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UDC’s ‘White-washed’
B3 Ad Raises Ire
By Dorothy Rowley
AFRO Staff Writer
When Allen Sessoms,
president of the University
of the District of Columbia,
began implementing his
vision last year for a new and
improved institution of higher
learning, that also apparently
Redskins meant presenting an updated
Campbell pictorial of the historically
Black campus.
Traded B4 Since then, full-page
advertisements detailing
Sessoms’ vision have
White Robber been published in major
newspapers including the
Dons Blackface
A2
Farewell, Dr. Height
recreating on a waterfront.
However, this latest ad
has created waves among
some of the school’s faculty
who contend it misrepresents
UDC’s historical aspect.
According to professors, Paul
Bachman and Elsie Williams,
the ad implies an attempt to
change the complexion of the
39-year-old facility.
“UDC is a right of the
people of this city that was
given to them by the federal
government,” Bachman said.
”It looks like they’re trying
to change its complexion,” he
said, referring to the ad, “and

Photos by Danita Delaney

White
Mourners paid tribute to fallen civil rights heroine Dr.
Dorothy Height as she lay in state at the National Council

Supremacist
of Negro Women building on April 27. Several memorials
were held this week beginning Tuesday and ending April

Sees Violent End

29 with funeral services at Washington National Cathedral,
where President Obama was expected to give the eulogy.

A3
Interment: Fort Lincoln Cemetery in Maryland.

Black Lawmakers, Advocates Fight for

Students and faculty at UDC are upset
about an all-White ad that they say
Minority Gains in Financial Reform
does not reflect the demographics of By Zenitha Prince the current system, which has States.”
the historically Black university. AFRO File Photo Washington Bureau Chief allowed this ‘go-go’ mentality It’s a fact that the Obama
of ‘anything goes,’” said administration acknowledged
Washington Post and the that’s not the mission of the For African Americans Kathleen Day, spokeswoman recently as part of its efforts
Wall Street Journal, and school. It’s only the federal and other minorities financial for the nonprofit, Center to pass Wall Street reform.
another smaller ad which government that can change reform is particularly for Responsible Lending. In a recent call with Black
has appeared in a recent that.” important, advocates, “And as we can see, unfairly press reporters, White
supplement of the Post, Bachman claims Sessoms lawmakers and officials said. targeting specific groups isn’t House economic advisor
Artists Rock for depicts the school as a utopia
of sorts with White students
also sought to have Delaware
Continued on A5
“For starters, they’ve been
disproportionately hurt by
good for anybody … it isn’t
good for the whole United
Cecilia Rouse said Blacks
Continued on A6
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Parents: Oxon Hill Middle School Security Nonexistent
By George Barnette
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OXON HILL, Md. —
Oxon Hill Middle School
sits in the middle of a quiet,
middle-class neighborhood
in southern Prince George’s
See the AFRO on Channel 9 County. But its tranquil
Thursdays at Noon
exterior belies chaos within
its walls, parents claim.
On April 22, concerned
parents gathered in the
school’s auditorium and
expressed their frustrations
over deteriorating safety
in the school, saying their
children lived in fear of harm
from students and staff.
The meeting and the
parents’ complaints arose
in the wake of the recent
removal of principal Sharif
Salim in light of allegations
of student abuse.
It is alleged that on April
6, in a gymnasium full of
other students and teachers,
former teacher’s aide James
Davis – also widely believed
to be Salim’s son – assaulted
a mentally challenged student.
“The assaulting teacher
grabbed a basketball and
threw it into the face of this
14-year-old child. He then
picked the child up and threw
him into the bleachers” the
the severity of the attack.
According to the source, had
the attack been as vicious
as described with as many
witnesses in the gymnasium,
Davis would’ve been arrested
by now.
However, the accusations
against Davis are piling up.
Parent Celeste Quick told
the AFRO her daughter, who

