups, the dedicated to black communities,” said tory. The museum also celebrated Matthew community. Visit bdmuseum.maryland.gov natural beauty, the arts... Cheverly Day 2019 will feature live music, Chanel Compton, Director of the Banneker- Henson Day as one of the first people to and the Facebook and Instagram pages to food, games, town organizations, 3-on-3 basketball and more! Douglass Museum. “We will honor their reach the north Pole. Wrapping up national learn more. Cost: Free, donations welcomed. Ages: All ages are welcome Location: 6401 Forest Rd, Cheverly, MD 20785 Contact: https://ch-ever-ly-day.org/ Earth Beyond Plastic: Are Algae Bottles, edible Pods ™ Xtreme teens: Indoor Soccer Clinic And Banana Leaf Wraps the Answer? Date and Time: Saturday, May 18, 2019, 7 –10 p.m. TALK Description: Do you have dreams of becoming a professional Looking Beyond PLA & Cardboard to a New Generation of Plastic Alternatives soccer player? is there a stint in Major League Soccer League in your future? Well, come join us to get started on your journey Dear EarthTalk: run rate of producing new (“virgin”) plastic, completely within a month, while not im - during our indoor Soccer Clinic. You’ll learn the fundamentals What are some examples of ways food we can expect to add another four billion parting any flavor or taste to the water or of indoor Soccer and get great exercise at the same time! and drink producers are fighting the metric tons of it to our global environment whatever else is inside. Cost: FREE! with M-nCPPC youth iD ever-growing torrent of plastic waste by 2050. While there’s something to be said for Ages: 10 –17 they have helped create? With no cheap and scalable way to col - technology, an older school “alternative” to Location: north Brentwood Community Center, 4012 Webster —Stacy Y., Raleigh, nC lect and get rid of all this plastic, the best plastic is all-natural plant material. Ameri - Street, north Brentwood, MD 20722 we can hope for is to not make the problem can supermarkets could learn a lot from Contact: 301-864-0756; TTY 301-699-2544 As more people become aware of the ex - worse. Luckily sustainable alternatives to some Southeast Asian grocers, for instance, tent of plastic waste clogging up our envi - plastic are coming on strong. PLA plastic, that wrap up produce for sale in biodegrad - Campfire Program featuring ronment, cutting back on plastic use is fast which is derived from plants and functions able banana leaves instead of plastic bags. nASA Goddard Space Flight Center becoming a key environmental priority like conventional plastic, is promising but These all-natural wrappers can be thrown Date and Time: Saturday, May 18, 2019, 8:30 p.m. around the world. According to a 2017 study needs to scale up to become economically into the compost pile or yard waste bin and Description: Campground guests and the public are welcome to by researchers from the University of Geor - viable as it requires dedicated recycling/pro - become rich soil without ever having to be join us under the stars for a traditional nPS campfire program. gia, UC Santa Barbara and Sea Education cessing systems to truly “close its loop.” processed using fossil-fuel based energy Meet at Campfire Circle in B-Loop in our campground. Association, humans have produced 8.3 bil - Likewise, paper or cardboard cartons could (like traditional recyclables). Cost: Free lion metric tons of plastic since mass-pro - be a viable alternative to plastic food and You can do your part by telling your Ages: 8 and above duction started in the 1950s. While we’ve drink storage containers if they are produced friends, neighbors, store managers, policy - Location: Greenbelt Park, 6565 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, recycled about nine percent of all that plastic at great enough scale to justify dedicated makers, elected officials and anyone else Maryland 20770 and incinerated another 12 percent, as much facilities to process them for recycling, within hearing distance that you and mil - Contact: 301-344-3944, http://www.nps.gov/gree as 75 percent has been discarded into land - given that they are also infused with non- lions of others like you don’t want any more fills or, even worse, set adrift into the envi - recyclable layers for strength and to prevent single use plastics in your town, county, Bowie Heritage Day ronment. if we don’t slow down our current seepage. state or country. And if you haven’t already Date and Time: Sunday, May 19, 2019, 12 –4 p.m. PLA and cardboard are just the done so, get yourself a reusable water bottle Description: The day will feature musical performances by Durham beginning of what is possible. and reusable shopping bag(s) so you can Station, pony rides, face painting and tiny tike races at the Stable; Food producers and chemists are start being part of the day-to-day solution. blacksmithing, sachet making and games at the Mansion. Also experimenting with making con - learn how to research your family history at the Genealogy Library. tainers out of biodegradable plant ContACtS: “Production, use, and fate Cost: Free products like corn starch, cassava of all plastics ever made,” Ages: All ages are welcome and even algae. And just this https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/7/ Locations :Belair Mansion , 12207 Tulip Grove Dr., Bowie, spring, tens of thousands of run - e1700782; Sea Education Association, MD 20715; Belair Stable Museum , 2835 Belair ners participating in the London www.sea.edu; Skipping Rocks Lab, Dr., Bowie, MD 20715; Bowie Railroad Museum , Marathon were given water out of www.skippingrockslab.com. 8614 Chestnut Ave., Bowie, MD 20715; and Ge - edible pods made from seaweed nealogy Library , 12219 Tulip Grove Drive, Bowie, and plant extracts instead of plas - MD 20715 tic bottles. Skipping Rocks Lab, earthtalk® is produced by Roddy Scheer Contact: 301-809-3089, [email protected]. the