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Citizens Hear from Mayoral Candidates By James Wright WI Staff Writer While there are 60,000 returning citizens in the District who have pressing concerns and are politically motivated, only three of the eight District mayoral candidates showed up at a recent candidates’ forum to hear and address their concerns. D.C. Council members Tom- my Wells (D-Ward 6) and Vin- cent Orange (D-At Large) joined District entrepreneur Andy Shallal as the Democratic Party mayoral candidates who partici- pated in the Returning Citizens United forum that took place Feb. 21 at the Greater Mt. Cal- vary Holy Church in Northeast. (L-R) D.C. Council members Tommy Wells and Vincent Orange along with entrepreneur Andy Shallah share a light moment at the Returning Citi- Naaman Williams, a returning zens United Mayoral Candidates Forum on Feb. 21 at the Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church in Northeast. /Photo by Nancy Shia citizen mentored by well-known Southeast activist Yango Sawyer, expressed interest in the candidates’ forum. “Hopefully, they will say Obama to Launch Initiative for Minorities something beneficial to those of us who are in the streets,” said By Stacy M. Brown make sure that every young person can create more pathways to success of his broader commitment to ad- Williams, 19. “Those of us who WI Contributing Writer of color who’s willing to work hard for them,” Obama said earlier this vance opportunity for all Americans, are returning citizens want to and lift themselves up has an oppor- month. he would focus on efforts to build up have better outcomes in our lives With a flood of recent criticism tunity to get ahead and reach their full At a media event in the East Room minority communities. and I hope they talk about that.” about what he’s failed to do for Af- potential. at the White House scheduled for “I’m reaching out to some of The District’s returning citi- rican Americans, President Barack “We’re going to pull together pri- Thursday, February 27, the president America’s leading foundations and zens population is 10 percent of Obama plans to answer his critics in vate philanthropists, foundations, will officially unveil his new initiative, corporations to help young men of the city overall. These residents a profound way. work with governors and mayors and which he’s named, “My Brother’s color facing tough odds stay on track White House officials said Obama churches and non-profits and we’re Keeper.” See CITIZENS on Page 8 will use his presidential powers to just going to focus on young men During his State of the Union Ad- See INITIATIVE on Page 9 of color and find ways in which we dress in January, Obama said as part

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AROUND THE REGION SOMETHING Women Break the Cycle of NEW EVERYDAY Domestic Violence

By Tia Carol Jones law enforcement. She said they threat,” she said. www.washingtoninformer.com WI Staff Writer had come together to bring a Among the programs Marlow sense of uniformity in the way wants to see implemented are Visit our updated Web site When L.Y. Marlow's 23-year- domestic violence victims and stricter restraining order policies, and give us your comments old daughter told her the father survivors are treated. more rights for victim's families of her daughter threatened her “She's using her own personal to intervene on behalf of a vic- for a chance to win a gift from life, and the life of their child, story, her own personal pain to tim, a domestic violence assess- The Washington Informer she knew something had to be push forward,” Davis-Nickens ment unit coupled with further done. Out of her frustration said about Marlow. training for law enforcement with law enforcement's handling Email comments to: Davis-Nickens said anyone agencies, a Child's Life Protec- of the situation, she decided to who reads Marlow's book will tion Act and mandatory counsel- rburke@ start the Saving Promise cam- “get it.” She said she “puts the ing for batterers. washingtoninformer.com paign. case in such a way, the average “If we are ever going to eradi- “It seems to be a vicious cycle person can get it.” She said at the cate domestic violence, we must that won't turn my family end of the day, the book will look at both sides of the coin. loose,” Marlow said. Marlow help people begin to have a dia- We need to address both the vic- shared her story with the audi- logue about domestic violence. tim and the batterer,” Marlow ence at the District Heights Also present at the event was said. Domestic Violence Symposium Mildred Muhammad, the ex- Marlow would also like to see Abosedeon May Onibon-Oje, 7 at the District 14 (left) Heights and Earthawife West, of John13 (right), Allen share Muhammad, a light momentprograms in their classroom designed at Howard to raise UniversityMunicipal Middle Center. School The of sympo-Mathematicswho and was Science sentenced in Northwest to six onconsec- Feb. 20. Theirawareness team countsamong among children 81 Best- in in-Statesium was winners sponsored in the Verizon by Innovativethe utive App life Challenge. terms without/Photo by paroleNancy Shiapublic and private schools. She Family and Youth Services by a Maryland jury for his role in feels children need to be educat- Center of the city of District the Beltway Sniper attacks in ed about domestic violence. Heights and the National Hook- 2002. Mildred Muhammad is “We have to stop being pas- StudentsUp of Black Women. theInvent founder of After the Trauma, Mobilesive-aggressive with poor chil- Marlow has written a book, an organization that helps the dren about domestic violence,” “Color Me Butterfly,” which is a survivors of domestic violence Marlow said. App,story about four generationsReceive of and their children. HonorsMarlow has worked to break domestic violence. The book is “I lived in fear for six years. Six the cycle of abuse in her family, Byinspired Sam byP.K. her Collinsown experiences, withinyears inHoward fear is Universitya long time. Middle It is recentand is years, confident schools the in policiesthe District she WIand Contributingthose of her grandmother,Writer @ Schoolnot an of easyMathematics thing to and come Science. out andis pushingacross the for country will havestart startthat- sampkcollinsher mother and her daughter. Whenof,” she the said. Verizon Foundation, a edprocess. STEM enrichment programs in She said every time she reads nonprofitMildred that Muhammad focuses on educasaid- an “Ieffort plan toto takeprovide these high-quality policies to In Memoriam excerptsA group from of herDistrict book, studentsshe still tion,people health who care, want and energy to help issues, a mathematicsCongress and and implore science theminstruc to- Dr. Calvin W. Rolark, Sr. can not believe the words came moved one step closer to winning launcheddomestic the violence contest invictim September, must tionchange for studentsour laws,” from Marlow low-income said. Wilhelmina J. Rolark from her. “Color Me Butterfly” be careful of how they go into The Washington Informer Newspaper $20,000 in grants and Samsung the quintet submitted a three-min- communities.“I will not stop Since until winning these Best-poli- won the 2007 National “Best the victim's life, and understand cies are passed.” THE WASHINGTON INFORMER PUBLISHER tablets in a national competition ute video and an essay that outlined in-State, some members of the In Memoriam Books” Award. that she may be in “survival Tia Carol Jones can be reached NEWSPAPER (ISSN#0741-9414) is Denise Rolark Barnes last month. Build Central’s functions. Dr. Calvin W. Rolark, Sr. “I was just 16-years-old when mode”. teamat [email protected] have expressed a desire to published weekly on each Thursday.Wilhelmina J. 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fices.weekly News on Thursday. and advertising Periodicals deadline postage paid at Washington, D.C. and additional Elaine Davis-Nickens, presi- strong minority presence. mailing offices. News and advertising deadline is Monday prior to publication. social media, collect data about in- is Monday prior to publication. An- Shantella Y. Sherman, Assistant Editor in Northwest counted among 81 Announcements must be received two weeks prior to event. Copyright 2000 by The dent of the National Hook-Up “We recently went on NPR nouncements must be received two Best-in-State winners in the Ver- dividual energy consumption, and Washington Informer. All rights reserved.Ron POSTBurke, MASTER: Advertising/ Send Marketing change ofDirector address- of Black Women, said there is no and talked about [the need] to ex- weeks prior to event. Copyright 2013 izon Innovative App Challenge, a provide assistance to the disabled es to The Washington Informer, 3117Lafayette Martin Luther Barnes, King, IV, Jr. Ave.,Assistant S.E. PhotoWashington, Editor consistency in the way domestic pose black children in D.C. to the by D.C.The 20032.Washington No part Informer. of this publicationAll may be reproduced without written permis- competitionviolence issues that are allows dealt studentswith by during natural disasters. Patrick rightssion reserved. from the POSTMASTER: publisher. The Send Informer Khalid Newspaper Naji-Allah, cannot Staff guarantee Photographer the return of to develop mobile technology that Gusman, co-founder ofWe the Startup have technology to stopindustry,” beingsaid Nkozia

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In 2013, the National Park Woodson home a visitors’ center, nity, and other partners. We at the Service won a $75,000 grant for with the adjacent buildings hous- Association are working on pull- the project from Partners in Pres- ing interactive videos, exhibits ing all of these entities together ervation, a contest sponsored by and other materials. But as of this to create new funds.” February – the 88th anniversary a charitable foundation of Amer- She said that given the amount of Black History Month (for- ican Express and the National of funding available, even if the merly Negro History Week which Trust for Historic Preservation. home is restored and opened to Woodson originated) – the resto- Wells said he would like the the public by September 2015 – ration remains unfinished. Woodson home restored in a the ASALH’s centennial – visitors “The efforts have been ham- manner similar to the Freder- Denise Rolark Barnes will only see empty rooms, with pered partly by the impact of the ick Douglass home in Southeast Independent Beauty Consultant a few posters on the walls and (August 2012) earthquake in the D.C.’s Anacostia neighborhood, www.marykay/drolark-barnes.com other art to illustrate Woodson’s District, and the (2012 derecho) featuring furniture like that which 202-236-8831 storm,” said Cyrus. “They se- groundbreaking work. In addi- tion to founding the ASALH in Woodson used in his home, along verely damaged the back of the with his speeches, books, clothes house.” his home, Woodson’s Negro His- tory Bulletin and the Journal of and other artifacts. However, the “It was always the Association’s time it is taking to renovate it plan to have the National Park Negro History were published concerns him. “I would like to Service renovate the Woodson there. The house headquartered meet with President Obama to home,” she said. “Bob Stanton, his publishing company, Asso- the first and only African-Amer- ciated Publishers. Woodson also discuss it,” he said. ican National Park Service direc- trained educators and researchers Repeated attempts to obtain tor, who served under President in his home. comments for this article from Clinton, increased the agency’s Paul Wells, a great-great-neph- National Park Service spokes- acquisition of African-Ameri- ew of Woodson’s, is happy the persons were unsuccessful. The can historical sites [including Dr. project is underway but expressed agency’s website regarding the Woodson’s house].” Cyrus said reservations about the time in- restoration says that structural District of Columbia Delegate volved. “I think restoration has stabilization work on 1538 and Eleanor Holmes Norton intro- been relatively slow,” he said. “I 1540 9th Street Northwest be- duced the legislation in 2000, understand the project is taking gan in January and will continue place in phases. Phases one and which was signed into law in through June. It says that between two consist of shoring up the 2003, authorizing the National this fall and fall 2015 the National structures of the house and adja- Park Service to acquire the home Park Service will conduct addi- and adjacent houses. cent homes.” tional reconstruction. Cyrus said more funds are Wells, a Maryland resident who For now, visitors to the agen- needed for the restoration and owns a cyber security company, said fundraising to complete the cy’s Woodson home website view to accelerate its pace. “We have ‡ Please set all copy in upper and lowercase, flush left as indicated on artwork at these point sizes: Consultant name in 11-point Helvetica Neue Bold; Independent tremendous support from across project, part of phase three, has a notice which Beauty says Consultant they may in 9-point go Helvetica Neue Light; Web site or e-mail address in 9-point Helvetica Neue Light; phone number in 9-point Helvetica Neue Light. ® the nation, which is very encour- been difficult. “I think the Na- to the house To and the Independent see its outer Beauty Consultant: Only Company-approved Web sites obtained through the Mary Kay Personal Web Site program may be utilized. aging,” she said. “We also have tional Park Service only had $3.2 façade but cannot go inside. “It support from the NAACP, Shi- million in its budget for this proj- is in need of rehabilitation and loh Baptist Church in Northwest ect, but I believe it should cost be- restoration and is closed to the D.C., members of Dr. Woodson’s tween $9 and $12 million,” Wells public,” the notice reads.WI

