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Let’s Work Toward Keeping Dr. King’s Dream Alive

D.C.’s Second National Women’s Day March Challenges Status Quo

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Martin Luther King III: Walking in his Father’s Huge Footsteps

By Lauren Poteat WI Contributing Writer

By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer

Thousands of people again converged on D.C. over the weekend for the second National Women’s Day March, a women-led movement that advocates for a range of issues, including ending violence against women, LGBT rights, immigrant rights and environmental justice. Brightly dressed in hot pink “pussyhats” — a reference to Donald Trump’s lewd remarks about grabbing women by the genitals in a 2005 recording — participants began the Jan. 20 march with a rally at Lincoln Memorial and ended at the White House. “This could not have come soon enough,” said Susan Booker, who came from New York to participate. “This same march 4 A protestor holds a sign is happening in New York as we at the Lincoln Memorial to speak, but I couldn’t stay there to rally before the 2nd Annual protest. I had to be near the White Women’s March in WashHouse, where all of the law makers ington DC celebrating reside and them know our voices women’s rights on January

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District Leads Nation in Black Male Achievement By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer

5 Members of the Campaign for Black Male Achievement [CBMA] are joined by several of their mentees during the recent release of a report that shows a marked increase in investment of and action benefiting Black men and boys in U.S. cities, despite a decrease of federal support. The report highlights progress made in the District in its efforts to increase investment in Black achievement. /Photo courtesy CBMA

A new report released Tuesday highlights the District for its progress in scaling investment in Black male achievement. Released by the Campaign for Black Male Achievement (CBMA), the report reveals increased investment and action in Black men and boys in cities across the country — even as federal support wanes. The report also outlined clear action steps for cities to make further strides. The Black Male Achievement City Index first launched in 2015

and the latest report revealed a 62 percent higher level of engagement for advancing Black male achievement across all 50 cities. The report, titled “Promise of Place: Building Beloved Communities for Black Men and Boys,” and the Black Male Achievement Index was presented by stakeholders who included Sheba Rogers, the Promise of Place program manager for the campaign; Shawn Dove, CEO of the CBMA; Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock and Anthony Smith, executive director of Cities United. “There’s progress,” Rogers said.

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Martin Luther King III, the eldest son of the late civil rights legend and Coretta Scott King, was just a few months shy of 11 years old when his father was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968. He went on to graduate from Morehouse College with a bachelor’s degree in political science. Among the many high-profile roles King has since taken on are community activist, county commissioner and president of the Southern Christian Leadership Council, the organization that his father served as its first president. Like his father, King has led protest marches and has convened police brutality hearings. “There’s a barbaric mentality today with police shootings of African Americans, but all of that can change when people rise up which is why I applaud Black Lives Matter,” King said. “One of the things we’ve not done in the past is mobilize people, different groups and this election coming up in November is important because we need a stopgap in Congress because this president doesn’t have an understanding of what goes on in communities of color. “Right now the Republicans have the presidency, the House and the Senate,” he said. “But this coming election creates prospects of one or both houses being flipped to people who would have some sensitivity to these issues.” King, the recipient of the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s

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Celebrating 53 Years of Service / Serving More Than 50,000 African American Readers Throughout The Metropolitan Area

Now Published by Dr. Charles Vincent

Her Legacy Continues.

In memory of Mickey Thompson Vincent, Founder and Publisher.

Dr. Charles & “Mickey” Vincent

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Black and Bling Fete: The Capital City Links “On Stage”!

Gregory Ashby and Regina Dillard Ashby (Silver Spring Link)

L-R Sharon Harley (Arlington Link) and Sheila Harley Washington (Metropolitan Link) Back L-R Bill Lewis and Bill Washington

Phyllis Caudle Green (Pres. Capital City Links) with City Council Members Brandon Todd (Ward 4) and Robert C.

Julia Pollard (Arlington Link), Angela Moody (Pres. EDL Assoc), and Lavern Chatman (Arlington Link and Arena Stage Board Member)

Debbi Jarvis (PEPCO) with Husband Ernie Jarvis.

(L-R) Carla Harmon, Cami Mazard (Capital City Link), Dr. Clayton Lawrence (LEAP Foundation), and Anne Selee.

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Links Guests

Judith Batty (Arena Stage Board Chair: at Mic) welcoming guests along with (L-R) Edna Moffitt (Event Co- Chair) Phyllis Caudle Green (Pres. Capital City Links) and Martha Holbert Mitchell (Event Co- Chair)

Steve and Annie Whatley

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The Arena Stage served as the venue for the Capital City Links Black and Bling Fete to benefit the Shepherd Park Elementary School Early Readers Program. The welcome was given by Judith N. Batty (Capital City Link and Chairperson of the Arena Stage Board of Trustees). Phyllis Caudle Green (Pres. Capital City Links) addressed the occasion and acknowledged the distinguished visitors, who included: Brandon Todd (Ward 4, DC City Council) and Robert White, Jr. (City Council-at-Large). Judith Batty (Capital City Link) was the Chair of the event. The Co- Chairs were Martha Holbert Mitchell and Edna Moffitt. Social Sightings - THE MAGAZINE Subscribe www.SocialSightings.com Kendra Handy/Editor Dr. Charles Vincent/Photographer Brian Young/Graphic Designer l

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W I HBreak O T the T OCycle P I C of S Women Domestic Violence

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threat,” she said. Among the programs Marlow sense for of investigations. uniformity in Howell the way wants to see implemented are A. Howell as assistant inspector general When L.Y.the Marlow's 23-yeardomestic violenceinto victims and stricter restraining order policies, will oversee department’s internal investigations criminal old daughter told her the father survivors are treated. more rights for victim's families fraud, waste and other abuses. She will replace Isabel Cumming ofwho herwill daughter threatened her “She's using her own personal to intervene on behalf of a vicbecome the inspector general in Baltimore City. Some of life, and the life of their child, story, her own personal pain to tim, a domestic violence assessHowell’s career achievements include: special agent with the U.S. she knew something had to be push forward,” Davis-Nickens ment unit coupled with further Secret Service, deputy assistant inspector general with the Office done. Out of her frustration said about Marlow. training for law enforcement of Personnel Management Office of the Inspector General and a with law enforcement's handling Davis-Nickens said anyone agencies, a Child's Life Protecfraud examiner. She to graduated from Howard University ofcertified the situation, she decided who reads Marlow's book will tion Act and mandatory counselwith a bachelor’s degree in administration justice and received start the Saving Promise cam- “get it.” of She said she “puts the ing for batterers. a master’s degree in public administration from American Public paign. case in such a way, the average “If we are ever going to eradiUniversity. 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Howell phototo see Domestic Symposium Mildred Muhammad, the ex- 5Kimberly Marlow would/Courtesy also like 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 Rahsaan Bernard toterms President the THEARC’S Phase III sium was sponsored by Promoted the utive life without of parole public and private schools. She Family and Youth Services by a Maryland jury for his role in feels children need to be educatThe of Board of Building Bridges Across the River [BBAR], the nonprofit that manages Center the ofcityDirectors of District the Beltway Sniper attacks in ed about domestic violence. THEARC in Southeast, recently that they have promoted Rahsaan Bernard to president of Heights and the National Hook- announced 2002. Mildred Muhammad is “We have to stop being pasBBAR. The change reflects the increased scope of After responsibilities that Bernard is taking on as a result of the Up of Black Women. the founder of the Trauma, sive-aggressive with poor chilopening THEARC III, known as THEARCthat West, the third on the campus.violence,” The opening Marlowofhas written Phase a book, an organization helps the building dren about domestic of Phase brings anwhich additional square feet of health, arts, education and culture space to the cam“Color MeIIIButterfly,” is a 93,000 survivors of domestic violence Marlow said. pus which house four nonprofit partners. Phase III has a black box has theatre and an story about will fouralso generations ofnewand their children. Marlow worked to expanded break medical clinic runThe by Children’s Center. When medical clinic hasincompleted domestic violence. book is National “I livedMedical in fear for six years. Six thethe cycle of abuse her family,their move into Phase the space vacated willfear become a café andIt teaching providing valuable inspired by her ownIII, experiences, years in is a long time. is and kitchen, is confident the policies she job training “Rahsaannot has an brought an incredible energy, vision and spirit of collaboration and thoseinoffood her service. grandmother, easy thing to come out is pushing for will start that to THEARC,” said BBAR Board Chair Smith. “We are thrilled that he will be expanding his role and her mother and her daughter. of,”Chris she said. process. helping growtime THEARC to serve even more families and young She said toevery she reads Mildred Muhammad said people.” “I plan to take these policies to excerpts from her book, she still people who want to help a Congress and implore them to can not believe the words came domestic violence victim must change our laws,” Marlow said. from her.Danny “Color Me Butterfly” careful of how go into ‘Bail “I will not stop until these poliRep. Davis Leadsbethe Way withtheyCritical Fairness’ Legislation won the 2007 National “Best the victim's life, and understand cies are passed.” Books” that recent she may in “survival Rep.Award. Danny Davis (D-Ill.) said during pressbeconference Tia Carol Jones can be reached wasHill, justthat 16-years-old when mode”. at tiacaroljones@sbcglobal.net on“IThe at any given time there are roughly 500,000 peomy eye first blackened and my “Before you–get to 'I'm ple sitting in local jails waiting for their day in court “people whogoing lips bled,” Marlow said. to kill you,' it started as a verbal WI have been charged with a crime, but are not convicted,” said Davis. ElaineofDavis-Nickens, presi“Many the people waiting in jail are forced to wait simply, bedent thecannot National causeofthey affordHook-Up to post bail.” of Black Women, said nohas introduced the Bail Fairness That’s one reasonthere whyishe consistency in the way domestic Act of 2018 – in order to alleviate some of the burdens associated violence are system. dealt with with theissues cash bail ThebyChicago congressman was joined by Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) and Dwight Evans (D-Pa.) and Chicago businessman and philanthropist Dr. Willie Wilson. The four were flanked by two large posters; one read: “Taxpayers Spend $17 billion on Pre-trial Detentions”; the other simply said, “Bail Fail” in large letters. Civil rights groups and lawmakers are increasingly putting pressure on businesses operating in the cash bail system and becoming more vocal about problems in the industry and some federal legislators are taking notice including Senators Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) who have voiced similar concerns regarding the problems of money bail in the Senate.

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Descendants of Slaves Challenge Georgetown

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By Lauren Poteat WI Contributing Writer In 1838, Georgetown University escaped financial ruin through the monetary gain of sold-slaves. Now, the descendants of those slaves are seeking reparations. During an intimate press conference at the National Press Club on Wednesday, Jan. 17, direct descendants of Isaac Hawkins, one of the 272 slaves who were sold, participated in a panel discussion that launched a series of events to commemorate the 180th anniversary of the 1838 slave sale. The descendants voiced their frustration and vision for full atonement by the Jesuits and Georgetown. “It blew my mind completely,” said Dee Taylor, 70, of Baton Rouge, La., who learned of her ancestors two years ago. “When I went deeper into our family’s history, what I learned is that one of the slaves was only 10 years old when they put him on that ship to Louisiana. I look at my 12-year-old grandson and think about that 10-year old child. I get emotional thinking about it.” Isaac Hawkins was 65 years old at the time of his sale and his name was first on the ship manifest that carried the GU272 from Maryland to Louisiana cotton plantations. Now, members of his lineage are pressuring the university to provide tangible equity to those descendants, including earmark scholarships and compensatory funds. A Georgetown spokesperson said the university is taking strides to make amends for its role in the slave trade. “Georgetown has taken initial steps to seek reconciliation,” the spokesperson said. “Beginning with offering a formal apology to descendants; renaming two buildings, including one for Isaac Hawkins, the first person named in the 1838 sale; and offering descendants the same consideration in admissions that it gives members of the Georgetown community. Georgetown and the Jesuits are committed to working with descendants in a process that recognizes the terrible legacy of slav-

ery and promotes racial justice in southern Louisiana, southern Maryland and throughout the nation.” Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia also reportedly gave reference to the fact that African-American families including the Hawkins descendants are 228 years from accumulating the same amount of wealth as White American families, leaving Georgia Goslee, lead counsel for the 200 of the direct descendants, to question the strength of the university’s offers and their validity. “Georgetown is an elite, prestigious and wealthy international research university,” Goslee said. “It owns 54 buildings and spans 10 acres with plans for massive expansion in the heart of D.C. and a permanent capital exceeding $1 billion. … The institution talked about creating a center to study slavery … but how could you? How could you really study the pain and humiliation of slavery? “The question today is not whether Georgetown can afford to provide restitution, but whether the school’s actions so far are commensurate with the epic atrocity, and whether the moral compass of Georgetown’s leaders will carry them to a higher ground,” Goslee said. In June, the GU272 Isaac Hawkins Legacy presented Georgetown with an extensive formal proposal; however, to date, they have not received a formal response, despite many meetings with high-ranking officials, much to the despair of Georgetown associate professor Thomas Craemer, who worked with the legal team to calculate their clients’ monetary claim against the Jesuits of Maryland and Georgetown University. “I am originally from Germany,” Craemer said. “I moved to the United States 17 years ago as a dual citizen and, of course, coming from Germany with our own history of the Holocaust, it was only a natural fit that I would be interested in slavery reparations. Germany paid reparations, they came in small and sometimes late, but they paid.” WIa

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5 Descendants of a slave, Isaac Hawkins, and Georgetown University officials gather at the National Press Club in D.C. for a meeting to discuss reparations on Jan. 17. /Roy Lewis

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1938 – Famed soul singer Etta James is born in Los Angeles. 1950 – Novelist Gloria Naylor, best known for her book “The Women of Brewster Place,” is born in New York City. 1972 – Shirley Chisholm formally announces her bid for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, becoming the first Black presidential candidate for a major political party. 1980 – Black Entertainment Television (BET), a cable television network launched by Robert L. Johnson, begins broadcasting.

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1863 – U.S. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton authorizes the enlistment of Black soldiers in the Civil War. 1892 – Bessie Coleman, the first African-American pilot, is born in Atlanta, Texas. 1944 – Political activist, academic scholar and author Angela Davis is born in Birmingham, Alabama. 1948 – Executive Order 9981 is issued by President Harry S. Truman, abolishing racial discrimination in the U.S. Armed Forces. 1958 – R&B singer Anita Baker is born in Toledo, Ohio. 1990 – Elaine Weddington Steward is named assistant general manager of the Boston Red Sox, becoming the first-ever Black woman executive in Major League Baseball.

comes the first African-American woman to practice law at the U.S. Supreme Court. 1954 – Entertainment mogul Oprah Winfrey is born in Kosciusko, Mississippi. 1966 – Charles Mahoney, the first Black American delegate to the United Nations, dies,

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1844 – Richard Theodore Greener, the first African-American graduate of Harvard College and dean of the Howard University School of Law, is born in Philadelphia. 1944 – Former D.C. Mayor Sharon Pratt, the first African-American woman to serve as mayor of a major American city, is born in the District. 1979 – Franklin Thomas is named the first Black president of the Ford Foundation.

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1865 – The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which outlawed slavery and indentured servitude, is passed by the U.S. Congress. 1919 – Baseball great Jackie Robinson, who broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947, is born in Cairo, Georgia. 1931 – Ernie Banks, the Hall of Fame shortstop and first baseman known as “Mr. Cub,” is born in Dallas. 1933 – Actress and singer Etta Moten becomes the first Black star to perform at the White House. 1961 – Lt. Cmdr. Samuel Lee Gravely Jr. becomes first African-American to command a U.S. combat ship. 1988 – Washington Redskins quarterback Doug Williams becomes the first Black starting quarterback in a Super Bowl, winning MVP honors in Washington’s 42-10 victory over the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXII. WI

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1939 – Author and academic Julius Lester is born in St. Louis. 1961 – Renowned opera singer Leontyne Price makes her debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. 1972 – Gospel music legend Mahalia Jackson dies in Evergreen Park, Illinois, of heart failure and diabetes complications at age 60.

