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Georgia native Elijah Rutland, 23, has reason to celebrate given his recent graduation from Florida A&M University (FAMU) in Tallahassee, where he majored in graphic engineering. But there’s a lot more for which this talented artist and budding entrepreneur can also be proud – from securing deals with Nike, Beats by Dre and Xfinity to his latest coup – being named National Brand Am bassador for the Pohanka Automotive Group. In his role with Pohanka, Rutland will collab orate with the corporation’s leadership to gener ate content on social media for increased brand awareness – doing something that he’s done for as Celebrating National Black Business Month

5 DC Public Schools Chancellor Dr. Lewis Ferebee recently conducted a town hall during which he and others encour aged Pre-K parents to download an online toolkit. (WI File Photo)

Monday, August 29 marks what some de scribe as the start of a school year closely re sembling what District students experienced before the pandemic. As families complete back-to-school shop ping and students prepare to enter the class room once again, some parents, like Nierria Jones-Cooper, have their eye on increasing parent involvement and augmenting aspects of school Jones-Cooper,culture. a member of the Local School Advisory Team (LSAT) at Phelps Architecture, Construction and Engineering High School in Northeast, kept her ears to the street as students last academic year de manded accountability, transparency, more 57, No. 45 August 25 - 31, 2022

On a relatively comfortable 84-de gree day in Harlem 97 years ago, a group of hard-working Pullman porters gathered to discuss chang ing working conditions, including receiving fair pay and claiming their dignity.Organized by A. Philip Randolph and Milton Webster, the Brother hood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) began on Aug. 25, 1925. The historic launch of the union 50,000

Rutland paused and chuckled – explaining that his unplanned laughter came after remembering that he had received the news about being chosen to represent Pohanka just days before graduation earlier this year in April. And then being further surprised with a gift – a brand new automobile.

5 FAMU recent graduate, Elijah Rutland, has made his gift for drawing and designing a business enterprise. (Photo courtesy Elijah Rutland)

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Artist/Designer Elijah Rutland, 23, Takes D.C. Sneaker Con by Storm HBCU Graduate Chosen as National Brand Ambassador for Pohanka Automotive long as he can remember – creating. “I’ve been drawing for my entire life and use my art to say things that I probably wouldn’t say out loud,” he said. “With art, I’m able to create a visual representation of my thoughts – now I can do that on an even larger scale in my new relationship with Pohanka.”

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“We know that homeownership is an import ant tool for closing racial wealth gaps in our city. We also know that for people without generational wealth, the idea of becoming and staying a home owner can be daunting,” Bowser said. “But we have programs and resources in our city that can open doors that people may not have even thought possi ble. One way we can keep more Washingtonians in Rolark Calvin W. Rolark, Sr. Wilhelmina J. Rolark

D.C. is by making sure our neighbors know about these programs and are using them.” The Mayor launched the $50-million Homeown er Assistance Fund in June 2022 to provide financial assistance to residents struggling to make housing related payments. Through HAF, eligible homeown ers can apply for grant funding to cover mortgage payments and other property or housing expenses, including utilities, insurance, internet assistance, and housing association fees. When the foreclosure moratorium ends in September, foreclosure proceed ings may resume unless homeowners have an exist

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Bowser Urges D.C. Residents to Take Advantage of Programs to Buy a Home or Keep Their Home

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Depart ment of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) recently urged residents to take advantage of two important homeownership programs: the Home Purchase Assistance Program (HPAP) and the Homeowner Assistance Fund (HAF). Both pro grams have dates coming up that residents should know about: On September 30, the District’s Fore closure Moratorium will end but homeowners who have struggled to keep up with mortgage and bill payments can get protection from foreclosure if they have applied to HAF by the deadline. Addi tionally, on October 1, which marks the start of the new fiscal year, the maximum down payment assis tance that residents can receive through HPAP will increase from $80,000 to $202,000.

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The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) is excited to announce the in-person return of the 51st Annual Legislative Con ference (ALC), after two years of virtual programming. Sponsored by Amazon, the conference will take place from September 28 to Octo ber 2 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Northwest. It is anticipated to attract more than 15,000 attendees from across the country. For the first time since 2019, the conference will be held in-person and will feature its signature events including the National Town Hall, the Gospel Extravaganza, the Black Party, the Prayer Breakfast, and the Phoenix Awards Dinner – which are designed to empower and celebrate Black leaders in the community.

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As the nation’s leading public policy conference, this year’s ALC will offer 100 in-person issue forums and established brain trusts, with an option to participate in select virtual programming for free. Congresswoman Val Demings of Florida and Congressman Steven Horsford of Nevada will serve as honorary co-chairs and have established the ALC 2022 theme as “Advancing Our Purpose. Elevating Our Power.” Lawmakers, celebrities, con cerned citizens, and other individuals from across the country attend the ALC to share perspectives on issues that impact the global Black community including education, economic development, public health, voting rights, civic engagement, as well as social and environmental justice. As the nation’s leading conference on policy, ALC offers people from all over the world a chance to engage in social and political movements that affect the diverse African American community. This year will distinguish progressive solutions that will improve outcomes for future generations, combat destructive policies, and challenge the status quo.

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In recent years, ALC has showcased and celebrated some of the most influential individuals of our time includ ing: Tommie Smith and John Carlos, 1968 Olympians and activists; Aretha Franklin, award-winning musical art ist, and activist; Stacey Y. Abrams, candidate for governor of Georgia (2018); Robert F. Smith, founder, chairman and CEO, Vista Equity Partners; Hon. Hillary Clinton, 67th U.S. secretary of state; Cathy Hughes, founder/ chairperson, Radio One, Inc. and CBCF board of directors; Cicely Tyson, actress and humanitarian; Kerry Wash ington, actress and humanitarian; Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. representative to the United Nations; and U.S. Rep. John Lewis, congressman and civil rights activist. Individuals interested in attending ALC 2022 may visit the CBCF website to learn more and to register.

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In his July 29 letter responding to the councilmembers’ concerns, George Schutter, who leads the D.C. Office of Contracting and Procure ment, backed Turnage, saying, “in partnership with the program agency and District leadership, [we] deter mined it was in the best interest of the District and the beneficiaries to await the results of these three CAB decisions to minimize disruption to the beneficiaries resulting from any possible change in provider plans.” DC

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“Our residents see what happens when we disregard the legal process and it is those with the least resources who stand to lose the most in this sit uation with the MCOs,” he said.

Medicaid, a federal government health insurance program, services poor and low-income Americans, with seniors and those with disabili ties included in some cases. The coun cil selects the managed care organiza tions that will service the recipients due to its responsibility to approve District government contracts over $1 million. Ultimately, three of the four MCOs will be chosen for the Medicaid contract. And while a final decision has not been made of who be chosen, observers note Ameri group and AmeriHealth appear to be favored with Med Star and CareFirst vying for the third position.

the way it operates, reform might be needed. He said if the administration disagrees with the outcome, then “that is not a valid reason to hold up the legal procurement process.”

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The awarding of the District’s nearly $3 billion Medicaid contract remains in limbo until D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser formally submits her recommendations for D.C.’s selected managed care organizations to the D.C. Council for approval. Managed care organizations (MCO) CareFirst BlueCross Blue Shield, Amerigroup DC, Ameri Health Caritas and MedStar Family Choice District of Columbia each hope to be awarded the contract to serve the 230,000 residents who count as Medicaid patients.

White said the MCO procurement process needs reform or at least fur ther“Theinvestigation.administration’s lack of trans parency means that, at this point, the council doesn’t know what the issue is,” he said. “If the executive didn’t follow the legal procurement process, that would likely be a valid basis for a protest or appeal. But currently, we don’t have anything of substance that we can rely on to say they didn’t.”

The D.C. Medicaid process for this year’s contract which will remain in place for five years, has been mired in contention for nearly a year due to complaints lodged by MCOs about being treated unfairly during the pro cess. Their complaints include techni cal errors faced when submitting their paperwork for approval. Three MCOs, CareFirst, MedStar and AmeriHealth, have taken the procurement process to the Contract Appeals Board for review. Meanwhile, Bowser missed a June 28 deadline to submit the new contract to the coun cil.In a July 21 letter, D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D), along with Councilmembers Robert White (D-At Large), Brianne K. Nadeau (D-Ward 1), Janeese Lewis George (D-Ward 4) and Elissa Silverman (IAt Large) questioned why the con tract hadn’t been submitted. In a re sponse via Twitter, Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Wayne Turnage wrote, “to be clear, the results of the current procurement are under protest with the Contract Appeals Board (CAB), so without special per mission from the CAB, the Depart ment of Health Care Finance cannot move forward with the new contracts until the protests are resolved.”

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AUGUST 25 - 31, 2022 5WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM / THE WASHINGTON INFORMER that decisions are made through an in dependent, fair, transparent, legal and expeditious process,” he said. “Unfor tunately, the MCO procurement has repeatedly failed to meet that standard over a period of years. Most recently, the administration agreed to send contracts to the council for review by June 2022 to avoid further extensions and that has not yet happened.”

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AUG. 28 1955 – Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American boy, is lynched in Mississippi at the age of 14 after he was accused of flirting with a white woman. 1963 – Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington. 1968 – Rev. Channing E. Philips of Washington, D.C., becomes the first African American to be nominat ed for president by a major national party.

AUG. 27 1949 – A concert by famed singer and civil rights activist Paul Robeson (right) in Peekskill, New York, is called off when concertgoers are attacked by locals screaming racist and antisemitic slurs. Robeson is lynched in effigy and a cross is set ablaze during the riot, which resulted in more than a dozen people be ing seriously injured.

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AUG. 25 1925 – A. Philip Randolph becomes head of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and Maids, the first predominantly African American labor union. 1927 – Althea Gibson, the first African American on the U.S. tennis tour and first to win a Grand Slam title, is born in Silver, South Carolina. 2001 – Music star and actress Aaliyah and eight others are killed in a plane crash in the Bahamas after filming a music video. She was 22.

AUG. 29 1920 – Jazz saxophone virtuoso Charlie "Bird" Parker is born in Kansas City, Kansas. 1958 – Michael Jackson (bottom right), the legend ary "King of Pop," is born in Gary, Indiana.

AUG. 31 1935 – Former Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver, au thor of "Soul on Ice," is born in Wabbaseka, Arkansas. 1935 –who was also the first-ever African American hired to manage a Major League Baseball team, is born in Beaumont, Texas. 1962 –Trinidad and Tobago de clares its independence from the United Kingdom.

SOURCE: BLACK AMERICA WEB AUG 25-31, 2022 co-founder W. E. B. Du Bois dies in Accra, Ghana, at 95. 2008 – Barack Obama officially receives the Demo cratic presidential nomination at the DNC convention, becoming the party's first African American nominee.

AUG. 30 1966 – Constance Baker Motley becomes the first Af rican American woman federal judge when she is appoint ed to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. 1967 – Thurgood Marshall is confirmed by the Senate as the first-ever Black Supreme Court justice.

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AUG. 26 1946 – Singer/songwriter Valerie Simpson, half of leg endary husband-wife duo Ashford & Simpson, is born in the Bronx, New York. 1947 – Brooklyn Dodgers' Dan Bankhead becomes the first Black pitcher in Major League Baseball history in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, also hitting a home run in his first at-bat. 1960 – Grammy-winning jazz saxophonist Bran ford Marsalis is born in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana.

1963 – Famed author, scholar and NAACP AALIYAH

MATTHEW FUDGE / EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY The contract is his shield. Even if he kneeled for the same reason Colin Kaepernick did, Watson's contract is fully guaranteed. He got his suspension because the league has to pretend to care about women.

TONY JOHNSON / WASHINGTON, D.C. Double standard by Roger Goodell and NFL owners. What suspension and fine did Robert Kraft get?

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I participated in last weekend’s events as an observer, not as a journalist, because Jamestown and its neighboring city, Wil liamsburg, are an integral part of my family’s history. As a little boy, I spent my summers in Williams burg, staying with my grandpar ents on the main avenue in the city, Scotland Street. My grandmother, Fannie Ad kins, who worked for many years as the maid for the mayor of Wil liamsburg, Dr. Stryker, while she only had a sixth grade education, was wise enough to ensure that her three children (one being my mother) and her two grandchil dren, were afforded every oppor tunity for higher education and job skills training that would ben efit all of us in our adult lives.

Last weekend on August 21, the Jamestown Settlement com memorated the arrival of the first recorded Africans to the U.S., which occurred in James town, Virginia. The program included performances that featured spoken word artists, specially-choreographed dance works and a panel discussion.

As for my grandfather, James Adkins Sr., who was a mulatto of sorts, half Native American and half African American, he became the first person of color hired by the city to work in Colonial Wil liamsburg.Ihavealways been proud of my heritage and loved those summers. We worshipped at First Baptist Church, one of the oldest Black churches in Amer ica, which was located at the end of the block – just a stone’s throw away from my grandpar ents’ home. Some may recall that when the Smithsonian dedicated the museum featuring the his tory of African Americans, the bell that was rung was “our bell” from First Baptist Church. I continue to engage people about 1619 and the real story behind Black life in that region because of joyful moments from my childhood and because I am determined to share the truth as opposed to works which are founded on inaccurate history and selective, biased memories. Back in the 60s, we could walk one block away to a section that featured an entire two city blocks of Black-owned businesses. And we shopped with those store own ers often – from the grocery store and pharmacy to the dentist, barber shop, tailor, beauty salon and doctor’s office. We knew one another and I never had to take money because my grandmother had an account – one which she faithfully paid every month. I was an inquisitive, academ ically-gifted little Black boy and the community supported me, embraced me, loved and protect ed me. And because of their arms which stretched around me, I was allowed to develop my God-given talents and to pursue my interests. There were no drive by shoot ings. There were no members of the Ku Klux Klan spreading fear and causing hurt and harm on our community. And children could play outside well after the street lights came on. But my grandmother was on her enclosed porch with her eyes and ears open – just in case. If the disease of racism had not been allowed to take root in America, just imagine how far we may have come by now. Perhaps we would have a cure for can cer. Maybe we would have a free health care system and would not have millions of Americans living in poverty and in subpar housing. Perhaps we would not be forced to face daily mass shootings, fre quent episodes of gang violence and escalating suicides by youth. If I could replicate my child hood experiences and all that they entailed from which I benefited in Williamsburg, Jamestown, Charles City and other cities in that region, I would do so with outSometimes,hesitation. we often refer to the past as the “good old days.” But, in truth, those days were for me, really golden. WI

Some Americans view the entire 1619 event as little more than a minor historical listing –a footnote on the pages of life. That in itself counts as a tragedy and an offense to humanity. Fortunately, more conversa tions about and analyses of this heinous event which signaled America’s entrance into the slave trade – often referred to by Black scholars as the “invisible insti tution” – have increased after the award-winning text created by Nikole Hannah-Jones, “The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story,” was published in 2021. In the author’s opening pag es, she dedicates her work “to the more than 30 million descen dants of American slavery.”

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“As part of our efforts to improve the Festival, we now have a five-day schedule, rather than the 10-day schedule we once offered and with events that will take place both in doors and on outdoor stages at venues across the District and at The Wharf.” One could not help but hear the excitement in Sumter’s voice. In fact, as this writer spoke with her, it was impossible to ignore a phrase mean dering in my memory bank which Blacks routinely heard back in the 70s as a means of describing an upcoming event. As Don Cornelius used to say during his days of hosting Soul Train, “you can bet ya last money, it’s gonna be a stone gas honey.” His iconic phrase, in essence, sum marizes what’s in store for those who attend any of the events sponsored this year by the DC Jazz Festival. And, as Sumter emphasized, the lineup and offerings, whether they’re musical performances, competitive events between young, hopeful bands, improvisational jazz-focused interac tions between old school singers and musicians, or one-on-one interviews, will be Evendiverse.more and perhaps of greater note, in reviewing the lineup, Sumter pointed to entertainers slated to per form who will come from as close as Southeast and from as far away as Tai wan and South America. The Washington Informer will be on hand, moving and grooving and providing photographs, written anal ysis while interacting across all social media outlet. But don’t wait for us to find out what you missed. Get your tickets now for the 2022 DC Jazz Festival. Indeed, it’s gonna be a stone gas honey!” For more information, visit www.dc jazzfest.org. WI ON THE

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Of course, an observant reader might wonder what will distinguish the 2022 Festival from others in years past that have been so entertaining, so informative – simply said, so much “fun.”AsSumter shared, perhaps the big gest change remains the decision to permanently move DC Jazz Festival from the days surrounding Father’s Day to the Labor Day Weekend – a move which she whole-heartedly sup ports.“The pandemic has effected every one and we were faced with new chal lenges just like the rest of America,” Sumter said. “Last year we offered a limited schedule over the Labor Day weekend and recorded crowds in ex cess of 38,000 people. We listened to our patrons and to organizations like Destination DC as well as the Dis trict’s administration. They suggested that we move the Festival to Labor Day permanently. And while we loved being part of the celebration of fathers, now the District and other leading sponsors promote the Festival as a pre mier fall event. It’s similar to promo tional efforts for the National Cherry Blossom Festival in the spring or the summer’s annual Folklife Festival.”