www.washingtoninformer.com The Washington Informer February 27, - March 5, 2014 5 WEEK OF FEB 27 TO MAR 5 Black Facts February 27 1869 – Congress adopts the 15th Amendment to the Unit- ed States Constitution making it illegal for the U.S. government or any state to “deny or abridge” the right to vote “on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude.” This was one of the so-called “Reconstruction Amendments (13th, 14th & 15th) that ended slavery made Blacks full U.S. citizens and guaranteed the right to vote. The 15th Amendment February 28 1879 – A date considered by many to mark the beginning color bar in major league base- of the great “Exodus of 1879” March 2 ball, Bert Williams did on the when thousands of blacks be- 1896 – Ethiopia defeats Ita- American stage. He was a comic, gin fleeing racism, violence and ly at the battle of Adowa (also singer, writer and producer who economic exploitation in the called Adwa). It was one of the spent10 of his 25 years in show South for new lives in the Mid- few successful military victories business performing with the west, especially Kansas. One of of Africans over Europeans as famous Ziegfield Follies. W.C. the most prominent organizers the latter attempted to colonize Fields once referred to him as of the exodus was former Ten- and economically exploit the Af- “the funniest man I ever saw.” nessee slave Benjamin “Pap” rican continent. Lead by general Williams was born Egbert Aus- Singleton. An estimated 20,000 was Ras Makonnen – father tin Williams in the Bahamas. blacks take part in the exodus. of the man who would become They were driven in part by the next Emperor Haile Selassie, the March 5 Homestead Act, which promised left 6,000 Italians and 10,000 1770 - Crispus Attucks, an free land. But by 1880, efforts Ethiopians dead. But the victo- escaped slave became the first had already begun to curtail the ry forced Europe to recognize man killed in the cause of Amer- movement of blacks to the Mid- Ethiopia as an independent and ica’s freedom. This event is bet- west. In 1881, Pap Singleton was sovereign nation. ter known as the ‘Boston Mas- hauled before a Senate investiga- sacre’. tive committee looking into his March 3 1897 - American Negro role in the exodus. 1968 – The infamous Academy founded. COINTELPRO memoran- 1920 - Leontine T.C. Kelly, March 1 dum is sent to FBI field offices the first African-American wom- 1739 – The British govern- around the country. COINTEL- an to become a bishop within ment is forced to sign a peace PRO was a government counter the Methodist denomination. treaty with the Jamaican Ma- intelligence program aimed at 1939 - Playwright Charles roons. The Maroons were es- disrupting and destroying black, Fuller was born in Philadelphia caped slaves or put another peace and anti-war groups. The March 5, 1939. Fuller co-found- way Africans who refused to be March 3rd memorandum speed the Afro-American Arts The- slaves. When the Spanish lost Ja- cifically called on FBI agents to atre in Philadelphia, his home- maica to the British in 1665, they infiltrate militant black organiza- town, in 1967. The Perfect Party freed many of their slaves and tions and employ various tactics (1969) was the first of Fuller’s BUYING RECORDS called them Maroons or “wild.” to prevent them from growing plays to receive critical acclaim. The Maroons set up villages, individually or uniting with one 1985 - The Mary McLeod were frequently joined by other another. Bethune commemorative escaped slaves and eventually be- stamp is issued by the U.S. Postal gan to wage a highly successful March 4 Service as the eighth stamp in its guerrilla war against the British. 1922 – Comedic great Bert Black Heritage USA series. Under the terms of the peace Williams dies of pneumonia 1997 - Desi Giles, a black treaty, the Maroons were des- in New York City at the age man, receives death threats after ignated a free people and given of 46. What Jackie Robinson portraying Jesus in the annual 1,500 acres of land. did for blacks by breaking the Passion play in Union City, N.J.

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6 February 27, - March 5, 2014 The Washington Informer www.washingtoninformer.com AROUNDAROUND THETHE REGIONREGION INTERVIEWS AND PHOTOS BY TIMOTHY LINDEN THE DISTRICT’S MAYORAL PRIMARY WILL BE HELD ON APRIL 1. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE CURRENT CROP OF VIEWP INT CANDIDATES?

Audrey Doman Bonita Bolden Saundra Lamb Andrea Carroll McNeil Maria Hardy Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. I initially thought that too I think there’s a very interesting I think Mayor Gray has done I think District residents have a I was more impressed with many were running, but the list has mix of people running for mayor. a good job. I am a bit concerned lot of work to do when researching Mayor Gray, whom I didn’t really been whittled down as time has I’m familiar with all of them, and about the way his campaign was run and selecting the proper candidate. give that much attention to, at the progressed. I think current mayor have had dealings with most of last time. Andy Shallal intrigues me Name recognition alone shouldn’t mayoral debate a few weeks ago. [Vincent] Gray has done an OK job the candidates who are running. because of his interest in dealing matter. A lot of people go to the polls He and Muriel Bowser were very – I can’t complain about some of the I do have my preference and he is with the poverty issues in the city and vote for the incumbent, and interesting in their answers and good things he has done for the city. Andy Shallal. He is who I will be and the imbalances in business, I urge them to dig deeper. I don’t opinions to questions asked during I live in Ward 4, and Muriel Bowser voting for. For one, I’m looking for wealth and opportunities for the think we should elect an official who the debate. I was also impressed is the current council member. fresh, new ideas and approaches to city’s residents. I’m concerned about currently has a cloud hanging over with Andy Shallal. I feel as if some She’s done an excellent job in Ward government. Right now, many of the housing in the District. I think the his head, and we should move on of the other candidates have just 4. I could see her making positive people who are running are people city can win if the proper candidate to bigger and better things. I don’t been around for so long. Overall, I contributions as a mayor. I’m who have been around for a while. can do something about education know who that candidate is, but I haven’t formed my opinion yet, but relatively pleased with the direction I think Shallal offers a fresh, new and the balancing of jobs for those will be looking into that as time goes I’m definitely reading more about and growth of the city under Mayor alternative. who have been disenfranchised. along. the candidates. Gray. That, to me, needs to be a focus.

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INITIATIVE “I think I have already received so of action in the black community. veiling of his, “Brother’s Keeper,” the Advancement of Colored People, continued from Page 1 much training that I can be a super- Critics have pointed to declining initiative, Obama met with several the National Urban League and Unit- visor at a technology company,” said college enrollment and graduation prominent black officials to discuss ed Negro College Fund. and reach their full potential,” he said. Quentin Bramble, 39, a Northeast rates that are plaguing the Afri- raising the minimum wage, the black The funds are earmarked to help Some parts of the new initiative resident who said he and his broth- can-American community and, the unemployment rate, health care, vot- 16 historically black colleges and will involve identifying and changing er Andrew Bramble have each been most recent jobs report showed that ing rights and education. universities gain financial stability to government policies that create un- unemployed for more than two years. the unemployment rate for black “We talked extensively about the ensure their continued mission of due barriers to opportunity, a White Bramble said the siblings regularly men over the age of 20 remains at 12 challenges of unemployment, the providing black students with a high- House official said. comb the Department of Employ- percent, compared with 5.4 percent challenges of under-employment, er education. Much of the initiative will focus ment Services website and some- for white men. the challenges of black and urban Wal-Mart officials said the money on private-sector opportunities and, times they visit its Minnesota Avenue Shaun Harper, a professor in the and brown unemployment in this na- will also be used to help individuals the president has invited several offices in Northeast, looking for job graduate school of education at the tion,” said Marc Morial, president of secure and build successful careers prominent black men to Thursday’s leads. University of Pennsylvania who has the National Urban League. through training and placement as- event. “Before Obama became president, researched the effectiveness of edu- “This president’s ear, this presi- sistance. Additionally, it will allow At the event, they are expected to jobs were pretty scarce and they re- cational programs focused on young dent’s concern for our community is businesses to create more job oppor- discuss how corporations and foun- main that way,” said Andrew Bram- men of color, told NBC News that as strong as ever,” said Morial, 56. tunities. dations can work together on com- ble, 36. “So, when Obama talks about there’s been little strategic planning to The Rev. Al Sharpton, who also “With today’s economic climate munity-centered activities to help doing something for young black help blacks. attended the meeting with Obama there is a growing need to empower on Feb. 20, said everyone should em- children come to school prepared to men, the first thing that I’m hoping “Given that there has been so individuals in communities nation- brace the president’s new initiatives. learn and to stay away from criminal is that I’m still considered young and much activity, why has the outcome wide with access to opportunities “It was one of the most substan- activity. the second thing is that whatever he’s not changed? Why have the numbers that will help them live better. Part tive meetings I have had with any Mostly, Obama’s initiative seeks to going to do will give us a legitimate of black men in college, in terms of of this work will come from helping president,” said Sharpton, 59. “We create programs that will assist with shot at not just a job, but something enrollment and academic perfor- businesses understand and unlock are firmly convinced the president literacy and early learning and help that’ll last and something we can take mance and graduation rates pretty the powerful results that a more di- young men to find jobs and career care of our families with.” much remained the same as they will fight for jobs, training, minimum wage and voting rights as well as ex- verse workforce has to offer,” said opportunities, White House officials Obama’s announcement came as were 15 years prior?” Harper said. Wal-Mart Senior Director of Corpo- said. criticism has grown regarding his lack In preparing for Thursday’s un- plore the other areas of concern that we raised.” rate Affairs, Tony Waller. Whether or not it’s a result of the “By helping one individual at a president’s commitment toward Af- time build a successful career, we are rican Americans, Wal-Mart officials growing a more competitive work en- announced on Monday, Feb. 24, that vironment,” Waller said. “A compet- the big box chain would provide itive environment ignites innovation, $1.75 million in grants to three of which helps build stronger communi- the nation’s largest civil rights organi- ties and, ultimately, a stronger Amer- zations, the National Association for ica.”WI Let Us Show You How To LOOK 10 Years Younger! The Secret is your Smile. Call Richard Myles Sr. at 240-551-8031 to register for 818 18th Street – Suite 747 – WDC 20006 the upcoming football program and to sign. GREAT LOOKS DC Dr. Michael A. 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VOTE Shallah Explains Voting Record District entrepreneur and mayoral candidate Andy Shallal has come under fire recently for his inconsistent record of voting in elections. Shallal has noted that he has not voted in some elections, but not six as journalist Mark Plotkin alleged at a Ward 3 Democratic mayoral forum on Feb. 11. “I did vote in the November 2010 general election,” said Shallal, Andy Shallal is a candidate for District mayor. /Courtesy Photo 58. “We have not had that many elections since then.” Shallal hopes to be the Demo- cratic Party nominee for mayor on Tuesday, April 1 and he, along with fellow candidates Reta Jo Lewis and Carlos Allen, have yet to serve in public office. H However, he has been active in District politics for years, serving as the campaign chairman of former D.C. Council member Mi- chael Brown in his re-election effort, working to pass referendums bowser and supporting better benefits for workers in the restaurant industry. Shallal owns the highly profit- Jill Homan is the District’s Republican National Committeewoman. able Busboys and Poets restaurant /Courtesy Photo

for chain with locations in the Dis- trict, Prince George’s County and a good way to bring more people President Obama won re-election Northern Virginia. He also sits on into the process and make it more and the U.S. Senate remained under various boards of progressive or- interesting to the average District Democratic control with strong ganizations. resident.” support in the cities. Shallal said that there are solid The rollout for City GOP in- reasons why he has not voted con- Homan Working to Build GOP cludes a website, CityGOP.org, sistently. Support in Cities where visitors can search for local “Like many District residents Jill Homan, the District’s Repub- races and Republican Parties in cit- I am not satisfied with some of lican National Committeewoman, dc ies. It will also feature a Republican the candidates [who] are running recently launched an effort on be- candidate of the week and articles for office,” he said. “When I do half of her party to reach out to proud not vote, I am sending a message voters in urban areas. on the latest developments on ur- that I am not pleased with what is The effort, known as City GOP, ban Republicans. being offered to the voters.” will seek to connect Republican “By bringing attention to the Washington Post Endorsed Shallal said that there’s more to Parties in cities and their candidates problem and offering solutions, the “Ms. Bowser has ably served the needs of participating in politics than casting with volunteers, voters and donors. City GOP project hopes to bring a a ward that has high expectations of its a ballot. It will offer policy solutions and new day to America’s cities,” Ho- representatives. She has shown spine in “Voting is the very lowest form winning campaign strategies in cit- man said. opposing legislation that for all its popularity of democracy,” he said. “I should ies and seek out leaders who will Former Maryland Gov. Robert not be forced to vote.” focus on conservative solutions to Ehrlich, who led his state from would do the city harm. She is willing to Shallal said that one problem urban problems. admit her mistakes, open her mind to new 2003-2007, supports Homan’s many District residents have is that “In 1999, half of America’s doz- project. ideas and surround herself with smart, they vote – and do nothing else. en largest cities by population had “Reinvesting in cities is critical to capable staff. All are good traits for an “People think that by just pulling Republican mayors,” said Homan, growing a strong Republican Par- a lever democracy is behind them,” executive, as is her penchant for getting up 38. “These highly-populated urban ty,” Ehrlich said. “We have seen the he said. “Not so. People need to early and working until the job is done.” areas are now growing more rapidly effectiveness of conservative poli- vote, get educated about the issues than their non-urban counterparts — Washington Post cy solutions like school vouchers and get involved in the political and that presents Republicans with and enterprise zones, which have process.” a long-term structural problem.” DC Needs Muriel Bowser for Mayor As far as the quality of the can- The Republican Party has long improved low-income children’s didates, Shallal would like to see a since been portrayed by some po- education and spurred economic VOTE APRIL 1 change in the District’s election litical scientists and Democrats as growth. With increased manpow- www.murielformayor.com process. a suburban, exurban and rural par- er and resources, Republicans can “We should look at having a ty that have little interest in urban take our message and track record Paid for by Muriel Bowser for Mayor, PO Box 60385, Washington DC 20039. run-off system, where the top issues. Leaders of the party are into urban communities, and there- Ben Soto, Treasurer. A copy of our report is filed with the Director of Campaign Finance. two candidates compete for a par- seeking to change that image be- by create more competition in tra- ty’s nomination,” he said. “That is cause in the 2012 presidential cycle, ditionally blue states.” WI