1960 – Famed African-American novelist Zora Neale Hurston, author of “Their Eyes Were Watching God,” dies in Fort Pierce, Florida, at age 69 of complications from a stroke. 1970 – Tennis great Arthur Ashe is denied entry to compete on the U.S. team for the South African Open tennis championships due to his stance on South Africa’s racial policies.

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Republicans are in full control, what are they doing? Absolutely nothing.

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Another federal government shutdown. Many federally funded jobs will be affected. ... Social Security and approved student loans and grants will continue for those who currently receive them. ... But I know a God who is greater than anyone. He is the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings with all power in His hands. All things work together for the good and out of it all, He will get the glory!

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I had just started elementary school when a new television show premiered, promising that each episode would allow both viewers like me, along with the crew of the USS Enterprise, “to boldly go where no man has gone before.” As the lead actor, William Shatner, who portrayed the role of Captain James T. Kirk, informed us during his voiceover introduction during each episode’s opening credits, we were invited to join him, along with Spock, Dr. McCoy, Scotty, Sulu and Uhura, as they traveled in space, “the final frontier,” where they would “explore new worlds” and “seek out new life and new civilizations.” The show only lasted for three seasons, but the franchise would go on to make television and later film history. Every week, I’d sit mesmerized in

front of our brand new color television. I’d brag about the TV because one of my cousins had to watch it with multi-colored crepe paper taped across the screen – no joke! “Star Trek” allowed me to dream about things that at that time were far from reality – or so I believed. It opened up a world of creativity that would spawn my love for reading and writing. And it introduced me to a world where, despite my reality as a little Black boy in Detroit during the turbulent years of the Civil Rights Movement, to see myself and my world, recast in an entirely different form. Uhura was a Black woman, beautiful, talented, articulate and definitely in charge. Sulu was an Asian man with skills and gifts – and I’d never even seen an Asian in the flesh at that point in my life. They had special weapons and gadgets and a technology that seemed far from possible. Yet, today we see almost all of the tools that they used on “Star Trek” as common features of the 21st century. Of course, back then, the essential tools utilized by Captain Kirk and his crew were toys to little folks like me. Naturally, I demanded that my parents buy me models of the

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“Every week, I’d sit mesmerized in front of our brand new color television. I’d brag about the TV because one of my cousins had to watch it with multi-colored crepe paper taped across the screen – no joke!” Enterprise as well as action figures of the crew, and a nifty little lunchbox that showed all of my favorite characters in their uniforms. And, by the way, Kirk, who routinely garnered the amorous affections of every alien woman whom he encountered, paved the way for interracial relationships – another “no-no” during the 1960s. As I look back, and given today’s emphasis on STEM education, it’s amazing to realize how we can blend science with imagination to develop new ways of life, new ways of thinking and new avenues on which we can travel faster, farther and more expeditiously. I wonder what new frontier my two grandsons will embark upon. I hope I’m still here to see witness it for myself. WI

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By Sarafina Wright WI Staff Writer Parents of rising students in Ward 8 are invited to an education fair Saturday, Jan. 27 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at DC Prep’s Anacostia Elementary campus located in historic Anacostia at 1409 V Street SE. Representatives from more than 30 neighborhood schools, including District of Columbia Public Schools [DCPS] and public charter schools, will be available to provide information about their schools to parents. Parents can also learn about the My School DC 2018-19 application process and the range of school options available in Ward 8. Invited guests and speakers include DC’s Deputy Mayor of Education Jennifer Niles, My School DC’s Executive Director Catherine Peretti, Ward 8 Council member Trayon White and more. The event will coincide with the history-making celebration of National School Choice Week 2018, which will feature more than

32,000 school choice events across all 50 states. This will be the eighth National School Choice Week, which continues to see exponential growth year after year. The initiative began in 2011 with 150 events, and last year, 21,392 events took place during the week. Each event is independently planned and aims to provide a positive spotlight to the different school choice options parents have or want to be able to have in their local area. “DC Prep is honored to host an event where DCPS and fellow charter schools can come together for D.C. residents – especially Ward 8 families – to showcase the many public school options available,” said Sindy Tavarez, director of Student Recruitment at DC Prep. “School choice a privilege that D.C. families have. We are so excited to welcome parents and our partner schools to our new state-of-the-art Anacostia Elementary Campus, which will serve preschool to 2nd-graders in the upcoming 2018-19 school year.” WI

Hugh Masekela, Father of Afro-Jazz, Dead at 74 South African also Advocated for Equality

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what would be 30 years in exile, moving to New York and studying at the Manhattan School of Music. During that golden age of jazz, he witnessed the genius of greats including Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Mingus and Max Roach. And with guidance and encouragement from Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong, he honed his own unique style. In 1968, his instrumental sin-

gle ‘Grazin’ in the Grass’ went to number one on the American pop charts and was a worldwide smash, elevating him onto the international stage. Until the very end, he used his global influence to highlight the message of heritage restoration in Africa, often saying, “My biggest obsession is to show Africans and the world who the people of Africa really are.” WI

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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY Gubernatorial Hopeful Kamenetz Talks Education and Criminal Justice Reform WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz touts how the county reflects the state of Maryland in terms of demographics and mixtures of urban, suburban and rural development. The county — which has a population of 838,000, larger than at least four other states — ranks as the third-biggest jurisdiction in the state behind Montgomery and Prince George’s. Kamenetz proclaimed the county “a statewide leader” that requires all 1,400 police officers to wear body cameras. He also pushed for a $1.3 billion plan to renovate or build 90 schools in the county. He stressed he didn’t have to

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raise taxes to achieve those initiatives. That’s why the 59-year-old executive, whose term expires this year, remains confident of not only winning the Democratic nomination in the June 26 primary, but also defeating Republican incumbent Larry Hogan. Kamenetz has $2 million to spend, nearly three times the amount of Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III, another Democratic candidate. A poll released this month by Gonzalez Research & Media Services shows Baker as the top choice in the primary by 10 points over Kamenetz. Besides Baker, Kamenetz faces a crowded field in the primary: former NAACP President Ben Jealous; tech entrepreneur Alec Ross; state Sen. Richard Ma-

5 Baltimore County Executive and Maryland gubernatorial hopeful Kevin Kamenetz leads all Democratic challengers with $2 million cash on hand for the primary election. /File photo by William J. Ford

daleno (D-Montgomery County); Krish Vignarajah, former policy director of former first lady Michelle Obama; Baltimore attorney Jim Shea; and Ralph Jaffe, an educator and activist of Baltimore County. Mileah Kromer, director of the Sarah T. Hughes Field Politics Center at Goucher College in Towson, said Kamenetz remains in a good position with funding to manage a statewide campaign. Although Kromer said Kamenetz does exude experience as an executive and challenging Hogan on school construction funding, it’s unclear how Kamenetz will pick up votes in the

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D.C. region during the primary election. “It remains to be seen in the inroads to populous counties like Prince George’s and Montgomery counties,” Kromer said. “We don’t know how well he will do in those counties.” During an interview Friday, Jan. 19, Kamenetz, a former prosecutor in Baltimore City, talked about education, mass transit and criminal justice reform:

EDUCATION

I think Gov. Hogan is following the [U.S. Education Secretary] Betsy DeVos plan to privatizing public schools. It will result in a funding of two parallel, public school systems. One for the haves and one for the have-nots. I oppose taking money out of public school education and giving it to non-public school resources. Baltimore County has the 26th-largest school district in the country. It is majority-minority [with] 113,000 students. Our students come from 130 different counties and 5 percent of our students don’t speak a word of English. Forty-five percent of our children are eligible for free and reduced meals. Our schools all have Wi-Fi technology and iPad technology for every student. We are doing innovative things such as fourth-graders to take start taking Spanish so that they graduate fluently in a second language. Our graduation rate is increasing every year, exceeding the state average approaching 90 percent. There is no disparity in the graduation rates between Black and white students. For years … our public schools used

to be number one in the country. According to the recent Kirwan [Commission] report, we’re now in the middle of the pack. We have to do several things statewide. First, we have to stop underfunding our schools. We shouldn’t have to worry if schools have adequate heat and adequate facilities. We have to catch our kids at age 4 with statewide pre-K and we have to begin with programs that offer free community college like we are examining in Baltimore County. We can provide scholarships for students who have graduated from high school and maintain a 2.5 GPA. With that commitment, we will fund the last dollar in under a Promise program after a consideration of other grants and scholarships that are received. This way, we are tracking that student who is most likely to succeed. That’s the best dollar investment.

MASS TRANSIT

First of all, we have to stop Gov. Hogan’s reliance on 20th century highways and instead build 21st century mass transit solutions. Our failure has been we haven’t adequately funded it to ensure proper maintenance and reliability. So I support dedicated funding and I will be leading the charge in the WMATA game plan to improve the system. I fully support [Metro General Manager] Paul Wiedefeld’s initiatives. [Hogan] canceled the Red Line in Baltimore. By doing so, he not only gave up $900 million of federal money, he then took the $900 million of state money that was devoted for mass transit solutions in the Baltimore region and dispersed it to rural road projects that have less traffic counts. He did this without any study or initiative and dismissed it as a boondoggle, stating that Baltimore is just a bus town. I think as a direct consequence, not only have we lost 10,000 job opportunities with the Red Line in Baltimore, we’ve lost the economic development potential that each stop would have provided. It hurts the Baltimore region because people don’t have adequate transportation to get to work. It’s unreasonable for someone to have to ride for an hour and a half each way, transferring two and three times to get to work on time. A direct consequence of his short-sided decision against mass transit is [how] Baltimore lost out on Amazon [HQ2] headquarters because we didn’t

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Metro Officials Lay Out Agency’s Future Plans By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill ANNAPOLIS, Md. — In a way to convince lawmakers for more money, Metro officials meet with Maryland lawmakers Friday, Jan. 19 in the first of several workgroup sessions during the 90-day session. Thomas Webster, managing director of the transit agency’s office of management and budget services, explained how service reductions and fare increases are not proposed in the $3.1 billion fiscal 2019 budget. However, Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld has said an additional $165 million would be needed from each jurisdiction of Maryland, D.C. and Virginia. Some of the budget is earmarked for delivery of 7000-series railcars to replace older trains, new buses and paratransit vehicles and repair tracks and radio and wireless systems. “As the system ages, the needs grow more,” Webster said. Several lawmakers from Prince George’s County asked about plans to boost development near the Metro stations. Projects already underway include mixeduse developments at New Carrollton, College Park and Largo. Charlie Scott, government relations officer for Metro, said there was a “setback” for a current project in Capitol Heights near the D.C. border. Donatelli Development of Bethesda proposed a six-story apartment complex with a parking garage and 18,000 square feet of retail space at the station. Scott declined to comment after the discussion and deferred questions to the agency’s media relations department. A Metro spokeswoman said in an email Friday evening that no project will happen for now. “Due to unforeseen site conditions that could impact the proposed development, the developer selected for the Capitol Heights Metro station terminated its joint development agreement, as allowed under the terms of the contract,” according to the statement. “Metro continues to explore its options for developing the property in the future.” Meanwhile, Delegate Tony Knotts (D-District 26) of Oxon Hill pushed for a number on the amount the county currently con-

tributes to Metro. Scott said $500 million come from Prince George’s and Montgomery counties. So Knotts asked about any future plans to expand Metrorail into southern Prince George’s, especially with heavily traveled roads such as Route 210 and Branch Avenue. None, Scott replied. “It’s disgraceful,” Knotts said after the session. “If Southern Prince George’s County is not part of any discussion, then I question why so much emphasis should be put on funding. We should leverage the importance of our area. You can’t have one without the other.” The next workshop will be Feb. 2 with Shyam Kannan, Metro’s managing director of planning, to discuss the future of transit in the D.C. region. Meanwhile, a survey released last week claims Metro has poorly managed the transit agency for years and lack of adequate funding continues to hurt the system. Alexandria, Va.-based Fingerhut Granados Opinion Research surveyed 450 residents from the D.C. region and found “overwhelming” support for improving Metro through a series of taxes: sales, car rentals at airports and businesses located near Metro stations. The Amalgamated Transit Union International, which has an affiliated group Local 689 with employees at Metro, commissioned Fingerhut to conduct the poll Dec. 11-15. Lawrence Hanley, president of ATU International, said there’s been a crisis going on for several years with the transit agency. “Over the course of the last 40 years where there should have been upkeep in the system and preventive maintenance, there was not,” he said. “All of a sudden, the entire system is collapsing at one time.” When questioned about the best way or policy to solve Metro’s problems, 73 percent agreed that new sources of funding such as a regional sales tax is the answer. About 81 percent disagreed with decreasing the workforce and hiring less experienced workers to save money. “The public doesn’t buy the anti-worker stuff,” said Vic Fingerhut, whose company conducted the survey. “Cutting the workforce is not the way to go.” WI

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5 Maryland lawmakers listen as Metro official Tom Webster (foreground) discusses the transit agency’s proposed fiscal 2019 budget on Jan. 19. /Photo by William J. Ford

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AMAZON MAY COME TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY ontgomery County has M made the list of Amazon’s short list of possible locations for the online retail titan’s new head-

quarters. Montgomery is the only location in the state of Maryland and one of three areas around the D.C. region under consideration for the building, which could bring a $5 billion investment and more than 50,000 jobs. Montgomery County is among

the most affluent counties in the country and has one of the highest percentages of residents with post-graduate degrees. The county also houses many major institutions, including a Johns Hopkins University campus, the University System of Maryland, the National Institutes of Health and Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. Amazon received 238 bids from across the country, but now that company Discovery is leaving Silver Spring, many residents are hopeful that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos may just say yes to the region, given his longstanding ties to the area as owner of The Washington Post.

DANCE TROUPE HOLDS STEPPING SHOWCASE

On Saturday, Jan. 20, Step Afrika!, the first professional company dedicated to the tradition of stepping held its fourth annual

Pepco Provides Tips to Help Ward Off Scammers Popular “green dot” scam targeting District of Columbia and Maryland utility customers resurfaces Pepco is urging customers to be aware of a scam that has been targeting utility customers across the United States for more than five years. Customers in the District of Columbia and Maryland have recently contacted the company to report they have been targeted with the popular “green dot” scam. The scammers, who target both residential and business customers, call individuals claiming that they are behind on their account and must make an immediate payment to avoid service termination. As part of the scam, customers are asked to purchase a pre-paid debit card, such as a Green Dot MoneyPak, for a specific amount from local pharmacies, retail chains or convenience stores. The customer is then directed to contact a number to use the card to make a payment to their account. Once the information is provided to the scammer, the funds on the card are removed. During the last five years, scammers have become increasingly sophisticated, going to extreme measures to present themselves as official utility representatives. Scammers have gone so far as to replicate utility phone numbers through caller ID, with some even replicating the messaging and prompts provided to customers through their interactive voice response system. To help customers ward off these scammers, Pepco offers the following tips: •

If a customer receives a call from someone stating they are calling to collect a bill payment for Pepco, the caller should be able to provide specific information including: - Account name - Account address - Account number - Amount of current balance

5 Residents and businesses are hopeful that Amazon will make it to Montgomery County. /Courtesy of thesaasreport.com

showcase at Strathmore Theatre. The “Step Xplosion” showcase featured percussive dance styles historically practiced by African-American fraternities and sororities alongside African traditional dance and art forms from around the world. Step teams included members from Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated and Dem Raider Boyz Step Squad, incorporating songs, storytelling and humor into a highly interactive show. During the annual showcase, K-12 and college students participate in workshops, residency programs and arts education activities in the D.C. area and in cities around the world. The organization aims to entertain while promoting stepping as an educational tool for young people, part of its mission to promote teamwork, academic achievement and cross-cultural understanding. Step Afrika! reaches tens of thousands of Americans each year through a 50-city tour of colleges and theaters. The troupe also performs globally and serves as a cultural ambassador to the U.S.

