January 29, 2011 - January 29, 2011, The Afro-American A1
Volume 119 No. 25
Michelle Obama & Walmart
Team for Health A2
Murders in Prince George’s Black Lawmakers, Leaders
Highlight Divide Rate Obama Near 10
on State of the Union
By George Barnette
AFRO Staff Writer
The murders in Prince George’s County
highlight another striking issue within the
county - the divide between inner and outer
beltway communities.
All 15 murders so far this year were inside
the beltway, proving that while wealth and
Photo by Rob Roberts
Prince George’s County Executive Rushern
Baker is working to unite the county
through improved transportation and
economic development.
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PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY EDITION
JANUARY 29, 2011 - FEBRUARY 4, 2011
Phil Ade: The Newest
B1 Face of HipHop B3
pride reign in communities like Bowie, Upper
Marlboro and Mitchellville, there are still
communities where residents don’t enjoy that
level of comfort.
“Being realistic, you have more activities President Gets High Marks on Inspiration, but Poverty,
in areas that border Washington, D.C.,” said
Earle Gumbs, Hillcrest/Marlow Heights Plight of Black Economics Still a Question
Civic Association president. “We do border
By Hazel Trice Edney Black Caucus members and Black leaders
Washington, D.C. just like Seat Pleasant and
Editor-in-Chief, Trice Edney News Wire interviewed by the Trice Edney News Wire
some of those other places so you have more
after the Tuesday night speech when they were
people committing crimes and some of those
WASHINGTON (TEWire) – It was an asked to grade the State of the Union on a
other things.”
evening marked by thunderous applause, scale of 1-10.
While Gumbs didn’t attribute the statistics
Republicans and Democrats symbolically “I give it a nine-and-a-half,” says CBC
to a disparity in resources between inner
sitting together instead of across the aisles, and Chairman Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.). He
and outer beltway communities, he did say
a message from the president of the United says the president got an “A” for giving the
there was a different mindset when it comes
States that soared with hope for economic inspiration that was needed as the economy
to people taking ownership of their own
recovery, health care, education and jobs. appears to be generally turning around. But,
neighborhoods.
Still, President Obama fell slightly short of Cleaver expressed concern about a void in
“I know for a fact that you always put
10 points in the view of most Congressional Continued on A6
police where you get the most calls for
service,” he said. “Sometimes people in the
inner beltway areas may see something going
on, but they won’t call. Those in Bowie,
Laurel or some of these other places, as soon
as a drop of a hat happens, they call.”
The divide is not just seen in the violence
in the communities, it’s seen in the shopping
options and schools as well.
Woodmore Towne Center and Bowie Town
Center both lie outside of the beltway and
provide some of the county’s best grocer and
retail shopping options.
Then there are schools such as Dr. Henry
Wise High School, Charles H. Flowers,
Eleanor Roosevelt, and Oxon Hill, where
much of the county’s elite send their kids—
standardized test scores are markedly better
there than at schools like Fairmont Heights,
Central and Potomac - schools in shooting
distance of the District border.
AP Photo
Continued on A4 President Obama, seen here giving the annual State of the Union Address in 2010,
struck a tone of unity in Tuesday night’s speech.
Justice Thomas Admits
‘Inadvertant’ Error, Common Prince George’s County Council
Cause Responds: ‘Implausible’ Gears up for New Session
By AFRO Staff with eight members instead of nine
By AFRO Staff
as they stripped Councilwoman
The Prince George’s County Leslie Johnson, D.-Dist. 6, of any
Supreme Court Justice Clarence
Council is gearing up for its next committee powers.
Thomas has acknowledged that he
legislative session with some After Johnson’s arrest in
erred in not disclosing his wife’s
unique challenges ahead. The November in a FBI sting that
income on his financial statements
Council will have to work through targeted her husband, former Prince
in the wake of complaints raised by
a budget deficit, which threatens George’s County Executive Jack
liberal advocacy group Common
to cripple the county, while coping Johnson, the Council didn’t think it
Cause.
with a member with muted power. was appropriate to have her serving
In filings dated Jan. 21, Thomas
The Council concluded a on any committee while being
sent seven similarly-worded letters to
three-day retreat on Jan. 12 in
the Federal Committee on Financial Continued on A4
Cambridge, Md., where they
Disclosure asking to amend his
discussed several key issues and
disclosure forms. In the letters,
did teambuilding exercises. The
Thomas said he “inadvertently
Council members left the retreat
omitted” the information due to
feeling they’d gained something
“a misunderstanding of the filing
positive.
instructions.”
“I am confident that the entire
However Common Cause, a
Council left the retreat better
watchdog group that monitors
equipped to help foster more
government and industry, is still
economic growth, create jobs,
crying foul as officials question his
and provide efficient services
explanation.
to our residents, and more
“Justice Thomas sits on the
collaboration for the good of
highest court of the land, is called
the County,” Council Chair
upon daily to understand and
Ingrid Turner, D.-Dist. 4,
interpret the most complicated
said in a prepared statement.
legal issues of our day and makes
The retreat was necessary
decisions that affect millions. It
as with five new council
is hard to see how he could have
members, each from
misunderstood the simple directions
different backgrounds,
of a federal disclosure form,” said
AP Photo a sense of camaraderie
Common Cause President Bob Edgar
Supreme Court Justice Clarence needed to be built. However,
in a statement. “We find his excuse is Courtesy Photo/Prince George’s County Council
Thomas has admitted that he another reason could be the
implausible.” Council Chair Ingrid Turner is prepared
failed to disclose his wife Virginia’s Council has to work really
to lead the new county council.
income on his financial statements. Continued on A4
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AFRO National Briefs

Wal-Mart, First Lady
Unveil Healthy Food
Campaign
Meeting at a
Southeast Washington,
D.C., community
center THEARC last
week, executives from
Wal-Mart, the nation’s Official White House Photo
largest grocer, and first
lady Michelle Obama unveiled the powerhouse retailer’s new
campaign, which aims to provide customers with healthier and
more affordable food choices.
According to Wal-Mart, the initiative will do the following:
1. Reformulate thousands of everyday packaged food items
by 2015 by reducing sodium 25 percent and added sugars 10
percent, and by removing all remaining industrially produced
trans-fats.
2. Make healthier choices more affordable, saving customers
approximately $1 billion per year on fresh fruits and vegetables
through a variety of sourcing, pricing, and transportation and
logistics initiatives that will drive unnecessary costs out of the
supply chain.
3. Develop strong criteria for a simple front-of-package
seal that will help consumers instantly identify truly healthier
food options such as whole grain cereal, whole wheat pasta or
unsweetened canned fruit.
4. Provide solutions to address food deserts by building
stores in underserved communities that are in need of fresh and
affordable groceries; and
5. Increasing charitable support for nutrition programs that
help educate consumers about healthier food solutions and
choices.
“No family should have to choose between food that
is healthier for them and food they can afford,” said Bill
Simon, president and CEO of Wal-Mart U.S., in a prepared
statement. “With more than 140 million customer visits each
week, Wal-Mart is uniquely positioned to make a difference
by making food healthier and more affordable to everyone.
We are committed to working with suppliers, government and
non-governmental organizations to provide solutions that help
Americans eat healthier and live a better life.”
 
Former Chicago Officer Jailed for Torture of 100 Black Men
For years, a growing number of young Black men in
Chicago complained of a White policeman who used various
forms of physical abuse – burning, suffocating, shocking – to
force crime confessions. That officer, former Chicago Police
Department Commander Jon Burge, 63, vehemently denied the
allegations during a civil case involving allegations of torture at
the hands of Chicago police officers.
But on Jan. 21, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)
announced that Burge, who now lives in Florida, was guilty
of abusing at least 100 Black men and he was sentenced to 54
months in prison followed by three years of supervised release
for lying in a deposition.
According to the DOJ, Burge was convicted of two counts of
obstruction of justice and one count of perjury last June. Those
charges came from lies he told during a civil case in 2003, when
Burge denied “using, or being aware of other officers using,
any type of improper coercion, physical abuse or torture with
suspects” in custody at Chicago’s Area Two police department.
But evidence showed Burge suffocated multiple victims with
plastic bags, threatened suspects with a gun and shocked them
with electrical equipment.
“Burge abused his power and betrayed the public trust by
abusing suspects in his custody, and then by lying under oath to
cover up what he and other officers had done,” said Thomas E.
Perez, assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division, in
a press release. “The department will aggressively prosecute any
officer who violates the Constitution.”
Pregnancy Rate Soars at Memphis High School
The pregnancy
rate among students
at a Memphis high
school has reached
alarming proportions,
as more than 90 girls at Courtesy Photo
Frayser High School, in
predominantly Black Shelby County, Tenn., have already given
birth this year or are pregnant, according to reports.
One of the girls, mother of a 2-month-old daughter, told
WMC-TV in Memphis that more needs to be done by school
officials to teach students about pregnancy prevention.
Tericka Sutton, 16, said she discovered she was having a
baby in her fifth month of pregnancy.
“It’s a shame that all of these girls are pregnant, but it’s
nothing new,” Sutton said. Referring to her own pregnancy she
said that although “it just happened,” family and friends were
aghast at the revelation.
Asked if there might have been a pact among others to get
pregnant, Sutton told the TV station that it was possible, but
those she knew who got pregnant did so because they thought it
was cute, or conceived by accident.
Frayser High School enrolls 800 students, and the Tennessee
Education Department claims pregnant girls make up 20 percent
of the school’s female population.
Alicia Williamson, who graduated from Frayser in 2004,
told WMC-TV that adults are just beginning to catch on to the
problem. “When we would come back from summer break,
there would be a thousand people pregnant,” she was quoted as
saying. “We were like, ‘What’s going on?’ There were a whole
lot of bellies.”
According to the online publication, Black Spin, teens
that give birth are usually unprepared for the challenges of
parenthood and often drop out of school. They also end up
taking low-paying jobs and never complete their education.
Children born to teen moms are also often sicker, poorer and
less educated as a group.
Meanwhile, school officials are scrambling to curb the
pregnancy trend by working on a pregnancy prevention
initiative expected to go into effect by the end of January
Where’s the Beef?
Law firm sues Taco Bell
for false advertising on
meat products
A Montgomery,
Ala., law firm is suing
popular fast food eatery
Taco Bell, claiming
the company uses
false advertising when
Courtesy Photo
referring to its “seasoned
ground beef” and “seasoned beef” on commercials and product
labels.
The law firm Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles
filed the suit in California federal court on Jan. 21. In a press
release, the law firm said Taco Bell’s products do not meet the
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) standards and claims
the “majority of the filling is comprised of substances other than
beef.”
Instead, Taco Bell’s labels and other advertisements
should say “taco meat filling,” according to the law firm. “Our
government, through the USDA and FDA, provides definitions,
standards and labeling guidelines for ‘ground beef.’ What Taco
Bell is representing on their restaurant menu as ‘ground beef’
does not meet any of those definitions, standards and labeling
guidelines,” said Beasley Allen attorney Dee Miles in a prepared
statement. “This product does not qualify to be considered
‘ground beef’ and many of the ‘seasoning’ ingredients are in
fact binders, fillers and coloring. These ingredients increase
the overall volume of this product, reducing the actual ‘beef’
content per serving. It is against the law in this country to take
someone’s money for a product that is misrepresented. This
lawsuit seeks to put a stop to that type of conduct and practice.”
According to The Associated Press, Taco Bell spokesman
Rob Poetsch said the company denies any wrongdoing and
plans to defend the lawsuit.

50 years ago they boarded a bus

and risked their lives for freedom.

today we celebrate their courage.

University of Mary Washington
Freedom Rides 50th Anniversary Celebration
February 7, 2011 May 7, 2011
Freedom Rides Celebration Kickoff, UMW Commencement Speaker:
featuring “James Farmer and the Freedom Former Freedom Rider and Georgia
Rides” exhibit unveiling Congressman John Lewis

James Farmer Visiting Professor Lecture: May 8, 2011

Eric Etheridge, author of Breach of The Bus Stops Here: PBS 2011 Student
Peace, Portraits of the 1961 Mississippi Freedom Ride event
Freedom Riders

March 30, 2011 All events will be held on the UMW

Freedom Riders film event in cooperation campus, and are free and open to
with PBS the public.
March 30-31, 2011 For times and locations of events:
James Farmer Visiting Professor Lectures: freedomrides.umw.edu
Andy Lewis, author of The Shadows of
Youth: The Remarkable Journey of the
Civil Rights Generation

March 31, 2011

Chappell Great Lives Lecture Series:
Raymond Arsenault, author of Freedom
Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for
FRedeRiCksbURg, ViRginiA
Racial Justice

James Farmer, architect of the Freedom Rides and a key leader of the civil rights movement,
was a distinguished professor of history and American studies at UMW from 1985-98.

