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ure, left no real money to speak of when he died on Nov. 23. That fact speaks to Barry’s generosity and his willingness to give the shirt off his back to help those in need, they said. “When Gandhi died, he left 16 cents. Martin Luther King left $300 and Marion Barry didn’t leave anything,” said The
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the gas station anymore because he would give away all his money, not on gas but on people asking him for money,” she said as the funeral service drew to a close. “And I stopped letting him go to the grocery store because we’d never leave. It was ‘How
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law enforcement. She said they threat,” she said. had come together to bring a Among the programs Marlow sense of uniformity in the way wants to see implemented are When L.Y. Marlow's 23-year- domestic violence victims and stricter restraining order policies, Visit our updated Web site old daughter told her the father survivors are treated. more rights for victim's families and give us your comments of her daughter threatened her “She's using her own personal to intervene on behalf of a vicfor a chance to win a gift from life, and the life of their child, story, her own personal pain to tim, a domestic violence assessThe 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 Davis-Nickens said anyone agencies, a Child's Life ProtecEmail comments to: of the situation, she decided to who reads Marlow's book will tion Act and mandatory counselrburke@ start the Saving Promise cam- “get it.” She said she “puts the ing for batterers. paign. case in such a way, the average “If we are ever going to eradiwashingtoninformer.com “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 vicshared 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 exMarlow would also like to see on May 7 at the District Heights wife of John Allen Muhammad, programs designed to raise Municipal Center. The sympo- who was sentenced to six consec- awareness among children in sium was sponsored by the utive life terms without parole public and private schools. She Family and Youth Services by a Maryland jury for his role in feels children need to be educatMychael-Jael Bailey right), 11, Lalah Choice, 11, Chuck attacks Hicks, organization president, Amaya Berry, 11, Center of the city(leftofto District the Beltway Sniper in ed about domestic violence. Samiyah McDuffi 11 and Cobi Cash, 11, gathered at a Bread-for-the-Soul-sponsored to collect andpasHeights and the e,National Hook2002. Mildred Muhammad is “We benefi havet to stop toys being books children and families with HIV/AIDS on Friday, Dec.the 5. Trauma, /Photo by Nancy Shia Up offorBlack Women. the founder of After sive-aggressive with poor chilMarlow 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. story about four generations of and their children. Marlow has worked to break domestic violence. The book is “I lived in fear for six years. Six the cycle of abuse in her family, inspired by her own experiences, years in fear is a long time. It is and is confident the policies she and those of her grandmother, not an easy thing to come out is pushing for will start that her mother and her daughter. of,” she said. process. She said every time she reads Mildred Muhammad said “I plan to take these policies to excerpts from her book, she still people who want to help a Congress and implore them to In Memoriam Dr. Calvin W. Rolark, Sr. can not believe the words came domestic violence victim must change our laws,” Marlow said. Wilhelmina J. Rolark from her. “Color Me Butterfly” be careful of how they go into “I will not stop until these poliThe Washington Informer Newspaper won the 2007 National “Best the victim's life, and understand cies are passed.” THE WASHINGTON INFORMER InPUBLISHER Memoriam Books” Award. that she may be in “survival Tia Carol Jones can be reached NEWSPAPER (ISSN#0741-9414)Dr.isCalvin Denise Rolark Sr. Barnes W. Rolark, “I was just 16-years-old when mode”. at tiacaroljones@sbcglobal.net published weekly on each Thursday. Wilhelmina J. Rolark my D. eyeKevin first blackened and book you party get to sponsored 'I'm going distribute food and gifts. By McNeir and my toy“Before Periodicals postage paid at WashingSTAFF THE WASHINGTON INFORMER lips Contributing bled,” Marlow Writer said. to Bread-for-the kill you,' it started One by Soul as– a verbal D.C.WI of the mainstays of ton, D.C. and additional mailing of- NEWSPAPER (ISSN#0741-9414) is published WI weekly Thursday. 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Black Facts DEC. 11 1917 - Thirteen Black soldiers from the 24th U.S. Infantry Regiment were hanged for their participation in the so-called Houston Riot. The “riot” occurred in August of 1917 when a Black soldier was arrested after he stepped in to stop police from detaining a Black woman and another Black soldier sent to check on the first soldier was killed. About 100 Black soldiers grabbed rifles and marched on downtown Houston. Within two hours, they had killed 15 whites, including four police officers. 1926 - Blues legend Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton is born in Montgomery, Alabama. A powerful voice, a fiery stage presence and her 6-foot, 350-pound frame were her trademarks. She recorded the song “Hound Dog” in 1953. Elvis Presley later copied it and became famous. 1961 - Langston Hughes’ musical play, “Black Nativity,” a retelling of the classic Christmas story, opened on Broadway. It included traditional Christmas carols that were presented in the style of American gospel, as well as original songs.
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DEC. 12 1941 - Marie Dionne Warwick, who would go on to win Grammy awards and become a popular performer and recording artist as Dionne Warwick, is born on this day in East Orange, New Jersey. She famously collaborated with composer Burt Bacharach and lyricist Hal David to record a series of major hits including “Walk on By,” “Anyone Who Had a Heart,” “Message to Michael” and “This Girl’s in Love with You,” among others. 1963 - The East African nation of Kenya is proclaimed independent from British colonial rule. The first president is the charismatic Jomo Kenyatta. 1993 - Ronald H. Brown, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, is appointed Secretary of Commerce by President Bill Clinton. Three years later, he is killed in a plane crash in Croatia. 1995 - Willie Lewis Brown becomes the first Black mayor of San Francisco, California.
DEC. 13 1903 - Ella Baker, an unsung heroine of the Civil Rights Movement, is born in Norfolk, Virginia. Her activism began in the 1930s when she founded the Young Negroes Cooperative League in New York. She worked with the NAACP, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and called the meeting of young activists in 1960 that resulted in the founding of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). 1913 - Archie Moore is born Archibald Lee Wright in Benoit, Mississippi. He becomes the light heavyweight champion of the world in 1952. 1981 - Old-style Black comedian Dewey “Pigmeat” Markham dies. His standup comedy routine was a major attraction at many Black-oriented events and shows during the 1950s and 1960s. DEC. 14 1915 - Controversial Black boxer Jack Johnson, who fought in 114 matches over his career, winning most of them, wins the heavy weight championship. After retiring from boxing, he found success on Broadway in the play “The Great White Hope.” DEC. 15 1943 - Band leader and composer Thomas W. “Fats” Waller dies in Kansas City, Missouri. Waller was an accomplished musician and composer, but when he formed a business relationship with famed white producer
George Gershwin, he became world famous. He starred on radio, in nightclubs and toured Europe. Waller had a show called “Keep Shufflin.” His most famous song was “Ain’t Misbehavin.” He died at the young age of 39 from pneumonia. DEC. 16 1859 - The last known slave ship – the Clotilde – lands in Mobile, Alabama, with a cargo of 110 to 160 Africans. The importation of Africans as slaves had been illegal in America since 1808, but the law was poorly enforced. However, fearing possible arrest by federal authorities, owners burned the Clotilde and attempted to scatter the slaves. A group managed to escape and succeeded in establishing a village near Mobile known as “Africatown.” The last known survivor of this group was Cudjo Lewis, whose African name was Kossula. 1976 - Andrew Jackson Young Jr., politician, activist, and diplomat, is named ambassador and chief U.S. delegate to the United Nations. DEC. 17 1663 - Queen Nzingha of Angola dies at age 82. Known as the Warrior Princess of Matamba, Nzingha gained fame for her resistance to Portuguese attempts to colonize the interior of Africa. She also battled the Dutch slave trade. Leading a tribal group known as the Jugas, she is generally credited with leading the stiffest resistance to early European colonialism and imperialism. Langston Hughes
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VIEWP INT Serwah Adomako Washington, D.C. I really don’t think body cameras will make much of a difference. In the case of Eric Garner, a witness took a video of the entire incident, and those officers still were not indicted. I think maybe a few of these refusals to indict stem from racism, but I think a lot of it has to do with cover-ups by the police departments. We need to examine the deeper issue, which I think goes farther than just giving the police body cameras.
Vanessa Lester Takoma Park, Maryland I think it’s a good idea. It’s a start. I don’t think it will solve the problem, as we see by what happened with the Eric Garner case in New York. So I’m not sure that requiring all police officers to wear body cameras will make a difference. It will create more incentives for them to behave appropriately.
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IN THE WAKE OF NATIONWIDE PROTESTS IN RESPONSE TO THE DEATHS OF UNARMED CITIZENS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, CALLS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR OFFICERS TO WEAR A BODY CAMERA IN THE HOPES OF INCREASING ACCOUNTABILITY. IS THIS A GOOD IDEA?
Elizabeth Ajunwa College Park, Maryland I think it’s a good idea and it’s a start. But having video evidence did not make a difference in the Eric Garner case. I’m from Cincinnati, which is a city that has had race riots and distrust between law enforcement and residents. But what made a difference there was that the police department started a mentorship program that made the officers a part of the community. They even had a community police camp. I think building relationships between communities and police is the only way to make it better.
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Trudy Perry Washington, D.C. I would like to see it happen. I think it will be an improvement. More importantly, though, I think police departments need to be less militarized and more involved in their communities. I think more training needs to be involved, in addition to them just wearing body cameras. But there is a deeper issue with some police officers and their attitudes toward the people they are supposed to protect.
Christine Louis-Jacques Takoma Park, Maryland I am on the fence when it comes to the body camera debate because I feel that it’s not the bigger issue. A lot of police incidents have already been recorded on camera, and things have not changed or gotten better. So I think it comes down to better police training and more accountability for the higherups on the force. I do feel that law enforcement officers should be held more accountable, but I don’t know if body cameras will solve the problem.
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Cora Masters Barry looked at Christopher Barry with pride during the service at the John A. Wilson Building in Northwest on Dec. 4 where the late Honorable Marion S. Barry Jr. lay in state. /Photo courtesy of the District Government.
MEMORIAL continued from Page 1 you doing?’, ‘How is so and so,’” ‘Who you related to?’” In those anecdotes Wilson and Cora Masters Barry captured the essence of Barry, dubbed “Mayor for Life.” A man with the common touch, he never wavered in his love and concern for people, in his push to redress inequality and unfairness, his desire to right racial wrongs and always to try to lift those caught up in webs of joblessness, poverty, drug use, and a lack of self-confidence. The Dec 6 funeral at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Northwest marked the culmination of three days of official observances honoring Barry. Mourners included members of Congress; stalwarts from the civil rights movement; Obama administration officials, including Attorney General Eric H. Holder and White House advisor Valerie Jarrett; D.C. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton; and an array of the city’s past and present elected officials. Over the trajectory of 78 years, Barry touched countless people and those who spoke illustrated the length and breadth of that touch. Others paying their respects included business people, clergy, young people, seniors, former D.C. government employees and others. “I’ve known him for roughly 40 years. I’m a native Washingtonian and when I lived in LeDroit Park, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was located on First and Rhode Island,” recalled Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. “He’s really one of the transformative figures in civil rights and politics. He was one of the first to bridge civil rights and partici-
patory politics.” “He bears (credit for) bringing D.C. fully into the 20th century. Only he could have (done that).” A colleague of Barry’s said the same, as he shared memories of the mayor before his involvement in politics. “I was a member of The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and SNCC and knew Marion Barry when we were both young men dedicated to bringing change to and equal rights for blacks,” said Alvin G. Douglass, Jr., a District-based, third-generation attorney who began practicing law in 1974. “He was a man who realized that equality could never be realized until material gifts were extended to the black community. He showed us the importance of being true to our heritage and our genealogy.” “I remember after his campaign successes, he would always sing the Negro spirituals because those songs were in his heart. He was part of the communal black spirit,” said Douglass, now in his 70s. From sharecropper son to mayor of Washington, D.C., Marion Barry was a force to be reckoned with, whether in the mayor’s office or on the D.C. Council. He served a total of 32 years as an elected official. The Rev. Dr. Willie Wilson, Barry’s longtime friend and spiritual adviser, moderated the almost five-hour funeral and Minister Louis Farrakhan, Barry’s son Christopher, Barbara Williams-Skinner and The Rev. Jesse Jackson were among those who recalled Barry’s life and legacy and eulogized Itta Bena, Mississippi’s favorite son. “It’s very difficult to do a short service for a tall man,” said Wilson, senior pastor of Union Temple Baptist Church in Southeast. “He was an icon, the con-
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Bishop Glen Staples, pastor of the Temple of Praise in Southeast delivered a passionate eulogy during the memorial service for the late Marion S. Barry Jr. on Dec. 5. /Photo by Travis Riddick
MEMORIAL continued from Page 8 summate statesman, supporter of the vulnerable, our friend and brother. He called me after the elections and said let’s talk about housing. He was always concerned about his larger family, the residents of D.C.” “He was vilified and castigated all over the world but like the mayor said, ‘I shall rise.’ This great leader fought until the end of his life fighting for the people. Marion Barry’s life is one that was immeasurably important in the life of Washingtonians.” Wilson said Barry told him there were things Barry did that he came to regret. “It’s not what you’ve got on you, it’s who you have in you. Marion Barry had in him the spirit of God,” said Wilson to thunderous applause. Farrakhan spoke of Barry as “our brother, our mayor, our champion,” adding that in Barry he found a brother and companion in the struggle. Without Barry, he said, the Million Man March on Oct. 16, 1995 would not have happened. “This is no time for sadness. There should be joy, happiness and thanks to God for a life that
affected so many people here, in Memphis, in the South and in the North,” said Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam. Barry’s son, Christopher, thanked his father for teaching him life lessons, recalling sage advice his father gave him when the two traveled to the Mississippi Delta when he was 13. “He took me to Clarksdale, Macomb, Greenwood, the headquarters of segregation,” said Barry, 34. “I got a chance to see cotton. A shotgun house, what it would be like if I lived there. He said if the man to my left and the man to my right is weak, I’ve got to lift both. I carried that with me.” Barry said sometimes he wishes he didn’t have to share his father with everyone but he understood. “Love is a force that always recycles. There were times when he wasn’t there, other people stepped in and embraced me. I never felt his absence because I felt his love through others. There’s not a person in the city or a corner of this city that he hasn’t touched. Marion Barry will never die.” WI WI writers D. Kevin McNeir, Sam P.K. Collins and Will Ford contributed to this story.