London-based startup behind & Doug Moss for the 501(c)3 nonprofit “Reel & Meal at the new Deal”: Café film and discussion iMAGE CREDiT: SKiPPinG RoCKS LAB: the newfangled containers, reports earthtalk . To read more, check out Date and Time: Monday, May 20, 2019, 7 p.m. optional vegan A London-based start-up wants to replace plastic that they’re not only cheaper to https://emagazine.com. To donate, visit meal served from 6:30 p.m. water and soda bottles with these edible (and produce than plastic but are also https://earthtalk.org. Send questions to: ques - Description: A LaborFest program featuring Blood on the Moun - biodegradable) “ooho” pods made from seaweed. biodegradable, breaking down [email protected]. tain . This 2016 documentary tells the story of coal-company grip on the mining communities of West Virginia, where a hard- working people with historically few choices have never bene - fited fairly from coal country’s natural resources. it shows how outside corporations with support of politicians have taken ad - vantage of an undiversified economy. Cost: Free Ages: Adults Location: new Deal Café, 113 Centerway, Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt, MD 20770 Contact: Prince George’s Peace & Justice Coalition/ Reel & Meal series, 202-549-5574 GeICo Gecko Series: the Jungle Book Date and Time: Tuesday, May 21, 2019, 10:15 –11:15 a.m. and 12 –1 p.m. Description: Join young Mowgli as he learns the laws of the jungle in this time-honored adventure. With the help of friends such as the black panther Bagheera and Baloo, the lovable bear, Mowgli learns about friendship and survival. Cheer as Mowgli faces his fear and foils his nemesis, the tiger Shere Khan. Virginia Rep on Tour’s musical production of Rudyard Kipling’s classic will delight both the young and the young at heart. Cost: $8/person; $6/person in groups of 20 or more Purchase through PARKS DiRECT! Ages: Recommended for grades K–5 Contact: 301-277-1710; TTY 301-699-2544 A8 — May 16 — May 22, 2019 — The Prince George’s Post

Desegregation from A 3 Identify the leaders in these communities that promoted COUNTY CHURCH DIRECTORY integration efforts. My research reveals that, along with mothers and fathers, the black and white people who were out front pushing for compliance with Brown represented civic associations, PTAs, religious congre - unIteD MetHoDISt BAPtISt BAPtISt unIteD MetHoDISt gations, clergy, civil rights organizations, health and human services, labor, public and private employers. Hester King, an nAACP leader First Baptist Church of who resided in Laurel; the Rev. Perry Smith of north Brentwood, WeStPHALIA FIRSt BAPtISt CHuRCH who became nAACP leader; and Jesse Warr Sr. of the north Engle - oF HIGHLAnD PARK College Park union Welcomes You Where Jesus wood community, who would eventually be the first elected black united Methodist Church united Methodist Church Christ is Lord and King school board member, were a few of the conspicuous leaders. Edu - ‘A Bible Based, Christ Centered “A CHuRCH on tHe ReACH FoR GoD” Stephen L. Wright, Sr., Pastor cators also were outspoken in securing fair desegregation planning. & Spirit Led Congregation’ 14418 old Marlboro Pike, Myrtle Fentress, a social studies teacher at Fairmont Heights High, 9363 D’Arcy Road 5018 Lakeland Road 6801 Sheriff Road Landover, MD Upper Marlboro, MD was consistently outspoken in advocating for the dignity of her Upper Marlboro, MD College Park, MD 20740 20785 (301) 773-6655 301-474-3995 school and students. Joseph Parker was among the educators who Church (301) 627-5088 helped form a break-away organization for black teachers, when two Worship Services: Sunday Biblical institute: www.fbc-cp.org 9:30 a.m. the established union seemed not to be representing issues pertinent 8 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:30a.m. Sunday School : (Children/Adults) - 8:30 a.m. Sunday Worship: to them. Also, within each community / neighborhood, there were Sunday School: 9:30 Sunday Worship 11a.m. Sunday Worship : 10:00 a.m. parents who worked together in their children’s interest. 7:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion 1st Sunday Saturday Worship: (301)735-9373 Wednesday Bible Study 7-8p.m. Rev. Kendrick D. Weaver, Pastor Linda Brown continued the desegregation fight for her chil - 6:30 p.m Wednesday Prayer Service 8p.m. Fax: (301) 735-1844 dren and won. How did those in the black communities of Prince ‘WonDERFUL WEDnESDAYS George’s do the same for theirs? WiTH JESUS’: Rev. Dr. timothy West, Most black citizens of the county, according to my research, Pastor 12 noon (The Power Hour) and 6:45 pm were fighting not for desegregation in and of itself, but for the fol - Have a lowing: “A time of Prayer, Praise, ALL ARe WeLCoMe • A fair, two-way desegregation process that would require move - Worship, & the Word” Safe ment of black and white children Web Site: Dr. Henry P. Davis III, Pastor Church Directory • That black children, black teachers and schools were provided www.westphaliaum.org www.fbhp.org Weekend Advertisements are the same quality of resources and services paid ads. • Acknowledgement and preservation of the cultural history of black communities and black life in Prince George’s S. G. Spottswood BAPtISt CoMMunItY CHuRCH Members of Prince George’s black communities remained directly A.M.e. Zion Church Call the active over the 20-year period discussed in my research. 419 Hill Road, Landover, MD Prince George’s Post What do you propose is the most relevant world view 20785 • 301-490-2625 Forest Heights WoRD oF GoD regarding school desegregation among African Americans? Rev. Jonathon Counts, Pastor Baptist Church CoMMUniTY today and We exist to strengthen your Juan Williams’ description of Marshall as a man with an “inte - “We are training disciples to have your Church relationship with God. 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