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memorates the date enslaved Af-ricans in America received their freedom in the District. Activi-ties included seminars and guest speakers, parades and assemblies at several federal monuments that hold special meaning for African Americans.

By Barrington M. Salmon and James WrightWI Staff Writers

District resident Hamilton Weathers counted among the thousands of District residents who participated in or watched a potpourri of activities to mark the D.C. Emancipation’s 150th

The raft of weeklong events gave residents like Weathers, and visitors to the nation’s capital, a chance to reflect on the act itself, the man who signed the docu-ment – President Abraham Lin-coln – and the profound implica-tions for blacks in this country.

Weathers delighted in the late morning Pennsylvania Av-

enue parade held on Monday, April 16. Participants in the pa-rade wore period garb, units of drums and fifes marched in mili-tary precision, while members of fire departments from D.C., Maryland and Virginia drove by in their trucks. Marching bands from elementary through high school added a musical mix to

the affair. “I came out today not to just

enjoy the events but to celebrate blacks as a nation being free,” said Weathers, 40, a photogra-pher with Angel Wings Studios. “Actually, this would be about my third event. My first time was

Full Slate of Activities Mark Emancipation DayDistrict Celebrates 150th Anniversary

It’s not every day that fireworks light up the sky on Pennsylvania Avenue but Monday, April 16 turned out to be the exception. A fireworks display served as the finale to the D.C. Emancipation Day 150th Anniversary celebration. /Photo by Khalid Naji-Allah

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We have to stop being passive-aggressive with poor

children about domestic violence. I plan to take these

policies to Congress andimplore them to change our

laws. I will not stop untilthese policies are passed.

L.Y. Marlow

Women Break the Cycle ofDomestic ViolenceBy Tia Carol JonesWI Staff Writer

When L.Y. Marlow's 23-year-old daughter told her the fatherof her daughter threatened herlife, and the life of their child,she knew something had to bedone. Out of her frustrationwith law enforcement's handlingof the situation, she decided tostart the Saving Promise cam-paign.

“It seems to be a vicious cyclethat won't turn my familyloose,” Marlow said. Marlowshared her story with the audi-ence at the District HeightsDomestic Violence Symposiumon May 7 at the District HeightsMunicipal Center. The sympo-sium was sponsored by theFamily and Youth ServicesCenter of the city of DistrictHeights and the National Hook-Up of Black Women.

Marlow has written a book,“Color Me Butterfly,” which is astory about four generations ofdomestic violence. The book isinspired by her own experiences,and those of her grandmother,her mother and her daughter.She said every time she readsexcerpts from her book, she stillcan not believe the words camefrom her. “Color Me Butterfly”won the 2007 National “BestBooks” Award.

“I was just 16-years-old whenmy eye first blackened and mylips bled,” Marlow said.

Elaine Davis-Nickens, presi-dent of the National Hook-Upof Black Women, said there is noconsistency in the way domesticviolence issues are dealt with by

law enforcement. She said theyhad come together to bring asense of uniformity in the waydomestic violence victims andsurvivors are treated.

“She's using her own personalstory, her own personal pain topush forward,” Davis-Nickenssaid about Marlow.

Davis-Nickens said anyonewho reads Marlow's book will“get it.” She said she “puts thecase in such a way, the averageperson can get it.” She said at theend of the day, the book willhelp people begin to have a dia-logue about domestic violence.

Also present at the event wasMildred Muhammad, the ex-wife of John Allen Muhammad,who was sentenced to six consec-utive life terms without paroleby a Maryland jury for his role inthe Beltway Sniper attacks in2002. Mildred Muhammad isthe founder of After the Trauma,an organization that helps thesurvivors of domestic violenceand their children.

“I lived in fear for six years. Sixyears in fear is a long time. It isnot an easy thing to come outof,” she said.

Mildred Muhammad saidpeople who want to help adomestic violence victim mustbe careful of how they go intothe victim's life, and understandthat she may be in “survivalmode”.

“Before you get to 'I'm goingto kill you,' it started as a verbal

threat,” she said.Among the programs Marlow

wants to see implemented arestricter restraining order policies,more rights for victim's familiesto intervene on behalf of a vic-tim, a domestic violence assess-ment unit coupled with furthertraining for law enforcementagencies, a Child's Life Protec-tion Act and mandatory counsel-ing for batterers.

“If we are ever going to eradi-cate domestic violence, we mustlook at both sides of the coin.We need to address both the vic-tim and the batterer,” Marlowsaid.

Marlow would also like to seeprograms designed to raiseawareness among children inpublic and private schools. Shefeels children need to be educat-ed about domestic violence.

“We have to stop being pas-sive-aggressive with poor chil-dren about domestic violence,”Marlow said.

Marlow has worked to breakthe cycle of abuse in her family,and is confident the policies sheis pushing for will start thatprocess.

“I plan to take these policies toCongress and implore them tochange our laws,” Marlow said.“I will not stop until these poli-cies are passed.”

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March to May 15 By James WrightWI Staff Writer

Magnus Wants to Lead Ward 5 D.C. Council member

candidate Ron Magnus wants the voters of his ward to send him to work in the John A. Wilson Build-ing in Northwest on their behalf. Magnus is one of several candi-dates running for the D.C. Coun-cil seat that was vacated by Harry Thomas Jr., in the special election that will take place on Tue., May 15.

“I am running because I want to bring strong, aggressive leader-ship to the ward,” Magnus said. “I intend to speak to every neighbor-hood and every Ward 5 resident during this difficult time to restore our faith, replenish our trust and call upon residents of Ward 5 to believe again in ourselves.”

Magnus is a lawyer who has worked as an assistant attorney general, in the administration of D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams as the deputy director of govern-ment affairs; and as a special coun-sel for management in the Office of the Corporation Counsel.

Magnus is running on the plat-form of attracting small business-es to the ward, instituting smart growth, and economic develop-ment that focuses on employing Ward 5 residents. He said that he wants “effective, ethical and trans-parent government.”

Other priorities include fighting for the ward’s children to ensure they receive a “first class” educa-tion, strong constituent services for residents and he will work for “universal health care for all ward residents.”

Magnus remains upbeat about his campaign and the future of Ward 5.

“I firmly believe that the best is yet to come,” he said. “I in-tend to be an advocate for Ward 5; I intend to be a fighter in Ward 5 and uniter in Ward 5. To para-phrase the poet Gil Scott Heron as it relates to Ward 5 ‘now more than ever, all the family must be together.’”

Zapata Wants to Serve Rae Zapata is an active resident

of Ward 5 and current president of the Ward 5 Council on Edu-cation. She’s also one of the can-didates seeking the D.C. Council member seat vacated by Harry Thomas Jr., in the special election that will take place on Tue., May 15.

“I have a lifetime of commit-ment to community service,” Zapata, 61, said. “I will not be beholden to any particular group. I will serve all of my constituents and I promise to be a new breed

of politician.”Zapata said that if she is elected

to be the D.C. Council member for the ward, she will “compro-mise and negotiate” but “not give away the whole pie” when it

comes to getting the ward what it needs to thrive.

Zapata, who lives in Brook-land, has been credited with jump-starting the conversation about bringing a middle school

to the ward. At present, the ward doesn’t have any middle schools. She’s working with the brass of the District of Columbia Pub-

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these veterans, upon return to the United States, were treated with parades and speeches. Others were assaulted and even lynched.

1974 - Lee Elder becomes the first African American profes-sional golfer to qualify for the Masters Tournament.

April 221964 - Trinity college student

occupied school administration building to protest campus bias.

1981 - Joint Center for Political Studies reported that 2991 Blacks held elective offices in 45 states and the District of Columbia, compared with 2621 in April, 1973, and 1185 in 1969. The Cen-ter reported 108 Black mayors. Michigan had the largest number of Black elected officials (194), followed by Mississippi (191).

April 231872 - Charlotte E. Ray became

the first female African-American Lawyer. Ms. Ray graduated from Howard Law School.

1954 - Hank Aaron hit his first home run off pitcher Vic Ra-schi of the St. Louis Cardinals on April 23, 1954, his first year in the big leagues. It signaled the beginning of what has become Aarons duel with a legend. Aar-on finished his 19th season with 673 home runs and stands just 41 short of the record set by the home run king, Babe Ruth.

1955 - U.S. Supreme Court re-fused to review lower court deci-sion which would ban segrega-tion in intrastate bus travel.

April 241867 - Black demonstrators

staged ride-ins on Richmond, Va., streetcars. Troops were mobilized to restore order.

1884 - National Medical Asso-ciation of Black Physicians orga-nized in Atlanta, Ga.

1944 - The United Negro Col-lege Fund was founded.

1972 - James M. Rodger, Jr. first African American to be named National Teacher of the Year is honored at a White House ceremony.

1972 - Robert Wedgeworth is

April 191910 - The National Urban

League was formed in New York City. The league was born out of a merger of the National League for the Protection of Colored Women, National League on Ur-ban Conditions among Negroes and the Niagara Movement.

1947 - Jackie Robinson be-comes the first African American major league baseball player.

1960 - National Education Association study revealed that Blacks had lost thirty thousand teaching jobs since 1954 in 17 southern and Border States be-cause of discrimination and de-segregation.

1960 - Maj. Gen. Frederic E. Davidson assumed command of the Eighth Infantry Division in Germany and became the first Black to lead an army division.

1971 - Walter Fauntroy takes office as the first elected Con-gressional representative from the District of Columbia since Reconstruction.

1977 - Alex Haley receives a special Pulitzer Prize for Roots.

1978 - Max Robinson is the first African American to anchor network news. The network is ABC.

April 201853 - Harriet Tubman starts

the Underground Railroad1899 - Edward (“Duke”) Ken-

nedy Ellington was born on this day.

1971 - U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that busing was a constitutionally acceptable method of integrating public schools.

April 211878 - The ship Azor left

Charleston with 206 Black emi-grants bound for Liberia.

1898 - Volunteer African American army units, includ-ing the 3rd Alabama, 3rd North Carolina, 6th Virginia, 9th Ohio, 9th Illinois, 23rd Kansas and 10th Cavalry regiments, some units with African American officers, took part in the Spanish-Ameri-can War on Cuban soil. Some of

named the first African Ameri-can Director of the American Library Association.

April 251944 - A mind is a terrible thing

to waste. In 1943, Dr. Frederick D. Patterson, president of Tuske-gee Institute (now Tuskegee University), wrote an open letter in the Pittsburgh Courier to the presidents of our nation’s pri-vate black colleges urging them to “pool their small monies and make a united appeal to the na-tional conscience.” His words would soon become the guiding principle for one of the world’s leading education assistance or-ganizations. One year later, the United Negro College Fund was incorporated on April 25, 1944 with 27 member colleges and a combined enrollment of 14,000 students.

1947 - Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers and be-came the first Black in the major leagues in modern times. Larry Doby joined the Cleveland Indi-ans on July 6 and became the first Black in the American League.

1960 - Consent judgment in Memphis federal court ended restrictions barring voters in Fay-ette County, Tennessee. This was the first voting rights case under the Civil Rights Act.

1963 - Black and white Free-dom Riders through the South test compliance with court deci-sions.

1972 - Major General Frederick E. Davidson first African Ameri-can to lead an Army division

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Von PerkinsWashington, D.C.George Zimmerman should be

charged with first-degree murder. Trayvon didn’t do anything wrong. It took too long for the government to arrest him in the first place. Zimmer-man should’ve been arrested on the spot because it’s murder.

Charlotte Dianne HarrisWashington, D.C.I think Zimmerman should be

charged with first-degree murder be-cause he shot an unarmed kid.

Mary McCoyWashington, D.C.Trayvon Martin had no weapon

and Trayvon was not doing anything and was not bothering Zimmerman, no more than just walking. I believe Zimmerman should be charged with first- degree murder because you can’t just walk around and shoot people for nothing.

Yolanda FieldsWashington, D.C.George Zimmerman should be

charged with first-degree murder for killing Trayvon because he [Zimmer-man] had no right to take Trayvon’s life—under no circumstances.

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ments” portion of the celebra-tion.

This year’s program featured concerts by Chuck Brown and Raheem DeVaughn; essay, ora-torical, and poster contests and a “Great Debate” at the Lincoln Theatre in Northwest that fea-tured the Rev. Al Sharpton, D.C. educator, economist and com-mentator Julianne Malveaux, Georgetown University scholar and commentator Michael Eric Dyson. The former debated the Rev. Joseph Watkins in a lively exchange that was moderated by local journalist T.J. Holmes.

President Lincoln signed the District of Columbia Com-pensated Emancipation Act of 1862 on April 16, nine months before he issued the Emancipa-tion Proclamation that freed the enslaved Africans in the Confed-erate States of America. Slave owners in the District received $300 for each slave.

The federal government com-pensated owners $1 million for the 3,100 slaves in the city. Or-ange said that while the slaves were freed, the District of Co-lumbia still isn’t.

“We the citizens of the Dis-trict of Columbia have the right to voting rights in the U.S. Con-gress, budget autonomy and statehood,” he said, echoing the unofficial theme of full political rights for District residents.

D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) agreed with Orange. Norton told the story of her great-grandfather, Richard Hol-mes, who walked off a Virginia plantation and walked to the District in the 1850s, which had a number of free blacks but also slave-catchers operating under the Fugitive Slave Law.

She equated the slave catchers of that time with members of Congress today.

“I hope we understand whose

emancipation we are celebrat-ing,” Norton, 74, said. “The city is full of members of Congress who don’t have to do anything to keep the city shackled and we pay for them to do that.”

Norton said that it’s up to District residents “to free them-selves.”

“We have no Abraham Lin-coln in the 21st century,” she said. “Our freedom will not come from a great liberator.”

D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown (D) said “eman-cipation is a work in progress.”