For the record and following a de lightful chat with Sunny Sumter, pres ident and CEO, DC Jazz Festival, it became clear that this year’s Festival will be unlike any other.

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After one year of cancelled events and a second which only allowed for limited performances and discussions, the DC Jazz Festival is back – live and in person – albeit with a few changes, positive ones this writer may add, to the format, scheduling and focus.

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For the Advanced Internship Program, State Superintendent Dr. Christina Grant said OSSE wants to provide students placement options in fields that include communications, business management, hospitality, information technology, engineering, architecture and the health sciences. “It’s opportunityincredibleanfor people to figure out what they want to do for the rest of their lives.”

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The $30 million, three-year initiative will expand work-based learning op portunities for District high school students.Within a couple of weeks, the Of fice of the State Superintendent of Education will announce the launch of an advanced technical center where high school students can pur sue postsecondary opportunities. The first cohort of students will be able to pursue nursing degrees. State Superintendent Dr. Christina Grant said other programs will be put in place through which high school students can make the smooth transi tion to college or into a high-demand career field. In regards to the Advanced Intern ship Program, Grant said her office wants to provide students placement options in fields that include com munications, business management, hospitality, information technology, engineering, architecture and the healthStudentssciences.who qualify for participa tion will have been enrolled in their school’s career and technical educa tion (CTE) program. Through DC Public Schools’ CTE academies, students engage a curricu lum that augments their high school coursework and prepares them for high-wage, high-demand careers. Of ferings include preparation for certifi cation exams, work-based experienc es, internships and field trips.

The District’s advanced internship program will enter its first full aca demic year with more than 300 slots available for high school juniors and seniors eager to explore a bevy of ca reer fields. At this point, more than 100 slots have been filled as local businesses continue to answer the call to Lastparticipate.spring, Kiera Lucas spent a significant portion of her time at The George Washington University (GW) where she gained firsthand forensics experience while working at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences Rodham Institute.

Kiera, a Ward 8 resident slat ed to start her senior year at Calvin Coolidge Senior High School in Northwest, counted among 60 stu dents who received placement at more than two dozen employers in the health sciences.

Bowser said the pandemic and stu dents’ requests for real-world orient ed programming, inspired her office to up the ante so that students can immerse themselves in the careers of their choice as early as possible.

At GW, Kiera not only created a public service announcement about gun violence but earned a stipend and college credit while exploring a career path inspired by television shows she and her late father used to watch.“Iam passionate about my com munity and my internship influ enced my career path,” Kiera said. “Coolidge showed a forensics lab and gave me firsthand experience. A lot of people from Ward 8 don’t get my opportunities. I’m showing people what they can do even though we’re underresourced.”TheAdvanced Internship Program counts as the first installment in the Bowser’s administration’s Reimag ined High School programming.

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Election officials in Prince George’s County began recounting ballots for a legislative district race Monday, Aug. 22, but it may take three days to complete and possibly certify the votes later in the week.

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Results in another Prince George’s legislative district race also recorded closeTiffanyresults.Alston, who won the third and final spot in the Democratic nomination to represent District 24, garnered 7,920 votes ahead of LaTa sha Ward who received 7,819 votes. Alston, a former state delegate who sought public office for a third time, claimed the final spot by 101 votes, or .64%. Ward did not request a re count for which her campaign would have had to incur the cost as the mar gin of her loss was above the .25% threshold.Inneighboring Montgomery County, election officials anticipat ed certifying the recount results by Wednesday, Aug. 24 from the Dem ocratic race between County Exec utive Marc Elrich and businessman previous figure stood at 1%. How to calculate the recount fig ure to garner a recount can be found here.The top two vote-getters in the District 23 race include Del. Marvin Holmes Jr. (10,382 votes) and Bowie City Council member Adrian Boafo (9,237Electionvotes).Administrator Alisha Alexander said about 15 teams in groups of four continue to recount the ballots that include voting at 5 Election workers at the Prince George’s County Ballroom in Landover recount ballots Aug. 22 for the legislative District 23 race that separated the third and final spot winner and fourth place finisher by 19 votes. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

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Vennard Wright’s more than 25 years of experience in the informa tion technology industry allowed him to showcase his talents with the Hilary Clinton presidential campaign in 2008, the Rushern Baker III cam paign when elected Prince George’s County executive in 2010 and as a chief information officer (CIO) for variousWrightcompanies.decidedto venture out on his own as president of Wave Wel come, a two-year-old company with seven employees located at National Harbor that helps small and medium businesses deliver digital technolo gy, IT modernization and cyber risk compliance.“Smalland medium-sized busi nesses often can’t afford a CIO,” he said. “As a result, they often find themselves in a compromising posi tion when it comes to data breach es, ransomware attacks and other things of that nature. We offer the same level of service that larger companies have access to.” Wright’s company represents various Black-owned businesses in Prince George’s celebrating Nation al Black Business Month.

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The count from last month’s pri mary election focuses on District 23 where Kym Taylor of Bowie won the third and final spot with 8,957 votes for the Democratic nomination. Jocelyn Collins trailed in fourth place by only 19 votes, so she filed a petition for a recount. Because Collins trails by .11%, she can request a recount and her cam paign doesn’t have to pay for it. The Maryland General Assem bly approved legislation this year for candidates who petition for a recount must be down by at least .25%.

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Recount Continues in Prince George’s District 23 Delegate Race Slim Margin of Victory Remains For Montgomery County’s Marc Elrich proponent of counting ballots earlier. The more ballots we have counted on the front end of the process, the less chance there is for us to begin receiv ing conspiracy theories of what we’re doing with the ballots and [alleged] fraudulent activity. It makes it a lot easier for us administratively.”

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The county’s Economic Devel opment Corp. (EDC) featured Wave Welcome and three Black businesses this month. As of Mon day, Aug. 22, the other three com panies include: Blue Sky Innovative Solutions, owned by founder and CEO Melissa Peterson; Sankofa Health, owned by founder and CEO Marcus Ponder; and The

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The state board voted Aug. 15 to file an emergency petition in circuit court to allow local election boards to count mail-in ballots as soon as they arrive during the Nov. 8 general elec tion.A statement from the state board mentions Maryland remains the only state in the nation to continue that mail-in ballot process.

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Bowie City gymnasium used as an early voting precinct. The gymna sium recorded the highest number of voters on seven of the eight early voting days, according to Maryland Board of Elections data. Maryland law doesn’t allow the counting of mail-in ballots until after Election Day, specifically two days later.“We would’ve been done with the mail-in ballots and done with the recount,” Alexander said. “I’m a

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As of Monday, Aug. 22, slightly more than 112,000 Prince George’s residents up to age 19 had received at least one dose of the vaccine produced by the single-dose Johnson & John son or the double-dose from either Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech.

Parents with children still in need of required vaccinations can attend a free clinic Friday, Aug. 26 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Northwestern High School in Meanwhile,Hyattsville.otherdevelopments in the county include a state and nation al trend in a shortage of bus drivers. The county’s vacancy sits at 150.

5 Marylin Clarisa Pérez Suy, 17 (right), receives one of four shots in her right arm at a free immunization clinic Aug. 22 at Northwestern High School in Hyattsville. Marylin, who also got shots in her left arm, recently moved to Prince George’s County from Guatemala in Central America. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Many Prince George’s Parents Support Shots – Some Do Not COVID, you shouldn’t be in a lot of individuals' faces in the first place.”

Some parents, like Linda Tucker of Bowie, said the county should man date all forms of vaccinations for chil dren, even COVID-19.

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“It is not about protecting oneself. It is about protecting everyone,” said Tucker, whose daughter has been vaccinated as she prepares for her se nior year at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt. “If people aren’t vaccinated and get sick, they are not down for a couple of days. They are in the hospital,” Tucker said.Ashley Young, whose daughter will begin fourth grade at John H. Bayne Elementary in Capitol Heights, said even those vaccinated still test positive for“WhatCOVID-19.difference does it make?” she said. “With people catching William J. Ford WI Staff Writer

Prince George’s County public school officials continue to urge par ents and guardians to have their chil dren immunized against diseases such as measles, mumps and Hepatitis B before the first day of school Monday, Aug.Parents29. will have within 20 days from that date to schedule a child’s appointment, or else “your child will be excluded from school until the school has verification of the immu nizations.”Publicschools CEO Monica Gold son reiterated that message for nearly 18,000 listeners on a telephone town hall Aug. However,17.Maryland law doesn’t re quire students to receive COVID-19 vaccines to attend school.

DavidBlair,Blair.who trailed by 35 votes af ter the state certified the results this month, gained one vote in the early voting recount to trail by 34 votes. The vote tabulation for the re maining ballots didn’t change Blair’s deficit.IfElrich maintains the lead to garner the nomination, he will face Republican Reardon Sullivan in the generalAboutelection.100election workers tab ulated about 145,000 ballots in the recount that began Friday, Aug. 19. “You’re free to go after you’ve signed out. We’d like to thank you very much for all your hard work,” Kevin Karpinski, attorney for the Montgomery County Board of Elections, said Monday to a round of applause for the workers. WI from Page 12

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Young’s daughter has all the re quired immunizations to begin school but not the COVID-19 vaccine. Nei ther does she. She called the decision an “individ ual“Ifchoice.”[school officials] want to im prove something, there needs to be improvement in the school system,” she said. “John Bayne needs to be updated. There’s no air conditioning in the summertime. Pay the teachers more. That’s where the focus should be to improve my child’s school.”

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“If you know of anyone who is looking for a job, please ask them to join one of our virtual or in-person job fairs. We will train them on how to obtain a CDL (commercial driver’s license),” Goldson said during the telephone town hall. “We’re going to ask for your patience.”

Nearly 40,000, or 25%, in that age group represent the more than 201,100 total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the county. In neighboring D.C., officials de cided students ages 12 and older must have the COVID-19 vaccine to begin the first day of school Aug. 29. As of Aug. 17, about 83% of stu dents ages 12 to 15 had completed the “primary series” of vaccinations which does not include the booster shot. Approximately 77% of those ages 16 and 17 received the vaccines.

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“If a child or an adult feels ill, please remain home. Do not send the child to school,” Goldson said. “If you be lieve it is COVID-19, please have the child tested.”

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Reavis and Meltzer knew that between jazz and drag, different demographics would be represent ed which broadened the restau rant’s“It’sappeal.funto activate the space in different ways, bring a different energy and be inclusive with our diverse partners and neighbors in Silver Spring,” Meltzer said. Reavis, who serves as the execu

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Meltzer shifted from in-dining to operating a pick-up meal desti nation with their Money Muscle BBQ food truck parked next to theTheyrestaurant.alsotook the truck out to neighborhoods where people could load up on freshly-made barbecue meals. As in-restaurant dining returned, they introduced new items on the menu. And last May, All Set partnered with Deni zens Brewing Co. to create menus for their two locations in Riverdale Park and Silver Spring. Gradually adding layers of new ideas have al lowed All Set to maintain a steady pace of Reavisregrowth.andMeltzer recently dis cussed their bounce-back process on The Washington Informer’s WIN-TV.“It’sbeen a unique process to partner with another establish ment,” Reavis said about working with Denizens. “We focused on our specialty which is the food and their specialty which is the beer. It was an ingenious way to approach expansion beyond all the other things with the business.” Partnering with Denizen al lowed fans of the brewery-themed restaurant to learn about the vari ety of offerings on All Set’s menu.

“They love making beer and we love making food,” Meltzer said about how the partnership evolved. “We hope to add more brunch and happy hour items to theStillmenu.”seeking additional ways to rebound, All Set continued to work through other concepts to bring in new patrons. Entertain ment while enjoying a good meal served as a focus for starting week end brunch at All Set. The third Saturday of the month now offers a Drag Brunch while the last Sat urday provides a Jazz Brunch.

Brenda C. Siler WI Contributing Writer Located in downtown Silver Spring, Md., All Set Restaurant and Bar has proven to be a survi vor.When the COVID-19 pandem ic hit, Edward Reavis and Jennifer 5 Jennifer Meltzer and Edward Reavis are owners of All Set Restaurant and Bar in downtown Silver Spring. (WI photo)

Reavis and Meltzer worked with Denizens from the premise of what their customers missed during the height of the pandemic. Barbecue and beer made sense as did their decision to collaborate.

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Isiah Thomas Has Quickly Become an Entrepreneurial Legend

Isiah Thomas has won championships on the hardcourt and is now winning big time as an entrepreneur. (WI photo) ISIAH Page 18

Recycling, Sweetgreen and Popcorn Indiana.“Istarted my firm in 1990 to uplift the second-generation behind me out of poverty,” Thomas said. “We always talk about generational wealth. The best way to do that is to start and get involved in the business. I didn’t know that I was an ESG company – envi ronmentally and socially conscious when I started.”

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Isiah Thomas played basketball with a tenacity not often seen in to day’sWhenevergame. a team outscored his Detroit Pistons, it only meant a nega tive mark in the loss column but nev er total defeat for Thomas.

An NCAA champion at Indiana and a two-time NBA champ with the Pistons, Thomas has followed up his on-court success with an almost peer less triumph in the business world. He said his accomplishments as an entrepreneur result from what he learned playing basketball – teaming up with the right individuals, seeking sound advice and closely monitoring the success of others – attributes that have made him a giant in several in dustries.“The first [thing being a business owner] teaches you in terms of basket ball is teamwork. You have to work together collectively to make some thing happen in terms of vision and goal,” Thomas stated. “The goal of winning a champi onship – how to do it together. So when you’re managing people, it's about giving them a vision and a goal and ensuring that we have the right game plan to get there. Basketball gave me a lot of those [tools]. Hav ing perseverance, getting knocked down, failing and regrouping.”

“I was always interested in investing in things that impacted the commu nity, impacted the family and had a chance to make sure there was some legacy coming behind. My economics teacher told me to invest in things that I like.”“So one of the first investments was popcorn because it was a staple in my home. After all, we didn’t have a lot of food, so my mom would pop a lot of popcorn,” he said.

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However, Thomas hasn’t experi enced getting knocked down in his business ventures, always displaying a deft touch and a championship pedigree in boardrooms. The chair and CEO of ISIAH In ternational LLC and Isiah Imports, Thomas has an extensive portfolio of investments.Hisholdings include Isiah Real Estate, Cheurlin Champagnes, One World Products, GRE3N and RE3

Just over six decades later, the ma jority of Americans have little trouble reciting at least a portion of Dr. Mar tin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech which he delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washing

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However, as iconic and memorable as King’s words remain, some have overlooked or forgotten the impor tance of the march during which he shared his prophetic vision on Aug. 28,The1963.March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom highlighted a 10.9% Black unemployment rate, poor job mobility, rampant racism in the South and severe economic and political in justice.More than 200,000 arrived at the National Mall in Washington for the march, which organizers hoped would also bring attention to other injustices like unfair housing for African Amer icans.“[Black Americans] must march from the rat-infested, over-crowded ghettos to decent, wholesome, un restricted residential areas disbursed throughout our cities,” Whitney M. Young, Jr., then-executive director of the National Urban League, stated during the march. “They must march from the play areas in crowded and un safe streets to the newly-opened areas in the parks and recreational centers.”

More than a generation has since been added to the delay Wilkins de cried.The ECI noted that six decades af ter the Brown decision and more than a half-century after the “Little Rock Nine” were escorted by federal troops into Little Rock Central High School, nearly three-fourths (74.1%) of Black students still attend segregated schools, defined as majority nonwhite. According to the ECI, this is almost the same share as in the late 1960s, when 76.6% of Black children attend ed majority-Black schools. With bipartisanship and democ racy falling further into America’s rearview mirror, many gains from the march have dissipated. For example, the most recent jobs report showed that the overall unem ployment rate dropped to 3.5% but rose to 6% for Black workers.

As a throng of Americans, esti mated at more 200,000 activists and protesters gathered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Dr. King asserted that “America has defaulted on [its] promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned . . . America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked ‘insufficient funds.’”

In an overview of the march by the Economic Policy Institute (ECI), Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the NAACP, pointed out that despite the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, “for nine years, our parents and their children have been met with either a flat refusal or a token action in school desegregation. Every added year of such treatment is a leg iron upon our men and women.”

“Weeducation.willnot stop our marching feet until our kids . . . can study a wide range without being cramped in Jim Crow schools,” vowed James Farmer, then-national director of the Congress of Racial AddedEquality.Young: “We must march from the congested ill-equipped schools, which breed dropouts and which smother motivation to the wellequipped integrated facilities through out the cities.”