10 February 27, - March 5, 2014 The Washington Informer www.washingtoninformer.com Watkins Award Finalists AROUND THE REGION Visit the District back and stay connected with Wat- group is humbling. Kingsley Okereke slipped behind kins guys. I still stay in touch with “One of the things that surprised a small crowd in one of the Hyatt Rick “Doc” Walker Serves as Keynote for the finalists who were in my class,” me [since I arrived in Washington] is Regency’s conference rooms and National Ceremony Olney, Md., native and current Miami the brotherhood,” Carmichael, who watched his son stand on the red car- By Elton Hayes Fla.) – were considered for the award Dolphins linebacker Jelani Jenkins, carries a 4.2 GPA and is president of pet and answer questions. The father WI Contributing Writer once they completed a rigorous ap- 21, said. “What the Watkins Award St. Paul’s Episcopal School’s Nation- pulled out his cell phone and quietly plication process that included pro- means for African-American youth al Honor Society, said. “Just to have snapped a picture. The moment felt To call Bobby Okereke’s route to viding three letters of recommenda- and the community, is just amazing all the former finalists here with us, surreal. a college football scholarship uncon- tion, a pristine academic record and a to me. I try to make it back each year. who we can call and go to for help “Our focus has always been on ventional would be an understate- 500-1,000-word essay. D.C. is home to me, so this is neat. … to know that there is someone academics – do your homework and ment. The current high school senior “[We’re] trying to break the mold I’m glad to see these guys following out there, who is looking out for you, get good grades, and maybe you can never played in community youth and change the stereotypes that say in our footsteps. We’re just trying to means a lot to me.” go to a school like Stanford,” the el- leagues as a youngster, or donned African-American teens are just good be role models to others.” Despite hailing from different cit- der Okereke, 55, said. “Football was football pads in junior high school. athletes and not good, cerebral stu- Carmichael is headed to Duke ies and states, the five 2014 Watkins something [Bobby] picked up as a His initiation into the sport came dents,” Bobby Okereke said. “The University this fall and hopes to one Award finalists all agreed on one freshman; it wasn’t something we fo- just three years ago as a freshman five of us here today are here to show day have a career in orthopedic sur- thing: their families are primarily re- cused on. It just happened,” he said at Santa Ana, Calif.’s Foothill High the generation of kids who are com- gery. He said the fraternal feel of the sponsible for their success. with a smile.WI School. ing after us that there are others who A lot has changed in three years. look like them, and who care about Bobby Okereke is headed to Stan- their academics just as much as they ford University this fall on a football care about athletics.” scholarship. Capitol Hill’s Hyatt Regency, in Mayor Vince Gray is delivering “I personally found Stanford to of- Northwest, opened its doors to ac- fer the best combination of academ- commodate the more than 300 guests extraordinary results. ics and athletics,” Okereke, 17, who for the event, complete with a red carries a 4.4 GPA, said. “My ultimate carpet. Finalists, family, friends and goal is to become accepted into Stan- coaches donned tuxedos and gowns n Lowest unemployment rate in 5 years ford’s business graduate school. I’m for the elegant evening ceremony. n also interested in humanities, philos- The event, now in its 23rd year, is usu- Biggest test gains for any urban school district ophy and political science. I either see ally held in Los Angeles, Calif. But n $187 million investment in affordable housing is building myself going into the business world one local celebrity said he was excited or becoming involved in politics.” to see his city take center stage for the stronger communities Five of the country’s most-dec- evening. orated high school football players “I’m proud of the District of Co- converged on the nation’s capital the lumbia. I’ve been here longer than D.C. schools Coalition for Nonprofit Housing “are making & Economic Development evening of Saturday, Feb. 22 to be anywhere on earth, so I consider big strides.” honored by the National Alliance of this to be an honor. We should have NOVEMBER 7, 2013 “We applaud Mayor Gray... His African-American Athletes for their the ceremony here,” Watkins Award — PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, plan makes strong investments in athletic and academic achievements. banquet keynote speaker and former 2014 STATE OF THE UNION the production and preservation of Bobby Okereke walked away as Washington Redskins tight end Rick affordable housing.” the winner of the 2014 Franklin D. “Doc” Walker, 58, said. “This is the Watkins Memorial Award. greatest city on earth and we should The five finalists – Okereke, Tony represent it that way.” Brown (Beaumont, Texas), Zavier Other Watkins Award alumni trav- Carmichael (Mobile, Ala.), Christo- eled to Washington to congratulate pher Register (Greensboro, N.C.) and this year’s finalists. Richard Yeargin III (Ft. Lauderdale, “It means a lot to be able to come

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ing when you wake up in the morning and your body tells you that you Arthritis Proves can’t move,” said Lynette Harris, an arthritis sufferer who lives in Lando- Debilitating for ver, Md. Harris, 53, was diagnosed 22 years ago and she’s tried various medica- African Americans tions but none have seemed to work. Nearly 100,000 in D.C. Suffer from Joint Pain “Each time [doctors] change the medication, the cost goes up expo- nentially, and the results are still the By Stacy M. Brown rheumatoid arthritis for five years same. I hurt,” she said. WI Contributing Writer and decided to join other advocates CDC officials also noted that- ar to push Congress to support those thritis causes a surprisingly dispro- On a frosty and bone-chilling with the illness through polices that portionate amount of pain and lim- morning in March 2013, Camille would ensure more research, better itations for African Americans. Church battled the usual aches and treatments and greater access to care. /Courtesy Photo When compared to whites, blacks pains of arthritis and climbed out of Along with the Arthritis Founda- with arthritis are 26 percent more her bed, got dressed and began a 676- tion, Church has urged support for likely to report activity limitations; 43 mile trip from her Merrillville, Ind., a bill that would make medications toid arthritis in the Department of because my illness requires me to take percent more likely to report work home to Capitol Hill in Washington, more affordable for patients with ar- Defense research program. more expensive drugs.” limitations; and 60 percent more like- D.C. thritis; fund a pediatric subspecialty “Insurance is supposed to spread Arthritis, which means joint in- ly to report severe joint pain. Church counts among the 4.6 mil- loan repayment program to address the risk in an equitable fashion among flammation, can be used to describe “Many people are finding them- lion African Americans living with the critical shortage of pediatric everyone who is insured,” Church more than 100 rheumatic diseases selves facing a huge financial burden arthritis in the United States. rheumatologists; and include post said. “Yet, specialty tiers don’t do this. and conditions that affect joints, the simply to get the drugs their doctors She said she has suffered with traumatic osteoarthritis and rheuma- I feel that I am being unfairly targeted tissues which surround the joints and have prescribed because of discrimi- other connective tissue, health offi- natory insurance practices and others cials said. are being forced to travel hundreds The pattern, severity and location of miles just to see the closest doc- of symptoms can vary depending on tor,” said Michele Gradalupe, vice the specific form of the disease. president of advocacy for the Arthri- Typically, rheumatic conditions are tis Foundation in Harrisburg, Pa. characterized by pain and stiffness in “These are reasons why the Ar- and around one or more joints. The thritis Foundation is so committed symptoms can develop gradually or to educating our lawmakers on the suddenly. Certain rheumatic condi- devastating toll arthritis takes on our tions can also involve the immune nation’s health and economy.” system and various internal organs While studies, such as the CDC re- of the body. port, highlight disparities, it’s import- Nearly 26 percent of women and ant to note that there are resources 18.3 percent of men report that for people living with arthritis. they’ve been diagnosed with arthritis The CDC recommends self-man- while approximately 300,000 children agement techniques be added to the under the age of 18 are diagnosed daily routine of anyone living with with juvenile arthritis, officials at the arthritis. Arthritis Foundation reported. Some lifestyle changes that may Approximately 50 percent of help African Americans ease joint adults 65 years or older reported an pain include interactive workshops arthritis diagnosis and the number of such as the arthritis self-management affected individuals in that age group program and the chronic disease are expected to double by 2030. self-management program, which “It’s getting worse and there’s no cure or prevention,” said Northwest are low-cost and available in hospitals resident Stephanie Black. “For Afri- and health centers across the country, can Americans and other minorities, officials said. insurance doesn’t necessary do much Further, 30 minutes of moderate because the medication is expensive to low-impact physical activity at least and insurance companies only pay five days per week helps to reduce a small portion, if any, of the cost pain and improve function, mood, for prescriptions for arthritis,” said and quality of life for adults with ar- Black, 47. thritis, CDC officials said. On Feb. 12, the Centers for Dis- “The number of U.S. adults with ease Control and Prevention (CDC) arthritis is increasing,” said Dr. Wayne released a study that shows arthritis H. Giles, Director of the Division of to be the most common cause of dis- Population Health at the CDC. ability in the United States. “Because arthritis occurs so often In Washington, D.C., the CDC re- with other conditions like diabetes ported that more than 95,500 adults and heart disease, arthritis limitations are living with arthritis and half of may be interfering with the recom- them are severely limited by the ill- mended management of those con- ness. ditions, especially in regards to physi- “There’s no more painful a feel- cal activity.”WI

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Carmen Johnson (right) of the Prince George’s County NAACP joined Del. Aisha Braveboy at the state capital in Annapolis Feb. 24 to rally for a moratorium on foreclosures in Maryland. /Photo by Joshua Garner Calls for Foreclosure Moratorium Intensify By Joshua Garner est foreclosure rates, according to month moratorium on foreclo- WI Staff Writer the DHCD. sures – a measure that NAACP CALL (202) 670-7495 @JoshuaGarnerDC “We are in [a] crisis,” said officials said is long overdue. Carmen Johnson, housing chair Johnson said that foreclosures A consortium of community of the Prince George’s County are impacting middle-class fami- Branch of the NAACP. “We have and civil rights groups are pres- lies who could afford their homes been bamboozled. We must save suring Maryland legislators to when they were purchased. She commit to a six month morato- our families ... our homes.” said the NAACP has seen an rium on foreclosures in the state Community leaders said fore- amid concerns of irregularities in closures in the state overwhelm- uptick in calls from homeown- the proceedings. ing affect minority communities, ers from all races who are trying Members of the Maryland sapping property values and to stop their homes being fore- NAACP, CASA de Maryland, wealth from families who have closed. and the Maryland Black Caucus built equity in their homes. “These are middle-class or joined other community groups “It becomes a huge problem even upper-middle-class peo- on the steps of the state capital for communities,” said Del. Ai- ple,” she said. “We’ve been brain- sha Braveboy (D-Dist. 25), who in Annapolis to rally for housing washed into thinking it was blacks and wage issues while calling on spoke at the rally. and Hispanics running out buy- legislators to pass laws regulating Braveboy joined state Sen. C. ing homes they couldn’t afford.” foreclosure proceedings. Anthony Muse (D-Dist. 24) of “We are united here today. We Fort Washington in introduc- Johnson said that the NAACP are fighting together,” Gustavo ing legislation in the General is asking the state to have an inde- Torres, executive director of Assembly that would put more pendent organization audit fore- CASA de Maryland, belted out restrictions on banks during the closure proceedings to ensure from the podium to a crowd of foreclosure process and on how fairness during the process. more than 200 people. “Yes, we banks maintain foreclosed prop- “Even Stevie Wonder can see can!” erties. we have a problem with foreclo- The NAACP, including the “The [legislation] will hold the sures in this state,” she said. Prince George’s County Branch, banks accountable and prevent But state officials said they may has been pressing elected leaders the artificial depreciations of and the Maryland Department of home values in our state,” she have their hands tied in interven- Housing and Community Devel- said. ing between the rights of private opment (DHCD) to intervene in Braveboy said oftentimes, banks and their ability to govern the increased number of foreclo- banks purchase mortgages from contracts related to foreclosures – sures occurring in the state over other lenders without acquiring even if the state legislature passes the last year. proper paperwork or verification. a law allowing a moratorium. The foreclosure rate in Mary- Some banks start the foreclosure “The state doesn’t have any land has steadily risen in re- process without verifying that it authority to stop private banks cent months. According to the owns a property’s mortgage from enforcing their contracts,” DHCD, the state has the second “There have been some con- said Allen Brody, spokesman for highest foreclosure rate in the na- cerns that banks purchase mort- the Maryland Attorney General’s tion at the close of 2013, which is gage documents … they may an increase from the third quar- not have the original [mortgage Office. “We’re all interested in ter of the same year. Within the note],” Braveboy said. protecting the rights of the peo- state, Prince George’s County Braveboy introduced HB- ple … the right to own property and Baltimore City have the high- 1322, legislation that calls for a six and maintain their homes.”WI