“What we as African Ameri-cans face is not slaveholders today but a 40 percent drop-out rate for our black youth and a 25 percent unemployment rate for African Americans in the city,” Brown, 41, said. “We must inspire our children to achieve excellence and still fight for full equality. Free D.C!”

Anise Jenkins, 62, president of Stand Up for Democracy Free DC, concurred.

“We were first freed in the country, nine months before the general emancipation but we can connect that to statehood and say that we’re not free,” said Jen-kins who attended the parade. “We’re not equal to the rest of the country. The statehood issue makes it current.”

“Really, we have an incred-ible history. When you connect it to things like voting rights and statehood, I think it makes it more current. [With regards to economics], what should we be doing to improve our communi-ty and education? Slaves weren’t allowed to read. We have schools now. We just need to make sure they’re good schools.”

One of the highlights of the Lincoln portion of the march was saxophonist Brian Lenair’s rendition of “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” Argentine Deigh, a resident of Southeast, proudly added her voice.

Deigh said she was happy to be a part of the event.

“We should definitely cel-ebrate this in the city,” she said.

Over at the Historical Society of Washington (HSW), in the old Carnegie Library, D.C. Emanci-pation Day was commemorated with an open house and panel presentation examining the in-fluence of the city’s faith-based community in supporting the 1862 District of Columbia Com-pensated Emancipation Act. wi

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when I was a youngster, when I was back in junior high school, once in high school and [this time].”

D.C. Council member Vin-cent Orange (D-At-Large) said this year’s celebration would be different from the past, which largely consisted of speeches, marches and events that focused on the District’s history.

One of the highlights this year was the “March through the Monuments,” whose open-ing ceremony, took place on Wednesday, April 11. Speakers offered remarks at the Lincoln, Jefferson, Roosevelt and Martin Luther King, Jr., memorials.

“In many respects, the ‘March through the Monuments’ chron-icles the American experience,” Orange, 54, explained at the monument of the president who brought the historic event to fru-ition. “Our nation has evolved from an economy based on the slave trade, to the emancipation of those enslaved, to the cur-rent state of our quest for civil and human rights. However, the struggle in making civil and hu-man rights a reality for everyone remains as valid now as it was in 1862.”

Orange, 54, the chief sponsor of legislation designating April 16 as D.C. Emancipation Day, was joined by political, civic, social and labor leaders at the Abraham Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall.

Orange’s spirits remained high despite grey skies, a sharp breeze and intermittent rain.

“A little rain won’t hurt any-body,” he said, smiling at the dozens of people assembled to observe the first ceremony of the “March through the Monu-

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TJ Holmes moderates “The Great Debate” presented by Black Entertain-ment Television at the Lincoln Theatre in Northwest in conjunction with the D.C. Emancipation Day 150th Anniversary celebration on Saturday, April 14. /Photo by Shevry Lassiter


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“This bill confirms what we have long known to be true: that the vast majority of Americans are fair-minded people who be-lieve the residents of the Dis-trict of Columbia should enjoy the same rights they do,” Gray said. “Treating us like a federal agency is insulting to the hard-working Americans who call the District home, and giving us the ability to pass and expend our own budget without asking for a congressional permission slip is an important step on the road to full democracy for our 618,000 residents.”

The poll, commissioned by D.C. Vote and conducted by the firm Purple Insights, found that 71 percent of respondents be-lieved decisions about the Dis-trict’s budget should be made by local taxpayers and their elected officials while only 26 percent

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believed Congress should con-trol the District’s budget. In a separate question, 78 percent of respondents said Congress should not make approval of the District’s budget contingent on unrelated matters, like guns or abortion rights.

“Americans understand that forcing a local government into the federal budget process is un-fair,” Gray said. “When the fed-eral government shuts down, so does the District, because we are unfairly tied to federal appropria-tions even when we are spending our own locally raised tax money. This is wrong, and it must end. I urge Congress to act quickly by passing budget-autonomy legis-lation for the District.”

Gray joined D.C. Vote leaders and supporters Tuesday, April 17, for a day of advocacy on Capitol Hill, offering remarks at the day’s kick-off event at the United Methodist Building.

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By James WrightWI Staff Writer

As residents of a largely Northeast ward of the city pre-pare to elect a new member to the D.C. Council, many are ask-ing questions about their ward and ultimately, the direction of the District.

The downfall of Harry Thom-as Jr., as a member of the D.C. Council for Ward 5 has gener-ated a great deal of discussion among the residents of Ward 5. The ward has been recognized as an economic microcosm of the city, with a solid black middle class, a growing Latino popula-tion and whites who some con-sider to be outsiders.

“We as a ward need to get or-ganized because there are many changes that are taking place and we need to make sure that the views of the residents are known,” said Albrette “Gigi” Ransom, an advisory neighbor-hood commissioner for 5C12 and a longtime activist in District politics. “There are economic development projects that are taking place on Rhode Island Avenue, North Capitol Street and Eastern Avenue and the residents need to have a say on those projects and how they are developed.”

For example, Ransom cites the newly developed Rhode Island Row which boasts 274 residen-tial units and 70,000-square-feet of retail space next to the Rhode Island Avenue Metro station. A stone’s throw away from Rhode Island Place – home to the Dis-trict’s only Home Depot, a T.J. Maxx and a super-sized Giant

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Food store – which was built on the watch of former Ward 5 Council member Vincent Or-ange.

When Dan Mullin was trans-ferred by his employer, the Boys Scouts of America Inc., from Virginia to the District, he shopped around and decided to make the Rhode Island Av-enue area his home. Mullin, 56, who is white, said that he’s happy to be in Ward 5.

“When I first came here seven years ago, I would say that the area was pleasant but there were a number of run-down busi-nesses,” he said. “Things are much better now, particularly with the development around the Metro station. We have retail, nice storefront windows and the overall appearance of the area looks better.”

To some, Mullin could be con-sidered the future of the ward because of his race. Neighbor-hoodInfo DC, a Web site that tracks trends in the District, in-dicated that the white population of the ward was 7.4 percent ac-cording to the 2000 U.S. Census Bureau report. Today, Neighbor-hoodInfo DC points out that in 2010 the white population jumped to 15 percent and many residents expect those numbers to dramatically increase in the coming years.

However, Mullin doesn’t see himself as an outsider.

“I was born in the District,” he said. “I can say that I did not encounter any hostility when I came here. My neighbors were

Rhode Island Row boasts 274 residential units and 70,000-square-feet of retail space next to the Rhode Island Avenue Metro station in Northeast. /Photo by Victor Holt

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a social worker from suburban Maryland. “Another significant part of the lecture was when he challenged the listeners to get in-volved in the continuous strug-gle against inequality, injustice, and oppression and to advocate for and discuss the current rel-evance of D.C. Emancipation Day along with the International Emancipation Day.”

Author of the noted book, Black, Copper, &Bright: The District of Columbia’s Black Civil War Regiment and other works, Gibbs’ presentation was one of the activities coinciding with the city’s sesquicentennial commemoration of D.C. Eman-cipation Day that Civil War reen-actor Bernie Siler had circled as a must-attend event.

“He’s one of the few research-ers that has gone into such detail on the history of national move-ments in how they pertain to the city of Washington,” said Siler, 60, a District resident who has an uncredited role in the 1989

movie “Glory,” about the famed 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. “He’s grabbed on to a subject that needs to be thor-oughly examined.”

After taking a tour of Ce-dar Hill, Regina Blow stumbled upon the lecture. Blow, 51, a U.S. Army retiree, said that she found the discussion to be enlighten-ing.

“It opened the window to me [about] the history that’s been unspoken and not taught.”

Blow, up from Ruther Glen, Va., with her husband, said Gibbs’ lecture “pushed the bor-ders of my understanding of American history. There’s so much more to it.”

Gibbs’ Presentation Chronicling the history of

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By John Muller WI Staff Writer

As goes the griot goes his au-dience. Last weekend, within the intimate confines of the Freder-ick Douglass National Historic Site’s visitor center in Anacostia, more than 50 people gathered to hear renowned historian C.R. Gibbs deliver a lecture on the history of D.C.’s Emancipation Day.

Aided by a salvo of slide pro-jections that included historic newspaper clippings advertising rewards for runaway slaves, gov-ernment documents pertaining to the 1862 District of Colum-bia Compensated Emancipation Act, and excerpts from forgot-ten 19th century diaries and books, Gibbs demonstrated the self-agency of African Ameri-cans that has been excluded from popular history.

“His presentation brings hon-or to the struggle of those [who] resisted,” said Reuben Steele, 34,

C.R. Gibbs, a noted author and historian discusses the history of D.C. Emancipation Day during a lecture at the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site’s visitor center in Southeast on Saturday, April 14. /Photo by Khalid Naji-Allah

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little known facts including Wil-liam Lloyd Garrison’s intention to publish his famed newspaper, The Liberator, in Washington, D.C. If you take a close look at the anti-slavery paper’s mast-head, in the left foreground is the old United States Capitol, Gibbs pointed out.

Following the Civil War, the celebration of D.C. Emancipa-tion Day was a popular event up until the mid-1880s when a rift in the black community de-veloped around the event. By the early 1900s celebrations had become largely private affairs, recognized by the Association of the Oldest Inhabitants (Col-ored). In 1962 the centennial passed with little notice. In the 1980s, Gibbs wrote an article that detailed the forgotten his-tory and importance of D.C. Emancipation Day.

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pirical, Gibbs is a historian not detached from his subject matter and community.

“As the nation celebrates the Civil War, this may be our last chance for some time to come to celebrate and teach an event that is not taught in the pub-lic schools,” Gibbs said as he showed a print-out of the home page of the D.C. Public Schools Web site.

“No explanation of the sig-nificance of why school is closed Monday. No essay contest, no oratorical contest, no posters,” Gibbs lamented.

A true telling of African-American history that’s been obscured, forgotten, and lost “helps place you on the land-scape of human events. It gives you a reference point,” Gibbs said.

“Far too often African-Amer-icans have not seen themselves in the great tide of history either of their country or the world.”wi

very welcoming, and many peo-ple have moved in the neighbor-hood since I got here.”

Ransom, 50, said that many longtime residents who are black are somewhat nervous about their new white neighbors.

“It has been a difficult conver-sation to have with some resi-dents at times,” she said. “You can see that when you read some of the listservs. But what it really comes down to is that we are all in this together.”

While Ward 5’s development prospects are positive, there are areas of concern.

Trinidad, a neighborhood known for having a high crime rate, is one of the ward’s trou-

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bled spots. Despite its reputa-tion, that didn’t stop Ken Fealing from moving there from Ward 1 a few years ago.

“Trinidad is close to the ‘H’ Street corridor and close to North Capitol Street,” Fealing, 47, said. “This is one of the rea-sons I moved to Ward 5. In the part of the ward I live in, people are moving into condominiums that were once apartment build-ings near Gallaudet University.”

He acknowledges that the Thomas scandal has taken its toll on the ward’s image but he said that can be quickly repaired.

“We have to begin to repair the trust and we need to rebuild a sense of leadership integrity on the D.C. Council level,” he said. “We have to be able to trust our council member.” wi

lic Schools and D.C. Chairman Kwame Brown (D) to make sure that a middle school comes to the ward in the near future.

“The schools in Ward 5 should be quality schools,” she said. “Good schools will help prevent problems like dropping out, crime and teen-age pregnancy. The children of today are different than from any other time, so we have to market the value of getting an education to them.”

Zapata said that she wants eco-nomic development for the ward but wants it to be inclusive of

residents.“Too many times, people know

about a development project after the fact and that is not right,” she said. “Yes, we must have economic development but everyone has to be informed about it at the same time and the developers must be held accountable for what they do.”

She said her management expe-rience as an attorney and an entre-preneur gives her an advantage over her competitors.

“My opponents have worked at places but they have not managed staffs,” she said. “I feel that I should be the next council member be-cause I have more experience than the rest of the candidates.” wi

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By Gale Horton GayWI Staff Writer

The 2012 Maryland legislative session has wrapped up with the approval of a number of bills and measures that are expect-ed to benefit Prince George’s County and its residents, how-ever, several officials character-ize the session as one of “unfin-ished business.”

That’s because despite the pas-sage of 791 bills during this ses-sion, no decisions were reached on numerous others including a tax increase to cover the ad-ministration’s proposed budget. While budget activity focused on attempts to reduce the structural deficit to eliminate the short-fall between general fund rev-enues and spending, lawmakers couldn’t reach accord on a state budget. This led to the so-called “doomsday” budget with a half-billion dollars in contingent cuts in education, public safety, li-braries and other programs go-ing into effect. Prince George’s County is facing $70 million in cuts, according to one expert. These cuts go into effect July 1 if the legislature doesn’t come back in to session and pass a revenue measure.

Officials are crossing their fingers that Governor Martin O’Malley will call legislators back for a special session this summer. Some speculate that it might be difficult getting legislators to re-turn to Annapolis with summer

vacation plans already in place.“Nobody wants to come back

to vote a bunch of taxes in,” said Octavia Caldwell, chair of the legislative action committee of the Prince George’s County Chamber of Commerce.

In a speech the governor gave in Annapolis on April 10, O’Malley praised the General Assembly for the work it com-pleted.

“This session accomplished some significant things for jobs,” said O’Malley. “We came togeth-er on fair, bipartisan redistrict-ing, both legislatively and Con-gressional redistricting. We came together to protect the rights of individuals and religious freedom under the Marriage Equality Act. We also did really important and difficult things on stormwater, on investing in upgrades to sewage treatment plants, on stopping the prolifera-tion of the inevitable pollution that flows into our streams from septics.”

However, he then admonished legislators for not passing the proposed budget and failing to protect education, law enforce-ment and residents of the state.

The 90-day session, which began Jan. 11 and concluded on April 9, resulted in successfully securing:• $10 million in capital

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The US Department of Transportation program is governed by 49 CFR Part 26, it is a well thought-out certification process. It is a federal policy mandated in every state. A business owner must demonstrate fifty-one percent ownership and control of the business to qualify. What does this accomplish?