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And while the Mass Poor People’s Assembly & Moral March on Wash ington in 2020 drew just a fraction of the numbers from 1963, a new generation of church leaders contin ue to carry on King’s goals with new programs amidst unprecedented ob stacles.The Reverend Graylan Hagler, pastor of Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ in North west: “I think the church as we know it is trying to recruit after COVID. Our activism has shifted because of this pandemic because those of us on the social justice side, advocated for science and to keep people safe. But the white, right evangelical movement denounced science at the expense of their members. As a result, they kept their political apparatus alive.”

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For example, Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks is spear heading a hope and action plan to deal with gun violence. We have to deal with the issues that affect our people in the Beforecounty.”theReverend Deborah K. Webb became the first female bishop in the Temple of Praise International Fellowship of Churches, Inc., she led efforts to assist youth and families facing various forms of trauma, par ticularly violence, in Southeast: “We have to show love and kindness to create programs to bring people back to God and to embrace more thera peutic ways to affect change in the Af rican-American community.”

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The Reverend Anika Wilson Brown, pastor, Union Temple Baptist Church in Southeast: “There’s a cer tain sense of numbness and hopes and expectations are very low. The tradi tional church has not done a good job in helping its members deal with the challenges of real life. Everybody has different resources so we must learn how to partner together. The way to kill a giant is to use our collective forms of expertise – it takes everyone. We need therapy, we need the church and we need activism.”

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The Reverend Donald Robin son, associate minister, First Baptist Church on Randolph Street in North west: “The world has changed as we knew it. Everything has been shaken up. Many ministers are struggling to get their members to come back as COVID created options once un heard of. At one time, there was no other way to worship but in person. And while we have never faced a crisis like this, we cannot forget that people are still becoming ill and dying.”

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“Anytimechampagne.you buy champagne, you should ask if it’s from the first pressed [grapes] – that’s important,” Thomas stated. He also noted how his champagne allowed him to remain in the agricul tural space.

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His Popcorn Indiana, which comes in red packaging, marked him as one of the first to put colors on popcorn bags.His foray into the industrial hemp business also counted as significant and“Whenrare. you talk about industrial hemp and carbon reduction – indus trial hemp takes more carbon out of the air than any other plant on the Earth,” Thomas asserted.

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“What you see at Isiah’s One World is how to replace plastics in automo biles. Looking at hemp and carbon re duction, it goes across every business, even the cosmetics space. It runs the gamut of its usage and at One World, we have the largest supply of hemp on this side of the equator,” he said.

“If they decide they like what they are doing in one of the companies or entities that we have, then this is a place where they can make a living, get a paycheck, pay their rent and buy food,” he said. “If they want to stay, great. If not, they’ve gained the experience and knowledge to go elsewhere. But, when you talk about trying to uplift your family out of generational pov erty, that’s the vision of Isiah Interna tional.”“So, the diversification of the spac es we’re in is because we have family members and me who have specialties in those spaces,” he said. WI

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With his children and other fami ly members having roles in Thomas’ businesses, the legend said his mission for them remains simple. “We put them through school. They got student loans using the “Thomas Bank” and we require them to come back and put in six months or a year, free labor. That’s how they pay off their student loans,” Thomas stated.After that, there are no strings at tached, he said.

“I didn’t realize I was entering the agricultural space when I entered champagne,” Thomas said. “I learned that the soil, the sun and the farmers make the best grapes.” For the legend, it all goes back to the family. His late mother, Mary Thomas, re mains an inspiration. “We were poor but my mother was always positive and always gave of herself,” Thomas said. “I remember walking in the snow with my mom and I had holes in my shoes and put cardboard in them. I looked at her and she had glad bags over her feet. We were on welfare but she used the money not to pay rent or buy food but to ensure we got an education.”

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A statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 18, and signed by Bek indicated that; “Denmark and Rwanda share a wish to help more refugees better than today and to fight irregular and life-threatening migration, including across the Mediterranean.”

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Bek added that, “Our shared goal is to reform the current, flawed asylum system and ensure a dignified and sustainable future for refu gees and migrants. I am therefore pleased that we will soon be able to open an office in Rwanda.”

One of the agreements is about asylum and migration issues and the other on political dialogue and coopera tion, reads the statement.

Addressing reporters after touring the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St. James, on August 18, Dr. Chang said that with this in mind, it is critical that the country does everything in its power to strengthen its borders, adding that bringing the airports up to international and respectable standards are prerequisites in achieving that goal.

“Add to this, upgrading of the Advanced Passenger Information System (APIS) to obtain the information, up grading of the current Border Management System to process passengers faster, and implementation of a Satellite Document Forensic lab to test for fraudulent documents,” he said.

The office will also enable Denmark to expand cooperation with Rwanda in areas of mutual interest, including climate, good governance as well as asylum and migration.

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Denmark’s Minister of Immigration affairs, Kaare Dybvad Bek, has announced that his country will soon open an office in Kigali that will process illegal asylum seekers who will be removed from Denmark and transferred to Rwanda, The New Times, reported on August 20.

A statement issued by Rwanda’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs last year, after the signing of the MoUs on Co operation regarding Asylum and Migration Issues, aims to strengthen bilateral dialogue on new and sustainable solutions to current migration and refugee challenges.

He pointed to infrastructural improvements at the Sangster International Airport as proof of the Government’s commitment to strong borders, noting that this could not be more clearly illustrated than the new strategic di rection to Enhance Travel Facilitation through a risk-based data-driven inspection system that has been adopted.

While Jamaica is strategically located to important trade part ners, such as the United States and Canada, the island remains susceptible to nefarious transnational activities, said Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang.

“This has resulted in the increase from 10 to 45 Auto Border Crossing (ABC) kiosks; increased number of pro cessing points from 36 to 84 [39 desks and 45 kiosks]; implementation of Online Passenger declaration form; up grading of the kiosk to allow the online declaration forms to be submitted through the kiosk,” the Minister noted.

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Recently, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which includes top AARP priorities to lower the cost of prescription drugs, became the law of the land. After years of fights and negotiating in Congress, AARP took a historic step for real relief for millions of older Amer icans. This reform is a major victory for families across the country who struggle to afford their prescriptions or health insurance.

• Caps annual out-of-pocket prescription drugs costs in Medicare Part D at $2,000

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In 2021, AARP surveyed registered voters ages 50 and older and found that nearly one-fifth of the people surveyed have not filled a doctor’s prescription in the past two years, with the most common reason being that they could not pay for it. Thus, new policies and drug prescription price reform continue to be imperative for im proving equitable access to healthcare. When AARP received a call on the morning of October 28, 2021 and heard the prescription drug reforms to lower prices that AARP had been fighting for were not included in the legislation, the entire organization stepped up and took action. Congressional offices were flooded with phone calls from AARP members. AARP members and activists also sent out over 400,000 communications, including emails and social media posts, express ing their disapproval of excluding Medicare prescription reform from the budget package. In a matter of days, President Biden issued a statement that showed that the Medicare negotiation of prescription drugs and other elements of AARP’s priorities were back in the bill. Even with the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the fight still is not over. AARP will continue to be your wise friend and fierce defender, fighting to crack down on drug prices at the federal and state level.

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Seniors should never have to make a choice between paying for needed medication and other necessities like food or rent, and tens of millions of adults in Medicare drug plans will soon have peace of mind knowing their out-of-pocket expenses are limited every year.

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For two decades, Medicare has been legally prohibited from ne gotiating for lower drug prices and the pharmaceutical industry has been fighting to uphold the prohibition to protect their profits. Ac cording to a federal report from the Office of Health Policy at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), “More than 5 million Medicare beneficiaries struggle to afford prescrip tion medication. Among adults 65 and older, Black and Latinx beneficiaries are most likely to experience affordability problems.”

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Khalilah Denney, founder and executive director of the Denny House Inc. based in Clinton, asked for clarity on the biggest need in the county. Howard Stone, the council’s committee director, replied, housing. The county anticipates awarding 10 groups but funding will not au tomatically be dispersed in equal amounts of $50,000 each. All applica tions must be received by 5 p.m. Sept. 9 and winners will be announced Oct. 14. October represents Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

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“We currently are not open on Mondays but we are thinking about making that a full-fledged barbecue day,” Reavis said. “You may also see some Latin flavors added to the happy hour menu.” Keep up with happenings at both All Set and Denizens through All Set’s website: https:// allsetrestaurant.com and on social media: Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @allsetdtss WI @bcscomm

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For Ben-James Brown, meeting these obligations at the end of the summer requires some advanced planning and utilization of other re sources. Brown, a local father and vice president/regional banking district manager for Wells Fargo, recently di vulged some money saving strategies forAtfamilies.atime when glue, tape, pencils and pens have experienced an uptick in price, Brown encouraged families to tap into community resources, like back-to-school giveaways, and to shop in bulk for back-to-school supplies andHeclothes.alsosuggested that families take stock of what they already have in their homes.

The National Retail Federation estimated back-to-school spending to reach $37.1 billion this year, com pared to $33.9 billion last year. Fam ilies of K-12 students can expect to spend nearly $900 on clothes, school supplies and other materials. Inflation has exacerbated this issue, especially for families with precarious employ ment situations. In response to the current situation, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) and DC Department of Human Services (DHS) Director Laura Zeilinger re cently announced a one-time disburse ment of $1,000 for 15,000 families enrolled in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. The funds, allocated from the feder al Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund, will reach their accounts at the end of DuringAugust.an employment and re source fair at the Frederick Douglass Community Center on Alabama Av enue in Southeast, Natasha George, a Ward 8 resident who lost her job during the pandemic, reflected on the help she received through a program facilitated by DHS and Grant Ser vices, a workforce placement program. Zeilinger, who explored the science of economic stress and academic per formance, highlighted other services provided by the D.C. government, in cluding $41 million in food assistance for children and teenagers.

Ward 8 parent Beatrice Stevenson has four children attending elemen tary and middle schools this fall. She said the $1,000 grant might not be as helpful to households with several children. She also pointed out that the school year starts before the funds are scheduled to be deposited into her ac count.Even so, she had in mind where the money would go. “I’m mainly [buying] uniforms, shoes and school supplies,” Stevenson said. “I do a lot by myself and get by with less than $900 a month. Benefits should be more. There could be more opportunities for single mothers and fathers.”Morgan Wingate, a mother of four, echoed those sentiments. She said she’s currently searching for a part-time job that will allow her to take her children to and from school.

During back-to-school season, le gions of families both in the D.C. area and across the country, flock to stores and malls with shopping lists in hand and stress weighing heavily on their mind as they break the bank to purchase school supplies, clothes and other needed items.

“It’s hard for everyone regardless of [the amount of] children they have and assistance,” said Wingate, a North west resident. “The money would be a big help but a bigger help to someone with a smaller family.” WI

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Though news of the grant elicited much applause, some residents, par ticularly those with multiple children, expressed their qualms about housing affordability. One man, who engaged Bowser during a question-and-answer session, lamented not being able to access housing programs and help the mothers of his children.

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“The mayor has continued to sup port our mission to make sure fami lies have what they need [and] about 15,000 households receiving TANF will receive just that,” Zeilinger said. “These parents are experts in what they need for their children.

Bowser later implored housing insecure families to seek help from in-school specialists who can connect them with wraparound services.

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“When you’re thinking about school supplies, we have a ton of pens, paper and pencils in our arsenal at home in couches and bowls,” Brown said during an August 19 WIN-TV broadcast. “We don’t think about that and buy these things and come back home and notice we have them.”

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The beautification campaign, “Prince George’s Proud,” will take a new twist in Oc tober when every resident, business owner and community organization is expected to participate in a county-wide community clean-up day on October 7 called “Growing Green with Pride.” If no more than consistently sending a solid message to residents and visitors that littering and dumping are no longer tolerated in local communities, the effort to clean up neighborhoods will have a fruitful beginning. But the effort must be ongoing with enforceable consequences for those who break the littering rules in order to make the problem disappear.

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It’s about time a local jurisdiction finally put its foot down against littering. There’s too much of it all along the highways, streets and alleys, especially in D.C. and Prince George’s County. And it appears that no one cares enough to do anything about the problem.Theunsightly mess of fast-food containers, napkins and cups, plastic bags and even tresses of fake hair line the curbs of local streets, creating an eye sore in otherwise po tentially-beautiful neighborhoods. Drivers callously toss trash from their car windows or drop it to the ground as if believing someone is being paid to clean up behind them or worse, hoping the rain will wash it away. Is there no pride in having a clean city? However, we’re encouraged after learning that the litter problem has not fallen on blind eyes in neighboring Prince George’s County where County Executive Angela Also brooks recently announced a new initiative, Growing Green with Pride. It’s an extension of the county’s Part of It, Proud of It Beautification Initiative, launched over three years ago.With litter continuing to be a problem, residents must not have received the memo, causing them to remain ignorant of their “duty to pitch in and reduce the amount of litter in the County and adopt behaviors that will lead to a zero-waste future – in line with the State of Maryland’s goal of 85% waste diversion by the year 2040,” according to the initiative’s website.

It’s that time of year again: back to school! I hope for a blessed, safe, and prosperous year. I encourage anyone who can to volunteer in our local schools and become a reading buddy or a mentor. Such a small act can genuinely make a huge impact on a child’s life.

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We agree with County Executive Alsobrooks that “in order to keep our communities clean and aesthetically appealing, we must all work together and do our part.” WI

So, when President Joe Biden announced that he was considering extending the mor atorium on federal student loans, most Americans found reason to celebrate. Debt is always difficult to manage but student loans, given the large amounts often incurred by most adults, is even more daunting. And with the interest rates which a majority of people agreed to pay in order to secure their loan, it sometimes seems that the debt will remain with them well into their golden years.

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I would love to learn more about the Inflation Reduction Act. How will this directly affect my community? How will it help us in real tangible ways? I’ve read that it will lower health care costs — that’s great, but what about the cost of food and daily essentials? Unfortunately, that’s where many of us are taking a hit.

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Businesses have closed their doors, homeowners have lost their houses, young adults have moved back home to reduce costs and others have simply thrown their hands into the air in utter frustration and fear.

It’s been a difficult time for many Americans over the past two years after a new virus, COVID-19, first began to impact the health, wealth and every other aspect of life in ourAndnation.while the numbers related to hospitalizations and deaths currently look more encouraging in their decline, medical experts assert that we are not out of the woods yet – not by a long shot.

There has to be a better way to secure a quality college education. But for now, we, like millions of other Americans, anxiously await the president’s announcement, which could come as early as Aug. 24, that he will continue to delay collection efforts for stu dent loans and the requirement that those loans begin to be immediately repaid on a regular payment schedule. Further, we hear that the president may waive up to $10,000 on the loan balances for many students – which counts as yet another reason for optimism. No matter what you say, most Americans realize that education, quality education, serves as the most effective means of leveling the playing field and providing a pathway to a better quality of life. We applaud and support Biden’s decision and await the formal announcement of the good news.

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The notion of "a government of laws and not men" is most closely associated with Founding Father and second Pres ident of the U.S. John Adams. But Ad ams was channeling the Greek philos opher Aristotle, who wrote, "It is more proper that law should govern than any one of the citizens: upon the same principle, if it is advantageous to place the supreme power in some particular persons, they should be appointed to be only guardians, and the servants of theNolaws."president in American history has challenged this principle to a great er degree than Donald Trump. From his first days in office, he insisted he had the authority to end the investiga tion into his campaign's coordination with Russian election saboteurs. After Marc H. Morial

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Enter universal school meals — an intervention we know works. Re search shows access to universal school meals boosts students’ attendance and improves academic performance and health outcomes. Providing healthy school meals for all children eliminates stigma associated with school meals and practices like "lunch shaming," using embarrassing public reminders or tactics like giving children cold bread and cheese instead of a hot meal when their lunch accounts are low. Universal school meals are also an essential way to reduce longstanding and widening ra cial disparities in nutrition, health and education.Blackand Latinx children are more than two times as likely as white chil dren to live in households without enough to eat, and nearly 1 in 3 Black children and 1 in 4 Latinx children lack access to healthy food. When it comes to access to school meals, too many children of color live close to the edge: 10.8 million children live in households with incomes between 130% and 200% of the poverty line, earning too much to qualify for free school meals but too little to get by, and nearly 60% of children just above the cutoff for free school meals are children of color. This makes universal school meals essential

correctly guessing the number of beans in a jar. After much struggle, the Voting Rights Act, the centerpiece of the civil rights struggle, outlawed those tactics and Black turnout surged across the South.Inthe wake of Barack Obama's vic torious presidential campaigns, howev er, the Republican Party became ever more intent on making voting more difficult — particularly for Blacks and Latinos and the young. And after Don ald Trump's defeat — and Republican embrace of his Big Lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, Repub licans in various states have launched a concerted drive to restrict voting and to give Republican partisans more power over the casting and counting of votes. Over 400 bills have been introduced to make registration and voting more difficult.In2020, a presidential election held in the midst of the pandemic, record numbers of voters — particularly people of color — elected to vote by mail or to vote early, in order to avoid crowds and lines on Election Day. For ty-three percent of voters cast a ballot by mail; only 21% cast their ballot on

While the United States champions democracy across the world, our own democracy is under siege. Nothing is more fundamental to democracy than the right to vote — yet there is no ex plicit guarantee of the right to vote in the U.S. Constitution. The U.S. ranks near the bottom of industrial democra cies in voter turnout. This isn't acciden tal — many states purposefully create barriers that make it difficult to register to vote or to cast a ballot. The sensi ble answer to this is to create — and enforce — the right to vote for every citizen.The 2020 presidential election wit nessed the highest turnout in recent history. Eighty million people voted for Joe Biden; 74 million for Donald Trump. Yet, another 80 million who were eligible by age and citizenship did not vote. In midterm elections, like the upcoming election this year, vot ing turnout plummets to an average of about 40% of eligible voters casting ballots.Part of this low turnout comes from neglect: campaigns focus their resourc es and attention on targeted segments of the population. Too often poor and working people get no attention. Part of this comes from intent — the purpose ful suppression of the vote. At the founding of the nation, U.S. leaders purposefully limited the right to vote. Initially only white, male landowners could vote. After the Civil War, the 15th Amendment outlawed discrimination on the basis of race in the right to vote, yet across the South, that right was systematically suppressed, through organized terror, poll taxes, literacy tests, or ridiculous hurdles like

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The Rule of Law Is Not a Partisan Issue

The largest programs, the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program, provide nutritional ly balanced, free and low-cost meals to millions of children each day at school. But the long-standing problems of lim ited access, low reimbursements, lunch debt, and the stigmatization of children having to prove they are hungry and worthy of meals means millions of chil dren lose out.