If the caller cannot provide this information, it is likely the call is not coming from Pepco. In this case, customers should not provide any information, and call Pepco immediately at 1-202-833-7500 to report the situation. Customers should never provide their social security number or banking or credit card information by phone unless they have initiated the call. Additionally, customers should never provide anyone access to their home who claims to be from Pepco, or a contractor working for Pepco, unless the person has proper identification. Customers can always contact the company at 1-202-8337500 to confirm an official visit. Readers are encouraged to visit The Source, Pepco’s online news room. Find additional information about Pepco by visiting pepco.com. Follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/pepcoconnect and on Twitter at twitter.com/pepcoconnect. Our mobile app is available at pepco.com/mobileapp

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5 County Executive Isiah Leggett /Courtesy of montgomerycountymd.gov

LEGGETT RELEASES FINAL CAPITAL BUDGET

County Executive Isiah Leg gett released on Jan. 16 his recommended fiscal 2019 capital budget and 2019-24 Capital Improvements Program (CIP) — his final budget as county executive. Totaling $4.521 billion, his CIP included $1.751 billion for the county public schools system. Including this recommendation, capital funding for the schools system under Leggett has grown by $577.8 million — a 49.2 percent increase — over the past 12 years. The budget also included $281.2 million for Montgomery College’s Germantown, Rockville, and Takoma Park/Silver Spring campuses. Capital budget support for business and job creation included funding for Marriott’s new headquarters in Bethesda and development in White Flint, White Oak and Wheaton. It also included a $33 million boost in support for affordable housing and a $36.6 million increase in road maintenance funding over the previous CIP. WI

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BUSINESS D.C. Joins States in Net Neutrality Lawsuit By Tatyana Hopkins WI Staff Writer The District of Columbia joined 21 states and several public interest groups in filing major lawsuits against the Federal Communications Com-

KAMENETZ from Page 14 have mass transit. It’s clear that he doesn’t understand that the goal of mass transit is actually to ease traffic congestion by attracting the rider who has an option of whether or not they use their car when they’re stuck on the Beltway. Every worldclass city has an integrated mass transit system. You have to make these long investments for the long-term health of our state.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM

The first thing I did when I became county executive is a recognition that I wanted to increase the diversity of our police force. In order for the community to have confidence in the decisions that a police officer makes, it has to reflect

mission (FCC) to block its decision to roll back net neutrality rules. The FCC’s net neutrality rules set under the Obama administration outlawed internet providers from slowing down and blocking certain the quality and diversity of the community that we serve. Since I became county executive in 2010, every police recruit class has averaged 40 percent nonWhite male. We’ve also promoted within the rank and file and our number two police officer is African American. I would like to examine the diversity of the state police ranks and make sure it fairly reflects the diversity of the state population. I’d also implement police-worn body cameras for our state troopers, as well. It improves the encounter of both citizen and police officer. It also promotes transparency in the decisions being made by police officers. We also pioneered a reform of the bail system here in Baltimore County several years ago. We recognized that judges in Baltimore County were setting bails for individuals

websites. But a December vote led by the Republican FCC Chairman Ajit Pai undid those rules, arguing that they thwarted industry investment. The attorneys general of the 22 states, whom are all Democrats, requested that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit review the FCC’s decision to determine whether it is illegal and unconstitutional, as many of them maintain that net neutrality is a critical consumer protection. The suits follow Democrats announcing they were closer to the number of votes needed for a measure that will help overturn the FCC vote and block them from making similar changes in the future. WI 4 FCC Logo

charged with nuisance crimes in relatively low bails of $1,000. Yet, there were large numbers of individuals who couldn’t post $1,000. We worked with our judges to understand that. They recognized that bail shouldn’t be based on your income. It should be based on, ‘are you a threat to the community?’ If you are not a threat to the community, we would rather you be released in pre-trial diversion such as daily check-in, [or] wearing ankle bracelets. Other alternatives that don’t require the cost of incarceration to the county and allow these individuals to have opportunities to begin their process of rehabilitation. I am really glad the state in the past year has now started to address what we implemented three years ago. It is a proactive process where we involve stakeholders. WI

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NATIONAL Maryland Entrepreneur Helps Others Succeed

By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer

Nicole Webb provides a unique service to both men and women. The Maryland-born Webb serves as a career coach, helping clients make career changes. She also assists those who may file complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, as well as helping employees to successfully navigate challenges in the workplace with supervisors and co-workers. A graduate of Coppin State and the University of Baltimore, Webb also contributes to Black SU_Press AssoAD_SAU_2015_Layout Enterprise magazine, writing ca-1

reer advice articles. “I became a career coach after dealing with my own struggles and then I landed what I thought was my dream job in human resources as an HR client partner, but it turned out to be my worst nightmare,” Webb said. “I was making great money, had the fancy job title but I was actually unhappy. All I did was work and had no time to live my life. “Instead of continuing in a position that made me miserable and complaining about it, I decided to resign and take time to plan out my next career move,” she said. 8/20/15 11:24 AM Page Undaunted and1 motivated,

Webb developed a plan of action and she executed it. After landing an opportunity as an HR compliance officer, she began planning the launch of her own company, NK Webb Group, a company that specializes in career coaching for individuals and HR consulting services for small to midsize companies. “My background in business and HR has added true value to my company’s success and it’s still growing four years later,” Webb said. Additionally, she teaches HR courses to undergraduate students at the University of Baltimore. “I love the work that I do because it’s truly my passion,” she said. “I enjoy seeing my client’s success and when they reach out to me with updates on what they have accomplished, it motivates me to keep going.” Webb’s client list — which covers the District, Fresno, Calif., Columbia, S.C., Cleveland, Dallas and Baltimore — includes university deans and vice presidents. It also include everyday people. Her friends and acquaintances say she’s a natural leader with a strong determination to succeed. Recently, Webb appeared as an expert guest on Roland Martin’s

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now-canceled “NewsOne Now” on TV One to provide insight on sexual harassment. “I teach my clients about career ownership and why it’s in their best interest to make the

decision to take full responsibility for their actions as it relates to their career pursuits,” she said. “Additionally, I teach them how to leverage their knowledge, skills and abilities to land career opportunities of their choice.” Webb contends that the universe has aligned her with who and what she’s needed at the right time. “I have been able to connect with good people in [Maryland] as well as out of state who are very supportive of my company and what I’m working to accomplish,” she said. On Feb. 3, Webb will hold a workshop, “Be the CEO of Your Career,” in Baltimore for fulltime workers, business owners, entrepreneurs and the unemployed who might be in need of career guidance. “My motto is, ‘Make your next career move your best career move’ whether you’re just starting out in your career, a mid-career professional or approaching retirement,” she said. “I encourage them to follow [their] instincts. It’s important to carve your own path so that you won’t have any regrets. Never allow your admiration for someone else’s accomplishments to deter you from pursuing your own because you think you can’t be successful, too.” For tickets to the Feb. 3 event, go to www.eventbrite.com. WI

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House Passes AGOA and MCA Modernization Act

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Last week Congresswoman Karen Bass (D-Calif.), ranking member of the House Africa Subcommittee, alongside other officials, cheered the passage of the African Growth & Opportunity Act (AGOA) and Millennium Challenge Act (MCA) Modernization Act, which passed by a unanimous vote on the House floor. The bill included Bass’s MCORE Act of 2015, which enables eligible countries with Millennium Challenge Corporation compacts to simultaneously enter one additional compact if the country is making considerable and demonstrable progress in implementing the terms of the existing Compact. The legislation was introduced by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-Calif.) and is expected to make AGOA more effective by directing the president to establish a website with information regarding AGOA and by encouraging embassies in chosen countries to promote export opportunities to the United States. Those involved expect that it will also promote and develop a stronger economic relationship between sub-Saharan Africa and the United States.

Ghana to Pair with U.S. Group to Enhance Tourism The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with The Adinkra Group (TAG) to collaborate in increasing tourism business and investment in Ghana through various projects, including the Back2Africa Tour and Heritage Documentary this February. The signing of the MOU is part of ongoing efforts by GTA to maximize exposure of Ghana as destination of choice in the U.S. market. The collaboration aims to streamline the framework of engagement between GTA and TAG whose core objectives include connecting people of African descent with the culture and traditions of Africa through the arts and education. “This MOU signifies a strong push in our quest to form strategic alliances with key actors in Africa tourism,” said Diallo Sumbry, CEO of The Adinkra Group. “GTA has taken the bull by the horn in seeking to build on Ghana’s previous success with Panafest by working with us to introduce an annual Back2Africa Heritage Tour. We are delighted with this partnership and the opportunities it presents to both organizations.”

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The African Media Initiative (AMI) — a pan-African organization that seeks to strengthen the continent’s private and independent media sector from an owner and operator perspective to promote democratic governance, social development and economic growth — has announced the members of a reconstituted board and the new management team. In a letter to new and outgoing members of the Board, Wale Aboderin, its chair, underscored the importance of taking measures to ensure AMI continues its mission of fostering a pro-development media in Africa. The board also announced the appointment of Dr. Roukaya Kasenally to replace CEO Eric Chinje, whose term has ended. Kasenally will head a leadership team that includes senior advisers Wangethi Mwangi and Chinje, who, at the urging of the board chair, agreed to stay on and support the new CEO.

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DC Health Link Extends Enrollment Deadline Despite New Policy Concerns By Ra-Jah Kelly Special to The Informer Pushing through confusing and often contradictory public information from the current presidential administration, DC Health Link continues to focus on outreach and enrollment, leading to one of the lowest uninsured rates in the nation. In several community-based events over the past few weeks, DC Health Link has worked to promote the fact that the enrollment deadline for District res3 Healthcare advocates speak to Chulian and Pamela Metts. /Photo by Shevry Lassiter

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When 2017 came to an end, I was proud to look back on a year spent promoting and defending our DC values – the values that have helped us build a more inclusive city that is committed to celebrating our diversity and spreading prosperity. Americans spent decades working to increase access to quality, affordable care, and in 2017, we sent a loud and clear message to leaders across our country: health care is a right, not a luxury, and it should be treated as such. In 2018, we are steadfast in our resolve to continue protecting access to high-quality, affordable health care. When the Affordable Care Act was enacted in 2010, the District seized the opportunity to expand access to health care for Washingtonians. We built DC Health Link - our own health insurance exchange, designed by and for District residents, and expanded Medicaid well above the minimum requirements of the federal law. We did this because we know access to affordable health coverage not only provides financial security and makes strong economic sense – it saves lives. Embracing the ACA has worked for Washington, DC. We’ve cut the uninsured rate in half since DC Health Link went into operation in 2013, and today, 96 percent of District residents are insured. But we can do even better – we can and must get to 100 percent. With Medicaid, the DC Healthcare Alliance, and DC Health Link, Washington, DC has an option for everyone. While the federal government slashed funding for outreach and support and shortened the open enrollment period, in Washington, DC, we remain committed to making it easier for residents to get insured. The DC Health Link will remain open for business through January 31, 2018, and we have a team of experts and outreach specialists ready to help. If you still need insurance, go to DCHealthLink.com to shop for, compare, and enroll in coverage that meets your needs and budget.

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idents is Jan. 31, 2018. Despite a relatively low uninsured rate of 4 percent, D.C. has extended its enrollment deadline well past the federal deadline of Dec. 15, 2017. “We just wanted to make sure that everyone in D.C. knows they have until Jan. 31 to sign up,” said Kishan Putta, DC Health Link community outreach specialist. “They may have heard that enrollment stops in other places, but it is not over in D.C.” Several of the events were focused on millennials and the African-American community. According to Putta, African-American men in particular lag behind in terms of health care enrollment. “We’ve looked at the data to be guided for outreach and enrollment and young African-American males are definitely one of the higher uninsured groups,” Putta said. “They seem to tend to think that they don’t need health insurance. We try to do outreach to them, but we also do outreach to their families, to their moms and their grandmoms as well, so that they remind them. We call that the ‘Each one, reach one’ campaign.” Over the past few months, the Trump administration has repealed the individual mandate penalty, leading the president to declare the end of Obamacare.

In the District and nationwide, however, most other aspects of the health law remain in place. “Speaking as a resident of D.C. as well, [the contrasting headlines are] confusing. To hear one day it’s dead, the next day it’s not, and then to get the message that we’re still going. It is true that some residents have been confused about what the facts are, and that’s what makes our job more important and more challenging — but we’re up for the challenge.” At outreach events, volunteers focused on service and community. “Health care is very important and we would like to make sure that all of our people in D.C. get covered,” said Johnette Wilson-Lette, one of the volunteers. Having hosted a Health Link outreach event for the past several years, Midtown Barbershop owner Kevin Williamson seemed particularly attuned to the issue. “The minute it was a threat — that [the Trump administration] were going to try to get rid of affordable health care, I believe our community came out in great numbers to receive health care,” Williamson said. “So what we’re doing is encouraging those who haven’t, just to remind them to get it done so that way they can make a statement that this is what we need and this is what we want in our communities.” WI

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EDUCATION Jay-Z Featured in Class for International Studies Students American University Hip-Hop Course Teaches the art of Academic Research

Brenda C. Siler WI Staff Writer It’s 8:10 a.m., the first day of the spring semester on the snow-covered campus American University (AU), and the classroom is packed. Students enter the room to the beats and lyrics of “Moment of Clarity” from “The Black Album,” Jay-Z’s acclaimed 2003 album. Through the song, the hip-hop artist offered a self-assessment about navigating the music business: Music business hate me ‘cause the industry ain’t make me Hustlers and boosters embrace me and the music I be making I dumbed down for my audience to double my dollars They criticized me for it, yet they all yell “holla” If skills sold, truth be told, I’d probably be lyrically Talib Kweli Truthfully I wanna rhyme like Common Sense But I did 5 mill’, I ain’t been rhyming like Common since Omékongo Dibinga uses this lyrical example to illustrate how context is key in academic research and for creating a historical biography. His AU course, “Jay-Z and the Practice of Historical Biography,” is under AU’s Advanced International Studies Research track in the School of International Services (SIS). Dibinga has been a professor at AU for three years teaching Cross-Cultural Communications and the course about Jay-Z. “The two most important words in this class are historical context,” he said. “You can’t just say whatever you want without looking at context. In this class, context matters,” The “Moment of Clarity” lyrics show that Jay-Z gave music executives what they wanted, that is to make money. Jay-Z originally

desired to deliver “conscious rap” such as that produced by rappers Talib Kweli and Common Sense. When listening to all of “Moment of Clarity,” one hears that Jay-Z wanted to make money to give back to his community. The result was a “win-win” as Jay-Z fulfilled his objectives and made money for industry executives. Dibinga, who raps in three languages, began to take a closer look at Jay-Z when he was a teaching assistant at Georgetown University for Michael Eric Dyson, who has used hip-hop and R&B in his writing and teaching. Dibinga acknowledges that he started out stereotyping Jay-Z. “He was not like Public Enemy or A Tribe Called Quest, who I felt might have been talking about things that were socially uplifting,” Dibinga said. “I respected him as a lyricist, but I also see he’s one of the few rappers that I have been able to grow with.” Because of researching hip-hop and more of Jay-Z’s history, Dibinga wrote “The Life and Rhymes of Jay-Z,” his dissertation at the University of Maryland. Dibinga’s vision is to write a book based on his dissertation. While reviewing the syllabus for his Jay-Z class, Dibinga breaks down the difference between a regular biography and a historical biography. A historical biography puts context in a life. It goes beyond a chronological timeline. Students will deliver a research paper and oral presentation on a topic or personality of their choosing for the final class project. The topic does not have to be about hip-hop. Dibinga knows his course will help his students to better understand how to use research in writing a thesis or dissertation. He also wants to build critical thinking skills.