The reduction of filling out all of the MBE/DBE certification applications for each state (this is a current requirement), local government agencies and private sector programs. Several agencies within the Washington Metropolitan region have taken a dramatic step forward by implementing regional certification reciprocity. Once you are DOT “Home State” (location of company headquarters) certified, you qualify for certification reciprocity with the other participating agencies. The regional agencies that participate in this memorandum of understanding are:

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Caldwell said she was disappoint-ed in the state’s legislators during this session.

“We all agree that there was a lot of unfinished business. That’s disap-pointing,” she said. “Leaders are not setting aside their personal agendas.”

Caldwell said a number of issues were settled that benefit businesses in Prince George’s County.

She pointed to legislation that failed that would have increased sales tax to scores of additional busi-nesses such as management consul-tants and tax preparers.

“Small businesses would have been disadvantaged,” said Caldwell, adding that they would have had to pass increases on to their custom-ers or absorb it and walk away with less profit. The measure would have put these businesses in a less com-petitive position than those in other counties, she said.

Other legislation the Prince George’s Chamber of Com-merce favored was the elimina-tion of the tax on partial prop-erty taken by the state through imminent domain for trans-portation projects, according to Caldwell. The measure passed and Caldwell said it will have a significant impact on a number of Prince George’s County resi-dents whose properties likely will be acquired by government en-tities due to routing of Metro’s blue line.

Caldwell also said that while the chamber is in favor of de-creasing the corporate income tax rate, it isn’t in favor of a de-crease taking place at this time due to the state’s fiscal situation.

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• Authority to collect civil penalties from property owners for maintaining or abating nuisance on properties on the State Foreclosure Property Registry

• Environmental protections related to storm water that will help the county to meet federal environmental mandates

• An increase in the legal age to drop out of school from 15 to 16 and to 17 in five years

One bill that pleases Prince George’s County’s top leader is HB 898 which authorizes PGC’s to allow exemptions from county property tax for economic devel-opment projects.

“Our county is poised to be the economic engine of the Washington region, and this legislation allows us to have another tool to spur devel-opment and increase our commer-cial tax base,” said Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III, who proposed the legislation.

However, there were other thorny issues that led to consider-able discord and debate—and a lack of passage—including gaming in Prince George’s County at National Harbor and the addition of table games at other state casinos.

One legislative observer said that if the special session is convened and education and gaming issues are resolved, “We will have had a

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Caldwell added that some legis-lation the chamber supported, but later failed, still has a positive out-come for residents. For instance, she noted legislation that would have prohibited the sale of alco-hol using self-scanning registers. The concern was that underage consumers might attempt to pur-chase alcohol using these registers

to avoid an ID check. However, Caldwell said that stores using these devices have systems in place that require a clerk to in-teract with the customer before the transaction is completed. She said the proposed legislation died in committee.

If, and when, a special ses-sion of the Maryland General

Assembly is called, is still up in the air.

“We cannot change the past,” said O’Malley in his speech. “We can only change the future. And in many ways, thanks to the work of this session, we are changing that future, for the better. In other ways, unfortunately, we’re taking a step back.”wi


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“Instead of the idea of being wealthy, people have been ask-ing the Biblical question: ‘What does it profit to gain the whole world and lose your soul?’ We have been in danger of losing our soul. This awakened us and aroused our sensibilities. This has to continue to be a movement … we have to build a movement on a broad front. The agenda has to be to stand with people who are immigrants. If it’s not us, it’s them. One of us is going to be the target. Black folk have to stand with brown folk.”

David Maree and Thenjiwe McHarris, both of whom were instrumental in organizing the national Million Hoodie Move-ment for Justice, said hard work and sound strategies are vital.

“We plan to make it a move-ment. It has started organically,” said McHarris, a 27-year-old Bronx resident. “… We’re seeing a lot of organizations and groups of people coming together, which is great. We have to look [to change] institutions, laws, pol-icies and practices.”

That those seeking change has reached this point at all, comes primarily from the increased ac-tivism, protests and resistance against social, economic and po-litical elements in the U.S. that

Trayvon Martin: Moment or Movement?

the poor and middle class are militating against. They are add-ing to the groundswell of dis-content which crystallized in last year’s Arab Spring.

Bill Fletcher, Jr., agrees with the need to build a national pro-test movement, saying it’s critical that people see Trayvon’s death not as an isolated incident, but just the latest example of lynch-ings that have snatched the lives of black men and boys for gen-erations.

“We have to look at the broad-er cases of justice and lynching,” said Fletcher, an editorial board member of BlackCommentator.com and a senior scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies in Northwest. “We have to under-stand that the Trayvon Martin case is not an aberration. It’s part of a long history of lynching. These lynchings have contin-ued and are justified by the de-monization of black and brown people.”

Going forward, Fletcher said, those seeking to bring about change to the criminal justice system and other racist spheres of American life have “an edu-cational struggle” with whites to get them to understand dis-tinct racial differences when it comes to matters of violence

By Barrington M. SalmonWI Staff Writer

George Zimmerman is behind bars and much of the furor di-rected toward him by those an-gered by his murder of Trayvon Martin is cooling.

But the desire by many of these same people to transform the system that led to the death of an unarmed 17-year-old con-tinues to gather steam.

In the 45 days prior to Spe-cial Prosecutor Angela Corey charging Zimmerman, 28, with 2nd-degree murder, many of the participants at marches and demonstrations, those on social media sites, and in conversation have made it clear that Trayvon’s death means nothing if it doesn’t lead to substantive change in ra-cial profiling and police violence against black and brown people.

“People who thought things were OK, this is water thrown in their faces,” said longtime activist and human rights advocate the Rev. Graylan Ellis Hagler, senior minister of Plymouth Congrega-tional United Church of Christ in Northeast. “They were slum-bering. The fact that four young women organized the Trayvon Martin DC Rally for Justice is historic in itself. They are the face of the activism of young people coming out of the Oc-

National Action Network President Al Sharpton, center, answers questions from the media during a press conference at the National Action Network Conference at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. The press conference was called after Florida Special Prosecutor Angela Corey announced on April 11 that her office charged George Zim-merman with 2nd-degree murder in the death of Trayvon Martin. /Photo by Khalid Naji-Allah

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and justice.“Seventy percent of whites be-

lieve that [the case] had nothing to do with race. This goes to the problem where whites are regu-larly trying to find and are look-ing at these acts of violence in an isolated fashion,” said Fletcher, who succeeded Randall Robin-son as president of TransAfrica. “ It’s hardwired in the way white Americans are taught to believe. They see it as something from the past, not a system; they think it’s personal behavior and they see individual acts as racist but don’t see what’s built into this system. That is a part of the na-tionalization of this struggle.”

Trayvon’s death – like that of Emmett Till, Oscar Grant, III, Amadou Diallo, Arthur McDuff-ie and Sean Bell and countless unknowns – represents a “signifi-cant instrument in exercising rac-ist oppression, but they have also been used against political op-ponents of the dominant forces in this society,” Fletcher wrote in a commentary titled, ‘2, 3 Many Trayvon Martins?’ published in the April 12 edition of BlackCom-mentator.com.

Fletcher, 57, said white Ameri-cans will never really understand the toll it takes being a black man in America.

“I thought about the burden we’ve been subjected to,” he said of his initial reaction to Tray-von’s murder. “The other thing I thought about – I found my-self thinking about the numbers of times that I as a black man has had to think very carefully about where I go, where I walk, and how I dress – things that the average white person would not have to concern themselves with.”

Besides organizing people’s outrage constructively, Fletcher said the masses must develop a movement against Florida’s Stand Your Ground law which is the ba-sis under which Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee and State Attor-ney Norman Wolfinger declined to arrest Zimmerman.

“… We need to flip these ‘Stand Your Ground’ acts on their head and show them to be what they are, forms of returning us to the days of the Wild West, the posse and lynch-mobs,” Fletcher asserted in his commen-tary.

Lastly, Fletcher said black and brown people need to rethink neighborhood watch programs.

Instead of only focusing on criminal elements entering vari-ous communities, members in predominantly black communi-ties should be closely monitoring the police as the Black Panthers did in the late 1960s.

For James Fleming, the case ignited memories of his time as a student at Florida State Univer-sity and as a Florida resident.

“It was like cold water thrown on my head because 32 years had passed,” said the 49-year-old fed-eral government employee. “I re-member walking on FSU’s cam-pus as a 17-year-old. As black men, our lives were precariously perched. I thought right away of my son who is 14, making 15. The reaction was that it could have been my child.”

Fleming said he and a close friend who has a 10-year-old boy discussed the case, with the cen-tral question being, how do you protect your children in this type of context?

The case led to discussions be-tween he, his wife and son. The case has introduced a more cau-tious attitude on Fleming’s part, at a time when he had been con-sidering allowing his son more freedom.

“When I talked to [my friend], I remember a feeling I had. It was the same feeling that came back when I heard Trayvon talking to his girlfriend,” Fleming said.

Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, after Florida Special Pros-ecutor Angela Corey announced on April 11 that her office charged George Zimmerman with 2nd-degree murder. Fulton later said she that she was pleased with the decision during a press conference at the Walter E. Wash-ington Convention Center in Northwest. /Photo by Khalid Naji-Allah

“I also remember walking in Tallahassee as an 18 year old and going to buy a Wall Street Journal because [my] subscription hadn’t kicked in. When I asked for the paper, a 250-pound good ol’ boy swung around and looked at me. It was the first time someone had looked at me with hate. It was a look like he could kill me.”

Hagler said America has not been honest with itself and re-mains divided along racial and class lines.

“In many aspects of American society and law, we have rolled back the clock,” he said likening the present day to the backlash after the Reconstruction period in the 1870s. “In [this] culture there is more segregation and a greater increase in fearfulness than ever. It is important to un-derstand that as a society, we have never, ever come to terms with race.”

“A man puts the [N word] on Facebook and then goes out and kills black people and somehow we’re not sure if it’s racially mo-tivated? The reality is that Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder could see that. That’s where we are as a society. This is also [an indica-tion] of where we are for electing a black man to the White House. This is a whitewash. It’s no dif-ferent from Reconstruction poli-tics.” wi

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Marion Barry has been at the forefront of American race and politics for four decades. The lat-est firestorm for Washington, D.C.’s “Mayor for Life” is his campaign victory party comment that Asian business owners in his ward “ought to go.” At a political celebration the venerable Barry caused widespread condemnation among the District of Columbia Democratic Party faithful when he said: “We’ve got to do something about these Asians coming in and opening up business-es and dirty shops. ... They ought to go. But we need African-American businesspeople to be able to take their places.”

The question is one of relevancy; whether Barry has any clout now that the African Americans Mayor Barry made rich have left town. Bar-ry came to national prominence as the first civil-rights activist to be-come chief executive of a major American city. At the end of the 1960s, urban political campaigns took over from civil rights protests and over the next 30 years, voters elected African-American mayors in more than 300 cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Phila-delphia, Atlanta, Birmingham, Dal-las and Washington, D.C.

Barry became famous as mayor of the nation’s capital. Currently he serves as a member of the D.C. Council, representing the District’s Ward 8, which is 93.5 percent Black and 0.4 percent Asian. Barry served as the second elected mayor of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1991, and again as the fourth mayor from 1995 to 1999. In addition to his current term, Barry also served two other tenures on the D.C. Coun-cil, as an at-large member from 1975–79, and as Ward 8 representa-tive from 1992–95.

After winning the Democratic primary for his Ward 8 council seat with 73 percent of the vote, Barry told supporters “We’ve got to do something about these Asians.” He posted photos of Asian-owned stores with Plexiglas barriers and indicated that these businesses “low-ered standards” in his constituents’ communities.

Barry and Washington, D.C. are symbolic of a major American so-cial problem. Tensions have existed between urban Blacks and Asian merchants since the 1992 Los Ange-les riots. In this latest spat between Blacks and Asians, Councilmem-ber Barry said that he was refer-

ring to merchants “who don’t sell healthy food and don’t engage with the community or hire local resi-dents.” “We need businesspeople that’ll be a part of the community, not exploit the community” Barry said. He claimed that some Asian-owned convenience stores and res-taurants don’t “respect” the Ward 8 residents. “These are the only stores in the immediate neighborhood. It is to these less-than-stellar Asian-American businessmen … that my remarks were directed” Barry said. He made note that during his time as mayor, he created the city’s Office of Asian-Pacific Islander Affairs and established a sister-city relationship with Beijing.

Is Barry an icon for the Black business and professional class, or are they guilty of exploiting the city too? There is little question that the former mayor is directly responsible for the success of many affluent Af-rican Americans. He was the catalyst for the expansion of the city’s Black middle-class. He insisted that profes-sional positions in the District gov-ernment be filled by minorities; and, he spearheaded the movement to require that all contracts considered by the D.C. government for services, supplies and development include a mandatory 35 percent participation for minority-owned businesses. Bar-ry’s support in awarding the District’s cable franchise led to BET founder Robert Johnson becoming one of America’s first Black billionaires.

These days, Black wealth and influence are on the decline in D.C. Most African Americans of means have left town. “Chocolate City” is just under 50 percent Black. In the 2010 Census, the city was 34.8 percent White. Don’t expect that the Blacks Barry made wealthy to help him rid the city of Asian merchants. The Blacks Barry made wealthy have left D.C., taken their tax bases, and valuable property payments, to Prince Georges County, Md., gain-ing prominence as the most affluent majority-Black county in America.wi

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Identity theft is categorized in two ways: true name and account takeover. True name identity theft means the thief uses personal information to open new accounts, such as a new credit card account or a new checking account. Account takeover identity theft means the imposter uses personal information to gain access to the person’s existing accounts. In this situation, the thief will typically change the mailing address on an account and run up a huge bill before the victim whose identity has been stolen realizes there is a problem.