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“We have to make sure that who we should take care of. I to but people want the candi- African Americans have the say, ‘My God, if he’s not taking dates to focus on issues and wherewithal to succeed in this care of homeless who is?’” explain their vision for the next city.” “Where is the affordable four years, but unfortunately, D.C. resident Shireen Lewis housing (for) the 1,000 peo- most of the candidates want said Gray is to be commend- ple being left homeless? That to smear the mayor. They have ed for what he’s done but ex- should be the mayor and the collectively spent $1.5 million pressed deep concern about the council’s role. I don’t want to homeless. hear what the council didn’t do. and they’re polling in the single “This man has done some You are the mayor. You should digits.” great things but there are some get the front page of the Wash- “If you talk about the issues, things he hasn’t done so great ington Post and shout to the you’ll see that Vince Gray is do- on, and the homeless issue is hills.” ing a great job. All they do is one,” said Lewis, who said she’s Thies, 47, says the primary sling mud and hope that will re- drawn to the messages and plat- race is Gray’s to lose. sult in chaos and that someone D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser. /Courtesy Photo forms of Andy Shallal and Reta “Every candidate except the will emerge from that chaos. Jo Lewis (no relation). “The mayor is a longshot,” he assert- But the voters are smarter than most vulnerable in our city is ed. “It depends on who you talk that.” WI Comments? Opinions? Ideas? WeWe likelike toto hearhear Comments? Opinions? Ideas? frfromom yyou!ou! Email us at:: [email protected]

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GRAY voters, Gray captured 27 percent support. Some spoke of continued from Page 14 their unease and distrust of dle- and working-class squeezed Gray because of the allegations. by some of the highest rents in But Gray polls considerably bet- the country and expensive hous- ter than his challengers. So far, es they can’t afford; the shortage he’s picked up endorsements of affordable housing; illitera- from five labor unions but just cy; crime; and a troubling high last week, the Post endorsed school dropout rate. Ward 4 Council member Muriel Meanwhile, hanging over Bowser. Gray like the sword of Dam- Chuck Thies, Gray’s campaign ocles, is the ongoing federal manager, said the Post and oth- investigation headed by U.S. ers are on a witch hunt and he Attorney of the District of said he’s 100 percent confident Columbia Ron Machen, Jr. For that Gray did nothing wrong. three years, Machen has been With the primary election trying to follow the money trail looming April 1, Gray and Thies while unearthing details of clan- have been coy about how much destine deals that financed a the campaign has raised, with shadow campaign ran by Gray Thies saying there’s enough in associates in 2010. So far, three the coffers to mount an effec- campaign aides have pled guilty tive campaign. and a fourth recently made a Gray remains bullish on the plea deal, and Machen has said record forged during his first Gray has not been forthcoming. term. Gray has offered several mea “I want to continue the invest- culpas. ment, but primarily help people “I tried to address it from in the shadows, get their lives in the very beginning,” he said. “I a better place, but there are mar- apologized and took responsi- ket forces at work too,” he said. bility. I don’t know what else to “Our focus is so much on get- do … I did nothing wrong. I’m ting people to work. Housing, not concerned about (an) indict- jobs and education are my top ment.” three (issues). I don’t feel that it In a recent Washington Post is lost for the (vulnerable) D.C. poll of prospective Democratic residents.”

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Why You Should Question Minimum Wage Bills

Black Americans should be dubious of the latest public policy snake oil that Democratic politicians and union leaders are promoting. Minimum wage laws By William Reed sound good, but are an important public policy issue that should be scrutinized closely, not only for If eliminating poverty is as easy as the damage they do to individuals passing such legislation, why not go and the economy, but as an illus- all the way and make the minimum tration of the profound difference hourly wage $20, or $30? It’s not between liberal and conservative your money you’re spending. Min- approaches to problem solving. imum wage laws do major damage Given that the wage floor has far to the economy. Minimum wage reaching effects on the economy, proponents call it a “living wage,” meaningful consideration of its im- and argue that the minimum wage pact on workers, consumer spend- is the absolute least a person can ing, income inequality and other survive on. But why settle for mere issues is needed. survival? Why not set it at $30 per Saying “reversing the growing hour which would give a family of gap between rich and poor is the four an annual income of $60,000? defining challenge of our time,” The gross national product President Barack Obama has called (GNP) is the market value of all the to raise the federal minimum wage products and services produced in and to automatically adjust it with one year by labor and property sup- inflation, a move, Obama says, “is plied by the residents of a country. aimed at increasing the earnings How realistic is the GNP derived of millions of cooks, janitors, aides from workers with inflated wage to the elderly and other low-wage scales? From a “free-market” point workers.” The president’s plan of view, minimum wage legislation hardly helps the gap between the is but a ploy to make it appear as nations’ rich and poor. Four mil- if the Democrats are protecting lion Americans earn wages at or low-income workers. Politicians below the federal minimum wage promise low-skilled workers a of $7.25 an hour, which yields an higher wage, but that promise annual income of $15,080 that cannot be kept if employers can- minimum wage proponents say “is not profit from retaining those below the federal poverty line for workers or hiring similar workers. families of two or more.” Jobs could be lost, not created; and What Americans still need to unemployment will rise as more grasp is that low-wage jobs are fast workers search for jobs they can’t replacing middle-class ones. Sixty find at the above-market wage. percent of the jobs lost in the last The belief that increasing the min- recession were middle income, imum wage is socially beneficial is while 59 percent of the new posi- a delusion that is short sighted and tions were in low-wage industries that continue to expand such as ignores reality. The concept involv- retail, food services, cleaning and ing “minimum wage laws” is an health care support. By 2020, 48 easy and alluring fix for politicians, percent of jobs will be in those ser- but is hardly the fix for what ails vice sectors. America. These days, minimum wage Going forth, we must recog- laws are a popular and ingrained nize that across the American public policy. But in reality, such economy, the private sector is laws do significant and lasting based on voluntary exchange. No damage. The “Liberal Story” is that matter what politicians say, em- something needs to be done for ployers can’t be forced to hire and low-wage retail and restaurant and pay people. If a worker adds less fast food workers who earn so little value than the minimum wage, they must rely on public assistance an employer would lose money to supplement their wages. Nowa- by hiring him. Firms should only days, bodies from Congress to city invest in human capital if they ex- and county councils are passing pect to receive a proper return on legislation to raise minimum wages their investment.WI to $10, or more, per hour. William Reed is publisher of “Who’s Most free-market economists Who in Black Corporate America” oppose raising the minimum wage and available for projects via the Bai- and call its rationale into question. leyGroup.org.

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But this year, the and the nation’s middle class Center for Responsible Lending of all races lost more net worth (CRL) and key allies chose Feb- By Charlene Crowell ruary to convene a symposium from the decline in home pric- that addressed communities of es than the top 20 percent of color and consumer financial access to safe and sustainable income earners lost from the services. Co-convening organi- credit, while also remaining vig- stock market plunge. zations with CRL were the Joint ilant against any form of preda- The mortgage panel dis- Center for Political and Eco- tory lending.” cussion included the National nomic Studies and the National Another symposium speaker, Council of La Raza, the Nation- Consumers League. Dedrick Muhammad, Senior Di- al Urban League, National Com- Held February 6 at the Wash- rector of the NAACP Econom- munity Reinvestment Coalition ington-D.C. offices of the Joint ic Department, recently wrote and the Center for American Center, the day-long event about the civil rights organiza- Progress. A second panel, ded- brought together policymakers, tion’s concerns about wealth in- icated to auto finances abuses, lawmakers, civil rights leaders equality in its January newsletter. and consumer advocates to ad- “Closing this wealth and in- added voices from the League dress predatory lending prac- come gap is as much a prac- of United Latin American Citi- tices in mortgages, auto finance tical issue as it is a moral one: zens and a discussion of a new and more. Participants included the U.S. economy can’t thrive CRL report that found consum- U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren when it lacks a solid middle ers of color still report paying (D-Mass.), U.S. Representative class”, wrote Muhammad in the higher interest rates on deal- Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), Edith January 2014 edition of The er-financed car loans than other Ramirez, Chairwoman of the Angle, the NAACP newsletter. consumers. Federal Trade Commission, and “Americans have begun engag- “Considering growing ra- FTC Commissioner Mignon ing in economic justice fights cial disparities in employment, Clyburn. at both state and local levels, homeownership and wealth, “The wealth losses caused by some which successfully lead to the Great Recession will likely 13 states raising their minimum CRL and its partners strongly persist for years if not decades wage this year.” believed the event was necessary for many families,” observed Independent research by to draw attention to the disturb- Julia Gordon, a symposium pre- CRL determined that the typi- ing economic trends that are senter and Director of Housing cal household has just $100 left causing harm in communities”, Finance and Policy for the Cen- each month after paying for ba- said Ken Edwards, CRL’s Vice ter for American Progress. sic expenses and debt payments. President for Federal Affairs. “For consumers of color, the After controlling for inflation, “We convened the symposium; road to recovery will be even the typical household had less now we must utilize that insight- steeper and harder due to a range annual income at the end of ful dialogue to push for progres- of bad practices that targeted 2010 than it did at the beginning sive changes going forward.”WI these consumers and continued of 2000. Moreover, as work- Charlene Crowell is a communi- Do you know someone who needs to improve discrimination in the lending er productivity increased, the their credit score? context,” continued Gordon. workplace has seldom rewarded cations manager with the Center for “To enable families and commu- them with higher pay. Responsible Lending. 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www.washingtoninformer.com The Washington Informer February 27, - March 5, 2014 17 HEALTH The D Factor: How Respect for Dignity Can Make Care Better By Paula Spencer Scott honor and respect. only when there’s not enough air Special to the Informer from “Dignity is a basic human or a bad smell in the air that you New America Media right,” says Qiaohong Guo, a notice it and it becomes import- PhD candidate at the Universi- ant,” explains Jacelon, also of Dignity is one of those things ty of Massachusetts, Amherst, UMass Amherst. we don’t think much about until who opened a panel of experts it’s gone. discussing dignity at the Gero- How Dignity Affects Care In the hospital, for instance: nological Society of America’s Ever hear the saying about hos- annual meeting last fall. “You Over the past decade or so, Research shows that patients who feel disrespected by medical personnel tend pitalizations, “Check your digni- have dignity by virtue of being there’s been growing interest in to compromise their health by not fully opening up to discuss symptoms and ty at the door”? It refers to those human.” (This is sometimes the role of dignity in care set- proposed treatment. / Courtesy photo gowns that barely cover your called “intrinsic dignity.”) tings, Jacelon says. Of special tush. The abrupt 3 a.m. wake- In terms of care, research- interest to researchers: Dignity ups to take vital signs. Strangers’ ers focus on what’s called “at- in health care, in end-of-life care, anxious, or may respond with his or her worthiness and sense group discussions of your most tributed dignity.” This measure, and in the care of people with aggression or resistance. of self, and creating a “humane intimate bodily functions. developed by Cynthia Jacelon, impaired mental capacity, such A 2013 study in Nursing Eth- and purposeful environment.” Being able to hang onto your PhD, RN, refers to how much as Alzheimer’s or coma. ics defined one of the founda- At the end of life, people deserve to have a peaceful envi- sense of dignity directly affects value people perceive that they Jacelon’s research has shown tions of dignity-preserving de- have and how much respect that some kinds of function are ronment, relief from symptoms, quality of life, researchers say. mentia care as “advocating the And this is especially true in care and worth they feel that others improved when people feel they dignified treatment and care, person’s autonomy and integri- settings of all types, including at show them. Dignity is deeper are being treated respectfully and privacy, and autonomy, among ty.” This means having compas- home. than self-esteem or feeling good in ways that maintain their dig- about yourself; it’s self-value, she nity. “It’s a powerful idea,” she sion for the person, confirming See D FACTOR on Page 19 What is Dignity, Anyway? says, valuing yourself and feeling says. valued by others. People who feel disrespected Dignity is defined in different “Dignity is like the air — as can react in a variety of ways ways. Mainly, it refers to the state long as it’s good quality and that makes care more difficult. or quality of being worthy of available, you don’t notice it. It’s They may become depressed or

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HEALTH If Your Ad Were Here Someone Would Be Reading It! Contact me, Ron Burke, at 202-561-4100 or [email protected] Bedside manner sets the tone to the doctor-patient relationship; however with increased demands and a shifting demographic, some physicians have set aside the culture of common courtesy for expedience. / Courtesy photo