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Dibinga is clear on what he expects from his students, as well as what he won’t tolerate, such as making statements without backing them up with facts. “We are not gonna just throw things out there in this class,” he said. “As scholars, we must understand that context matters not only as it relates to hip-hop, but with history, in general.” Dibinga continues to give his students the historical context for Jay-Z’s story. In Jay-Z’s lyrics, the historical context explores how can he get a real job? Drugs were right there and appeared to be the ticket out of his community in the late 1980s when drug dealers had beepers. There is a pause as Dibinga sees puzzled looks on the faces of his students. He realizes that they do not know what is a beeper or a pager. It was an example of historical context and a generational difference. Sophomore Camila Cisneros of Miami Beach, a SIS major with an emphasis on Latin American Culture, heard about Dibinga’s class from her Lambda Pi Chi line sister. “I liked the idea of incorporating history into international research,” said Cisneros, who plans to focus her research project on the life of former Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. “I heard my parents talk about how Venezuela use to be. I want to understand why Venezuela is in the state it is in today.” Dibinga hopes to deliver research concepts in an exciting way that leads to success for his students. Last year, Yatin Jain, a sophomore SIS student majoring in Global Security, took Dibin-

5 Omékongo Dibinga teaches “Jay-Z and the Practice of Historical Biography” at American University. /Bridgette White 4 Omékongo Dibinga teaches “Jay-Z and the Practice of Historical Biography” at American University. /Bridgette White

ga’s Cross-Cultural Communications class. He couldn’t believe it when his professor randomly mentioned that he taught a class about Jay-Z. Jain admits that he has loved Jay-Z since the age of 7 “I had Professor Dibinga when I was a freshman and he opened

up my eyes to a lot of issues I never thought I would learn,” said Jain, who is on a waitlist for the Jay-Z course. “Last year, my research topic did not go as well as I wanted, so I thought taking things from a biographical sense would be a good idea.” WI

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OPINIONS/EDITORIALS

EDITORIAL Bad News about Water Bills

The water bills in the District are making faith leaders, cemetery owners and homeowner association members sick. They are just plain Tired of receiving exorbitant water bills not for the amount of water they use but for storm water that runs off their property and into the city’s sewers. It’s a fairly new fee started in 2009 and levied by DC Water to underwrite the estimated $2.6 billion cost needed to clean-up pollution in our sewer system and thereby clean up our local rivers. The DC Clean Rivers Project was mandated by a federal district court consent decree which some believe places an unfair burden of repairing and cleaning up an outdated sewer system built by the feds over a century ago on District business owners and residents. With water bills that have increased over 1900 percent, faith leaders and cemetery owners have mobilized an effort to appeal to the D.C. City Council and DC Water leadership to find a way more equitable way to raise the funds needed to clean our rivers. The rallying call was heard by Craig Muckle, manager for public affairs and policy at the Archdiocese of Washington, who has become the Pied Piper for a resolution to mitigate this problem. “We have a problem; the faith community is overburdened with this by and large and I don’t know anything that has gone up like that in nine years.” He recently told a group of nearly 60 pastors that the fee can hit one person three ways: at their residents, at their business and in the church. St. Paul’s Rock Creek Parish and Cemetery is one of 14 cemeteries in the District severely feeling the pain. The historic 86-acre cemetery in Northwest, built in the 1700s, has seen its monthly water bill increase from $3,500 prior to 2009 to $19,000 today. Of that only $1,000 is for water and sewer use. Great accolades have been given to NBC4 News for investigating this issue over the past six months providing the public with periodic updates that led to a council hearing for those impacted to testify, also publically sharing a warning that these fees are scheduled to increase exponentially in the coming years. We all want clean rivers and the effort is long overdue for the Anacostia. But we strongly urge the council to follow the lead of Councilmember Mary Cheh who is looking for a more equitable solution. Continuing to charge these fees will have a deleterious impact on the institutions that have helped to define our great city. WI

Will Housing Costs Reduce D.C. to a ‘Haves-Have Nots’ City? If you believe the rhetoric coming out of the White House, then you will agree that the economy is the best it has been in a very long time. You’ll be impressed by the continuing rise of the GDP and a bull stock market. And, of course, you’ll agree with the president and his fellow Republicans that the new tax reforms which they swept through the Senate and the House are going to bring a slew of corporations back to the U.S., eager to share their reduced tax liabilities in the form of untold numbers of high-wage jobs for Americans. And while some of this may be true, it only applies to a small percentage of citizens who are in the upper echelons of our country’s classes – rich folks, billionaires and millionaires, perhaps the upper strains of the middle class, to be precise. As for those on the margins, single parent homes, middle class with student loans, credit card debt and mortgages, they as well as the poor and the vast majority of retirees – those who struggle daily, cutting corners in order to survive, the news is not so good. Not now, not yesterday and unless something changes in dramatic fashion, not tomorrow. Is the District on its way to become like so many other urban dwellings in America where two classes are emerging in quick fashion – the haves and the have nots? It’s looking that way. We’ve heard the words of more than a few about making America “great again” but for far too many, “great” appears to be little more than a promise sitting on an abandoned shore. WI WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

TO THE EDITOR Pastor Fenrick is Keeping King’s Dream Alive

Discover Bailing Out; Can we Afford to Keep Them Here?

Dear Washington Informer, Thanks for the story about Pastor Angeloyd Fenrick that was featured in the January 18th issue of the Informer. Who knew that one of Dr. King’s foot soldiers lives amongst us today. Her story of the courage instilled by her parents and the words she heard from Dr. King are life lessons that still ring true today. Her work with the homeless is inspiring. Everyone needs help at some point in their life. Hopefully people in our area, young and old, will hear her speak and are then encouraged to keep the dream alive.

Dear Washington Informer, I live in Montgomery County but even I was both surprised and saddened to learn about Discovery’s move from our county to New York City as reported in the January 18th issue of the Washington Informer. What is even more distressing is knowing that, according to public officials, they were offered one of the largest financial incentives ever from the state and county to stay here. I will admit that I am not clear what is included in the business incentives that are offered to keep or lure businesses to our area. So, I wonder if when officials offer seemingly unlimited funds to lure high-revenue generating businesses, what happens with the needs of current residents, our public schools or housing initiatives. Meanwhile, how will Marriott use the $62 million in incentives they received to stay in Bethesda? Will they open up more jobs for Montgomery County residents? We deserve to know.

Christine Welch Washington, DC

Carol Edwards Silver Spring, MD

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OPINIONS/EDITORIALS Guest Columnist

By Jeffrey L. Boney

Blacks and Politics: Get Engaged or Get Left Behind

OK, everyone, if you are reading this, welcome to 2018. You made it, and with that being said, I feel that this is the perfect opportunity for us to be honest about an important truth. First of all, as I see it, it is extremely clear to me, and should be quite evident to anyone who would just simply open up their eyes to see it for themselves, that the Black vote can either make or break an election.

If you don’t believe me, I would encourage you to take a look at previous elections where the Black community was actively engaged and driven to get out and vote in a local, county, state or federal election, versus the times where they were not as excited or motivated to do so. Take Alabama’s recent special U.S. Senate election race involving Republican Roy Moore and Democrat Doug Jones, where people were overwhelmingly surprised to see the exit polls that showed that Black voters made up 29 percent of the overall voter turnout in the entire election — 18 percent of Black women and

11 percent of Black men. Exit polls also showed that 98 percent of Black women cast their vote for Jones, while 93 percent of Black men cast their vote for Jones. These were phenomenal numbers, and definitely the type of numbers that Jones needed to pull off an unexpected victory in a historically and traditionally red state like Alabama. It was exciting to see this type of political difference making by the Black community, but that excitement was immediately quenched and short-lived, after reading reports that a letter was sent to Jones on Dec. 19 from the Joint Center for Political

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and Economic Studies and 16 other organizations practically begging him “to commit to hiring a staff that reflects his constituents’ racial diversity.” Why wasn’t this letter sent before Jones won? Why not get this type of commitment from Jones before engaging the Black community to come out and vote for him, and doing what the Black community always does when it is expected to deliver the turnout and votes necessary to secure a victory for select candidates or select issues on the ballot? I believe it is because the Black community has grown accustomed

to not being respected, especially within the Democratic Party, where they are the most loyal. And before “loyal” Democrats come for my head because they consider this an attack on the Democratic Party or as an opportunity to try and have us compare the Democratic Party to the Republican Party, I believe the Black community needs to ask itself some really tough questions. When it comes to the Black community’s involvement in the Democratic Party, how are Blacks truly viewed within the party? Despite

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By Steven J. Smith

We Need Lifeline Now More Than Ever As we look at the issues facing us today in terms of media and telecommunications policy, it’s important that we examine the needs of society and make decisions based on the public good, not the corporate demand. When we look at things that way, it becomes clear that communications issues are civil rights issues. Voice and broadband services are civil rights issue. They are in fact, the top civil rights issue of the 21st century, precisely because these technologies are being positioned

as a primary driver of economic opportunity and as a catalyst for social change. The Federal Communications Commission is now considering changes to the Lifeline program which will include placing a cap on the Universal Service Fund’s low-income support services that will ultimately prevent those who qualify from receiving access to the benefit of having telephone and broadband service at home. The world now lives and thrives online and, once again, poor Afri-

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can-American and Hispanic households are being left behind. The Digital Divide continues to be real. Everyday, more and more basic functions are moving online — business, education, medical — even social services. The threat of falling through the cracks — being left behind, outside the reaches of even the “safety net” — is as real as it’s ever been. The digital “haves” are first-class digital citizens with a passport to explore all that the internet has to offer, while the digital “have-nots”

are second-class citizens trapped in poverty without access to the opportunities offered in the digital economy. As Rainbow PUSH Coalition founder and President Reverend Jesse L. Jackson Sr. states, “No poor family in America should ever have to make the decision as to whether they should put food on the table or stay connected via telephone and broadband service.” The situation is serious for African-American and Hispanic seniors and adults, but even more so

for our children. If we don’t deal with this divide, we run the risk of relegating a whole generation of young people to the fringe of society. According to Pew Research Center, 13 percent of Hispanics and 12 percent of Blacks are smartphone dependent, meaning, they do not have a broadband connection at home and have few options for going online other than their cellphone. In comparison, only 4 percent of White smartphone

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By Julianne Malveaux

Behind the Black Unemployment Rate

When the unemployment rate dropped and economic conditions improved under the leadership of President Barack Obama, 45 derided the gains as “fake news.” He suggested that the monthly Employment Situation (www.bls.gov) reports of the Bureau of Labor Statistics were inaccurate and “made up.” These are the monthly reports that detail employment statistics, including unemployment rates. Now that 45 is in charge, he can’t crow often enough about the statistics that he described as “phony” just 18

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months ago. For the last week, we have heard 45 and his surrogates crowing that “the black unemployment rate is lower than it has ever been.” And, with a Black unemployment rate of 6.8 percent, they are right that the rate is at its lowest since the Bureau of Labor Statistics started disaggregating data to report unemployment by race. Is this something worth crowing about? Does 45 deserve to get credit for it? The answer to both questions, from my perspective, is a resounding “no.” First of all, the 6.8 percent unemployment rate African Americans experienced was exactly twice the White unemployment rate of

3.4 percent. Suppose that White men had an unemployment rate of 6.8 percent? Would 45 and his minions be celebrating if Whites had the same employment situation as African Americans? I think not. So, celebrating the 6.8 percent rate without speaking of the inequality it is based on is like celebrating the inequality. Secondly, the unemployment rate is an imperfect measure of the employment situation. The employment-population ratio is a far more accurate way of measuring how fully employed a population is. It measures the percentage of people who are employed. While 69 percent of White men are employed, just

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63 percent of Black men are employed (the numbers for women are closer, with African-American women actually working more than White women, with an employment-population ratio of 59 percent for Black women and 55 percent for White women). The employment-population ratio and labor force participation rates show racial disparities among men that are alarming. Differences in the employment-population ratio suggest that some African Americans have stopped looking for work because they don’t think they can find it. When the Black unemployment rate is adjusted to reflect these realities, it is closer to 10 percent than to the 6.8 percent

45 and his team are crowing out. Furthermore, the 45th president inherited an economy that was improving. Falling unemployment rates are a result of the Obama expansion. Let’s say it again — the Obama expansion. An economic expansion will naturally move unemployment rates downward, no matter who is the president. While 45 can only legitimately claim stock market gains for the past two months, as his regressive tax bill has handsomely rewarded corporate interests, stock market gains in the first month of this year might also be considered a result of the Obama

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OPINIONS/EDITORIALS Guest Columnists

By Raynard Jackson

Black Leaders Need to Stand Up for Black People I am fond of saying, “weak people take strong positions on weak issues.” There is no better example of this than the embarrassing behavior of the weak Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the National Urban League (NUL). These groups have all feigned righteous indignation about the alleged negative comments made

by President Trump two weeks ago about Haiti, Africa and El Salvador. Yes, our president can be extremely hyperbolic at times, but the essence of what he said was very true. Those countries, including many in Africa, are basket cases. So, all of the aforementioned radical liberal groups ran over their mothers to get to a news camera to denounce the president for his alleged statement. With all the issues facing the Black community, CBC members joined other Democrats to attempt to pass a resolution through the U.S. House

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of Representatives to censure Trump for his comments, a symbolic gesture that must have kept Trump awake all night. Derrick Johnson, the president and CEO of the NAACP, called Trump a “racist.” Wow. I am sure that Trump is going to change his ways now. Marc Morial, president and CEO of the NUL, said that President Trump’s “crude comments further reveal the repugnant racial motivations behind his administration’s immigration policies.” Trump must be shaking in his boots.

I challenge my readers to find any issue directly related to Blacks in the U.S., i.e. American citizens, that these groups have put so much political and emotional capital in. It seems that these “media-appointed” Black leaders care more about those in the country illegally, homosexuals, or other groups that have no connection to America than they do the very people they “claim” to represent. Juxtapose their reactions to Trump’s alleged comments to their relative silence on the murder of Laquan McDonald in Chicago in 2014. He was murdered by Chicago police; they claimed that it was

in self-defense, but the actual video revealed that the police lied and that McDonald posed no threat to the policemen. Rahm Emanuel, former Democratic congressman and Obama’s chief of staff and Chicago mayor at the time of the police murder, refused to release the video until after his campaign for re-election in 2015 (which he ultimately won). Emanuel has proven his total disdain for Blacks with his actions, not his rhetoric. Chicago is one of the most dangerous and violent cities

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By William Reed

Are Blacks at White House In Over Their Heads?