With Identity theft, there can be serious consequences for the individual whose identity has been stolen if that victim is held accountable for the perpetrator’s actions. As with the victims, the companies, institutions, and individuals who are deceived or defrauded by the identity thief can also suffer adverse consequences and losses. If you think you could not be the victim of identity theft, think again. Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crime categories of our day, which begs the question, “How does identity theft occur? “

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By WI Staff African-American MBA stu-

dents from three of the nation’s leading business schools will compete in the finals of The Executive Leadership Council’s (ELC) 2012 Business Case Com-petition. The Competition invites MBA teams at select business schools to analyze compelling business issues that challenge their critical thinking, analytical, and communications skills.

The 2012 finalists include teams from The University of Houston’s C. T. Bauer College of Business, Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, and Carnegie Mellon’s Tepper School of Business. The teams will pres-ent their cases to a panel of sub-ject matter experts and executives at Exxon Mobil Corporation’s Fairfax, Virginia campus on Fri-day, April 20, and will compete for first, second, and third place awards. The first place team will receive a $35,000 scholarship cash award and will be recognized during ELC’s 2012 Annual Rec-ognition Gala in October before an audience of more than 2,000 corporate, education and govern-ment leaders. The second place team will receive a $20,000 schol-arship cash award with the third place team receiving $15,000.

ELC’s Business Case Competi-tion challenges this year’s teams to develop strategies for strength-ening ties between the corporate social responsibility community and African-American nonprof-its during tough economic times. Specifically, the competition ex-amines how corporations can expand their global philanthropy efforts, and at the same time, maintain their commitments to African-American non-profits and other community groups at sustained or higher levels.

“The Executive Leadership Council is delighted to partner once again with ExxonMobil for this academic competition. We will call on some of the nation’s best MBA students to tackle a compelling business issue that im-pacts our organization, corporate America and local communities,” said Arnold Donald, ELC’s presi-dent and CEO. Donald added, “ These teams will be challenged to develop cost-effective solutions for how companies retain or grow their current levels of corporate giving to African-American non-

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profits while meeting the global need.”

The case, which is titled “Con-tinuing the Corporate Citizenship Legacy: The Sustainability Chal-lenge” was written by James R. Calvin, Ph.D., Associate Profes-sor at the Carey Business School and Laurin Hodge, graduate stu-dent at the Carey Business School of Johns Hopkins University. This year’s case study calls for teams to:

· Conduct an assessment of

the state of corporate minor-ity philanthropy and devise five -year and 10-year projections of how to best increase support so that it will grow to 15 percent of total philanthropic giving.

· Develop a business plan to help African-American and other minority nonprofits strengthen relationships with corporate part-ners to secure corporate support.

· Develop a management plan for corporations to identify lapses in current philanthropic giving to minority nonprofits and develop appropriate processes for inter-vention. The plan should also include a clear model for succes-sion to ensure there is a corporate leader in place to champion these collaborations.

· Devise a branding and me-dia plan that both corporations and African-American and other minority charitable organizations can leverage to promote their partnerships.

· Develop a rationale for hav-ing African-American and other minorities lead corporate social responsibility programs.

“I want to congratulate Exx-

onMobil for sponsoring the Busi-ness Case Competition Finals, and I am excited to serve on the panel of judges. I look for-ward to seeing how these MBA students will tackle this critical business issue” said Al Dotson, Chairman of 100 Black Men of America (100). Dotson added, “As the leader of a international non-profit that serves the Afri-can-American community, spe-cifically youth, I understand the importance of charitable giving. Without the support of partners like ExxonMobil, organizations like 100, would not be able to provide essential services to un-derserved communities.” wi


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Jordan, chairman of the UMC Foundation, said Gray’s endorse-ment of the RSM McGladrey pro-posal troubles him.

“The health care needs of the community should be para-mount,” he said. “Any decision about the hospital should be made in consultation with the com-munity. The hospital services pa-tients in Wards 7 and 8 and Prince George’s County.”

Public hospitals have been shown to be a drag on city, county and state budgets because of their high operational costs and deal-ing with patients who do not have health insurance but must still un-dergo treatment. But Jordan said a recent audit by the accounting firm KPMG gave the hospital “a clean bill of health.”

D.C. Chief Financial Officer Natwar Gandhi has said repeated-ly that UMC should not be public-ly funded because it hurts the city’s standing on Wall Street. However, Brendan Williams-Kief, a spokes-man for D.C. Council member David Catania (I-At-Large) – the Council’s strongest advocate for the UMC –

said the hospital is not a “drain.”“It is a critical piece of the health

care infrastructure of our city,” Williams-Kief said. “It is Ward

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8’s largest employer and through decades of struggle, it posted a positive net gain of $2.5 million in 2011. It has a fully funded capital budget and there are some excit-ing things going on there.”

In addition, he said, the hospital is largely self-sustaining.

“The hospital will not cost the taxpayers a dime,” he said. “It is an independent operation. Mr. Catania understands that the Dis-trict should not be in the hospital business but wants an owner who is well-financed and responsible.”

The UMC as well as its prede-cessor, Greater Southeast Hospi-tal, has had bad management in the past, with Specialty Hospitals of America managing it until July 2010, when Not-for Profit- Hos-pital Inc., stepped into manage it. Williams-Kief, 29, said that his boss would seriously consider pro-posals for management from such companies as MedStar Health Inc., and the John Hopkins University.

“We want an owner that would allow the hospital to prosper,” he said.

Jordan and Williams-Kief pointed out positives of the UMC such as 76 new physicians com-ing on board in recent years, its national reputation for vascular surgery and wounded care, and

its ground-breaking work on high definition mammograms.

Gray is incredulous by sugges-tions that the hospital should be downgraded.

“We need that hospital. It serves a vital part of our city that has been historically underserved,” he said.

In Gray’s 2013 proposed bud-get, the UMC would receive $132 million. The line item is listed in the “Enterprise” section of the budget under “Not-for-Profit Hospital Inc.”

The hospital also gets praise from residents who are familiar

By James WrightWI Staff Writer

The only full-service hospital east of the Anacostia River ap-pears to be doing well despite concerns by a leading health care activist that city officials intend to downgrade the medical facility.

The United Medical Center (UMC) of Southeast is located on Southern Avenue, one block from the Southern Avenue Metro station in Southeast. Housed mainly in a facility formerly known as Greater Southeast Hospital, the hospital’s sometimes shaky finances and precarious position with some city leaders has Sam Jordan thinking that the hospital may be in jeopardy. “We want to know what the mayor and the city council has to say about the hospital,” Jordan, 65, said. “We want to prevent the rapid degrade and perhaps the ul-timate sale of the hospital.”

In late 2011, D.C. Mayor Vin-cent Gray, 69, endorsed the rec-ommendations of consulting firm, RSM McGladrey, which said UMC should be focused on out-patient care, with an “ambulatory and physician-centric” business model rather than the “traditional acute care”, which is how it cur-rently operates.

with it.“I still see that the hospital is

hanging in there,” said Brandon Archer, who lives close to the UMC. “It has made a lot of good changes recently and it is clean, not dirty. The staff at the hospital is also respectful.”

Archer, 26, said that he has not had to use the UMC but has fam-ily members who have. He said they “did not say anything bad about it.”

“When they had to have some-thing done, they [went] to the hospital and got it done,” Archer said. wi

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Celebration the last two years with more than 500 attendees receiving free vision screenings sponsored by Transitions Optical, Inc., maker of Transitions® lenses, the #1-rec-ommended photochromic eyeglass lenses worldwide. In 2012, NCNW will expand efforts to reach the community with eye health infor-mation through additional channels, including the NCNW chapter net-work and national conferences with support from Transitions Optical.

“I was pleased to have been ap-proached by Transitions Optical to launch an eye health awareness campaign realizing the magnitude of vision issues and diseases that affect our community at such high numbers,” said Dr. Avis Jones-De-Weever, executive director, NCNW. “We will be making sure that vision care is addressed throughout our health outreach efforts in the fu-ture.”

African Americans are 1.5 times more likely to suffer from cataracts

National Council of Negro Women Focuses on Eye Health

than the general population, and are five times more likely than Cauca-sians to develop glaucoma[ii]. They are also at higher risk for overall health issues, such as diabetes, hy-pertension and HIV/AIDS, all of which can have serious implications for vision.

NCNW has launched a section on its website providing eye health information and resources at ncnw.org/resources/health.htm. An edu-cational brochure called “What to Expect: African American Eyes,” along with other materials spon-sored by Transitions Optical, are available for download.

“We hope these efforts will help our community better understand that making sure eyes are healthy and protected is an important com-ponent to overall health,” added Jones-DeWeever. “I encourage ev-eryone to utilize our resources and learn more about what they can do to maintain healthy sight.”

The National Council of Negro

Women, Inc. (NCNW) is a historic civil rights organization commit-ted to advancing opportunities and improving the quality of life for African American Women. Since its founding in 1935 by Mary McLeod Bethune, NCNW has played a prominent leadership role in unify-ing of African American women and advocating for causes that af-fect their lives and families. For more than 70 years, Dr. Dorothy I.

By WI Staff The National Council of Negro

Women (NCNW) is making eye health an important component to its health programming to ad-dress the higher risk among Afri-can Americans for many eye- and overall-health issues that can impact vision.

One of the goals of this focus is to drive awareness about the impor-tance of getting a regular eye exam and protecting eyes from the sun. A recent study[i] showed that less than half of African Americans had an eye exam within the past year. The study also found that only 7 percent of African Americans know that extended exposure to the sun (a risk for cataract) can damage the eyes, and that African Americans are the most likely demographic group to say they do nothing to protect their eyes from the sun.

The NCNW featured vision care at its Black Family Reunion

Height, a champion of civil rights, continued this work, ultimately serving in the position of President Emerita of the organization. As both a membership organization and an organization of organiza-tions, NCNW represents the col-lective voices of the more than four million African American women worldwide. For more information, visit ncnw.org. wi


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of $1,500, and Philemon Mastewal, placed third and pocketed $750 for his re-search that involved gathering power from a wide range of vibrations.

This was also the sec-ond consecutive year SWW walked away with the grand prize as well as numerous other awards. Last year, Mat-thew True Haynes, now a se-nior, won the grand prize and competed at the international level. His project, which he also entered in the 2012 fair, involved the generation of electricity using ocean wave energy.

Biology teacher Syd-ney Bergman, 28, served as SWW’s team coordinator. She said what probably worked to her students’ advantage was being “lucky enough” to have a research class at their school. Bergman – also an SWW alumna – said that while this year marked the first time students worked on their projects at school, in the past they had been presented as extracurricular activities.

“This is just fantastic,” Bergman said of her team’s winning ways. “This was a year-long endeavor and each of them worked really, really hard. They sort of became like a family helping each oth-

School Without Walls Sweeps D.C. Science Fair

er out and that was great.”Because the students could

not use mice or human specimens for their projects, Daulton focused on sleep de-privation in fruit flies. He said the flies have rhythms similar to humans.

“They have previously been established as models for re-search,” Daulton said. He explained that he had to get up extra early many mornings in order to get to the school’s lab. “I had to condense and line up stuff, [and] be there very early to see how the flies were deprived of sleep.”

For their efforts, Daulton and Amy, also 18, will be among students from around the world poised to partici-pate in the Intel Internation-al Science and Engineering competition next month in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Meanwhile, Daulton, who’s been accepted at two col-leges, is still trying to figure out which to attend. As for how his prize money will be spent, that’s a no-brainer. “It’s going straight to helping with my college expenses,” he said, with a sigh of relief. wi

By Dorothy RowleyWI Staff Writer

Daulton Sink, remained glued to his seat, literally un-able to move.

For a moment, he found himself adrift in another world – grappling with real-ity – until a friend’s insistent nudge prompted him to walk onto the stage and claim his $2,000 cash prize.

“It was really kind of freaky,” Daulton, 18, gushed as he recalled taking home top honors in the recent D.C. Citywide Science Fair. “Hon-estly, I heard my name and I thought, ‘that sounds kind of familiar,’ but I still couldn’t believe it.”

Daulton was among 11 stu-dents from the School With-out Walls (SWW) in North-west who competed March 24 against more than 70 of their peers from high schools across the region. The event took place at Woodrow Wil-son High School in North-west.

Like Daulton – who is en-rolled in SWW’s Senior Proj-ect in Science course – two other members of his team also received honors. Amy Vallis, whose project focused on a process for desalinat-ing seawater, took second place winnings in the amount

SWW students (left to right) Philemon Mastewal, Daulton Sink and Amy Vallis scooped up top honors in the March 24 D.C. Citywide Science Fair. /Photo courtesy of the School Without Walls.

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Remembering Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012)

Thank you for your tribute to artist Elizabeth Catlett, “In Me-moriam: Elizabeth Catlett Re-membered, Artist Regarded as a Giant of 20th and 21st Centuries.”

I was first introduced to her work as a college student in an art appreciation class in the late 1960’s. I remember being taken by the power of her work, the intensity with which she used graphite and charcoal on paper, producing shades that ranged from the blackest of black to the lightest of grays. It was as if you could follow each stroke she made and feel the power when she applied them. She could cre-ate depth, tension and move-ment with stark contrast in black and white with her wood and li-noleum cuts.

The art world has lost a pow-erful artist, and she will truly be missed.

Lawrence B. MillerWashington, D.C.

Positive Coverage Counts

I appreciate your positive cov-erage of the Washington, D.C. area. When I finish reading the Washington Informer my soul feels uplifted and satisfied. I believe most of the people in our community yearn for posi-tive news and know that it is out there, but we just don’t hear about it in the mainstream me-dia.

Your newspaper continues to provide the information vital to understanding that all news doesn’t have to be bad news. We are a vibrant community with lots of things going on that are positive and newsworthy. I pray that you can continue your good work in our community. I know I speak for thousands of your loyal readers when I say “Thank you, Washington Informer.”

Nathaniel LoganWashington, D.C.