D FACTOR ing given simple choices, if you continued from Page 18 can see this isn’t stress-making. Another way to do this is to in- other factors, says Guo, who is volve a person who’s capable studying how family caregivers in medical decision-making, by maintain dignity during the dy- keeping him or her in the infor- ing process. The Five Wishes mation loop. Ask, “What do you living will program is one of think?” many efforts to encourage ad- Listen. Being heard, really vance conversations about one’s heard, is key to feeling respected. preferences for these aspects of Reassure. In Baillie’s study, care, among others. people of all ages and genders counted reassurance and friend- What “Dignified Care” liness as interactions that pro- Looks Like moted dignity. “Dignified care,” Guo says, Don’t rush. Words and feel- “is care that respects, maintains, ings can take a long time for promotes and recovers a pa- some people to express. One tient’s dignity.” patient told Jacelon that her For you as a caregiver, this caregiver was always repeating might mean the following: her questions if she didn’t get Provide privacy. Everyone an answer right away. “I’m not needs their own time and space, stupid, I just need more time to whether for being alone with get my thoughts together,” she REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL one’s thoughts or toileting. Al- explained. though people are especially Keep up basic courtesy. Say NEW MARKETS TAX CREDIT ASSET MANAGEMENT vulnerable to a loss of dignity “good morning!” Make eye con- during personal care, caregivers’ tact. Use please and thank you.” AND LOAN SERVICING careful responses can instead No baby talk! Just because some- RFP No. - DCHE 2014-2 promote dignity, reported Lesley one is old or dependent doesn’t Baillie, PhD, who is the Florence mean they’re less deserving of Nightingale Foundation chair of common courtesies. THE DC HOUSING ENTERPRISES (“DCHE”) is seeking clinical practice at London South Look for the good and praise to solicit proposals from qualified respondents to provide Bank University, in a 2007 study it, reinforce it. Think about the comprehensive professional services related to the planning, done on nursing in hospital set- things the person still can do. tings. When help is necessary for Reframe negatives that you see organization and administration of the NMTC Program to support personal needs, look for ways to as positives. Yes, Dad wanders, DCHE staff and principal Stakeholders. give it respectfully, such as using but at least he can still walk. a towel to cover private parts Your wife complains more than during bathing of someone who she used to, but she still knits a REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL DOCUMENTS will be available is distressed. And remember to beautiful afghan. Find activities knock before entering a room. at the DC Housing Enterprises Procurement Office, 1133 North that are truly engaging, yet not Respond promptly to basic frustrating. Capitol Street, N.E., Suite 300, Office of Administrative Services, needs. A classic example, says Jacelon, is the person who needs “Dignified care,” Guo said, Washington, D.C. 20002-7599 (Issuing Office); between the hours “becomes important to main- assistance to use the bathroom, of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, beginning but is left to wait until he or she taining dignity.” Remember, becomes incontinent. though the body and brain may Monday, February 24, 2014. Offer choices. Aging can bring change, but the essence of the necessary losses (driving, sports person is still there inside.WI SEALED BIDS ARE DUE: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 @ activity, cooking up a storm). But Paula Spencer Scott is the “Surviv- people deserve to have a say over ing Caregiving” columnist for Caring. 11:00 a.m. at the Issuing Office identified above. the elements in life they can still com. she wrote this article as a Met control. Try not to dictate what’s Life Foundation Journalists in Aging Please contact Lolita Washington, Contract Specialist at 202-535- for lunch, what to do today or fellow, a program of the Gerontological what to wear. Even people with Society of America and New Amer- 1212 for additional information. Alzheimer’s feel validated by be- ica Media.

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The Ballou High School Marching Band showed off their steps at the 25th Anniversary of Jumoke at THEARC in Southeast on Saturday, Feb. 22. /Photos by Shevry Lassiter

The Washington Performing Arts Society’s Children of the Gospel Choir wowed the crowd during the 25th Anniversary of Jumoke at THEARC in Southeast on Saturday, Feb. 22.

Event Chair Gina Adams (left), Jumoke Mistress of Ceremonies Sabrina Ford (right), and R&B talent Algebra Blessett (center) at THEARC in Southeast on Saturday, Feb. 22

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Metro Transit Police Chief Ron Pavlik has some explaining to do. Last week, Dunbar High School teacher Brandi Byrd and 15 students were on their way back to school after a field trip to the National Holocaust Museum when she was accosted by a police officer. The plainclothes officer handcuffed Byrd at the Mt. Vernon Square station and is shown in a video shoving her up against a wall. The officer held Byrd for 20 minutes before releasing her. The explanation offered is that Metro police were investigating reports of an assault involving young people. If that was the case, why was Byrd – an adult – handcuffed and manhandled? Did the officer assume that the 5-foot 2-inch teacher was a student? Byrd encouraged her students to capture the events and several of them recorded her brief detention on their cell phones. One student told an NBC4 reporter that he asked the officer why he was being so aggressive to a woman. Metro Police officials told the reporter that Byrd was agitated and disorderly. So what? If you are unlawfully detained and know you’ve done nothing wrong, don’t you have the right to be agitated? We now understand from Metro police officials that the incident was one of mistaken identity so what Pavlik should have done was to offer Byrd a public apology. We hope that’s forthcoming. What should be of concern and what the Byrd case illustrates is the thin line between security, aggression and the abuse of power. Some police do their job with a soft touch, others embrace the more macho, brutish approach. The rights citizens in this country and this city enjoy is enshrined published in the Washington In- publicans at a different time and in the Constitution, but it’s clear that Americans have unwittingly Justice for Blacks former. era and those who are currently ceded too much of their freedom to the powers-that-be. We have We are writing this brief letter We are thankful and hope that Republicans who don’t relate to witnessed the ratcheting up of progressively aggressive policing to thank you for publishing Mr. Barrington Salmon’s series of your newspaper will continue to poor Blacks. and the increased militarization of police forces nationally in the articles on racial discrimination follow our pursuit of justice. If those in the Republican Par- name of security, particularly since 9/11. at the World Bank. The articles ty can honestly show that cutting These developments demand constant public vigilance. were very informative and were Sincerely, programs for the poor will trans- Author and Attorney Chase Madar aptly captures this troubling successful in addressing a very Phyllis Muhammad, J.D., late into more jobs for the poor, trend in a TomDispatch article, “How Every Part of American Life complex issue. The first series Co-Chair, Justice for Blacks I believe they could attract more Became a Police Matter.” (Black Staffers Battle Racism and of the votes they are looking “… American over-policing involves far more than the widely reported Discrimination at World Bank, Yonas Biru, Ph.D., Co-Chair, for. That’s what they need to do, up-armoring of your local precinct. It’s also the way police power has entered February 5, 2014) was widely Justice for Blacks but let’s see real examples. This the DNA of social policy, turning just about every sphere of American life read as the 320 plus Facebook whole idea of pulling yourself up by your bootstraps sounds good, into a police matter,” Madar said. “Even as simple a matter as getting your- likes indicate. It was also picked Let’s Talk – but what if you don’t have any self from point A to point B can quickly become a law enforcement matter up by Los Angeles Sentinel and Black Voice News. Honestly! boots or even shoes? What are as travel and public space are ever more aggressively policed. Waiting for a In general, all three articles I would like to know more you going to pull on then? bus? Such loitering just got three Rochester youths arrested. Driving without were informative and well writ- about what Black Republicans I am sure there are plenty of a seat belt can easily escalate into an arrest, even if the driver is a state judge. ten. Most importantly, they have to say regarding the state blacks, like myself, who would (Notably, all four of these men were black.) If the police think you might be proved to be helpful in bringing of blacks in America. We always listen, but only if it’s straight carrying drugs, warrantless body cavity searches at the nearest hospital may be together civil rights organiza- hear them talk about why more talk and not some pie-in-the-sky in the offing – you will be sent the bill later.” tions to form a coalition to tack- blacks should vote for Republi- stuff. While there’s no telling if race was a factor in Byrd’s detention, le the problem head on. Several cans in elections, and how Re- there’s ample evidence which indicates Americans are treated dif- civil rights organizations met in publicans want to lower taxes William Boston ferently by police. Washington yesterday including and lower the national debt. Prince George’s County As Madar explains, “It will surprise no one that Americans are not all NAACP, Rainbow/Push Coali- I read the article by Stacy Brown in the February 20, 2014 treated equally by the police. Law enforcement picks on kids more than adults, tion, the Urban League and Na- tional Action Network. Several edition, “Republicans Aggres- the queer more than straight, Muslims more than Methodists – Muslims a of the attendants mentioned Mr. sively Recruit Black,” but I didn’t lot more than Methodists – antiwar activists more than the apolitical. Above Salmon’s articles. One of them get anything from that story all, our punitive state targets the poor more than the wealthy and Blacks and said it is hard for us to ignore the other than they want to parade Latinos more than white people.” problem having read what was names of people who were Re- We must speak out, express outrage, demand accountabil- ity or we will continue to hear about cases like Byrd’s. Today it was her, tomorrow it could be you. Readers' Mailbox The Washington Informer welcomes letters to the editor about articles we publish or issues affecting the community. Write to: [email protected] or send to: 3117 Martin Luther King Jr Ave., SE, Washington, D.C. 20032. Please note that we are unable to publish letters that do not include a full name, address and phone number. We look forward to hearing from you.

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Guest Columnist By Raynard Jackson Free Press Freely Distorts Black TV Ownership

access, diverse media ownership, context. For example, what hap- utable to slamming the door in Communications Commission vibrant public media and quality pens when Blacks decide to sell the face of Black investors. (FCC) to buy WEYI-TV, an journalism.” their stations like Bob Johnson As they say, figures can lie and NBC affiliate in the Flint/Sagi- Over the past few months They released their first report did with BET or Mike and Steve liars can figure. naw/Bay City/Midland, Mich., there have been several news on the state of TV ownership in Roberts from St. Louis (friends Again, taking a look at Free WWMB-TV, a CW affiliate in stories about no Blacks own- 2006, and found that there were of mine) who were forced to sell Press, they claim there are no the Myrtle Beach/Florence, S.C, ing major broadcast TV stations only 18 Black-owned and oper- their stations last year after they Black-owned TV stations and and WMMP in Charleston, S.C. anymore. The cries have bor- ated full-power commercial TV filed for bankruptcy? consequently favor some type of He obtained a $50 million loan dered on mass hysteria. It turns stations, representing just 1.3 The problem is that Free Press, government action to swell the from JP Morgan. out that the story is not true. percent of all such stations. By while deploring the state of ranks of Black ownership. Well, Williams acquired the stations Most of this hysteria in the December 2012, those 18 had Black ownership, does not factor it turns out that there is at least from Sinclair Broadcast Group media has been created by a Free shrunk to just five. And now, in situations where Black own- one Black, Armstrong Williams, Inc., the nation’s largest inde- Press, a White, liberal advocacy according to Free Press, they’re ers voluntarily or involuntarily who owns not one, but several pendent owner of broadcast TV group. According to their web- all gone. sell their properties. Therefore, TV stations. stations. They own and operate site, “Free Press advocates for This report is false in many reduced Black representation in Last November 28, Williams universal and affordable Internet ways. First, there is the issue of the industry is not solely attrib- won approval from the Federal See JACKSON on Page 37

Guest Columnist By Julianne Malveaux

Blacks Have More Reasons to be Fearful than Whites

White woman had to do was cry beaten, often because these men cy laws that made it possible to for equality. “rape” for a Black man (and usu- wanted the same rights at home jail a Black man because he had When the myth of White In the years after enslavement, ally the wrong man) was beaten that they fought for abroad. no money. These unequal laws superiority does not work, too Southern Whites did all they or lynched. Whites expected def- Their sense of dignity and equal- made it as easy to find a near- many Whites hide behind their could to return to a manner of erence from Black people, and ity seemed to embolden the Ku ly free labor market as it had so-called fear as a way force slavery. No White “owned” a when they didn’t get it, they de- Klux Klan, which was responsi- in slavery. There was no relief deference or provide penalties Black person, but many Whites manded it with physical threats ble for soldiers in uniform being from this unfairness until the for those who will not engage behaved as if they did. Theoret- or worse. pulled off busses, beaten and late 1960s and early 1970s. And in White people’s fantasies. If ically, Blacks were free to come In the months after World War shot. In some cases, these sol- Whites attempting to reinforce Michael Dunn were so afraid and go as they pleased, but if II, 12 million soldiers returned diers had their eyes gouged out; the myth of White superiority by of Jordan Davis and his friends, they went to the wrong store, sat home. Seven percent of them in some cases they were castrat- reinstituting the practice of def- why did he get out of his car and in the wrong part of the bus, or – nearly 800,000 Black soldiers – ed, tortured and lynched. erence found a Black population confront them about their loud failed to yield narrow sidewalks got something less than a hero’s Whites engaged in the writing less ready to defer, more will- music? to Whites, they could expect welcome. Indeed, thousands of of Jim Crow laws that were im- ing to engage the courts (and in a physical confrontation. All a Black World II veterans were posed on Blacks such as vagran- some cases the streets) in a quest See MALVEAUX on Page 37

Guest Columnist By Lee A. Daniels Betrayed by the Criminal Injustice System

of the survivors and see that the post-1960s get-tough-on-crime America? Of course, it’s an ex- For another, hope remains pain of the loss of a loved one and crack-cocaine-versus-pow- aggeration to say the incomplete that the murderer of Jordan Da- taken by criminal violence has der-cocaine laws—and the 19th verdict proves there’s no justice vis, now convicted of attempting It all seems so familiar, doesn’t been etched more deeply by the century vagrancy laws southern today for Black Americans in to murder three of his compan- it? betrayal of a system that – sup- legislatures passed after destroy- America. ions who were in the SUV with A Black man, or woman, or posedly – exists to protect them? ing Reconstruction. They look For one thing, as other cases in him that night, will face justice child is murdered by a White In fact, until the civil rights “race-neutral” on the books but Florida, Arkansas and elsewhere for that crime as well. Prosecutor person – and America’s criminal victories of the mid-1960s, be- their origins and applications have shown, the trigger-happy Angela Corey has been emphatic justice system compounds the ing betrayed by the nation’s were and are shadowed by racial response to being angered – not in stating she will retry Michael tragedy. White majority was the only fear, anxiety, and hatred of Black physically threatened – by the Dunn for first-degree murder. How deep is that particular thing Blacks could count on get- people. Their goal is not justice words and actions of others Certainly, his actions after the well of American racial injus- ting from the nation they helped but injustice. sometimes reflects not racism shooting and his whining letters tice now? How many names build and support. Today’s “stand But there can be no peace if but rather the pathological need from jail show a deep hatred of of innocents are on that list of your ground” laws more than 20 there is no justice. Isn’t that one of millions of Americans to young Black people, especially sorrow? How many more times states have enacted continue the of the central lessons of the his- consider guns a security blanket will we have to look at the faces cloaked-purpose dynamic of the tory of African Americans in and problem-solver. See DANIELS on Page 37