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Fraternity Says Farewell to Marion Barry Alpha Phi Alpha Gathers for Omega Service By D. Kevin McNeir WI Contributing Writer In the tradition of black Greek organizations, members can count on two memorable experiences: the day they’re inducted – often referred to as “crossing the burning sands” – and when they’re honored following their death. That’s why several hundred members of one fraternity showed up last weekend to honor their brother, the late Marion S. Barry, Jr. “He was a great leader – a mover and a shaker for the city and while he, like all of us, suffered from human frailties, Mayor Barry loved his community and worked until the end on behalf of the residents of the District of Columbia,” said Adrian V. James, a native Washingtonian and a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.’s Mu Lambda Chapter – the same chapter in which Barry held membership. Alpha brothers from the District and parts of Maryland and Virginia convened on Saturday, Dec. 6 in front of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library in Northwest, first for a word of prayer – then to march in silence to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center several blocks away. At the convention center, prior to Barry’s funeral, they conducted the fraternity’s Omega Service on behalf of the
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late mayor – a ritual held upon the death of every member of their organization. One man from Upper Marlboro, Maryland said he wanted to pay his respects to the “Mayor for Life.” “Marion Barry did a lot for the District especially the youth when he organized a jobs program that was second to none. He exemplified what it means to be an Alpha man – manly deeds, scholarship and love for all mankind. I’m proud to call him my fraternity brother,” said Michael Dryver, 52. Native Washingtonian Will Frazier recalled the first time he met Barry. “I was a student in high school and remember when the mayor walked into our school – we were mesmerized,” said Frazier, 36, now a resident of Montgomery County, Maryland. “I benefited from the summer youth employment program that he started and I often wonder if people realize how much he did for the citizens of D.C.” One veteran educator said Barry’s support of opportunities in higher learning paved the way for his future. “My teachers told my mother that I wouldn’t amount to anything and that it would be best to send me to the military or maybe to a trade school,” said Tyrone Petty who lives in Southeast where he also works as
the band director at Garfield Elementary School. “But because of the mayor, I was able to attend the University of the District of Columbia where they helped me improve my grades and mentored me so that I would stay in school. I went on to earn my Ph.D. and decided to make education my career. I can never thank Barry enough for what he did for me,” said Petty, 54. Another educator who grew up in nearby Alexandria, Virginia, said he has always admired Barry. “Besides being a fellow Alpha, I felt it was my duty to come out today and participate in our fraternity’s last rites for our brother,” said Bryan Hill who lives in southern Maryland. “Marion Barry was approachable and he seemed to know everyone. The good that he did far outweighed the mistakes he made. He went through some bad times but he came back – stronger, better and more determined. He fell down but he got up,” said Hill, 41. About 10 brothers from Omicron Eta Lambda Chapter, including their president, said Barry would be sorely missed. “He was very active in the fraternity and one thing I remember is his belief and insistence in fair and
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The men of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. marched from the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library in Northwest to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center where they held a service of final rites for Marion S. Barry on Saturday, Dec. 6. /Photo by Roy Lewis
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The men of Alpha Phi Alpha marched through the streets of D.C. to honor their brother, Marion S. Barry, Jr. on Saturday, Dec. 6. /Photo by Roy Lewis
ALPHAS continued from Page 10 equal rights for all,” said Thomas Davis. “He served as a model and mentor for thousands of young adults. Even more, he was vital to the development of the District economically, socially and politically. He will be missed,” said Davis, 35. One man from Baltimore, Maryland said Barry’s title of “Mayor for Life” indicated the affection that so many District residents had for him. “I moved here from the West Coast and remember my first time meeting Marion Barry during the fraternity’s convention here in D.C.” said Marlon Britton. “His generosity toward his frat brothers left a big impression on me and made me want to move to the District. He was the ultimate diehard and he made Chocolate City a place that provided tremendous opportunities for blacks,” said Britton, 56. Kouri Marshall, who moved to D.C. seven years ago, referred to Barry’s influence as “widespread.” “Even during his recent illness he was out supporting both Anita Bonds and Elissa Silverman for
city council. Both women won. His spirit continues to live on,” said Marshall, 32, who like Barry, holds membership in the fraternity’s Mu Lambda Chapter. Another fraternity member recalled meeting Barry when he first became interested in pledging. “He spoke at the smoker – a meeting held for those interested in joining the fraternity – that I attended 33 years ago and I remember what he said like it was yesterday,” said James O. Wilson, a resident of Bowie, Maryland. “You can’t talk about D.C. and not mention Marion Barry in the same breath. Outsiders and the media often spoke negatively about him. But you can see from the number of Alphas and the hundreds of thousands of others who are here today that he was loved. That’s why you see such an outpouring for him,” said Wilson, 52. D.C. Council member Vincent B. Orange, Sr. a former president of Mu Lambda Chapter, shared these words during the fraternity’s service honoring Barry. “He wanted to do whatever he could to uplift his people. He wanted to do what was right. He was an Alpha man,” Orange said. WI
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PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY EDUCATION BRIEFS Compiled by Dorothy Rowley WI Staff Writer Scholar of the Week Devyn Johnson, a senior at Bowie High School in Bowie, Maryland, has been named a “Scholar of the Week.” Devyn, who has a 3.8 grade point average, has been involved in the “Talented and Gifted Program” since elementary school and has taken honors courses in all core subjects. She has also taken Advance Placement classes in government, language and world history, to list a few. Devyn’s extracurricular activities include participation in the school band and poetry club, the National Honor Society and her church choir. Although she’s applying to Vassar College, Lehigh University, Bryn Mawr College, University of Maryland, and Ohio University, Princeton University remains her top college choice. Devyn, who loves to write, won the countywide “Poetry
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Out Loud” competition and received the Girl Scouts’ Silver Award. Outstanding Educator Nominations Nominations are being accepted for a principal or teacher who exemplifies exceptional leadership and excellence in the
county’s schools. To learn more about the 2015 “Distinguished Educational Leadership Award” and the Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award, visit the schools’ website at www1.pgcps.org. Nominations are due on Jan. 7. Student Protests About 30 students at Parkdale High School in Riverdale, Maryland, recently walked out of class with their hands up and marched
to the school lobby to participate in a “die-in” protest. As they walked out, one of the students held two signs in the shape of two hands that read: “Speak” and “Up.” While another student had a sign taped to his shirt that read: “I Can’t Breathe,” a fellow student carried a sign with the message “Justice Has Not Been Served.” Sophomore Juwan Blocker, 16, said he and other organizers of the demonstration saw it as their way to make their voices heard regarding the recent grand jury decisions not to indict officers in the killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. School Board Swearing-In Newly sworn-in Board of Education members Lupi Grady and Dinora Hernandez have become the first Hispanics to serve on the board. Last year, Hispanics made up 26 percent of the school population, according to the Maryland State Department of Education. A year earlier, they were 24 percent, and in 2011 they made up
21 percent of the student population. Cell Phone Opposition The Greenbelt City Council has joined an expanding coalition that opposes the placement of cellphone towers on school properties. The council voted unanimously late last month to send a letter to school system officials and County Executive Rushern L. Baker III expressing objection to the schools’ proposal to possibly build cell towers at Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Greenbelt Middle School and Turning Point Academy. The schools are among 70 potential sites for future cell towers. Michael McLaughlin, Greenbelt city manager, said the city has opposed cell phone towers on city property for more than a decade and “this seemed to be a logical extension of that, with some of the health concerns that are out there but haven’t been proved conclusively. WI
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NAACP Looks to Challenge School Plan By William J. Ford WI Contributing Writer @jabariwill The president of the Prince George’s County NAACP said this week that officials there are reviewing information received in a Freedom of Information Act request regarding a plan by schools chief Kevin Maxwell to open two new schools that would primarily serve Spanish-speaking immigrant students. The NAACP chapter has opposed the schools, which are planned for Largo High School and an as-yet-unannounced site in Langley Park. Officials believe the schools may have violated the prohibition against separate but equal schools established in the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, case. “We are in the process of researching and gathering all of our information from our attorneys,” said NAACP President Bob Ross. “We are not rushing through this process. Once we take it forth, we want to make sure that we have our I’s dotted and our T’s crossed.” Ross, 70, said the organization filed the FOIA to secure details of the agreement that had not been provided. Specifically, the NAACP secured a copy of the memorandum of understanding between the principles, a copy of the approved grant application from Carnegie Corporation of New York and a copy of the plan of invitation and grant application for the English-language learner schools. NAACP officials said they are also concerned that establishing two schools designed for a narrow segment of the school population would siphon precious millions in resources away from schools that service a broader group of children with just as much need. In July, Maxwell announced that a $3 million grant had been secured from Carnegie to help fund two schools for academically imperiled high school English-language learners. The ELL schools, as they are called, would work in partnership with CASA de Maryland of Hyattsville and the Internationals Network for Public Schools of New York. The Internationals Network has established 19 similar ELL schools nationwide, including an academy that opened in 2012 at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria. A similar program was launched at Cardozo High School in Northwest at the beginning of the current school year.
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At an NAACP meeting on Nov. 20 at the Glenarden Municipal Building in Glenarden, which was attended by several officials of the Maryland Statewide Conference of the NAACP, some people complained that Maxwell has moved forward with the plan for the schools without seeking community input. Maxwell has hired two administrators for the schools. Opponents said Maxwell’s plan lacks transparency and focuses resources on one group, possibly at the expense of other students. “This is not about brown versus black. This is about respect,” said Aisha Braveboy (D-District 25), 40, of Mitchellville, and an alumna of Largo High. “The parents and the community were not respected in this process. The community should have been given an opportunity to be more involved.” Maritza Gonzalez, a diversity officer focusing on Latino affairs for the county school system, said an ELL school simply ensures recent immigrant and second-generation students receive a quality education. “There are particular needs that our English-language learners obviously struggle with,” Gonzalez said. “Some of their struggles include being undocumented.” Gonzalez said each school would begin with a cohort of 100 students with certain teachers working with the group through graduation. Each school would eventually enroll up to 400 students, she said. The schools are slated to open in the 2015-16 school year.WI
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AT&T Faces $10 Billion Race Discrimination Suit By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A group that advocates for economic inclusion and fair contracting for Black-owned media recently filed a $10 billion lawsuit alleging racial discrimination against AT&T and DirecTV. The National Association of African American Owned Media (NAAAOM) filed the lawsuit on behalf of an unnamed company that “owns seven original content, high definition television networks (channels), six of which were launched in 2009 and one in 2012,” and according to the complaint “is the only 100 percent African-American-owned video programming producer and multi-channel operator/owner in the United States.” The suit alleges that AT&T and DirecTV violated a federal statute (Title 42 U.S. Code 1981) found in the Civil Rights Act of 1866, a law that was originally designed to protect freed slaves The Washington Informer
from discrimination as they joined the labor market and entered into business contracts. Marty Richter, a spokesman for AT&T, called the allegations “outlandish” and “completely baseless,” and said that the company spent $15.5 billion with diverse suppliers last year. Skip Miller, the lead trial lawyer for the plaintiff and partner with the Miller Barondess, LLP law firm in Los Angeles, said his firm is going up against one of the largest corporations in the United States with vast resources, but it’s a lawsuit like any other lawsuit. “The real deal is the money, that’s what this is about,” said Mark DeVitre, president of NAAAOM. “It’s about economic inclusion in mainstream America. The First Amendment requires diversity.” According to the lawsuit, AT&T and DirecTV, collectively pay white-owned media companies approximately $16 billion annually for channel carriage license fees, but fail to compensate 100 percent African-Ameri-
can-owned media companies. Even though AT&T executives admitted that they have a “black problem” to the company, according to the lawsuit, they have largely adopted a “wait and see” approach, refusing to increase the amount of business they do with the black media company, unless it has a negative impact on their merger with DirecTV. “They [AT&T], just said, ‘No,’” said Miller. “We know you have good programming, but we don’t want to deal with you.” AT&T carries one of the unnamed company’s seven channels, but instead of paying carriage fees to the company, the telephone and media conglomerate requires that the company pay AT&T hundreds of thousands of dollars per year for the programming. “Ultimately, AT&T stated that it would consider entering into a carriage agreement with the Company only if AT&T’s and DirecTV’s lack of 100 percent
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Is Big Government Really Your Friend? The term “budget deficit” is something Americans are bantering about a lot. The term is political and most commonly used to refer to government spending rather than that of businesses or individuals. When referring to accrued federal government deficits, the term “national debt” is most likely used. The opposite of a budget deficit is a budget surplus. When inflows equal outflows, the budget is said to be balanced. Far from being balanced, America is $17 trillion in debt, and far too few Black Americans appear alarmed over the budget and government spending. To fund deficit spending, the federal government must borrow money, and that should cause logical citizens concern. Too many people view the government as invincible, but in simple terms a $17 trillion deficit means the country is spending more money than it’s got coming in. That people are alarmed about being in this situation has nothing to do opposing President Barack Obama due to his race; it has to do with the irresponsibility of such governing. The $17 trillion debt is close to the total U.S. gross domestic product – the measure of all that is produced in the economy. All the talk across America in coming months will be about Congress raising the debt ceiling yet again. What will be your position about raising the debt ceiling? Before we go beyond a $17 trillion national debt, John Q. Public should be aware of its overall societal impact – more
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By William Reed than $53,000 for every person in the United States. While many casually say “$17 trillion,” it becomes more shocking if you realize that it would take more than a million miles to stack $17 trillion in $1 bills one on top of the other. If you spent $1 million every day, it would take you 51,000 years to spend $17 trillion. The United States’ gross domestic product was estimated to be $17.535 trillion as of the third quarter in 2014. The debt ceiling problem is not something that can be ignored for long. The level of government spending is something that Congress and the White House must solve and solve soon. What to do about the government and the debt ceiling is one of the most important political decisions of our time. Blacks in particular must realize the downsides and pitfalls in big government and spending. Seventeen trillion dollars is a staggering, mind-blowing amount of money, a problem that will only keep getting worse unless we make some serious changes in Washington. As government grows, the public’s dependency on it grows. Nine times out of 10, Black Americans support President Obama and the Congressional Black Caucus and their government spending agenda. Over past de-
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cades, African-Americans have developed an unhealthy dependency on government. In polls conducted by NBC and the Wall Street Journal news organizations, 58 percent of Americans preferred President Obama’s approach to the debt ceiling, as compared with the 36 percent who preferred the Republicans’ approach. Blacks support the “status quo” regarding government spending. A majority of Blacks rely on government in one form or another. Blacks have bought into patterns of spending and mismanagement and would do well to limit the amount of government dependence in their lives. A problem for Blacks is the country’s professional politicians. Instead of seeking “balanced budgets,” they have Blacks believing that “failing to increase the debt limit would have catastrophic economic consequences” – an unprecedented event that would precipitate a financial crisis and threaten the country’s jobs and savings. Budget deficits can be countered by economic growth, reductions in spending and increasing taxes. Reducing government expenditures, including on social programs and defense, and reforming entitlement programs, such as state pensions, can result in less borrowing. A government running rampant cannot succeed. Blacks would be better off making more commitment to free markets and those who champion such. More of us should be in conversations about what is the proper size of federal government – big government opposed to a balanced one.WI William Reed is publisher of “Who’s Who in Black Corporate America” and is available for projects via busxchng@his.com.
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Seniors Can Overcome the Holiday Blues By John M. Thompson, Ph.D., CPM, FAAMA Wow! We have made it through another year and the holidays are upon us! The holidays are a time of fellowship with family, friends, colleagues, and, even, strangers at festive gatherings. For my wife and I, the holidays are exciting as we watch our two little angels’ faces light up as they open their gifts at home and traveling to South Carolina just to open more gifts at their grandparents’ home. However, for some people, especially older people, the holidays can be a source of blues because of the passing of a spouse, tough financial situations, or because family members are too far away to come home. According to the American Geriatrics Society Foundation for Health in Aging, older people can overcome the holiday blues with the following tips. 1.
Avoid isolation by asking family, friends, and/or acquaintances to take you to holiday parties, shopping, and volunteer events. Also, take advantage of a brisk morning walk to get energized for the day.
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Volunteer your time in helping others who could use your assistance. For example, my father appreciates volunteering his time in the community and his perspective is that volunteering takes the attention off of him while he simply helps others.
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Accept your feelings; don’t hide them. Also, it is important to seek support from professionals and family members as you don’t want to become depressed, socially isolated, and malnourished.
For those of you who have older loved ones, I share these tips so that you can help them to beat the holiday blues. 1.
Invite them to family gatherings and trips to the mall and restaurants. For those older loved ones who are no longer driving, be kind and transport them.
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Give them a hand by helping out around their home with light duty housecleaning, cooking, grocery shopping, and fixing items.
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Be a good listener and observe their moods and, if necessary, encourage them to get professional help.