High Graduation ≠ Adequate Education

The article “District Char-ter High Schools Boast 80 Per-cent Graduation Rate for 2011,” which appeared in the April 12, 2012, edition of your newspaper, is very impressive. Its credibility, however, was brought into ques-tion by an article in the April 15, 2012, edition of another newspa-per. An outstanding graduate of a D.C. charter school found him-self greatly outclassed by better prepared private school students at Georgetown University. He had to work double-time to keep up with his peers.

Although we shouldn’t general-ize on the basis of one student; we should look carefully at the D.C. Public Schools’ leadership claims, because it is striving very hard to push black children into the charter schools.

A high graduation rate does not necessarily translate into a high quality or even adequate educa-tion.

Charles M. BagenstoseUpper Marlboro, Md.

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editorialRacial Profiling Must End

In the wake of the recent shooting death of 17-year-old Tray-von Martin in Stanford, Fla., members of Congress and other law enforcement and civil rights leaders told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee this week that racial profiling in America must end. It was the committee’s third hearing in over 12 years and the latest one seeking passage of legislation. The hearing also sought Justice Department action to end what many believe led to the death of Martin, an African-American teen shot to death by George Zimmerman who reportedly followed Martin because he was Black.

The good news is there is broad bipartisan support to pass the End Racial Profiling Act (Bill S-1670) introduced by U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) in October 2011. In addition, several of the na-tion’s top chiefs of police and other law enforcement officials are supporting efforts by civil rights organizations to eliminate state and federal policies and close loopholes that obscure the basis upon which police can do their jobs.

As Rep. Judy Chu (D-Cal.) said racial profiling makes Americans feel “unsafe, unequal or un-American because of their race or faith.” The bad news is that laws such as Florida’s “stand your ground” law has been adopted by many other states across the country and greater effort will be needed to get this law repealed. But foremost is the issue raised by Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) and Hip-Hop President Lennox Yearwood who said black children are being dis-couraged from venturing into certain neighborhoods, dressing in certain ways, speaking too loudly…just being themselves. And after all of that has been said and done…they may still become a victim of racial profiling for something they cannot change.

Romney, the Republicans and Black FolksThis week the District of Columbia celebrated Emancipation

Day. Not only should April 16 be special to every African-Ameri-can in this country, it should be special to every Republican. Why? Let us not forget, it was President Abraham Lincoln, a Republi-can, who signed the Compensated Emancipation Act, which ended slavery in the Washington, D.C. for more than 3,000 of our ances-tors. Black people and those who belong to the Republican Party should be celebrating and rejoicing together every April 16. It was a great victory, a celebration and a unique connection.

After hundreds of years of a shameful legal system that brought about the most vile and degrading treatment that one human can put upon another, Republican Abraham Lincoln worked with col-leagues and fellow Republicans like Frederick Douglass to find a way to end slavery. Douglass was so pleased, supportive and connected to the GOP that he was reported to have said: “I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.”

But if we are allowed to jump from Republican President Abra-ham Lincoln in 1862 to presumptive Republican presidential nomi-nee Mitt Romney in 2012, the victory, the celebration and the unique connection between Republicans and black people, and seemingly, all people of color have ended. One need only watch the evening news on any given day and one would be hard-pressed to find black people or people of color with Romney or, as one reporter put it, “Romney’s orbit.” Go online or pick up a newspaper and the similar images bereft of “color” come across loud and clear. It is almost as if the Romney and the GOP are saying: Black people have no place in our world.

We could be wrong—Herman Cain would probably think so —but our eyes and our gut instincts beg the question: Where are black people when it comes to Mitt Romney and the Republican Party? Where is the unique connection we once had?

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By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.

African-Americans, especially those who are conscious of how the world has changed during the past 50 years in terms of the progress for African liberation and self-determination, should be more than willing to express gratitude to Fidel Castro because of his outstanding historic and contemporary contributions to the advancement of the interests of African people throughout the world.

I am profoundly aware that my writing about this leader will make some of my brothers and sisters feel a little uncomfortable given the continuing controver-sies surrounding how the power-ful status quo of how America views Castro. But, I think this is the right moment to at least is-sue a public statement of appre-ciation to a dedicated comrade in our struggle for freedom, justice and equality while he is still alive.

After I was released from be-ing a political prisoner in my home state of North Carolina in

Fidel Castro Helped Liberate Africa

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1979 as a member of the Wilm-ington 10, I remember what noted author James Baldwin said to me, “When someone is your comrade, you don’t just pretend that he or she is simply not there to be affirmed. After all else, Black people should speak bold-ly without the mask of apology about who are our real allies are in the context of our long strug-gle for freedom.” Baldwin’s ad-monition is still true today.

Look at what just happened to Ozzie Guillen, the manager of the Miami Marlins baseball team,

who was made to issue a public apology for daring to utter favor-able expressions about Castro. It is a glaring example of how some ethnic groups in America flex the strength of their cultural, economic and political muscle to ensure that their worldview and interests are respected by others. Guillen is a native of Venezuela and told Time magazine that “I respect Fidel Castro.”

As a result of the outcry from the Cuban-American commu-nity in south Florida, the Miami Marlins suspended Ozzie Guil-

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux

suggested that inner city youth do, by taking on some janitorial tasks. So it’s down to Romney and President Obama as oppo-nents in November. The enter-tainment is over. Let’s get down to business.

Those who are undecided about the political path they’d like to take ought to look at several areas of contrast, and consider what either candidate might do in three areas:

JOBS – The unemployment rate ticked down just a tiny bit

last month, from 8.3 to 8.2 per-cent, but only 120,000 new jobs were created. We need to create at least 300,000 jobs a month for the next year or so to just begin to catch up with all the jobs that were lost. Black unemployment, at 14 percent, is at the Great Depression level of 25 percent when hidden unemployment is considered. Unemployment is trending down, if slowly, and the Obama administration has been quick to share these facts. Further, if President Obama had

been able to pass job creation legislation at the end of 2011, the rate might have dropped even faster.

My question to Mitt Romney would be how he plans to ac-celerate the pace of job creation and lower unemployment. I’d also ask him about high black unemployment rates, and target-ing. Finally, I’d ask him whether he still enjoys firing people and what message he thinks that sends to the least and the left out.

I’d ask President Obama at least two of those three ques-tions. I’d certainly ask what he would do to change the pace of job creation, what kind of leg-islation he thinks is needed for him to implement his plan, and whether he thinks he can pull a political consensus together to pass such legislation. I’d also ask him about black unemployment and targeting, not to put him on the spot or to play the race

Questions for Presidential Candidates

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Now that former Senator Rick Santorum has withdrawn from the Republican race for presi-dent, it is a foregone conclusion that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will be the Repub-lican nominee. To be sure, he still has to deal with the nuisance factor of Newt Gingrich, whose lack of money has not only tor-pedoed his campaign, but also one of his “think” tanks. Maybe Gingrich can find work, as he

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All-Black Revival of “A Streetcar Named Desire” on Broadway

thespians. But, unlike “Tinsel-town,” the “Great White Way” has moved much more forcefully in recent years to open up new avenues for black actors

The latest example is a new all-black revival of Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play, “A Streetcar Named De-sire,” set to open April 22 at Broadway’s Broadhurst Theatre. Marlon Brando as Stanley Kow-alski first screamed the immortal line, “Hey Stella” in 1947 when “Streetcar” originally premiered on Broadway. The other lead-

ing members of that original cast included Kim Hunter, as Stanley’s wife, Stella; Jessica Tandy as Stella’s delusional sis-ter, Blanche DuBois; and Karl Malden as Blanche’s scorned suitor, Mitch. The story centers around the emotional unravel-ing of Blanche, a Southern belle hiding a tawdry past, who moves into Stanley and Stella’s New Or-leans apartment causing all man-ner of conflict and tragedy.

In this first all-black Broadway revival, Blair Underwood is cast as the brutish Stanley; Daphne

Rubin-Vega plays his wife, Stella; Nicole Ari Parker is Blanche; and Wood Harris is cast as Mitch. Five-time Grammy winning jazz trumpeter, Terrence Blanchard has composed original music for the play.

The revival is being co-produced by Stephen Byrd, founder of Front Row Produc-tions and his business partner, Alia Jones. Byrd and Jones are the African-American produc-ers who brought the all-black revival of another Tennessee Williams masterpiece, “Cat on

a Hot Tin Roof,” to Broadway in 2008. That play, which won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Revival of a Play, starred Terrence Howard, Anika Noni Rose, Phylicia Rashad and James Earl Jones.

From 1890 to 1910, most of the blacks on Broadway were featured in African-American minstrel shows, playing to all-White audiences. In the 1920s composers such as Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle popularized the

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By Marc H. Morial

“The landscape of any Tennessee Williams play is the human heart, and I have a cast of people with heart.” – Emily Mann, Director of the new Broadway revival of “A Streetcar Named Desire” with an all-Black cast

Like Hollywood, Broadway has historically been reluctant to cast African-Americans in mainstream classics, especially those originally created for white

len for five games. Subsequently, Guillen held a press conference to express remorse for his com-ment.

Why are some people so pas-sionate about their dislike for Fi-del in 2012? This is a question of history, ideology, geopolitics and economics. But the answer to this question is also an answer involving African and African American history, culture and the global struggle of African people for equal justice and freedom.

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On April 16, 2007, our nation suffered its deadliest shooting incident ever by a single gunman when a student killed 32 people and wounded 25 others at Vir-ginia Tech University before committing suicide. Five years later, have we learned anything about controlling our national gun and gun violence epidemic? A look at just a few of the sad headlines across the country so far this year suggests we haven’t learned much, if anything at all.

In February of this year, a 17-year-old high school senior, who other students described as an outcast who’d been bul-lied, shot and killed three fellow students and injured two more at Chardon High School in subur-ban Cleveland, Ohio. Would this have happened without a gun?

In Washington state, three children were victims of gun vi-olence during a three-week peri-od at the end of February and at the end of March. A three-year-old died after shooting himself in the head with a gun left under

the front seat of the car while his family stopped for gas. The 7-year-old daughter of a police officer was shot and killed by her younger brother after he found one of their father’s guns in the glove compartment of the fam-ily van. And an 8-year-old girl was critically wounded at school when her 9-year-old classmate brought in a gun he found at home that accidentally went off in his backpack. Would this have happened without a gun?

There already has been a rash of shootings in Chicago this

year, including the especially violent weekend in mid-March when 49 people were shot and 10 were killed. One of the victims was a 6-year-old girl who was sit-ting on her front porch with her mother getting her hair brushed before a birthday party when she was killed by shots fired from a passing pickup truck. Would this have happened without a gun?

And in Florida, unarmed teen-ager Trayvon Martin was shot and killed walking home from the store in February after be-ing followed by self-appointed

“neighborhood watch captain” George Zimmerman. Would Trayvon’s death have happened with-out a gun? Now that George Zimmerman has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder, Trayvon Martin’s family is finally moving forward in their quest for justice.

As a nation we can’t afford to keep waiting for common-sense gun control laws that would protect our children and all of us from indefensible gun

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By Marian Wright Edelman

What a Difference Guns MakeChild Watch©

By Ron Busby

reign as the Number One prob-lem for small businesses, the JOBS Act of 2012 has the po-tential to be just what the doctor ordered.

Frankly, when most small, African-American-owned busi-nesses express concerns about the lack of access to capital, few are complaining about the chal-lenges inherent in preparing for a public offering of their stock. And for the most part black busi-ness owners haven’t been bitten by the “crowd-funding” bug that tech-savvy entrepreneurs have

begun to use to attract growth capital to their enterprises.

So, taken as a whole and viewed on the surface, the ele-ments of the JOBS Act hold little promise of alleviating the pressure most black business owners feel when seeking capi-tal for growth and expansion of their businesses.

But, the JOBS Act is a good thing, right? Well… sort of. The new legislation absolutely pro-vides the impetus for black busi-nesses to develop the new tools needed to make the “jumpstart”

bill work for us. We have to be-gin to think of our businesses in entirely new ways, particularly in matters of scale. Most black-owned businesses fit the descrip-tion of “micro-enterprises.” The small businesses addressed in the JOBS Act can pool up to $2 million in investment capital, is-sue up to $50 million in stock, or grow to $1 billion in revenue before attracting Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) attention, in most cases. Most of us only wish we were that “small!”

Sounds like an apples and or-anges comparison, right? But whatever the distinction between micro vs. small enterprise, we’ll be working to figure out how to make this work for us. It’s pretty clear we’ll have to develop some new expertise. That means more joint ventures, more mergers, more working together, more creativity in the ways we position our businesses for growth.

The USBC will begin to work to engage our friends and sup-

New JOBS Calls for New ToolsGuest Columnist

On Thursday, April 5, 2012, I had the opportunity to join a bipartisan group of supporters at the White House to witness the signing of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act of 2012 into law.

This multi-pronged legislation addresses several financing chal-lenges for small and emerging American businesses, and since access to capital continues to See BUSBY on Page 46

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Romney’s Racist Theology?erick Douglass—in his immor-tal July 5, 1852 address called “What to the American Slave is Your Fourth of July”—said it ever so plainly.

“I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the con-stant victim. To him, your cel-ebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling van-ity; your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your denun-ciation of tyrants, brass-fronted

impudence; your shouts of lib-erty and equality, hollow mock-ery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanksgivings, with all your religious parade and solemnity, are, to Him, mere bombast, fraud, deception, im-piety, and hypocrisy-a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages.”

“…your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanksgivings, with all your religious parade and solemnity…” that’s talking about American Christianity there. “…a thin veil to cover up crimes

which would disgrace a nation of savages…” sayeth Frederick Douglass, without fear of suc-cessful contradiction.

So, anything that the Rev. Wright or any of the tens of thousands of like-minded black folks have said 150 years later simply amounts to icing on a multi-layered cake.