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 November 1, 2008 - November 7, 2008, The Washington Afro-American A3

Jennifer Hudson and Relatives Identify Body of Her Slain NephewA3

A2 The Afro-American, January 29, 2011 - January 29, 2011 January 29, 2011 - February 4, 2011 The Afro-American
By Alan King sport-utility vehicle sought in from a neighbor about a suspi- posted fliers bearing his photo-

State Officials: Direct Wine Sales Could Provide Economic Boost

AFRO Staff Writer

Jennifer Hudson and other

connection with the murder of
Hudson’s mother and brother.
The white, 1994 Chevrolet
cious vehicle. The man noticed
the vehicle while walking his
dog. According to the Chicago
graph around the city. On
Sunday, Jennifer Hudson asked
for the public’s help in finding
By George
relatives Barnette
positively identified Suburban with Illinois license to consumers
Tribune, the boy andhadputs
been shot her nephew. In her MySpace
AFRO Staff Writer Maryland’s
multiple timeswineries at a seat
in the back The Maryland
blog, she thanked fans and sup-
disadvantage.
of the vehicle. The SUV, regis- porters forGeneral
their prayers and
If Maryland state officials have their way, wineries in “Iftoyou
tered live onmurdered
Hudson’s the Eastern Assembly
offered a $100,000 will to
reward
Maryland will begin to enjoy some of the same benefits as Shore you’re
brother, was towednot going to
with the be looking
anyone who returned the at boy
those in Virginia and other states. Officials want to enact drive body
boy’s to Western
inside Maryland
and is being alive. making direct
legislation that would make direct wine shipments legal in to get a bottle
processed of wine,”
by evidence Ivey
techni- Since thewine sales
investigation,
Maryland. said. “So the local wineries
cians and workers. The body Hudson – possible
who gained instardom
the
“If you live in [Washington,] D.C., you’re able to have a are suffering and this is
was later removed and taken to after state.
appearing on “American
winery send you a case of wine,” said Del. Jolene Ivey, D.-Dist. the Cook County
something that we Medical
can do Idol,” and then won an
47. “Whether that winery is in California or in Maryland, you Examiner’s
something about.”office. Academy Award for her role in
can have the wine shipped to you. If you live in Maryland,
Hudson and
There are concerns
other family the movie Dreamgirls – has
members arrived at the Medical stayed out of the public eye.
what you end up doing is having a friend in D.C. accept the about legalizing direct wine
Examiner’s office mid-after- The Chicago Tribune report-
shipment for you.” shipments
noon such the
to identify as whether
body. Julian King, Jennnifer Hudson’s nephew. ed that a parade of cars moved
The State Comptroller’s Office released a study last month it would
Given thebecome easier for
choice between look- slowly past her family’s home
highlighting the benefits of changing the law. It looked at some underage drinkers
ing directly at the body to purchase
or A spokesman for the office the murders but is being held in Monday morning, past the
of the best practices of direct wine shipping from across the wine over
viewing theaInternet.
it on wall-mountedThe told the newspaper that Hudson jail for parole violation after news vans, reporters and curi-
country and came up with some key ideas on how it should be report cites a study done ous onlookers.
done in Maryland: Courtesy Photos
by the National Center on Courtesy Photo
Jennifer Hudson and her mom, Darnell Donerson who
*Establish a “Direct Wine Shipper’s Permit” that would be
was killed, as well as her brother, Jason.
“She held hands with her family. It was obviously a very emotional moment.”
Addiction and Substance
Neighbors stood
quietly and
$100 to receive and $100 to renew; Abuse at Columbia University direct wine shipment became legal, it is clear that any underage
reflected on the
*Limit annual shipments to a dozen 9-liter cases per (CASA)
video on the
screen, theeconomic
family chose impact “remained
of underage strong for her
drinking onfami-
the being convicted of attempted
access to wine is undesirable,” theviolence.
report states.
consumer; alcohol
latter.industry. In the ly” and wasofclearly
study, breakdowns just howits leader.
much murder and vehicular hijack-
“She held hands with her fami- ing.However, it countered, safeguards
records show home,would
the body of her 7-year-old plate X584859 was found on the According to the In front ofbetheputHudson’s
in place to
Cook County
*Prohibit
nephew Monday, direct
justwine
hours shipmentChicago’s
on Sundays West andSide after money underage drinkers infuse into the industry and at what
Tribune, Hudson said, “Yes, combat that issue. men in heavy jackets
after*Require
his bodycommon ly,” the spokesman said. “It that he pleaded guilty to both
was found carriers to have an adult signature
in a police received a 7 a.m. upon
call exact him.”
that’s percentage of underage drinkers contribute are given. The And, other supporters said, the benefit and hooded
to the sweatshirts
state is too came
great to
was obviously a very emotional charges in 1999. He was also
direct delivery to a consumer. study states that the number of underage wine consumers is to pass up.in“It willfor
bring in more revenue for the state, it’s bar-
kiss the twin white crosses