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By Dorothy Rowley
AFRO Staff Writer
The City Council just passed a bill it
believes to be a catalyst for creating more jobs
in the District where the jobless rate exceeds
10 percent.
But according to its author, At-large
Councilman Kwame Brown, the bill,
“District Job Growth Incentive Act,” models
a component of President Barack Obama’s
stimulus package by providing franchise tax
incentives for local business owners who
commit to easing the local job crunch.
“Instead of giving a one-time credit of
$5,000, businesses that commit to hiring 10
01 D.C. residents over the next five years will get
a tax credit equal to the 10 employees off their
federal payroll taxes,” Brown explained. “But
they only get the incentive when they hire the
people,” he said, and “they have to lay out a
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plan” which will enable them to use the tax
credits for up to 15 years.
Over the past year, the District’s jobless
rate has been listed among the highest in the
nation. It stood at 11.6 percent in March — a
decrease from the revised 11.9 percent rate
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for the District’s Department of Employment
Services.
Brown said this week that the District
gained 9,600 jobs in March, a feat which
continues to carve a path toward economic
recovery.
Overall, “We continue to gain jobs in a
number of sectors specifically: professional
and business services and educational and
health services,” she said.
But Councilman Brown said his bill is far
from loosening the District’s tight job market.
He added that it has fostered an additional
“series of tools” for improving the availability
of jobs.
Listed among them are efforts to create
more job training programs like those
currently housed at some of the city’s high
schools and which focus on helping more
adults get back into the workforce.
Mayoral candidate Leo Alexander said he
has yet to see much benefit in Brown’s bill.
“I don’t agree with it,” Alexander said.
“First of all, we’re in a tremendous deficit
and the Council is just adding to it by giving
incentives to businesses that should be paying
taxes. They’re just shifting one problem trying
to address the unemployment problem.”
him once again and threw him
back into the bleachers for a
Quick says Davis barred
her daughter, who needed to
take care of a female hygiene
second time.” problem, from going to the
Salim then tried to cover restroom. And, when the
up the incident, Williams student attempted to walk out
continued, saying the child of the door – after gaining
was never sent to the nurse’s permission from another
office, security was never aide – Davis grabbed her
called and the parents were arm. Quick says her daughter
not notified of the incident by attempted to get Davis to
OHMS administration. loosen his grip and that’s
While Det. Mark Boyden when her daughter “ended up
wouldn’t confirm any details on the floor.”
of the incident, a high-ranking The incident has been a
school source questioned Continued on A4
Allegations of teacher abuse and gang
violence at Oxon Hill Middle School have
parents worried about the safety of their
children.
Photo by George Barnette

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AFRO National Briefs
Ohio Man Dons
Blackface Mask during
Bank Robbery
Dressed in what police
are calling a realistic-looking
mask, an Ohio man fooled
police by disguising himself
as an African American while
robbing a bank.
“He wore what I’m calling
a ‘Hollywood-quality’ mask,”
Lt. Michael Mathis told ABC-
News’ local affiliate. “These
things cost $600-$700.”
According to blackvoices.
com, Conrad Zdzierak, 30,
robbed a local bank wearing
a brown-hued mask that
mimicked the features of a
Black man. He went on to
rob three other banks and a
CVS within a three-hour time
period. However, Zdzierak
did not disguise his car,
allowing police to trace his
identity.
The report said authorities
found the man hiding in a
motel restroom. His car was
stained with red dye from the
stolen cash.
Zdzierak is now in custody
on $3 million bail.
Guards Not Charged
in Beating Death of
Teenage Inmate
According to The
Associated Press, federal
officials will not file charges
against seven guards and a
nurse in the death of 14-year-
old Martin Lee Anderson, a
Florida inmate.
Anderson died on Jan. 6,
2006, one day after guards
attacked him. Videotape
captured the scene as a nurse
looked on while the beating
took place.
According to the AP,
the video showed the seven
guards punching and kicking
the teenager while forcing
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against seven guards and a nurse in
the death of a 14-year-old inmate.
ammonia capsules into his
nose. The eight jail employees
were acquitted of all charges
by an all-White jury in
2007, but the state closed all
juvenile boot camps following
the incident.
After an investigation,
Justice Department officials
said more evidence would be
needed to file charges.
“The department
devoted significant time
and resources to investigate
the tragic events of Jan. 5,
2006 in Panama City, Fla.,
surrounding Anderson’s
death. A team of experienced
prosecutors and agents
reviewed the thousands of
pages of evidence generated
by the state investigation and
criminal trial,” officials said
in a press release reviewed by
the AFRO. “After a careful
and thorough review, a
team of experienced federal
prosecutors and FBI agents
determined that the evidence
was insufficient to pursue
federal criminal civil rights
charges. Accordingly, the
investigation into this incident
has been closed.”
Despite the ruling,
Anderson’s family says they
will continue to fight for
justice.
“It’s not over,” Gina Jones,
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Anderson’s mother, told AP.
“It’s not closed and I’m going
to make sure it stays open.
That was my baby. There was
no reason to be beaten like
that.”
Black British Wonder
Twins Set New Math
Milestones
Paula and Peter Imafidon
have broken existing records
and are setting new records as
they wait to hear about their
high school placement. While
that is something children
around the world are doing,
what makes it special for the
Imafidon siblings is that they
are only 9 years old.
The twins have attracted
attention for being the
Paul and Peter Imafidon
youngest to pass the A/ investigate charges from a in recapturing long-
AS-level math papers at age woman who claimed she’d discredited discriminatory
7. Then a year later, they been attacked at that location. laws that an injunction should
became the youngest to pass The defendant entered a be immediately sought and
the University of Cambridge’s not guilty plea by reason of granted before more harm is
Advanced Mathematics insanity. done.”
(FAM) paper, according to the One of Sowell’s attorneys The law would fine anyone
TimesOnline report. said the comments connected without proper documentation
Dubbed the “wonder to the judge’s e-mail $2,500 and could lead to
twins” by the British media, discredited her and agreed she arrest and jail time.
this brother-and-sister duo are should be removed from the Wade Henderson,
just the latest overachievers case. president and CEO of the
to be parented by Chris and Leadership Conference, called
Ann Imafidon, who came to New Arizona the law a disappointment.
London from Nigeria about “The civil rights community
30 years ago.
Immigration Law is deeply disappointed
Spurs Debate among with Arizona Governor Jan
Judge Removed in Black Leaders Brewer’s decision today to
Several Black civil rights sign into law Senate Bill
Black Serial Killer’s
Case
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An Ohio Supreme Court
Justice has removed Judge
Shirley Strickland Saffold
from a case involving
alleged serial killer Anthony
Sowell, according to The
Associated Press. The judge
was removed because of
anonymous comments made
on a newspaper Web site that
linked to her e-mail.
Sowell has been accused
of killing 11 women and Opponents of the bill argue the legislation would
hiding their bodies in and promote racial profiling by Arizona law enforcement
around his Cleveland home. officials.
Despite the stench, the
women’s bodies were not
leaders and elected officials 1070, an odious piece of
found until police came to
are publicly condemning legislation that is poised
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s to do great harm to the
decision to sign into a law an state of Arizona and to
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require all people living in which our country was
America to carry proof of founded,” Henderson said in a
citizenship. statement.
Opponents of the bill argue “This law will make racial
the legislation would promote profiling the norm in Arizona
racial profiling by Arizona by requiring law enforcement
law enforcement officials. to stop, question, detain, and
In a statement, District arrest anyone that they have
Congresswoman Eleanor a ‘reasonable suspicion’ to
Holmes Norton said the believe is undocumented…
bill “must not be modeled To be clear, race and ethnicity
elsewhere and is so have nothing to do with
dangerously unconstitutional citizenship and legal status.”
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Jennifer Hudson and Relatives Identify Body of Her Slain NephewA3 May 1, 2010 - May 7, 2010, The Washington Afro-American
By Alan King sport-utility vehicle sought in from a neighbor about a suspi- posted fliers bearing his photo-