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"No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man's per mission when we require him to obey it. Obedience to the law is demanded as a right; not asked as a favor."—Theodore Roosevelt If you chanted "Lock her up!" in 2016 but shrug off potential violations of the Espionage Act in 2022, it wasn't concern for national security that you were defending. If you responded to "Black Lives Matter" with "Blue Lives Matter" in 2020, and you scream "Defund the FBI" in 2022, it wasn't respect for law enforcement that you were defending. The presence of highly classified material at former President Donald Trump's Palm Beach estate, Mar-a-La go, is not necessarily proof that Trump himself is guilty of the potential crim inal violations that investigators listed in the search warrant: concealment or removal of federal records, destruction or alteration of records in a federal in vestigation and transmitting defense information. But a judge would not have approved the warrant — indeed, the Department of Justice would not even have sought approval — without powerful evidence that such violations were committed. A former president is as bound by the law as anyone else. He's entitled to the same due process as anyone else. And failure to hold him as accountable for his actions as anyone else would be di sastrous for the nation.

A Healthy Start for Hungry Children Democracy is Not a Partisan Issue

Hungry child, I didn’t make this world for you. You didn’t buy any stock in my railroad. You didn’t invest in my corporation. Where are your shares in standard oil? I made the world for the rich And the will-be-rich And the have-always-been-rich.Notforyou,Hungrychild.

— Langston Hughes, "God to Hungry Child" No child chooses to go to bed and wake up and go to school hungry. As students across the country begin a new school year, children in California are returning to some very good news: Cal ifornia is now the first state to provide free school meals to all students. This means every child in California will now have a better chance at the healthy start and head start all children deserve. It is a shining example of moral lead ership to end child poverty, and other states must follow suit before nation wide child nutrition waivers expire. Child nutrition programs help our nation’s children get the food they need to learn, grow and thrive, especially children in low-income households.

One of this writer’s favorite plays includes “Grease” – a fastpaced musical driven by a rock and roll beat that achieved critical the challenges associated with peer pressure, politics, personal values and love in their segregated com munity – while perhaps entertain ing, failed to provide few, if any similarities or connections to the lives and experiences of Blacks. But now, with a talented team offstage and a strong cast, guided by Dr. Lovail M. Long Sr., the playwright, DC Black Broadway will present a creatively-revised version of the popular musical, “Grease with a Side of Mumbo Sauce.”Theall-Black cast will take the stage at the Bethesda Blues & Jazz Club for three nights, Aug. 29 – 31 and then for a return performance, Sept. 24 -25. And this time, it’s set in the late 1980s in D.C. with mu sic – that’s go-go, naturally – danc ing, fashion and energy that cele brate, without apology, the pride and richness of D.C. culture. If you remember the film ver sion of “Grease,” then imagine its lead characters, Olivia New ton-John (recently deceased) and John Travolta, replaced by the multi-talented Khristena Eulalia as Candy, the good girl and D.C.’s own Frank “Sirius” Marshall as Disco Dan, the cool, tough guy. The two embark upon a sum mer romance, then, much to their surprise, meet again at the same high school the following fall for their senior year. Things come to a head when two “surprise” celebrity DJs have the entire cast battling for the highly-desired crown at the high school dance contest.

She added that in her multiple roles with DC Black Broadway, she hopes to one day be a leading voice at a local drama academy to develop and prepare today’s youth for opportunities in the theater.

“What I like about DC Black Broadway is its willingness to open doors for anyone who has the courage to take on the unfamiliar and the drive to work hard,” Poet said. “Look, I am not the kind of girl that you normally see in so ciety’s spotlight and that doesn’t bother me at all. I’ve studied my of DC Black Broadway Angelique and Novel Long. (Photo cour tesy Brandon Andre and Tatiana Dove)

Local social media phenome non and producer, Poet, joins the cast in her first stage production. She, too, said she remembers the vibrancy of life in the District during the 1980s. And while this will serve as her debut to the the ater, she said she’s ready for action.

The stars of "Grease with a Side of Mumbo Sauce." (Photo courtesy Brandon Andre and Tatiana Dove)

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Lisa Renee Marshall, an accom plished actor, serves as the director of the production – her first time at the helm of a musical. “It’s a challenging job but also very rewarding because we have a phenomenal team,” she said. “I cannot wait to see Lovail’s vision come to life. Personally, it will take me back to my youth because I grew up during the 80s and I re member the days when go-go first appeared on the scene.”

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acclaim and attracted scores of de voted fans to both of its versions, on stage and on the screen. However, for many African Americans, the 1950s-based play about 10 working-class teenagers – all white – who seek to navigate

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Last Thursday, DC Public Schools (DCPS) Chancellor Dr. Lewis Fer ebee conducted a town hall during which he and others encouraged Pre-K parents to download an online toolkit.DCPS officials also unveiled addi tional math and reading interventions for students with Individualized Edu cation Programs, also known as IEPs. Other announcements highlighted a student-centered approach to teaching math and a mixture of tech and nontech time in the classroom. As it relates to COVID, DCPS will implement a test-to-return pro cess next However,week.schools, in line with Centers for Disease Control and Pre vention (CDC) guidelines, will no longer screen students for COVID. While DCPS said it will report posi tive cases, asymptomatic students will not be required to quarantine after COVID exposure. The onus has also been placed on parents to report positive cases. The Informer unsuccessfully at tempted to schedule a sit-down inter view with Ferebee about his goals for the upcoming school year. But in his statement to students, parents and community members, Ferebee implored families to ensure students have been fully immunized against COVID and other diseases. He also expressed enthusiasm for the upcoming academic year.

“We’re excited to welcome stu dents back to another year of joyful and rigorous learning,” Ferebee said. “We provide a strong slate of academ ics. We have a plan for our youngest learners and we have adjusted our health protocols in alignment with the CDC. We’ll continue to assess and revise and pivot our plans in accordance with the information we receive.”

AUGUST 25 - 31, 2022 31WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM / THE WASHINGTON INFORMER An irreverent musical ode to the unemployed starring Bobby Smith AUGUST 30 – OCTOBER 16 It’s not just business. It’s personal. SigTheatre.org | 703 820 9771 Photo of Bobby Smith by Christopher Mueller SCHOOL from Page 1 consistent academic programming and access to amenities. Though she’s unsure what a new administration at Phelps will bring, Jones-Cooper said she wants to en sure that parents have more of an op portunity to help shape the student experience.“We’redealing with the budget, faculty and things of that nature in the LSAT but the parent organiza tion handles what’s happening in the building with events,” Jones-Cooper said.“There’s been a reason why culture is lacking among the scholars and faculty. I’m hoping all of those things can be fixed this year,” Jones-Cooper added. “And we need someone who can advocate for the school instead of giving away things to the District.”

The 2021-2022 academic year ended with significant staff vacan cies and questions in the District and across the country, about how to attract teachers. The Washington Teachers’ Union continued conver sations about a renewed contract as 6,000 young people enrolled in sum mer school and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) prepared to announce a two-year, $20 million investment in high-impact tutoring. These developments took place as some parents, like India Blocker, pre pared to send her son back to a school building for the first time in more than two years. Blocker, a Ward 8 res ident and mother of two school-aged children, said she homeschooled her son during the last academic year out of concern about COVID mitigation protocols in District schools. Meanwhile, Blocker’s daughter attended a District Catholic school that Blocker said met her satisfaction when it came to safety protocols. As the clock winds down to the beginning of the school year, Blocker continues to feel anxious about how her children will navigate COVID, monkeypox and community vio lence.“Someone could have COVID and you do not know,” Blocker said. “We don’t really know about the monkeypox situation. I want my children to have a safe school year but I don't know if that’s possible,” she said. “I take them to and from school. I teach them to wash their hands, use hand sanitizer and not to touch any body. [I also tell them] if things don’t look right, give me a call.”

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“But here at DC Black Broad way, I’m doing my best to inspire the next crop of writers and actors and directors. Theater is a lane that Blacks don’t often see as a possibil ity in their life. I didn’t when I was growing up in Southeast. But I want today’s youth to realize that it is possible. And they can make it,” Long said. For tickets, visit www.dcblack broadway.com or www.bethesdab luesjazz.com.

As I have written before, the pandemic has been hard on almost everyone. From loss of life to loss of employment, to a general feeling of uncertainty. As a museum located East of the River, it was important for us to figure out how we could best serve the community, even with our doors closed. The pandemic forced us to think outside of our four walls and into the community. The museum installed its first outdoor exhibit, Men of Change: Taking it to the Streets in the Deanwood community. This exhibit explored the many facets of African American manhood and how they are juxtaposed with how African American men are presented in the media. As we look towards 2023, the museum is spending the year focused on environmental justice. The year will include a new exhibit focused on women’s environmental history and the launch of the Center for Environmental Justice. The museum has always addressed issues of environmental concern for communities of color starting with the exhibit, The Rat: Man’s Invited Infliction. In 2023, we will build upon our work by showcasing the women of color who have been working at the grassroots level to make change so all people, regardless of their race, can live, work, and play in a clean and healthy environment.Themuseum is excited to be back open to the public seven days a week and is looking to the future. As we enter our 56th year serving the great er D.C. region, we have a new brand, new exhibits, and new programs planned to help re-introduce the museum and build upon our mission to amplify the voices of those furthest from justice. To celebrate the museum’s anniversary and our future, I invite everyone to Portraits By The People on Thursday, September 15th from 6-8:30 p.m. The event will include the debut of the museum’s new outdoor projec tion system with pictures by and of commu nity members. There will be live screen print ing, featuring limited edition designs by local company Soul & Ink, as well as tours of the award winning exhibition Food for the Peo ple: Eating & Activism in Greater Washing ton (which closes September 17). For more information about the museum and our of ferings, please visit our website at anacostia. si.edu.

lines and I am so impressed with this phenomenal script – this love letter. I’m ready for the curtain to goDCup.”

In September, the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum cele brates 55 years of serving the D.C. region. Founded in 1967 by the Smith sonian to serve the African American community, the museum has grown to become a worldwide model of a community-based museum. Since its incep tion, the museum has focused on sharing the stories of those furthest from justice and serving as a space that not only explores inequalities but encour ages its visitors to find solutions. As we look to the next 55 years, the muse um will build upon its rich tradition of amplifying the voices of overlooked communities while exploring new methods of community engagement.

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Long, who co-wrote the play with his wife, Angelique, who wears other hats for DC Black Broadway including vice pres ident of operations, set design and company co-founder, said the idea for this revised version of “Grease” came after he watched the hit play dozens of times and found it all but impossible to identify a character of color.

As for his leadership at the helm of DC Black Broadway, Long said it’s all about remaining committed to the vision and being willing to release the past and to embrace the future.“Look, I know how easy it is to be attracted to the fast life, to street life and I know the dangers our youth will face and the conse quences that they may have to pay because of their actions,” he said.

Black Broadway continues to be on the lookout for talent and new faces to add to their ensemble.

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“D.C. has a rich and vibrant culture and I wanted to show that in this play – you know, the magic and the mumbo sauce that makes us who we are – that makes us unique,” he said. “As for the score, it’s 90% go-go music and we have real musicians from the D.C. com munity who are part of the cast which we think will be both excit ing and certainly entertaining.”

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Saudia Jenkins, who serves as the play’s assistant director and cho reographer, knows the challenges that actors will face when they at tempt to make the leap from local productions to the lights of Broad way.“Our company provides every day people with opportunities to shine and the training they’ll need as they prepare to go after their dreams,” she said. “But the barri ers of size, shape, color and oth er forms still exist. But with this production, as always, DC Black Broadway showcases actors and artists who have committed them selves to our development zone and have proven themselves ready.”

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“They discovered that even in a time of great prejudice in America, Blacks could effect change if they stood together and persevered,” Kin sella wrote in “Pullman Porters: From Servitude to Civil Rights.” Kinsella noted the connection of Randolph and others to the Civil Rights Movement, adding they’d lat Agency at National Harbor launched in 2017 by Brandi Bridgett. The EDC offered some advice for businesses owners and residents that include:Spend money to support Black businesses by letting “your pockets do the WriteSharetalking.”resources.atestimonial on how a prod uct or service helped. This year for the first time, the EDC partnered with the Maryland Black Chamber of Commerce to spread the word about National Black Business Month. The chamber hosted a webinar Aug. 17 featuring Black business owners from across the state.

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One week later on Wednesday, Aug. 24, the chamber and EDC scheduled a networking and happy hour in College Park. “National Black Business Month is a moment to feature several of the many successful businesses based in Prince George's County,” Ebony Stocks, executive vice president of the county’s EDC, said in a statement. “We are delighted to be able to part ner with the Maryland Black Cham ber of Commerce to highlight the accomplishments of these businesses while also providing access to the EDCs resources and programming.” One future goal to boost Prince George’s will come from the technol ogyWright,industry.who chairs the county’s Tech Council, will host a networking “soiree” Sept. 1 at the Flight Deck at the Capital Wheel at National Har bor. He said about 90 people have registered toward a goal of registering more than 100 people. His company serves as one of the founding sponsors of the council. But Wright also has an objective for his “Mycompany.goalisto be Black Google. When you look at Google, they come up with crazy ideas and they’re a market leader,” he said. “My goal is to be an enterprise-level company. That is really my goal. I don’t want to be in the space of being a small business. I want to have an impact on innovation and change the narrative around Black businesses.”

“A survey covering the year from March 1934 to February 1935 shows that the annual income of all porters covered by the sample investigation was $880. Porters on regular assign ment received in that year $1,056, while those on extra service received $624.”Further, since extra porters had to remain on call, they weren’t able to supplement their income by other means.The average wage received by all porters directly from the company was $879; the sum of $237 was re ceived in tips. But $236 was spent for occupational expenses, Berman continued.“Theweekly income of all por ters covered in the survey was only $16.92, that of porters on regular assignment $20.30 and that of extra porters only $12,” Berman said. He noted that porters did not re ceive large tips and used gratuities to offset occupational expenses that the company didn’t provide. “But this is not the whole story. Hours of service are barbarously long. The porters are paid on a mileage ba sis, the basic wage being earned when they have traveled 11,000 miles per month,” he said. “But they work before and after the trains get into motion and for this ‘preparatory’ and ‘terminal’ time, as it is called, they get no pay.” According to historians, the influ ence and legacy of the Brotherhood continue.“TheBrotherhood of the Sleeping Car Porters’ influence in the labor movement included a role in assisting the Great Migration by dispersing in formation about job opportunities and greater equality for Black people in the North,” Brittany Hutchinson wrote in a blog for the Chicago His tory“AsMuseum.thepassenger car industry de clined after World War II, A. Philip Randolph and the BSCP became early influential figures in the Civil Rights Movement, as the fight for labor rights is inextricably linked to civil rights,” Hutchinson concluded.

WI @WJFjabariwill from Page 12 er apply the same techniques during thatButstruggle.decades before the movement for social justice and equality, and during the middle of Jim Crow, the Brotherhood displayed its collective will and strength.

5 Organized by A. Philip Randolph and Milton Webster, the Brotherhood of the Sleeping Car Porters began on Aug. 25, 1925. (Photo courtesy Edmonton City Museum Project)

On Aug. 25, 1937, 12 years after the forming of the union, the porters signed a contract with the Pullman Company that raised pay, approved compensation for overtime work and provided a uniform allowance for 10 years.Two years earlier, the National Me diation Board had certified the union which helped it gain recognition and victory.“Working-class Negroes won a de cisive victory [earlier] when the Na tional Mediation Board certified the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters as the duly authorized representative of the porters and maids employed by the Pullman Company,” Edward Berman wrote for The Nation in 1935.“This certification and the election which preceded it were the climax in a courageous struggle for labor or ganization and collective bargaining which has been carried on for more than a decade against great odds,” BermanBermansaid.summarized the plight of the porters before unionization.