ACORN Fights Back

moment.” convicted 1998 posses- ing the names of Donerson and
The Comptroller’s Office expects direct-to-consumer sales only 7.7 percent and it is a concern ifThe thisboy
legislation
– the sonisofenacted.
Julia something
sion that’s
of a stolen business
motor friendly for consumers and will help
vehicle.
to be state wineries’ fastest growing sales channel and it also “Even though wine may be theHudson, least likely type of alcohol Jason.
Jennifer’s sister thewas
– had He wineries,”
releasedIvey
fromsaid. “There’s
prison in no reason right now for
provided figures to back up its case. The report stated an imbibed by minors, and may not present additional risks if
“Everybody is sick of going
been missing since Friday, Maryland not to have a
2006 after serving seven yearsvigorous wine industry likethis,”
Virginia.”
Leader Calls Voter Registration Fraud Charges ‘Bogus’
through stuff like Artisha
average U.S. winery sold $1 million worth of wine directly to when a relative found Julian’s for the attempted murder and West, a former resident of the
consumers with 66 percent of wineries producing fewer than grandmother, Darnell car hijacking charges. area told the Tribune. “We all
4,000
By Alan cases
Kingannually. and Dallas Cowboys players No wonder Obama’s campaign is Donerson, 57, and his uncle, The boy remained missing have to stick together. All these
AFROMeanwhile, several bills in support
Staff Writer Tony Romoof thisand measure
Terrell are
Owens, trying to distance him from the Jason Hudson, 29, shot to death through a long weekend in young children are dying, and
moving through the Maryland General amongAssembly. Ivey has to
the names submitted “My banker helped
group, saying, “Barack Obama in his grandmother’s home in which police and volunteers for what?”
sponsored a bill
Presidential that would
candidate Johnlegalize directofficials.
election wine shipments in Never Organized with ACORN.” the 7000 block of South Yale
Maryland. She thinks not having thisHurd
McCain’s attack
Associated Community
on ACORN – said those
in place workers, who
is a nuisance
were doing those things without
me plan for 23
But Obama’s ties to ACORN run
long and deep. He taught classes
Avenue.
An Amber Alert – a desig-
Organization for Reform Now –
confirms the success of the
ACORN’s knowledge or permis-
sion, were fired.
new employees.
for ACORN. They even endorsed nation for high-risk missing
him for President. children – was issued Friday
organization, the head of the “The evidence that has sur- But now ACORN is in trouble. after Julian was discovered
group says. faced so far shows they faked Reporter: There are at least
And one new missing after the murders.
“This is testimony to the work forms to get paid for work they 11 investigations across the Police arrested William
Your History • Your Community didn’t do, •not Your News
to stuff ballot country involving thousands of
we’ve done and success we’ve
The Afro-American
had,” Maude Hurd, president of Newspapers
boxes.” ACORN, she said, is the
freshman.”
potentially fraudulent ACORN
Balfour, the missing boy’s step-
father and estranged husband
ACORN, Baltimore Office • Corporate
said in an interview victim ofHeadquarters
fraud, not the perpetra- forms. of Julia, at his girlfriend’s
with the AFRO. 2519 N. Charles
tor ofStreet
it. Announcer: Massive voter Southside apartment several
“When thisBaltimore,
attack started,Maryland
we 21218-4602
Hurd said the only things fraud. And the Obama campaign hours after the murders.
410-554-8200
had just announced that we had • Fax:bogus
1-877-570-9297
are the charges them- paid more than $800,000 to an Balfour’s mother, Michele, has
registered 1.3 million newwww.afro.com
vot- selves. And factcheck. org ACORN front for get out the vote told reporters that her son had
ers,”Founded
she said. by
“That’s just to say
John Henry Murphy agrees.Sr., August 13, 1892 efforts. nothing to do with the slayings.
thatWashington
someone’s running scared It concluded, “Neither
Publisher Emerita - Frances L. Murphy II
Pressuring banks to issue risky Balfour remains a suspect in Jason Hudson
because of ACORN’s success.” ACORN nor its employees have loans. Nationwide voter fraud.
McCain, who is running for been found guilty of, or even Barack Obama. Bad judgment.
Chairman of the Board/Publisher - John J. Oliver, Jr.
president on the Republican tick- charged with, casting fraudulent Blind ambition. Too risky for
Executive Assistant - Takiea Hinton - 410-554-8222
et, lashed out at ACORN in the votes.” America.
final debate against Barack The problem came about pri-
Receptionist - Wanda Pearson - 410-554-8200
Obama, contending the group “is marily because of the way Since McCain’s comments, SQUARE HIGH
on the verge of maybe perpetrat- ACORN operates. Rather than ACORN’s 87 offices have been
Director of Advertising/Sponsorship rely onDevelopment
volunteers, it & Sales
pays peo- bombarded with threats and
ing one of the greatest frauds in
Susan Gould - 410-554-8289
voter history in this country, ple, many of them poor or unem- racist mail.
susangould@afro.com
maybe destroying the fabric of ployed, to sign up new voters. The day after the presidential
Advertising Manager - Robert Blount - 410-554-8246
democracy.” The idea was to help both those
Sr. Advertising Account Executive - Annie Russ - 410-554-8235
debate, vandals broke into the
Factcheck.org, aAdvertising
non-partisanAccount beingExecutive
registered and those doing organization’s Boston and Seattle
Web site, found those claims to the registration.
Marquise Goodwin - 410-554-8274 offices and stole computers.
be “exaggerated,” with “no evi- Maud explained, “We have a After a Cleveland representative BREAD NOT ON THE LIST
dence of any such democracy- zero tolerance policy for deliber-
Director of Finance - Jack Leister - 410-554-8242 appeared on TV, an e-mail was
destroying fraud.” ate falsification of registration.” sent to the local office saying she
Hurd believes the McCain
Archivist - John Gartrell -Most news account neglect to
410-554-8265 “is going to have her life ended.”
charges were politically motivat- point out that ACORN is A worker in Providence, R.I.,
ed. Director, Community & required
Publicby law to turn in all reg-
Relations received a threatening call say- LEFT RIGHT
She said, “Because Diane W. Hocker - 410-554-8243 And they also fail
it’s low- istration forms. ing, “We know you get off work
and moderate-income people, to note that it was the organiza- at 9” and uttered racial epithets.
and people of color, I believe the tion, in many instances, that first
Editorial A caller to one office left a
McCainExecutive
campaignEditor
thinks -those brought the- 410-554-8251
Talibah Chikwendu phony registrations message on the answering
voters are going to voteE-mail: editor@afro.comto the attention of authorities. machine, saying: “Hi, I was just
Democratic,
Baltimorewhich neces-- TiffanyThe
is notChief
Bureau GinyardMcCain camp apparently
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sarily true.”Managing Editor - Kristinisn’t Gray interested in those fine
- 410-554-8277 Barack Obama needs to get
Washington
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no stranger Princepreferring
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Director - Benjamin M. Phillips IV - 410-554-8220
and economic justice for bphillips@afro.com
low- McCain: I’m John McCain hell. All the niggers on oak trees.
and moderate-income
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organized Circulation/Distribution with “a political
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than 1,200 neighborhoodSammychap- Graham - baptism
410-554-8266 performed at warp Another message said, “You
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Divide Highlighted Thomas Admits ‘Inadvertant’ Error
Continued from A1 Continued from A1
The divide is even seen in politics, as many of the most Common Cause pointed out to the
powerful people in the county have lived in outer-beltway Judicial Conference of the United
communities. Former Prince George’s County Executive Jack States, the regulator for the judicial
Johnson and wife Leslie live in Mitchellville, one of the more branch of government, that Virginia
affluent neighborhoods in the county. The Johnsons, like other Thomas’ earnings while at the Heritage
high-ranking officials, live in these neighborhoods, which tend Foundation, a conservative advocacy
to have better shopping, dining and education options. organization, were not reported from
However, things are changing, as current County Executive 2003 to 2007. During that period,
Rushern Baker lives in Cheverly, an inner-beltway community, Common Cause indicates that Thomas
while his kids attend Suitland High School. Baker spoke of earned $686,589, a salary of $120,000
that divide between officials in those communities in relation or greater each year.
to officials in outer-beltway communities and the need to erase Common Cause indicates that she
that gap. left Heritage in 2008; but in 2009
“I think people are frustrated with the non-inclusion of the Liberty Central, an organization with
elected officials and the inability to work together to get things strong ties to the Tea Party Movement,
done,” Baker told the AFRO. which she co-founded, paid Thomas for
The county seems to be putting its money where its mouth services, according to its chief operating
is. It’s already made a commitment to upgrade areas around officer Sarah Field.
metro stations such as New Carrollton, Naylor Road, and Neglecting to disclose this
Branch Avenue. The county may finally be looking to give information would violate the Ethics
inside the beltway communities the same options as outer in Government Act of 1978, which
communities. requires all federal officials, including
Supreme Court justices, to disclose their
spouse’s income. Thomas indicated
“none” under the latter category on his
Council Gears up for New Session
Continued from A1
under investigation.
“While Mrs. Johnson is under federal recently that drew over 100 people
charges the Council is proceeding with
an abundance of caution by taking
the following measures to ensure
the effectiveness of this body and to
avoid any appearance of impropriety,”
Turner said. “Mrs. Johnson will have
no committee assignments; the full
Council will take a more active role
in development projects in District 6
and throughout all of Prince George’s
County; and she will not officially
represent the County Council to any
external bodies.”
That isn’t stopping Johnson from
doing the things she thinks are important share valuable information about
though. Johnson, who had stayed clear
of the public eye since her arrest, hosted
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this only happened
in movies.
I still can’t believe I won!”
Madhavi Phuyel,
Emmanuel Abebrese,
Wheaton High School
Freedom High School
Cassandra Tulloh,
Colonial Forge High School
Nordstrom scholarship program aWard WiNNErs
At Nordstrom, we believe helping young people in the pursuit of their academic goals is an exciting investment in our future. With this in mind,
we are proud to present this year’s winners of the Nordstrom Scholarship program. These five remarkable students from area school districts
have been chosen to receive scholarships based on academic achievements, community service, school involvement and financial need.
Each will receive a $10,000 scholarship to a four-year accredited college of their choice. More information for the 2011 school year
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disclosure forms from 2003 to 2009.
Common Cause on Jan. 20 also
requested the Justice Department
investigate the “apparent involvement”
of both Thomas and Justice Antonin
Scalia in what it calls “strategy
sessions” hosted by Koch Industries
in January 2010. Koch Industries, one
of the nation’s largest privately-held
companies owned by the Koch brothers,
conservative magnates, is the umbrella
for such companies as Georgia-Pacific.
Koch sent out a description for its
next program in Palm Springs, Calif.,
entitled “Understanding and Addressing
Threats to American Free Enterprise
and Prosperity” which states:
“This action-oriented program brings
together top experts and leaders to
discuss –and offer solutions to counter
– the most critical threats to our free
society. …Past meetings have featured
such notable leaders as Supreme Court
Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence
Thomas; Governors Bobby Jindal and
a District 6 community leaders’ forum
and was attended by county board of
education members as well as police and open and honest than ever before.
fire officials.
“This meeting, the first of many for
District 6, offered a great opportunity
to come together around the issues
that impact our quality of life in the
County—the economy and jobs, access
to quality healthcare, and education-
to name a few,” Johnson said in a
statement. “I appreciate the active
participation of District 6 community
leaders who are so willing to collaborate in a statement. “The need for making
to determine District 6 priorities and
resources and solutions.”
Given
theAfro-American_DC
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MDBAA
early due: 1/21/11 11.5” x 10.5” development
—Nordstrom Scholarship Recipient
Chelsea Kraatz,
Watkins Mill High School
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Haley Barbour; commentators John
Stossel, Charles Krauthammer, Glenn
Beck, and Rush Limbaugh; Senators
Jim DeMint and Tom Coburn; and
Representatives Paul Ryan, Mike Pence,
and Tom Price.”
Common Cause claimed that sitting
justices meeting with the second largest
private corporation in the U.S. raises
questions about whether the two jurists
should back away from upcoming
cases involving campaign financing by
corporations.
Common Cause is asking the
Judicial Conference to probe these
matters and, if warranted, refer the
issue to the Justice Department for
enforcement under the Ethics in
Government Act.
If found guilty, Thomas would
become only the second justice in
modern times to encounter ethics
problems. Liberal Associate Justice
Abe Fortas resigned in 1969 under
pressure over financial and ethics issues.
government, council members have
decided to try to make their process - in
new legislation and meetings - more
The council plans to take more of
its meetings on the road so that the
community can be more involved in its
government.
“Moving some of the Council
committee meetings outside Upper
Marlboro and into our communities
supports opportunities for greater public
participation in the legislative process,”
said Councilman Eric Olson, D.-Dist.3,
government more open and accessible to
our citizens becomes even more apparent
as we look to build strong, green
community
projects.”
B&W 85LPI C: John D: Terri P: Darlene
Taylor Collins,
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Opinion
Is There Really a Deficit Crisis?
(TEWire) - In the wake
of the State of the Union
Address there is likely to be
much partisan conversation
about the direction of our
nation. President Obama will
address the economy and
jobs, and Republicans will
talk about the health of the
economy, and about cutting
budgets in their rebuttal.
Citing growing deficits, both
parties are concerned that
spending is out of control.
Julianne Malveaux Yet some spending is
absolutely needed to create
jobs, just as $700 billion of
spending was needed to bail out banks. It intrigues me that the
same folk who eagerly bailed banks out have now suddenly
discovered the concept of budget cuts and are pushing them,
even as they have added to the deficit by insisting on extending
Bush tax cuts.
President Obama has furthered the notion that there is a
budget crisis by appointing Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson
to make suggestions to manage the federal budget deficit. The
Bowles/Simpson commission would trim about $4 trillion
from the federal budget in the next decade by increasing the
Social Security retirement age, freezing federal pay, leveling
Pentagon spending, and making other cost-cutting suggestions.
There were 18 people on the National Commission on
Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, and 14 had to approve the
suggestions for them to be accepted. Only 11, however, went
along with some of the draconian plans that were announced,
so the suggestions are only suggestions.
It is important to raise questions about the nature of the
deficit crisis. Is this a cyclical crisis, connected to the economic
downturn? Is it more structural, something that would have
occurred with our without the downturn? How
should it be managed, and will there be equal pain
around curtailing the deficit, or will only one or two
sectors pay for the challenges the deficit creates?
For example, there has been talk of raising
the social security retirement age for years, and
always we have looked at an across the board age
increase, whether workers are high income or low,
whether they have pensions or not, whether their
work is physical or not. It’s entirely different to
ask a professor to work until 70 than it is to ask a
waitress to do so, but these plans increase the social
security retirement age do not seem to take these
things into consideration, thus continuing a class
based economic inequality that also creates racial
inequality. Is this our goal? To widen gaps instead
of narrowing them? Increasing the social security
retirement age indiscriminately will do this.
Similarly, the attack on federal employees is an workforce, but any solution will include an awareness of
attack that has a differential impact by race and gender. Women these differences and, perhaps, a strong Equal Employment
and people of color are both more likely to be employed by the Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to enforce anti-
federal government, but also more likely to get more equal pay discrimination laws. Who wants to bet that the EEOC will be
in the public sector than in the private sector. United for a Fair another of the budget cutting casualties? In an anti-regulatory
Economy released their annual State of the Dream report last climate, the combination of federal employment cuts, and
week. Entitled, “Austerity for Whom,” the report explores the an indifference to enforcement of anti-discrimination laws is
ways that so-called budget cutting measures actually hit women designed to increase the racial unemployment gap.
and people of color more severely. It makes sense that the deficit should rise during an
White women earn 82 cents for every $1 White men earn in employment crisis. While we should be careful with our
the public sector, compared to 71 cents in the private sector. Black resources, we should certainly not budget and employment
men earn 80 cents to the White male dollar in the public sector, but significantly in a recession. The so-called deficit crisis could be
a scant 57 cents for every dollar in the private sector. Black women a more complex crisis if we don’t put people back to work, no
earn 73 cents to the White male dollar in the public sector, but 56 matter what it costs.
cents in the private sector. Latino men earn 86 cents to the White
male dollar in the public sector but just 48 cents to the dollar, while Dr. Julianne Malveaux is president of Bennett College
Latina women earn 71 cents to the dollar in the public sector, but for Women in Greensboro, N.C . Her latest book, “Surviving
just 46 to the White male dollar in the private sector. and Thriving: 365 Facts in Black Economic History” can be
The solution may not be to maintain a large public ordered at www.lastwordprod.com.

National Urban League’s 12-Point Blueprint for Job Creation

“Freedom has always
been an expensive thing.
History is a fit testimony to
the fact that freedom is rarely
gained without sacrifice and
self-denial.” – Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr.
Last Monday, the nation
celebrated what would have
been the 82nd birthday of the
20th century’s great drum
major for justice Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. Dr. King
understood that economic
Marc H. Morial justice was the most crucial
question confronting Black
people, as well as poor and middle class people generally
throughout America. In fact, at his death, he was on the brink of
launching a nationwide campaign for jobs and income.
As, America enters the second decade of a new millennium,
and the National Urban League begins its second century, our
organization is introducing a new blueprint for achieving that
goal.
The nation remains mired in a great recession. The National
Urban League has seen the impact of this crisis first hand. Our
more than 100 local affiliates across the country are economic
first-responders in the ongoing effort to help ease the burden of
those most profoundly affected by this recession, serving some
2.1 million citizens in 2010 alone.
Over the past two years, much of the work of the Obama
administration and the 111th Congress has been nothing short
of heroic. From the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act,
to the passage of the Dodd-Frank Consumer Protection Act, the
Affordable Healthcare Act, and the extension of middle class
tax relief and unemployment benefits, the administration has
taken historic actions to restore America’s economic vitality.
But the persistent nature of the recession has brought
little relief to families either out of work or stretching part-
time wages to meet full-time financial commitments. Record
numbers of Americans were forced into foreclosure in 2010,
and many urban families in communities already long beset by
economic stagnation are enduring unemployment rates as high
as 20 percent.
That is why the National Urban League is proposing a new
12-point Blueprint for Quality Job Creation. Our plan offers a
dozen dynamic and imaginative measures to both rescue those
most profoundly affected by the ongoing economic emergency,
while also remedying many of the underlying causes behind the
recession’s inordinate and seemingly-amplified impact on the
communities we serve:
1. Restore the Summer Youth Jobs Program as a stand-
alone program employing 5 million teens in summer 2011.
2. Create 100 urban jobs academies to implement an
expansion of the Urban Youth Empowerment Program.
3. Develop a dynamic national public-private jobs initiative
to create jobs and train urban residents and stimulate economic
growth in the areas of technology and broadband, health care,
manufacturing, transportation and public infrastructure and
clean energy.
4. Boost minority participation in information and
communication technology (ICT) industries.
5. Reform, revise and reauthorize Workforce Investment Act
to prepare and retrain workers for 21st century jobs.
6. Create green empowerment zones.
7. Expand small business lending.
8. Initiate tax reform that reduces rates across the board and
eliminates tax loopholes.
9. Establish and promote multilateral international trade
policies that expand the market for American goods and services.
10. Enact the Urban Jobs Act (H.R. 5708).
11. Expand the hiring of housing counselors nationwide.
12. Fund direct job creation in cities and states.
We urge the Congress and the White House to adopt these
measures without delay.
Marc H. Morial is president and CEO of the National
Urban League.