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If you are feeling really generous, please read on. Buy them a smart phone or tablet and teach them how to use it. It is so amazing how the younger generations have taken advantage of technology while some of our older people have shied away from using them. However, with your encouraging words and free coaching sessions, you can make a difference! My mother purchased a tablet for my father a couple of years ago and, finally, he is using it! I send him pictures of my two little girls and he shares them with my mother. They don’t have to wait for several months at a time to see how their granddaughters are growing up as they see their photos very often. This is an awesome way to stay connected with older family members and to help them to avoid social
NATIONAL LAWSUIT continued from Page 14 African-American owned channels interferes with approval of the acquisition,” according to the complaint filed on Dec. 3. “Otherwise, AT&T would continue to refuse to contract with the Company for its suite of channels, and would shut out the Company from its billions in channel carriage license fees and advertising and expenditures.” The lawsuit also alleges that AT&T and other white-owned media companies donate money to nationally-recognized civil rights groups in an effort to “buy” their support, actions the complaint calls “window dressing and a deceptive practice.” “They can get up there and say, ‘We support the Urban League.’ Those are all good organizations,” said Miller. “But what does that have to do with the media business?” DeVitre said those contributions don’t have anything to do with getting African-American voices and viewpoints on television. According to the legal document, 100 percent of African-American-owned media receive less than $1.5 million of the approximately $4 billion that AT&T spends on advertising, annually. Likewise, DirecTV allegedly spends less than $1.5 million of its $2 billion in advertising costs each year on 100 percent of African-American-owned business,” according to the lawsuit. That amounts to fourteen thousandths of 1 percent spent annually with 100 percent African- American-owned media. The NAAAOM complaint stated: “This is an economic atrocity, illustrating the scope and magnitude of the racial discrimination in contracting by AT&T and DirecTV.” The lawsuit alleges that AT&T’s racial discrimination in contracting will continue to perpetuate the eco-
nomic exclusion of 100 percent of African-American-owned media from American television. “But for AT&T’s and DirecTV’s refusal to contract with the Company, the Company would receive approximately $328 million in annual license fees for its seven channels – calculated using a conservative license fee of 15 center per subscriber per month for each channel for AT& T’s and DirecTV’s combined 26 million subscribers. If Defendants contracted in good faith, the Company would also receive an estimated $100 million per year, per network, in national advertising sales revenue, or a total of $700 million per year,” according to the complaint. Miller said it would be hard for his client to survive without doing business with AT&T and access to their roughly 26 million subscribers after the DirecTV deal, which would account for nearly 30 percent of the pay TV market. The proposed AT&T/ DirecTV deal and the Comcast/NBC Universal deal have received lukewarm receptions from industry observers. DeVitre said that AT&T’s refusal to increase the business they do with 100 percent blackowned companies is a form of economic genocide for African-American-owned media, a sector that continues to shrink instead of grow. “These companies either have to give away a tremendous amount of equity or make exorbitant ‘ransom’ payments in order to get carried and you can end up bankrupting yourself with this stuff or losing control of your own company and the system is designed to keep perpetuating it,” he said. WI
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ow many times have you promised to change the habits that govern your life so that you can become healthier? I’m not talking about those empty, New Year’s Eve resolutions that we make on January 1st every year, only to break them before the King Holiday. The habits to which I’m referring have to do with the way we eat, sleep, live and move. One of my favorite books, written by New York Times bestselling author Tom Rath entitled “Eat Move Sleep,” makes the claim that the small choices we make in life inevitably lead to big changes. I think he’s absolutely correct. For example, making minor adjustments in our diet could help avoid later problems with obesity and diabetes, yet some of us continue to stuff ourselves with sweets, salt, loads of fatty foods and excessive amounts of alcohol. We say we’ll eat more reasonably after Thanksgiving, after Christmas, after our next birthday, before that trip to South Florida’s beaches. Meanwhile, the pounds continue to mount up. We know it’s not healthy to eat a full meal and then jump in the bed, but it’s a habit with which we aren’t ready to part. Another habit which many of just can’t seem to shake is smoking. We know the long term effects that it can have on our bodies, particularly our lungs. But we continue to puff away, saying that we’ll cut back, get the patch or just quit cold turkey . . . one day. I’ve quit for months at a time, but for some reason I eventually picked up a pack again. I blame it on the stress of life but it’s simpler than that – I’ve grown accustomed to the habit and for now, don’t want to stop. So the damage to my body continues. Finally, in this world where computers and cell phones dominate every waking moment, we have become far too inactive, walking fewer places and letting our fingers get the exercise that was once reserved for our legs and lungs. And because we have become enslaved to the habits of our multi-tasking society, we ignore the many benefits that come with a good night sleep and pop energy pills or down endless cups of coffee, instead of adjusting our schedules so that we have adequate time to rest while our body and mind regenerate. This supplement is our way of gently pushing you to consider those habits that impact your health and to determine which ones you may need to change. It’s really okay to begin slowly as long as you begin. A century ago, many people died from infectious diseases because they had no cure. Today, a majority of people die from preventable conditions. The next time you sit down with two of your friends, consider that two of the three of you are likely to die from heart disease or cancer. No matter how healthy you are today, you can take specific actions about how you eat, move and sleep each day. You can make small decisions now that will impact and shape your life forever. Isn’t it time to get started?
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Capital Area Food Bank: A Safety Net for Seniors By Barrington M. Salmon WI Staff Writer@bsalmondc For Eleanor Smith, the Capital Area Food Bank [CAFB] has been both a lifesaver and a godsend. Smith, 70, is one of a total 5,500 seniors from all eights wards in the District of Columbia who receive about 30 pounds of foodstuffs worth $50 from the food bank each month. The food is provided to Smith through the Commodity Supplemental Food Program which gives eligible recipients food – typically canned items, peanut butter, cheese, vegetables, fruit and two cartons each of milk and juice. She was one of a number of seniors who visited the food bank just after Thanksgiving to pick up food. “I’ve been in the program for about seven years. It’s been very important,” said Smith, a mother of six. “A lot of times I don’t have extra money. It’s been difficult trying to make ends meet.” Smith, grandmother of 11 and great-grandmother of 20, said as a single mother she raised her children, supported them and is proud that they all finished at least high school and have good jobs. She described herself as self-sufficient and looks to no one, not even her children to help her. “I was always a working mom. They help me when they can. I don’t ask for help because I’m very independent,” said Smith, who said she’s lived in Southeast for nine years.
Smith, the grandmother of former NBA and now Chinese Basketball Association player Michael Beasley, said her situation isn’t an aberration. She said she knows a number of seniors who are in similar straits. “I have a lot of friends in the same situation. Some were injured on the job – others have been fired because of their age,” said Smith, who said she used to work for Prince George’s County Schools and for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. “I was hurt on job,” she said. In recent years, primarily because of the recession, people who worked hard all of their lives have seen a deterioration of their pensions, forcing many to be wholly reliant upon Social Security in their retirement years. Social Security is the only source of income for one-of-five seniors. And women are almost twice as likely to live in poverty in their senior years as men, primarily because of pay equity issues, the occupational segregation of women in lowwage jobs and their entering and dropping out of the workforce to handle childcare and related responsibilities. Further, women of color struggle most to meet their basic needs in retirement, said officials from Wider Opportunities for Women, a D.C.-based organization dedicated to providing seniors, women and families with easier access to economic security and equality of opportunity. Without employer-based retirement savings
Capital Area Food Bank employees Ike Prophet (51) (seated) and Shirley Butler (52) prepared food packages for elderly D.C. residents in need. /Photo by Shevry Lassiter
income such as a pension and/ or housing and health care subsidies, the average annual Social Security income alone – while a critical economic security foundation – leaves women struggling to choose which necessities such as heating oil, prescription drugs, or food, matter most, given their scarce resources. Michael Waddle, program manager of CAFB’s Commodity Supplemental Food Program, said there are 104,000 senior citizens 60 years old and above living in the District of Columbia and 15,000 of those are at risk for poverty or are facing food insecurity. As a consequence, officials and staff at the food bank are making a major push to bring more seniors into the program. “That’s the population we’re dealing with,” Waddle said. “Our program is a federal program that
started in the late 1960s. The seniors have to live in D.C. and be within the age range. They also have to show source documentation of their income.” Eligibility depends on several factors: the number of people in the household; and whether the senior makes $1,265 per month or less. In addition, a person would be required to have a monthly income or receive assistance that collectively puts them at 130 percent of the federal poverty line. CAFB Senior Outreach Coordinator Wessita McKinley said the program fills a critical need. “We’re trying to reach more people,” she said. “This is a drive to share the program with all seniors in D.C. because so many of them aren’t even aware of the program. They can get a packet even if they get food stamps which would amount to a double contri-
bution.” “This doesn’t take into account assets or savings. Payments such as social security, veterans’ payments and pensions are considered income,” McKinley said. There’s more to the application process than simply signing up for federal and state programs. “We just want to get information on the program out and let senior citizens know it exists,” McKinley added. “It’s a great program which ensures that they will get healthy, nutritious food. Usually seniors aren’t high on the list. The program shows we care and acknowledges their contributions.” “They are priceless angels. We must respect and care for them. That’s why I love what I do. They are the ones who paved the way for us. We must show homage and respect,” she said. WI
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Flu Season is Here: Get Vaccinated Today
Submitted by AmeriHealth District of Columbia The District of Columbia welcomes the official start of winter on December 21st. This makes way for colder weather. Winter also brings the flu season. Flu season can begin as early as October, but it peaks beginning in December. The flu virus is in full swing December through March. This means a higher risk to catch it. Your best defense against the flu is to get vaccinated. What is the flu? The flu is another name for the influenza [in-flu-wen-za] virus. It can be spread very easily, affecting the nose, throat and lungs. It can start like a common cold, but can become much more serious. The virus passes easily through the air. It can infect people from up to 6 feet away through coughs or sneezes. Simple contact, like hugs or handshakes, can also spread the flu. Even just talking closely to someone with the virus puts you at risk. The flu can range from mild to severe — and it can even become fatal. Signs or symptoms of the flu may include: • Fever — but not everyone with the flu will have one • Chills • Congestion (feeling stuffy) or runny nose • Coughing • Sore throat • Aches and pains in body and muscles • Headaches • Fatigue (feeling very tired and weak) • Vomiting and diarrhea — more common in children Who is at risk? Everyone is at risk for the flu, and it can spread quickly. The flu can cause serious problems for many people. If you have certain health conditions, the symptoms can get worse. It can be very unsafe, even deadly, for some people. The flu is especially harmful to: • Young children • Elderly adults • Pregnant women • People with asthma • Diabetics • People with sickle cell disease • People with heart conditions • People with a weakened immune system How can I avoid catching the flu? There are many types of flu viruses and each flu season is a little different than past seasons. But
each year, the vaccinations fight against the most common, current viruses. Getting an annual flu shot will help control any new viruses and help stop the spread of infection. If you or your child have any of the conditions above, it is especially important to get vaccinated. It can save you or your child’s life. Everyone, except children younger than 6 months, should get vaccinated. But the flu shot is not always 100 percent effective. That means you’ll want to help stop the spread of infection before it starts. Here are some ways to protect yourself: • Wash your hands often to keep them clean • Keep your hands away from your face and mouth • Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when your cough or sneeze • Avoid crowded areas Can the flu shot give me the flu? No, the flu shot cannot cause you to get the flu. After a shot, you may have flu-like symptoms. But this is not the flu. It may be a side effect of your body’s immune system from the vaccine. Also, it takes 2 weeks for the shot to work. If you are infected before the 2-week window, you can still catch the flu. Although you cannot get the virus from a flu shot, there are possible side effects from the shot. These side effects should not last long. Possible mild side effects are: • Soreness, swelling or redness where the shot was given • Low fever • Slight aches and pains The flu shot is a safe way to fight again the virus. Remember, these side effects are minor and temporary — especially when compared to the flu. Almost all people who receive the vaccine have no serious problems. What if I get the flu? If you develop a fever or your symptoms get worse, talk to your doctor right away. If you are at high risk because of a serious health condition, call your doctor as soon as you have flulike symptoms. Your doctor may or may not test you for the virus. Sometimes, the test is not necessary because treatment can be the same whether you have the virus or not. If your doctor thinks you have the flu, he or she may provide antiviral medicine. Always take your medicine as directed. It can help you get better faster. Get vaccinated today. Getting your flu shot is quick and easy. Many pharmacies offer flu shots in their stores. You can also visit your doctor or a clinic. Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
Eating Healthy this Holiday Season
Submitted by AmeriHealth District of Columbia Make healthy food choices this holiday season. Eating smaller amounts of food can keep you healthy. It’s that time of year again — full of holiday music and celebrations with family and friends. It can also be a time for unhealthy foods and overeating. AmeriHealth District of Columbia (DC) wants to help you make healthy choices while not fully cutting out your favorite treats. There are many tempting foods easily available during the holiday season. But there are many ways to help you make smart choices. Use
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Before a party, eat a healthy snack. It can be hard to stay away from the treats at holiday parties. Chocolatechip cookies, gingerbread See EATING on Page HS-5
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men and homemade eggnog may fill the tables. But eating a healthy snack before the party can curb your hunger and make you less likely to head right for the food. Try a piece of fresh fruit. Pears, oranges and grapefruit are in season. And foods in season are usually very fresh and lower in price. If you do decide to have one of the holiday treats, that’s okay — just choose a small amount.
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If you’re bringing a dish, make it something healthy. Try foods low in sugar and fat. There are many dishes that are both healthy and also festive. Try making warm apples with cinnamon or your own trail mix (mixed nuts with some chocolate). When making different dishes, choose light options. For dips, you can use fat-free milk and low-fat cream cheese or Greek yogurt. For pies, use fresh fruit instead of canned fruit filling.
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Choose healthy meal options. Maybe you are hosting this year’s holiday dinner. Traditional holiday foods can be unhealthy. Surprise your guests with a tasty meal that’s also good for them. Don’t smother meats in gravy or glazes. And you don’t need lots of butter to sweeten mashed potatoes or vegetables. You can still make a healthy meal without losing the taste. Try lean meats like skinless poultry or ham. For sides, serve whole grains and steamed vegetables. And use spices, herbs, garlic, vinegar or lemon juice to add flavor to your foods instead of butter and salt. In fact, it’s best to keep salt off the kitchen counter and the dinner table. You could also try no-salt seasoning mixes.
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Limit the amount of food you eat. Many people pile their plates high with food on holidays. Instead of packing the plates, use portion-controlled plates. Portion-controlled plates have sections to help limit the amount of food that’s put onto the plate. Serve your meal from the stove instead of family style. This will help keep you and your guests from overeating. After dinner, serve a small dessert. Maybe it’s a thin slice of pumpkin pie and a scoop of frozen yogurt. You can try something new — a parfait with fruit, granola and yogurt. It’s all right to treat yourself on special occasions.
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Drink in moderation. If you choose to drink alcohol, limit yourself — 1 drink for women or 2 for men. Having too much alcohol can be bad for your health. If you prefer a mixed drink, try it with sugar-free juice or soda. Also, make sure you always eat before drinking alcohol. Eating something before drinking can help control sugar levels. If you choose to not drink alcohol, the same rules apply — try sugar-free beverages and juices. And always have a cup of water. It will help you stay hydrated and drink less of the other drink. Stay active. During the holidays, it can be hard to stay active. The weather may be too cold for you to want to go outside. But there are plenty of ways to stay active inside. Try playing games that involve movement or dance around the house. Be sure to move every day. During your shopping trips, take extra laps around the stores. Keep your body moving for at least 30 minutes each day.
The holidays are a special time for friends and family. Focus on these strong relationships and not the foods being served. There are lots of temptations throughout the season, but you have the power to make smart choices. Make an effort to stay active and eat healthy foods this winter. That way, when you are eating a piece of your favorite dessert, you’ll know you’ve earned it.
...because I make good food choices. My name is Genevieve and I choose fresh vegetables when I go shopping. Eating vegetables gives me nutrients, like vitamins A and C, to help me stay healthy. To see the I am healthy series and get tips on ways to stay healthy, visit www.amerihealthdc.com/iamhealthy. SM
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A golden brown turkey will make your mouth water but if you don’t follow the right cleaning and preparation steps, you could be inviting food poisoning to your table. / Courtesy photo.