White Nationalist Slain in

AFRO Staff Writer connection with the murder of cious vehicle. The man noticed graph around the city. On
Hudson’s mother and brother. the vehicle while walking his Sunday, Jennifer Hudson asked

AP Photo/The Neshoba Democrat, Kyle Carter

Jennifer Hudson and other The white, 1994 Chevrolet dog. According to the Chicago for the public’s help in finding
relatives positively identified Suburban with Illinois license Tribune, the boy had been shot her nephew. In her MySpace

Mississippi
multiple times in the back seat blog, she thanked fans and sup-
of the vehicle. The SUV, regis- porters for their prayers and
tered to Hudson’s murdered offered a $100,000 reward to
brother, was towed with the anyone who returned the boy
By Valencia Mohammed take off
boy’s from
body work
inside andbutis to be given jobs to work.
being alive.
Special to the AFRO He also made national
processed by evidence techni- news when he welcomed President Since the investigation,
Obama’s election victory,
cians and workers. The body saying it would spawn race pride Hudson – who gained stardom
Richard Barrett, 67, general counsel of the Nationalist among Whites and possibly
was later removed and taken to a race war. after appearing on “American
Movement, which he founded in Mississippi, was found dead In his self-published
the Cook County Medical book, The Commission, in which he Idol,” and then won an
in his home on April 22, in Rankin County, Miss. touted his beliefs,
Examiner’s office. he tells how and why he decided to protest Academy Award for her role in
Police said the attorney, well-known for his public integration
Hudson and in 1954.
other family the movie Dreamgirls – has
opposition to the Dr. Martin Luther King holiday and his anti- “Nausea
members hit me
arrived in the
at the pit of my stomach. Fear of my
Medical stayed out of the public eye.
Jena Six demonstrations, was murdered. And they have charged country overshadowed
Examiner’s office mid-after-me,” he said, of his thoughts on The Chicago Tribune report-
Barrett’s neighbor, Vincent McGee, a 22-year old Black male hearing
noon about the
to identify theBrown JulianofKing,
body. vs. the Board Jennnifer
Education Hudson’s nephew.
decision, ed that a parade of cars moved
who was released from prison in February for arson, with the which the
Given ended school
choice segregation.”Nature
between look- not men decreed that slowly past her family’s home
A spokesman for the office the murders but is being held in
crime. Records indicate Barrett was stabbed and bludgeoned. Negroes
ing were
directly different,”
at the body or he wrote. “Those who mingled with Monday morning, past the
told the newspaper that Hudson jail for parole violation after
His home was also set on fire. colored were
viewing it on aaswall-mounted
much an aberration as the unwanted bluebird news vans, reporters and curi-
It was initially reported that McGee allegedly killed Barrett
Courtesy Photos in the redbird’s nest and every bit as disruptive of natural and ous onlookers.
because of inappropriate “sexual” advances
Jennifer Hudson and her mom, Darnell Donerson who
awasrage. However,
killed, additional
as well as herinvestigation
brother, Jason.
that sent
revealed McGee
him into “She held hands with her family. It was obviously a very emotional moment.”
societal disorder.”
Attempts to reach members of the Crosstar Nationalist
Neighbors stood
quietly and
performed landscaping work on the day in question and was Movement were made to no avail.“remained strong for her fami- reflected on the
video screen, the family chose being convicted of attempted violence.
dissatisfied with the $26 payment Barrett paid him, causing ly” and was clearly its leader. murder and vehicular hijack-
the body of her 7-year-old plate X584859 was found on the latter. According to the In front of the Hudson’s
an argument to ensue. Three other suspects were arrested as White supremacist Richard “She
Barrett held
is hands
seen in with
this her
June fami- ing. Cook County records show
nephew Monday, just hours Chicago’s West Side after Tribune, Hudson said, “Yes, home, men in heavy jackets
accessories after the fact for harboring policeMcGee
receivedasaa7fugitive
a.m. callbut 2005him.”
that’s photo outside the Neshoba ly,” County
the spokesman said. “Itin
Courthouse that he pleaded guilty to both and hooded sweatshirts came to
after his body was found in a
were later bonded and released. Philadelphia, Miss., where thewas obviously
murder a very
trial of emotional charges in 1999. He was also
suspected kiss the twin white crosses bar-