The Curious Death of Ali Mohammed

In the early morning night suggest a connection between the two. Both appear to be
hours of Oct. 15, 2010, Ali acts of retaliation by persons who felt powerless – instances of
Mohammed was chased lashing out similar to keying a car or slashing a person’s tires.
from a U Street bar by an 2. Why did the assailants beat Mohammed so
owner and four employees, brutally?—Ali Mohammed was no stranger to Ninth Street.
allegedly because he threw Tall and gregarious, he was known in all the Ethiopian
a brick through a window restaurants and cafes, so it seems unlikely that none of his
– a window that had been assailants recognized him as a local. None of the assailants
punched in 90 minutes before have public records of violence and by all accounts were
by someone else. They caught nice guys. So how could they commit such a brutal act on
Ali in the middle of a busy another human being? An employee who was in the bar but
intersection, threw him to the not involved in the assault told a Channel 8 reporter that “the
ground, and kicked him for only people that hang out [on Ninth Street] are – you know,
several minutes until he lost no offense – crackheads, you know, drug addicts, homeless
Roger Gordon consciousness or until the people. A lot of the time we have to shoo them away. They
police arrived – it’s not clear panhandle and such, you know.” A videotape of the interview
which. It took the ambulance was introduced as exculpatory evidence by the bar’s owners at
only five minutes to reach Howard University Hospital’s the liquor board hearing held after the incident. Ninth Street is
Emergency Room, but Ali was pronounced dead a mere nine home to a dozen Ethiopian restaurants and cafés and the center
minutes after arriving there. It was five days past his 27th of the area’s Ethiopian community. If the assailants could not
birthday. distinguish them from “crackheads,” it might explain (but
By all accounts, Ali Ahmed Mohammed was a gentle and certainly not excuse) the inhumane nature of the beating they
generous man. He was tall, good looking, and had a boyish administered. Did the assailants know their victim?
playfulness about him. Ali immigrated to the United States 3. Does the medical examiner’s “cause of death”
from Ethiopia as a young child and took his first job, as a statement tell the whole story or is it necessary to review the
nursing home assistant, when he was 15 years old. A former co- full autopsy report?—The Medical Examiner’s cause of death
worker remembers him talking endlessly with the residents and statement suggests that Mohammed died from an underlying
always finding ways to make them smile. It was not surprising heart ailment, but it makes no mention of the “significant
then that nearly 600 of his friends and neighbors held a bruising on the forearms,” that the police observed. Anyone
candlelight vigil on the street where he was killed to remember who watches TV knows those were defensive wounds – the
him and to demand justice. kind that would be received by a person on the ground in a fetal
The official investigation into Ali’s death yielded few position who was trying to protect his head and face from being
answers, however, the manner in which it was conducted kicked. The autopsy should be independently reviewed.
speaks volumes about law enforcement in the District of 4. Why did the ABC Board deviate so far from its own
Columbia. As a starting point for my analysis, I reviewed police rules?—The ABC Board seemed to bend over backwards
reports, 911 logs, Fire & EMS event chronologies, hearing to reopen the bar. Despite being statutorily prohibited from
transcripts, and Alcoholic Beverage Control Board orders. engaging in criminal investigations, it conducted one anyway
Several questions emerged: and then relied upon the results to absolve the bar owner of any
1. What happened inside the bar that night?—The almost serious offense so it could give him back its license.
identical natures of the two crimes allegedly committed that The 28 year-old investigator assigned to the case had been
with the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration for
only two-and-a-half years and, other than holding a master’s
degree in forensic psychology, there is no evidence she has
any training or experience related to criminal investigations
not related to violations of ABC regulations. Perhaps that is
why the first person she called after hearing of the incident was
to another co-owner of the bar rather than to police officials.
Most tellingly, perhaps is the fact that although MPD notified
her of the earlier window-punching incident just one hour
after it occurred, she did not find out about the killing until the
following morning.
5. Why aren’t the witness statements sufficient to
establish probable cause to charge the assailants with
homicide or at least aggravated assault?—It is black letter
law that an assailant “takes his victim as he finds him.” If a
criminal assault leads to the victim’s death, he can be found
guilty of felony murder. Here, however, the assailants have
avoided prosecution, and the bar has been allowed to reopen,
simply by them telling the liquor board: “We’re not going to do
it again,” installing a few video cameras and putting the staff
through sensitivity training.
The questions surrounding Ali Mohammed’s death could
be answered if the Justice Department (not the U.S. Attorney’s
Office) were to conduct a bona fide investigation. But they
cannot answer the most important one: After years of failing
to hold public officials – Black and White – accountable for
turning a blind eye when Black men are killed (Sean Bell,
DeOnté Rawlings, Ronny White, Oscar Grant, Trey Joyner, and
now Ali Mohammed) have we, as Black people, come to accept
that the unlawful killing of a Black man by “respectable”
people is no longer a punishable offense?
Roger Gordon is a third-year law student at Georgetown
and a former member of Human Rights Watch’s California
Committee North. He has clerked for the U.S. Attorney’s
Office for the District of Columbia and the U.S. House of
Representatives Committee on the Judiciary. He was a member
of Chairman Conyers’s Braintrust Panel on Racial Profiling at
the 2008 CBC Weekend Conference.
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January 29,
4, 2011
2011

O’Malley Budget Includes $949 Million in Spending Cuts

By David Saleh Rauf
Capital News Service
ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin
O’Malley is proposing nearly $1
billion in spending cuts, shuffling
hundreds of millions of dollars from
state funds and slashing aid to local
governments to close the state’s
nearly $1.4 billion budget shortfall
in his fiscal 2012 budget unveiled
Friday.
O’Malley, who has called this his
most challenging budget to balance,
stayed true to his pledge to present a
spending plan that does not include
tax hikes, though lawmakers could
take steps to change that in the
coming months.
Under the proposed budget, state
workers will avoid furloughs for the
first time in three years and funding
for K-12 education will remain flat
at $5.7 billion – two bright spots in
an otherwise grim spending plan
that makes cuts to almost all state
programs.
“This will be the first word on the
budget, not the last,” said O’Malley,
a theme he’s reiterated over the last
couple of weeks. “None of this is
Photo by Webster Phillips III
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley’s
proposed budget cuts nearly $1
billion in spending and shuffles
funding to address the states
huge budget shortfall.
going to be easy.”
O’Malley’s budget includes
cuts of $264 million in Medicaid
payments to hospitals, $104 million
from the state employee retirement
system and $52 million in aid for
local governments. Another $40
million in annual savings will come
through buyouts of about 1,000 state
workers, O’Malley said.
The budget also proposes
transferring $285 million from state
accounts. That includes diverting
$60 million from the state’s
Transportation Trust Fund, a move
that could prove to be unpopular with
lawmakers.
“Transportation projects are
already severely underfunded,” said
Del. Heather Mizeur, D-Montgomery
County.
During a budget briefing,
O’Malley lamented the need to cut
into the state’s fund that helps pay
for roads, bridges and construction
of transit systems, saying he would
have “rather not cut any” money
from the fund.
Tough decisions, he said, had
to be made. “We’re trying to get
through this recession and keep intact
as much as we can,” he said.
Legislative analysts estimated the
state’s shortfall at $1.6 billion, but
O’Malley presented a deficit closer
to $1.35 billion. O’Malley’s budget
will now go to the General Assembly,
where lawmakers can make cuts but
not add to it.
“On the first day of the budget
it’s a fool’s errand to make
prognostications about what will and
won’t stand,” said Mizeur. “There are
nuggets of ideas in here that will help
us close the gap in interesting ways
and there are other proposals we
will probably part ways with from a
legislative perspective.”
Among the discussions
lawmakers are expected to have this
session regarding the budget is one
about raising taxes.
A proposed “dime-a-drink”
increase on the state’s alcohol tax is
being considered again this session.
Lawmakers are also talking about
raising the state’s gas tax, and
O’Malley appeared receptive during
a radio interview Friday to the idea
of reinstating the state’s millionaire
tax that expired Dec. 31.
“We have to keep an open mind
to all things,” he said.
Sen. David Brinkley, R-Frederick,
said O’Malley’s budget could leave
some lawmakers wanting to make
changes. “He may make some
severe reductions to programs some
legislators feel near and dear about
with the expectation that if you want
to restore this funding, raise some
taxes,” Brinkley said. “He’s leaving
any of that up to the legislature.”
O’Malley’s budget proposes a
series of consolidations estimated to
save the state $4 million, including
merging the Higher Education
Commission with the State
Department of Education.
The budget also calls for closing
Brandenburg Center, a state-run,
residential center for adults with
disabilities near Cumberland.
O’Malley also outlined plans
to revamp the state’s pension and
retirement program by increasing
employee contributions and raising
the retirement age for new hires. The
plan is estimated to reduce the state’s
unfunded retiree health liability by
about $7 billion.
O’Malley and the American
Federation of State, County and
Municipal Employees, the largest
union for state employees, recently
reached a tentative three-year
contract that includes the guarantee
of no furloughs. The deal is
scheduled to be ratified later this
month.
But O’Malley’s plan to revamp
pensions and health benefits for state
workers is likely to draw strong
union opposition. “We’re going to
fight like hell against it,” said Patrick
Moran, the union’s state director.

Obama
Continued from A1
specificity on what programs
might be cut in order to make
up for a $400 billion freeze on
annual domestic spending that
the president proposed to start
this year and extend for the
next five years.
“This freeze will require
painful cuts,” President
Obama said. “Already,
we’ve frozen the salaries
of hardworking federal
employees for the next two
years. I’ve proposed cuts to
things I care deeply about, like
community action programs.
The secretary of Defense
has also agreed to cut tens of
billions of dollars in spending
that he and his generals
believe our military can do
without.”
That one phrase,
“community action programs”
or CAPs, as they are formally
known in cities across the
nation, appears to be the
wrench that caused concern
among CBC members,
including Cleaver.
Community Action
Programs, founded in the
mid-1970s, help thousand of
elderly and low income with
basic needs, such as food,
financial literacy, and job
search assistance.
“The stuff that he said
about cuts kind of worries
me,” said Rep. Keith Ellison
(D-Minn.), who gave the
speech a six-and-a-half, giving
high marks for Obama’s
discussion about increasing
jobs by rebuilding America’s
infrastructure. “[CAPS] are
lifeline programs. Those are
not luxury programs. These
are programs that keep people
subsisting. So what is he
talking about?”
The president’s speech, at
the mid-term of his first four-
year term, was also watched
closely by Black civil rights
leaders.
“We applaud the
President for his foresight in
recognizing that we need to
prepare our workforce for the
jobs of the future and to be
able to compete with the rest
of the world,” said National
Urban League President Marc
Morial said in a statement.
He said he would continue
to urge Congress to send
“our limited resources to
those youth and adults who
have been disproportionately
impacted by the recession
- especially in our urban
communities - by adopting the
NUL’s proposals on summer
jobs, reforming our workforce
development system, and
enacting the Urban Youth
Empowerment Program.”
Rev. Jesse Jackson, whose
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
has historically focused on
strengthening the poor, said
in an interview that he would
give the speech high marks
for inspiration, but it was
missing a key element, he
said.
“He didn’t mention the
word poverty and poverty is
growing,” said Rev. Jackson.
Still, some CBC members
praised the President for
simply making hard decisions.
“I think the president hit a
home run because he’s really
talking about the future. If not
a 10, maybe a 10 plus,” said
Rep. Donna Edwards. “This is
about the 21st century.”
Edwards quickly pointed
out that the President stressed
his willingness to make
sacrificial cuts but only of
those programs that are not
necessary.
“But let’s make sure that
we’re not doing it on the
backs of our most vulnerable
citizens,” Obama said to
applause.

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Lasting Love
Making relationships work for the long haul
By Joi-Marie McKenzie & Busters in White Flint, Md. “Chemistry
Special to the AFRO sparked that night...it just started
happening,” recalled Reginald. While on
After years of marriage, you know exactly how he his way home from the outing, he called
likes his coffee. You know that she’s more of a night his future bride, who just so happened to be
owl than a morning person. You’ve raised kids and now calling him at the same time. The two knew Younger couples offer advice to their elders
grandchildren together. You have even endured changes it wasn’t just any coincidence and they on how to re-ignite the relationship flames. Stock Photos
in finances because of retirement. You are together...but talked all the way home.
are you happy? After nearly eight years of marriage and Mo’Nique at a club in Laurel, Md.
As you mature in age, your love also matures. Long- two children, Natalie and Reggie, who pen a relationship “From right then I fell in love because she knew my
lasting relationships require creativity and commitment blog called “Love Notes by Reggie and Natalie,” have jokes,” Stacey said when Adrienne replayed some of his
in order to remain fresh and fun. While unhappy couples already figured out the secret to keeping their spark. performance. “No one had knew my jokes before. ...I
are often left bitter because of indiscretions or issues that “Every now and then you have to make a commitment fell in love right there.”
occurred earlier in the marriage, happier couples know to re-court and get to know your mate all over again,” The two laughed their way into each others hearts and
how to let it go. They also know how to reinvent what explains Reggie. “You after 11 years, the two have figured out what makes their
makes their relationship so special. The AFRO reached change. What you marriage tick. “Doing things together,” said Adrienne.
out to younger married couples, who have been married thought you wanted “Of course we both have our own interests but we’re
11 years or less, to uncover a novel perspective and find to do 10 years ago is very supportive. … I always say it’s us against the
out how these couples keep their union fresh, new and not the same thing world.”
strong. anymore.” Their supportive nature paired with their ability to
“And did I The couple, who accept each other for their strengths and weaknesses has
mention she’s really live in Largo, Md., made a happy home for the Carvers. Stacey stressed that
pretty?” asked enjoy frequent date an important value in their relationship is acceptance.
Reginald Pickett, nights, watching chick He accepts his wife for who she is and who she isn’t.
38, when describing flicks and enjoying “Adrienne is not the come home and ‘Baby, your
what attracted him to each other’s company dinner is ready’ type of woman. And I accept that.”
his wife. Reggie met without their children. Courtesy Photo Instead of creating an argument, Stacey cooks meals for
his wife Natalie, 33, Adrienne Watson their family and tends to the house when he can. Both
while working at the Carver, 41, met her Stacey and Adrienne Carver Adrienne and Stacey take a shared approach to creating
Washington Post in husband Stacey, 40, at a home for their three children, which has put less stress
2000. Their friendship a local gym. The two noticed each other while grooving on them individually and less stress on their marriage.
evolved one night in a hip-hop aerobics class. When Stacey approached Relationship expert Paul Carrick Brunson met
when the two hung Courtesy Photo
Adrienne after class to say, “Good work out,” she his wife of 10 years, Jill, while the two attended Old
out with a few recognized him. Adrienne, a model and dance coach, Dominion University in Virginia. While taking a test in
Natalie and Reggie Pickett
coworkers at Dave had just seen the comedian onstage opening up for Continued on B3