Holiday Food Safety Tips Chef Herbert Holden prepares food for one of his delicious, healthy meals. /Photo courtesy Herbert Holden
Homemade Soup Great for the Immune System By Herbert Holden Chef and Nutrition Educator As winter approaches it’s the perfect time for soups. Eating soups are an easy way to put nutrients in the body and build your immune system. When you make soups, especially blended soups, your body absorbs the nutrients twice as fast as solids because of it being in a liquid form. When we ingest our foods, particularly solids, a lot of people do not chew their food properly which would assist the body in absorbing the nutrients, so the stomach has to work harder to break down the foods we eat. But let’s get back to tips for preparing soups. When making soups, the main base to a lot of soups should be chicken stock, beef stock or vegetable stock. If you notice, I suggested using a stock instead of a base – you should know that they are not the same. A stock is made with the bones of a particular animal. By using the bones, the marrow
that’s on the inside of the bones helps strengthen our immune system so that it can better ward off certain conditions like colds, influenza and allergies. If you have trouble finding certain bones like beef bones, you can check with your local butcher or see a representative in the meat section of your grocery store. By making your own stocks you also control the amount of sodium that you ingest. A base is made with the meat parts of a particular animal, resulting in no bone marrow to aid in building up your immune system. Hopefully, when you get ready to cook again, you’ll be more inclined to use food as a medicine and use medicine in the form of foods. WI Herbert Holden is a chef and nutrition educator for the Center for Nutrition, Diet and Health for The University of the District of Columbia, College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability and Environmental Sciences. He can be reached at Hholden@udc.edu
Courtesy of the D.C. Public Health Lab Thanksgiving is now over with Christmas just a few weeks away, but in between those two celebrations Americans tend to chow down on loads of meats and treats. What we often tend to ignore, however, is food safety as it relates to our holiday feast. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] say foodborne illnesses spike in November and December and it’s no coincidence as the holidays are times for family and leisurely, hours-long meals. Holidays are times when families enjoy hours of eating and making merry. But the recipe for a good time However, before you begin cooking and celebrating, it’s a good idea to disincan also be a recipe for food poi- fect food preparation areas and surfaces. /Courtesy Photo soning. Dr. Morris Blaylock, head of the Microbiology Unit at the DC that hasn’t been cleansed prop- if you place stuffing inside the turkey, do so just before cooking. Department of Forensic Sci- erly,” Blaylock said. Other tips from Dr. Blaylock: ence’s Public Health Laboratory, Set the oven temperature no says a safe meal starts before the Thoroughly wash your greens lower than 325 degrees Fahrenand fruits; and if mayonnaise is food even enters the kitchen. heit. Check the internal tempera“It’s always best practices to in your salad dressing or on your ture at the center of the stuffing make sure your food preparation table, keep it cold for as long as and meaty portion of the breast areas and surfaces are disinfect- possible. Buying your turkey frozen? and thigh using a food thered,” Blaylock said. “That’s where spreading of foodborne bacteria The CDC says there are three mometer. Blaylock says to use safe ways to thaw food: in the re- a needle thermometer that can is common.” After working with raw poul- frigerator, in cold water and in a probe deeply. try, always wash your hands, microwave oven. “Half-cooked poultry is alBuying a fresh bird? Keep it ways a hazard,” he said. utensils and work surfaces before they touch other foods. refrigerated at 40 degrees FahrEnjoy your holiday and your Thoroughly clean your electric enheit or below. family meals. But make sure that For optimal safety and unicarving knife and blender before you don’t allow uninvited guests, form doneness, the CDC says to and after use. “You’d be surprised what cook the stuffing outside the tur- like spoiled foods, to take over you’d find lurking in a blender key in a casserole dish. However, the table. WI
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...because I make good food choices for my baby and me. My name is Brittney and I know that everything I eat, my baby eats. At 6 months pregnant, I eat healthy foods because it’s important for both of us. I love watching my baby grow! AmeriHealth District of Columbia supports healthy lifestyles and pregnant women like Brittney who eat healthy for their babies and themselves. Here are some ways you can care for your baby: • Keep all prenatal appointments
• Don’t smoke or drink alcohol
• See your doctor as soon as you know you are pregnant
• Talk to your doctor about the medicines you should avoid
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he weather is getting colder and winter is upon us. Are you prepared if you get sick? Do you have a doctor that you trust if you become ill during this year’s cold and flu season? All people deserve the best healthcare they can get. This begins with having a “medical home,” a place where your doctor knows your whole health story. I have been a primary care doctor in DC’s Wards 7 and 8 since 2010, now working at Community of Hope’s Conway Health and Resource Center. Every day I see why every family should have a medical home. When you have a medical home, you have a relationship with a trusted doctor who knows you. They’re able to treat all of your health issues, from acute problems like sinus infections, to more complex issues. They know your history and keep
track of your conditions and medications. People of all ages can benefit from having a medical home. In a medical home, your doctor can also get to know the big picture of your family’s health. For example, if I am helping a mom manage her diabetes, I know to look for signs of it in her kids. If one child has asthma, I will watch the brothers and sisters for symptoms as well. Medical homes also help guide you through the complex healthcare system. Does your family have many doctors who provide dialysis, physical therapy or other specialty care? It can be a lot to manage. A medical home can help you keep track of it all. A medical home also encourages you to keep coming back to the same doctor over time. Here at Community of Hope, we have some adult patients who have been seeing us since they were
healthcare they can get. This begins with having a ‘medical home,’ a place where your doctor knows your name and your story.” By Dr. Shayla Graham-Brock children. Some are now bringing their kids to see us, too. I am thinking of Sukera, her baby and her mother who are all our patients. Those long-term relationships make it easier to give and receive great care. For families who don’t have a regular doctor, parents may take their children to the emergency room when a problem comes up. A good doctor might have spotted symptoms of the problem and offered care before it became an emergency. Minor ill-
nesses that are more common in the winter can also be treated at your medical home, rather than waiting to see a provider you’ve never met at an emergency room. In fact, starting next month, our providers will be able to see you on Saturdays too. As we head into winter, maybe now is the time to find your family a medical home. As a mom and a doctor, I urge you to find a provider who will take the time to get to know your family. Community health centers like
Community of Hope are a great place to start. We can get you scheduled within just a few days. While you’re here, check out our dentistry and other services. We are accepting new patients of all ages, and hope you will come visit us. WI Dr. Shayla Graham-Brock is a physician at Community of Hope’s Conway Health and Resource Center, located in Bellevue.
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Research has shown that more than 20% of American adults are struggling to pay their medical bills, and three in five bankruptcies will be due to medical bills. Medical bills can completely overwhelm a family when illness strikes. Unexpected health costs can quickly add up. Health insurance is the best way to prepare for unforeseen medical expenses, and Obamacare has made shopping for an affordable, quality plan easier than ever before. Affordable Care Act: New Rights & Benefits Before the Affordable Care Act, the private health insurance market did not work well for many people. Many were denied coverage, unable to find affordable coverage, charged a higher premium based on medical needs, or had health insurance that did not cover treatment for pre-existing medical conditions. The Affordable Care Act changed all that to provide individuals and families, regardless of their income, new rights, benefits, and responsibilities when it comes to health insurance. An important goal of the law is ensuring that individuals and families have access to affordable, high-quality health coverage. Since 2014, all new private insurance policies sold are required to cover an essential health benefit package that includes doctor visits, hospital stays, emergency room care, maternity & newborn care, prescription drugs, lab tests, preventative tests and services, rehabilitative and habilitative services, chronic disease management, mental health care, substance use disorder services, and dental care & vision care for children. The law has also made it easier for people to shop for private health coverage, to obtain financial assistance to help pay for private insurance, and to apply for Medicaid. Because of the Affordable Care Act, there are no out-of-pocket costs for most preventive services like can-
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cer screenings, immunizations, smoking cessation, and well-baby and well-child visits. DC Health Link – Affordable Health Insurance for DC Residents The District of Columbia established DC Health Link to help people find, compare, and enroll in the health coverage that meets their needs and budgets. D.C. residents can come to DC Health Link to apply for coverage, find out if they are eligible for help to lower the cost of their insurance, compare options, and enroll in the plan of their choice. People can also use DC Health Link to apply for Medicaid or DC Health Link will notify them of their eligibility for Medicaid based on their incomes. What You Need to Remember DC Health Link is open for individual enrollment from now through February 15, 2015. DC residents have more than 30 different health insurance plans to consider from top health insurance carriers: Aetna, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, and Kaiser Permanente. For coverage to begin by January 1st, 2015, consumers must enroll by December 15, 2014. Individuals and families who enrolled in a health plan through DC Health Link in 2014 will be automatically renewed in the same plan or a very similar plan for 2015 unless they select a new health plan by December 15, 2014. If you need assistance enrolling, DC Health Link operates six enrollment centers throughout the city to provide a comfortable and convenient environment to help consumers shop, compare and enroll in affordable health insurance. In-person enrollment support with certified and trained Assisters and licensed health insurance brokers are available to help consumers navigate the enrollment process and select from various health insurance plans. DC Health Link also hosts enrollment events throughout the enrollment period. For more information on how to enroll in DC Health Link, visit DCHealthLink.com, call 1-855-532-LINK (5465), or download the DC Health Link mobile app at iTunes and Google Play. WI
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The Decision to Donate
There’s a decent chance we will all be faced with making a decision regarding donation at some point, whether it be for ourselves or for someone we love. Although no one likes to have a conversation about their end of life wishes, it’s important to share your wishes with your family. We would like to take a moment to talk about the different types of organ and tissue donation to help provide you with more information about this important decision. Brain Death: An important concept
When someone is placed on a ventilator, it is with the intent to evaluate and treat them in the hopes they can recover. But sometimes, despite the doctor’s best efforts, the damage to the brain is too great and they lose complete brain function. This is different from a coma or a persistent vegetative state because every part of the
brain, including the brain stem which houses all the most basic functions of life (reflexes, respirations, etc.) no longer have blood flow. Brain death is totally irreversible and no one who has ever been declared braindead properly (following a strict testing criteria) has ever woken up. Brain death is a medical and legal form of death; the death certificate is signed and there is a time of death. The person has died so the next step is to turn the ventilator off (unless the person is a donor).
Brain death can be confusing because the heart is still beating (it has its own electrical rhythm which isn’t connected to the brain). The individual is dead yet appears alive, their chest is rising and falling and they are warm to the touch. They look like they could just wake up. In the moment, it can be very difficult to process the fact that the machines are breathing for your loved one and there are medicines maintaining their
blood pressure. But in reality, if removed from the ventilator, your loved one wouldn’t even be able to take a breath. All consciousness, all personality, all awareness to pain, are gone. Organ donation: After a family understands their loved one has been declared brain dead, the next conversation they will often have is one about donation. This seems like an insensitive time to have such a conversation, but once someone is removed from the ventilator the opportunity for donation is gone. What makes someone eligible to be a donor is the fact that they’ve died on the ventilator and the machines and medicines are able to keep their organs healthy while the donation process is coordinated (organs are evaluated, recipients are located, etc). Because most people die due to cardiac death without ever being on the machines, very few people
are actually able to help through organ donation. In fact, it’s less than about 2% of all people. Because it is such a rare event, if your loved one is declared brain dead and in the position to help others, it is vitally important to have the discussion.
those who aren’t registered, the Next of Kin will be able to make these decisions. But, even when someone donates all the tissues they are eligible to donate they can still have regular viewings and memorial services.
Next, the organ evaluation process will take place. This process is pretty complicated but in basic terms the current health of the organs and medical history of the patient will be evaluated to determine what can be donated. In general, an otherwise healthy person will be eligible to donate their heart, lungs, liver, kidney, pancreas and intestines.
If your loved one is eligible to be a tissue donor you will most likely receive a phone call from your area’s donor program after their death. This call will come quickly because there is only a 24 hour window where tissue donation is a possibility. Loved ones are often in various stages of processing the death - from being in an initial state of shock to being well into planning funeral and burial arrangements. This is a difficult time to try and make important decisions but rest assured the call will come from a trained professional who will provide you with all the information you need and answer all your questions.
Tissue Donation: The general public is often more familiar with the concept of organ donation, but, as we’ve established only a very small percentage of people are able to be organ donors. Far more people are eligible to help others through tissue donation because tissues can be donated for up to 24 hours after the heart stops beating. Tissue donors can help upwards of 50 different people by donating things like corneas, bone grafts, skin grafts, and heart valves. These are life changing gifts for individuals who have lost their sight, suffered crushing bone injuries, face orthopedic surgeries, suffered severe and painful burns, and those in need of a heart valve replacement. But it’s important for you to know, it’s not an all or nothing thing. Many times individuals on the registry will specify what they do and do not want to donate and many times, for
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It is important to note that families of donors are not responsible for costs relating to organ and tissue donation. Those costs are paid by the organ donor recovery program and later billed to the transplant center, which in turn bills the transplant recipient’s insurance company. Donor families pay only for medical costs up to the time of their loved one’s death. WI To register your wishes to be an organ, eye and tissue donor, you can decide at any Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration branch or online at www.DonateLifeMaryland.org
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Organ Transplants: A Gift of Life Recipients, Lucky Donor Share Their Stories By D. Kevin McNeir WI Contributing Writer There are currently 123, 175 people waiting for lifesaving organ transplants in the U.S – 101, 170 await kidney transplants. And while blacks lead all ethnic groups needing a kidney transplant, only 11 percent of blacks donate organs, compared to 69.5 percent of whites. Most transplants come from deceased donors but in some cases a living parent, child, sibling, life partner, or someone unrelated serve as a living donor. One man with several health challenges recently got a new lease on life after his son, who lives in Mount Rainier, Maryland, agreed to donate one of his kidneys. “My kidneys shut down while I was on a trip in 2006 – I was already dealing with high blood pressure, diabetes and hepatitis and had been an alcoholic and
drug abuser. I guess my body couldn’t take any more,” said Harold Pickel, 64, who lives in Brooklyn, New York. Pickel started dialysis in 2007 and knew he needed a kidney transplant. But with so many people on the waiting list, he doubted he would ever find a donor or a match. That’s when his son made a surprising offer. “The first time I met my biological father I was 21 – then for the next 23 years we remained estranged,” said Anthony Henderson, 46, an entrepreneur who has lived in the D.C. area off and on for about 20 years. “I wrote him a letter last year to get some things off my chest. But he responded and we began to finally communicate. He was visiting me earlier this year and told me about his health. I told him that I would get tested to see if I was a match. After the results showed that I was, I didn’t hesitate. We had the surgery in early
November and so far everything’s great. Just a little sore,” Henderson said. Pickel said life is better now that he no longer requires dialysis treatments. “I’m still cautious about what I eat and drink and follow a strict diet. But what really amazed me is how my son agreed to help me without any hesitation. I owe him a lot,” Pickel said. Henderson said he’s glad he could help and considers being an organ donor like “wearing a badge of honor.” One Cumberland, Maryland resident began having problems with his kidneys when he was just a teenager. He received a transplant in 1975 at the George Washington University Medical Center and is the longest surviving recipient in the state. He’s also the second-longest surviving black with a transplant in the U.S. “The key to healthy living is
George E. Franklin III received a kidney transplant in 1975 and continues to stay active and encourage others who have had a transplant or need one. /Photo courtesy George E. Franklin III
moderation in all things. No salt, few sweets, adequate rest and exercise are all part of my daily routine,” said George E. Franklin III, who retired under doctor’s orders in 2004. “I used to be a lifeguard and still swim regularly. In fact, I have participated in the Transplant Games (similar to the Olympics with national and international competitions held every other year) and have won medals in swimming and mixed doubles bowling. And I volunteer as a speaker to promote organ donations and mentor those who have undergone a kidney transplant.” “I know I wouldn’t be alive if it had not been for my deceased organ donor. I’ve been in and out of hospitals most of my life, but I refuse to stop going or to stop encouraging others. I’m alive,” said Franklin, a native Washingtonian. While Franklin and Pickel were each successful in finding a donor, many others are not. Nearly 3,000 new patients are
added to the kidney waiting list each month. Twelve people die each day while waiting for a life-saving kidney transplant. In 2013, 4,453 patients died waiting for a kidney transplant. One man in need of a kidney said he fears that time is not on his side. “I’ve had relatives on dialysis and watched their quality of life decline – I just don’t want to go through that,” said Anthony R. Jones, 54, a resident of Jamaica, New York. “I’ve finally mustered up the courage and energy to let people know about my health. Blacks need organs but we donate the least. The list in New York has about 10,000 waiting. Plus, I have a rare blood type (O positive) which makes it that much harder. I’ve had high blood pressure for over a decade and had heart surgery some years back. But now I need a kidney. I’m not ready to die,” said Jones who works as a supervisor at New York’s famous Radio City Music Hall. WI