ACORN Fights Back

DeAnna Tisdale, 24, associate editor of the Jackson Ku Klux Klansman Edgar Ray Killen—accused moment.” of the convicted in 1998 for posses- ing the names of Donerson and
Advocate, the oldest Black newspaper in Mississippi that has The boy
June 1964 murders of civil rights workers James Chaney, – the son of Julia sion of a stolen motor vehicle. Jason.
been bombed several times since the ‘60s, said the general Hudson, Jennifer’s sister – had He was released from prison in
Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman—was taking “Everybody is sick of going
consensus is that Barrett got exactly what he deserved. “I been missing since Friday, 2006 after serving seven years
Leader Calls Voter Registration Fraud Charges ‘Bogus’ place. Barrett was found stabbed to death in his burning through stuff like this,” Artisha
disagree with that opinion, wholeheartedly. Regardless of house in Pearl, Miss., April 22.
when a relative found Julian’s for the attempted murder and West, a former resident of the
what people said he did in the past, we have no right to judge grandmother, Darnell car hijacking charges. area told the Tribune. “We all
orBysentence,”
Alan Kingsaid the daughter of and Dallas Cowboys
legendary players
Black newspaper No wonder Obama’s campaign is Donerson, 57, and his uncle, The boy remained missing have to stick together. All these
AFRO Staff Writer Tony Romo and
publisher and long time civil rights activist, Charles Tisdale,
Terrell Owens, trying to distance him from the Jason Hudson, 29, shot to death through a long weekend in young children are dying, and
among the names submitted to group, saying, “Barack Obama in his grandmother’s home in which police and volunteers
who was visited by Barrett—his staunch opponent—on his for what?”
Presidential candidate John election officials. Never Organized with ACORN.” the 7000 block of South Yale
deathbed.

SOLID
McCain’s attack on ACORN – Hurd said those workers, who But Obama’s ties to ACORN run Avenue.
But not Community
Associated all Blacks agreed with were the opinion
doing thoseof the young
things without long and deep. He taught classes An Amber Alert – a desig-
Tisdale. “Barrett was a
Organization for Reform Now – psychopathic racist with his contempt
ACORN’s knowledge or permis- for ACORN. They even endorsed nation for high-risk missing
for Blacks,”
confirms said Earnest
the success of the McBride,sion,
68,were
contributing
fired. editor of him for President. children – was issued Friday
the Advocate. “Although
organization, the head of the Barrett was “The evidence that with
very impressive has sur- But now ACORN is in trouble. after Julian was discovered
his delivery,
group says. he believed Blacks offered
faced sonothing
far showspositive to
they faked Reporter: There are at least missing after the murders.
American culture or its history.” McBride said he
“This is testimony to the work forms to get paid for work theyfollowed 11 investigations across the Police arrested William
Barrett’s
we’ve done activities for more
and success we’vethan adidn’t
decade.do, not to stuff ballot country involving thousands of Balfour, the missing boy’s step-