What does Donald Trump know — or care — about American Blacks’ needs and/or political priorities? In 2016, candidate Donald Trump declared that if he became president, “at the end of four years, I guarantee you that I will get over 95 percent of the African-American vote.” After

being elected with 8 percent of the black vote, Trump tweeted that his approval ratings with Blacks “has doubled.” Actually, President Trump has a 4 percent approval rating among black voters and, according to Gallup, has tumbled from 15 percent approval among black voters a year ago to 6 percent now. How has the U.S. economy actually performed in 12 months of the Trump era? Actually, Trump has reason to boast regarding the economy, rising stock market

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valuations — S&P 500 index of the leading 500 American companies is up around 22 percent, equating to an increase of about $4 trillion. Trump also claims to have boosted U.S. employment through his exhortations for manufacturers to repatriate off-shore jobs to American soil. Since he won the vote, the U.S. economy has added an average of 167,000 new jobs each month and the unemployment rate has dipped to just 4.1 per cent. So, who’s talking to about

Trump to Blacks? Trump has a perfectly respectable job-creation record, but who’s telling Blacks about that? Cleveland’s Rev. Darrell Scott is the “head man” in the circle of Blacks supporting Trump and his agenda, serving as CEO of the National Diversity Coalition for Trump. He is a co-founder, along with Trump campaign spokesman Michael Dean Cohen, of the National Diversity Coalition for Trump. The National Diversity Coalition was formed to

provide specific minority groups’ support for candidate Trump. Bruce LeVell, also a co-founder, was a contender for appointment to head the Small Business Administration. Members of The Diversity Coalition label it as “a volunteer organization” made up from minority communities of religious, business and politics. Members serve as an “inner circle” of minorities that support Trump.

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By Askia Muhammad

What Shutdown? It Was a Democratic Capitulation

After a mere 69-hour government shutdown — if you want to call it that — President Donald Trump signed a short-term funding bill and the government is open again. Whoop-dee-doo! It was a Democratic Party capitulation, that’s what it was. Some observers say it’s just a Band-Aid or maybe a tourniquet because it only lasts until February 8th. So Congress now has about twoand-a-half weeks to agree on a permanent fix. The Senate passed the revised bill 81 to 18 and it quickly

got through the House. Now about 800,000 federal workers will look to get reimbursed. The Senate vote to end the shutdown came after Democratic lawmakers capitulated (rolled over, really) on the demand that any spending deal include a resolution on DACA—that’s the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Instead, a slew of centrist Democrats abandoned their promise to the nearly 800,000 young undocumented immigrants whose protections President Trump ended last fall, and joined Republicans in voting to pass a short-term spending deal. What else were they gonna do? Some of them represent states which The Donald carried by double digit

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margins. But DACA recipients slammed the move. “I feel very disappointed, very disappointed by the fact that our politicians did not continue to support us,” Karina Velasco said at a New York City rally. “Some of the American people, some of our politicians blame us, DACA recipients, the Dreamers, for the government shutdown. However, we are not responsible for a shutdown. The Republicans and the Democrats, who didn’t have the backbone to support a Clean DREAM Act, are the ones to blame for a government shutdown.” The shutdown caused 45 to miss a golfing celebration at his Florida resort. It came on Jan. 20, the anniver-

sary of his first year in office. Dude managed to oversee a shutdown of the United States government. What a guy. At the same time he earned himself the lowest approval ratings of any president in modern history. Mr. Trump’s succession of volatile statements and policies — each more spectacular than the one before — has been like a rocket ride toward hell, rather than an ascent to greatness. For the first time in U.S. history a shutdown — caused by the expiration of the government’s authority to spend money — occurred when the same party (in this case the Republicans) controls not only the White House, but the House and

Senate majorities as well. But Republicans needed the votes of several Democratic senators in order to pass the spending bill, and they blamed Democrats for causing the shutdown in order to “protect illegal immigrants.” That was too much for the Dems to defend. More than 800,000 undocumented people who were brought to this country as children — so-called “Dreamers” — are subject to deportation unless Congress extends their residency protection. For his part, the Pres argued that the agreement must include funding to build his proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. The Democrats conceded

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LIFESTYLE

Updated ‘Black Panther’ Comic Garners New Fans

Local Writer, Jesse J. Holland, Realizes a Dream By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor @dkevinmcneir Award-winning journalist Jesse J. Holland, 46, has made the most of his opportunities, putting down toys in Holly Springs and graduating from his home state’s premier college, the University of Mississippi, then later receiving his Master of Fine Arts from Goucher College in 2012. The author of several books, a professor of creative nonfiction, a former White House, Supreme Court and Congressional reporter, and a race and ethnicity writer for The Associated Press, he recently completed his commissioning by Marvel books to update the tale of T’Challa, the original Black Panther in “Black Panther: Who is the Black Panther? The novel gives both new fans and longtime, die-hard aficionados inside information for the upcoming “Black Panther” film which Marvel Studios will release nationwide in February 2018. And while he says he always dreamed about becoming a professional writer and has been a comic book fan since the age of five, he never imagined that he’d one day be writing a novel about one of his favorite fictional characters. “I remember my dad buying one of my first comic books, The Avengers, and becoming hooked ever since,” said the Bowie, Maryland resident. “I even wrote a comic strip for my college newspaper and would eventually serve as the paper’s editor too. But when Marvel called and asked me if I was interested in adding to the Black Panther story, I remember asking them if they were going to pay me or vice versa.” “Which version would I write about, I recall thinking. I mean, I already had the materials I needed in my house, but since this would be the first updated version of his story since the creator Stan Lee presented him to the public, my job was to make the Black Panther’s tale a bit more modern.” Holland said he felt particularly honored to recently debut his

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novel at the new National Museum of African American History and Culture and to achieve something that, in some ways, he’d been working toward for his entire life. “I think you have to always be prepared to run through the door when given the chance. It feels like I’ve been moving toward this moment for my entire life. I’ve always been a writer, but I also wanted to see how successful I could be as a novelist,” said Holland, whose has already published “Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Finn’s Story and “The Invisibles: The Untold Story of African American Slavery in The White House, for which he earned both the 2017 silver medal in U.S. History in the Independent Publisher Book Awards and the distinction of his nonfiction work being named one of the top history books of 2016 by Smithsonian.com. So, how has life changed for this in-demand journalist? “It’s reminded me that anything is possible, and you have to be confident enough to tackle things may be unfamiliar to you,” he said. “I never admitted, when asked to write the Star Wars novel, that I’d never written fiction before. I had been doing nonfiction and working as a journalist. I could have fallen flat on my face with that project or with the Black Panther book. But like anything I’ve ever done, I gave it my utmost attention.” “If you give your best and pray, anything can happen.” WI

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#BlackPantherChallenge Seeks to Send Thousands to Theaters Nationwide

GoFundMe Contributes to Laudable Effort By Sarafina Wright WI Staff Writer Leading up to the most anticipated Marvel Studios release of the year, “Black Panther,” a superhero film based in Africa and the first Marvel Comics theatrical release with a Black lead, one good Samaritan is challenging people around the country to donate a movie ticket to African-American youth. After raising over $40,000 on the GoFundMe crowdsourcing site to take Harlem children to see “Black Panther” in theaters next month, New York resident Frederick Joseph launched the #BlackPantherChallenge. He called on others to start a GoFundMe in their community to take more youths to watch the movie in the theater ahead of its Feb. 16 release date. “Thanks to all the amazing support, I am announcing the #BlackPantherChallenge,” Joseph said via his Twitter account. “I’m challenging you to start a @gofundme to buy tix for kids in your city to see Black Panther! 10 campaigns that join the #BlackPantherChallenge will receive $100.” Just a few days after the announcement, the #BlackPantherChallenge received support from thousands of people across the country, including sports journalist Jemele Hill, rapper Snoop Dogg, Chelsea Clinton, NFL player Chris Baker, film director J.J. Abrams and actress Katie McGrath. The Omaha Star, Nebraska’s largest African-American newspaper, started a GoFundMe for children in the state. As of Tuesday, Jan. 23, more than 90 campaigns had raised over $100,000, according to GoFundMe. Donations have come in from all 50 states and 15 countries around the world. In response to the #BlackPantherChallenge, GoFundMe created a centralized location to allow anyone to start or donate to a GoFundMe to help more children watch Black Panther. They also donated $100 to 10 campaigns participating in the #BlackPantherChallenge. “All children deserve to believe they can save the world,

go on exciting adventures or accomplish the impossible,” Joseph said. “I am grateful that all of you have answered the call and are taking action to help more kids watch their heroes on the big screen. “Let’s keep pushing forward,”

he said. “If you’re a teacher, buy tickets for your entire classroom. If you’re a coach, take your team. If you’re a community leader, do some organizing and get the kids and parents in your community to the theater.” WI

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LIFESTYLE KING from Page 1 2017 Lifetime Legacy Award, said he’s calling on African-American groups, Latinos, women’s organization, the LGBTQ community and others to get out and vote. “That is what needs to happen in November so that come January 2019, we can get legislation that will help,” he said. With the nation observing the holiday that honors his father, King said his mother deserves a lot of credit for the late activists’ success and for keeping his legacy alive. “My mom is partially responsible for what my dad’s legacy is today because she stayed on the battle field and lived 40 years beyond my dad and she was able to establish the King Center just months after he died and this year will be 50 years since she did that,” King said. He said the holiday doesn’t mean individuals should rest. “For us, it’s a day of being engaged, cleaning up communities, helping seniors, helping our young people. It’s a holiday that’s something significantly different,” said King, whose schedule for the holiday includes a speech at the National Action Network’s annual breakfast in Washington. King’s plans included laying a wreath at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial and participating in a service project in honor of his father. He recalled his father’s famous, “I

Have a Dream,” speech and declared that the dream has yet to be fully realized. “The dream has not been fulfilled. There’s an aspect that’s been accomplished because we have African-American billionaires and that was part of the dream, but we still have African-Americans in poverty, we disproportionately lead the pack in every major area whether its heart disease, diabetes or hypertension because of the level of stress that we as a people are forced to live under,” he said. Today’s society remains racist, a factor that causes stress, King said. “We’ve seen communities from around the world, those that come here and are able to start a business, get a business loan while we’ve been here forever and we’re not able to get business loans,” he said. “This isn’t to suggest that we should have a victim’s mentality. You have to acknowledge the problem and know that you can overcome it.” Living in the shadows of his dad isn’t easy, but it provides certain unique opportunities to contribute, King said. “If I attempted to wake up and live in his shoes, I’d fail miserably, but it’s a major blessing to have his name and to try to carry it in such a way to make my parents proud,” he said. “I want to continue the legacy that my parents forged. A legacy of fighting for freedom, justice and equality for all.” King said his mother always en-

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couraged him to think globally. “My mom used to tell me there was a greater appreciation for my dad around the world that you don’t realize until you go to places like Bosnia, where in the city of Tuzla, the City Hall is on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and his message resonated there and in other parts of Eastern Europe, China and, of course, parts of Africa,” King said. “When you speak in universal tones, people understand and they understood their plight also could be different and my father spoke for those who had no voice,” he said.

If his dad were alive today, his biggest concern would include nuclear war, health care and poor communities, King said. The elder King would also cringe at the violence in communities like Chicago, Atlanta and other urban areas that have been plagued by killings, his son said. “It’s at epidemic levels and we’ve got to do better and we can and must do better because we have the ability,” King said. “We’re currently looking at discussions around responsible gun legislation. For example, if someone wants to use a cell phone

they must put in a code. Gun manufacturers can put a code on guns so that you know whose gun it was that was used. We have the technology.” King also reminisced about his father’s close relationship with the Black Press. “Not just ownership, but the writers for the Black Press,” King said. “Papers like the Chicago Defender, the Atlanta Daily World, the newspapers in Washington. The Black Press was tremendously important then and it is important now because that’s where we get our information.” WI

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ARIES With the sun now in your social sector with lovely Venus, you may feel more inclined to get out and about and make new connections. These could be especially valuable over the coming weeks as you push ahead with new ideas and opportunities. There is also a romantic focus here, which could make the coming week or so excellent for dating and meeting that special person. With feisty Mars moving into your sector of adventure, though, it’s best not to commit to anything that might hold you back. Lucky Numbers: 15, 18, 42

“Libba: The Magnificent Musical Life of Elizabeth Cotten”

TAURUS With lovely Venus and the sun putting the focus on your sector of responsibility, you can make use of your charm and diplomacy to help further your aims. You might also find yourself in the limelight, and this could provide an opportunity to showcase your skills and influence certain events. It’s also possible that you’ll have to make a decision that could be legally binding. As chatty Mercury aligns with dynamic Pluto, it might pay to think before you decide. Lucky Numbers: 11, 12, 24

by Laura Veirs, illustrated by Tatyana Faxzlalizadeh c.2018, Chronicle Books $17.99 ($24.99 Canada) / 48 pages

GEMINI You might want to keep your thoughts yourself, particularly early in the week while you’re mulling over a decision. However, once you’ve made it, there’s no problem letting others know what you’ve decided. In fact, as lively Mercury aligns with Jupiter, doing so could hasten a positive conclusion. On another note, with the sun and lovely Venus in your travel sector, thoughts of a vacation or short break could be very appealing. It’s certainly something to consider. Lucky Numbers: 3, 24, 26

The Musical Life of Elizabeth Cotten By Terri Schlichenmeyer WI Contributing Writer Oopsy-daisy. That’s what Grandma might say when you’re tumbling around and your head holds your feet up. The world sure looks different when you’re toes are on top and you’re looking at things from upside down, and in the new book “Libba” by Laura Veirs, illustrated by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, that’s not the only thing that’s all out of order. Music was everywhere, for Libba Cotten. When she fetched water for her mother and brother, she heard river music. The axe she used to chop wood sang to her. There was a clickety-clack of music in the trains as they sped by on two tracks. Libba “heard music everywhere” and she longed to make it herself but her brother didn’t like anyone touching his guitar. Even so, whenever he wasn’t home, Libba went to his room, took up the instrument, and played — even though she was left-handed, and had to do it upside down and backwards. To anybody else, that would have been weird but to Libba, “it was the way that felt right…” Her brother, Claude, hated that Libba borrowed his guitar but “DANG!” she was good. She could play well, and she even wrote songs. That’s how it was, until Claude moved away and took his guitar with him. Libba did chores and saved money until she was able to have a guitar of her own. And she played. Upside down and backward, until time passed and she stopped. Years later, when Libba was much older, she met a woman from a “musical family” who hired her to work as a housekeeper at a home that was filled with music! There were “banjos in the bedrooms, pianos in the parlor, and bass drums in the basement.” All day and all night, musicians drifted in and out, men with names like Muddy Waters and Woody Guthrie, and Libba started hearing music again. Then one day, when nobody was paying any attention and nobody would care about how she strummed, Libba borrowed a guitar. And she played music. Upside down. And backwards. Before you snuggle up with your child for an inaugural round of “Libba,” take a few minutes to read the book yourself, so you’re fully prepared for what you’ll see. Oh, that artwork! Through Tatyana Fazlalizadeh’s charcoal drawings, musician Elizabeth Cotton’s story is told so exquisitely that it may render you almost speechless. Chances are, your child might not notice but you will. Be prepared. What your child will find here is a story of keeping a dream alive, even when it’s been shelved for a long time. In telling this tale, Laura Veirs’s words dance like fingers on frets as she lends lightness to the story, despite its Depression-era theme. Be sure to read her Author’s Note, which explains much more about Cotton and her work. If yours is a musical family or if your child does things a little different, then this is a story you’ll want to read again and again. For you, for sure, “Libba” is a book that holds up. WI WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