Life has improved for Harold Pickel (left) after he received a kidney from his son, Anthony Henderson (right), in November. /Photo courtesy Anthony Henderson
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having an annual checkup with an ophthalmologist can help many people keep their eyes and body healthy. “Diabetes is one of the leading causes of vision loss for people 20 to 60 years old and the real tragedy is that 90 percent of the damage caused by the disease is preventable,” said Dr. Sonya Bryant, a vitreo-retinal surgeon for the Retina Group of Washington that provides services for
clients associated with CLB. “It’s unwise to live in diabetic denial because the disease impacts so many of our organs including the eyes. I consider exercise to be a form of free medicine because it actually can take the place of a regiment of pills and insulin. The Internet has made some people lazy – they don’t get out and walk because they often don’t have to but they should. It’s also important to be
honest about the foods we eat. Lifestyle and diet, particularly as one ages, impact our health,” said Bryant, 36. “We’ve helped men and women learn how to run, golf and do other fun things that we tend to only associate with those who have normal vision. Being visually impaired or blind doesn’t mean that you can’t enjoy life. It just takes a little more effort and training,” Cancelosi said. WI
One blind runner with their volunteer guide recently participated in Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind’s Light the Way 5k race to raise funds for the organization and to illustrate that those who are blind or visually impaired can continue to live a high quality of life. /Photo courtesy Mitchell Layton
Shining the Light for the Visually Impaired Agency Leads Way in Assisting Those with Vision Loss By D. Kevin McNeir WI Contributing Writer Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind [CLB] has long been in the business of helping the blind or visually impaired population of the greater Washington region overcome obstacles associated with vision loss. In fact, since their founding in 1900, the goal of the organization has been to enable people of all ages who are blind or visually impaired to remain independent, active and productive in society. “We’ve undergone significant changes in our many years of service but recently it’s been technology that has allowed us to provide greater accessibility to those with disabilities,” said Anthony J. “Tony” Cancelosi, president and CEO, Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind. “When you have limited vision or are totally blind, you have to rely on other skills in order to maintain your independence but with the proper training anyone can maintain a high quality of life and survive on their own. No one wants to be dependent on others. That’s why our programs include employment marking skills training, career placement services, comprehensive low vision care and a wide range of counseling and rehabilitation services.” CLB, located in Northwest, serves more than 20,000 blind and low vision individuals, including children and older
adults, in the Washington Metropolitan Area. Their staff has trained more than 400 people in 83 cities across the U.S. in the use of assistive technology. Close to 70,000 people in the region suffer from some form of vision loss. In America, the number hovers at 15 million. It’s estimated that as Baby Boomers mature, by 2020 onethird of that population will experience either vision loss or blindness by the time they reach 65. But what kinds of preventive measure can be taken now? “Some things cannot be prevented because people are living longer and the body eventually begins to wear out due to the aging process,” said Cancelosi, 71, who joined the CLB in 2005 and has refocused the private, nonprofit organization’s priorities to better serve the needs of residents living in Maryland, D.C. and Virginia who are blind or visually impaired. “Obesity, diabetes and glaucoma also contribute to the high numbers of those who may be impacted by vision loss or blindness. But just because one may be visually impaired doesn’t mean they can’t maneuver their way on the Metro, count their money or go to work each day and do their job well. One simply needs access to the appropriate training in order to enhance their independent living skills,” Cancelosi said. One local physician said maintaining a proper diet to avoid obesity, taking vitamins daily and
Need Health Coverage or Know Someone Who Does? The Capital Region Health Connector (www.capitalhealthconnection.org) is one of six organizations working with the Maryland Health Connection (www.marylandhealthconnection.gov), the state’s online insurance marketplace, to provide outreach and enrollment services to families and individuals in Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties. Trained health navigators and assisters can help you shop, select and enroll in coverage that fits your needs and your budget. Depending on your income, you may qualify for Medicaid (at no cost to you) or help in paying the cost of a private health insurance plan. By law, under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), most people over age 18 must have health insurance coverage or pay a fine. The health care law offers individuals and families access to affordable health insurance coverage, including private health insurance (qualified health plans) and Medicaid (Medical Assistance). Why is health insurance important? Health insurance protects you and your family from large debts due to unexpected medical costs such as medical emergencies, surgery or a serious illness. An unexpected illness or injury can happen to anyone, even someone who is young and healthy. Without health coverage, or without enough coverage, an illness or injury can drain savings. Medical bills are a leading cause of personal bankruptcy in the United States. Open Enrollment Season is November 15 to February 15, 2015 During this second year of enrollment, we urge you to take care of yourself and your health by making sure you have health coverage. Open enrollment continues until February 15, 2015 but don’t wait—enroll by December 18 for your coverage to begin January 1. If you enrolled last year through Maryland Health Connection, you must re-enroll by December 18 to continue receiving any financial assistance. If you do not re-enroll by December 18, your current coverage will continue but you will lose any financial assistance you currently receive. There are three ways to enroll: • • •
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Students lined up to leave the lunchroom after enjoying a healthy meal at Walker-Jones Education Campus in Northwest. /Photo courtesy of Claire Eggers/NPR
District Schools Focus on Healthy Eating A 2010 Law Requires Well-Balanced Meals Hand-washing is one of the most effective, yet underused, ways to prevent the spread of infection. /Courtesy Photo
Keeping Colds, Flu from Knocking at Your Door Preventive Actions Can Help Avoid Illness By D. Kevin McNeir WI Contributing Writer You’re lying in the bed, coughing, sneezing and feeling weak. You’re miserable and ache all over. And that chicken soup that you just heated up doesn’t seem to be helping. You have a cold or the flu. But there are preventive measures you can take to slow the spread of germs that may offer some protection against the flu. So, what’s the difference between a cold and the flu? Here’s some valuable information from Dr. Lavdena A. Orr, M.D., Network Medical Director, AmeriHealth District of Columbia, a member of the AmeriHealth Caritas Family of Companies. “Influenza (flu) is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses that infect the nose, throat and lungs and generally causes symptoms worse than a common cold. It can cause mild to severe illness and, at times, can lead to death. The best way to prevent the flu is by getting a flu vaccine each year as well as frequent hand-washing,” Orr said. People who have the flu often feel some or all of these signs and symptoms: fever or feeling feverish/ chills (note that not everyone with the flu will develop a fever); cough; sore throat; runny or stuffy nose; muscle or body aches; headaches; fatigue (very tired); vomiting and diarrhea, though
this is more common in children than adults. Some people with flu may develop pneumonia, bronchitis or ear infections. Certain people are at greater risk for complications if they get the flu. This includes young children, pregnant women and older individuals or those with chronic medical conditions such as diabetes, asthma or heart disease. Orr emphasized that the flu is highly contagious. “Flu viruses spread mainly by droplets made when people with flu cough, sneeze or talk. These droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people who are nearby. Less often, a person might also get flu by touching a surface or object that has flu virus on it and then touching their own mouth, eyes or possibly their nose,” Orr said. And you can pass on the flu virus both while you’re sick or before you even know you’re infected. “Most healthy adults may be able to infect others beginning one day before symptoms develop and up to five to seven days after becoming sick. Some people, especially young children and those with weakened immune systems, might be able to infect others for an even longer time,” she said. Prevention is the key. Seasonal influenza outbreaks can happen as early as October but most of the time influenza activity peaks in January or later. Since it takes about two weeks after vaccination for antibodies to de-
velop in the body that protect against influenza virus infection, it is best that people get vaccinated so they are protected before influenza begins spreading in their community. The flu vaccine is recommended for everyone six months of age and older. While the flu shot is available to all, the nasal spray vaccine is approved for those ages two through 49. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] recommend the following steps to prevent the spread of infection and remain healthy at work and home: avoid close contact with people who are sick; wash your hands frequently; cover your nose and mouth when you cough or sneeze; avoid touching your face with unwashed hands; clean and disinfect surfaces; and stay home when you are sick. Hand-washing is one of the most effective, yet underused, ways to prevent the spread of infection. The CDC recommends washing thoroughly and vigorously with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, followed by hand-drying with a paper towel. In the absence of running water, use an alcohol-based hand gel or wipe. Make sure you wash for 20 seconds. A good tip is to sing a favorite song or recite a poem that is 20 seconds long while you wash. WI
By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer To help shine a spotlight on new healthy eating initiatives in local schools, media members recently were allowed inside the Walker-Jones Education Campus in Northwest to see first-hand what are on the breakfast and lunch menus for students. First-grader Walter Young pondered the Asian-style carrots with all the careful discernment of a food critic, NPR reported. “I like this,” he said. “It’s soft. And, the middle is good. But, the juice is very good,” Walter said. Classmate Carlos Coley proved even more impressed. “Smooth and easy to bite,” Carlos said. “You won’t hear the crunch sound when you bite them.” In May 2010, the D.C. Council passed the Healthy Schools Act, a landmark law designed to improve the health and wellness of students attending local public and public charter schools. The Act took effect August 2010 and in the latest report released in 2013, the benefits of the law have been realized by students, parents and educators. Officials said 69 percent of schools now have at least one certified or highly-qualified health education teacher; 54 percent provide health education through a dedicated health education course; 53 percent incorporate health into other subjects; and 45 percent host assemblies and presentations. Further, the majority of District schools now have meals provided by an outside vendor and 78 percent of those vendors conduct nutrition promotion through hanging posters; 53 percent by handing out brochures; and 31 percent through meal time presentations. Officials said all District schools have now begun to serve locally-grown and unprocessed food, including apples, collard greens, kale,
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pears, strawberries, sweet potatoes and tofu. The District also has 93 active school gardens and one of the cornerstones of the Healthy Schools Act remains the instructional requirements for health and physical education, which includes required minutes of instruction time and adherence to the Office of the State Superintendent of Education standards. “Simply eating a healthy breakfast can reap very substantial improvements to academic performance and health but too many children miss out on breakfast and start the school day hungry,” said Barbara A. Chester, the president of the National Association of Elementary School Principals, speaking on behalf of another initiative, “Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom,” a program that stems from Walmart and the Walmart Foundation’s $2 billion commitment to help fight hunger in America through 2015. According to a news release, “Breakfast in the Classroom” puts a fresh spin on the traditional school breakfast by offering morning meals to everyone in the classroom after the opening bell, which helps to ensure that students have a healthy, well-balanced breakfast and are better prepared to learn. “Providing children with a healthy breakfast every day is critical to ensuring that they have the nutrition they need to grow, learn and play,” said Margaret McKenna, president of the Walmart Foundation, in a statement. “Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom brings diverse expertise in working with community leaders, principals, teachers, education support professionals, school food service specialists and anti-hunger advocates,” McKenna said. “We are proud to support this initiative as part of our commitment to fight hunger in America.” WI
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Editorial Marion Barry, The Legacy Begins …
When he died on Nov. 23, a number of friends, colleagues and former employees of Mayor Marian Barry worried about how he’d be sent home. Shortly after Barry’s death, Mayor Vincent C. Gray promised official ceremonies and a funeral “worthy of a true statesman of the District of Columbia” that would rival any official funeral that had ever occurred in the District of Columbia. Gray pulled it off. The observances and events over the course of last week planned by members of his administration and the Barry family served as a fitting tribute to Barry, who had dominated Washington’s political scene since he came to the District of Columbia in 1965 to work for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Barry being Barry, he planned his funeral, choosing the songs, those who’d speak, the works. One of the highlights of the observances was Barry’s last ride through his beloved Ward 8. Residents and admirers lined the streets to watch the casket pass by, and at the Big Chair, people hugged and consoled Barry’s wife, Cora Masters Barry, and son Christopher who emerged from their vehicle to greet onlookers. The outpouring of affection, as evidenced by the thousands who signed condolence books, lined up to pay their respects, and attended memorial and funeral services at the Temple of Praise and the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, is indicative of a man beloved and respected despite his blemishes and imperfections. Those flaws are what drew ordinary people to Barry. Few elected officials loved this city as much as Barry. He’ll eventually be replaced, but no one will come close to filling his shoes.
A Sleeping Giant
In cities large and small across the nation, spontaneous protests have broken out since the handing down of back-to-back notguilty verdicts in the police killings of two unarmed black men, Michael Brown and Eric Garner. The faith of those who believed in the color-blindness and viability of the criminal justice system has been deeply shaken, while those who looked at that system with a side-eye have seen their suspicions confirmed. In each case, a police officer, Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, and Daniel Pantaleo in Staten Island, took it upon himself to be judge, jury and executioner. The fact that two state attorneys reneged on their sworn responsibility to uphold the law and defend the victims and punted in both instances to a grand jury clearly indicates visible flaws in the system. And, in each case, Govs. Jay Nixon and Andrew Cuomo also dropped the ball and shrugged off fervent calls for the appointment of a special prosecutor. All this has led to where this country currently stands. We have seen the images of the utter disbelief in people’s faces as the verdicts were made public, followed by tens of thousands of passionate protests, marches, sit-ins, die-ins and other acts of civil disobedience reminiscent of the modern civil rights movement. Those intent on change have been on the streets and have promised not to stop until justice is meted out in a fair and equitable manner for everyone, regardless of color or class. The #DCFerguson movement and a number of other groups locally have been busy making their voices heard all over the District. Members have marched, closed down I-395 and other thoroughfares, and submitted demands to local elected officials. All around the country, organizers have linked police brutality to economic justice, social justice and fairness and equality. What’s important is that out of the tragedy of the deaths of Garner, Brown, Trayvon Martin, 12-year-old Tamir Rice, John Crawford, Renisha McBride and 7-year-old Aiyana Jones comes the belated recognition that this system is deeply flawed and disproportionately punishes black and brown people. Frederick Douglass said power concedes nothing without a struggle. A sleeping giant has been awakened, and the struggle for the heart and soul of this country has begun anew.
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Barry will be Missed
What a wonderful home-going celebration the District held for its iconic leader, Marion S. Barry. For all the good deeds he did for residents and the city, Mr. Barry certainly deserved the recognition that will be long etched in the minds of the people he loved and those who loved him. I was so proud of the dignitaries who attended the funeral and all the wonderful stories some of them shared with the thousands of mourners who attended the Dec. 6 service at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Northwest. Mr. Barry gave of himself tirelessly for his beloved city and Ward 8 and we will miss him. Shame on TMZ for referring to Mr. Barry as “the crack mayor,” when so many people beyond Washington, D.C. had little knowledge of how great a man he really was. Jessie McKay Washington, D.C.
No Justice for Brown and Garner
The grand juries’ decisions not to hand down indictments in the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner are prime examples of how the police are allowed to gun down black youth without being held accountable, yet if we as parents, “beat” them for misbehaving, can expect to serve jail time. The American judicial system repeatedly fails to deliver justice at times when it’s most warranted, and while the deaths of Brown and Garner at the hands of the police make us angry, it’s particularly outrageous that the officer who put Garner in the chokehold, walks away totally unscathed – without so much as an apology to Garner’s family. Even the coroner ruled his death as a homicide. I’m not so sure about exactly what went down in regard to the Brown shooting, other than that he was unarmed and shot six times, but it’s obvious according to the turn of events in the case, that Garner’s demise was tragically unnecessary. But one thing for sure, is that the police need better training dealing with these kinds of incidents, instead of quickly concluding that they can take a life under the guise of self-defense.
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By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr
Yes, Marching Still Makes a Difference “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” “No Justice, No Peace” “I Can’t Breathe” “Black Lives Matter” Those are the chants and handwritten signs that continue to characterize marches, dieins, sit-ins and other nonviolent actions in more than 50 cities across the nation in response to grand jury decisions in Missouri and New York not to indict white police officers for killing
unarmed African-Americans. As always, there are detractors who argue that civil rights marches, while helpful in the past, are passé in an era of a black family occupying the White House. They are wrong. And if they had studied history, they would know it. Every inch of progress toward racial justice and equality in America has only come as a consequence of organized public protest and struggle. Each march had goals that went beyond marching for the sake of
marching. The Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, and Fair Housing Act of 1968, as well as all the subsequent racial justice laws, were only established after a protracted period of civil rights demonstrations and protest. It is noteworthy that today a growing number of young people are not only marching but assuming leadership roles in the mass marches in support of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Akai Gurley, Tamir Rice, and Rumain Brisbon.