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“It is one of the ironies of the sta tus of the Negro in American life, however, that the Pullman porter is one of the worst-exploited workers in the country,” he wrote.

AUGUST 25 - 31, 2022 35WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM / THE WASHINGTON INFORMER LIFESTYLE SigTheatre.org | 703 820 9771 Kaiyla Gross Nettie Danielle J. Summons Shug Avery Photo of Nova Y. Payton by Cameron Whitman The soaring musical adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical NOW THROUGH OCTOBER 9 Nova Y. Payton Celie Frenchie Davis Sofia Starring also began an approximate 12-year journey that culminated with this African-American group of workers forcing negotiations that ultimately led to a more suitable working en vironment, including wages that al lowed them to properly care for their families.“Their eventual triumph marked the first time in American history that a Black union forced a power ful corporation to the negotiating table,” Lucy Kinsella, who has pro duced documentaries for A&E and the History Channel, told WTTW in “ItChicago.wasa significant step forward for Black equality,” Kinsella noted. Black railroad workers “were de nied access to the union and strikes, so to combat their mistreatment, the porters banded together to create the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters – the first all-Black labor union in the U.S.,” Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump wrote on Twitter. With Harlem already Ground Zero for the struggle for civil and economic equality, the Brotherhood held firm to its values. It enhanced their position by ed ucating themselves on organization and negotiating skills.

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CANCER At the start of the week, you're sure to be feeling fortunate in matters of the heart or simply in terms of your closest friendships. Express what's in your heart to your significant other or dearest friend, which can have you feeling even more lucky and joyful all around. Lucky Numbers: 12, 36, 40

SAGITTARIUS You could be feeling optimistic about prospects for new cash flow on the horizon in the beginning of the week. You could then feel compelled to assert your needs in a direct way, but getting into the weeds of your emotions and explaining the roots of your desires could make your appeal even stronger. Lucky Numbers: 2, 13, 15

AQUARIUS You might feel torn between opening up about what's on your mind and retreating as the week starts. Taking solid time to tap into your true feelings, perhaps through meditation or jour naling, can help you feel more centered and prepared to pursue your next step. Later, the cosmos is amping up the potential for this to be a warm and loving period for connecting with loved ones and staying close to home to enjoy the little things that make you feel secure and at peace (think cooking up your favorite recipes or gardening). Lucky Numbers: 5, 6, 48

SCORPIO If there's an important heart-to-heart talk you've been meaning to initiate with a loved one, you'll have an opportune window to do just that as the week starts. Your heart and your actions are in sync, making it a perfect time to tell (and show) them how you're feeling. Later, it's easier for you to tune into your spiritual side and even get swept up in a bit of escapism. Lucky Numbers: 11, 24, 47

Lucky Numbers: 1, 16, 23

Like a lot of kids, Ramon Hervey II grew up with celebrities' names on the periphery of his attention but it wasn't until he was a young man working as a Pan Am flight attendant that he had his first real brushes with fame. Before he switched careers to work in the music industry, he served Peter Jennings, ac tress Shirley McLaine, and Miles Davis in-flight. Later, at Motown Records, he met Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, and Diana Ross. When he went into public relations at Rogers & Cowan, "one of the premier entertainment public relations companies in the industry," he worked with superstars like Babyface and Peter Frampton. You'd think that with all those stars circling his life, Hervey'd know a thing or two about fame. And he does: he knows how you can catch it, or at least enter its Comedianorbit.Richard

ARIES When the week begins, you might be feeling especially assertive and confident when it comes to sharing your thoughts and ideas with higher-ups. You might also be more apt to dive into grandscale projects that are actually more than you can realistically take on right now. For that reason, you'll do well to approach this moment with a more measured perspective as much as possible.

Pryor, who was a challenge, taught Hervey that "a path of self-destruction can sabotage fame." Ever-gracious Bette Midler taught him why authenticity is important and fame should never "define your selfworth." Hervey didn't trust Little Richard, who refused to let the public "dic tate" his fame. The Bee Gees showed him that fame can be repeatedly gained and lost. From Quincy Jones, he learned that superstardom can be harder to manage than mere fame (and Jones did it gracefully). Rick James taught Hervey about being "obsessed" with the wrong thing. Andraé Crouch taught him to dream, and to be honest about "self-inflicted setbacks." Hervey showed Don Corne lius how much Cornelius needed the media's help to be famous. And a Miss America's "mistake" helped Hervey to find the love of his life … Sometimes, you have to shake your head until it rattles at the way your favorite celebrity acts like a fool. Still, you almost can't get enough of that knuckleheadedness, and "The Fame Game" gives you even more. And yet, author Ramon Hervey II doesn't dish just for the sake of telling. You won't read about silly scandals inside this book, no sleep-around tell-alls or party-all-night tales. Instead, each chapter, which is built around one or more stars, offers a hint on how you can stay grounded if you're looking at (or for!) fame yourself. Chapter headers lead readers into the tip, and Hervey uses his time with the famous to illustrate his reasoning. And there's where readers will smile: Hervey doesn't unnecessarily put himself on the stage here, and there's no gratuitous name-dropping. He acts heroically sometimes for his clients, but he's not the hero of the story, which allows his points to shine forth. And those tips make "The Fame Game" a winner, no matter who you are. WI

GEMINI You might find it tough to see eye to eye with a coworker or higher-up in the first part of the week. Or it might be a time when you have to take on a task that you're less than enthusiastic about. Either way, all you can do is take a deep breath and move through the moment as best you can.

LEO You'll feel prepared to be more assertive with your significant other or a dear friend when it comes to sharing what's in your heart as the week begins. It can be easier to initiate a conversation that gets your heart racing. The end result could be bolstering your intimacy or enjoying even more one-on-one time with someone special. Lucky Numbers: 14, 19, 21

TAURUS At the start of the week, you'll be driven to learn or teach, explore or travel. Your general mood should be bright and cheerful, even jubilant, especially if you allow yourself to get swept up in the moment and tap into what your heart and intuition are telling you. Lucky Numbers: 9, 13, 29

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PISCES In the beginning of the week, you might feel like you need to focus your energy on some thing less than pleasurable out of a sense of duty. You could find it challenging to differentiate between what you're feeling and the facts of the matter. And your typically on-point sense of other people's emotions could feel off right now. Your best bet is to focus on grounding yourself. Later, add more social time to your schedule (think video chats with siblings or impromptu picnics). These simple but special moments can boost your well-being. Lucky Numbers: 11, 22, 27 25 - 31, 2022 Who are you? That's a common question and, depending on how it's asked, you might have a dozen different answers. You're a parent, an athlete, a hard worker, a cook, a reader, someone who's curious, smart, colorful, serious, driven. You know who you are, and if you follow the new book "The Fame Game" by Ramon Hervey II, soon everyone will.

horoscopes "The Fame Game: An Insider's Playbook for Earning Your 15 Minutes" By Ramon Hervey II c.2022, Amistad $27.99 333 pages reviewwi book Terri Schlichenmeyer WI Contributing Writer

VIRGO You might be feeling more emotionally sensitive than usual, especially when it comes to in teractions with your significant other or someone else you consider near and dear at the start of the week. It might be difficult to pinpoint exactly how they're feeling and, in turn, struggle to respond. Postpone jumping to any definitive conclusions until you have more facts. Lucky Numbers: 8, 32, 37

Lucky Numbers: 3, 4, 50

CAPRICORN When the week starts, you could find yourself feeling like you have the world at your fingertips, and you're able to pursue whatever goal your heart and mind are set on. Take advantage of this optimistic view by diving into whichever opportunity for learning and personal growth most appeals to you. Lucky Numbers: 1, 14, 56

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LIBRA You might feel like you have to take on far too many big picture projects, possibly alongside your significant other or a close colleague, at the beginning of the week. This conflict could stir you to reflect on ways to strengthen the balance between your work life and personal life while being honest with your partner about how much you can realistically take on and what you expect them to do as well. Lucky Numbers: 52, 54, 58

In a conversation with The Washington Informer, go-go legend, Sug ar Bear, shared his views about his friend and mentor, Chuck Brown, to whom hundreds of fans paid tribute during last weekend’s annual birthday celebration, Aug. 22, which honored the Godfather of Go-Go.

“The huge crowd showed that his legacy lives on and that people are continuing to incorporate his mu sical genius into new forms of mu sic,” Sugar Bear said. “Personally, he was both a mentor and friend who taught me a lot about the business and the importance of surrounding myself with the right people, the right band – those with the right discipline for this musical journey.”

From left: DJ Kool, DJ Jas. Funk, Mayor Muriel Bowser, Ward

5 Doug E. Fresh performs while Chuck Brown’s granddaughter appears to join during the concert on Chuck Brown Day Aug. 20 in Northeast at Chuck Brown Park. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

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“As for the state of go-go music, while we’re not where we need to be, we’re getting more and more recognition from across the U.S. People are embracing our music and for that I’m grateful. But we know it’s going to grow even larger and better in the very near future,” he said.

4 Hundreds of people showed up to celebrate the legend of Chuck Brown on Chuck Brown Day Aug. 20 in Northeast at Chuck Brown Park. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Happy Birthday Chuck Brown

4 The Rare Essence band performs during Chuck Brown Day on Aug. 20 in Northeast at Chuck Brown Park. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

5 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie, and Delano Hunter pose on stage before Rare Essence’s set during Chuck Brown Day at Chuck Brown Park on August 20 Northeast. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

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5 Chuck Brown’s youngest son, Wiley Brown of the Chuck Brown Band performs with Doug E Fresh on Chuck Brown Day Aug. 20 in Northeast at Chuck Brown Park. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

5 Victor Palsson (44) argues with the referee during a DC United loss to Philadelphia Union 0-6 at Audi Field in Southeast on Aug. 22. (Abdullah Konte/The Washington Informer)

4 Ravel Morrison (49) dribbles past a defender during DC United’s loss to Philadelphia Union 0-6 at Audi Field in Southeast on August 22. (Abdullah Konte/The Washington Informer)

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5 Sami Guedir (97)i attacks the ball during a DC United loss to Philadelphia Union 0-6 at Audi Field in Southeast on Aug. 22. (Abdullah Konte/The Washington Informer)

6 Miguel Berry (22) goes for the ball during a DC United loss to Philadelphia Union 0-6 at Audi Field in Southeast on Aug. 22. (Abdullah Konte/The Washington Informer)

4 Taxiarchis Fountas (11) attacks the ball during a DC United loss to Phil adelphia Union 0-6 at Audi Field in Southeast on Aug. 22. (Abdullah Konte, The Washington Informer)

Lyndia: Talk to my readers about your "Body Positivity" platform, give us your thoughts on it.

Holness / Senior Pastor Rev. Ali Gail Holness-Roland / Assistant & Youth Pastor 12801 Old Fort Road • Ft. Washington, MD 20744 Office (301) 292.6323 • FAX (301) 292.2164 Service and Times Sunday Worship 10:15 am Sunday Church School 11:00 am Youth Sunday every 4th Sunday Prayer Call @ Noon every Tuesday & Thursday 978.990.5166 code: 6166047# Virtual Bible Study Wednesday Facebook & Zoom 7:00 pm “A Growing Church for a Coming www.adamsinspirationalamec.orgChrist” AdamsA.M.E.InspirationalChurch Rev Kevin A. O'Bryant Pastor 401 Van Buren St., NW, Washington D.C. 20012 Office (202)-882-8331 Service and Times Sunday Worship 10:30 am Zoom: zoom.us/;/2028828331 Bible Study: Wednesday 7:00pm Communion Every First Sunday "Serve, teach and Live by precept and example the saving grace of Jesus Christ." Website: Theplbc.org Email: churchclerk@theplbc.org Promised Land Baptist Church

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Lola: Turns out she was embar rassed about the extra weight she gained during home schooling and Zoom sessions. She felt everyone was laughing at her. That was not true at all. She didn't want to climb in front of everyone. She jumped down and started crying, hysterically and ran straight back to the cabin. Once we all had a chance to relax, have dinner and have a party in our cabin, we talked about what hap pened. She explained how she felt about her recent weight. I think she is so beautiful. I could see how hurt she was, so I wanted to find out how other people felt about their bodies. I wanted to know why everyone is expected to all be the same size! Thin does not equal healthy. Thin does not equal happiness. All heavy people are not unhealthy. Not all heavy people are unhappy with their bodies.

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Lola: On the second day of camp, we had to climb a rock wall and ride a zip line as our daily challenge. We all lined up but all of us were so ner vous. My friends and I were excited but moved to the back of the line. My friend's turn came first. We all cheered her on, [but] something was wrong. I couldn't figure it out.

Lyndia: So what did you find out?

Lola: “Honestly, I believe we are all beautiful. Though we come in all shapes and sizes, we have different heights and colors, each of us is an original. Beauty comes from inside your heart — it isn't something that you buy on Amazon. When I was only 3 years old, I said something to Mom she never forgot. As she drove me home, I said to her, "God sent me to spread love, did you know that?" I don't really remember saying that, but Mom said she will al ways remember, and I do still feel that way.

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Lyndia: Lola, how did you come up with your topic?

I started researching online about weight, health, exercise and what peo ple consider beautiful in various coun tries. I asked Google, "What country has the heaviest people?" I couldn't believe it!

Lola: The United States was #1. We have the strongest military, the most food, the most technology, the most freedom, but we also have the heaviest people. As my grandmother would say, I invite you to "think on theseBeautythings"comes from within. I chal lenge everyone to embrace your body, whatever size you are. The more you love yourself, the more it shows — it's your own beauty. Thank your body for taking care of you. Speak to your body and thank it. Finally, find a walk ing partner and walk daily to get that blood circulating in your body. Thank you, Grandma, for allowing me to share my message on your plat form.

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Lola: Earlier this year I had an ex perience that helped me to choose my topic of Body Positivity. Allow me to share this story with you. During the worldwide lockdown, my closest friend had gained weight. When it was time for 4th and 5th grade elementary school students to return to school in person, I was so happy to see everyone, especially my friends. It felt like we hadn't seen each other in years. I was so happy to see her big smile in person instead of on Zoom! Since this article is going pub lic, I won’t share her name. As the school days went on, we all struggled to get used to leaving our homes, but my friend seemed to be sad, and I just couldn't figure out why. We were all so tired of wearing masks — could that be why she seemed so down?We had a three-day science camp ing trip, which we were all very excited about. This would be the last event of the 5th grade, and we had never been camping before. It was also scheduled for the day after my first pageant with The Arizona International Pageant. Guess what? I won the title of Miss Pre-Teen Grand Canyon! I was so proud of myself. When we got on the bus heading to camp, along the way, on the ride up, I told the class how nervous I during the pageant, but it was so much fun! Lyndia: Tell us about how your friend refused to do her assignment because of her weight gain.

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My granddaughter Lola Skye Be lis was recently crowned 2022's Miss Pre-Teen Grand Canyon, Arizona. Her platform is "Body Positivity." In an interview with Lola, we discussed her platform. Here is what we talked about:

Lyndia: What happened?

Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan Pastor 800 Street, NE - Washington, DC 20002 202-548-0707 - Fax No. 202-548-0703 Service and Times Sunday Morning Worship: 11:00 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday Sunday School: 9:45 AM Men’s Monday Bible Study: 7:00 PM Wednesday Night Bible Study: 7:00 PM Women’s Ministry Bible Study: 3rd Friday -7:00 PM Computer Classes: Announced Family and Marital Counseling by appointment E-mail: www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.orgCrusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net / “God is Love” Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews Senior Pastor 1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 - Fax: (202) 526-1661 Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM Holy Communion: 2nd Sunday at 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM Sunday Church School: 9:20 AM Seniors Bible Study: Tuesdays at 10:30 AM Noon Day Prayer Service: Tuesdays at Noon Bible Study: Tuesdays at 7 PM Motto: “A Ministry of Reconciliation Where Everybody is Somebody!” Website: http://isleofpatmosbc.org Church Email: ipbcsecretary@verizon.net

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PM Thur. Bible Study: 7:15 PM Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr.; Senior Bishop & Evangelist Susie C. Owens – Co-Pastor 610 Rhode Island Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 529-4547 office • (202) 529-4495 fax Sunday Worship Service: 8:00 AM and 10:45 AM Sunday Youth Worship Services: 1st & 4th 10:45 AM; 804 R.I. Ave., NE 5th 8 AM & 10:45 AM; Main Church Prayer Services Tuesday – Noon, Wednesday 6:00 AM & 6:30 PM Calvary Bible Institute: Year-Round Contact Church Communion Every 3rd Sunday The Church in The Hood that will do you Good! www.gmchc.org emailus@gmchc.org Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church Dr. Dekontee L. & Dr. Ayele A. Johnson Pastors 4001 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 265-6147 Office 1-800 576-1047 Voicemail/Fax Service and Times Sunday School: 9:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service: 11:00 AM Communion Service: First Sunday Prayer Service/Bible Study: Tuesday, 6:30 PM E-mail:www.blessedwordoflifechurch.orgchurch@blessedwordoflifechurch.org Blessed Word of Life Church Rev. Dr. Henry Y. White 2562 MLK Jr. Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Adm. Office 202-678-2263 Email: Campbell@mycame.org Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 AM Sunday Church School: 8:45 AM Bible Study Wednesday: 12:00 Noon Wednesday: 7:00 PM Thursday: 7:00 PM “Reaching Up To Reach Out” Mailing Address : Campbell AME Church 2502 Stanton Road SE - Washington, DC 20020 Campbell AME Church Reverend Dr. Paul H. Saddler Senior Pastor (Disciples of Christ) 1812 12th Street, NW - Washington, DC 20009 Phone: 202-265-4494 Fax: 202 265 4340 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 AM Communion every Sunday: 11:00 AM Sunday School: 10:00 AM Bible Study Tuesday: 12 Noon Pastor’s Bible Study Tuesday: 6:30 PM Motto: “Discover Something Wonderful” Website: 12thscc.org / Email: Twelfthstcc@aol.com Twelfth Street Christian Church Reverend Dr.