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Guest Columnist By Marian Wright Edelman Killed by a Gun

der and one count of shooting a old Jordan Davis in his lung, liv- just justice for Jordan, and jus- deter burglary, robbery, or aggra- gun into an occupied car. Jurors er, and aorta. Florida’s notorious tice for Trayvon, and justice for vated assault” but do “lead to a agreed he faced no threat after “Stand Your Ground” law which all the children at Sandy Hook, statistically significant 8 percent The headlines in the case were he was annoyed by loud music— gives gun owners a license to kill and justice for Aurora, and jus- net increase in the number of sadly familiar. An angry adult coming from a car he had delib- if they feel threatened was re- tice for Virginia Tech, and the reported murders and non-negli- armed with a gun used it to erately chosen to park next to— portedly enough for three jurors Navy Yard—it will be justice gent manslaughter.” Researchers shoot and kill an unarmed Black and then started an argument, to vote against conviction. At for everyone that has suffered from the Urban Institute found teenager he thought seemed pulled a gun on the car’s Black least one juror said she believed because of these laws, and will that when White shooters kill “bad.” This time because the teens, and fired three shots at the Michael Dunn did get away with continue to suffer. So once the Black victims, 34 percent of the teenager and his friends were young men inside the car as they murder. laws are changed, that’s the ulti- homicides are deemed justifi- sitting in a car listening to loud tried to drive away. In an interview with Good mate justice for all.” able, while only 3.3 percent are music the grownup didn’t like. But the jury could not agree Morning America, Jordan’s Researchers at Texas A&M ruled justifiable when the situa- In this outrageous Florida case on the most serious charge of mother, Lucia McBath, said: University studied the impact of tion is reversed. a middle-aged White man, Mi- first-degree murder for shooting “Justice for Jordan will be, ulti- Stand Your Ground laws, such Now researchers from the chael Dunn, was convicted of the first seven bullets at the sta- mately, really when we change as the one enacted in Florida in three counts of attempted mur- tionary car and hitting 17-year- the laws. Because that will be not 2005, and found “the laws do not See EDELMAN on Page 38

Guest Columnist By Bill Fletcher, Jr. U.S. Seeks to Destabilize Venezuela

Enough! This must end. know a bit about bitterly divided zuela and the U.S.A,, the Obama U.S. media and political estab- The current clashes in Vene- countries and about those who administration has seemed to be lishment are cooperating in this zuela between pro-government insist on the illegitimacy of a more concerned with projecting effort. Despite the fact that the Whether under Bush or and anti-government forces democratically elected president. its aggressive face. Rhetorical Maduro government has popu- Obama the U.S. appears deter- should be an internal matter of The Obama administration provocations, as well as U.S. hos- lar support, U.S. politicians are mined to destabilize the Bolivar- the Venezuelan people. The U.S. continues to fish in troubled tility toward several of Venezu- laying the public relations foun- ian government of Venezuela. political establishment, including waters when it comes to Lat- ela’s chief allies in the region, dation for regime change. All The U.S. political establishment, but not limited to the Obama in America. In 2009, while at have led to Obama successfully those concerned about peace including these two administra- administration, insists on cari- first orally opposing the coup in seizing defeat from the jaws of and justice should simply not let tions, regularly provoke the Ven- caturing the administration of Honduras, the Obama adminis- victory in Latin America. this happen. ezuelan government, make false Venezuelan President Nicolas tration undermined all efforts to This brings us to today. The The first step is to refuse to be allegations, and demonstrate Maduro, portraying it as author- return the legitimate president opposition, once again, seems silent. This means that we need their support for the opposition itarian. Yet this was a demo- to office. With regard to Ven- intent on provoking the Maduro to take concrete steps, including forces in Venezuela irrespec- cratically-elected government in ezuela, despite the late President government into an action that writing to the White House and tive of the strategies and tactics a bitterly divided country. The Hugo Chavez’s interests in a bet- will make the opposition appear which the opposition pursues. Obama administration should ter relationship between Vene- to be victims. The mainstream See FLETCHER on Page 38

ASKIA-AT-LARGE By Askia Muhammad Muslim Scholars Should Unite

or somehow involved in Brother in order to not be cannon fodder only the third grade in a segre- never met his match either inside Malcolm’s assassination, young for the United States in her un- gated school in Georgia, yet he of it, or most especially outside people on college campuses just war in Vietnam that was also defined the message which was of the boxing ring. Minister In the late 1960s when I were still attracted to the NOI, spreading like wildfire among taken up by his prized pupils, Farrakhan did attend college came up in the Nation of Islam especially as Brother Malcolm’s college men. and which stands 60 years later for a couple of years before he (NOI), a large number of col- successor – Minister Louis Far- Ironically, none of those four, as a foundation for academic dropped out in order to provide lege students were attracted into rakhan – gained prominence, enduring, larger-than-life-sym- confirmation in every field of for a wife and baby girl before the ranks. There was the militant both as leader of the Harlem bols of the Nation of Islam’s study. Brother Malcolm is still his NOI career began. NOI rhetoric which had fueled Mosque, and as Mr. Muham- popularity on college campuses today, the valedictorian and most But the atmosphere inside the the national prominence of mad’s National spokesman. during the Civil Rights-era up- prominent alumnus of Amer- Nation was not at all conducive Brother Malcolm X. And then there was the plight rising among Black youth had ica’s School of Hard Knocks – to collegiate achievement at that Despite the unsettling circum- of that brash young boxer – the a college degree, and yet their the criminal justice system which time. Students were expected to stances of Brother Malcolm’s Heavyweight Champion of the wisdom confounded the reign- seems to have been built not for attend all meetings four days a departure and the false allega- World – Brother Muhammad ing scholars and intellectuals of “justice,” but rather for “just us.” week and none were exempted tions that The Honorable Elijah Ali, and his epic struggle against their day. For more than a decade, high Muhammad was responsible for, being drafted into the U.S. Army Mr. Muhammad completed school graduate Muhammad Ali See MUHAMMAD on Page 38

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Keynote speaker Freeman A. Hrabowski, III addresses the audience at the 88th Annual Black History Luncheon at the Marriott Wardman Hotel in Northwest on Saturday, Feb. 22. /Photo by Roy Lewis

ASALH Luncheon Shines Light on Black Achievement everyone needs to study black at the jail and soon hundreds By Barrington M. Salmon history because it is import- of children were looking out WI Staff Writer ant,” said Hrabowski, president through the bars because we @bsalmondc of the University of Maryland, wanted an education. For that, Baltimore County since 1992. they put babies and children in There is a Zimbabwean prov- “ … The way we think about jail.” erb which says that “Until the ourselves, the language we use, “Dr. King said what we do lion tells his side of the story, the values we hold will, indeed, today will have an impact on the tale of the hunt will always shape who we are.” children not yet born. I didn’t glorify the hunter.” Hrabowski, 63, recalled be- understand the impact, the pro- Members of The Association fundity. We never know the un- for the Study of African Amer- ing one of an estimated 1,000 children who took part in the spoken impact on children.” ican Life and History (ASALH) King said participating al- have taken that adage to heart Children’s Crusade on May 2-5, 1963. He, along with hundreds lowed children to develop “a and for the past 99 years, the sense of their own stake in organization has been on the of other children, skipped classes and were arrested when they freedom,” and he later wrote, forefront of the study, research “Looking back, it is clear that and the dissemination of infor- marched in downtown Birming- ham, Ala., to protest segrega- the introduction of Birming- mation about black people in ham’s children into the cam- this country. tion and the inferior education they were receiving. paign was one of the wisest “If we don’t tell, the world moves we made. It brought a won’t know,” said Janet Sims- On the second day, although the children were non-violent, new impact to the crusade, and Wood, ASALH vice president the impetus that we needed to for membership. “It’s important Police Commissioner Eugene “Bull” Connor fire hosed the win the struggle.” for us to celebrate our history Hrabowski said the civil every day and every month. Re- children, set police dogs on them and arrested many of rights struggle of today is “to member, if we don’t tell them, create a culture where it’s cool the world will never know.” them before they could meet with the city’s mayor. to be smart.” Keynote speaker Freeman A. Only 30 percent of all Amer- UNIVERSAL PICTURES AND STUDIOCANAL PRESENT A SILVER PICTURES PRODUCTION “I was a 12-year-old in 1963 Hrabowski, III, told an audi- icans have a college degree, he IN ASSOCIATION WITH ANTON CAPITAL ENTERTAINMENT S.C.A. AND LOVEFILM A JAUME COLLET-SERRA FILM LIAM NEESON sitting in the church in the mid- ence of more than 1,000 guests said at the February 22 event. “NON-STOP” JULIANNE MOORE SCOOT MCNAIRY MICHELLE DOCKERY NATE PARKER JASON BUTLER HARNER at the 88th Annual Black His- dle of the week which children MUSIC EXECUTIVE Eighteen percent of blacks, 14 AND ANSON MOUNT BYJOHN OTTMAN PRODUCERSSTEVE RICHARDS RON HALPERN OLIVIER COURSON HERBERT W. GAINS tory Luncheon at the Marriott loved because we weren’t in PRODUCED STORY percent of Latinos, 55 percent JEFF WADLOW BYJOEL SILVER ANDREW RONA ALEX HEINEMAN BYJOHN W. RICHARDSON & CHRIS ROACH Wardman Hotel in Northwest school,” said Hrabowski. “I was SCREENPLAY DIRECTED of Asians have a college degree BYJOHN W. RICHARDSON & CHRIS ROACH AND RYAN ENGLE BYJAUME COLLET-SERRA always in love with mathematics of the importance of studying and two-thirds of Americans THIS FILM CONTAINS DEPICTIONS OF TOBACCO CONSUMPTION and food. I was young, fat and ©A 2 UNIVERSAL013 UNIVERSAL RELEASE STUDIOS black history, securing a quality over the age of 25 do not have a smart. Dr. King said the child education and honoring the sac- college degree. STARTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28 rifices of our forebears. marchers will know the differ- “Today, to get a good job, CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS FOR THEATERS AND SHOWTIMES “You have black folks and ence between right and wrong. white folks in this room because Parents didn’t trust the people See ASALH on Page 25