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CANCER If you need to make any promises this week, give them careful thought. Be guided by your instincts as to what your next move should be. However, with inquisitive Mercury making a positive aspect to expansive Jupiter, it would be no bad thing to put your needs first. On another note, fiery Mars moves into your lifestyle sector on Jan. 26 for a six-week stay, which could encourage you to think about your health and how you might improve it. Lucky Numbers: 6, 10, 44 LEO With both the sun and delectable Venus in your sector of relating, friendships and close bonds can be upbeat and empowering. The coming weeks can provide an opportunity to smooth over any difficulties, and perhaps find a compromise. However, if you’re involved in a new romance, this blend of energies can be a positive force in the development of your relationship. At work, though, listen to your instincts when trying to decide on a course of action. Logic may not be enough. Lucky Numbers: 20, 26, 33 VIRGO Although you might want something early in the week, you could have different thoughts about it by week’s end. As important as it might seem, lively Mercury’s link with potent Pluto could push you to act too quickly to satisfy a desire. If you can wait, things could look very different later, and you might realize you’re better off without it. On another note, feisty Mars enters your home zone on Jan. 26, which brings a great opportunity to clear out any clutter. Lucky Numbers: 8, 22, 34 LIBRA After a busy time with family, a focus on your leisure sector could see you taking time out for yourself. And while you might have one pending issue to deal with on the domestic front, it can probably be quickly resolved if you trust your instincts. This could be a purchasing decision or something else related to finances, and, in this instance, logic may not be all that helpful. With feisty Mars entering your communication sector on Jan. 26, networking and marketing could fuel your success. Lucky Numbers: 8, 20, 22 SCORPIO You could find yourself deep in thought early in the week as key influences encourage you to study a matter in depth before you take it any further. Nevertheless, if you intuitively sense that all will be well, this may be enough. You’re also entering a natural phase when the cosmos encourages you to step back from life and indulge in some self-care. The focus on your domestic sector can be an opportunity to spend time with close ones, as well as nurture and pamper yourself. Lucky Numbers: 11, 20, 32 SAGITTARIUS You may be guided by a very spiritual influence to make a decision that can be very beneficial to others. If you do, you could feel a great sense of satisfaction, which can be a clue that you have done the right thing. This can boost your vitality and encourage you to exercise more or kick-start a bold idea. Lucky Numbers: 6, 30, 50 CAPRICORN If you need to decide something, asking your friends for their advice could be helpful. If you attempt to make the decision on your own, you could overthink it, which might not be very helpful. On Jan. 26, fiery Mars moves into a secluded sector of your chart for a six-week stay, which could stir up your psyche. It might make your dreams more vivid, and it could bring buried issues to the surface. This might be your opportunity to resolve them and let them go. Lucky Numbers: 4, 9, 18 AQUARIUS With the sun and lovely Venus now in your sign, you could feel a surge of energy and well-being. The coming four weeks can be excellent for getting ahead with plans and projects that have been sitting on the back burner, as well as for initiating social events and making new connections. You might also feel moved to change your image. Your social life also picks up the pace. Dynamic Mars in this zone could bring more opportunities for good times your way. Lucky Numbers: 13, 19, 23 PISCES You are now in a natural phase when the cosmos is encouraging you to take life a little more easily. The focus on thoughts, feelings, and inner issues could also encourage you to do some emotional housecleaning and release any baggage that may be holding you back. However, with dynamic Mars hiking into the topmost sector of your chart, activity on the goals and career front might increase. You’ll be eager to act on your biggest plans, and your determination could help you succeed. Lucky Numbers: 6, 9, 36

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SPORTS A Look Back at Wise’s Championship Three-Peat By Daniel Kucin, Jr. WI Contributing Writer @danielkucin88

Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School head football coach DaLawn Parrish started his coaching career at Lanham’s DuVal High School in 2004. After spending two years with the Tigers, and finishing the 2005 campaign on a six-game losing streak, the former Wake Forest University defensive back had an opportunity to either return to playing professional football or continue to follow his dream of leading a high school football program to prominence. Though it was a tough and arduous journey, Parrish became the first head coach for Wise in 2006 and has never looked back. Despite going 2-8 during Wise’s inaugural season, his team improved to 5-5 the following year, and the Pumas haven’t suffered a

losing season since. Wise has created a Prince George’s County dynasty after defeating Quince Orchard High School (Gaithersburg, Md.) 38-20 in the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA) 4A state championship game on Dec. 1 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis. “It has been a great day and a great year,” Parrish said after the win. “Everybody stayed together as a team. Everything that we asked them to do, they accepted it. I want to congratulate our team for completing the mission.” That victory marked the Pumas’ third consecutive title and the fourth championship that the team has secured in total under Parrish’s tutelage. Wise hasn’t lost a game since 2014. The Pumas outscored their opponents 603-99 including a four-game shutout streak ending with a 75-0

1. Woodrow Wilson (16-8) (DCSAA)

D.C. High School Basketball By Daniel Kucin Jr. WI Contributing Writer @danielkucin88 Each week and for the duration of the season, The Washington Informer will feature our choices for the top five high school basketball programs in the greater Washington area, specifically the DCIAA (District of Columbia Interscholastic Athletic Association) and the WCAC (Washington Catholic Athletic Conference), for their efforts based upon win/loss record, strength of schedule and winning streak:

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Woodrow Wilson is on a fourgame win streak and appears to be finding its groove. Led by sophomore guard Dimingus Stevens and junior point guard Jay Heath Jr., the Tigers have been dominating their competition. Stevens and Heath are both averaging over 13 points per game while senior guards Ricardo Lindo and Ayinde HIkim are averaging in double figures as well.

2. Theodore Roosevelt (18-3) (DCSAA)

The Roughriders have won 11 of their past 12 contests after defeating Banneker High School (Washington, D.C.) 84-41 on Jan. 16. Sophomore guard Marcus Dockery led the way with 12 points and three assists, while Mickco Reeves and Kareem James both scored 10 points in the win. Dockery leads the Roughriders in scoring, averaging over 11 points per game.

5 Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High quarterback Quinton Williams will return to the Pumas for his senior year. He threw for over 2,000 yards and accounted for 30 touchdowns last season. /Courtesy photo

shellacking of Bowie High School on Oct. 7. Wise crushed its competition throughout the 2017 high school football regular season behind a nearly impenetrable defense and stellar play from a bevy of skill players. One of those playmakers was senior running back John Oliver, who rushed for 224 yards and three touchdowns against Quince Orchard in last year’s championship game. “I just used my vision and my speed to get the job done,” Oliver

said about his championship performance. “I just have to give a shoutout to my offensive line because without them I wouldn’t have had as many yards.” Oliver carried the load for 1,444 yards on the ground and piled up 26 total touchdowns, including two kickoff returns for scores. Senior Anthony Lytton Jr. showed his versatility both as a top-flight receiver and shutdown defensive back last season. The Florida State University com-

3. Gonzaga (14-1) (WCAC)

lion (33 points, eight rebounds and two assists against Richard Wright) has been on a scoring tear as of late and is averaging over 22 points per game.

The Eagles are riding on a three-game win streak after dismantling Bishop McNamara High School (Forestville, Md.) 67-53 on Jan. 16. Gonzaga sophomore forward Terrance Williams was nearly unstoppable as he accounted for 24 points, 11 rebounds, three assists and a block against the Mustangs. Williams leads Gonzaga in scoring this season (19 points per game) while senior forward Myles Dread and sophomore point guard Chuck Harris are also posting double-figure scoring averages.

4. Thurgood Marshall Academy (14-6) (DCSAA)

Thurgood Marshall, winner of five straight, is peaking at the right time. They took down Richard Wright School for Journalism and Media Arts PCS (Washington, DC) by 49 points (70-21) on Jan. 18. Senior guard Savion Gal-

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5. Dunbar (14-6) (DCSAA)

Dunbar dominated National Collegiate Prep (Washington, DC) 63-51 on Jan. 17 to win its second game in a row. Senior guard Ahmad McKeithan led the Crimson Tide in scoring with 19 points, and he also pitched in with four assists as well. Rasheed Gatling and Cole Phaire combined for 23 points in the win. Gatling leads the Crimson Tide in scoring, averaging over 16 points per game. The Washington Informer Top 5 is strictly based upon the opinions of The Washington Informer sports division and will run throughout the duration of the DCIAA and WCAC basketball seasons. WI

mit hauled in 34 receptions for 523 yards and seven touchdowns while accounting for 26 tackles, three interceptions and two forced fumbles on defense. In last year’s state championship game, Lytton made back-to-back game-changing plays that put his team in prime position to secure the victory. With 4:40 remaining in the game, Lytton intercepted a third-down pass and returned it to the Quince Orchard 39-yard line. Then, on first down, the wide receiver took a reverse to the house for a touchdown. Last but not least, junior quarterback Quinton Williams came into the program in his first year as a starting quarterback after transferring from Our Lady of Good Counsel High School to lead the Pumas to the promised land. Williams finished the year throwing for 2,015 yards and 27 touchdowns with only four interceptions. He also made plays with his legs, rushing for 342 yards and three touchdowns. Parrish and his squad “completed the mission,” but he understands that the pressure mounts every day to maintain the winning tradition that he has created. “We have a lot of young players coming back next year, and we try to be better the next year,” Parrish said. “We are just going to keep moving on. I remember when I lost my first title — it was painful and I learned a lesson from that. We just won now, but we are going back to the drawing board again. We are not going to rest on this, and I am planning on striving to be the best, and I know my players are going to.” WI

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SPORTS Georgetown Edges St. John’s in 2OT

5 St. John’s guard Shamorie Ponds drives past Georgetown guard Jonathan Mulmore during Georgetown’s 93-89 double overtime win at Capital One Arena in Northwest on Jan. 20. /Photo by John E. De Freitas 4 St. John’s guard Bashir Ahmed drives against Georgetown guard Jagan Mosely during Georgetown’s 93-89 double overtime win at Capital One Arena in Northwest on Jan. 20. /Photo by John E. De Freitas

Woodrow Wilson’s Basketball Stars Shine in Inaugural MLK Event By Daniel Kucin, Jr. WI Contributing Writer @danielkucin88

5 A Tigers standout goes for two. /Photo by Daniel Kucin, Jr.

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Down late in the fourth quarter during the inaugural MLK East Coast Jam Fest at Archbishop Spalding High School in Northwest, Woodrow Wilson High School had to dig deep and show Capital Christian Academy they weren’t folding in the face of adversity. The Tigers clawed their way back from a five-point deficit with less than three minutes remaining, scoring seven unanswered points to defeat the Red Storm, 66-64, on Jan. 13. Wilson jumped out of the gates on a 6-2 run after senior shooting guard Ricardo Lindo hit the Tigers’ first three shots of the game, but Capital Christian (Upper Marlboro, Md.) hung tough. But just as Wilson seemed poised to pull away at the start of the second quarter, Lindo hobbled to the locker room with a sprained ankle. “We just had to keep fighting,” Wilson head coach Angelo Hernandez said of playing without

Lindo. “Down the stretch, our guards rely on our big kids like Lindo to average double-digit rebounds, and he went out tonight, so people had to step up.” In his absence, the Red Storm went on a 9-3 scoring run capped by an emphatic two-handed dunk by senior forward Jordan Bolder, who let out a bellowing scream as his team took the lead for the first time in the game and rode that momentum to a 32-27 halftime advantage. Even though Wilson guard Dimingus Stevens led all scorers with 20 points in the game and set the tone in the first half, he was held scoreless in the fourth quarter. Fortunately for Wilson, an unassuming player stepped up to completely change the tide of the game. Junior point guard Carlos Dunn, held to only three points in the first half, exploded with 12 points in the second half — including seven fourth-quarter points — to earn game MVP honors. “Coach said I was overdue for a performance like this,” Dunn said.

“I had a good shoot-around before the game, and I just came in and gave everything I had. I like to bring energy, and I’m hungry on the court.” The five-foot-ten guard also knocked down the go-ahead free throw with only 17 seconds left. “Carlos played well for us tonight,” said Wilson junior shooting guard Jay Heath Jr.. “We probably would’ve lost if he didn’t score as much. He’s a big-time player for us.” With just two seconds remaining, Capital Christian had one last chance to win the game, but junior point guard Judah Jordan’s contested three-pointer wouldn’t fall. Hernandez said his team is finally starting to build some camaraderie after pushing through the winter tournament schedule. “It was a tough grind for us, and I did it so we could play tough competition,” Hernandez said about traveling and playing in different tournaments this year. “The chemistry is starting to grow now, and I think that is something that a lot of people are missing.” WI

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the lauded “Oh Happy Day,” an 18th century hymn Hawkins arranged in his tradition’s familiar call-and-response style, becoming a million-seller single, illustrating that a market existed for gospel and inspirational music during an era of great turbulence and strife. Hawkins never failed to reach out to younger artists of faith, something to which this writer can personally attest as a former participant in his inspiring gospel music workshops, the Edwin Hawkins Music and Arts Seminars, that he offered for many years each summer in Atlanta during the 80s and 90s. He often toured with his younger brother Walter, a Grammy winner who died in 2010. His surviving siblings include: Carol, Feddie, Daniel and Lynette. WI

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will be heard. The time is now for people of all backgrounds to come together and put away their differences. No more being silent. March for equality, march for justice, march for peace and march for freedom. These ideas didn’t just stop with Martin Luther King Jr. or Franklin D. Roosevelt. We have to make our voices heard and rise up against the antics of Trump and those who don’t support equality.” While the issues people are protesting this year were similar to last year, which came a day after Trump’s inauguration, one thing undeniably different is the record number of women now running for political offices. Themed “Power to the Polls,” the high-octane event served as a symbol of female empowerment and encouraged women to vote and to run for office, spearhead-

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ed by the new network of women-led grass-roots groups including Run for Something, Our Revolution and Flippable. To date, there are an unprecedented 35,000 female candidates running for varied political office — some running for the first time and overwhelmingly Democratic. Currently there are 390 women planning to run for House seats, higher than at any point in American history, thecut.com reported. Twenty-two of them are non-incumbent Black women (there are currently only 18 Black women in the House). Forty-nine women are likely to be running for the Senate, more than 68 percent higher than the number who’d announced at the same point in 2014 and at least 79 women are exploring runs for governor in 2018, which will potentially double the record for female candidates set in 1994,

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according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. “If we want to see a real difference in this country, we’re going to have to get out there and vote,” said D.C. resident Jessica Randolph. “I came to this march last year and what these marches really show me is our power as a people to mobilize. We have to get out there and vote, take public office and really create and impact some major policies. Time is up and the time is now. Let’s get out here and march and then after we march, lets vote and then after we vote, lets run for office.” Though the overall theme of the march centered around female voting and public office, other attendees also the event to showcase their displeasure with the president, with multiple signs reading “Impeach Trump” visible in the crowd. “I’m sick of all of this,” one marcher said. “It’s 2018 and I think it’s absurd that we still have to march for this. ... It’s ridiculous and I’m insulted. I don’t have a lot to say about this policy or that — hell, I don’t even always know what’s going on in the world, because it’s just too much. But I do know that a solution to some of these problems is getting rid of Trump and I’m here to do my part.” Kicking off a yearlong campaign led by the Women’s March to get more women involved in government, the main event for the protest took place in Las Vegas on Jan. 21. WI