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Live Stream Sunday Worship Service begins @ 12:00 noon www.thirdstreet.org Third ChurchStreetofGod Bishop Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. Senior Pastor 5757 Temple Hill Road, Temple Hills, MD 20748 Office 301-899-8885 – fax 301-899-2555 Services and Times Sunday Early Morning Worship: 7:45 AM Church School: 9:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship: 10:45 AM Tuesday: 7:00pm/Kingdom Building Bible Institute Wednesday , 12:30 PM Mid-Day Bible Study Wednesday: Prayer/Praise/Bible Study-7:30 PM Baptism & Communion Service: 4th Sunday –

Prayer Meeting & Bible Study - Wednesday 7:00 p.m. “A Church with a past to remember – and a future to www.mtzbcdc.orgmold” Mt. Zion Baptist Church headline and photo for LIF - MALCOLMX DAY

Church of Living Waters Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor Harold AssistantAndrewPastor 4915 Wheeler Road Oxon Hill, MD 301-894-646420745 Service and Times Sunday Service: 8:30am& 11:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM Communion Service: First www.livingwatersmd.orgSunday

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Zion Baptist Church Rev. Lance Aubert Imterim Pastor 1251 Saratoga Ave., NE Washington, DC 20018 (202) 269-0288 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:45 AM Sunday School: 9:15 AM Holy Communion1st Sunday: 10:45 AM Prayer Service: Wednesday at 6:30 PM Bible Study: Wednesday at 7:00 PM Bible Study: Tuesday at 10:30 AM Israel Baptist Church

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Dr. Lucius M. Dalton Senior Pastor 1636 East Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20003 202-544-5588 202-544-2964 7:45 AM and 10:45 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sundays at 7:45 AM & 10:45 AM Sunday School: 9:30 AM & Praise Service: Tuesdays at 12 noon & 6:30 PM Bible Study: Tuesdays at 1 pm and 7 PM Bible Study: Fridays at 7 PM www.mountmoriahchurch.org Baptist Church Community Baptist Church Stephen E. Tucker Pastor 11 10 Church Michael T. 18th Street, Washington, DC Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836 and Times Sunday Early Morning Prayer & Bible Study Class: 8:00 AM Sunday School: 9:00 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00 AM Wednesday Service: 12:00 PM “The Loving Church of the living lord “ Email Address: admin@pbc712.org

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Class: 9:45 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday, 11:00 AM Church School: 9:45 AM Wednesday 12:00pm Bible Study Prayer, Praise and Bible Study: 7:00 PM Saturday Bible Study: 11:00 AM Baptism 4th Sunday: 11:00 AM “Empowered to love and Challenged to Lead a Multitude of Souls to Christ” Matthews Memorial Baptist Church Kelechi Ajieren Coordinator 6839 Eastern Avenue, R1 Takoma Park, MD 20912 (202) 556-7065 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 AM Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 PM Friday Evening Service: 7:00 PM ; Last Friday “…Giving Your Life a Christ.embassy.dc@hotmail.comwww.Christembassydc.orgMeaning” Christ Embassy DC Rev. Curtis l. Staley Pastor 621 Alabama Ave., S.E.- Washington, D.C. 20032 P: (202) 561-1111 - F: (202) 561-1112 Service and Times Sunday Service: 10:00 AM Sunday School for all ages: 8:30 AM 1st Sunday Baptism: 10:00 AM 2nd Sunday Holy Communion:10:00 AM Tuesday: Bible Study: 6:30 PM Prayer Meeting: 7:45 PM Motto: “Where God is First and Where Friendly People Worship” Rehoboth Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor 9th & P Street, N.W. - W. D.C. 20001 (202) 232-4288 Service and Times First Sunday Worship Service (one service): 10:00 AM Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Sunday Worship service: 7:45 AM and 10:55

Priest Foggy Bottom Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 Church office: 202-333-3985 - Fax : 202-338-4958 Service and Times Sundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Music and Hymns Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy Eucharist www.stmarysfoggybottom.org Email: stmarysoffice@stmarysfoggybottom.org All are welcome to St. Mary’s to Learn, Worship, and Grow. Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church RELIGION

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AM Monday Adult Bible Study: 7:00 PM Wednesday Youth & Adult Activities: 6:30 PM Prayer Service Bible Study Pennsylvania Ave. Baptist Church Rev. Aubrey C. Lewis Pastor 1415 Gallatin Street, NW Washington, DC 20011-3851 P: (202) 726-5940 Service and Times Sunday Worship: 11:00 AM Sunday School: 9:15 AM Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun. Bible Institute: Wednesday - 1:30 PM Prayer Meeting: Wednesday - 12:00 Noon St. Luke Baptist Church

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Prayer Meeting/Bible Study: Tuesday @7:00pm Theme: "Building On A Firm Foundation" Email: revprbstmbc@gmail.com Website: www.stmatthewsbaptist.org St. BaptistMatthewsChurch Rev. Oran W. Young Pastor 602 N Street NW - Washington, D.C. 20001 Office:(202) 289-4480 Fax: (202) 289-4595 Service and Times Sunday School for All Ages: 8:00 AM Sunday Worship Services: 9:30 AM Midday Prayer & Bible Study: Wednesday 11:30AM Evening Prayer & Bible Study: Wednesday 7:00 PM Laymen's League: Thursday 7:00 PM Email: Website:Froffice@firstrising.orgwww.firstrising.org “Changing Lives On Purpose “ First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor 2001 North Capitol St, N.E. Washington, DC 20002 Phone (202) 832-9591 Service and Times Sunday Church School – 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service – 11:00 AM Holy Communion – 1st Sunday at 11:00 AM Prayer – Wednesdays, 6:00 PM Bible Study – Wednesdays, 7:00 PM Christian Education / School of Biblical Knowledge Saturdays, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM, Call for Registration Website: www.allnationsbaptistchurch.com All Nations Baptist Church – A Church of Standards All Nations Baptist Church Reverend Christopher L. Nichols Pastor 2409 Ainger Pl.,SE – WDC 20020 (202) 678-0884 – Office / (202) 678-0885 – Fax “Moving Faith Forward” 0% Perfect . . 100% Forgiven! Service and Times Sunday Worship: 8:00 AM & 10:45 AM Baptism/Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday Family Bible Study Tuesdays – 6:30 PM Prayer Service: Tuesdays – 8:00 www.emmanuelbaptistchurchdc.orgPM Emmanuel Baptist Church Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor 623 Florida Ave.. NW - WDC. 20001 Church (202) 667-3409 / Study (202) 265-0836 Home Study (301) 464-8211 / Fax (202) 483-4009 Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 AM Sunday Church School: 8:45 – 9:45 AM Holy Communion: Every First Sunday Intercessory Prayer: Monday – 7:00-8:00 PM Pastor’s Bible Study: Wednesday –7:45 PM Midweek Prayer: Wednesday – 7:00 PM Noonday Prayer Every Thursday Florida Avenue Baptist Church Holy UnitedTrinityBaptist Church Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert Senior Pastor 4504 Gault Place, N.E. / Washington, D.C 20019 202-397-7775 – 7184 Service and Times Sunday Church School: 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service : 11:00 AM The Lord’s Supper

Elder Herman L. Simms Pastor 5606 Marlboro Pike District Heights, MD 301-735-600520747

11:00 A.M and 5:00 PM Communion and Feet Wash 4th Sunday at 5:00 PM Prayer/Seeking: Wednesday at 8:00 PM Apostolic in Doctrine, Pentecostal in Experience, Holiness in Living, Uncompromised and Unchanged. The Apostolic Faith is still alive –Acts 2:42 Rev. Richard B. Black Interim Pastor 1301 North Carolina Ave. N E Washington, D C 20002 202 543 1318 - lincolnpark@lpumcdc.org www.lpumcdc.org Times Worship: 10:00 AM Holy Communion: First Sunday 10:00 AM Sunday School: 9:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday @ 12 noon and 6:30 PM Motto: "Faith On The Hill" On The Mount Temple Of Apostolic Faith Lincoln Park United Methodist Church Joseph D. Turner / Senior Pastor 2616 MLK Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 202-678-3304 and Times Worship Service: 8:00 AM Worship Service: 11:00 AM New Member’s AM Sunday Church School/Bible Study: 9:30 AM Thursday Prayer Service: 6:30 PM Website:sbc@shilohbaptist.orgshilohbaptist.org

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Shiloh Baptist Church Peter R. Blue Sr. 10:15am 9:00am Noontime @ 12:00pm 1st Sunday Prayer & Praise Services: Wednesday 7:00 PM Bible Study: 7:30 PM Saturday before 4th Sunday Men, Women, Youth Discipleship Ministries: 10:30 AM A Christ Centered htubc@comcast.netChurch

Rev. Dr. H. B. Sampson, III Pastor 2914 Bladensburg Road, NE Wash., DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-3180 - Fax: (202) 529-7738 Service and Times Worship Service: 7:30 AM Sunday School: 9:00 AM Worship Service: 10:30 AM Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:30AM & 10:30 AM Prayer Services:Tuesday 7:30 PM. Wednesday 12 Noon Email:mthoreb@mthoreb.orgWebsite:www.mthoreb.org For further information, please contact me at (202) 529-3180. Mt. Horeb Baptist Church Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor 4850 Blagdon Ave, NW Washington D.C 20011 Phone (202) 722-4940 - Fax (202) 291-3773 Service and Times 9:00 a.m. – Sunday School 10:15 a.m. – Worship Service Wed. Noon: Dea. Robert Owens Bible Study 7 PM Pastor’s Bible Study Ordinance of Baptism 2nd Sunday, Holy Communion 4th Sunday Mission: Zion shall: Enlist Sinners, Educate Students, Empower the Suffering, Encourage the Saints, And Exalt our Savior. (Acts 2: 41-47) www.zionbaptistchurchdc.org

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Email: mtmoriah@mountmoriahchurch.org Damion M. Briggs Pastor 8213 Manson Street Landover, MD 20785 Tel: (301) 322-9787 Fax: (301) 322-9240 Service and Times Early Morning Message: 7:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00 AM Sunday Church School: 9:00 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday 7:30 AM & 10:00 AM Prayer, Praise and Testimony: Wednesday 7:00 PM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM “Real Worship for Real People” Website: www.easterncommunity.org Email: ecc@easterncommunity.org Mount Moriah

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“Rock has helped me amplify a lot of the things that I have been think ing about and now I’ve started to put some of those ideas into action,” he said. “He has a wealth of knowledge, a rolodex of contacts and has become a mentor, which for a young Black man like me is really important.”

“While I was in D.C., I met with Dr. Frederick, the president of Howard University and Phyli cia Rashad, the actress who is now also the dean of Howard’s College of Fine Arts,” he said.

ELIJAH from Page 1 been getting around with a 2008 Ford Edge and it had a lot of miles on it,” he added. “It came at exactly the rightPohanka,time.” one of the oldest auto mobile dealerships in the nation with over 20 locations throughout the Greater Washington Area and Texas, has partnered with Rutland in efforts to establish stronger relationships with their customers.

Rutland, who said he’s always loved to paint, began to work with sneakers as his canvas during the summer of 2014 before he entered the 10th grade. He said his rationale was“Isimple.wanted to make some money so I could buy new shoes,” he said. “My parents were frugal when we were growing up and designer ten nis shoes were not an option. My dad once told me I should focus on owning stock in tennis shoe compa nies instead of being consumed with wearing them.”

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Not to be deterred, Rutland final ly convinced his father to buy him a pair of used sneakers from Goodwill and some paint from Walmart, at a cost of $3 and $10, respectively. He customized the shoes, posted them on social media and said his business just took However,off.he acknowledged that he has a lot to learn as he seeks to devel op and secure his brand and make a name for himself and his artistry. But along the way, he said he wants to have fun and enjoy the ride.

Working with his manager, Rock Newman, who grew up in Maryland, matriculated at Howard Universi ty and has established himself as a producer, promoter and agent both in the District and across the U.S., Rutland said he has learned the im portance of surrounding himself with positive-minded people.

“Now, it’s all about being in the right rooms with the right people. But the hardest part is done – the ex ecution and the body of work – so, when I get in those rooms, I now have something to show.”

PERSEVERANCEWITH Rutland said he’s only begun to realize his full potential and while 5 Elijah Rutland - artist extraordinaire. (Photo courtesy Elijah Rutland) he’s grateful for the opportunities that have come his way, he said he just wants to keep growing, keep creating and perhaps even be able to inspire other youth to go after their own dreams. One childhood dream came true during his recent visit to the District which still amazes him.

“Dr. Frederick is so impressive and brilliant. And meeting Ms. Rashad – wow – I used to watch her on The Cosby Show and won der what it must be like to have such talent and beauty. I never imagined sitting with people like them and having them actually be interested in who I am, what I do – talking with me about my busi ness ideas,” said Rutland before saying he had to go. For more information about Eli jah Rutland, visit him on all social media outlets at fixmysole.com.

Editor’s Note: Rutland ended our conversation because he had to prepare for a visit to his alma mater, FAMU, as part of his next business venture – an 11-city tour of HBCUs for whom he will create 11 unique murals that capture “the essence of each university.” WI

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In God We DeclarationTrustofNationality Notice of Special Appearance : I am that I am: ‘‘ Reanna Gabrielle Ek© ’’, in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: “ EK, REANNA GABRIELLE© ’’, corp. sole Dba.: ‘‘ REANNA GABRI ELLE EK© ’’, corp. sole Dba.: ‘‘REANNA EK© ’’, corp. sole Dba.: ‘‘ R. G. EK© ’’, and all derivatives of the name, having reached the age of majority, being aboriginal to the northwestern and southwestern shores of Africa, the Atlantic Islands, the continental Americas, being duly certified, hereby affirms to declare my tribal intention to be as my pedigree subscribes, as a: Moorish American, but not a citizen of the United States. I declare permanent, and unalienable, allegiance to The Moorish Empire, Societas Republicae Ea Al Maurikanuus Estados, The Constitution for the united States of America, Article III Section 2, The Lieber Code, Hague Conventions of 1899 & 1907, The Geneva Conventions, [ United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ], and all natural laws governing moors, and hereby declare and proclaim my nationality in good faith as a: Moorish American. I am that am: ‘‘ Reanna Gabrielle Ek© ’’, from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status Jurisdiction, shall be known as: ‘‘ reanna ek© ’’. Notice of White Flag Surrender: as “hors de combat”, pursuant to The Geneva Conventions, Article III, as a minister of The Moorish Empire, and Internationally Protected Person. Notice of LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF WAR ON LAND HAGUE, IV), ARTICLE: 45, 46, & 47. Notice of Claim pursuant to Public Law 87-846, TITLE II, SEC. 203. Notice of Bailment Merging of Legal Title with Equitable Title : This order is to preserve legal and equitable title, and to reserve all rights, title, and interest, in the property, Re: STATE OF FLORIDA – OFFICE OF VITAL STATISTICS, REGISTER FILE NUMBER : 109-00-022796, ‘‘ REANNA GABRIELLE EK© ’’, to the depositor: ‘‘ reanna ek© ’’, nom deguerre: ‘‘Reanna Gabrielle Ek© ’’. All property, of the same issue and amount, in like kind and specie, is to be returned fully intact, as a Special Deposit Order of the Depositor / Beneficiary / Bailor / Donor / Principal / Creditor: ‘‘ reanna ek© ’’, nom deguerre: ‘‘ Reanna Gabrielle Ek© ’’, as a special deposit order in lawful money. This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of : ‘‘ Reanna Gabrielle Ek Trust© ’’, an Inter Vivos Unincorporated Divine Grantor Trust. This deposit is not to be commingled with general assets of any bank, nor depositary / trustee / agent / bailee / donee / debtor. All Attorneys with a License from the Bar Association are explicitly prohibited from administering " REANNA GABRIELLE EK TRUST©" property without handwritten consent from each and every trustee, after said Attorneys have furnished their nationality, and Principal for whom's interest they are working, pursuant to [Public Law 75-583], to Trustees in plain writing. Inter alia enact fuit. All Rights Reserved. Deo volente. This deposit is not limited to, but including: discharge and set off etc., of any and all outstanding liabilities as accord and satisfaction.