Homebound: Senior Sellers Stuck at Home

By Kyle Taylor
Special to the AFRO
Although it is currently
in a state of recovery, the
economy has had a drastic
financial effect in many
areas, especially the real
estate market. Americans
across the country have had
to make minor and major
adjustments to get by,
including seniors who have
had to put off settling into
their golden years.
Considered by some as
an unnoticed consequence
of the recession, seniors
who would rather sell their
houses so they can move
into smaller lodgings,
retirement communities
or other assisted-living
housing facilities have
essentially become
prisoners in their own
homes.
“It is a mixed issue,”
said Rawle Andrews,
senior state director of the
AARP in Maryland. “When
we do surveys, people
overwhelmingly tell us if
they have a choice, they
would prefer coming home
at the end of the day to
their homes. Many people,
if they can, will stay at
home. But at some point,
you reach the point where
you can’t do it alone.
Either you’re going to
move or someone is going
to move you. However,
we’re certainly anticipating
that this is something that
we’re going to be looking
very closely at.”
With the economy
expected to improve,
analysts have predicted that
it would eventually lead to
an improvement in home
sales as well. While it is
still very early in the year,
those expectations have
remained guarded among
would-be buyers and
sellers, including seniors
who have not been able to
sell their homes.
“We’re definitely
hearing that this is a
problem and people are
trying to be creative
solving it,” said Lauren
Shaham, vice president of
communications for the
American Association of
Homes and Services for the
Aging (AAHSA).
According to Shaham,
some of those creative
solutions include
facilities, which are facing
depopulated waiting lists
and rising vacancy rates,
establishing relationships
with real estate agents to
assist prospective residents
in selling their homes.
Some communities have
deferred their entry and
up-front fees—ranging
from $100,000 to
$500,000—and others have
collaborated with banks to
develop programs to help
homeowners secure loans.
According to AAHSA,
there are currently 39,500
assisted living facilities
and 1,900 continuing care
retirement communities in
the United States. Close
to 1 million people live
in those residences with
approximately 745,000
living in the retirement
communities.
Shaham noted that
occupancy numbers in
retirement communities
and assisted living
communities have gone
up in 2010, which may
be a sign of good things
to come. According to
the National Investment
Center for the Seniors
Housing and Care Industry
(NIC), occupancy rates for
independent and assisted-
living facilities remained
steady during the second
and third quarters of 2010
at 87.7 percent, suggesting
some stability.
Everyday life stressors,
such as trying to sell a
home, are exactly what
seniors seek to avoid by
moving into a retirement
home Shaham explained.
“Retirement
communities are much
more of a lifestyle choice
than a health care choice,”
Shaham said. “They offer
people freedoms from a
lot of the hassles of daily
AFRO Illustration/V. Johnson living. A lot of the people
Some seniors would rather give up the burden of their there decide they don’t
homes but have not been able to do so due to a lagging want to take care of a
real estate market. home anymore and like
how the amenities are
consolidated.”
Before finalizing the
move to a retirement or
assisted-living community,
Shaham suggested seniors
examine the resources they
need in order to make the
change by understanding
the living costs where they
want to live. Once that
conclusion is reached, then
comes the hard part.
To boost the chances of
finding a buyer, the AARP
suggests owners create a
clever marketing plan and
hire an experienced agent
who is savvy at pushing
property online. They also
recommend inexpensive
fixes to help the house
sell such as a new paint
in a neutral color, carpet
cleaning and fresh
landscaping. Paramount
among those, however, is
setting a realistic price and
accepting the reality that
it may be lower than what
you’d like. The sooner
this is accepted, the better,
Shaham said.
“People need to realize
that home values are never
going to be what they were
before,” she said. “Even if
they don’t reach that level,
you can still sell your home
for a profit and still have a
nice nest egg. It might not
be what it was five years
ago, but it will probably be
more than it was 40 years
ago.”
B2 SENIORGUIDE The Afro-American, Winter 2011
Bridging Generation Gaps to Inspire African-American Youth
By Jessica Harper
Special to the AFRO
A 2009 study conducted by the Centers for Disease
Control (CDC) revealed that Black teens and young
adults are more prone to violence than their White
counterparts. Despite that alarming fact, mentoring and
counseling groups like the District-based Evolutionary
Elders (EE) continue to inspire African-American youth
to excel personally and professionally.
Co-founder and author, Eugene Williams Sr., said the
organization fights the odds by maintaining a positive
outlook about the future of Black youth.”We don’t want
to be bothered with defeatist attitudes,” Williams, 68,
said. “Our goal is to work with mentors, counselors and
organizations who have not given up on our children.”
Evolutionary Elders seeks to heal social ills that plague
African-American young men and women by bridging
generational gaps. Members close these gaps by using
education and positive reinforcement to reach Black
youth.
“We came together to forge this concept—soon-
to-become-movement—because we were really upset
at some of the things we saw in families and also in
schools,” William said.
The Clinton, Md., resident established Evolutionary
Elders in spring 2010 with his long-time friend Wetzel
Witten, a 67-year-old community organizer from
Washington, D.C.
The two men bring together men and women that were
born in the 1930s and 1940s, grew up in the 1950s and
became social revolutionaries in the 1960s, to mentor and
counsel young people and their families. These elders
forfeit vacations in Miami to “liberate and elevate the
thinking and actions” of Black youth.
“We are an African people, and Negritude represents
our attitude,” Witten said. “Therefore, we will never be
senior citizens because senior citizens retire; Evolutionary
Elders inspire.”
Members inspire by venturing into schools, recreation
centers and churches across the D.C. metro area with a
two-pronged mission: to work with parents, guardians
and educators to improve education (academics and
athletics) and to teach Black youth about their history and
respect for their elders.
“Whether anybody accepts it or not, our schools and
families are in crisis and our children are caught up in
this,” Williams said. “As we see it, if something is not
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Now 10 members strong, the group’s counselors
include an eclectic mix of doctoral degree holders and
activists; mathematicians and wordsmiths; athletes and
musicians--each of whom share their knowledge with
young mentees.
Mary H. Johnson, a member of Evolutionary Elders,
said psychological counseling warrants as much attention
as academic tutoring.
“The highest compliment I have received since I
began working with EE came from a student who was
asked, ‘Why do you go to the math center so often?’ Do
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Eugene Wiliams Sr. has started a senior mentoring
program to inspire and guide African-American youth.
Johnson holds a doctorate in mathematics education
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to Williams. The two founded Academic Resources
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“Our goal is to work with mentors,
counselors and organizations who have
not given up on our children.”
Johnson said because many of the organization’s
mentees receive little encouragement at home, it is
incumbent on the mentors to remind them of their worth.
“Our children fight so hard to feel accepted,” Johnson
said. “Sometimes all it takes is for them to meet someone
who says, ‘You can do it!’”
Ed Brown, creator of YouTube’s social commentary
program “The Ed Brown Show,” echoed Johnson’s
sentiment.
“Environment affects development,” Brown said.
“Some of these kids have no one who cares whether or
not they succeed.”
Brown’s program covers topics ranging from politics
to education, and featured guests include university
presidents and local lawmakers. He said the elders’
experience is their greatest asset. “A child might pay
more attention to someone who is much older,” Brown
said. “An elder brings knowledge that other people don’t
have. So when an elder says, ‘Study hard,’ they listen.”
Williams and Witten said several students have
changed their behavior since coming under their tutelage.
“We mentored a 15-year-old boy, a very smart kid,
who sold drugs. He told me, ‘I never thought about the
consequences.’ So, I decided to give him a job designing
our books,” Williams said. “Now, he tells me he’s staying
out of trouble. On top of that, the work he produces for us
is outstanding.”
Evolutionary Elders collaborates with non-profit
group Wise Educators.com and the Success and Learning
Math Center in Upper Marlboro, Md., to provide quality
tutoring and counseling services to their mentees.
“We don’t want volunteers looking to benefit from the
name, Evolutionary Elders. They must have a history of
doing good things and want to continue to do that work,”
Williams said.
Elders interested in mentoring or counseling for
Evolutionary Elders should contact Eugene Williams Sr.
at (301) 768-8316 or educationissues@hotmail.com, or
Wetzel Witten at Wit10men@verizon.net.
 Winter 2011, The Afro-American SENIORGUIDE B3