Still, black people—who in Douglass’ words are the “con-stant victims” of “gross injustice and cruelty”—are continually held at fault by the white su-premacist society in which we

live, and are required to make nice to the white whip-masters and brutes who continue to pun-ish black people, sometimes it seems only for sport.

I believe that Frederick Dou-glass taught Liberation Theology, and he was correct to do so.

On the other hand, the “prayers and hymns, sermons and thanksgivings” of the or-dinary white Christian church is nothing more than “brass-fronted impudence; hollow

By Askia Muhammad

Long before the Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s so-called Liberation The-ology nearly cost then Sen. Barack Obama the presidency in 2008, the bedrock tenets of that teach-ing had been established and made firm. There have literally been millions of words preached and recited, even sung, which bear witness to the truth of that philosophy. Liberation Theology is as sound as Gospel.

The great abolitionist Fred-

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the theatre reopened. The reno-vation is superb and it’s going to revitalize this whole area and I’m so happy that we could be a part of it,” said Cathy Hughes, founder and president of Radio One.

Benefactors and guests dined on a sumptuous $1,000 a-plate-meal which included hors d’oeuvres that ranged from smoked salmon to barbequed duck breasts and a main course of shrimp and dirty rice, BoBo chicken and braised short ribs with spiced, braised cowpeas and smoky collard greens, thanks to acclaimed New York chef and restaurateur Marcus Samuelsson.

Roy and Malik Ellis – princi-pals of the Ellis Development Group which oversaw the $29 million renovation project – wel-

Celebs Flock to Howard Theatre Gala U Street’s Crown Jewel Glitters on Opening Night

comed guests while D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray (D) and Con-gresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) brought greet-ings from their respective bodies.

Opening acts preceded the flowing tributes as guests en-joyed performances by George Duke with Al Jarreau, Dianne Reeves, Glover and Howard University’s vocal ensemble Afro Blue. Comedian, actor and phi-lanthropist Bill Cosby offered a tribute to jazz that featured vet-eran pianist and composer Joe Sample and David Yarborough. And Dionne Warwick paid hom-age to the women of jazz that featured Chrisette Michele. Co-medians Wanda Sykes and Dick Gregory both performed short routines, much to the delight of the crowd.

French musician and harmon-ica player Frederic Yonnet; R&B vocalists Raheem DeVaughn, Tanya Blount and James Ingram along with former members of the Temptations, Platters and Drifters performed a medley of songs from Motown Records as well as popular tunes by Wash-ington D.C.’s native son Marvin Gaye.

“This gala was fabulous. I par-ticularly enjoyed Savion Glover’s tap dance performance and Afro Blue and of course, Dianne Reeves,” said Bonita Bing who lives in Northeast.

But she also appreciated the theatre’s new look.

“What impressed me most was the interior and architecture of the theatre,” Bing said.

“This was my first time ever

visiting the Howard. I’ve heard how people used to stand in long lines to wait to see performers like James Brown and I think if they bring the right acts they will again have people lining up to catch a performance,” she said with a smile.

The Howard Theatre locat-ed in the Shaw community in Northwest, was built in 1910 and was the nation’s first major theater that catered to African Americans. It was known as “The Theatre for the People.” Seating 1,500, one of the the-atre’s early and noted patrons was Louisiana Governor P.B.S. Pinchback, America’s first gov-ernor of African descent. Local groups also held variety shows,

By Shevry LassiterWI Staff Writer

It was only fitting, that orga-nizers of the grand opening gala of the Howard Theatre put on a Motown-styled celebration hon-oring legendary Motown found-er and entertainment icon Berry Gordy Jr.

A galaxy of stars, a cross-section of entertainment royalty, strolled across the purple carpet which signaled the regal nature of the occasion. As they entered the 101-year-old landmark, pho-tographers jostled to capture the perfect images of Gordy, Smokey Robinson, Dionne War-wick, Martha Reeves, Savion Glover and a host of other lumi-naries and dignitaries.

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Berry Gordy displays his Howard Theatre Living Legend Award on stage at the Howard Theatre’s grand opening gala on Thursday, April 12. Gordy is the first recipient of the award. /Photo by Shevry Lassiter


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meetings, church services and Sunday afternoon concerts there.

Samuel H. Stiefel bought the Howard Theatre in 1931 and Duke Ellington opened with a new era of big bands on stage with President Franklin D. Roos-evelt and the First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt attending birthday balls at the theatre. Amateur nights at the Howard launched the careers of a number of en-tertainers who went onto in-ternational acclaim, including Ella Fitzgerald, Billy Eckstine, Billy Taylor and the original Su-premes.

“The show was amazing and

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brought back so many memo-ries. I used to sit in the balcony and bum-rush the shows so I could see the Miracles. I was the head of the Miracles Fan Club,” said Sheila Eldridge, a New Jer-sey resident who made the trip down for the gala and benefit concert.

Sample, 73, echoed the com-ments of many guests.

“This is like being in the mid-dle of a black history moment.”

Saxophonist Jimmy Heath, 85, said being at the theatre brought back fond memories.

“I played here in 1950 with ‘Dizzy’ Gillespie when the the-atre wasn’t this hip. It feels like a rebirth.” wi

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a playwright anywhere. Many play-wrights teach at universities or write for film and television. I’m a pro-fessor of Theater at the University of the District of Columbia and teach at the Smithsonian Associ-ates Summer Camp. I also work as a dramaturg.

WI: Elaborate on the role of a

dramaturg – exactly what does that entail?

JL: I help to make the world more accessible to theater artists and audiences. I compile research about the play through articles, es-says, songs, pictures, and videos. I write program notes and conduct artist interviews. I lead post show discussions and theater sympo-siums. Also, I help playwrights de-velop and strengthen their plays.

WI: Do you only write plays for

theater?JL: No, I’ve written historical

presentations for the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of American History and the National Portrait Gallery. I’ve also written for the Hurston-Wright Founda-tion and Theater Washington’s Helen Hayes Tribute.

WI: How many productions

have you presented in the Washing-ton, D.C. area?

JL: I’ve had several one-act plays produced at the Smithsonian In-stitute; most notably, Ira Aldridge: The African Roscius, starring Av-ery Brooks and Jewell Robinson at the National Portrait Gallery. In 2008, Active Cultures commis-

Jacqueline Lawton, One of the Top 30 Black Playwrights in AmericaA Conversation with a Local Playwright

sioned and produced, Mad Breed. In 2009, theHegira presented a workshop production of Anna K as part of Round House Theater’s Silver Spring Series and the world premiere of Deep Belly Beautiful as part of the Mead Theater Lab at Flashpoint.

WI: What has been your worst

experience in theater?JL: Regardless of your role, it is

challenging to produce a play. It’s hard to be taken for granted and it’s never good when communica-tion breaks down between artists or within an organization. Over time, I’ve come to realize that it’s better to learn from these experiences. That way, even the most heartbreaking of situations can be rewarding.

WI: What has been your best ex-

perience in theater?JL: While working on The

Hampton Years with Theater J, I felt nurtured and respected as a writer. During Anna K and Deep Belly Beautiful¸ I worked with brilliant artists whose talent and dedication encouraged and inspired me daily. When Active Cultures commissioned and produced, Mad Breed, it was the first time I had seen a play of mine come alive on stage. It was thrilling!

WI: What advice do you have for

up-and-coming playwrights? JL: Honor and protect your

writing time. See as many plays and readings as you can. Make friends with other theater artists. Don’t ever stop writing! wi

By Misty BrownWI Staff Writer

From 10 minutes plays to two-

hour dramatic readings, local play-wright, Jacqueline E. Lawton is recognized as one of the top 30 leading African-American play-wrights in the country by Arena Stage’s American Voices New Play Institute.

Lawton, 35, is the recipient of numerous awards and fellow-ships that include two Young Artist Program Grants from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities for Playwriting; the Ellsworth P. and Virginia Conkle Endowed Scholarship for Drama; the Jean McKenzie Schenkkan Endowed Scholarship in Play-writing; and the Morton Brown, Nellie Lea Brown, and Minelma Brown Lockwood Endowed Scholarship in Playwriting.

Lawton, who lives on Capitol Hill, will present a reading about the founding of the art department at Hampton University titled, The Hampton Years, during the 23rd Annual James A. Porter Collo-quium on African American Art at Howard University in Northwest. The colloquium begins Thursday, April 19 and runs through Satur-day, April 21. Lawton will also be a part of a panel discussion, State of the Art: To Publish or Perish, at the university on Friday, April 20 at 4 p.m.

WI: How does a District-based playwright make a living?

JL: It isn’t easy to earn a living as

Jacqueline Lawton /Photo courtesy of Jason Hornick


ARIES This week make your spiritual interest pay off in cash. Enough of goodness for goodness sake. You’ve got bills to pay. People expect generosity from a big heart-

ed person like you. Ask them for something in return or they’ll drain you. Soul Affirmation: I call on my creative talents to pay my bills.Lucky Numbers: 1, 3, 8

TAURUS Compromise to get what you want this week. You’ll want to meet others half-way, and in the long run, you’ll get what you want anyway. You can afford to be gra-

cious and giving. Do it with all your heart and soul. Soul Affirma-tion: My emotions provide me a pathway into the sunshine of my being. Lucky Numbers: 6, 17, 43

GEMINI Money matters may seem a little unstable this week; postpone a shopping trip. On the plus side, how-ever, your friends are unusually supportive and won-

derful. You’ll enjoy conversations and being with another, espe-cially after dark! Soul Affirmation: I enjoy working with others this week.Lucky Numbers: 19, 30, 50

CANCER Personal goals are important to you this week, and you’ll want to budget some time to spend on formulating plans for your brilliant future. Something that happens without your

knowledge is going to prove to be a huge benefit. Enjoy your lucky streak! Soul Affirmation: My life itself is my greatest creation. Lucky Numbers: 7, 40, 43

LEO Your straight-up attitude is going to come in handy this week. Plain talk is favored; keep it simple so others will understand where you’re coming from. You’ll get a lot done if you stick to a plan this

week. Soul Affirmation: I forgive, forget and keep on moving towards my good fortune.Lucky Numbers: 1, 29, 31

VIRGO This is a good week to think about long-term plans. Your mind is clear and your vision of things to come will be lighted by your razor-sharp instincts. All week long be careful not

to sound too sarcastic when you tell people stuff that you know and they don’t. Soul Affirmation: I keep my eyes open for the love that is everywhere. Lucky Numbers: 17, 18, 20

LIBRA The clever way you think could expose you to an experi-ence for you unlike any you’ve had recently. Move forward. Get into it. Don’t doubt your ability to handle it. Don’t let your mind

get crowded with too much useless information. Love is simpler than you think. Soul Affirmation: I allow good feelings to flow into my life with ease. Lucky Numbers: 6, 21, 34

SCORPIO If someone has told you that you are more mental than emotional, believe them. This week especially your mind will be working a mile a minute to make sure that what you feel is

good for you to feel. Cover the mental processes with an emotional facade, but keep thinking about what is best. Soul Affirmation: I give special attention to special friends. Lucky Numbers: 3, 45, 51

SAGITTARIUS Usually you’re not much for gambling. You like to investigate and make sure before you make your move. This week you are lucky. Move on impulse. Follow your heart. Pay

close attention to the love needs of your mate this week. The needs of children call. Soul Affirmation: I can be whoever I am conscious of being. Lucky Numbers: 12, 32, 53

CAPRICORN You’ll face a formidable task, but if you de-feat it, you’ll take big steps toward a goal. Weigh in and give it your best. Your energy is high. The task looks larg-

er before you start than it will once you’ve put your shoulder into it. Compromise with a partner. This week will bring more love than usual. Look for it. Soul Affirmation: I give thanks for the blessing of lifeLucky Numbers: 33, 45, 50

AQUARIUS Speak out. Take center stage. Any subject you choose is ripe for the “rap.” People listen. Friends and associ-ates will be impressed. Forgive a jealous soul who lingers nearby.

Don’t neglect the home front. Soul Affirmation: My love of myself makes me lovable to others. Lucky Numbers: 2, 15, 16

PISCES Enjoy yourself. The need to do that will be very ap-parent this week. What will not be as apparent is the key to your enjoyment which will depend on the attitude you take to someone

who has been getting on your nerves. Don’t think about them. Whenever the picture of their face appears in your mind use your imagination to turn that picture into a cartoon. Laugh. Soul Affirmation: I am in tune with the best that is in me this week. Lucky Numbers: 36, 39, 40

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ing born. We, as a community, have suffered

many interruptions and what can be defined as “setbacks” in our efforts to achieve our goals. Could God be try-ing to tell us something about our goals as a community? As important as our plans and goals may appear to be to us, could they be blocking us from seeing the bigger issues going on around us?

Simon’s interruption turned out to be a blessing in disguise. It allowed him an opportunity to get involved with an event that was bigger than anything anyone could have imag-ined. I’m sure at the time it didn’t look that marvelous an opportunity, being picked out or picked on to carry someone else’s cross could not have been an attractive proposition. At the time, I am sure when Simon com-pared what he had planned to do that day with what he was being made to do, he was in a losing situation. The text is mute on any reaction that Si-mon might have given to being placed

An Interrupted Journey–A Black Man’s Journey

in this situation, so we are left to guess what that might have been.

As with Simon, so with us, we are sometimes compelled by circum-stances beyond our control to move in new directions we would never have gone in. The reward that would come to Simon and all of mankind for what Simon did that day would be revealed in the days to come, but what was important that day was that Simon accepted the interruption--the call to serve--and he finished what he was called to do.

Sometimes we need to be com-pelled to do the work of the “greater good.”

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By Rev. Paul M. GravesSpecial to The Washington Informer

As I mentioned last week, I was preparing for my Easter Sunday morn-

ing sermon when I was drawn to the passage in the Gospel of Mark (3:16) which states that Si-mon, a man of color, was trans-formed from being a spectator to a game-changer. It is clear that Simon was a game-changer in the most important game ever played, but what is not so clear is the significance of the fact that Simon is described as “passing by” an event that would change his life and the lives of countless millions.