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From Boston to Los Angeles, Miami to Phoenix, from Chicago to New York City, from Washington, D.C., to Atlanta, and from St. Louis to Pittsburgh, people are demanding equal justice. People are protesting excessive use of deadly force and police brutality. And the movement is growing. On Saturday, Dec. 13, there will be another “March on Washington, D.C.” This time, it will be called the “National March against Police Brutality” and will demand equal justice and federal
intervention to halt the senseless killing of unarmed blacks and other people of color. It will be co-sponsored by a coalition of civil rights organizations and union and trade associations. The coalition includes the National Action Network, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, National Urban League, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, National Newspaper Publishers Association, Leader-
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By Lee A. Daniels
A License to Kill Black Men From nearly the moment he was attacked by a New York City police officer July 18, the world has, via that chilling video, watched Eric Garner die. Are we now about to see the “traditions” that led to his death and – thus far – have enabled his killer to escape justice die, too? Moments after the news broke Dec. 3 that a New York City grand jury had voted not to indict the white police officer who
video showed had jumped Eric Garner from behind, ridden him to the sidewalk pavement and lain on his back while Garner, breathing heavily, frantically uttered “I can’t breathe!” nearly a dozen times, Garner’s stepfather spoke these bitter words: “It’s just a license to kill a black man!” Yes. That’s what such decisions in the past meant – the reaffirmation of the long-standing “tradition” that police officers, especially white ones, who kill unarmed black men, or women
or children in questionable circumstances do not get indicted. Or, if indicted, they do not get convicted. That’s because the “traditional” stance American police departments, North as well as South, have taken toward Black Americans has always been to control them, not protect them. The issue that Garner’s death – and all the police killings of black Americans in questionable circumstances – has now made unavoidable is how to eliminate
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these two “traditions” from the practice of policing. Daniel M. Donovan Jr., the district attorney of Staten Island, the city borough where Garner lived and was killed (Staten Island is the most conservative and least diverse borough of the city’s five boroughs, separated from the mainland by water, accessible only by ferry and bridges), couldn’t afford to allow the grand jury (grand juries are under the complete control of prosecutors) to indict the officer
– and thus send the case to a jury trial – because the video of Eric Garner’s death is so damning. So he engaged the old tradition to produce a grand jury decision that showed the jurors had literally refused to act on what their eyes and common sense made plain. Even some conservatives denounced the grand jury decision as a gross miscarriage of justice. Other conservatives, of
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By Marian Wright Edelman
America Needs a Diversity Map Sometimes childhood experiences motivate a lifetime of extraordinary work. That is certainly true for Georgetown University Law School professor and bioethicist Patricia King, a brilliant scholar and one of the most effective leaders you may not know. She’s spent 40 years at Georgetown Law School and has long been involved in higher education leadership. A graduate of Wheaton College in
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Massachusetts and Harvard Law School, she’s served on both institutions’ governing bodies as a member of the Harvard Corporation and the first woman, first African-American, and first alumna to chair the Wheaton College Board of Trustees. Earlier this year, she gave the Faculty Convocation Address at Georgetown University and spoke movingly about her “life of learning,” explaining that her passions for education and health that have shaped her professional life — and her perspec-
tive — are rooted in her segregated childhood in Norfolk, Virginia, in the 1940s and 1950s. She and her sister were raised by their single mother, and their world mostly revolved around the all-black neighborhood where they lived in a public housing development. Health care was one of the few needs that occasionally took them out of their community, and the mixedrace clinics where blacks were clearly treated as second-class patients provided some of her most traumatic childhood exThe Washington Informer
periences with segregation and racism. One of her strongest memories is of the public health facility where her family was required to get regular screenings for tuberculosis. Black patients always had to wait longer, and there was no privacy or separation for black men and women asked to wait half-dressed in their segregated waiting room. She found this especially humiliating as a pre-teen, and experiences like this helped spur her lifelong interest in the intersection of race and health
and the inequitable treatment of members of some groups. They also helped her realize early on that she wanted to get out of the segregated South. Although she was a strong student and the valedictorian of her class, she had no idea how she might be able to make it to college until her senior physics teacher took her under his wing. He brought her the paperwork to register for the SAT and achievement tests needed for college applications,
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A Criminal Justice System That Suffocates Us “I can’t breathe,” gasped Eric Garner, again and again and again. “I can’t breathe,” he said as several police officers were on top of him, choking him, pushing his head onto the concrete sidewalk. The man was not resisting arrest; he simply had the temerity to ask a police officer not to touch him. And, because he was allegedly selling loose cigarettes, the life was choked out of him.
No one tried to help him or stop the vicious assault (ruled a homicide by the coroner). Emergency medical respondents offered no assistance. Garner’s last words, “I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe,” ought to motivate all Americans, not just African-Americans but Americans of conscience to breathe life and energy into a movement for justice. Breathing ought to be a simple thing. Air in, air out. It’s not so simple when one’s neck is being choked. Not so simple when
one’s spirit is being choked. The image of Garner’s neck in a chokehold, the image of at least four white police officers on top of him, is galling. All the more galling is the invisible choking of spirit that comes when people cannot breathe, cannot speak, and cannot respond to injustice. In historical contexts, how many were as free to speak as Ida B. Wells was when she fought against lynching. Even in her freedom, Wells was threatened and run out of Tennessee, but many feared to speak about
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lynching, fearing the fact that they might be lynched themselves. Can’t breathe. Think of the many African-Americans who have served in our armed forces who were treated unfairly, serving nonetheless, often silently. How can any of us breathe in an atmosphere of compounded injustice? How can we breathe in an atmosphere of hypocrisy, when justice has never been blind? We live in a nation where a 12-year-old boy, Tamir Rice, is shot because he has a toy pellet
gun not pointed at police. Hard to breathe when video makes it absolutely clear that it was not necessary for Daniel Panaleo to place Garner in a chokehold. Hard to breathe when a grand jury comes to an incomprehensible decision, one that defies common sense. Difficult to breathe when an elected official, Congressman Peter King (R-NY), chooses to blame Garner’s death on his health. “If he had not had asth-
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By Marc H. Morial
Lowering the Mortgage Down Payment Requirement “Every American lives in safe, decent, affordable and energy efficient housing on fair terms.” — National Urban League 2025 housing empowerment goal Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt is taking action to turn the American dream of homeownership into reality for many more people. Watt recently announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie
Mac, which he regulates and which are linchpins of the nation’s residential mortgage market, will reduce down payment requirements from 5 percent to 3 percent. This will enable many more low-income but credit-worthy consumers to become homeowners while helping the nation’s faltering housing market regain its traction. We enthusiastically applaud this move and believe that as a result, more African-American, Latino and working-class borrowers of all races, who face
an especially tough time securing mortgages, will have greater access to conventional loans, which are more affordable than other financing options. We are also encouraged that the plan will allow housing counseling in lieu of costly mortgage insurance to be a compensating factor to help make up for low down payments or low credit scores. Saving the necessary down payment to purchase a home is one of the biggest obstacles to attaining the American Dream, especially for communities of
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color. African-Americans and Latinos typically have lower incomes and are less likely to receive an inheritance or first-time buying help from their parents than white Americans. According to the Center for Responsible Lending, while it takes the typical white family 14 years to save for a 5 percent down payment, plus closing costs, it takes the typical Latino family 17 years and the typical African-American family 21 years to save those amounts. The National Urban League
has long supported a reasonable and affordable “skin in the game” down payment requirement, but the ability to save a lump sum of money does not translate to the ability to pay a monthly mortgage. As Watt said at a Senate Banking Committee hearing recently, “The problem is that the down payment itself is not necessarily a reliable indicator of whether somebody will pay a loan. If they have good credit, if they have housing
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By Askia Muhammad
Marion Barry: ‘Pure Spirit,’ ‘Free Spirit’ Marion S. Barry Jr. – the nation’s capital’s “Mayor for Life,” indeed, “Mayor Forever” – taught us so many lessons in his lifetime and maybe even more valuable lessons in his departure from this life. I was in my barbershop, and instead of sports, the conversation was about Da Mayor. I pointed out that he was responsible for launching literally thousands of successful careers in
every imaginable field. I mentioned that Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker admitted that he got his first job ever in the Barry summer jobs program, which at its height promised every D.C. teenager a summer job. No sooner than I said that did several barbers and patrons chime in. They too got their first jobs thanks to Barry. It seems that in barbershops and beauty salons, in homes and in cars all around this region, people stopped to look at and
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listen to the Barry memorial service, which I was able to attend. The people of Washington gave him a great home-going memorial service at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. He joined his ancestors on Nov. 23, 2014, two years after Lawrence Guyot, his comrade in the civil rights movement down South, died, 29 years after Nola Mae Canteberry, my own mother, died on that same date. When I entered the convention hall where the service was held, there were so many empThe Washington Informer
ty seats in the auditorium that I wondered out loud, “Where are the people?” Less than two hours later, the room was practically full. This, after a dozen various public observances held all over the city by former colleagues and those who loved and admired him, as well as a three-hour motorcade taking his remains from the John Wilson District Building in Northwest D.C. to the Temple of Praise Church in Southeast. The people of D.C. wanted to show their abiding love and re-
spect for their “hero.” Even though Barry was a down-home, kind of folksy person who once picked cotton in rural Itta Bena, Mississippi – population 1,000 in the Mississippi delta, literally the birthplace of Mr. Jim Crow – the mayor of the District of Columbia is historically a distinguished position, an important post in the social and diplomatic fabric of the capital city of the strongest nation on Earth.
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The only living original member of The Temptations, Otis Williams (second from right), continues to perform with the group that he helped found in the early 1960s. /Courtesy Photo
Temps, Tops Still Have the Magic Touch Motown Veterans to Team Up at the Strathmore By D. Kevin McNeir WI Contributing Writer Ask almost anyone about the Motown sound, and their face will light up as memories of the good old days come to mind. But, if listening to a CD isn’t enough, you may want to head over to the Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda, Maryland, on Friday, Dec. 12, when the Temptations and the Four Tops take the stage once more. “We always open with what has become our own national anthem, ‘Baby, I Need Your Loving’ – primarily because it was the song that, after 10 years of struggling to make it in the business, changed all of our lives forever,” said Abdul “Duke” Fakir, the only living original member of the Four Tops. “When I look back on those days in Detroit, a place I still call home, it amazes me how four guys who all loved to sing but were very different in styles and personalities could create a sound that has lasted so long
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and which still brings enjoyment to our listeners. We were fortunate, and so whenever we perform, we base our show on love – the same love that has kept the Four Tops going since 1953,” said Fakir, 79. Fakir said he still marvels when people refer to him and the group as icons. “I guess to be referred to in such a manner means that we’re well-respected, and that’s something wonderful,” he said. “But for me and the other guys that have replaced those who were part of the original group, Levi Stubbs, Renaldo ‘Obie’ Benson and Lawrence Payton, it has always been about performing – getting on that stage and singing. That’s all I’ve ever wanted to do, and I’m grateful that I still have the opportunity.” One of the newer members of the Four Tops, Ronnie McNeir, first joined the group as a pianist before being asked to replace Stubbs when illness forced him to retire in 2001. “Seeing other parts of the world and meeting so many
people who really appreciate our music is something that’s hard to describe,” said McNeir, 62, who lives in a Detroit suburb. “We’re like one big family, and ‘Duke’ keeps us focused, reminding us that our music has a positive message and that our fans have remained loyal to that sound.” The Four Tops, along with groups like The Miracles, The Marvelettes, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, The Supremes and, of course, The Temptations, helped to establish the Motown sound around the world during the 1960s. However, the Four Tops, unlike most male groups, had a baritone, Stubbs, as their lead singer instead of a tenor. Their hits included two Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 songs: “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) in 1965 and “Reach Out, I’ll Be There” in 1966. Like the Four Tops (originally known as The Four Aims), The Temptations have undergone a number of changes in their See
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Since the very beginning, The Temptations have been known for their classy wardrobe, unique sound and stellar showmanship. /Courtesy Photo
The Four Tops continue to pack theaters, led by their only living original member, Abdul “Duke” Fakir (second from right). /Courtesy Photo
five-man lineup since their start as The Elgins in 1960. But their distinct harmonies, elaborate choreography and classy wardrobe soon became the trademark for any group under the Motown Records banner. Otis Williams, a founding member of the original Temptations, which included Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams and Elbridge Bryant [replaced in 1964 by David Ruffin], bears the distinction of being the only living member from the quintet. He said he’s having just as much fun today as he did in the 1960s. “I wish we could have stayed together forever,
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but like anything else, the group is made up of people, and people all handle success differently,” said Williams. “We didn’t always appreciate the blessings that God afforded us. Still, I think about the early days, and I smile. Then I think about some of the madness that we went through, and it’s almost impossible to believe. Success was, for us, a two-edged sword. I guess that’s also my testimony about life,” said Williams, 73. As the story goes, after joining Motown, The Temptations knew they had a great sound, but they just couldn’t seem to find the right song – that hit for which all groups long but sometimes never find. Then, in 1964, Smokey Robinson See TEMPTATIONS on Page 22 The Washington Informer
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Lifetime Achievement Award. Three classic Temptations songs, “My Girl,” “Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)” and “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone,” are among The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. Williams has carried the torch for The Temptations with songs that have healed broken hearts, inspired lovers and even challenged America’s involvement in war. “I accepted my mission years ago, and I’m honored and blessed to have these other brothers helping me as we continue to share the message and music of The Temptations,” he said. WI
The Four Tops, one of Motown’s most celebrated male groups, formed a quartet in the 1950s that would not undergo any changes for four decades. /Courtesy Photo
Christmas Celebration 2014 Evangel Multi-Media & Arts Center in Upper Marlboro, MD returns with the most spectacular and popular full-scale holiday musical ever, “Christmas Celebration 2014.” This year’s extravaganza features gospel music’s biggest and brightest stars including, Yolanda Adams, Donnie McClurkin, Marvin Sapp, Tamela Mann, Erica Campbell, James Fortune and Zacardi Cortez. With only twelve performances, December 6th through the 21th, this is a “must see” Christmas favorite that you don’t want to leave off your to-do-list list this year. In its 24th season, “Christmas Celebration 2014” for two and a half hours, you will be enthralled by 10 scenes of Christmas taking you back in time to the Victorian era, modern-day, and biblical times. CC2014 will be transformed as the birth, crucifixion and resurrection of Christ comes to life on stage. You will be swept away as beautiful camels, sheep, llama, horses, dogs and goats parade the isles and set the tone for a surreal nativity scene. This production is filled with non-stop excitement including a fascinating light show, innovative DL2 technology and other special effects that illuminate a cast of over 200 men, women and children. The lively and spirited dance scenes, dramatic imagery and phenomenal singing will have you clapping, laughing and talking back to the performers. This holiday classic has been entertaining audiences of all ages and is slated to attract over 25,000 ticketgoers. Evangel’s 140,000 square foot facility and world-class theater comfort make every moment enjoyable, every view memorable and the high-tech audio system brings the stage to you. This is truly an event for the entire family. An event of this magnitude may never happen again. You don’t want to miss this!!!”