Jacqueline Palmer, whose address is 2905 Sedgemore Place, Bryans Road, Maryland 20616, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Deborah Ann Brown who died on 12/14/2019 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/11/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/11/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

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NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Julius Nichols, whose address is 2900 14th Street, NW, Apt. 1009, Washington, DC 20009, was appointed Personal Repre sentative of the estate of Effie Basnight who died on December 17, 2004 without a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/11/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Reg ister of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/11/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

DECLARATION NATIONALITY PROTOCOL In God We Trust Declaration of Nationality Notice of Special Appearance : am that I am: “ Roberto Carlo Ek©”, in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: “ROBERTO CARLO EK©”, “ ROBERTO C EK©”, " EK, ROBERTO CARLO ": As natural father, and guardian of: “ Ek, Renee Annalise Mikaela ”, the beneficiaries and heirs of: “ ROBERTO CARLO EK© ”, corp. sole Dba.: “ RENEE ANNALISE MIKAELA EK ”, “RENEE A M EK ”, “ EK, RENEE ANNALISE MIKAELA ”, “ REANNA GABRIELLE EK ”, “ REANNA G EK ”, “ EK, REANNA GABRIELLE ”. Having reached the age of majority, being aboriginal to the northwestern and southwestern shores of Africa, the Atlantic Islands, the continental Americas, being duly certified, hereby affirms to declare my tribal intention to be as my pedigree subscribes, as a: Moorish American, but not a citizen of the United States. I declare permanent, and unalienable, allegiance to The Moorish Empire, Societas Republi cae Ea Al Maurikanuus Estados, The Constitution for the united States of America, Article III Section 2, The Lieber Code, Hague Conventions of 1899 & 1907, The Geneva Conventions, [United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ], and all natural laws governing moors, and hereby declare and proclaim my nationality in good faith as a: Moorish American. I am that I am: “ Roberto Carlo Ek©”, from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: “ roberto ek©”. Notice of White Flag Surrender: as “hors de combat”, pursuant to The Geneva Conventions, Article III, as a minister of The Moorish Empire, and internationally Protected Person. Notice of LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF WAR ON LAND ( HAGUE, IV), ARTICLE: 45, 46, & 46. Notice of Claim pursuant to Public Law 87-846, TITLE II, SEC. 203. Notice of Bailment Merging of Legal Title with Equitable Title: This order is to preserve legal and equitable title, and to reserve all rights, title, and interest, in the property, Re: REPUBLIC OF BELIZE – VITAL STATISTICS UNIT – BIRTH REGISTRATION NUMBER: 721, “RENEE ANNALISE MIKAELA EK©”, “ EK, RENEE ANNALISE MIKAELA ”. & Re: REPUBLIC OF FLORIDA – OFFICE OF VITAL STATISTICS – REGISTRA TION NUMBER: 109-2020-004904 : All property, of the same issue and amount, in like kind and specie, is to be returned full intact, as a Special Deposit order of the Depositor /Beneficiary / Bailor / Donor / Principal / Creditor: “ roberto ek ”, nom deguerre: “ Roberto Carlo Ek©”, as a special deposit order in lawful money. This deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of: “ Roberto Carlo Ek Trust©”, an Inter Vivos Unincorporated Divine Grantor Trust. This deposit is not to be commingled with general assets of any bank, nor depositary / trustee / agent / bailee done / debtor. All Attorneys with a License from the Bar Association are explicitly prohibited from administering " Roberto Carlo Ek Trust©", property without handwritten consent from each and every trustee, after said Attorneys have furnished their nationality, and Principal for whom's interest they are working, pursuant to [Public Law 75-583], to Trustees in plain writing. Inter alia enact fuit. All Rights Reserved. Deo volente. This deposit is not limited to, but including: discharge and set off, of any and all outstanding liabilities as accord and satisfaction. Inter alia enact fuit. All Rights Reserved. Deo volente.

Notice of Special Appearance : am that I am: “ Rosanna Avril Stephanie Smith©”, in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: “ROSANNA AVRIL STEPHANIE SMITH©”, “ ROSANNA A S SMITH©”, " SMITH, ROSANNA AVRIL STEPHANIE": As natural mother, and guardian of: “ Ek, Renee Annalise Mikaela ” and “ Ek, Reanna Gabrielle”, the beneficiaries and heirs of: “ ROSANNA AVRIL STEPHANIE SMITH© ”, corp. sole Dba.: “ RENEE ANNALISE MIKAELA EK ”, “RENEE A M EK ”, “ EK, RENEE ANNALISE MIKAELA ”, “ REANNA GABRIELLE EK ”, “ REANNA G EK ”, “ EK, REANNA GABRIELLE ”. Having reached the age of majority, being aboriginal to the northwestern and southwestern shores of Africa, the Atlantic Islands, the continental Americas, being duly certified, hereby affirms to declare my tribal intention to be as my pedigree subscribes, as a: Moorish American, but not a citizen of the United States. I declare permanent, and unalienable, allegiance to The Moorish Empire, Societas Republicae Ea Al Maurikanuus Estados, The Constitution for the united States of America, Arti cle III Section 2, The Lieber Code, Hague Conventions of 1899 & 1907, The Geneva Conventions, [United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ], and all natural laws gov erning moors, and hereby declare and proclaim my nationality in good faith as a: Moorish American. I am that I am: “ Rosanna Avril Stephanie Smith©”, from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: “ rosanna smith-ek©”. Notice of White Flag Surrender: as “hors de combat”, pursuant to The Geneva Conventions, Article III, as a minister of The Moorish Empire, and internationally Protected Person. Notice of LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF WAR ON LAND ( HAGUE, IV), ARTICLE: 45, 46, & 46. Notice of Claim pursuant to Public Law 87-846, TITLE II, SEC. 203. Notice of Bailment Merging of Legal Title with Equitable Title: This order is to preserve legal and equitable title, and to reserve all rights, title, and interest, in the property, Re: REPUBLIC OF JAMAICA – REGISTRAR GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT – BIRTH REGISTRATION NUMBER: NA 4951, “RENEE ANNALISE MIKAELA EK©”, “ EK, RENEE ANNALISE MIKAELA ”. & Re: REPUBLIC OF FLORIDA – OFFICE OF VITAL STATISTICS – REGISTRATION NUMBER: 109-2020-004904 : All property, of the same issue and amount, in like kind and specie, is to be returned full intact, as a Special Deposit order of the Depositor /Beneficiary / Bailor / Donor / Principal / Creditor: “ rosanna smith-ek ”, nom deguerre: “ Rosanna Avril Stephanie Smith©”, as a special deposit order in lawful money. This deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of: “ Rosanna Avril Stephanie Smith Trust©”, an Inter Vivos Unincorporated Divine Grantor Trust. This deposit is not to be commingled with general assets of any bank, nor depositary / trustee / agent / bailee / done / debtor. All Attorneys with a License from the Bar Association are explicitly prohibited from administering " Rosanna Avril Stephanie Smith Trust©", property without handwritten consent from each and every trustee, after said Attorneys have furnished their nationality, and Principal for whom's interest they are working, pursuant to [Public Law 75-583], to Trustees in plain writing. Inter alia enact fuit. All Rights Reserved. Deo volente. This deposit is not limited to, but including: discharge and set off, of any and all outstanding liabilities as accord and satisfaction. Inter alia enact fuit. All Rights Reserved. Deo volente.

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 000805 Barbara Jean Daniels NOTICEDecedentOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Benjamin Franklin Daniels Jr., whose address is 2541 Fairhill Dr., Suitland Md 20746, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Barbara Jean Daniels who died on March 27, 2022 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/11/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/11/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

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Janelle PersonalSimmsRepresentative TRUE TEST COPY Nicole WashingtonRegisterStevensofWillsInformer

I am that am: ‘‘ Sylvia May Livingston© ’’, in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: “ LIVINGSTON, SYLVIA MAY© ’’, corp. sole Dba.: ‘‘ SYLVIA MAY LIVINSTON © ’’, corp. sole Dba.: ‘‘ SYLVIA LIVINGSTON© ’’, corp. sole Dba.: ‘‘ S.M. LIVINGSTON© ’’, and all derivatives of the name, having reached the age of majority, being aboriginal to the northwestern and southwestern shores of Africa, the Atlantic Islands, the continental Americas, being duly certified, hereby affirms to declare my tribal intention to be as my pedigree subscribes, as a: Moorish American, but not a citizen of the United States. I declare permanent, and unalienable, allegiance to The Moorish Empire, Societas Republicae Ea Al Maurikanuus Estados, The Constitution for the united States of America, Article III Section 2, The Lieber Code, Hague Conventions of 1899 & 1907, The Geneva Conventions, [ United Nations Dec laration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ], and all natural laws governing moors, and hereby declare and proclaim my nationality in good faith as a: Moorish American. I am that am: ‘‘ Sylvia May Livingston© ’’, from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: ‘‘ sylvia livingston© ’’. Notice of White Flag Surrender: as “hors de combat”, pursuant to The Geneva Conventions, Article III, as a minister of The Moorish Empire, and Internationally Protected Person. Notice of LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF WAR ON LAND ( HAGUE, IV), ARTICLE: 45, 46, & 47. Notice of Claim pursuant to Public Law 87-846, TITLE II, SEC. 203. Notice of Bailment Merging of Legal Title with Equitable Title : This order is to preserve legal and equitable title, and to reserve all rights, title, and interest, in the property, Re: STATE OF JAMAICA – REGISTRAR GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT, REGISTER FILE NUMBER : FC 7760, ‘‘ SYLVIA MAY LIVINGSTON© ’’, to the depositor: ‘‘ sylvia livingston© ’’, nom deguerre: ‘‘ Sylvia May Livingston© ’’. All property, of the same issue and amount, in like kind and specie, is to be returned fully intact, as a Special Deposit Order of the Depositor / Beneficiary / Bailor / Donor / Principal / Creditor: ‘‘ sylvia livingston© ’’, nom deguerre: ‘‘ Sylvia May Livingston© ’’, as a special deposit order in lawful money. This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of : ‘‘ Sylvia May Livingston Trust© ’’, an Inter Vivos Unincorporated Divine Grantor Trust. This deposit is not to be commingled with general assets of any bank, nor depositary / trustee / agent / bailee / donee / debtor. All Attorneys with a License from the Bar Association are explicitly prohibited from administering " SYLVIA MAY LIVINGSTON TRUST©" property without handwritten consent from each and every trustee, after said Attorneys have furnished their nationality, and Principal for whom's interest they are working, pursuant to [Public Law 75-583], to Trustees in plain writing. Inter alia enact fuit. All Rights Reserved. Deo volente. This deposit is not limited to, but including: discharge and set off etc., of any and all outstanding liabilities as accord and satisfaction.

Date of first publication: 8/11/2022

DECLARATION NATIONALITY PROTOCOL In God We Trust Declaration of Nationality

Date of first publication: 8/11/2022 Julius PersonalNicholsRepresentative

DonaldDecedentR. Marlais, Esq. 411 10th Street NE Washington, DC 20002

In God We DeclarationTrustofNationality Notice of Special Appearance

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 000827 Barbara Simms aka Barbara Jean Simms aka Barbara J. Hall

NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Gwendolyn Charles, whose address is 2334 14th Street, NE, Washington, DC 20018, was appointed Personal Represen tative of the estate of Ethel Dickens who died on October 30, 2015 without a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/11/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/11/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Ethel TinaDecedentDickensSmithNelson, Esq. Legal Counsel for the Elderly 601 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20049

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 000766 Deborah Ann Brown NakiaDecedentGray, Esq. 800 Maine Ave. SW Suite Washington,200 DC 20024

Janelle Simms, whose address is 11208 Lanette Lane, Glenn Dale, Md 20769, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Barbara Simms aka Barbara Jean Simms aka Barbara J. Hall who died on July 15, 2020 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/11/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/11/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 759 Effie Basnight Decedent Aimee D. Griffin 5335 Wisconsin Avenue NW Suite 440 Washington, DC 20015

Nicole WashingtonRegisterStevensofWillsInformer SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 000818

Nicole WashingtonRegisterStevensofWillsInformer

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 000869

NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Debra T. Southerland, whose address is 219 Black Berry Dr., Fort Washington, Md 20744, was appointed Personal Repre sentative of the estate of Lillie R. Brantley who died on May 16, 2022 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/18/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Reg ister of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/18/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Leon I. Smalls Name of Decedent

NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Bryan Sanders, whose address is 2211 Taylor Street, NE, Washington, DC 20018, was appointed Personal Represen tative of the estate of Janice Sanders who died on 1/9/2022 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/18/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Reg ister of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/18/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Katelyn Dee Zernovoj whose address is 192 Talmont Circle, Roseville CA 95678 was appointed Special Administrator of the estate of Andrew Phillip Zernovoj aka Andrew P. Zernovoj aka Andrew Zernovoj, deceased, by the Superior Court for Placer County, State of California, on May 12, 2022. Service of process may be made upon Jeffrey K. Gordon, Esq. 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, NW #700, Washington DC 20015 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real estate. 1254 Oates Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002. Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice.

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Date of first publication: 8/11/2022 Albert C. D’Antonio 28 Lewis Marlborough,RoadCT 06447 Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Nicole WashingtonRegisterStevensofWillsInformer SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2022 FEP December0009118,2021 Date of Death

James Thomas Bradley, Jr. RobinsonCollineDecedentSilveraKirlew & Associates 7731 Belle Point Dr. Greenbelt, Md 20781

Scotia Jean Russell

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NOTICEDecedentOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Gary Brady Russell, whose address is 5201 Connecticut Ave., NW, #809, Washington DC 20015, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Scotia Jean Russell who died on October 9, 2021 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/18/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/18/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Date of first publication: 8/18/2022

Kevin

Date of first publication: 8/18/2022 Katelyn Dee Zernovoj Special Administrator Nicole SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Kevin Pritchett, whose address is 87 Cossio Drive, Newark, NJ 07103, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of JoAnne Pritchett who died on 1/9/2022 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/11/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/11/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Nicole WashingtonRegisterStevensofWillsInformer

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 000813 Laurence R. Driver aka Laurence Robert Driver MelindaDecedentM. Bolling, Esq. 2108 31st Street, SE Washington, DC 20020

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Johnetta M. McCrae, whose address is 227 46th Place NE, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal Represen tative of the estate of Eva Mae Rogie who died on 2/15/2000 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 (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/11/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/11/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Gary Brady Russell Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Nicole WashingtonRegisterStevensofWillsInformer

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 755 JoAnne NOTICEDecedentPritchettOFAPPOINTMENT,

Jason Thomas Bradley Personal Representative

Date of first publication: August 11, 2022 Johnetta M. McCrae 227 46th Place NE, Washington, DC 20019

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NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Vanessa D. King, whose address is 3311 16 Street, NE, Wash ington, DC, 20018, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Laurence R. Driver aka Laurence Robert Driver who died on 1/29/2020 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/11/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Reg ister of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/11/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 815 Lillie R. GlendaDecedentBrantleyM.Wheeler Allen, Esq. Law Office of Glenda M. Wheeler 808 E Street, NE Ste A Washington, DC 20002

NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Jason Thomas Bradley, whose address is 6227 9th St., NW, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Represen tative of the estate of James Thomas Bradley, Jr. who died on 10/12/2016 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/11/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/11/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Date of first publication: 8/18/2022 Bryan PersonalSandersRepresentative TRUE TEST COPY

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 000669 Lorraine G. D’Antonio aka Lorraine Giorgio D’Antonio NOTICEDecedentOF

TRUE TEST COPY Nicole WashingtonRegisterStevensofWillsInformer SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 000730 Eva Mae NOTICEDecedentRogieOFAPPOINTMENT,

Date of first publication: 8/11/2022

Personal Representative

Date of first publication: 8/11/2022 PersonalPritchettRepresentative

Andrew Phillip Zernovoj aka Andrew P. Zernovoj aka Andrew Zernovoj Name of Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESEN TATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

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Date of first publication: 8/18/2022 Artis L. WashingtonRegisterNicolePersonalWilkinsRepresentativeStevensofWillsInformer

Date of first publication: 8/18/2022 Debra T. PersonalSoutherlandRepresentative TRUE TEST COPY Nicole WashingtonRegisterStevensofWillsInformer SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 000865 Janice DeborahDecedentSandersD.Boddie, Esq. Probate Law DC 1308 Ninth Street, NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20001

Vanessa D. King Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY

APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Albert C. Antonio, whose address is 28 Lewis Road, Marlbor ough, CT 06447, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Lorraine G. D’Antonio aka Lorraine Giorgio D’Antonio who died on April 6, 2022 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/11/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Reg ister of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/11/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESEN TATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Artis L. Wilkins whose address is 7310 Little Bird Path, Columbia, Maryland 21046 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Leon I. Smalls, deceased, by the Register of Wills/Orphans Court for Baltimore City County, State of Maryland, on 4/13/2018. Service of process may be made upon Andre O McDonald, Esquire 2101 L Street NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20037 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real estate. 312 Tennessee Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice.