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with Lyndia Grant What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? — 1st Corinthians 6:19 This health article may be a life-saver for some, and merely information for others. It is a proven, scientific fact that the human body has its own magnetic fields (also known as hearts magnetic field, because of the flow of blood) and Earth is a giant magnet. When we sleep with our head towards north, our body’s magnetic field becomes completely asymmetrical to the Earth’s magnetic field. That cause problems related to blood pressure and our heart needs to work harder in order to overcome this asymmetry. Apart from this, another reason is that our bodies have significant amount of iron in the blood. This can cause headaches, Alzheimer’s disease, cognitive decline, Parkinson’s disease and brain degeneration. Recently, I read an article by Sadhguru. He said in this article that our heart is located not halfMt. Zion Baptist Church Reverend John W. Davis Pastor 5101 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 Phone: 202-726-2220 Fax: 202-726-9089 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service - 8:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Children’s Church - 11:00 a.m. (1st & 3rd Sundays) Communion - 10 a.m. 4th Sunday Sunday School - 9:15 a.m. (4th Sunday 8:15 a.m.) Prayer Meeting & Bible Study - Wednesday 7:00 p.m. “A Church with a past to remember – and a future to mold”

way down, but three-fourths of the way up the body because pumping blood up against gravity is more difficult than pumping it down. The blood vessels which go upward are a finer arrangement compared to those going down. As they go up into the brain, they are almost hairlike, to such a point that they cannot even take one extra drop. If one extra drop is pumped in, something will burst and you will have a hemorrhage. Most people have tiny hemorrhages in their brain that do not incapacitate them in any major way, but cause small damages nonetheless. You may become duller, which people are becoming. Your level of intelligence after the age of 35 drops in many ways, unless you take enormous care to keep it up. You are managing because of your memory, not because of your intelligence. Sadhguru said when the body is positioned horizontally, a drop in pulse rate is immediately noticeable. The body makes this adjustment because if blood is pumped at the same level, too much will go into your head, causing damage. Now, if you place your head to the north and stay that way for five to six hours, the magnetic pull will cause pressure on your brain, Sadhguru said. If you are beyond a certain age and your blood vessels are weak, you could have hemorrhages and paralytic strokes. Or, if your system is sturdy and these things don’t happen to you, you could get up agitated because there is more circulation in the brain than there should be while you’re sleeping. It is not that if you do this for one day, you will fall dead. But if you do this every day, you are asking for trouble. What

kind of trouble depends on how strong your system is. So which is the best direction to sleep with your head pointing towards? East is the best direction. Northeast is OK. West is alright. South, if you must. North, no. This is true as long as you are in the northern hemisphere — sleeping with your head towards any side except north is OK. In the southern hemisphere, don’t put your head to the south. Do your own research, or just ascribe to the scripture mentioned here which speaks of how important it is to treat our bodies like the temple it is. It is to your own advantage to adhere to this knowledge. Move your bed and sleep with your head toward the east! In closing, though we cannot see or feel the earth moving, you know that it is. Also know that everything around us is changing, little by little and day by day — it is the magic of the power of God! WI Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church The Rev. E. Bernard Anderson Priest Foggy Bottom - Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW - Washington, DC 20037 Church office: 202-333-3985 - Fax : 202-338-4958 Service and Times Sundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Music and Hymns Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy Eucharist www.stmarysfoggybottom.org Email: stmarysoffice@stmarysfoggybottom.org All are welcome to St. Mary’s to Learn, Worship, and Grow.

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Mount Olivet Lutheran Church

John F. Johnson Reverend Dr. 1306 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20005 Service and Times Divine Worship, Sunday 10:00 a.m. Communion 1st and 3rd Sunday “Friendliest Church in the City” Website: mountolivetdc.org Email: mtolivedc@gmail.com

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RELIGION The Miracle Center of Faith Missionary Baptist Church

Pilgrim Baptist Church Rev. Louis B. Jones II Pastor

Bishop Michael C. Turner, Sr. Senior Pastor 9161 Hampton Overlook Capitol Heights, MD 20743 Phone: 301-350-2200 Fax: 301-499-8724

700 I Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002 (202) 547-8849 Service and Times Worship Sundays: 7:30 & 11:00am 5th Sundays: 9:30am 3rd Sundays: Baptism & Holy Communion Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @ Noon & 6:30pm

Service and Times Sunday Worship Times : 7:30 a.m. 7 10:00 a.m. Communion: 1st Sunday Sunday School: 9:00 a.m. Bible Study: Wednesday, 12 Noon Bible Study in homes: Tuesday 7:00 p.m. Website: www.themiraclecenterFMBC.com Email: Miraclecenterfmbs@gmail.com Motto: “We Walk by Faith, Not by Sight”

www.pilgrimbaptistdc.org

Church of Living Waters

Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church

Crusader Baptist Church

Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor

Rev. Dr. Michael E. Bell, Sr., Pastor

Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan Pastor

Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews Senior Pastor

Harold Andrew Assistant Pastor

2498 Alabama Ave., SE - Washington D.C. 20020 Office: (202) 889-7296 Fax: (202) 889-2198 - www.acamec.org

800 I Street, NE - Washington, DC 20002 202-548-0707 - Fax No. 202-548-0703

4915 Wheeler Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-894-6464

Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 8:00am and 11:00am Sunday Church School - 9:15am & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study - 10:30am 2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study: 6:30pm Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study: 10:00am Tuesday Topical Bible Study: 6:30pm Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study: 6:30pm Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study: 6:30pm Wednesday Children’s Bible Study: 6:30pm Thursday Men’s Bible Study: 6:30pm Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service: 6:30pm Saturday Adult Bible Study: 10:00am “The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church”

Service and Times 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

1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 - Fax: (202) 526-1661

Service and Times Sunday Service: 8:30am& 11:00am Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30pm Communion Service: First Sunday www.livingwatersmd.org

E-mail: Crusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org “God is Love”

Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ

St. Stephen Baptist Church

Third Street Church of God

Dr. Dekontee L. & Dr. Ayele A. Johnson Pastors

Drs. Dennis W. & Christine Y. Wiley Pastors

Bishop Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. Senior Pastor

Rev. Cheryl J. Sanders, Th.D. Senior Pastor

Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr.; Senior Bishop & Evangelist Susie C. Owens – Co-Pastor

4001 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 265-6147 Office 1-800 576-1047 Voicemail/Fax

3845 South Capitol Street Washington, DC 20032 (202) 562-5576 (Office) (202) 562-4219 (Fax)

5757 Temple Hill Road, Temple Hills, MD 20748 Office 301-899-8885 – fax 301-899-2555

1204 Third Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202-347-5889 office 202-638-1803 fax

610 Rhode Island Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 529-4547 office • (202) 529-4495 fax

Service and Times Sunday School: 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship Service: 11:00am Communion Service: First Sunday Prayer Service/Bible Study: Tuesday, 6:30pm

Services and Times Sundays: 10:00am Worship Services Bible Study: Wonderful Wednesdays in Worship and the Word Bible Study Wednesdays 12:00 Noon; 6:30pm (dinner @ 5:30pm) Sunday School: 9:00am – Hour of Power

Blessed Word of Life Church

www.blessedwordoflifechurch.org E-mail: church@blessedwordoflifechurch.org

“An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and affirmed.” www.covenantbaptistdc.org

Campbell AME Church

Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 am Sunday Church School: 8:45 am Bible Study Wednesday: 12:00 Noon Wednesday: 7:00 pm Thursday: 7: pm “Reaching Up To Reach Out” Mailing Address Campbell AME Church 2502 Stanton Road SE - Washington, DC 20020

Services and Times Sunday Early Morning Worship: 7:45am Church School: 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship: 10:45am Tuesday: 7:00pm/Kingdom Building Bible Institute Wednesday: Prayer/Praise/Bible Study-7:30 pm Baptism & Communion Service: 4th Sunday – 10:30am “We are one in the Spirit” www.ssbc5757.org E-mail: ssbc5757@verizon.net

Services and Times Sunday School: 9:30am Sunday Worship: 11:00am Sunday Community Worship Service: 8:30 am “Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital” www.thirdstreet.org Live Stream Sunday Worship Service begins @ 12:00 noon www.thirdstreet.org

Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church

Sunday Worship Service: 8 AM and 10:45am Sunday Youth Worship Services: 1st & 4th 10:45am; 804 R.I. Ave., NE 5th 8 AM & 10:45am; Main Church Prayer Services Tuesday – Noon, Wednesday 6am & 6:30pm 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

Service and Times 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

St Marks Baptist Come Worship with us... Dr. Raymond T. Matthews Pastor and First Lady Marcia Matthews St. Mark's Baptist Church 624 Underwood Street, NW Washington, dc 20011 Services and Times Sunday School: 9:00am Worship Service: 10:00am Wed. Noon Day prayer service Thur. Prayer service: 6:45pm Thur. Bible Study: 7:15pm

Twelfth Street Christian Church

Rev. Dr. Henry Y. White 2562 MLK Jr. Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Adm. Office 202-678-2263 Email: Campbell@mycame.org

Isle of Patmos Baptist Church

Reverend Dr. Paul H. Saddler Senior Pastor (Disciples of Christ) 1812 12th Street, NW - Washington, DC 20009 Phone: 202-265-4494 Fax: 202 265 4340 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 am Communion every Sunday: 11:00 am Sunday School: 10:00 am Bible Study Tuesday: 12 Noon Pastor’s Bible Study Tuesday: 6:30 pm Motto: “Discover Something Wonderful” Website: 12thscc.org Email: Twelfthstcc@aol.com

Turning Hearts Church Virgil K. Thomas, Sr. Senior Pastor/ Teacher 4275 4th Street, S.E. Washington, DC 20034 Phone: 202-746-0113 Fax: 301-843-2445 Service and Times Sunday School 8 – 9 AM Worship Service 9 – 11 AM Tuesday Night Bible Study 6:30 – 8:00 PM Wednesday Daytime Bible Study 11 AM – 12:30 PM Motto : “A Great Commitment to the Great Commandment” Website: www.turningheartschurchdc.org Email: faithdefender@verizon.net

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Mount Carmel Baptist Church Joseph N. Evans, Ph.D Senior Pastor 901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423 Service and Times Sunday Church School : 9:00am Sunday Morning Worship: 10:10am Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00pm Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00pm Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10:10am themcbc.org

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RELIGION Shabbath Commandment Church

All Nations Baptist Church

King Emmanuel Baptist Church

Bishop Adrian A. Taylor, Sr. Pastor

Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor

Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor

7801 Livingston Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-534-5471

2001 North Capitol St, N.E. - Washington, DC 20002 Phone (202) 832-9591

2324 Ontario Road, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 232-1730

Service and Times Sabbath School 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Service 11:00 a.m. Praise & Worship Preaching 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Motto: “A Church Keeping It Real for Real.” Website: Shabbathcommandmentchruch.org Email: Praisebetoyhwh@gmail.com

Zion Baptist Church Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor 4850 Blagdon Ave, NW - Washington D.C 20011 Phone (202) 722-4940 - Fax (202) 291-3773 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:15AM 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

St. Luke Baptist Church Rev. Aubrey C. Lewis Pastor 1415 Gallatin Street, NW Washington, DC 20011-3851 P: (202) 726-5940 Service and Times 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

Service and Times Sunday Church School – 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service – 11:00 AM Holy Communion – 1st Sunday at 11:00 AM Prayer – Wednesdays, 6:00 PM Bible Study – Wednesdays, 7:00 PM Christian Education School of Biblical Knowledge Saturdays, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM, Call for Registration Website: www.allnationsbaptistchurch.com All Nations Baptist Church – A Church of Standards

Israel Baptist Church

Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor

Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert Senior Pastor

2409 Ainger Pl.,SE – WDC 20020 (202) 678-0884 – Office • (202) 678-0885 – Fax “Moving Faith Forward” 0% Perfect . . . 100% Forgiven!

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

Service and Times Sunday Worship: 8:00am & 10:45am Baptism/Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday Family Bible Study Tuesdays – 6:30pm Prayer Service: Tuesdays – 8:00pm www.emmanuelbaptistchurchdc.org

“Where Jesus is the King”

Lincoln Park United Methodist Church

Sermon On The Mount Temple Of Joy Apostolic Faith

Rev. Richard B. Black Pastor

Elder Herman L. Simms Pastor

1251 Saratoga Ave., NE Washington, DC 20018 (202) 269-0288

1301 North Carolina Ave. N E Washington, D C 20002 202 543 1318 - lincolnpark@lpumcdc.org www.lpumcdc.org

5606 Marlboro Pike District Heights, MD 20747 301-735-6005

Service and Times 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.

Service and Times Sunday Worship: 10: am Holy Communion: First Sunday 10: am Sunday School: 9: am Bible Study: Wednesday @ 12 noon and 6:30pm Motto: "Faith On The Hill"

Mount Moriah Baptist Church

Eastern Community Baptist Church

Service and Times Sunday Apostolic Worship Services 11:00 A.M and 5:00 P.M Communion and Feet Wash 4th Sunday at 5:00 P.M Prayer/Seeking: Wednesday at 8:00 P.M. Apostolic in Doctrine, Pentecostal in Experience, Holiness in Living, Uncompromised and Unchanged. The Apostolic Faith is still alive –Acts 2:42

New Commandment Baptist Church

Dr. Lucius M. Dalton Senior Pastor

Damion M. Briggs Pastor

Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor

1636 East Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20003 Telephone: 202-544-5588 - Fax: 202-544-2964

8213 Manson Street Landover, MD 20785 Tel: (301) 322-9787 Fax: (301) 322-9240

13701 Old Jericho Park Road Bowie, MD. 20720 (301) 262-0560

Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 7:45 am and 10:45 am Holy Communion: 1st Sundays at 7:45 am & 10:45 am Sunday School: 9:30 am Prayer & Praise Service: Tuesdays at 12 noon & 6:30 pm Bible Study: Tuesdays at 1 pm and 7 pm Youth Bible Study: Fridays at 7 pm

Service and Times Early Morning Message: 7:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00 AM Sunday Church School: 9:00 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday 7:30 AM & 10:00 AM Prayer, Praise and Testimony: Wednesday 7:00 PM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM

Service and Times Sunday Worship: 11 AM Sunday School: 10 AM Wednesday Mid-Week Worship, Prayer & Bible Study: Wed. 7 PM

Rehoboth Baptist Church

“Real Worship for Real People” Website: www.easterncommunity.org Email: ecc@easterncommunity.org

Salem Baptist Church

Holy Trinity United Baptist Church

Florida Avenue Baptist Church

Reverend Christopher L. Nichols Pastor

Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr. Pastor

Web: www.mountmoriahchurch.org Email: mtmoriah@mountmoriahchurch.org

St. Matthews Baptist Church

Service and Times Sunday School: 9:30 am Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 am Baptismal Service: 1st Sunday – 9:30 am Holy Communion: 1st Sunday – 11:00 am Prayer Meeting & Bible Study: Wednesday -7:30 pm

Emmanuel Baptist Church

“A Church Where Love Is Essential and Praise is Intentional”

Service and Times 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

Matthews Memorial Baptist Church Rev. Joan E. Buchanan Executive Pastor 2616 MLK Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 - Fax 202-678-3304 Service and Times Early Worship Service: 7:30am Worship Service: 11:00am New Member’s Class: 9:45am Holy Communion: 1st Sunday, 11:00am Church School: 9:45am Wednesday 12:00pm Bible Study Prayer, Praise and Bible Study: 7:00pm Saturday Bible Study: 11:00am Baptism 4th Sunday: 11:00am

Service and Times 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

Christ Embassy DC

Kelechi Ajieren Coordinator 6839 Eastern Avenue, R1 Takoma Park, MD 20912 (202) 556-7065 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 A.M. Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 P.M. Friday Evening Service: 7:00 P.M. ; Last Friday “…Giving Your Life a Meaning” www.Christembassydc.org Christ.embassy.dc@hotmail.com

“Empowered to love and Challenged to Lead a Multitude of Souls to Christ”

Peace Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Michael T. Bell 712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836 Service and Times Sunday Early Morning Prayer & Bible Study Class 8:00 am Sunday School 9:00 am Sunday Morning Worship Service 10:00 am Wednesday Service 12:00 pm

Pennsylvania Ave. Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Kendrick E. Curry Pastor 3000 Pennsylvania Ave.. S.E Washington, DC 20020 202 581-1500 Service and Times Sunday Church School: 9:30 A.M. Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 A.M. Monday Adult Bible Study: 7:00 P.M. Wednesday Youth & Adult Activities: 6:30 P.M. Prayer Service Bible Study

“The Loving Church of the living lord “ Email Address: admin@pbc712.org

Shiloh Baptist Church

First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church

Mt. Horeb Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Maxwell M. Washington Pastor

Rev. Curtis l. Staley Pastor

Rev. Alonzo Hart Pastor

Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor

Rev. Oran W. Young Pastor

Rev. Dr. H. B. Sampson, III Pastor

Worshiping Location Knights of Columbus - 1633 Tucker Road Fort Washington, MD 20744 (240) 838-7074

621 Alabama Ave., S.E.- Washington, D.C. 20032 P: (202) 561-1111 - F: (202) 561-1112

917 N St. NW - Washington, DC 20001 (202) 232-4294

9th & P Street, N.W. - W. D.C. 20001 (202) 232-4288

Service and Times Sunday Service: 10 am Sunday School for all ages: 8:30 am 1st Sunday Baptism: 10: am 2nd Sunday Holy Communion:10 am Tuesday: Bible Study: 6:30 pm Prayer Meeting: 7:45 pm

Service and Times Sunday Morning Prayer Service: 8:00 a.m. Sunday Church School: 9:15 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship: 10:40 a.m. Third Sunday Baptismal & Holy Communion:10:30 a.m. Tuesday Church At Study Prayer & Praise: 6:30 p.m.