Body Gospel: Mixing Fitness with Faith

By Talibah an exercise/ complicated. The workouts the shake is awful. After
Chikwendu nutrition program The other two are sound and as several tries, mixing it
AFRO Executive Editor surrounded guides support the with any program, different ways – with
by Christian process of changing will work if you juices and plain water – not
Proper principles and your life. These work them. The even half a glass could be
nutrition, religious music. give details on small music was good consumed. Others tried the
exercise and It combines changes that make a and there was various concoctions with
healthy a variety of difference and ways always someone even less success. No one
living are exercises and to track what you do and is used in some of the demonstrating the could stomach enough
important for workouts and how you feel. These workouts. low-impact version of this to make a
longevity and with tools keep you conscious of The three disks on an exercise (in difference.
a productive important the process and motivated of workouts each case your Over all, Body Gospel
life. Everyday people tools to by the accomplished have a focus area: knees are is a good program, ideal
are looking for new help milestones. strength, power not up to for someone who wants a
ways to incorporate Equally emphasized by and core. There are the pounding workout that acknowledges
these into their lives, the program is getting your multiple 30-minute of high impact moves). the influence of faith
in meaningful and users body moving. Body Gospel workouts on The workouts include on moving towards a
sustainable ways. This has keep comes with a piece of each disk. The some kind of commercial better life. But for the
made the exercise/fitness on track, resistance equipment fourth disk is for Shakeology – the best experience, stick
and nutrition industries big motivated and called the Body an audio that can be played antioxidant, vitamin, to the workouts and the
businesses, with people of moving forward Gospel Band. while walking and running, probiotic shake connected motivational/nutritional
all ages, ethnic groups and toward their It’s easy to to help you keep a steady to the program. While the guides and avoid
income levels spending weight loss and assemble pace and stay motivated. commercials are annoying, Shakeology.
into it. fitness goals.
For Courtesy images
Donna Lasting Love
many Body Gospel, the Richardson Continued from B1
people, newest fitness Joyner is at the
bringing offering from center of this class, Paul began to notice established marriage, it’s not only important to make
worship Donna Richardson program, leading the girl with the highest sure your partner’s sexual desires are met, but it’s also
into their Joyner, is the only the exercises and score in the class. Still, he important to create intimacy. Giggling, holding hands
everyday fitness program on the reminding users remembers his future wife and being physically close are ways to recreate that
activities market, according the to put God first in piqued his interest with her spark. “When it’s cold at night, it’s great to be able to
is also marketing materials, their life because smile. snuggle up and spoon somebody,” Brunson adds.
that combines fitness
important. that orientation “Typically, if a male is Each married couple, the Picketts, the Carvers and the
with faith.
So it will make interested in having a long Brunsons can remind older couples of what’s important.
comes improving their term relationship, they are Courtesy Photo While the Picketts encourage couple to recreate their
as no surprise that faith health possible. gravitated toward the face, relationship to keep it fresh, the Carvers stress that doing
and fitness are being Out of the box, the most the eyes or the smile,” Paul Paul and Jill Brunson activities together will keep a relationship strong. And
connected. Nor is it a bad useful of the tools are the explained. “It was funny matchmaker and relationship expert Brunson pushes
match. Is it really possible Nutrition Guide, the Total because Jill had braces at the time but her smile was still intimacy, even in your golden years, to light the fire in
for our physical being to Transformation Guide and on it.” your partnership.
reach its potential without the Basic 10 Fitness Cards. And although it was the smile that got his attention, it Ultimately, however, you know the nuances of your
involving our spiritual The nutrition guide has was her curves that kept it. “I’m not going to deny that relationship, so trust your instinct to know what’s right
being? The creation of simple, nutritious recipes at all,” he adds. Brunson, along with other relationship for you and your spouse. Regardless, don’t be afraid
Body Gospel seems to and details about managing experts, stress the need for older couples to maintain to try something new. You never know, a new hobby,
indicate the answer is no. calories in a way that romance and intimacy throughout their marriage. a change of scenery or a break from the grandchildren
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Commentary
How Baby Boomers Can Retire Despite a Downturned Economy
By Charlene Crowell
NNPA Columnist
More than 10,000 baby
boomers will turn 65 each day
during the next two decades,
says AARP, the nation’s
leading organization on
elder issues. The generation
that grew up with changes
in social mores, music, and
more now faces a particularly
challenging time to leave the
The Afro-American, Winter 2011
workplace.
But what’s a person to
do with the rest of their
lives, if they were born
between the years of 1946
and 1964? Especially when
current economic trends and
measures are more down than
up, who can really afford to
retire?
Kiss goodbye the days
of secure pensions and gold
watches for decades of
service. According to the
Employee Benefit Research market performs poorly.
Institute, only 15 percent Also gone are the days
of the workforce today has when owning a house meant
a traditional pension plan. sure-fire wealth building.
Instead, 401(k)s in the Eleven million Americans
private sector and 403(b)s now owe more than their
in public and not-for-profit home is worth. Boomers
organizations are the likely hoping to downsize to smaller
alternative plans. These spaces may find that while
benefits are tied to stock unemployment hovers near
market performance. When 10 percent, prospective
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benefits boom; but conversely, for the job market to improve
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and long-term investment.
When disposable funds
are fewer than in workplace
years, older consumers can
be particularly at-risk to incur
debts that tarnish the golden
years. Or as the O-Jays sang,
it’s that “almighty dollar” that
can change you – especially
when there’s not enough to
provide for yourself or your
family.
For example, long-time
homeowners with title to their
homes or nearing the end of
mortgage payments might be
lured into a reverse mortgage.
As a loan against market
value, reverse mortgages can
be a transaction that enables
borrowers to turn that value
into ready cash without
selling the property.
However, before signing
on the dotted line for a reverse
mortgage, borrowers should
clearly understand that they
are signing an end of life loan.
Full repayment is required
when either the borrower
passes away or no longer lives
in the residence for more than
a year. Any absence due to
year-long extended health
care, such as rehab or assisted
living facilities will make the
loan due.
Overdraft, another debt
trap, may offer a convenient
way to pay for purchases;
but if there is no cushion
in the account or consumer
checkbooks aren’t accurately
balanced, overdraft fees that
average $34 per transaction
can quickly siphon off
disposable income. Even
worse, consumers only
learn of the charges after the
statement arrives. Rather than
incur the risk of overdraft
fees that each year strip $23.7
billion from checking account
holders, it is better to decline
overdraft than to accept it.
Unauthorized overdrafts
strip fees from Americans
55 and older at the level of
$4.5 billion per year. Nearly
$1 billion of that comes
from people who are heavily
dependent on Social Security
income.
Even worse than overdraft
fees are payday loans that
promise quick and easy cash
without credit checks. In
recent months, many payday
lenders began accepting
unemployment checks or
disability benefits as income.
Yet what the marketing and
advertising do not share is how
only a very small percentage
of payday borrowers are
actually able to retire their
short-term loan in two weeks.
The vast majority of payday
borrowers – 12 million each
year – become trapped into
a turnstile of repeat loans
and high-cost fees that
result in more money being
paid for interest and fees
than the amount borrowed.
Meanwhile, payday lenders
reap $5 billion annually.
The sobering reality for
everyone is that there will
always be lenders that would
like to take away some of
your hard-earned income
and savings, just as financial
advisors have an array of
recommended strategies for
preparing for retirement in a
post-recession era.
But, it is far wiser for
people regardless of age to
make regular savings a part
of your financial plan. With
every paycheck, start and
keep saving. Emergencies,
unexpected expenses,
and vacations, can all be
managed, if dollars are set
aside on a consistent basis. If
you’re unable to begin saving
right now, consider saving
a portion of any tax refund
received this year to offset
the amount of money you
expect to need over the year.
Ideally, everyone should have
a personal financial cushion
that enables them to maintain
their lifestyles without going
into debt.
A keen awareness
combined with a sensible and
practical personal strategy
can together chart a path to
sustainable financial growth in
spite of any market downturn.
To paraphrase the words of the
O’Jays, don’t let money – or
lenders – fool you.
Charlene Crowell is
the Center for Responsible
Lending’s communications
manager for state policy and
outreach. She can be reached
at: Charlene.crowell@
responsiblelending.org.
 January 29, 2011 - February 4, 2011, The Afro-American C1

The Southern Christian leadership Conference, Prince George’s chapter,

held its annual “MLK Birthday Banquet” Jan. 16 at the LaFontaine Bleue
in Lanham, Md. The celebration opened with chapter President McArthur
Bishop introducing Howard University graduate and emcee Natalie
Wilson.
McArthur Bishop The event hosted numerous community leaders and elected officials,
presents the including Congresswoman Donna Edwards, D-Md., Sen. C. Anthony Muse,
“Redeeming the D-Md., Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker, Councilman McArthur Bishop presents the ”Constituency
Soul of America Mel Franklin and state SCLC president, the Rev. Dr. Ruby Moon, who also Advocate Award” to Sen. C. Anthony Muse,
Award” to Rev. serves as chaplain for the national chapter. D-Md.
Jeremiah Wright. Dr. Mickey Burnim, president of Bowie State
University, was the event’s guest speaker, while
honorees included the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and
Muse for their activism and community spirit.
USAF Ret. Maj. Dr. James Dula honored war
Prince George’s County Executive Rushern veterans including Army Lt. Emily Perez,
Baker greets Sheila Stewart, community who died in the line of duty in Iraq.
affairs director, Radio One-DC.

Dr. James Dula,

chapter member, Congresswoman Donna
speaks to the Edwards, D-Md., and
McArthur Bishop, Prince George’s SCLC guests about Prince George’s County
chapter president, presents the “Member military veterans. Executive Rushern
Dedication and Longevity Award” to the Baker
Rev. James McCord.
McArthur Bishop presents the
“Community Leading Light
Award” to Dr. Mickey Burnim,
president, Bowie State University.

Anne White, program

co-chairwoman

Verbenia Kennedy, Janet P. Caldwell, Millicent Edgar, Joanne Ocasio,

Mistress of ceremony,
Donna Edwards and Joyce Alston
Natalie Wilson, CTV
Presentation of Colors by an Air Force JROTC Unit
Photos by Rob Roberts

The Prince William County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority (PWCAC- Photos by Rob Roberts
DST) sponsored the “26th Annual King Day Celebration” and “21st Annual Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. Youth Oratorical Competition” at the Hylton Memorial Chapel,
Woodbridge, Va.
Under the theme “Voices of Character and Courage,” middle and high
school-aged orators competed with Jacob Gonzalez (Parkside Middle
School) and Alice Gyamfi (Hylton High School), and were named
Toshiro Stovall, chapter president; Sandra Mitchell, co- winners in their respective categories. Other finalists included
chairwoman, MLK Committee and Dr. Ritchie Carroll, Hannah Wied, Jawuanna McAlister, Attique Sydea and Seth Opoku- Finalists Jawuanna McAlister, front row-left, Jacob
chairwoman, Delta Education and Public Service Foundation Yeboah. Each winner received U.S. saving bonds and cash prizes. Gonzalez and Hannah Wied. Alice Gyamfi, second row-
The competition also included remarks from left, Seth Opoku-Yeboah and Attiqua Sydea
Thelma Daley, senior adviser to the National
Council of Negro Women (NCNW), who honored
the late civil rights icon Dr. Dorothy Height, and
Congressman Gerry Connolly, D-Va., who offered
the students congratulatory remarks. The MLK
Community Choir, under the direction of I.
Lawrence Coleman, provided musical
Members of Pi Lambda Lambda chapter, Omega Psi Phi entertainment.
Fraternity Toshiro Stovall is the Prince
William County Alumnae Chapter members Lorraine Morales, Raven Thompson,
Congressman Chapter’s president Connie Andrews and Sandra Mitchell
Gerry Connolly, and Sheila Bryant
D-Va., brings and Sandra Mitchell
special remarks served as event co-
chairwomen.
Youth members of Jack and Jill of America,
Manassas-Woodbridge chapter

MLK Community Choir under the direction

of I. Lawrence Coleman
Chase Allen

Members of the Prince William County Alumnae chapter,

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority

Middle school contest winner Jacob

Gonzalez, Dr. Richie Carroll, Dr.
Thelma Daley and Toshiro Stovall, High school contest winner Alice Gyamfi with her very proud
Alice Gyamfi, one of the high school finalists, presents her speech father with Dr. Carroll, Dr. Daley and Toshiro Stovall, chapter
chapter president
president

Northwest Virginia Section: Valeria Brown, Juanita McKinney, Alice

Davis, Mamie James, Rita Anderson, Dr. Thelma Daly, senior advisor,
NCNW; Helen Ames, Gloria Jackson, chapter president, Renee Holiday,
MLK Oratorical Contest participants Dr. Thelma Daley pays tribute to the life Brenda Lewis and Marion Carter
and legacy of Dr. Dorothy I. Height
C2 The Afro-American, January 29, 2011 - February 4, 2011
Community
‘Community College Week’ Ranks PGCC among Top 50 Fastest Growing Colleges
Prince George’s
Community College (PGCC)
has been ranked one of
the nation’s top 50 fastest
growing two-year colleges
according to Community
College Week’s ranked 48th
for its 13 percent increase
in credit student enrollment,
from 12,110 in 2008 to
13,685 in 2009.
In fall 2010, 14,814 credit
students enrolled, which
represents an 8.2 percent
increase over fall 2009. The
college offers students more
than 200 academic, workforce
development and continuing
education programs
including hospitality
services management, public
safety and law, teacher
education, health studies, to increase enrollment
visual communication and because of its ability to
information security. adapt and offer programs
“At a time of economic that prepare students well
recession people realize for today’s growing career
how important the role of fields,” added Harris.
community colleges plays in Community College Week
retraining our workforce,” based its research on U.S.
said Tracy A. Harris, PGCC’s Department of Education
dean of enrollment services, data that only includes
in a statement. students enrolled in courses
“The college has managed that lead to a postsecondary
degree or other formal
award. The publication
ranks the colleges in order of
percentage change in student
Courtesy Photo count. For more information
Prince George’s Community College has seen growth in on the report, visit www.
its student population over the past two years. ccweek.com.
Community Center Renamed in Honor of D.C.
Activist Reginald ‘Kiyi’ Ballard
District native Reginald “Kiyi” Ballard was passionate about
his community and more specifically, local youth. Although he
died nearly five years ago, Ballard’s legacy remains evident in
Northeast Washington, D.C., where the Rosedale Recreation
Center will be renamed the Reginald “Kiyi” Ballard Recreation
Center on Feb. 7. Ward 6 Councilman Tommy Wells serves as
the event’s host.
Ballard worked as a recreation center director in the
Langston, Kelly Miller, Douglas and Benning-Stoddert
communities where he formed strong friendships with local
children, their families and area school officials. He later
volunteered to work with pre-school children, teachers and
parents at the Rosedale Recreation Center on 16th Street N.E.
There, he established “Puppets with a Purpose,” a family-
friendly program that became a citywide success. Demand for
Ballard’s puppet shows grew, and he often traveled to Maryland Courtesy Photo
and Virginia with his staff. Reginald “Kiyi” Ballard
In addition, the Morgan State University alum and athletics
Hall of Fame inductee created several clubs for senior citizens;
some still operate today. Ballard never lost his love for the area’s children and young adults
and for several years awarded a scholarship to at least one deserving student at his alma mater
Cardozo High School, along with his wife, Sarah. The Ballards also helped raise more than
$300,000 for scholarship funding at Morgan State.
The Rosedale Recreation Center renaming ceremony takes place Feb. 7, 7-9 p.m., at 16th St.
N.E.
Continued on D3
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Rapper Phil Adé: The Newest Face TV One Takes Viewers Way ‘Black’ When
of DMV Hip-Hop To celebrate Black History Month,

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beginning Jan. 31 at 10 p.m., and airing
each weeknight over four weeks, TV One
didn’t occur overnight. will present “Way Black When,” a month of
Courtesy Photo