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Bundles described him as living a ing Legacy honorees. This year’s life chosen versus a life assigned. awardees were: Hrabowski, Dr. “The most important message Charlene Dukes and The Hon. is that African-American youth Patsy Jo Hilliard; author and ac- must believe that they can deter- tivist bell hooks; Velma Jo Jones; mine their futures,” said Bundles. Wyman O. Jones, Sr.; civil rights And they also raised funds by activist Joyce Ladner; surgeon coaxing guests to open their wal- and oncologist Dr. LaSalle D. lets and groups like Omega Phi Leffall, Jr.; Reginald L. Weaver, Psi presented checks totaling of immediate past president of the $20,000 and individuals passed National Education Association; envelopes with their contributions up front to ASALH offi- and Raymond A. Winbush. cials. Renowned artist and educator “Last year was so nice we had Prof. David C. Driskell received (L-R) Sylvia Cyrus, executive director of ASALH, Daryl Michael Scott, chair of the Howard University History to do it twice,” said Grand Ba- the Council Award for Special Department, Deputy Postmaster General Ronald Stroman and ASALH keynote speaker Freeman Hrabowski, III. sileus Dr. Andrew Ray as he pre- Recognition for his notewor- The group flank the U.S. Post Office’s new Shirley Chisholm stamp during the 88th Annual Black History Lun- sented a second $10,000 check. thy accomplishments or contri- cheon on Feb. 22. /Photo by Roy Lewis “We’re honored to be here on butions to the documentation, behalf of our brother Carter G. preservation and accurate dis- ASALH Boys & Girls’ Club in an impov- “Stamps are necessary. I en- Woodson.” semination of the black experi- continued from Page 24 erished community. courage you to all go buy the A special moment encom- ence through teaching, service, George Cooper, executive di- stamp,” she said. passed the introduction and research scholarship and pub- you need a post graduate edu- rector of the White House Ini- In introducing Hrabowski, presentation of the 2014 Liv- lishing.WI cation,” he said. “The vision for tiative on Historically Black Col- every child is to think well and leges and Universities, presented compute well. I want you Af- a White House proclamation to rican Americans to watch your ASALH Executive Director Syl- thoughts because they become via Cyrus. your words, words become ac- In a letter to ASAHL, Pres- tions, actions become habits ident Barack Obama lauded and habits become character. ASALH’s work. And character becomes your “ … We must (remember) that destiny, dreams and values.” while many came to our shores Hrabowski spoke glowingly of to pursue their own measure his grandmother who although of freedom, hundreds of thou- A THEATRE PRODUCTION she had a limited education, sands arrived against their will. defied the voting restrictions Through centuries of struggle imposed by whites in requiring and through the toil of genera- prospective black voters to an- tions, African Americans have swer questions about the Con- claimed rights long denied.” stitution. “This year’s theme, ‘Civil “My grandmother studied the Rights in America,’ invites us to Constitution to pass the test she reflect on the integral role civ- needed to be a voter,” he said. il rights – and the struggles to “Every time she took it, they achieve them – have played in flunked her. They provided three shaping our country’s history. questions. She collected them As we mark the 50th anniversa- and had people research the an- ry of the Civil Rights Act, let us swers. She passed the third time. be reminded of the magnitude She is to be celebrated today. I of hard-won progress, of the stand on her shoulders.” link between racial equality and “When students ask me why equality for all, and of the work they should vote, I say, ‘How still before us to right the wrongs dare you!’” of history and make our world A video entitled, “We are anew.” Philanthropy: African-American ASALH officials used the Voices in Giving,” framed the occasion to unveil the U.S. Post issue of generosity in a compel- Office’s new Shirley Chisholm ling manner. Guests heard from stamp. Deputy Postmaster Gen- men and women like noted art eral Ronald A. Stroman unveiled collectors Bernard and Shirley the replica of the stamp. Kinsey, Maureen and Roy Rob- “She was un-bossed and un- erts, Glenda Price, Deborah bowed and joins an illustrious Santana, Brickson Diamond, group. Few of us will ever have Dr. Bob Ross and Virgil Roberts the opportunity to run for pres- who give their “time, talent and ident and serve in Congress but “THEARC” treasure” to worthy causes. we can fight for the issues she Sometimes, giving could be as fought for and is still present,” simple as helping a young per- said one speaker of the late Con- son pay for college, mentoring a gresswoman. A SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTMENT child or in the case of Dr. Ross, Author and Journalist A’lelia leveraging his philanthropy by Bundles, who served as mistress encouraging donors to build a of ceremonies, agreed.

www.washingtoninformer.com The Washington Informer February 27, - March 5, 2014 25 LIFESTYLE Horo scopes FEB 27 - MAR 5, 2014 Where Wow! ARIES Allow yourself to live your dream this week. Don’t sec- did you Where ond guess your instincts or desires and you will find you are Just go to hear can I already the person who you always knew you could be. Be cou- I read www.washington rageous as you set forth to fulfill your goals. If doubt knocks, lock the about get a doors and windows of your heart. Soul Affirmation: I make sure people understand it in informer.com that I am on their side this week. Lucky Numbers: 2, 12, 14 that? The copy? to get informed TAURUS Trust your special knowledge of yourself and the Washington universe and use that knowledge as a guide this week. Not and nd out where everyone will trust in you know to be true. Do not let their lack Informer! to pick up the paper! of faith shake your belief in yourself. Knowledge of external processes is not nearly so important as knowledge of yourself this week. Soul Affir- mation: Doing good this week is the key to feeling good. Lucky Numbers: 9, 19, 20

GEMINI It’s not always what you know, or even who you know FRANCE that paves the road to success. Sometimes it’s just being in the right place at the right time that counts. Be prepared to answer Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord when opportunity knocks this week. Accept your good fortune gracious- ly, and share it with others. Soul Affirmation: I go within myself to find a place of The Suit calm where I can rest. Lucky Numbers: 17, 24, 51 Based on The Suit by Can Themba, Mothobi Mutloatse, and Barney Simon CANCER In our society looks sometimes matter more than Direction, adaptation, and musical direction by Peter Brook, they should, but that is not to say looks don’t matter at all. Pre- Marie-Hélène Estienne, and Franck Krawczyk sentation is important, keep that in mind as you walk through When Philomen, a middle-class lawyer, catches his wife Matilda having life. This week take a few extra moments to make sure that your physical an affair, he forces her to treat her lover’s left-behind suit as an honored self is as attractive as it can be. You will see a bigger than usual change guest—feeding it, entertaining it, and taking it for walks as a constant not only in the way others feel about you but in the way you feel about reminder of her adultery. But the setting of Sophiatown, a teeming South yourself. Soul Affirmation: When things get strange I find peace in the ordinary. Lucky African township that was erased under apartheid soon after Can Themba Numbers: 1, 3, 45 wrote his classic short story The Suit, is as much a character in the story as his unfortunate couple. Renowned director Peter Brook’s French stage LEO A family treat is in store for you if you play your cards adaptation is now given new life by returning to the source language of “Witty inventiveness… right. Family members are ready to praise you for your accom- a world that brims with English. Working with his long-time collaborator Marie-Hélène Estienne and composer Franck Krawczyk, they have adapted the play and set it plishments if you approach them with modesty. Give yourself juicy, appetizing life. to music from sources as diverse as Franz Schubert and Miriam Makeba. time for romantic encounters. The romantic vibe is high. Soul Affirmation: Everyone on stage is Brook and Estienne’s work was last seen at the Kennedy Center in Samuel I keep my true purpose ever before my eyes. Lucky Numbers: 23, 46, 51 pretty close to perfect.” Beckett’s Fragments in 2011. —The New York Times Free Explore the Arts Post-Performance Discussion: March 11 VIRGO Ask the friend who comes calling to tell you about the In English. Recommended for mature audiences. moneymaking idea that is on his or her mind. The two of you would be good together. Have a private chat with a family mem- March 11–13 at 7:30 p.m. ber. Make keeping secrets your specialty. Events bring stress but you’re Terrace Theater cool. Soul Affirmation: I find joy in the simple pleasures of the week. Lucky Numbers: 21, 39, 55

SOUTH AFRICA LIBRA Responsibilities at home keep you from traveling. It’s all for the best. Outside ambitions can wait. Keep your spirit light! Baxter Theatre Centre (U.S. PREMIERE) Look for love in the right places. Possibilities for love increase at home. The tendency to overreact at school or work is strong. Guard Solomon and Marion against it. Soul Affirmation: My creative ideas are my greatest treasures. Lucky Numbers: Written and directed by Lara Foot 32, 40, 54 with Dame Janet Suzman and Khayalethu Anthony Featuring Dame Janet Suzman, one of the world’s most revered actresses SCORPIO Flexibility and cooperation are the words for this of stage and screen (famed for her work with the Royal Shakespeare week. Driving a hard bargain will create an impossible barrier. Company, a two-time Olivier Award nominee, and an Academy Award ® It’s a great week for fun! Give in to it. Flow. Give in to the party nominee for Nicholas and Alexandra), Solomon and Marion is the story of mood but don’t forget school or work. Remembering to forgive and for- two injured souls searching for redemption in the fragile, post-apartheid get is especially important this week. Soul Affirmation: Moving slowly might be South Africa. Marion has watched her life drain away. Children and the fastest way for me to get there. Lucky Numbers: 5, 46, 49 husband gone, she ekes out an existence in a country utterly transformed. But it’s the only home she has. As the new South Africa prepares for the SAGITTARIUS There is a lot on your plate. Be methodical World Cup finals, old divisions and suspicions seem as deep as ever, and about taking care of it. Get kids involved in something fun and “Janet Suzman is quietly the intruder she has been expecting, dreading, and needing arrives. educational. It’s a good time for it. Save time for romance. Visit moving…Khayalethu Anthony Free Explore the Arts Post-Performance Discussion: March 28 a favorite restaurant. Appetites must be fed in a healthy way. Soul Affirma- is hugely engaging.” In English. Recommended for mature audiences. tion: I seek the lighthearted flavor of love. Lucky Numbers: 14, 52, 53 —The Guardian (UK) March 28 & 29 at 7:30 p.m. | Mar. 30 at 2 p.m. CAPRICORN Make some plans regarding long-range financial Terrace Theater security. Your present frame of mind is good for that. Someone you flirted with wants to be your companion. Give the universe Presenting Underwriter a chance to bring love into your life by being a welcoming soul. Soul Affir- HRH Foundation mation: I give and the universe gives back to me. Lucky Numbers: 23, 41, 49 Major support is provided by David and Alice Rubenstein.

Additional support is provided by A. Huda and Samia Farouki, The Florence Gould Foundation, The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, Amalia Perea Mahoney and William Mahoney, The Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater, and the State Plaza Hotel. AQUARIUS A practical solution is at hand to one of your inven-

International government support is provided by the Ministry of Culture of the People’s Republic of China, the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China tions. Give yourself some space to allow the answer to come to in the United States, the Embassy of Israel in the United States, the Canada Council for the Arts, The National Theatre of Iceland, and the Japan Foundation. you. Any repetitive task, such as weeding the garden or washing Major support for education and related artistic programming is provided by David and Alice Rubenstein through the the dishes or car, will be conducive to your receiving the solution. Soul Rubenstein Arts Access Program, the National Committee for the Performing Arts, and the President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts. Affirmation: Things are working together for my good. Lucky Numbers: 16, 32, 35 International Programming at the Kennedy Center is made possible through the generosity of the Kennedy Center International Committee on the Arts. PISCES You may feel an internal pressure towards responsi- Tickets & more info (202) 467-4600 kennedy-center.org/worldstages bility this week. Go with the flow and this week will be like a Tickets also available at the Box Office | Groups (202) 416-8400 gift. Judging others will bring harsh judgments on you. Let your words assist others in becoming more self-responsible. You are a good teacher of right actions. Soul Affirmation: I slow down and find the success that has been following me. Lucky Numbers: 19, 23, 46

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The first time you saw her, it was all you could do to resist touching her curls. They were perfect, just like her fingers and her apple-dumpling cheeks. Her eyes drew you in, begging you to love her – and you did. She was the most beautiful doll you’d ever seen. And she was property of She missed Caroline, too, but your best friend, who wouldn’t they’d had disagreements before let you touch her. she left, and Audrey was sure the Do we ever outgrow wanting friendship was too damaged to what someone else has? Or, as in continue. the new novel “Saint Monkey” Still, Audrey wrote letters back by Jacinda Townsend, do we home, telling Caroline about life instead learn that those things in New York, meeting a special are as tarnished as our own? man, fame, and about Harlem Fourteen-year-old Pookie nev- through the eyes of a country er did like Audrey much. girl. But to Caroline, it all seemed They were only friends be- to be bragging. She always knew cause Pookie’s bad teeth and Au- that Audrey thought she was bet- drey’s braininess meant that no- ter than everybody else. body else would play with them. What did she ever see in that Eventually, they just had one girl, anyhow? another, their friendship sealed Reading “Saint Monkey” is over baptism in front of God as painful and irresistible as the and old ladies who “got happy.” friendship that forms this novels’ At fourteen years old, Audrey core. liked to read. She also liked to sit Written in two distinct voices, on her porch swing on Queen this is the story of a love-hate Street and watch Pookie’s daddy come home every night. Three relationship between two friends years before, Audrey’s father who grow together and grow went to Korea and never came apart, but can’t seem to let go of back. She sometimes pretend- either. It’s the story of moving ed that Sonnyboy was really her on, while aching for your roots; daddy. and of treading water while won- Or, she did – until Sonnyboy dering what’s beyond the bound- murdered Pookie’s Mama. aries of your town. And for those And that right there, it changed reasons, sticking with the theme a lot of things. Pookie started of this novel, it’s easy to both using her given name – Caroline love and hate author Jacinda – and she started messing with Townsend’s utterly compelling boys. She’d always said she was characters: Audrey, for her preoc- going to Hollywood, and Audrey cupied properness, and Caroline believed her. The funny thing for hiding her hurt behind sarcas- was that Audrey was the first to tic sass. leave Mt. Sterling, when a man This is not a whip-through- heard her playing piano for a it-quick novel. No, this one de- funeral and offered her a job in mands that you sink into the Harlem. pages and take some time. And if Leaving her Mama and Grand- you’ve got that, then “Saint Mon- pap was hard, but Harlem was a key” is surely a book to curl up dream come true for Audrey. with. WI