Service and Times First Sunday Worship Service (one service): 10:00 a.m. Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Sunday Worship service: 7:45 a.m. and 10:55 a.m. Sunday Church School/Bible Study: 9:30 a.m. Thursday Prayer Service: 6:30 p.m.

602 N Street NW - Washington, D.C. 20001 Office:(202) 289-4480 Fax: (202) 289-4595

2914 Bladensburg Road, NE Wash., DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-3180 - Fax: (202) 529-7738 Service and Times Worship Service: 7:30 a.m. Sunday School: 9:00 a.m. Worship Service: 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:30 a.m. & 10:30a.m. Prayer Services:Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Wednesday 12 Noon

Motto: “Where God is First and Where Friendly People Worship”

The Church Where GOD Is Working.... And We Are Working With GOD

Service and Times 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) Theme: “The Kingdom Focused Church” Matthew 6:33 and Mathew 28:18-20, KJV Email: stmatthewsbaptist@msn.com Website: www.stmatthewsbaptist.org

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Service and Times Sunday School for All Ages: 8:00 a.m. Sunday Worship Services: 9:30 a.m. Midday Prayer & Bible Study: Wednesday 11:30 a.m. Evening Prayer & Bible Study: Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Laymen's League: Thursday 7:00 p.m. Email: Froffice@firstrising.org Website: www.firstrising.org “Changing Lives On Purpose “

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LEGAL NOTICES

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Administration No. 2017 ADM 001463

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000002

Administration No. 2017 ADM 001485

Administration No. 2017 ADM 001494

Administration No. 2017 ADM 001484

Michelle R. Baker Decedent

Janie L. Gilchrist Decedent

Luvenia Best Nash Decedent

Norris E. Jones aka Norris Jones aka Norris E. Jones, Sr. Decedent

Robert E. Lee aka Robert Earl Lee Sr. Decedent

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Laurie Pyne O’Reilly 1050 17th Street NW, Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Robin C. Baker, whose address is 1217 G Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Michelle R. Baker who died on August 1, 1994 without a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before July 11, 2018. 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 July 11, 2018, 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: January 11, 2018 Robin C. Baker Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills

Sallie G. Williams whose address is 2410 Alabama Ave., SE, Washington, DC 20020, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Janie L. Gilchrist who died on 8/14/2017 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 7/25/2018. 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 7/25/2018, 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: 1/25/2018

Nicole Pennington, whose address is 2881 Falkirk Alley, Bryans Road, MD 20616, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Norris E. Jones aka Norris Jones aka Norris E. Jones Sr. who died on October 9, 2017 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 7/25/2018. 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 7/25/2018, 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.

Lois L. S. Lee, whose address is 4033 South Capital Terrace, SW, Washington, DC 20032, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Robert E. Lee aka Robert Earl Lee Sr. who died on December 1, 2017 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 7/25/2018. 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 7/25/2018, 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: 1/25/2018

Nicole Pennington Personal Representative

Lois Lee Personal Representative

TRUE TEST COPY

Anne Meister Register of Wills

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Administration No. 2017 ADM 001479

Administration No. 2017 ADM 001473

Administration No. 2017 ADM 620

Mary F. Quaid aka Mary Frances Quaid Decedent

Elton Clyde Witcher Decedent

Joseph Dawson, Jr. Decedent

Aimee D. Griffin 5335 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite 440 Washington, DC 20015 Attorney

Deborah D. Boddie, Esq. 1308 Ninth Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20001 Attorney

Valerie Edwards, Esq. Antonoplos & Associates, Attorney At Law 1724 DeSales Street, NW, #600 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney

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Barbara Fisher, whose address is 633 Kenyon Street, NW, Washington, DC 20010 was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Elton Clyde Witcher who died on June 5, 2017 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 07/11/18. 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 07/11/18, 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.

Karen D. Dawson and Sherry L. Dawson, whose addresses are 7959 Riggs Rd. #10, Adelphi, MD 20783 & 10810 Blackstone Ave., Cheltenham, MD 20623, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Joseph Dawson, Jr. who died on May 6th, 2017 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 7-18-2018. 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 7-18-2018, 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.

Magalene Best McKay aka Magaline Best McKay whose address is 10911 Dubs Court, Largo, MD 20774, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Luvenia Best Nash who died on November 1, 2017 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 7/25/2018. 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 7/25/2018, 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: 1/25/2018 Luvenia Best Nash Personal Representative

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017 ADM 1462 Jean E Wallace Decedent Larry C. Williams, Esquire 7600 Georgia Ave., NW Suite 405 Washington, DC 20012 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Ronald A. Wallace, SR., whose address is 6120 Eastern Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20011 was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Jean E. Wallace who died on 9/17/2017 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 07/11/18. 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 07/11/18, 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.

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Foreign No. 2017 FEP 000138 7/6/16 Date of Death Anita L. Robinson Name of Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Michele R. Proctor whose address is 4610 Blaine Street, NE, Washington, DC 20019 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Anita L. Robinson, deceased, by the Orphans Court for Prince Georges County, State of Maryland, on July 6, 2016 Service of process may be made upon Michele R. Proctor, 4610 Blaine Street, NE, Washington, DC 20019 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real property: 4610 Blaine Street, NE, Washington, DC 20019 Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice.

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Anne Marie Mood and Marvin Mood, whose address is 13 Doolittle Court, Gaithersburg, MD 20886 were appointed Personal Representative(s) of the estate of Mary Frances Quaid aka Mary F. Quaid who died on August 2, 2017 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 7/11/2018. 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 7/11/2018, 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: 1/11/2018

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“Even as support at the national level is eliminated or scaled back, the new report finds cities leading the way to champion Black male achievement, with a 62 percent higher level of engagement for advancing Black male achievement across all 50 cities included in the index.” For example, Rogers said, Black men born in 2001 have a 1 in 3 likelihood of imprisonment compared to a 1 in 9 chance for all men; 25 percent of Black children do not graduate high school on time, compared to the national advantage of 17 percent. CBMA created the index in its first “Promise of Place” report three years ago to score the efforts of 0 cities that are home to more than 30 percent of the nation’s Black men and boys, based on level of engagement and committed action. The latest report spotlights high-scoring cities and so-called building block cities that represent model policies and practices for others to follow, as well as cities on the horizon — municipalities beginning to scale up their investment in Black men and boys, Dove said. Cities were scored on indicators that include demographics; city-led commitment to Black men and boys, membership in the CBMA national network, local presence of national initiatives focused on Black men and boys and level of philanthropic funding in this sector going to support local organizations. Promise of Place spotlights the building blocks that promising cities for Black Male Achievement must utilize to improve the lives of Black men and boys in their communities. Promising cities adhere to three BMA core values which are collective work and responsibility; respect and recognition; and bold goals and outcomes. The three core values underpin eight building blocks of progress: city administration commitment to Black men and boys; reimagining BMB; BMB stakeholder community, actionable agenda for BMB; targeted

funding; effective practice base; coordinated capacity building infrastructure; coordination and continuum of BMA activities. D.C. and Detroit remain the two highest scored cities with a score of 95. D.C. demonstrated the most significant increase in philanthropic funding since 2008, moving from about $1.3 million per capita in 2012 to about $7.2 million per capita in 2017 of targeted funding supporting BMA work, according to the report. This significant jump over the fiveyear period is largely due to The Susan T. Buffet Foundation’s approximately $1.4 million grant to Advocates for Youth for project support work and the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation’s approximately $1.3 million grant to the DC Public Education Fund to support DC Public Schools’ Empowering Males of Color initiative. “I am encouraged by the amazing strides we have made as an organization and as a field over the past decade and particularly since the 2015 edition of Promise of Place,” Dove said in introducing the report. “With the field updates, promising strategies, and models of courageous leadership presented throughout this report, I hope [everyone] will feel as encouraged and emboldened as I do that the path we are on is the right one. The reality is that dismantling inequitable systems and policies built over centuries will require a generational commitment from all of us who care about justice and equality in America. “Now, we must work towards translating our collective efforts into real policy change that will address and eradicate the barriers facing Black men, women, and children,” Dove said. “While I still believe that there is no cavalry coming to save the day, I know that our dedication to advancing the field and movement of Black Male Achievement is what creates the iconic leadership Black men and boys need to realize their true promise and purpose.” For the full report, go to www.blackmaleachievement.org. WI

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expansion. Will 45 take credit for the stagnant wages that plague all workers, but especially African-American workers? While unemployment rates have dropped, wages have not risen by very much (less than 2 percent last year). Sure, some workers got tax bill-related bonuses, and Walmart will raise their wages for some workers to $11 an hour, but most workers are stuck making the same amount of money they made three years ago. Does 45 take credit for income and wealth differences between African Americans and Whites? The average White family has a $65,000 income, compared to just $39,000 for African Americans. And the average African-American household has just $17,000 in wealth, compared to $171,000 for Whites. When 45 crows about a 6.8

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status of African Americans he would have produced a different tax bill, ceased his attacks on health care, and directed his secretary of education to stop attacking public education and HBCUs. But 45 isn’t interested in the economic status of African Americans. He is interested in bragging about data he once dismissed as “phony.” WI

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out, begging for scraps from the table and waiting to be given our next assignment and told our next move. Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said it best at the last Democratic National Convention when he told attendees that they needed to get some “backbone.” All I know is this, Black folks had better get some “backbone” and wake up before we find ourselves becoming comfortable with sitting at the back of the bus again, while the Hispanic community and Asian community figure out a way to work collectively together to advance their political and social position in this country. If we find ourselves in the back of the bus, sadly, it won’t be the Republicans’ fault or the Democrats’ fault. This time, it will be no one’s fault, but our own. Dear Black people: We either get engaged or get left behind. What’s it going to be for 2018 and beyond? WI

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in America. Where was the CBC’s outrage at this? Why was there no attempt to censure Emanuel? Why are they not marching through the streets of Chicago? The NAACP and the Urban League have not convened a meeting or massive demonstration against Emanuel to denounce him as a racist. Oh, I forgot — he is a Democrat, therefore, he can’t be racist. Just because you are the head of an organization doesn’t mean you are a leader. Can you name me the leaders of the White community? But I digress. Members of the CBC were willing to oppose the short-term, Republican-sponsored spending bill because that bill didn’t include a long-term fix for Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, even though this move would have devastating effects on the Black community, the same group they “claim” to represent.

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LeVell, a Black Republican, serves as executive director. Other Coalition membership groups are: Hispanic Patriots for Trump, Sikh Americans for Trump and Minorities for Trump. The guy that created the group is Cohen. Cohen was executive vice president of the Trump Organization. Cohen was in the Trump’s business operations as co-president of Trump Entertain-

ASKIA from Page 23 that point, and then Dude withdrew his offer. Gotcha! Democrats argued that Trump and his allies wanted to see the government shutdown all along.

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Can you name me one issue that was of specific urgency to the Black community that the CBC has ever shut down the government for? Name me one member of the CBC that has a bill passed in his name. Name me one member of the CBC that has his name attached to a bill that became law, i.e. Sarbanes-Oxley, or the Hyde Amendment. To the NAACP and the Urban League: Why is amnesty for illegals a “moral” imperative, but the high crime rate in the Black community isn’t? Why wasn’t the double-digit Black unemployment rate under eight years of Obama a “moral” imperative? Remember the famous quote from Emanuel Cleaver, former chair of the CBC and congressman from Missouri, from September 2011: “If Obama were White, we’d be marching on the White House.” This remark was made in regard to Obama doing nothing to reduce the Black unemployment rate, which was around 17 percent at the time. Why do these “media-appointed”

leaders make everyone else’s issues their issue? When have you heard the illegals speaking out against the high unemployment rate in the Black community or discrimination in college admissions? When have you seen the homosexual community speak out against housing discrimination towards Blacks or lack of access to capital for Black business owners? Can anyone explain to me why these radical, Black liberal groups are ignoring the needs of their own community to focus on the issue of those who have absolutely no connection to our community? Your first obligation as a parent is to take care of your own family. Period. Do you really think Michael Jordan gave a damn about Magic Johnson getting injured during a game in which they were playing against each other? Hell, no. So, then, why are we fighting everyone else’s battles at the expense of our own community? WI

ment and member of the board of the Eric Trump Foundation. Cohen set the bar for tolerating Trump’s idiosyncrasies in his defense of Trump against charges of anti-Semitism. Scott met Donald Trump in 2011 after being invited to a meeting at Trump Tower, when Trump was considering the run. After Trump announced his candidacy, Scott was one of the first African-American pastors to support him and was instru-

mental in getting other African-American pastors to attend meetings. As the coalition’s executive director, LeVell has elected to spend his time repeatedly declaring Trump is not racist, instead of pointing strategies out to him that help Blacks and convert their business and political thinking. We ask Mr. LeVell: What have you got to lose by ceasing defense of Trump’s bigoted acts? WI

In fact, in May, Trump called for a “good shutdown” to fix the “mess” in the government. That was the brainchild of White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, a former South Carolina congress member who once prided himself on being

part of the House “Shutdown Caucus” agreed at the time. “A ‘good’ shutdown would be something that fixes Washington DC permanently,” Mulvaney said at the time. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told reporters on Capitol Hill that the GOP was using the plight of the Dreamers “to attack our domestic agenda,” which includes children’s health protection, disaster relief, and other domestic-social spending. Some “good news” on the occasion: Trump’s one-year anniversary was also greeted by massive protests around the country, hundreds and hundreds of thousands mainly women in dozens of cities. At the same time the president’s popularity is at a historic low, especially toward Black people. Predictably, 79 percent of Black people see him as biased toward them. The overall population agrees: 52 percent of the overall population sees him as biased against Black people, according to an ABC News poll, conducted by Langer Research Associates. Oh, well. Better luck next time kids. WI

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