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NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Gambi Kinton, whose address is 1854 Stella Lane, Unit 324, Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Margaret D. Jones who died on 12/29/2008 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/25/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Reg ister of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/25/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

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NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Ronald Dixon, whose address is Bynum & Jenkins, 1010 Cameron Street, Alexandria VA 22314, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Nettie Proctor who died on 1/7/2017 without a Will, and will serve without Court super vision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Ob jections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/25/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/25/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

TRUE TEST COPY Nicole WashingtonRegisterStevensofWillsInformer LEGAL NOTICES SUPERIOR

GretchynDecedentG.

Nicole

Date of first publication: 8/18/2022

Angela Maria Buchanan Personal Representative COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 ADM 000198 Margaret D. Jones JohnnyDecedentM. Howard Houston & Howard 1001 Connecticut Ave., NW Ste. 402 Washington, DC 20036

Personal

Date of first publication: 8/25/2022

Washington,

Date of first publication: 8/25/2022 Angela PersonalGarnerRepresentative TEST COPY Nicole WashingtonRegisterStevensofWillsInformer

Date of Death

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESEN TATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Abdul-Qaadir Abdul-Khaaliq whose address is 6610 13th Place NW, Washington, DC 20012 was appointed personal rep resentative of the estate of Lenora Ross Watson, deceased, by the Orphans Court for Montgomery County, State of Maryland. Service of process may be made upon Abdul-Qudduws Muhammad 705 Randolph St., NW, Washington, DC 20011 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real property 6610 13th Pl., NW, Washington, DC 20012 The decedent owned District of Columbia personal property. Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice.

APPOINTMENT,

20740

Probate Division Washington,

2022 ADM 757 Susan

Date of first publication: 8/25/2022 Abdul-Qaadir Abdul-Khaaliq Personal Representative

Date of first publication: 8/25/2022 Ronald PersonalDixonRepresentative TRUE TEST COPY Nicole WashingtonRegisterStevensofWillsInformer SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Date of first publication: 8/18/2022 COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 000838 2022 ADM 838 Reuben McCornack aka Reuben R. McCornack APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Kathleen F. O’Reilly, whose address is 414 A Street SE, Wash ington, DC 20003, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Reuben McCornack aka Reuben R. McCornack who died on 1/6/2012 with a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/25/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Reg ister of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/25/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

2022

Tiffany PersonalVeneyRepresentative TRUE TEST COPY Nicole WashingtonRegisterStevensofWillsInformer SUPERIOR

NOTICEDecedentOF

Date of first publication: 8/25/2022 Keith A. PersonalJacksonRepresentative TRUE TEST COPY WashingtonRegisterStevensofWillsInformer COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA D.C. 20001-2131 Carol Jackson CherylDecedentChapman Henderson 4920 Niagara Road Suite College200Park, MD

TRUE

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

Patricia PersonalLyonsRepresentative

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2021 ADM 000283 Nettie 1010BynumRonaldDecedentProctorDixon&JenkinsCameronStreet Alexandria VA 22314

Probate

NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Tiffany Veney, whose address is 5335 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite 440, Washington, DC 20015, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Susan Denise Bain who died on 2/27/2020 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/18/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/18/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Nicole

Lenora Ross Watson Name of Decedent

Date of first publication: 8/25/2022 PersonalKintonRepresentative TEST COPY WashingtonRegisterStevensofWillsInformer COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Denise Bain Decedent Aimee D. Griffin 5335 Wisconsin Avenue NW Suite 440 Washington, DC 20015

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division D.C. 20001-2131 751 Martin Evans aka Martin Dylan David Evans Meinken 616 N. Washington Street Alexandria, VA 22314 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Elizabeth Murphy Evans, whose address is 3313 P Street NW, Washington, DC 20007, was appointed Personal Represen tative of the estate of Martin Evans aka Martin Dylan David Evans who died on 11/19/2021 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/18/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Reg ister of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/18/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Elizabeth Murphy Evans Representative SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 000844 Wilbert J. Davis aka Wilbert James Davis NOTICEDecedentOF

Date of first publication:

NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT,

AUGUST 25 - 31, 2022 47WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM / THE WASHINGTON INFORMER LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES

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NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Keith A. Jackson, whose address is 4201 Captain Perry Court, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Joseph Jackson, Jr. who died on December 8, 2021 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/25/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Reg ister of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/25/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Probate

APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Angela Maria Buchanan, whose address is 400 Warfield Drive, #4069 Landover, Md 20785, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Wilbert J. Davis aka Wilbert James Davis who died on 8/30/2020 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/18/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Reg ister of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/18/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

2022

TRUE TEST COPY Nicole WashingtonRegisterStevensofWillsInformer

March 4, 2020

TRUE

Nicole WashingtonRegisterStevensofWillsInformer

Aimee D. Griffin 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Suite 440 Washington, DC 20015 NOTICEAttorneyOF NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Angela Garner, whose address is 2629 17th Street, NE, Wash ington, DC 20018, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Christina Garner who died on September 12, 2021 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/25/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/25/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Probate Division

NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Patricia Lyons, whose address is 1603 H Street, SE, Washington, DC 20003, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Achsah Carol Jackson who died on March 1, 2022 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/25/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Reg ister of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/25/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

2022 FEP 000093

Gambi

2022 ADM 000860 Achsah

Date of first publication: 8/25/2022 Kathleen F. O’Reilly Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Nicole WashingtonRegisterStevensofWillsInformer SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 000124 Joseph Jackson, Jr. BruceDecedentAlan Marshall, Esq. 1200 G Street NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20005

NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

COPY Nicole WashingtonRegisterStevensofWillsInformer

Date of first publication: 8/11/2022 Mihaela Daniela Lobontiu Personal Representative TEST

Leah R. D. Singleton, whose address is 5808 3rd Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Represen tative of the estate of Betty P. West who died on 7/14/2022 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/25/2023. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/25/2023, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

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Date of first publication: August 25, 2022 Leah R. D. Singleton Personal Representative

Adrian Calin Lobontiu EarleDecedentW.Douglass, Esq. 4225 Jenifer Street, NW Washington, DC 20015

NOTICEAttorneyOF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Mihaela Daniela Lobontiu, whose address is 5311 43rd Street NW, Washington, DC 20015, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Adrian Calin Lobontiu who died on March 7, 2021, without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 1/11/2022. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/11/2022, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 000871 Betty P. MelindaDecedentWestM.Bolling, Esq. 2108 31st Street, SE Washington, DC 20020

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2022 ADM 00356

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EDNEY from Page 28 tion is unavoidable in an economy like ours, the fact of the matter is that this corner of Harris County has already carried more than its share of the weight associated with growth and gains in the broaderChildreneconomy.living in neighborhoods along the merger's route — which will follow existing Union Pacific rail lines — already suffer from a disproportion ately high rate of asthma. And 24% of Black children in Harris County have asthma, according to a 2015 survey — more than double the rate for other de mographic groups. Adding more trains to these already heavily trafficked routes — in a community that already hosts an elevated concentration of polluting industries and transit — will only exac erbate these serious health concerns. To put a finer point on it, communi ties in Precinct One and across Houston have a genuine stake in the outcome of the merger review process. Their con cerns aren't invented, they aren't trivial, and if the merger proceeds as is, they can't be avoided. Why, then, has the Surface Transportation Board declined to hold a public hearing within the com munity? Hearings like these are com monplace, and while they may seem old fashioned, they represent the most direct and impactful way for a citizen or anoth er stakeholder to state their case on issues that matter to their specific community.

With all these stated issues, the UNCF report also offers a number of key data points worth noting:

• HBCUs have a 34% mobility rate of moving their students from the bot tom 40% in household income into the top 60% – a figure double that of the national average and five times more than Ivy institutions.

To his credit, Precinct One County Commissioner Rodney Ellis has been vocal in his requests that the Surface Transportation Board host a hearing in his community. He's also articulated re quests intended to mitigate the impact of the merger if it is approved, from in stalling HEPA filters in schools to con ducting multilingual outreach to com munities with surface-level rail crossings so residents can anticipate and plan for longer commutes and other impacts. Despite months of outreach from Commissioner Ellis, and despite the clear environmental justice concerns at play, the rail companies haven't reached out to Ellis. And perhaps even more concerningly, the only public hearing that the federal regulator, the STB, an nounced would be held in Texas was scheduled for Vidor, Texas — a town that was notoriously almost completely white until recently — instead of Hous ton. Vidor is in particular a town with a notorious and disturbing history of so many overt issues with racism that it has been dubbed by some as "the most racist town in America." I believe in giving people the benefit of the doubt. I believe that most of us want to do the right thing. And I be lieve the people overseeing this process want the best for all involved. But I also believe an error has been committed, and that the people of Houston and other towns with signif icant racial minority populations de serve a chance to say their piece when it comes to the merger. A public hear ing may not resolve all of my concerns with the merger. But the absence of a public hearing will certainly make my concerns that much more pronounced. Especially when the location that is se lected may not be friendly for people of color to testify at once the sun sets. WI

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The report also notes that HBCU endowments, which many institutions of higher learning dedicate to capital projects like construction/ renovation and permanent scholarships, are un derfunded as well. Citing a report by the Government Accountability Of fice, the report found that HBCUs have an average of $15,000 in en dowment per student, compared with $410,000 at comparable non-HB CUs. from Page 28

• HBCUs graduate 80% of Black judges, 50% of Black doctors, and 50% of Black lawyers. Just imagine how much more HB CUs could accomplish if better fund ing were obtained and sustained: more dormitories with the capacity to house all students desiring to live on campus; less deferred maintenance; more and larger need-based scholarships that would lighten the need for student loans.Throughout HBCUs' history, there is also an important intangible quality that is seldom mentioned: a nurturing environment that welcomes students to pursue their heartfelt dreams. Even now, 39% of HBCU students are first-generation college students. It is time for federal and state gov ernments that take a bite out of each worker's paycheck, to return a better proportion of those dollars to HBCUs.

Investing in HBCUs pays large and lasting dividends for all of us. WI isters in our network, voting and civic participation are acts of faith and so much more. As Rev. Dr. Steve Bland Jr., pastor of Liberty Temple Baptist Church in Detroit said, "It's not about left or right. Splitting Detroit into two districts was an insult. But we have faith and must "deal with our self-interest by voting in every election!" I know that a lot of media coverage of this summer's primaries has focused on one big question: Will Trump-style, MAGA candidates win or lose? But there's another question that needs to be asked: how harmful are the impacts of redistricting on our communities in this year's elections and those to come? The current reality dictates that we do not sit out any election. We need to res olutely register, educate, motivate and turn out voters. In every election. Every time. WI CAREERS

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"Smaller endowments mean less money for faculty salaries, scholar ships, research, program expansions and, perhaps most important, day-today operations," says the report. "This disparity has a domino effect on other spending."Andjust like Black consumers fre quently find access to capital comes at a high cost, so do HBCUs, according to the "[I]treport.costs Black minority-serving institutions more to borrow money compared with white institutions. According to a 2018 research paper, a Black minority-serving institu tion would have to pay underwriters $35,000 more for a $30 million bond than a white university. This tendency is three times greater in the Deep South due to a historical pattern of racism."

"The fiscal challenges HBCUs face have developed over decades and will require additional funding over a sustained period to properly ad dress them," states the report. "The influx from the past two years is not enough. The federal government has consistently fallen short of mandated funding levels for HBCUs… One result of recurring budget shortfalls is that institutions have been forced to delay spending on infrastructure, such as student dorms, recreation buildings and research facilities. Many HBCUs face a large and growing backlog of de ferred maintenance projects."

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• HBCUs provide an average of 6,385 jobs in each state and territory and generate an average of $704.7 mil lion a year in total economic impact.

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MORIAL from Page 29 for advancing racial equity. During the pandemic, Congress took action to expand nutrition pro grams to help keep children fed, in cluding expanding federal school nutri tion programs to allow schools to serve free meals to all students regardless of age, income or zip code. Just before the program was set to expire in June, Pres ident Biden signed the Keep Kids Fed Act to continue some of these federal protections through this school year. That was welcome news for now for some children — but all children in every state need to know they will have permanent access to school meals. Last minute extensions can be great when students need more time on a paper or project, but no child should have to depend on one to know whether she’ll be able to eat lunch. Now that access to universal meals is no longer guaranteed, millions of children on the edge will once again be left out. We cannot afford to go backward and take meals away from our children.

shocking the international community by sharing classified information with Russia, endangering an ally's intelli gence asset, Trump declared that he had the "absolute right" to do so. When officials warned him that withholding military aid to Ukraine was illegal, "he didn't seem to care," according to for mer Defense Secretary Mark Esper.

The government ethics watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has identified 48 criminal offenses of which Trump has been credibly accused of committing while serving as president or campaign ing for the office. Due to a combination of obstruction by partisan loyalists in Congress and a policy among federal law enforcement against prosecuting a sitting president, Trump never was held to account for his misdeeds as president or candidate. Each successive escape from jus tice appears to have reinforce Trump's already-powerful mystique of be ing above the law. He was recorded boasting, with regard to sexual assault, "When you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything." At least 26 women have accused President Donald Trump of sexual misconduct, including assault, since the 1970s. He has never been criminally charged. The real estate company Trump inherited from his fa ther is on trial for alleged crimes dating back 15 years; Trump himself has not been charged. As we saw on Jan. 6, 2021, Trump's supporters are inclined to retaliate with deadly violence against any perceived slight against him. Pursuing charges against Trump carries a serious risk of an even more violent response. "While the consequences of action might be dire," columnist Jamelle Bouie wrote in The New York Times, "the consequences of inaction might be even worse." Bouie and others have pointed to the 1874

Democracy should not be a parti san issue. Voting should be grounded on the right of citizenship, not the interests of politicians. Eligible voters should be registered automatically. Election Day should not only be a national holiday, but early voting days should be extended, not constricted, voting sites should be convenient, not distant, election management should be nonpartisan, not subverted. One thing is clear. Our democracy won't survive for long unless the people de mand it — and vote to remove those who are subverting it. WI

California is leading the way, but it shouldn’t stand alone. Congress can — and must — create a permanent solu tion to ensure access to universal school meals for all children across our nation. Children everywhere deserve the same healthy start.

Republicans — particularly in swing states where they control the state legislature — have passed measures to make voting by mail more difficult, to make it easier to disqualify such votes, to cut early voting days, to cut back on the number of polling stations particularly in urban areas. In all, The Voting Rights Alliance lists 61 different measures created to make voting more difficult, ranging from punishing voter registration groups to excessive purges of the voting rolls, to limits on student voting or on voting by those with a criminal record, to voter intimidation at the polls and more. These measures — pushed partic ularly in the so-called swing states — are given greater power because of the structural impediments to democracy in the U.S. For example, Democrats JACKSON from Page 29

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takeover of the Louisiana statehouse, New Orleans City Hall and the city's arsenal by white supremacists bent on deposing Gov. William Pitt Kellogg and installing his opponent from the previous election in 1872. While fed eral troops quelled the rebellion, Bouie wrote, "There was no punishment for the men who planned this attempted coup. So there was no reason not to try again."The second attempt, after the 1876 election, succeeded. The promise of Reconstruction in Louisiana died, and white supremacist terror reigned for the next nine decades. The possible reaction of a violent fringe of Trump supporters should not dictate the course of a federal investiga tion. Caving into blackmail does not deter blackmailers; it emboldens them. Failure to hold even a former president accountable to the law is a sure path to tyranny. WI We cannot afford to go backward and take ourawaymealsfromchildren. have won the popular vote in seven of eight presidential elections since 1992, but because of the electoral college, have won the presidency only five times. Add to that the obscene role of big money and increasingly dark money in politics — unleashed by decisions of the activist right-wing judges on the Su preme Court, and the principle of one person, one vote is eviscerated. Standing in the way of rectifying vot er suppression is another structural im pediment to democracy — the Senate created "filibuster rule" which requires a supermajority of 60 of 100 senators to overcome a filibuster to get anything done. In just the last two years, Re publican senators have repeatedly used the filibuster to block electoral reform, torpedoing the For the People Act, the Freedom to Vote Act, and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. These would have limited big money in politics, made voting registration easier, policed voter suppression in the states, and revived the Voting Rights Act to impede suppression measures targeted on minorities. A minority of senators representing a largely white minority of voters are blocking reforms that would empower the American people to vote and make their voices heard.

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