Born as an Army brat to a Nigerian high-profile programming designed to reflect

father and a Grenadian mother,
Adé was reared in Maryland’s in
Montgomery and Prince George’s
counties. He developed a passion
for rapping early on, but he didn’t
seriously pursue it until after enrolling
in college in Alabama.
A twist of fate landed him an
opportunity to meet DeVaughn and
Adé was signed to the singer’s District-
based 368 label shortly thereafter.
He then transferred to Montgomery
College in Rockville, Md. so he could
perform at shows throughout the D.C.
region.
“I think I decided to just go into
music because I felt like I had a good
shot at it,” Adé said. “So I just wanted
to ride it out to see where it took me.”
After ultimately dropping out of
school, his parents, both sticklers for
Phil Adé education, were not happy about his
decision.
By Gregory Dale “[With] my father [being] Nigerian
AFRO Staff Writer and my mother being from the West Indies,
you know they’re not trying to hear that
Infectious beats and clever lyrics are the you’re going to quit school and become a
back on the golden age of black culture that
emerged during the 1970s, ‘80s and ‘90s. The
centerpiece of the initiative is “Way Black
When: Prime Time,” a high-energy, one-
hour talk show that will showcase Black pop
culture icons across three decades – the ‘70s,
‘80s and ‘90s “including actors, comedians,
athletes, musicians and many more” from
Black Power through hip hop.
Guiding a live studio audience and
television viewers on their trip back through Sinbad
“blackness,” will be three hosts, each
of whom embodies a decade’s essence. fashion trends, and cultural fads from each
Comedian and actor Sinbad will conduct a decade. Each week, TV One will feature
voyage through the ‘70s, Niecy Nash keeps a Heroes, Newsmakers, Icons and Celebs
it moving and groovin’ through the ‘80s and (HNIC) segment in which “Washington
comedian and actor Chris ‘Kid’ Reid picks Watch” host Roland Martin will provide a
up the final leg of the “Way Black When” look back at the major news events of the
journey with ‘90s hip hop. Each night, guests day.
who characterize the specific week’s decade The fourth week of Way Black When:
will be showcased, along with a musical act Primetime, Feb. 21-25, will offer a “Best Of”
and a comedian who provide the tunes and week that will feature the best interviews,
the tone of the time. The series will include comedy sketches and performances of the
a “Retro Trek” segment of nightly comedic prior three weeks, plus original, unseen
sketches spoofing memorable hairstyles, material, with the best of the ‘70s airing on
Feb. 21; the best of the ‘80s airing on Feb.
22; the best of the ‘90s airing on Feb. 23, plus
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components of tracks constructed by rapper
Phil Adé. But while he may be one of a
handful of emcees attempting to put the DMV
region the map, his material certainly proves
that he’s in a league of his own.
“My music is free,” Adé told the AFRO
in a recent interview. “I like to try a lot of
different things. I rap and I sing--[I don’t]
have one particular sound.”
Perhaps that’s the reason why he’s
experienced so much success in such little
time. After being signed to D.C. R&B
crooner Raheem DeVaughn’s 368 Music
Group in 2008, Adé has picked up a sizeable
fan base, been featured in a bevy of music
magazines and has worked with a string of
notable artists.
His latest mixtape, The Letterman,
featured appearances by rappers Wale, Tabi
Bonney and Raekwon and was hosted by
popular mixtape DJ and hip-hop producer
Don Cannon.
But the 22 year old’s popularity surely
rapper,” he said. “It was a little rough, but an all-stand-up comedy show on Feb. 24 and
they’re cool now. They still don’t like it…but an all-musical performance show on Feb. 25.
they still love me and respect my decision.” Each weeknight at 11 p.m., TV One will also
Now, Adé is being hailed by rap fans as a pair “Way Black When” with decade-specific
“breath of fresh air” for hip-hop, and many movies, including such films from the ‘70s as
music connoisseurs have compared his work Cooley High and Cotton Comes to Harlem,
to rap’s celebrated “golden era.” from the ‘80s as Harlem Nights and from the
Adé is also one out of a recent string of ‘90s as Juice.  
DMV-area rappers who have garnered wide “Last year during Our History Month we
mainstream attention now more than ever introduced the concept of ‘Way Black When,’
before. a celebration of recent popular black culture,
With rappers like Wale, Bonney and a with vignettes that really resonated with our
few others all touting the District and its audience,” said TV One Senior Vice President
surrounding area on their radio hits, Adé of Original Programming Toni Judkins in
believes it’s time to finally shed light on one a prepared statement. “In 2011, we wanted
of the nation’s best kept secrets. to build on that concept and provide a full-
“The whole DMV region is like an fledged programming experience that will
untapped market,” he said. “There’s so much allow us to bring together some of our biggest
to offer here and I think it’s because we like stars and to celebrate, more fully, the many
having our stuff to ourselves and keeping it at poignant, entertaining and groundbreaking
home. I think I’m just playing my role.” events and moments in black culture that took
For more information on Phil Ade, visit place during the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s.”
www.368musicgroup.com. Niecy Nash  

The Zora! Festival – a Rare Blend of Education, Fun and Sun

popular cultural and literary festivals take place during the of Their Eyes Were Watching God in her family’s attic and
Courtesy Photo

Each year the Zora! festival showcases cultural and
artistic performances from international performers.
While winter chills lead indulgent thoughts southward,
unique celebrations of Florida’s rich cultural history and
heritage justifies visiting the state for a rare blend of
education, fun and sun. Florida’s warm weather throughout
the year makes it the perfect destination to escape from cold
temperatures and mundane activities. A variety of Florida’s
first quarter of the year when record lows plague most of the
country.
One of Florida’s most notable literary festivals kicked off
in Eatonville, just six miles north of Orlando, on Jan. 22. The
Zora! Festival, held annually for more than 20 years, combines
literature, art, fashion, music and culture with warmer weather,
sunshine and a variety of other nearby activities. Author Zora
Neale Hurston, namesake of the popular literary festival,
was enamored with her hometown of Eatonville, the oldest
incorporated African-American municipality in the United
States. Offerings at the festival include a new children’s play
zone featuring an area with activities for children ranging from
infant to five years old.
D.C. metro area residents can enjoy a pre-travel treat to get
into the spirit of the festival by a visit to Eatonville restaurant
– the Washington, D.C. eatery named for Hurston’s hometown.
Eatonville restaurant hosts “Food and Folklore,” a monthly
series intertwining storytelling with cuisine. January’s “Food
and Folklore” took place Jan. 23 and featured special guest
Lucy Anne Hurston, Zora’s niece. Zora Hurston’s work was
out of print for a time, but at age 9, Lucy discovered a copy
eventually worked to establish the Zora Neale Hurston Trust.
Hurston began her writing career during the Harlem
Renaissance of the 1920s, when African- American artists
explored, celebrated and publicized their heritage. Her career
piqued in the 1930s with the publication of Their Eyes Were
Watching God, a novel she wrote in seven weeks. The folk
tales she collected and short stories and novels she published
would eventually alter the landscape of literature throughout
the United States and in other parts of the world.
Hurston gathered insight for her works by traveling
throughout the United States and the Caribbean, including
visits to Jamaica, Haiti, Honduras and other islands. She
collected oral tales from the varied African-American
communities.
The Zora! Festival features concerts, plays, seminars,
discussion panels, tours, food, arts and crafts, and many other
African-American inspired exhibits.
For more information, go to VISITFLORIDA.COM.

Reader’s Corner groveatlantic.com

The Memory of Love Provident Hospital: A Chronology of the Baltimore

The Memory of Love chronicles a devastating civil war
that has left an entire population with emotional scars in
Sierra Leone, West Africa. This compassionate novel deals
with the never ending struggle between good and evil in the
haunting atmosphere of war. The human mind and spirit are
brutally put on display as the story unfolds.
As the 2003 Samuel Johnson prize winner for The Devil
That Danced on the Water the author, Aminatta Forna hasn’t
let the reader down. Forna shows how the conflict of war
can make humans do the unthinkable.
Now living in London, Forna is attempting to mend the
education, agricultural and health disparities in Sierra Leone.
Final word: A heart-wrenching tale of war and the
conflict between good and evil.
Available now. For more information, go to www.
Hospital 1894-1986 Extended through
Provident Hospital has a rich history in Baltimore’s February 20!
Black community. Founded in 1894 by a small conglomerate
of African-American doctors, the hospital flourished into
one of only five Black hospitals in the U.S. that offered
specialty training. However, funding problems led to the
storied hospital’s closing in 1986 and it was later renamed
Liberty Medical Center.
In Provident Hospital: A Chronology of the Baltimore
Hospital, Sarah Davis Elias, a Morgan State University
graduate, delves deeply into the hospital’s history, its
founders and legacy in Baltimore. The 291-page book
is filled with archived pictures, charts and newspaper
clippings, making the book a more interesting read.
Final word: A must-have for Baltimore history buffs.
C4 The Afro-American, January 29, 2011 - February 4, 2011

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Tim Lacy’s ‘Another Viewpoint’ on afro.com

Howard Hires New Football Coach

By Stephen D. Riley now.”
Lady Firebirds’ Win Streak
Snapped by Fayetteville State
AFRO Staff Writer Howard hired Louis “Skip” Perkins in October as its new By Perry Green for Fayetteville State, though.
director of athletics to shake up the school’s entire athletic AFRO Sports Editor The Lady Firebirds recorded a
Harrell on Jan. 6 was named as the new football coach to department. Perkins wasted no time in hiring a new basketball 9-0 scoring run in the first half
get the school’s football program back on track. Under the coach in an attempt to revive the program. Now, he turns to the The University of to stretch their game-high lead
direction of former football coach Cary Bailey, the Howard football team. the District of Columbia to 10 points. UDC led 33-27
Bison football team was fading fast. Hired in 2007, the four- As a former wide receiver, Harrell has the inside scoop on women’s basketball team, at the halftime break, but the
year coach had guided the Bison to an 8-36 record during his the program that his players will surely relate to. the Lady Firebirds, finally Lady Broncos managed to
tenure, prompting the university “I love everything about Howard University,” Harrell saw their winning run come come back, outscoring the
to make a change. said at his introductory press conference on Jan. 19. to an end after a recent loss Lady Firebirds 42-29 in the
With a string of losing “There’s no doubt in mind that I’m going to come in with to the Fayetteville State second half.
seasons circling the program, more loyalty and commitment.” University Lady Broncos on Fayetteville State was
Harrell has his work cut out for Harrell was an integral piece to the last great Howard Jan. 24 at the Capel Arena in able to outperform UDC in
him. Howard hasn’t celebrated team, which in 1993 was named the Black college football Fayetteville, N.C. the second half by containing
a winning season since 2004 champion following an undefeated season. More recently, The Lady Firebirds star forward Lillian McGill,
when the club finished 6-5, Harrell starred as the Bowie State Bulldogs offensive had won five straight who averages double-digits
which has prompted local coordinator, helping to direct the school to a 6-4 finish last games, including victories in points and rebounds per
high school athletes to choose season. over Salem International, game. McGill scored only
other universities with more Although Harrell comes with a valuable football Philadelphia University, eight points, seven of them
prominent football programs pedigree, the new head coach focused his introductory Central State and King scored in the first half, but
in recent years. But those are speech on assuring alumni and school associates that his College. Their streak began still pulled down a game-high
challenges that Harrell expects Courtesy Photo/Howard University players would be competing as winners but leaving as early on Jan. 3 with a win over 13 rebounds.
to meet as he tries Gary Harrell graduates. Fayetteville State at the UDC But while McGill
to get the program back on “I came to Howard University in 1990, graduated in Complex in Washington. But struggled offensively for
track. 1994, that’s my most prized award,” Harrell said. “To be able the Lady Broncos gained UDC, Lady Broncos’ Tiffany
“Being a first time head coach is going to be rough, but I’m to come in here in 1990 and graduate in four years from the revenge Monday with a 69-62 Haywood was able to go on a
the type of person who loves competition, I love a challenge,” school of business was very instrumental to me. We are the best home win over UDC to split second half 15-point scoring
Harrell said. “I want to get right back to where we were before in the country and we have to carry ourselves in that manner on the season series. surge. Haywood led the game
and I know we can. We won before so I know we can win right the academic side as well as the athletic side.” The win didn’t come easy with 19 total points, while her
teammates LaQuasha Jordan
and Amanda Sinclair joined
in with 12 points and 10
points, respectively.
Fayetteville State now
improves to a 5-11 overall
record, while UDC drops to
12-7 overall on the season.
The Lady Firebirds will see
their next action against the
King College Tornadoes in
Bristol, Tenn., on Feb. 3. They
edged King, 66-62, back on
Jan. 8 in a home game.