rally
Barrett
had,”
ACORN,
Maude also demonstrated
Hurd,
in Louisiana,
president of at the September
boxes.”
asking the protestors
said in an interview victim of
ACORN,
to fraud,
2007
assist not
sheJena
said,6is the
himtheinperpetra-
holding
potentially fraudulent ACORN
forms.
father and estranged husband
of Julia, at his girlfriend’s TURNS HOURS
upwitha protest
the AFRO. sign that read, “No King tor ofShall
it. Triumph Over Me.” Announcer: Massive voter Southside apartment several
Barrett
“When claimed Dr. King
this attack started,would
we not wantHurd asaiddaytheforonly
Blacks
thingsto fraud. And the Obama campaign hours after the murders.
bogus are the charges them- paid more than $800,000 to an
INTO MINUTES
had just announced that we had Balfour’s mother, Michele, has
registered 1.3 million new vot- selves. And factcheck. org ACORN front for get out the vote told reporters that her son had
ers,” she said. “That’s just to say agrees. efforts. nothing to do with the slayings.
that someone’s running scared It concluded, “Neither Pressuring banks to issue risky Balfour remains a suspect in Jason Hudson
because of ACORN’s success.” ACORN nor its employees have loans. Nationwide voter fraud.
McCain, who is running for been found guilty of, or even Barack Obama. Bad judgment.
president on the Republican tick- charged with, casting fraudulent Blind ambition. Too risky for
et, lashed out at ACORN in the votes.” America.
final debate against Barack The problem came about pri-
Obama, contending the group “is marily because of the way Since McCain’s comments, SQUARE HIGH
on the verge of maybe perpetrat- ACORN operates. Rather than ACORN’s 87 offices have been
ing one of the greatest frauds in rely on volunteers, it pays peo- bombarded with threats and
voter history in this country, ple, many of them poor or unem- racist mail.
maybe destroying the fabric of ployed, to sign up new voters. The day after the presidential
democracy.” The idea was to help both those debate, vandals broke into the
Factcheck.org, a non-partisan being registered and those doing organization’s Boston and Seattle
Web site, found those claims to the registration. offices and stole computers.
be “exaggerated,” with “no evi- Maud explained, “We have a After a Cleveland representative BREAD NOT ON THE LIST
dence of any such democracy- zero tolerance policy for deliber- appeared on TV, an e-mail was
destroying fraud.” ate falsification of registration.” sent to the local office saying she
Hurd believes the McCain Most news account neglect to “is going to have her life ended.”
charges were politically motivat- point out that ACORN is A worker in Providence, R.I.,
ed. required by law to turn in all reg- received a threatening call say- LEFT RIGHT
She said, “Because it’s low- istration forms. And they also fail ing, “We know you get off work
and moderate-income people, to note that it was the organiza- at 9” and uttered racial epithets.
and people of color, I believe the tion, in many instances, that first A caller to one office left a
AP Photo/Mississippi
brought the Department of Corrections
phony registrations message on the answering
McCain campaign thinks those
This is a Feb. 24,
voters are going to vote2010 photograph of Vincent McGee
to the attention of authorities. of machine, saying: “Hi, I was just
Pearl, Miss., who is charged
Democratic, which is not neces- with the murder of White
The McCain camp apparently calling to let you know that
supremacist
sarily true.” Richard Barrett. McGee has been
isn’t interested arrested
in those fine Barack Obama needs to get
andACORN
taken to the Rankin
is no stranger to County jail in Brandon.
points, preferring to air Asmislead- hung. He’s a (expletive deleted)
acontroversy.
MDOC inmate, McGee was out ingofads
prison onto
that seek earned
link Obama nigger, and he’s a piece of
release
For 38supervision granted intoFebruary
years, the non-partisan ACORN, 2010. therebyHe lived
undercutting (expletive deleted). You guys are
with familyhas
organization in fought
a home forseveral his political
social houses downsupport.
the block fraudulent, and you need to go to
and economic
from Barrett.justice for low- McCain: I’m John McCain hell. All the niggers on oak trees.
and moderate-income and I approve this message. They’re gonna get all hung hon-
1 BANANA
Americans. With 400,000 mem- Announcer: Who is Barack eys, they’re going to get assassi-
ber families organized into more Obama? A man with “a political nated, they’re gonna get killed.”
than 1,200 neighborhood chap- baptism performed at warp Another message said, “You
ters in 110 cities nationwide, speed.” Vast ambition. After col- liberal idiots. Dumb (expletive
ACORN has over the years seen lege, he moved to Chicago. deleted). Welfare bums. You
its share of criticism while advo- Became a community organizer. guys just (expletive deleted)
cating for affordable housing, There, Obama met Madeleine come to our country, consume
living wages, healthcare for the Talbot, part of the Chicago every natural resource there is,
underserved— and while organ- branch of ACORN. He was so and make a lot of babies. That’s
izing voter registration drives. impressive that he was asked to all you guysEasily
do. Andmanage
then suck your cash flow with a full suite of online business banking services.
But none has been as withering train the ACORN staff. up the welfare and expect every-
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Friendship Charter on Course to Eliminate Minority Health Disparities