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ARIES Listen carefully and follow good advice that will come from someone you’ve often regarded as foolish. You run into difficulties with one of your projects; don’t worry, it’s only temporary. How you manage your mind will affect the eventual outcome. Soul Affirmation: The deed is done. I must wait for the results to unfold. Lucky Numbers: 10, 18, 39 TAURUS Your new ideas combine well with your will and skill. You get a lot done at work this week. Be soft and forceful. Make time for family life this week. Your rewards come from those who are related to you by blood. Soul Affirmation: I let positive emotions carry me through the week. Lucky Numbers: 6, 22, 36 GEMINI If there is someone or something that you’re avoiding, don’t panic if you find you must confront what you’ve been hiding from. Wait for things to work themselves out. Don’t force the issue. Time solves more problems than you ever can. Soul Affirmation: I seek connection with the best that is in me. Lucky Numbers: 18, 23, 29 CANCER Be flexible. Yes, you. There are many ways to be right and your lover or friend will have come up with one that is different from yours. You’ll be asked to compromise this week or you just have to give in. Remember you sometimes have to give a little to get a little. Soul Affirmation: I see myself as a finisher rather than a starter this week. Lucky Numbers: 11, 24, 29 LEO Center yourself at every opportunity during this busy week and keep your quest for emotional and spiritual balance in the forefront. Make an effort to take your time; that way you’ll recognize opportunity from impulse-control problems immediately. Soul Affirmation: My spirit gives me limitless possibilities. Lucky Numbers: 12, 23, 36 VIRGO Happiness arrives and sits on your shoulder like a bright butterfly this week. A relationship can make significant progress if you stay open to love. Keep your evening free for romance in a social setting. Soul Affirmation: I give thanks for who I am this week. Lucky Numbers: 15, 22, 44 LIBRA Take charge of a project at work and get it finished. It’s been languishing on someone else’s shoulders and desk for way too long. A sensible outlook will get you far this week. Forget about all grudges and move forward in love. Soul Affirmation: My hunches work well for me this week. Lucky Numbers: 7, 12, 48 SCORPIO You may find yourself faced with many distractions this week but you’ll sail through and accomplish much if you stay focused on each task and take them one at a time. You know you can do it this evening. Soul Affirmation: Money opens doors for friendship to enter. Lucky Numbers: 3, 32, 46 SAGITTARIUS Creativity is favored and yours is especially favored with some project on which you have been working. For the next few days watch for a romance that will bring special gifts. Soul Affirmation: I care deeply about the feelings of others. Lucky Numbers: 14, 17, 29 CAPRICORN Before you spend your money check the quality of the goods. This rule applies to intangible goods as well. Make the first move with your honey this week. Be sweetly aggressive. Soul Affirmation: The enjoyment of good food is high on my agenda this week. Lucky Numbers: 21, 34, 45 AQUARIUS Let your creative juices flow. Advice from a child has a reward in it. On the job, coworkers will help you expand your sense of accomplishment. Only you can stand in your way. Never underestimate the power of silence. Soul Affirmation: I enjoy learning new things about myself this week. Lucky Numbers: 16, 35, 40 PISCES Opportunity knocks this week, be ready and waiting. An old love resurfaces. This week is good for you financially. Look for a special opportunity at work. Family matters, so spend time with yours. Soul Affirmation: I let myself experience my true ambitions this week. Lucky Numbers: 19, 30, 40
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“Memoirs of an Elf”
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Your mom and dad take their jobs very seriously. They get to work on time, and they do a good job. Sometimes they might even stay late to finish a project because it’s important to be responsible. That’s a lesson they’ve taught you because you take your around-the-house jobs seriously, too. You always do your chores right because people depend on you. But in the new book “Memoirs of an Elf ” by Devin Scillian, which is illustrated by Tim Bowers, an important job is done correctly because Christmas depends on it! It’s Christmas Eve, a quarter to 10, and Spark Elf is getting antsy. In just two hours, he and his fellow elves Bobbin and Nutshell will help Santa deliver presents. The reindeer are ready, the sleigh is full, and because he feels “so good,” Spark snaps an elfie. At quarter to 11, with an hour to go, it starts to snow, and that makes Spark really happy. It would make him even happier if Santa would hurry up. Santa says Spark worries too much. And then it’s “launch time!” Guam and Fiji are first for gift delivery, followed by New Zealand. Santa starts singing his favorite Christmas carol, and he stops to pet every dog. Santa loves dogs, and they love him. But that takes time, and there’s
none to spare. As Santa plays with a puppy named Tugboat, Spark says it’s time to go. At halfway around the world and with the bag half-empty, the sleigh starts falling behind. Santa needs to step it up, but he’s too busy enjoying the cookies that kids have left for him. Santa loves cookies – except ginger snaps. Those are the ones he gives to Spark, Bobbin, and Nutshell. Spark would love it if you’d leave more ginger snaps. With nine hours to go, they finish Mexico City. Four hours to go, and they’re done with South America, so Santa takes a minute to play with the toys. Spark urges him to hurry. It’s almost Christmas morning. And with a half-hour to go, they finish! But there’s something left in Santa’s sack. It’s something very important that someone will miss very, very much. Can St. Nick save Christmas in the nick of time? Oh my, but there’s all kinds of cute inside “Memoirs of an Elf.” Spark Elf may be my new Christmas hero, in fact, because author Scillian gives him a Type-A personality mixed with just the right kind of holiday sweetness. Spark is businesslike and efficient, yet he still appreciates the tiny things that make the Yule cool. And he’s eager to share secrets with kids who are lucky enough to have this book. But Spark isn’t the only irresistible thing here: I was totally charmed by the illustrations from Bowers. They made me want to read this book all over again. This is not your traditional Christmas story, but reading it surely could become a new tradition for your family. It’s meant for children ages 5 to 10, but “Memoirs of an Elf ” is serious fun for anyone. WI
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Washington Wizards Defeat Denver Nuggets, 119-89 Washington Wizards forward Kris Humphries drives past Denver Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried during the third quarter of National Basketball Association action on Friday, Dec. 5, at the Verizon Center in Northwest. The Wizards defeated the Nuggets, 119-89. /Photo by John E. De Freitas
Halftime basketball entertainment for the Washington-Denver basketball game was provided by youth basketball clubs Team Takeover and the United Fire on Friday, Dec. 5, at the Verizon Center in Northwest. /Photo by John E. De Freitas
Wizards forward Nene uses his height to shoot over Denver defenders during the third quarter of NBA action on Friday, Dec. 5, at the Verizon Center in Northwest. The Wizards defeated the Nuggets, 119-89. /Photo by John E. De Freitas
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The Washington Nationals hold a wealth of talent, and, as team executives landed in San Diego on Sunday, Dec. 7, for baseball’s winter meetings, general manager Mike Rizzo faced a holiday season shopping dilemma. What do you get someone – or in this case a team – who already has so much? “There’s nothing off the table,” Rizzo, 53, said prior to meetings, which wrap up on Thursday, Dec. 11. “There [are] no restrictions. We’re going to make good, prudent baseball moves regardless of payroll.” Even though Washington, which won the National League’s Eastern Division going away in 2014, don’t have a desperate need to fill any particular hole in its lineup, Rizzo still went into the winter trade and freeagent signing fiesta with a to-do list that mostly focused on the future beyond the upcoming season, said Danny Garrison of the Bleacher Report. While young stars like Bryce Harper and Stephen Strasburg are virtually untouchable, the clock’s ticking on all-star caliber starters Jordan Zimmermann and Doug Fister, whose contracts are set to expire in a year, and this winter appears to be the right time to ink either one or both of them to extensions – or use them as trade bait. As currently constituted, the Nationals have arguably the strongest The Washington Informer
rotation of starters in the major leagues, and Zimmermann and Fister proved vital to that success in 2014, Garrison said. Only three teams had multiple pitchers finish in the top 10 for ERA in the National League, and Zimmermann and Fister put Washington on that list. “The last thing Washington needs is change on the starting pitcher front, but everything has a price,” Garrison said. USA Today recently reported that Rizzo would be open to hearing trade offers for both Zimmermann and Fister, but only if they get a strong return. “There’s also the matter of second base, the most obvious position at which Washington could use an upgrade if the deal is right,” Garrison said. The Nationals could also find themselves kicking the tires on bullpen help. With Drew Storen stepping into the closer role, a free agent reliever could serve as a setup man or a contingency plan should Storen’s postseason struggles carry over into this year. To upgrade at second base, the Nationals could look to the New York Mets, their division rival, who previously dangled Daniel Murphy. However, indications are that New York isn’t inclined any longer to deal Murphy, a pure hitter who leaves little to be desired on defense. They could also look to the Chicago Cubs, who possess a surplus of young and talented middle infielders,
including Starlin Castro, Addison Russell and Javier Baez. “But if Rizzo is to gauge the value of any of these options at second base, it would be more out of doing his due diligence than a burning desire to bring any of them in,” Garrison said. The Nationals could also look to capitalize on the other New York team’s recent fortune by signing closer David Robertson, a free agent who may not return to the Yankees this winter after the Bronx Bombers signed lefty reliever Andrew Miller, who proved dominant in recent stints for the Baltimore Orioles and Boston Red Sox. Storen will serve as Washington’s closer for the upcoming season, but USA Today’s Gabe Lacques did list the nation’s capital as a potential landing spot for Robertson in a preview of free agent relief pitchers. Others on Lacques’ list included Francisco Rodriguez, Casey Janssen and Sergio Romo, all of whom should be in conversations during the winter meetings. Lacques said, however, that any signing would be used as a setup man for Storen. “We like the team we have. We think we have a good nucleus of the roster set up that puts us in position to be a 90ish-win team,” Rizzo said. “But I say this all of the time, and it’s redundant. We always have to look forward. I’m not doing my job as a caretaker of this franchise if I’m just looking at 2015, and in 2016 we lose six players.”WI
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The District of Columbia without Marion Barry
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My sister, Ernestine Grant, texted me from Kinston, North Carolina, the other day. “How do you define D.C. without Marion Barry?” she wanted to know. I have been wondering the same thing. Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014 will go down in history as the day the District of Columbia lost its most beloved leader, Marion Barry, the city’s “Mayor for Life.” There have been many tributes for Barry since his death. Residents from every area of the city have expressed their grief. It seems that everywhere people are heartbroken that the man who made himself a friend to the downtrodden can no longer make a comeback. Mr. Barry is gone, but he leaves a rich legacy. He was responsible for untold thousands getting their first job experience through his summer jobs program. He is credited with creating a local black middle class by making sure that African-Americans had access to well-paying jobs with benefits. He also worked to make sure that those with the least were not left behind. He also faced challenges, and those will be recorded in history along with his victories. He will no longer walk among us, but our memories of him will last forever. I often refer in this column to the Bible verse James 4:14 – “How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog – it’s here a little while, then it’s gone.” Mr. Barry lived his life to the fullest. At age 78, he was still ac-
tive. Though he had some health challenges, he was still moving around his beloved city, keeping in constant touch with the people he loved so much and who loved him. He walked slower and was sometimes aided by a wheelchair or a cane, but he was still out there making contact with the people. Mr. Barry gave of himself completely. He offered knowledge to the young. He offered help to the needy. He offered assistance to seniors. After a close friend donated a kidney to him after he suffered kidney failure in 2009, he took up organ donation as a cause. Mr. Barry worked to make sure local residents knew the importance of staying healthy, but also of being willing to donate an organ or tissue to help someone in desperate need of a transplant. “I knew organ donation was important, but you don’t understand just how important the need is until it touches you or a close family or friend,” the four-term mayor said. “I am thankful to have found a living donor – one who was generous and selfless enough to give of herself to help save my life. My goal is to raise awareness of the importance of organ donation in hopes of helping others who are in need.” In an interview in February on my weekly radio show, Mr. Barry spoke from an undisclosed physical rehabilitation center where he was undergoing treatment. “I have a 77-year-old body,” Barry said. “I’m lucky to be alive.” He discussed his legacy – the young people he’d put to work,
with Lyndia Grant the senior programs he’d established and the economic development that his administrations spurred. He talked about the problems associated with gentrification and identified what his priorities would be if he were still mayor: finding housing and jobs for people so that they could remain in the city. I didn’t know it at the time, but having him on my show gave me an opportunity to thank Mr. Barry for the work he had done. He summed up his legacy in a simple sentence. “I’ve helped a lot of people,” Barry said proudly. That will go down in history, as well. WI Lyndia Grant is an author, inspirational and motivational speaker, radio talk show host and columnist. You can reach her at her website, www.lyndiagrant.com, or at 202-5183192. Tune in Fridays at 6 p.m. for her show, “Think on These Things,” on WYCB 1340 AM, a Radio One station.
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Pilgrim Baptist Church
Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Pilgrim Baptist Church
The Reverend Lyndon Shakespeare Interim Priest Foggy Bottom • Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW • Washington, DC 20037 Church office: 202-333-3985 • Fax : 202-338-4958 Worship Services Sundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Music and Hymns Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy Eucharist www.stmarysfoggybottom.org Email: stmarysoffice@stmarysfoggybottom.org
Rev. Louis B. Jones II Pastor
Schedule of Services: Sunday School – 9:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service – 11:00 AM Communion Service – First Sunday Prayer Service/Bible Study – Tuesday, 6:30 PM www.blessedwordoflifechurch.org e-mail: church@blessedwordoflifechurch.org
Worship Sundays @ 7:30 & 11:00 A.M. 5th Sundays @ 9:30 A.M. 3rd Sundays: Baptism & Holy Communion Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @ Noon & 6:30 P.M.
Schedule of Service Sunday Service: 8:30 AM & 11:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM Communion Service: First Sunday www.livingwatersmd.org
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Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ Drs. Dennis W. and Christine Y. Wiley, Pastors 3845 South Capitol Street Washington, DC 20032 (202) 562-5576 (Office) (202) 562-4219 (Fax) SERVICES AND TIMES: SUNDAYS: 10:00 am AM Worship Services BIBLE STUDY: Wonderful Wednesdays in Worship and the Word Bible Study Wednesdays 12:00 Noon; 6:30 PM (dinner @ 5:30 PM) SUNDAY SCHOOL: 9:00 AM – Hour of Power “An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and affirmed.” www.covenantbaptistdc.org
Twelfth Street Christian Church
Campbell AME Church Reverend Daryl K. Kearney, Pastor
(Disciples of Christ) 1812 12th Street, NW Washington, DC 20009 Phone: 202-265-4494 Fax: 202 265 4340
2562 MLK Jr. Ave., S E Washington, DC 20020 Adm. Office 202-678-2263 Email:Campbell@mycame.org Sunday Worship Service 10: am Sunday Church School 8: 45 am Bible Study Wednesday 12:00 Noon Wednesday 7:00 pm Thursday 7: pm “Reaching Up To Reach Out”
Sunday Worship Service 8:00am and 11:00am Sunday School 9:15am Holy Communion 4th Sunday 10:00am Prayer and Bible Study Wednesday 7;00pm TV Ministry –Channel 6 Wednesday 10:00pm gsccm.administration@verizon.net
Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. Bishop 5757 Temple Hill Road, Temple Hills, MD 20748 Office 301-899-8885 – fax 301-899-2555 Sunday Early Morning Worship - 7:45 a.m. Church School - 9:30 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship – 10:45 a.m. Tuesday – Thursday - Kingdom Building Bible Institute – 7:30 p.m. Wednesday – Prayer/Praise/Bible Study – 7:30 p.m. Baptism & Communion Service- 4th Sunday – 10:30am Radio Broadcast WYCB -1340 AM-Sunday -6:00pm T.V. Broadcast - Channel 190 – Sunday -4:00pm/Tuesday 7:00am
“We are one in the Spirit” www.ssbc5757.org e-mail: ssbc5757@verizon.net
Rev. Dr. Michael E. Bell, Sr., • Pastor 2498 Alabama Ave., SE • Washington D.C. 20020 Office: (202) 889-7296 Fax: (202) 889-2198 • www.acamec.org 2008: The Year of New Beginnings “Expect the Extraordinary”
Crusader Baptist Church
Sunday Morning Worship 11:00am Holy Communion – 1st Sunday Sunday School-9:45am Men’s Monday Bible Study – 7:00pm Wednesday Night Bible Study – 7:00pm Women’s Ministry Bible Study 3rd Friday -7:00pm Computer Classes- Announced Family and Marital Counseling by appointment E-mail: Crusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org
“The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church”
“God is Love”
Rev. Cheryl J. Sanders, Th.D. Senior Pastor 1204 Third Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202.347.5889 office 202.638.1803 fax Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Prayer Meeting and Bible Study: Wed. 7:30 p.m. “Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital” www.thirdstreet.org
Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews • Senior Pastor 1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 Fax: (202) 526-1661
Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan, Pastor 800 I Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 202-548-0707 Fax No. 202-548-0703
Sunday Worship Services: 8:00a.m. and 11:00a.m. Sunday Church School - 9:15a.m. & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study - 10:30a.m. 2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study - 10:00a.m. Tuesday Topical Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Wednesday Children’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Thursday Men’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service - 6:30p.m. Saturday Adult Bible Study - 10:00a.m.
Third Street Church of God
Isle of Patmos Baptist Church
Sunday Worship Services: 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion: 2nd Sunday at 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday Church School: 9:20 a.m. Seniors Bible Study: Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. Noon Day Prayer Service: Tuesdays at Noon Bible Study: Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Motto: “A Ministry of Reconciliation Where Everybody is Somebody!” Website: http://isleofpatmosbc.org Church Email: ipbcsecretary@verizon.net
Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr.; Senior Bishop & Evangelist Susie C. Owens – Co-Pastor 610 Rhode Island Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 529-4547 office • (202) 529-4495 fax Sunday Worship Service: 8 AM and 10:45 AM Sunday Youth Worship Services: 1st & 4th 10:45 AM; 804 R.I. Ave., NE 5th 8 AM & 10:45 AM; Main Church Prayer Services Tuesday – Noon, Wednesday 6 AM & 6:30 PM Calvary Bible Institute: Year-Round Contact Church Communion Every 3rd Sunday The Church in The Hood that will do you Good! www.gmchc.org emailus@gmchc.org
ST Marks Baptist Come Worship with us... St. Mark's Baptist Church 624 Underwood Street, NW Washington, dc 20011 Dr. Raymond T. Matthews, Pastor and First Lady Marcia Matthews Sunday School 9:am Worship Service 10:am Wed. Noon Day prayer service Thur. Prayer service 6:45 pm Thur. Bible Study 7:15 pm
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Service and Times Sunday Worship Service 11:00 a.m. Communion every Sunday 11:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Bible Study Tuesday 12Noon Pastor’s Bible Study Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Motto; “Discover Something Wonderful.” Website: 12thscc.org Email: Twelfthstcc@aol.com
Mount Carmel Baptist Church
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
5101 14th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20011 202-726-2220/ 202-726-9089
St. Stephen Baptist Church
Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church
Reverend Dr. Paul H. Saddler Senior Pastor
Mailing Address Campbell AME Church 2502 Stanton Road SE Washington, DC 20020
Rev. John W. Davis, Pastor
4915 Wheeler Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-894-6464
Blessed Word of Life Church
4001 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 265-6147 Office 1-800 576-1047 Voicemail/Fax
Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor Harold Andrew, Assistant Pastor
700 I Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002 (202) 547-8849
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Church of Living Waters
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Joseph N. Evans, Ph.D Senior Pastor 901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423 Sunday Church School : 9: 30am Sunday Morning Worship: 10: 45am Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00pm Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00pm Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10: 45am themcbc.org
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All Nations Baptist Church
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Israel Baptist Church
4850 Blagdon Ave, NW • Washington D.C 20011 Phone (202) 722-4940 • Fax (202) 291-3773
1251 Saratoga Ave., NE Washington, DC 20018 (202) 269-0288
Rev. Aubrey C. Lewis Pastor 1415 Gallatin Street, NW Washington, DC 20011-3851 P: (202) 726-5940 Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Sunday School: 9:15 a.m. Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun. Bible Institute Wednesday - 1:30 pm Prayer Meeting Wednesday - 12:00 Noon
2324 Ontario Road, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 232-1730
2001 North Capitol St, N.E. • Washington, DC 20002 Phone (202) 832-9591
Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr. Pastor
St. Luke Baptist Church
Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor
Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor
Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor
Sunday Worship Service 10:15AM- Praise and Worship Services Sunday School 9:00am Monday: Noon Bible School Wednesday: Noon & 7PM: Pastor’s Bible Study Ordinance of Baptism 2nd Holy Communion 4th Sunday Mission Zion Baptist Church Shall; Enlist Sinners, Educate Students, Empower the Suffering, Encourage the Saints, and Exalt Our Savior. (Acts 2:41-47) www.zionbaptistchurchdc.org
King Emmanuel Baptist Church
Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 A.M. Sunday School: 8:30 A.M. Holy Communion1st Sunday: 10:00 A.M. Prayer Service: Wednesday at 6:30 P.M. Bible Study: Wednesday at 7:00 P.M.