Thornton Leads
McNamara
Charge against
McConnell
By Stephen D. Riley
AFRO Staff Writer

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Community Calendar ‘The Life & Times of Fannie

Jan. 27
‘His Eye is on the Sparrow’
Metrostage, 1201 North
Royal St., Alexandria, Va. 8 p.m.
Witness an inspirational musical
about the life of the renowned
African-American singer and
Broadway actress Ethel Waters.
Production ends March 20. $25-
$50. For more information: 703-
548-9044.
Lou Hamer’
Publick Playhouse, 5445
Landover Road, Cheverly, Md.
when she was 30 and left a 10:15 a.m. In this production,
legacy that strongly impacted witness a true testament of
modern medicine. For more the life and times of African
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Salute To Excellence-
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The Sheraton Washington
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Beltsville, Md., 11:30 a.m. The
Ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha’s
Educational Advancement
Foundation of the North Atlantic
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luncheon designed to recognize
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and studied to become a
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career, she accepted a secretarial position at enjoyed entertaining her family and friends
the U.S. Department of Transportation and
later advanced to becoming a transportation
industry analyst. She celebrated 25 years of
federal service in October 2010.
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personal savior at a young age and was
baptized by Elder Dr. F.D. Shumate at the
Christian Congregational Church of Faith
in Forestville, Md. She was known for her
public declaration of her love of the Lord.
She served as the church clerk, was a member
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Robert L. Plummer Sr., 92
Funeral Home Director
of the adult choir and was Robert Lawrence Plummer performed the duties of cook
an active member of the Sr. was born in Washington, and easily impressed Hazel
Department of Labor’s D.C., on Oct. 4, 1918, the with his skills. They were
gospel choir since 2001. youngest of two children married on Jan. 31, 1948,
In 1987, Renee had a born to Mayme Howard and in Washington, D.C. Robert
baby girl and named her Robert Lawrence Plummer became the owner of the
Tierra Monique. In 1991 she I. He departed this life at John T. Rhines Co. in 1950,
married Thomas L. Williams the age of 92 on Jan. 9 at upon the death of his father.
Sr. and from this union came The Washington Home and Robert and Hazel formed an
Alexis Domonique and Hospice in Washington, D.C. exceptional partnership as
Thomas Lee “TJ” Williams Robert excelled in their dreams of ownership
Jr. military science and football and expansion took shape.
Affectionately known at Armstrong High School, The birth of their son, Robert
as “Nae,” she had an
where he graduated in 1938. L. Plummer Jr., in 1951,
outgoing personality, a zest
Before joining the Army in brought them tremendous
for life, and an incredible
1941, he served as an apprentice embalmer joy. In order to pursue their goals and watch
sense of humor. She was
at the John T. Rhines Co. During World War their young son grow, Bob went to work with
sociable, often known as
II, Robert rose to the rank of staff sergeant. In them each morning with day care lovingly
the life of the party, and
1946, he worked briefly in the Government provided by the John T. Rhines Co. staff.
by telling jokes. She was also known as an Printing Office before returning to Rhines. The Plummer family was complete with the
impressionist and could impersonate virtually He had become well acquainted with the arrival of daughter Agnes Laetitia Plummer.
anyone she came across. Reneé’s first love funeral business as a child, when he would Robert balanced full work weeks with short,
was her children. She showed them great accompany his father, then manager, on family getaways.
care and adored them tremendously. Her service calls. Robert would later recall, “I The vision of building a “new” Rhines
second love and passion was exercising her decided then that I would rather be a funeral became a driving force for them when the
gift of song, especially when she sang with director than anything else in the world.” original site at Third and I streets S.W. was to
be lost to urban renewal in Southwest, D.C.
great anointing a favorite of hers, “To Live Robert’s father inherited and operated the
is Christ and To Die is Gain.” She was the In 1958, the new building at 3015 12th St.,
business until his death in 1950. N.E. in Brookland, was the first free-standing
female lead singer of the R&B Band X-Factor Robert met Hazel L. Roberts after the
building in the city designed specifically as a
and performed throughout the Washington
war. Early in his military service he had funeral home.
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by the Court this 7th day
of January 2011.
ORDERED, that all per-
sons concerned show
cause, if any there be,
on or before the 12th
day of February 2011,
why the prayers of said
complaint should not be
granted; provided that a
copy of this order be
published once a week
for three consecutive
weeks before said day
in the Afro-American
Newspapers.
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that pursuant to SCR
205(b) notice be sent to
the applicant's creditors
by registered or certified
mail and that proof of
service of mailing be
made in the manner pro-
vided in SCR Probate
Rule 19(b).
JUDGE
A TRUE COPY TEST:
1/14, 1/21, 1/28
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010ADM1252
Elizabeth D Bacon
Decedent
Winfred R Mundle Sr,
Esq
901 6th Street SW
314A
Washington DC 20024
Attorney
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Russell J Bacon Jr.,
whose address is 11714
Brookeville Landing
Court, Mitcheiville,
Maryland 20721, was
appointed personal re-
presentative of the
estate of Elizabeth D
Bacon, who died on
November 24, 2010 with
a will, and will serve
without Court supervi-
sion. All unknown heirs
and heirs whose
whereabouts are un-
known shall enter their
appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment (or
to the probate of de-
cedent¬s will)
cedent’s will) shall
shall bebe
filed with the Register of
Wills, D.C., 515 5th
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before July
14, 2011. Claims against
the decedent shall be
presented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before July
14, 2011, or be forever
barred. Persons be-
lieved 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 relation-
ship.
Date of Publication:
January 14, 2011
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Russell J. Bacon Jr.
Personal
Representative
1-301-218-2990
TRUE TEST COPY
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1/14, 1/21, 1/28
Superior Court of
the District of
Columbia
Civil Division
Case No. 0000130-11
IN RE:
Elena Laura Zamfir
Applicant
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION
CHANGE OF NAME
Elena Laura Zamfir hav-
ing filed a complaint for
judgment changing
Elena Laura Zamfir
name to Elena Laura
O'Neale-Saimac and
having applied to the
court for an Order of
Publication of the notice
required by law in such
cases; it is by the Court
this 6th day of January
2011.
ORDERED, that all per-
sons concerned show
cause, if any there be,
on or before the 10th
day of February 2011,
why the prayers of said
complaint should not be
granted; provided that a
copy of this order be
published once a week
for three consecutive
weeks before said day
in the Afro-American
Newspapers.
0
that pursuant to SCR
205(b) notice be sent to
the applicant's creditors
by registered or certified
mail and that proof of
service of mailing be
made in the manner pro-
vided in SCR Probate
Rule 19(b).
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the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2011ADM0016
Margaret Lee
Washington
Decedent
Dr. Elena M. Tilly Esq
6931 Arlington Blvd.
Suite 302
Bethesda MD 20814
Attorney
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APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
M a r y Wa s h i n g t o n ,
whose address is 1241
V. Street, SE Washing-
ton, DC 20020 was ap-
pointed personal repre-
sentative of the estate of
Margaret Lee Washing-
ton, who died on May
11, 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.,
3rd Floor Washington,
D.C. 20001, on or be-
fore July 21, 2011.
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before July
21, 2011, or be forever
barred. Persons be-
lieved 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 relation-
ship.
Date of Publication:
January 21, 2011
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Mary Washington
Personal
Representative
202-658-5549
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1/21, 1/28, 2/4
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the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2011ADM15
Talaiferro M. Barnes
Decedent
Brenda L. Hopkins Esq
3724 Twelfth Street NE
Washington DC 20017
Attorney
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Patricia Barnes
Brookes, whose ad-
dress is 12512
Whiteholm Drive, Upper
Marlboro, MD 20770
was appointed personal
representative of the
estate of Talaiferro M.
Barnes, who died on
June 20, 2010 with a
will, and will serve with-
out Court supervision.
All unknown heirs and
h e i r s w h o s e
whereabouts are un-
known shall enter their
appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment (or
to the probate of de-
cedent¬s will) shall
cedent’s will) shall bebe
filed with the Register of
Wills, D.C., 515 5th
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before July
21, 2011. Claims against
the decedent shall be
presented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before July
21, 2011, or be forever
barred. Persons be-
lieved 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 relation-
ship.
Date of Publication:
January 21, 2011
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Patricia Barnes Brookes
Personal
Representative
301-390-3222
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1/21, 1/28, 2/4
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2011ADM20
Carla F. Cohen
Decedent
Beth Shapiro Kaufman
Caplin & Drysdale
Chartered
One Thomas Circle
NW. Suite 100
Washington DC 20005
Attorney
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Beth Shapiro Kaufman
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Community
Class in Session at Macy’s
‘Workshop at Macy’s’ to foster growth in minority, women-owned businesses
To help up-and-coming fashion enterprises and
entrepreneurs, Macy’s is gearing up for “The Workshop
at Macy’s,” a business development program designed to
“nurture and grow” budding retail companies owned by people
of color and women.
According to the company, the workshop’s curriculum is
aimed at retail business owners with exceptional potential
who lack the business know-how to maintain growth. The
workshop is a four-and-a-half-day training course at Macy’s
Herald Square office in New York City and takes place in May.
Seasoned Macy’s executives and other retail industry experts
will lend their time as teachers.
“Of the many initiatives Macy’s, Inc. has pursued on
behalf of our expanding diversity strategy, supplier diversity
is an area of special importance,” said Terry J. Lundgren,
chairman, president and chief executive officer of Macy’s, in
a statement. “The Workshop at Macy’s is the latest example
of our continued commitment to support and grow certified
minority or women-owned retail vendors that will allow us
to enhance our business, while also providing our customers
with compelling product. As partners, it’s a true win-win
for both the vendor and our company. Macy’s finds and
nurtures talented new vendors who can deliver high quality,
competitively priced merchandise and these vendors, in turn,
see their business grow.”
The Workshop allows selected attendees to meet and
collaborate with other vendors and learn from industry
Courtesy Photo
experts through one-on-one coaching. Course work includes
merchandising and assortment planning, branding, sales and
marketing and access to capital. A conglomeration of industry
experts from Macy’s Learning and Development, Multicultural
Merchandising and Vendor Development divisions; Babson
College and other merchants designed the curriculum.
“The Workshop at Macy’s will help us to identify and
cultivate talent within the minority and women-owned small
business community that will keep us at the forefront of
innovation and continue to enhance our overall diversity
strategy,” said Shawn Outler, Macy’s group vice-president of
Multicultural Merchandising and Vendor Development. “Our
support will provide these up and coming vendors with the
necessary tools to succeed on a wider scale, as well as build
a pipeline of exemplary vendors ready and able to provide
our customers with unique merchandise that speaks to their
various lifestyle needs.”
To promote the inaugural program, Macy’s enlisted a few
key vendors from its ranks to give a face to supplier diversity
success at Macy’s. One such partner is Lisa Price, founder of
Carol’s Daughter, who will be one of the program’s expert
panelists.
“I know first-hand the challenges small business owners
face when looking to grow a successful venture and take it
to the next level,” said Price in a prepared statement. “This
program will be an extremely valuable tool for participants to
learn from the best in the business. Hopefully what they take
away from the program will help them identify and create
opportunities that will result in long-lasting growth.”
Macy’s is now accepting entries for consideration. The
deadline for entries is Feb. 11. For requirements and more
information, visit macysinc.com/workshop.

Jon Rolle of Friendship

Public Charter School Wins
Teacher of the Year Award
Calling it a “recognition
of hard work and proof
that public charter schools
provide a great environment
for teachers to grow and
develop” Friendship
Public Charter School is
proud to announce Jon
Rolle has been named
the 2011 District of
Columbia Teacher of the
Year by the Office of the
State Superintendent of
Education.  
Rolle, who teaches
third grade at Friendship’s
Southeast Academy, is the Courtesy Photo
second Friendship teacher Jon Rolle
to win the award. Last year,
Stephanie Day, a teacher at Friendship’s Chamberlain campus received the honor.
Friendship Public Charter School serves more than 6,500 students at six charter school
campuses and four traditional public schools in D.C. and Baltimore.
“Mr. Rolle won because he believes in his students and knows what they can achieve when
held to high expectations.  Friendship is delighted that one of its hardworking, dedicated
teachers has earned this honor for the second year in a row,”
said Donald Hense, chairman of Friendship Public Charter
Schools, in a prepared statement.
Rolle was selected by a panel of District education
leaders from charter and traditional public schools chosen
by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education. The
application process included a written application and essays,
an interview, and a classroom observation. As the 2011 D.C.
Teacher of the Year, Rolle will receive a $3,000 check and
represent the District of Columbia in the National Teacher of
the Year competition and program in Dallas, Texas.
Students at Friendship Public Charter School score
above the District average in reading and math and growth
in student proficiency is higher than the District average.
The graduation rate at Friendship’s high school is 94.76
percent - 22 percent higher than the graduation rate for D.C.’s
traditional public high schools.
Rolle was born in Prince George’s County, studied
business at N.C. State and earned a master’s in urban
education from the University of Pennsylvania. Like last
year’s winner, Jon Rolle is a Teach for America alum.
D4 The Afro-American, January 29, 2011 - January 29, 2011