By Dorothy Rowley
AFRO Staff Writer

WASHINGTON —
Students at Friendship
Collegiate Academy Public
Charter School in Northeast
Washington, who plan to
pursue medical professions,
got a chance earlier this
month to explore their career
dreams with assistance from
people already working in the
field.
But more importantly, they
realized that by remaining
in school, they stood at
the forefront of helping to
eliminate minority health
disparities.
“The biggest thing that
we pointed out was making
sure that students who are
going into the medical field
have to stay in school to get
their education,” said Dr.
James Rohack, president
of the American Medical
Association.
Rohack participated in
the event on behalf of AMA’s
Doctors Back to School
(DBTS) project, a nationwide
effort that endeavors to
increase the number of
minority physicians.
Rohack said DBTS was
created seven years ago
by AMA’s minority affairs
consortium after realizing that
Students in the allied health care program at Friendship Collegiate Academy Public Charter School and their faculty advisors recently participated in
a career day event in which doctors involved in minority affairs consortium of the American Medical Association participated.
in many instances, minority
children hardly get a chance
to see a physician outside of
illness.
“One of the things that we
recognized – especially for
the Black minority population
– was that while the national
statistics show between 10
percent and 12 percent of our
population is Black – only
5 percent of physicians are
Black.”
He said that this year,
more than 100,000 students
from middle and high schools
across the country participated
in the DBTS program. In
doing so, they asked questions
ranging from how to become
a nurse to becoming a medical
researcher.
However, “it’s difficult
Photos courtesy of Bernadette Dare
assistant program. In of their surroundings and help
addition, students can explore them to understand why we
“...AMA offers a scholarship program in careers in biotech engineering
and research.
have these disparities,” Harris
continued. “Getting them to
which $10,000 is awarded to medical This year marks be more active in a positive
Friendship’s first year in the way will hopefully change
students from minority backgrounds.” program, with 33 students that and shift the paradigm
participating in the allied of how our kids view their
to accept someone into highlights a very important health initiative. communities.”
medical school if they first step to eliminating health Dianne Harris, Friendship’s Mike Townsend,
haven’t graduated from high disparities among minorities,” director of health services, spokesman for Friends of
school,” Rohack said. “So Rohack said, adding that said the event was exactly Choice in Urban Schools
the reality has been that the AMA offers a scholarship what her students needed. (FOCUS) in the District,
matriculation rates for high program in which $10,000 is “Being an urban school, our also participated, noting that
school [minority] students awarded to medical students kids are faced with a lot of his organization has been an
make it very difficult for from minority backgrounds. different other challenges advocate since 1996 of the
them to proceed on to college Among Friendship’s that they don’t see in their city’s public charter schools.
and obviously on to medical curriculum offerings are a communities,” Harris said. “Friendship Collegiate
school.” workforce development track “As we’re dealing with recognizes this need and
He said that he found it that includes certificates for health care reform and has committed to giving its
“exciting” that 100 percent of pharmacy tech assistant, looking at all the health students the opportunity to
Friendship’s students graduate emergency management disparities in the Black learn about and prepare for
high school. technician, certified nursing community, we really need to a career in the health care
“And that in itself assistant and a trainer make our students more aware field,” said Townsend.

Council Set for Final Vote on Medical

Marijuana Bill
Members Leery of Congressional Action
By Dorothy Rowley
AFRO Staff Writer

WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the time drawing near for

the District Columbia City Council’s final vote on a medical
marijuana bill, At-large Councilman David Catania, head the
committee overseeing the issue, is confident that it will pass.
The Council has already taken two votes on “Initiative 59,”
which has received overwhelming support of District residents.
And, according to Catania spokesman Ben Young, whether
Congress gives its nod remains to be seen.
“That’s always an unknown,” Young told the AFRO. “But
we think that it’s been crafted in a way that prevents a lot
of abuses (as in states such as Colorado and California) and
capitalizes on the experiences of other jurisdictions with similar
laws on their books.” According to Young, the Council’s bill is
tightly controlled “and put together in a way that makes sense.” morguefile.com
He said he expects the governing body’s vote to occur around
May 4.
“...of the 14 states which permit use of
Asked if there have been ongoing concerns about the drug for medicinal purposes, 13 allow
dispensaries and home cultivation, Young responded that the
bill allows for the latter, permitting no more than two plants per home cultivation.”
year among households. grappled with the last-ditch efforts by individuals who had
He also said that of the 14 states which permit use of the concerns regarding home cultivation and wanted to limit
drug for medicinal purposes, 13 allow home cultivation. Only dispensaries to nonprofit organizations. Graham said that while
New Jersey has yet to come to terms on the matter. he was considering their amendments he hadn’t decided if
Ward 1 Councilman Jim Graham said on Tuesday he they’d get his support.

Oxon Hill Middle School

Continued from A1

source of extreme frustration
for Quick as she says neither
Salim nor PGCPS officials
have been very cooperative.
In a meeting with Salim,
Davis, her daughter and
a social worker, Quick
says Salim dominated the
conversation, not allowing
her daughter or Davis to tell
their sides of the story. She
said the school’s security was
never involved and when she
contacted the county officials
about the incident they had no
knowledge of it.
“Mr. Salim never gave me
a follow-up call. The special
ed coordinator never gave me
a follow-up call,” Quick said.
“No one cared. You’re hoping
that this aide didn’t just snap
and throw your kid on the
floor, but here we go four
weeks later and it’s the same
aide in the same incident.”
She’s finally seeing
progress on her complaint
now that it has been
submitted to PGCPS Special
Investigations Office—a fact
that wasn’t communicated to
her until the meeting.
However, parents claim
that the teacher-student
assaults have continued,
pointing to an April 19
altercation in a social studies
classroom that school officials
confirmed.
To compound the problem,
parents say, students and
teachers are being intimidated
by two gangs within the
school known as “RFW” and
“The Crew.”
One parent said his son
was jumped in a school
bathroom by five gang
members while another
stood lookout outside of the
bathroom. And, once his wife
and police were called to the
school, members of the gang
proved just how great of a
nuisance they really are to the
school.
“One of the kids
threatened my son,” said the
father, who wished to remain
anonymous. “He said, ‘You
better not say anything or
such and such is going to
happen’ and my wife heard
it.”
Part of the problem is the
absence of any real security
force, with one elderly guard
for a school with an estimated
population of 600.
PGCPS Area 4 Executive
Director Helen Coley said she
hopes that will change soon.
“We will continue to
speak with the Department
of Security to see what
additional support we can
get for this school,” she said.
“I’ve already talked to them,
but we need a body. I want a
night when we come back [for
another meeting], you’ll see
that individual.”
OHMS interim principal
Kenneth Calvin said the
school has put a new plan in
place to combat some of the
behavioral problems in the
school.
“As seventh-grade
administrator for most of this
year; every morning I meet
with seventh-grade students.
I meet with them and talk to
them about character building
and academics. What we’ve
seen by me doing that is I’ve
been able to structure and
shape some of their minds so
that those who continually
had disruptive behaviors are
now in the minority,” said
Calvin. “In the past week,
we’ve expanded that to meet
with the eighth-graders also.
“If they go five days
without getting in trouble,
they don’t have to hear my
voice for a day or two and
they hate hearing my voice.”
However with all the
issues they see at the school,
parents are skeptical of
whether the new plan will
work.
“We can play politics
today and try to make
everybody feel better, but
something has to change,”
Quick said. “People should
not be getting attacked in the
classroom. People should
not be getting bullied in the
hallways.”