To be found in the process of pass-ing by suggests Simon had no inten-tions of stopping or becoming a part of the events that were taking place that day. Simon was busy being about his own business. Whatever was going on between the Jews and the Romans on that day outside the walls of Jeru-salem had nothing to do with him. Simon was occupied with the affairs of his life and what was happening to “the guy with the cross” was not his concern. Simon was just passing by.

Interruptions are seldom appreci-ated and most certainly not appreci-ated when they take us away from our own plans and thrust us into circum-stances that are beyond our control. Interruptions can only happen when our actions are hindered or delayed by unintended events. Simon suf-fered an interruption when his plans were put on the back burner by the providential will of God. Simon was no longer passing by--he was now in-volved. He, nor we, will ever know what might have happened if Simon had been allowed to pass by and not get involved, because once we get in-volved, things will never be the same.

As a community, we African-Americans have been accused of not getting involved with issues that are considered outside of our commu-nity interest. We “pass” on issues that don’t seem to suit our interest at the time. When there does not appear to be a compelling issue of ours we, like Simon, will try to pass by or bypass events that are shaping our future.

I found it interesting that God would not let Simon pass by this most important event and without any consultation or preparation thrust him right into the middle of this great unfolding event. Had God not inter-rupted Simon’s plans, he would have missed out on his very reason for be-

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Why do brooks dry up? They dry up so we will put our trust in the

provider of the brooks, rather than the brook, itself. God wants us to take our trust out of little waters, and put it in the One who provides the water of life.

The Lord shuts down one line of provision in order to open an-other. This is hard to remember especially when it’s your life, and you’re going through what seems to be a never ending saga. Like the old saying, “If it ain’t one thing, it’s another!” But God will let you know He has made other provisions, not to worry.

Today, if you’re sitting beside a drying brook of pain, suffering, disappointment, a broken heart, broken home, or broken hopes, major illness, in fact the doctor is only giving you a year to live; and you’re wondering why did my brook dry up, remember that suffering is the school where God trains His own.

People have lived many years after being told by doctors that they only have months to live. They’re not the Creator, how can they know? They can only speculate based on symptoms, but with God, all things are pos-sible. It’s never as it appears. That’s why faith is the key!

Remember the tragedy that befell our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Even the Water of Life had His brook dry up.

Christ did not suffer without cause. In His agony and death, He confirmed that in this life, the brooks of even the innocent do dry up. Gold must be burnished

Why Did My Brook Dry Up?

before it can shine. Diamonds must be cut before they become glistening gems. And we must be broken – broken on the Rock –before we can be like Him. That’s why our brooks dry up.

Perhaps your brook is down to a trickle, if you’re going through an experience right now, “Don’t give up.” He’s preparing you for something. God wants you to be able to say, “When peace like a river attendeth my way, when sorrows like sea billows roll. Whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say, It is well, it is well with my soul.”

There will always be trials on this earth, for trials are God’s workmen to bring out the best in us. So thank God when your brook dries up. Look to Jesus. He sat by a drying brook, too. If He shuts one door He will open another, and you can trust Him completely – even when your brook dries up.

1ST Kings, 17:2-8, Elijah ... said to Ahab, “As the Lord the God of Israel lives, be-fore whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.” 2And the word of the Lord came to him, 3“Depart from here and turn eastward and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan. 4You shall drink from the brook, and I have com-manded the ravens to feed you there.” 5So he went and did according to the word of the Lord. He went and lived by the brook Cherith that is east of the Jordan. 6And the

ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the eve-ning, and he drank from the brook. 7And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

God knows that we often take things for granted. We tend to forget His mercies, and expect life itself to go on as usual. God knows to human eyes, miracles that continue often don’t seem so miraculous. So sometimes He stops the miracles, just to open our eyes. By drying up the brooks, God reminds us that even our daily survival is a mira-cle – a miracle of grace.

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Reverend Daryl K. Kearney. • Pastor

2568 MLk Jr., Ave., S.E.Washington, D.C. 20020

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Services and Times7:45 a.m. & 10:45 a.m.

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Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church

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“The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church”

Pastor Gerald L MartinSenior Minister

3204 Brothers Place S.E.Washington, D.C. 20032

202-373-5566 or 202-373-5567

Service & Time Sunday Worship 7:45A.M & 11A.M

Communion Service 2nd Sunday 11A.MPrayer Service Tuesday 7:00 P.M

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“A church reaching and winning our community for Christ”

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Morning Star Baptist Church

Rev. John W. Davis, Pastor

5101 14th Street, N.W.Washington, DC 20011

202-726-2220/ 202-726-9089

Sunday Worship Service8:00am and 11:00amSunday School 9:15am

Holy Communion 4th Sunday 10:00amPrayer and Bible Study

Wednesday 7;00pm

TV Ministry –Channel 6Wednesday 10:00pm

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Mt. Zion Baptist Church

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

1204 Third Street, NWWashington, DC 20001202.347.5889 office202.638.1803 fax

Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.

Prayer Meeting and Bible Study: Wed. 7:30 p.m.

“Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital”

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Third Street Church of God

african methodist episcopalBaptist

Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan, Pastor800 I Street, NE

Washington, DC 20002202-548-0707

Fax No. 202-548-0703

Sunday Morning Worship 11:00amHoly Communion – 1st Sunday

Sunday School-9:45amMen’s Monday Bible Study – 7:00pm

Wednesday Night Bible Study – 7:00pmWomen’s Ministry Bible Study 3rd Friday -7:00pm

Computer Classes- AnnouncedFamily and Marital Counseling by appointmentE-mail: [email protected]

www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org

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Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews • Senior Pastor1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast

Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767Fax: (202) 526-1661

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

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Crusader Baptist Church

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Drs. Dennis W. and Christine Y. Wiley, Pastors

3845 South Capitol StreetWashington, DC 20032

(202) 562-5576 (Office)(202) 562-4219 (Fax)

SERVICES AND TIMES:SUNDAYS:

8:00 AM and 10:45 AM Worship ServicesBIBLE STUDY: Wonderful Wednesdays in Worship

and the Word Bible Study Wednesdays 12:00 Noon; 6:30 PM (dinner @ 5:30 PM)SUNDAY SCHOOL: 9:45 AM – Hour of Power

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

www.covenantbaptistdc.org

Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ

Rev. James ManionSupply Priest

Foggy Bottom • Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW • Washington, DC 20037

Church office: 202-333-3985 • Fax : 202-338-4958

Worship ServicesSundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist

with Music and HymnsWednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy Eucharist

www.stmarysfoggybottom.org Email: [email protected]

All are welcome to St. Mary’s to Learn, Worship, and Grow.

Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church

Joseph N. Evans, Ph.DSenior Pastor

901 Third Street N.W.Washington, DC. 20001Phone (202) 842-3411Fax (202) 682-9423

Sunday Church School : 9: 30am Sunday Morning Worship: 10:

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

610 Rhode Island Avenue, NEWashington, DC 20002

(202) 529-4547 office • (202) 529-4495 fax

Sunday Worship Service: 8 AM and 10:45 AMSunday Youth Worship Services:

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Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church

Dr. Dekontee L. & Dr. Ayele A. JohnsonPastors

4001 14th Street, NWWashington, DC 20011(202) 265-6147 Office

1-800 576-1047 Voicemail/Fax

Schedule of Services:Sunday School – 9:30 AM

Sunday Morning Worship Service – 11:00 AMCommunion Service – First Sunday

Prayer Service/Bible Study – Tuesday, 6:30 PM

www.blessedwordoflifechurch.orge-mail: [email protected]

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Pilgrim Baptist Church

700 I. Street, NEWashington, D.C. 20002

Pastor Louis B. Jones, II and Pilgrim invite

you to join us during our July and August Summer schedule! Attire is

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Worship: Sundays@ 7:30 A.M. & 10:00 A.M.

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Church of Living Waters

Rev. Paul Carrette Senior PastorHarold Andrew, Assistant Pastor

4915 Wheeler RoadOxon Hill, MD 20745

301-894-6464

Schedule of ServiceSunday Service: 8:30 AM & 11:00 AM

Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PMCommunion Service: First Sunday

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(202) 488-7417(202) 484-2242

Rev. Dr. J. Michael LittlePastor

Sunrise Prayer: 6:00 AMSunday School: 9:30 AM

Morning Worship 11:00 AMHoly Communion: 3rd Sunday-11:00AM

www.friendshipbaptistdc.org

Email: [email protected]

Friendship Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. H. B. Sampson, IIIPastor

2914 Bladensburg Road, NE Wash., DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-3180

Fax: (202) 529-7738Order of Services

Worship Service: 7:30 a.m. Sunday School: 9:00 a.m. Worship Service: 10:30 a.m.

Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:30 a.m. & 10:30a.m.Prayer Services:

Tuesday 7:30 p.m.Wednesday 12 Noon

Email:[email protected] Website:www.mthoreb.org

For further information, please contact me at (202) 529-3180.

Mt. Horeb Baptist Church

Dr. Lucius M. Dalton, Senior Pastor

1636 East Capitol Street, NEWashington, DC 20003

Telephone: 202-544-5588 Fax: 202-544-2964

Sunday Worship Services: 7:45 am and 10:45 amHoly Communion: 1st Sundays at 7:45 am and

10:45 amSunday School: 9:30 am

Prayer & Praise Service: Tuesdays at 12 noon and 6:30 pm

Bible Study: Tuesdays at 1 pm and 7 pmYouth Bible Study: Fridays at 7 pm

Web: www.mountmoriahchurch.orgEmail: [email protected]

Mount Moriah Baptist Church

Rev. Terry D. StreeterPastor

215 Rhode Island Ave. N.W. • WD.C. 20001(202) 332-5748

Early Morning Worship: 7:45 a.m.Sunday School: 9:15 a.m.

Morning Worship: 10:45 a.m.Holy Communion:

4th Sunday 7:45 a.m. & 10:45 a.m.C.T.U. Sunday: 2:45 p.m.

Bible Study: Wednesday 11:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.

Prayer Service: Wednesday 8:00 p.m.Noon Day Prayer Service:

Mondays 12 p.m.

Mount PleasantBaptist Church

Rev. Stephen E. TuckerPastor and Overseer

625 Park Rd, NW • WDC 20010P: 202 291-5711 • F: 202 291-5666

Sunday Worship Service - 11 amSunday School - 9:45 am

Bible Study & Prayer Wed. - 7 pmSubstance Abuse Counseling -

7 pm (Mon & Fri)Jobs Partnership - 7 pm (Mon & Wed)Sat. Enrichment Experience - 9:30 am

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

New Commandment Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Michael T. Bell

712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002

Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836

Sunday Morning Worship Service 7:15 am & 10:50 am

Sunday School 9:30amSunday Morning Worship Service 10:50am

Wednesday Prayer & Testimonies Service 7:30pmWednesday School of the Bible 8:00pmWednesday - Midweek Prayer Service -

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

“The Loving Church of the living lord “ Email Address [email protected]

Peace Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. James ColemanPastor

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

Sunday Church School – 9:30 AMSunday Worship Service – 11:00 AM

Holy Communion – 1st Sunday at 11:00 AMPrayer – Wednesdays, 6:00 PM

Bible Study – Wednesdays, 7:00 PMChristian Education

School of Biblical knowledge Saturdays, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM,

Call for Registration

Website: www.allnationsbaptistchurch.comAll Nations Baptist Church – A Church of Standards

All Nations Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Clinton W. AustinPastor

2409 Ainger Pl.,SE – WDC 20020(202) 678-0884 – Office(202) 678-0885 – Fax

“Come Grow With Us and Establish a Blessed Family”Sunday Worship

7:30am & 10:45amBaptism/Holy Communion

3rd SundayFamily Bible StudyTuesdays – 6:30pm

Prayer ServiceTuesdays – 8:00pm

www.emmanuelbaptistchurchdc.org

EmmanuelBaptist Church

Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor

623 Florida Ave.. NW • WDC. 20001Church (202) 667-3409 • Study (202) 265-0836

Home Study (301) 464-8211 • Fax (202) 483-4009

Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 a.m.Sunday Church School: 8:45 – 9:45 a.m.

Holy Communion: Every First SundayIntercessory 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

Florida Avenue Baptist Church

Holy TrinityUnited Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert SR. Pastor

4504 Gault Place, N.E.Washington, D.C 20019202-397-7775 – 7184

9:30AM. Sunday Church School11:00 Am. Sunday Worship Service

The Lord’s Supper 1st Sunday Wednesday 7:00pm Prayer & Praise Services

7:30pm. Bible StudySaturday before 4th Sunday Men, Women,

Youth Discipleship Ministries 10:30amA Christ Centered Church

[email protected]

Rev. keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor

4850 Blagdon Ave, NW • Washington D.C 20011Phone (202) 722-4940 • Fax (202) 291-3773

Sunday Worship Service 10:15AM- Praise and Worship Services

Sunday School 9:00am Monday: Noon Bible School Wednesday: Noon & 7PM:

Pastor’s Bible Study Ordinance of Baptism 2nd Holy Communion 4th Sunday

Mission Zion Baptist Church Shall; Enlist Sinners, Educate Students, Empower the Suffer-

ing, Encourage the Saints, and Exalt Our Savior. (Acts 2:41-47)

www.zionbaptistchurchdc.org

Zion Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr.Pastor

1251 Saratoga Ave., NEWashington, DC 20018

(202) 269-0288

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.

Israel Baptist Church

Dr. C. Matthew Hudson, Jr,Pastor

2616 MLK Ave., SE • Washington, DC 20020Office 202-889-3709 • Fax 202-678-3304

Early Worship Service 7:30a.m Worship Service 10:45a.m.

New Members Class 9:30a.m. Holy Communion : 1st Sunday -10:45a.m

Church School 9:30a.m.Prayer, Praise and Bible Study:

Wednesday 7p.m Bible Study : Saturday: 11a.m.