Mount Moriah Baptist Church Dr. Lucius M. Dalton, Senior Pastor 1636 East Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20003 Telephone: 202-544-5588 Fax: 202-544-2964 Sunday Worship Services: 7:45 am and 10:45 am Holy Communion: 1st Sundays at 7:45 am and 10:45 am Sunday School: 9:30 am Prayer & Praise Service: Tuesdays at 12 noon and 6:30 pm Bible Study: Tuesdays at 1 pm and 7 pm Youth Bible Study: Fridays at 7 pm
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Rev. Dr. Maxwell M. Washington Pastor Worshiping Location Knights of Columbus - 1633 Tucker Road Fort Washington, MD 20744 (240) 838-7074 Order of Services Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 am Sunday School: 9:00 am Holy Communion 3rd Sunday Morning Prayer / Bible Study: 6:15 pm - 7:20 pm (Tuesday)
Rev. Dr. Clinton W. Austin Pastor 2409 Ainger Pl.,SE – WDC 20020 (202) 678-0884 – Office (202) 678-0885 – Fax “Come Grow With Us and Establish a Blessed Family” Sunday Worship 7:30am & 10:45am Baptism/Holy Communion 3rd Sunday Family Bible Study Tuesdays – 6:30pm Prayer Service Tuesdays – 8:00pm www.emmanuelbaptistchurchdc.org
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Salem Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert SR. Pastor
623 Florida Ave.. NW • WDC. 20001 Church (202) 667-3409 • Study (202) 265-0836 Home Study (301) 464-8211 • Fax (202) 483-4009
4504 Gault Place, N.E. Washington, D.C 20019 202-397-7775 – 7184
Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 a.m. Sunday Church School: 8:45 – 9:45 a.m. Holy Communion: Every First Sunday Intercessory Prayer: Monday – 7:00-8:00 p.m. Pastor’s Bible Study: Wednesday –7:45 p.m. Midweek Prayer: Wednesday – 7:00 p.m. Noonday Prayer Every Thursday
9:30AM. Sunday Church School 11:00 Am. Sunday Worship Service The Lord’s Supper 1st Sunday Wednesday 7:00pm Prayer & Praise Services 7:30pm. Bible Study Saturday before 4th Sunday Men, Women, Youth Discipleship Ministries 10:30am A Christ Centered Church htubc@comcast.net
Matthews Memorial Baptist Church
Christ Embassy DC
Elder Herman L. Simms, Pastor
2616 MLK Ave., SE • Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 • Fax 202-678-3304
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Early Worship Service 7:30a.m Worship Service 10:45a.m. New Members Class 9:30a.m. Holy Communion : 1st Sunday -10:45a.m Church School 9:30a.m. Prayer, Praise and Bible Study: Wednesday 7p.m Bible Study : Saturday: 11a.m. Baptism: 4th Sunday – 10:45a.m “Empowered to love and Challenged to Lead a Multitude of Souls to Christ”
Sunday Worship Service 10:00 A.M.
Sunday Apostolic Worship Services 11:00 A.M and 5:00 P.M Communion and Feet Wash 4th Sunday at 5:00 P.M
Apostolic in Doctrine, Pentecostal in Experience, Holiness in Living, Uncompromised and Unchanged. The Apostolic Faith is still alive –Acts 2:42
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Rev. Alonzo Hart Pastor
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Probate Division
Probate Division
Probate Division
Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
Administration Number 2014 ADM 1238
Administration No. 2014 ADM 1175
Estate of
Mary Alva Grays
Lillie I. Mann aka Lillie Ivy Mann
Decedent
Deceased
NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE
Administration No. 2014 ADM 1196 Brenda Louise Dorsett Decedent Peter D. Antonopolos, Esq.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS
1725 DeSales Street, NW, Suite 600
AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
Washington, DC 20036 Attorney
Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Kemberly Joi Mann for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal representative. Unless a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth.
In the absence of a will or proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution, enter and order determining that the decedent died intestate.
Appoint an unsupervised personal representative.
Exclude the testamentary writing dated January 17, 1974.
Carol Coates, whose address is 2931 Cedarwood Lane, Dunkirk, MD 20754, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Mary Alva Grays, who died on March 3, 2014 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall
December 4, 2014
AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS LaSean Denise Young, whose address is 3441 Blakely Street, Waldorf, MD 20603, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Brenda Louise Dorsett, who died on August 13, 2009 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs
be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street,
and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter
N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001,
their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such
on or before June 4, 2015. Claims against the decedent
appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills,
shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the
D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor
Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with
Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before June 4, 2015.
a copy to the undersigned, on or before June 4, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address
Date of first publication:
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS
and relationship.
Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before June 4, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.
Date of first publication: December 4, 2014
Date of first publication: December 4, 2014
Petitioner/Attorney:
Carol Coates
Kemberly Joi Mann
Personal Representative
LaSean Denise Young Personal Representative
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Anne Meister
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Administration No. 2014 ADM 1211 Robert Lee Rodgers Decedent
Administration No. 2014 ADM 874 Robert William Doyle, Jr. Decedent
Jennifer E. Loud, Esquire The Loud Law Firm
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS
7826 Eastern Avenue, NW, Suite 410
AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
Washington, DC 20012 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
Debra Lynn Long-Doyle, whose address is 1120 East Capitol Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Robert William Doyle, Jr., who died on May 18, 2014
LaVerne Rodgers, whose address is 707 Faraday Place,
with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision.
NE, Washington, DC 20017, was appointed Personal
All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are
Representative of the estate of Robert Lee Rodgers, who
unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.
died on November 23, 2013 without a Will, and will
Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of
serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor
decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before June 11, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the
Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before June 4, 2015.
undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed
Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the
with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned,
undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed
on or before June 11, 2015, or be forever barred.
with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned,
Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent
on or before June 4, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons
who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25
believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication:
days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication:
Debra Lynn Long-Doyle Personal Representative
Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister
TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister
Register of Wills
Register of Wills
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ship Conference on Civil Rights, Institute for Policy Studies, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, and Hip-Hop Caucus. The goal of the march will be to seek additional protection from Congress and the Department of Justice. We want the Justice Department to deploy federal special prosecutors to take over cases of black Americans being killed by police officers. We should work with members of the Congressional Black Caucus to craft the appropriate legislation and remedies that should be adopted into law. The issues of racial profiling, police use of deadly force, prosecutorial misconduct,
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course, stuck to the old tattered script that blacks must always be blamed for their oppression. Among them was Charles Barkley, who’s become embarrassingly eager to use his basketball fame to become conservatives’ latest “Magic Negro.” But the shock and anger that the decision immediately provoked may yet lead to undermining the tradition that lets cops who kill unjustifiably escape responsibility for their actions. One reason for this hope is the recent tragic and infuriating series of police killing, wounding or accosting unarmed black Americans in questionable circumstances. Those tragedies were shockingly underscored by two police killings that bracketed the decision of the Ferguson, Missouri, grand jury not to indict the police officer who killed Michael Brown. The first was the killing of Akai Gurley, a 28-year-old New
EDELMAN continued from Page 18 and when she explained she couldn’t afford the test fees — by then her mother was working three jobs just to keep the family afloat — he wrote a check and put her in contact with the National Scholarship Service and Fund for Negro Students, an organization that matched black students with colleges willing to provide them financial aid. She was accepted to Wheaton, a small women’s liberal arts college in Massachusetts. Her trip to the quiet New England campus was her first time out of Virginia. Wheaton paved the way for her later success and was also the place
inadequate police training, video cameras on police officers, and grand jury injustice all are matters that require systemic change. Yes, marching does make a difference in particular if it leads to both a change in how laws are established and enforced with transparency and equal justice. In his book, “Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. warned, “The persistence of racism in depth and the dawning awareness that Negro demands will necessitate structural changes in society have generated a new phase of white resistance in North and South.” It is ironic, although some will say it is providential, that 47 years after Dr. King’s prophetic
words, the persistence of racism in America continues with a majority of white Americans living in what Rev. Joe Lowery calls the 51st state – the state of denial. Yet younger Americans – black, white, Latino, Asian, and Native – are jointly protesting racially motivated police killings. I agree that attaining equal justice today requires more marches and demonstrations. But, as always, they represent a great start. WI
Yorker, who, leaving a friend’s apartment in a New York City housing project, happened to step into its unlit stairway at the moment a rookie New York City cop was ascending it with, police officials have said, his gun drawn for no apparent reason. As soon as Gurley opened the door to the stairway, the cop fired, killing him. The second incident was a Cleveland police officer’s shooting to death 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was playing in his neighborhood’s playground while waving a realistic-looking toy gun. The cop, whom official police records show shot the boy two seconds after arriving at the park, was later found to have compiled a record of serious emotional instability at his previous police force job that should have disqualified him for police work anywhere. That the Cleveland police force has a host of problems that reach far beyond this one officer was the subject of a scathing study of its practices the federal
Department of Justice released last week as well. It declared that the department’s effectiveness and reputation were undermined by a pattern of “excessive use of deadly force, including shootings and head strikes with impact weapons” and the “employment of poor and dangerous tactics that place officers in situations where avoidable force becomes inevitable.” There’s been significant recent evidence that whites and Latinos, too, don’t completely escape being physically brutalized by individual cops, either, while their superiors look the other way. But now the greater visibility of incidents of unjustifiable police violence against blacks and of reports that find it’s driven by an institutional culture as well as individuals’ pathologies should make one thing obvious: it’s time for the “two traditions” to end. WI
where, she said, “I began to understand that real diversity can’t just be cosmetic. Real diversity is about affording all community members the respect and dignity they deserve.” She experienced being encouraged by an adviser to apply for a summer camp job where black students were hired only as busboys or maids and being required to take train trips to visit Boston museums as part of an art history class — extra expenses not covered by financial aid or her own means. Worst, she said, was how often she was simply made to feel like an outsider, without ever receiving recognition or welcome for having a different perspective. At Harvard Law School, all of
the “micro aggressions” she’d felt in college because of race and class were compounded even more as one of the small minority of female law students. She explained, “Being marginalized in multiple ways was unbelievably hard. Years after I graduated from Harvard, Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw, another Harvard Law grad, wrote a brilliant article which put a name —intersectionality — on the problem that I experienced. In her article, Crenshaw explains that ‘the intersectional experience may be greater than the sum of racism and sexism.’ Each of us enjoys a mix of privileges and burdens that overlay in complex ways. This truth simply highlights the dedication and nuance with which institutions have
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MALVEAUX continued from Page 19 ma, and a heart condition, and was so obese, almost definitely he would not have died from this,” King told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. King fails to note that use of the chokehold was banned by New York Police Department rules in 1993. Instead, there is no shame, no condolence, in his insensitivity and ignorance. Can’t breathe. Whether he is svelte or obese, carrying a briefcase or a bag of skittles, wearing a Hermes suit or a hoodie, behaving respectfully or rudely, a black man’s safety cannot be guaranteed, especially when a white police officer is involved. The mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts and wives of these men hold their breath, cannot breathe, except to pray for the safety of their loved ones. Would the sys-
MORIAL continued from Page 19 counseling … and know how to be responsible homeowners – those can mitigate the perceived increased risk.” Forty years of National Urban League housing counseling experience and independent research indicate that borrowers who receive housing counseling services are one-third less likely to be seriously delinquent on their mortgage than non-counseled borrowers. We have seen firsthand how housing counseling benefits borrowers, lenders, Fannie and Freddie, and communities. Nearly 50 of the National Urban League’s 95 affiliates provide home buyer education
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“The Million Man March could not have happened in any other city at any other time than when Marion Barry was mayor” of Washington, Minister Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam and convener of the Million Man March, said at the service. The results of the march were astounding, he pointed out – 25,000 children adopted, 1 million new voters registered – not to mention the enormous pride it generated. While it so affected the atmosphere, there was not one single arrest in Washington that day! In this world, when you do good for the masses, such as was done routinely by Barry, you are not loved by those who suck the blood of those very same masses, Farrakhan pointed out. So, a whole lot of folks, accustomed to having their way around Washington, were very upset with this man Marion BarThe Washington Informer
tem be fairer if a white man walking down Park Avenue had the same fears? Would the protests look different if those who were massacred looked different? Can’t breathe. A metaphor for the African-American condition, juggling the space between hopes and despair, between progress and regress. Who would have thought police violence against African-American men would so visibly escalate at a time when our nation’s leader is an African-American man. Can President Obama breathe, or is he in a figurative chokehold when he parses words about the murders of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, and little Tamir Rice? Our president faced protest when he criticized James Crowley, the police officer who arrested Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. on his own front steps in 2009. Now, he offers measured words in
response to the outrageousness of grand jury failure to indict. Attorney General Eric H. Holder has been somewhat less measured in his comments. The day after the Staten Island grand jury exonerated Daniel Panaleo for his murder of Garner, Attorney General Holder announced Department of Justice findings of excessive force by the Cleveland police. Perhaps the Cleveland consent decree will be a first step toward cleaning up excessive police action around the country. Garner did not have to die. He did not have to stop breathing. Did his last breath bring life to a movement, or did he gasp that last breath in vain?WI
to ensure communities of color are well-informed of their housing rights and options. Since 2008, we have provided pre- and post-purchase counseling to nearly 180,000 clients. Watt has been rolling out this policy for several months. On Oct. 20, he told the Mortgage Bankers Association annual meeting, “To increase access for creditworthy but lower-wealth borrowers, FHFA is also working with the Enterprises [Fannie and Freddie] to develop sensible and responsible guidelines for mortgages with loan-to-value ratios between 95 and 97 percent. Through these revised guidelines, we believe that the Enterprises will be able to responsibly serve a targeted segment of cred-
itworthy borrowers with lower-down payment mortgages by taking into account compensating factors. It is yet another much needed piece to the broader-access-to-credit puzzle.” Watt recognizes that low down payments did not cause the housing crisis, but that irresponsible products and predatory lending did. Lowering Fannie and Freddie down payment requirements will allow tens of thousands of African-Americans, Latinos and working-class Americans to purchase lower-cost mortgages and become homeowners. That is good for our communities and good for America. WI
ry, Mayor for Life, Mayor Forever, who would enter an important meeting with a roomful of important and wealthy businesspeople, look around the room, notice that there were few Black associates at the table, tell the assembly that they didn’t have enough Blacks on their staffs and that they should get back to him when they’d done better, and then walk out of the meeting. When he took office in D.C. in 1979, the percentage of District government contracts that went to non-White businesses was a dismal 3 percent – the same level of “minority” business contracts in New York City today. When Barry left office, that level had climbed to 50 percent. Yet, like Mahatma Ghandi, like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., when he died, he had no estate to pass on to his heirs. Barry made a lot of people wealthy in his 40 years of public service in D.C., but he never took any of it for himself. His was a “pure spirit,” his wife,
Cora Masters Barry, said. Too many people looked and only saw him on the physical plane, the gritty, flawed, fullof-mistakes, physical, political plane, never noticing the towering intellectual plane on which he was also an important figure and certainly never even contemplating the vast spiritual plane on which he was simply “pure.” Now he has transcended, and his “pure spirit” is forever a “free spirit.” May The Almighty Creator be pleased with his servant Marion S. Barry Jr., who’s gone home for his reward. Mayor for Life. Mayor Forever.WI
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