Prince George’s Executive Believes He’s Left His Mark
By George Barnette
AFRO Staff Writer
As Jack Johnson prepares
to leave office as Prince
George‘s county executive,
many are looking back at
his administration to see the
legacy he leaves behind.
When Johnson gave his last
State of the Economy address
for Prince George’s County
April 22, he seemed very
retrospective about his tenure
as county executive.
“Before I moved to this
region, I had never heard
of this place called Prince
George’s County,” said
Johnson in his address. “The
people of this county have
given me all that they have to
offer by bestowing upon me
their two highest offices —
state’s attorney for eight years,
and now, as county executive.
For that, I am truly humbled.”
Over the past eight
years, the county has seen
remarkable economic growth
with the opening of National
Harbor, the Boulevard at
Capital Centre, University
Town Center, the Mall at
Prince George’s and M-Square
Research Park among other
projects. The South Carolina
native also has overseen the
groundbreaking of Konterra
UDC
Continued from A1
The publication of this UDC ad in a recent edition of the Washington Post Co.’s daily
tabloid newspaper, Express has stirred controversy.
State University, where he
served a brief stint as president,
give up its historical Blackness.
“UDC is one of 58
colleges that were chartered
under the first Morrill Act
(also known as the land grant
act),” Bachman said, “so the
university is not just that
set of buildings up there on
Connecticut Avenue, it’s a
land-grant institute that was
given to the residents of the
District of Columbia who
happened to be majority
African American.”
Williams said she
was disappointed in the
advertisement’s depiction of
UDC students as White.
“I understand that there are
several of those ads around
and we would call them
an attempt to re-brand the
university,” Williams said.
UDC was chartered in
1974 and its mission describes
it as an urban institution of
higher education with an open
admissions policy.
During a January 2009
student forum, Sessoms
presented his vision which
stated that UDC, with Fiscal
Year 2008 revenue sources
that exceeded $1.8 million,
was on course for becoming a
“diverse” university.
Sessoms also alluded to
the school’s slant toward
autonomy, noting that it was
the “norm and best policy” for
public universities.
UDC spokesman Alan
and Woodmore Town Center.
Johnson touts these
accomplishments, especially
the development at National
Harbor.
“Last week, I was
interviewed by the ABC
affiliate from San Diego. The
story was that Gaylord came
to Prince George’s County
as opposed to San Diego,”
he said. “I was proud to talk
about how aggressively we
pursued Gaylord, knowing
that they would create jobs,
increase tax revenues, and
attract millions of visitors to
our county.”
Rhonda Slade, president
and CEO of the Prince
George’s Chamber of
Commerce, said despite
some of the zoning issues
that have occurred over the
years, Johnson has been a vital
resource in Prince George’s
economic development.
“Overall, we strongly
feel that he’s done a lot to
present Prince George’s
County as a business-friendly
county,” Slade said. “The
onus will definitely be on
the next county executive
to further that message and
strongly emphasize that Prince
George’s is business friendly.”
Under his tenure, Prince
George’s County Public
Etter, who spoke on behalf
of Sessoms, said the
advertisement in question
has nothing to do with White
students in a lake atmosphere.
Rather, he described the
ad scene as a depiction of
“people near the Key Bridge
in Georgetown – discussing
interesting programs available
at UDC, the David A. Clarke
School of Law, and the
Community College of D.C.”
He said there is no truth
to claims that the university’s
status as a historically Black
school lies under threat. The
university is endeavoring “in
a very big way to attract all
demographics,” Etter said,
adding that as the District’s
only public university and
the only urban land grant
university in the nation, its
officials are obligated to
reach out to every segment of
society to attract students.
“This institution has never
really worked to diversify
the demographics here,” said
Etter, in his acknowledgment
that UDC is moving in a new
direction.
Meanwhile, Williams said
“other issues” at the university,
which in January graduated
the first class of its newly-
implemented Community
College of the District of
Columbia, are escalating to the
point that there also appears
to be an effort to “re-direct”
its historically Black college
status.
Prince George’s County Executive Jack
Johnson (center) feels good about his
tenure as county executive.
Schools (PGCPS) have also
seen record numbers in fiscal
support from Johnson’s
budget. His support for the
schools has not been lost on
PGCPS officials.
“The county executive has
been a tremendous supporter
of Prince George’s County
Public Schools for the past
eight years,” said William Hite
Jr., superintendent of PGCPS.
“My fear would be that his
educational legacy would be
judged on the last year and a
half when his ability to fund
education was negatively
impacted by state and county
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“And we’re very
concerned about this,”
Williams said.
She added that some of
UDC’s alumni complained
to the Board of Trustees that
Sessoms had removed historic
Black college memorabilia