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But the angel said to them, non-belief at work. “Do not be afraid. I bring you good When you say “you can’t believe news of great joy that will be for all you got this job” you are offering the people. Today in the town of up some negativity, and you David a Savior has been born to may forfeit it. you; he is Christ the Lord.” – Luke We must practice speaking 2:10-11. in the positive rather than the What great things could hap- negative. Another example is pen in our lives if we would when someone is planning an continue to stand on these event, and as you’re planning promises today? What was the you say something like “we first thing the angel told the can’t have an empty room, we’ve shepherd? “Do not be afraid.” really got to get some people out to This command is still valid to- this event.” Death and life are in day. We are charged to not be the power of the tongue: Proverbs afraid. Fear is faith in reverse. 18:21. Fear opens the door to our en- Well the “empty room” part   emy. of your comment will attract     For God hath not given us the exactly what it is you’re saying. spirit of fear; but of power, and If instead you would say “the •  of love, and of a sound mind. – 2 room will be filled for this event”  Timothy 1:7. and begin to be thankful for a with Lyndia Grant •  God didn’t create us with a filled room; then you’re speak- “fear gene.” Fear didn’t enter ing life into your event. You •  into the garden until sin en- will be speaking for a point of ing in the need of prayer.”  tered. Fear is from the enemy, faith rather than fear. It’s not what’s going on, on •  pure and simple. The first time When you examine your lev- the outside that’s the problem,  we find fear in the Bible is af- el of faith, all you need to do it’s what’s going on within. This    ter Adam and Eve ate the fruit is look at your crop, what is it is dealing in straight talk. There   they had been commanded not that you’ve been able to pro- will be a time when each of you   to eat. Suddenly, when they duce. “Makes you look at who must press toward the mark,  •  heard God walking through the planted the crop” doesn’t it? but as you do so, keep your   garden, the God who they had All you need to do is look eyes toward your future; faith is  •  communed with daily before, in the mirror. It was you. This the unseen. Scripture says “faith  they hid themselves because is telling it like it is. It’s called is the substance of things hoped for, they were ashamed and afraid. “Straight talk.” and it is the evidence of things not   When fear is in action, one It’s the truth that tells the seen.” Don’t put your faith in Fiduciary Panel Attorney - Superior Court of the District of Columbia - Probate Division Former DC Fraud Bureau Examiner - Insurance Administration has decided that you cannot mind what is really wrong. It’s reverse! WI  have whatever it is you want; not the economy; it’s not the Former Law Clerk for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) you see the goal going in the elected officials; it’s not the Lyndia Grant is an author, inspi- other direction. Your goal government … It’s me! rational and motivational speaker, moves away from you when Like the old Negro spiritual radio talk show host and columnist; you have fear. Fear and faith ‘It’s me, it’s me, oh Lord. Standing visit her new website at www.lyn- cannot and will not operate si- in the need of prayer; It’s me, it’s diagrant.com and, call 202-518- multaneously. The minute you me, oh Lord. Standing in the need 3192. Tune in Fridays at 6 p.m., begin to feel fear, your goal of prayer; Not my mother, not my to the radio talk show, 1340 AM, moves backward. That’s your father; But it’s me, oh Lord; Stand- WYCB, a Radio One Station.

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BAPTIST AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL Pilgrim Baptist Historic St. Mary’s Church of Allen Chapel Crusader Baptist Isle of Patmos Church Episcopal Church Living Waters A.M.E. Church Church Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan, Pastor Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews • Senior Pastor Pilgrim Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Michael E. Bell, Sr., • Pastor The Reverend Lyndon Shakespeare Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor 800 I Street, NE 1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast

Interim Priest Harold Andrew, Assistant Pastor 2498 Alabama Ave., SE • Washington D.C. 20020 Washington, DC 20002 Washington, DC 20018 Rev. Louis B. Jones II Office: (202) 889-7296 Fax: (202) 889-2198 • www.acamec.org 202-548-0707 Office: (202) 529-6767 Pastor 4915 Wheeler Road 2008: The Year of New Beginnings “Expect the Extraordinary” Fax No. 202-548-0703 Fax: (202) 526-1661 Foggy Bottom • Founded in 1867 Oxon Hill, MD 20745 Sunday Morning Worship 11:00am 728 23rd Street, NW • Washington, DC 20037 Sunday Worship Services: 8:00a.m. and 11:00a.m. 700 I Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002 Holy Communion – 1st Sunday Church office: 202-333-3985 • Fax : 202-338-4958 301-894-6464 Sunday Church School - 9:15a.m. & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Sunday Worship Services: 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. (202) 547-8849 Study - 10:30a.m. Sunday School-9:45am Holy Communion: 2nd Sunday at 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. 2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Worship Services Men’s Monday Bible Study – 7:00pm Sunday Church School: 9:20 a.m. Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study - 10:00a.m. Wednesday Night Bible Study – 7:00pm Sundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist Worship Sundays @ 7:30 & 11:00 A.M. Schedule of Service Tuesday Topical Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Seniors Bible Study: Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. Women’s Ministry Bible Study 3rd Friday -7:00pm with Music and Hymns 5th Sundays @ 9:30 A.M. Sunday Service: 8:30 AM & 11:00 AM Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Noon Day Prayer Service: Tuesdays at Noon Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy Eucharist Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Computer Classes- Announced 3rd Sundays: Baptism & Holy Communion Bible Study: Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Communion Service: First Sunday Wednesday Children’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Family and Marital Counseling by appointment www.stmarysfoggybottom.org Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @ Noon & 6:30 P.M. Thursday Men’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. E-mail: [email protected] Motto: “A Ministry of Reconciliation Where Everybody is Email: [email protected] www.livingwatersmd.org Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service - 6:30p.m. www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org Somebody!” Saturday Adult Bible Study - 10:00a.m. www.pilgrimbaptistdc.org Website: http://isleofpatmosbc.org All are welcome to St. Mary’s to “The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church” “God is Love” Church Email: [email protected] Learn, Worship, and Grow.

Blessed Word of Life Covenant Baptist United St. Stephen Baptist Third Street Greater Mt. Calvary ST Marks Baptist Church Church of Christ Church Church of God Holy Church Come Worship with us... Drs. Dennis W. and Christine Y. Wiley, Pastors Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. Dr. Dekontee L. & Dr. Ayele A. Johnson Rev. Cheryl J. Sanders, Th.D. Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr.; Senior Bishop Bishop & Evangelist Susie C. Owens – Co-Pastor St. Mark's Baptist Church Pastors 3845 South Capitol Street Senior Pastor Washington, DC 20032 5757 Temple Hill Road, Temple Hills, MD 20748 610 Rhode Island Avenue, NE 624 Underwood Street, NW 4001 14th Street, NW 1204 Third Street, NW Washington, DC 20002 (202) 562-5576 (Office) Office 301-899-8885 – fax 301-899-2555 Washington, dc 20011 Washington, DC 20011 (202) 562-4219 (Fax) Washington, DC 20001 (202) 529-4547 office • (202) 529-4495 fax (202) 265-6147 Office Sunday Early Morning Worship - 7:45 a.m. 202.347.5889 office Sunday Worship Service: 8 AM and 10:45 AM 1-800 576-1047 Voicemail/Fax SERVICES AND TIMES: Church School - 9:30 a.m. 202.638.1803 fax Dr. Raymond T. Matthews, SUNDAYS: Sunday Morning Worship – 10:45 a.m. Sunday Youth Worship Services: Tuesday – Thursday - Kingdom Building Bible Institute 1st & 4th 10:45 AM; 804 R.I. Ave., NE Schedule of Services: 10:00 am AM Worship Services Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Pastor and First Lady Marcia Matthews – 7:30 p.m. 5th 8 AM & 10:45 AM; Main Church Sunday School – 9:30 AM BIBLE STUDY: Wonderful Wednesdays in Worship Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Wednesday – Prayer/Praise/Bible Study – 7:30 p.m. Prayer Services Sunday School 9:am Sunday Morning Worship Service – 11:00 AM and the Word Bible Study Wednesdays Baptism & Communion Service- 4th Sunday – 10:30am Prayer Meeting and Bible Study: Wed. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday – Noon, Wednesday 6 AM & 6:30 PM Communion Service – First Sunday 12:00 Noon; 6:30 PM (dinner @ 5:30 PM) Radio Broadcast WYCB -1340 AM-Sunday -6:00pm Worship Service 10:am Calvary Bible Institute: Year-Round Prayer Service/Bible Study – Tuesday, 6:30 PM SUNDAY SCHOOL: 9:00 AM – Hour of Power T.V. Broadcast - Channel 190 – Sunday -4:00pm/Tuesday “Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital” 7:00am Contact Church Wed. Noon Day prayer service “An inclusive ministry where all are Communion Every 3rd Sunday www.blessedwordoflifechurch.org welcomed and affirmed.” www.thirdstreet.org Thur. Prayer service 6:45 pm “We are one in the Spirit” The Church in The Hood that will do you Good! e-mail: [email protected] www.covenantbaptistdc.org www.ssbc5757.org www.gmchc.org Thur. Bible Study 7:15 pm e-mail: [email protected] [email protected]

Campbell AME Church Twelfth Street Christian Church Reverend Daryl K. Kearney, Pastor We are proud to provide the trophies for (Disciples of Christ) 2562 MLK Jr. Ave., S E 1812 12th Street, NW Washington, DC 20020 Washington, DC 20009 the Washington Informer Spelling Bee Adm. Office 202-678-2263 Phone: 202-265-4494 Email:[email protected] Fax: 202 265 4340 Sunday Worship Service 10: am Sunday Church School 8: 45 am Reverend Dr. Paul H. Saddler Bible Study Senior Pastor Wednesday 12:00 Noon Wednesday 7:00 pm Service and Times Thursday 7: pm Sunday Worship Service 11:00 a.m. “Reaching Up To Reach Out” Communion every Sunday 11:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Mailing Address Bible Study Tuesday 12Noon Campbell AME Church Pastor’s Bible Study Tuesday 6:30 p.m. 2502 Stanton Road SE Motto; “Discover Something Wonderful.” Washington, DC 20020 Website: 12thscc.org Email: [email protected]

Mt. Zion Mount Carmel Baptist Church Baptist Church 52 Years of Expert Engraving Services Rev. John W. Davis, Pastor Joseph N. Evans, Ph.D Senior Pastor 5101 14th Street, N.W. 901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC 20011 Washington, DC. 20001 202-726-2220/ 202-726-9089 Phone (202) 842-3411 Sunday Worship Service Fax (202) 682-9423 8:00am and 11:00am Sunday Church School : 9: 30am Sunday School 9:15am Sunday Morning Worship: 10: Holy Communion 4th Sunday 10:00am 45am Prayer and Bible Study Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00pm Wednesday 7;00pm Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00pm Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday TV Ministry –Channel 6 10: 45am Wednesday 10:00pm [email protected] themcbc.org

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www.LCHomesDE.com MUHAMMAD grandson of the Honorable Elijah to themselves confer degrees, but *Information subject to change without notice. See a community sales associate for full details. continued from Page 23 Muhammad, and son of Pulitzer they can provide critical, academ- from the expectation that they Prize-winning New York Times ically sound “peer review” and would sell hundreds of copies of photographer Ozier Muhammad mentorship to other young schol- who sought to become director of the Muhammad Speaks newspaper ars coming along who encounter each week. Many college students the prestigious Schomburg Library in New York. When Dr. Muham- an academic environment which is complained that the Nation was mad emerged as a leading con- hostile to their own personal spir- “anti-intellectual.” Many aban- tender the academic knives came itual beliefs. doned the ranks. Others simply out, unsuccessfully, I can report, abandoned their college studies. All of those with whom I have Each week you’ll get news from The but many opposed him despite his And the academy was clearly spoken have been receptive to the District of Columbia, Prince George’s qualifications, simply because of County, Montgomery County, and hostile at every turn to the Nation idea of forming a body of schol- his great-grandfather’s identity. I Northern Virginia. of Islam, suppressing scholarship hope he goes on to become one ars, all of whom are believers in You will discover Arts and sympathetic to the cause, and of- Mr. Muhammad’s core teaching Entertainment, Social Tidbits, of the Schomburg’s greatest direc- ten cruel to Muslim students on tor/curators, ever. about Islam and the origin of hu- Religion, Sports, People’s Viewpoints, campuses. So virtually all of the Letters to the Editor, Classified Ads and more! But in the last five years or man life. respected academic research about so, that landscape has begun to Personally, I have nothing to And best of all… No crime, no dirty gossip, the NOI up to this very minute, just positive news and information each week, change as more, and more, and has been conducted by scholars possibly gain from such a coun- which is why… more, and more Nation of Islam cil, except the joy at seeing people The Washington Informer who were loathe not only to Is- members have earned and are is all about you! lam itself, but by those who held earning PhDs in various fields of who believe as I believe having an Name...... the unorthodox (to say the least) study. So many of these “Black incontrovertible academic review Address...... views and the outspoken leaders Muslim” believers in the teachings system, since I myself, like the City, State, Zip...... of the Nation itself up for special of Mr. Elijah Muhammad have intellectual geniuses – the Most contempt. Phone number (daytime)...... emerged until I have suggested Honorable Elijah Muhammad; Yes! I want to subscribe for: This anti-Islamic philosophy to some of them and to some of persists inside the academy today, Brother Malcolm X; Muhammad 1 year/$45.00 2years/$60.00 the candidates who will be receiv- Ali “The Greatest” Heavyweight Method of payment: and the hostility to the NOI con- ing these “terminal degrees” this tinues to be bitter and generally Champion; and the Honorable Check Enclosed Visa/MasterCard year, that it is time that these NOI undisguised. Take for example scholars convene themselves and Minister Louis Farrakhan; like Credit card number...... the recent candidacy of Dr. Khalil those intellectual giants, I have Signature...... form their own academic council. Gibran Muhammad, the great Such a group would not be able “NoD.” at all after my name. WI

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