Baptism: 4th Sunday – 10:45a.m“Empowered to love and Challenged to Lead a

Multitude of Souls to Christ”

Matthews Memorial Baptist Church

Rev. R. Vincent Palmer Pastor

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

Sunday Service: 10 amSunday School for all ages: 8:30 am

1st Sunday Baptism: 10: am2nd Sunday Holy Communion: 10 am

Tuesday:Bible Study: 6:30 pm

Prayer Meeting: 7:45 pm

Motto: God First

Rehoboth Baptist Church

Baptist

Rev. Dr. Bobby L. Livingston, Sr.Pastor

75 Rhode Island Ave. NW • Washington, DC 20001 (202) 667-4448

Sunrise Prayer Service 6:00 A.M.Sunday Church School 8:30 A.M.

Pre-Worship Devotionals 9:45 A.M.Morning Worship Services 10:00 A.M.

Holy Communion 1st Sunday Worship ServicesBible Study Tuesdays, 6:00 P.M.

Thursdays, 1:00 P.M.Prayer Meetings Tuesdays, 7:00 P.M.

Thursdays, 12:00 P.M.

Mt. Bethel Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. kendrick E. CurryPastor

3000 Pennsylvania Ave.. S.EWashington, DC 20020

202 581-1500

Sunday Church School: 9:30 A.M.Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 A.M.Monday Adult Bible Study: 7:00 P.M.

Wednesday Youth & Adult Activities:

6:30 P.M.

Prayer Service Bible Study

Pennsylvania Ave. Baptist Church

Rev. Alonzo HartPastor

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

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

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.

SalemBaptist Church

Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles SmithPastor

9th & P Street, N.W. • W. D.C. 20001(202) 232-4200

Sunrise Prayer Services - Sunday 7:00 a.m.

Morning Worship: 8:00 a.mChurch School : 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship: 10:55 a.m.Bible Study, Thursday: 6:30 p.m.

Prayer Meeting,Thursday : 7:30 p.m.

Shiloh Baptist Church

Rev. Aubrey C. LewisPastor

1415 Gallatin Street, NW Washington, DC 20011-3851

P: (202) 726-5940

Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School: 9:15 a.m.Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun.

Bible Study:Monday - 7:00 p.m.

Prayer Meeting:Thursday - 7:00 p.m.

St. Luke Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Maxwell M. WashingtonPastor

1105 New Jersey Ave, S.E • Washington, DC 20003202 488-7298

Order of ServicesSunday Worship Services: 9:05 A.M.

Sunday School: 8:00 A.M.Holy Communion 3rd Sunday MorningPrayer Meeting: 7:00 P.M. (Tuesday)

Bible Study: 7:30 P.M. (Tuesday)

Theme: “Striving to be more like Jesus - “stewardship”.

Philippians 3:12-14; Malachi 3:8-10 and 2 Corinthians 9:7

Email: [email protected]: www.stmatthewsbaptist.com

St. Matthews Baptist Church

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

Sunday Worship Services: 7:45am & 11:00am Sunday school For All Ages 9:30am

Prayer Services Wednesday 11:30am & 6:45pm

Bible Institute Wednesday at Noon & 7:45pm

“Changing Lives On Purpose “

Email: [email protected]: www.firstrising.org

First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church


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Jackie Robinson Day at Nationals Park

The Nationals participated in a league-wide celebration of Jackie Robinson Day on Sunday, April 15, at Nationals Park in Southeast. The ball team honored the first African-American player in Major League Baseball throughout game by wearing No. 42 jerseys. Fans also watched a video dedicated to the Jackie Robinson Scholarship program. In this photo, past and present scholarship recipients run onto the field to man the bases prior to the players taking the field. /Photo by John E. De Freitas

“When Jackie Robinson took the field in Brooklyn 45 years ago.

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15th, our young fans around the world have the opportunity to learn everything that No. 42 stands for – courage, grace, and determination.”

/Photo by John E. De Freitas

The Nationals honored Jackie Robinson, the first African-American player in Major League Baseball, during inning breaks at Nationals Park in Southeast. The tribute also included performances by Screech, the Nationals’ mascot, with the Howard University Drumline. /Photo by John E. De Freitas

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Administration No. 12 ADM 294

Mary M. RichardsDecedent

Constance G. Starks, Esq.7053 Western Avenue, N.W.Washington, DC 20015Attorney

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

Jacqueline Richards-Craig, whose address is 1517 A Street, SE Washington, DC 20003, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Mary M. Richards, who died on September 20, 2010 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W. Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before October 12, 2012. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 12, 2012, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of first publication:April 12, 2012

Jacqueline Richards-CraigPersonal Representative

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Anne MeisterRegister of WillsWashington Informer



Virginia H. MillerDecedent

Johnny M. Howard1001 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 402Washington, DC 20036Attorney


Mekeeba L. Miller and Bernard Quarterman, Jr., whose addresses are 1060 Bladensburg Road, NE, Washington, DC 20018 and 40 V Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001, were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Virginia H. Miller, who died on May 15, 2002 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 shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W. Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before October 19, 2012. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 19, 2012, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.


Mekeeba L. MillerBernard Quarterman, Jr.Personal Representative

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Junius W. CarterDecedent

James Larry Frazier, Esq.918 Maryland Avenue, NEWashington, DC 20002Attorney


Jeanette W. Washington and William J. Carter, whose addresses are 880 Nalley Rd., Landover, MD 20785; 11002 Sweet Gum Way, Clinton, MD 20735, were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Junius W. Carter, who died on January 6, 2012 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W. Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before October 5, 2012. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 5, 2012, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.


Jeanette W. WashingtonWilliam J. CarterPersonal Representative

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Eleanor HopkinsDecedent


Bruce Jones, whose address is 603 Galveston St, SE Washington, DC 20032, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Eleanor Hopkins, who died on April 13, 1997 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 shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W. Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before October 12, 2012. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 12, 2012, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.


Bruce JonesPersonal Representative

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Georgia WiseDecedent


Tyrone Hicks, whose address is 5819 Fisher Road, Temple Hills, MD 20748, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Georgia Wise, who died on March 31, 1989 without a Will. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W. Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before October 19, 2012. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 19, 2012, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.


Tyrone HicksPersonal Representative

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I’d ask President Obama (who not only pays his fair share in tax-es, but also contributes generously to charitable causes (including the United Negro College Fund) to offer, beyond the Buffett plan, other keys to tax fairness. I’d ask him whether investment income should be taxed at an equal or higher rate than earnings. And I’d ask him what kind of coalition is needed to turn the Buffett plan

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While these productions have resulted in more work for black actors, Stephen Byrd and Alia Jones are still a rarity as full-time African American Broad-way producers. Black superstar entertainers such as Alicia Keys (Stick Fly), Will Smith, Jay-Z and Jada Pinkett (Fela), Whoopi Goldberg (Sister Act) and Oprah Winfrey (The Color Purple) are making inroads as Broadway

producers, but there is obviously room for many more.

We want to congratulate Stephen Byrd and Alia Jones and their award-winning direc-tor, Emily Mann, for bringing this new all-Black revival of “A Streetcar Named Desire” to Broadway. We can’t wait to see the usually debonair Blair Un-derwood in a T-shirt screaming, “Hey Stella.” wi

Marc H. Morial, former mayor of New Orleans, is president and CEO of the National Urban League

into public policy. STUDENTS – While Presi-

dent Obama has vigorously de-fended Pell Grants, Romney would not only eliminate these grants but many other social programs. Fur-thermore, students pay more than 6 percent interest on federal loans, while some of the bailout banks paid less than 1 percent interest on their loans. If we believe that children are our future, why aren’t our future workers, students, more highly considered in the budget process?

Now that we don’t have the distraction of debate about pe-ripheral issues, maybe we can get down to business to compare and contrast the candidates. wi

Julianne Malveaux is president of Bennett College for Women in Greens-boro, N.C.

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During the Black Power Movement of the 1960s and the “Pan African Movement” of the 1970s and 1980s, Fidel Castro was a major source of support and solidarity for the libera-tion of Africa from centuries of co-lonialism, imperialism and neo-colo-nialism.

Decades ago, Patrice Lumumba in the Congo, Kwame Nkrumah in Ghana, Augostinho Neto in Angola, Sam Nujoma in Namibia, Nelson Mandela in South Africa, Michael Manley in Jamaica, and W.E.B. Dubois and Malcolm X in America were all in solidarity with Fidel Castro and others about supporting the growing libera-tion movements in Africa.

Where is our memory today con-

cerning this period of our history as a people? Are we too quick to forget? Do we have historical amnesia? We need to tell our children the truth our struggle here in America, the Carib-bean and in Africa. African liberation required a revolution and a protracted struggle. The Cuban Revolution con-tributed concretely to the revolution and transformation of Africa.

I witnessed first-hand in Angola how Cuban soldiers valiantly and he-roically shed their blood and gave their lives along with Angolans, Namibians, South Africans and others to prevent the brutal apartheid regime from taking over all of southern Africa while the administration of President Ronald Reagan orchestrated the avarice game of “constructive engagement” with the minority-ruled white South Africa. The geopolitical structure of Africa

was changed irreversibly by the for-midable forces of unity between our African and Cuban freedom fighters.

That is why I have no reluctance today whatsoever to say “Thank you” to Fidel Adejandro Castro Ruz for your leadership, sacrifice, and contri-butions to help Africa. You continue to be a beacon of light and inspiration for generations to come who demand freedom and liberation from oppres-sion and imperialism. Long live the spirit and memory of Fidel Castro. wi

Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. is president of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN) and Education Online Services Corporation. He also serves as National Director of Occupy the Dream and can be reached at [email protected]

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U.S. Black Chamber’s School of Chamber Management this sum-mer.

There is one provision includ-ed in the JOBS Act that holds a bit more short-term promise. The Capital Expansion Act (HR 4088) increases the number of shareholders able to invest in community banks from 500 to 2000. This one component alone should dramatically spur the

mockery…” So, if that’s true of the ordinary white Christian churches, what must we think of a church that teaches that black people are instead cursed by God himself ? Should a high official in such a church, one

who donates millions of dollars to such a church be president of the United States?

Well, guess what presump-tive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s church believes. “For decades, the Church of Je-sus Christ of Latter Day Saints has taught that black people are ‘inferior’ and ‘cursed’ by God

because of something sinister that blacks did before they were born,” Michael Cottman wrote recently for Black America Web.com.

“And [God] had caused the cursing to come upon them, yea, even a sore cursing, because of their iniquity,” Cottman writes, quoting what he refers to as a “bizarre” passage from the Book of Mormon, the church’s holy text. “For behold, they had hard-ened their hearts against him, that they had become like unto a flint; wherefore, as they were white, and exceedingly fair and delightsome, that they might not be enticing unto my people, the Lord God did cause a skin of

blackness to come upon them. And thus sayeth the Lord God; I will cause that they shall be loath-some unto thy people, save they shall repent of their iniquities.”

That is not Liberation Theology. That’s Put-the-shackles-back-on-Black-people-theology. Make no mistake about it.

Why hasn’t anyone questioned Gov. Romney about his church’s odious teachings against black people? Why hasn’t Gov. Rom-ney been asked to either embrace or distant himself from this mes-sage in his church’s teachings, the same way then Sen. Barack Obama had to renounce, and de-nounce, and pronounce, and an-nounce the Rev. Wright’s teach-

ings, before summarily throwing him under the proverbial bus?

I want to know what Gov. Romney has to say about such passages in The Book of Mor-mon, and I wonder why a lot of people are not similarly curious, and/or upset about Romney be-ing given a pass instead of be-ing required to talk about his church’s white supremacist the-ology.

Instead, White writers get away with outright falsehoods, as they go about blaming the victims for their racist crimes.

“If George W. Bush had spent 20 years in the church of a white supremacist, he never would have come close to winning the Republican nomination—never mind the presidency,” Jeffrey Kuhner wrote recently in The Washington Times.

Say what? Do those editors over there read that stuff before they publish it?

“When it comes to race,” Kuh-ner writes “there is a blatant dou-ble standard.” You betcha there is. And it “permeates American society,” just as Kuhner writes. The only thing is, it’s Mitt Rom-ney and white folks who are get-ting away with crimes against Black folks, “…which would dis-grace a nation of savages.” wi

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violence. It’s time to repeal sense-less gun laws such as the “Stand Your Ground” laws enacted by 21 states. The laws have grabbed so much attention in Trayvon’s case and allow people in Florida to defend themselves with deadly force anytime and anywhere if they feel threatened. More than 2 million people have signed online petitions saying they want to re-peal these laws. It’s time to require consumer safety standards and childproof safety features for all guns and strengthen child access

prevention laws that ensure guns are stored safely and securely to prevent unnecessary tragedies like those in Washington state. And in a political environment where the too secretive and powerful advocacy group American Legis-lative Exchange Council (ALEC) pushed “Stand Your Ground” laws in other states along with oth-er “model bills” that benefit some corporate bottom lines or special interests such as the NRA, it’s time for all of ALEC’s corporate spon-sors to walk away from enabling or acquiescing destructive laws that protect guns, not children.

It’s a tragedy that five years after

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development of black-owned banks across the country, which in turn would open access to more conventional business fi-nancing tools. We’ll be watching this closely, and will report back to you on progress in developing community-based financial insti-tutions. wi

Ron Busby is president of the U.S. Black Chamber, Inc.

Virginia Tech so little has changed. How many years must we wait until tragic headlines about school shootings, children dying, and people using the “shoot first and ask questions later” defense to take the law into their own hands go away? When will we finally get the courage to stand up as a na-tion and say enough to the deadly proliferation of guns and gun vio-lence that endanger children’s and public safety? wi

Marian Wright Edelman is presi-dent of the Children’s Defense Fund. For more information go to www.chil-drensdefense.org.

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