from the bookstore. “But
since then, I understand he has
put it back,” Williams said.
Said Williams: “We’ve had
seven Black presidents and at
one time their portraits were
hanging in the foyer [of one of
the main campus buildings].
Then they were moved to
the board room,” she said,
explaining that “Sessoms took
it upon himself to move the
portraits without consulting the
board,” and had them replaced
with modern abstract art.
That action was followed
by Sessoms’ ban of the Negro
national anthem “Lift Every
Voice and Sing” during the
winter graduation, Williams
said.
“The program, itself, did
not list the song but the lyrics
were there,” Williams said. “I
became curious and learned
that at Delaware State, he had
forbade the singing of the
anthem.”
According to Willliams,
Sessoms is under pressure to
raise money for the university.
She said that as a result,
he’s “probably” made all the
changes to draw financial
support from White corporate
elites.
May 1, 2010 - May 7, 2010, The Washington Afro-American
revenue.”
Under Johnson’s
leadership, the county opened
13 new schools and has seen
significant gains in test scores
among many of its students.
Fourth-graders have seen
a 17 percent jump in math
proficiency to 81 percent
over the past four years while
seventh-graders have seen an
18 percent jump in reading
proficiency to 70 percent over
the same time period.
He’s also seen record
lows in the crime rate over
the last year, when Prince
George’s County saw its
lowest crime rate in 35 years.
Many officials say that despite
the budget issues, Johnson’s
commitment to public safety
was part of the reason why the
drop was so drastic.
“I think the county
executive added more police,”
said Prince George’s States
Attorney Glenn Ivey. “He did
it over a several-year stretch.
He got more manpower on the
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street and that was them achieve success. Every
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good.” appointment that I made was
However, not cronyism because I knew
everything has been people,” Johnson told the
golden under his AFRO in 2007. “But everyone
tenure. Political that I hired was absolutely
analyst P. Kenneth qualified and I met them over
Burns explained the years, observed them and
some of the believed that they were best
unpopular moves to help me achieve the goals I
Johnson has made want to achieve.”
since the 2006 Recently, Johnson stirred
elections. up a bee hive over his attempt
“I’m not sure to promote David J. Byrd
how much weight as chairman of the Prince
he has now,” said George’s Planning Board.
Burns, creator of The appointment was met
Maryland Politics with stiff opposition from
Today, a Web site community leaders and the
geared towards Prince George’s County
statewide politics. Council due to the fact that
“He became really any appointee named now
unpopular when he tried to would have to be accepted
close down nightclubs in into the same position by the
Prince George’s County. He next county executive.
became even more unpopular The county council
when he tried to jam a voted 7-0 to reject Johnson’s
telephone tax hike through the nomination. It became
last general election, and that another of the reasons many
failed miserably.” have disapproved of his
A larger blemish on his performance.
record was the contracts he Despite those pitfalls,
awarded to his friends, many Johnson leaves office saying
of whom had no experience in he’s made a real difference in
what they were contracted to the county.
do, which totaled nearly $3.3 “Each step along the
million. way was a step to improve
Johnson never disputed the the quality of life for
fact that he gave contracts to every citizen,” he told the
friends, as he said he valued Washington Post in a August
their passion for making 2006 interview. “As I prepare
Prince George’s County better. to pass on the baton, I do so
“If you look at every knowing that we have given
administration—[D.C. Mayor the next generation every
Adrian Fenty], [Montgomery opportunity to succeed.
County Executive Ike “Together, we have written
Leggett], [former Prince a great story for our county,
George’s County Executive and I am proud that you have
Wayne Curry]—they
NB:5.42”
came given me the privilege to be
in and hired the people that the editor. Never before has the
they believed would help future looked so promising.”
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A6 The Washington Afro-American, May 1, 2010 - May 7, 2010

Ousted UMCP Associate Provost Regents Likely to

Considering Virginia Move Sanction Tuition
By Andrew Katz
Capital News Service
“...there was just a lot of panic about not
knowing what was happening, and you’re
Hike

AFRO File Photo

COLLEGE PARK - A popular diversity officer at the
University of Maryland is considering the presidency at a always going to fill in the blanks with the
historically Black college in Virginia, nearly six months after
the announcement that his position would be terminated amid
worst-case scenario.”
budget cuts.
The university publicized plans last November to replace apply when Norfolk formally announces the opening, likely in
associate provost for equity and diversity Cordell Black with May. An uncle at the university holds a “prominent” position
a part-time administrator, effective June 30. The final decision and favorably “threw my name into the hat” for the search
fell to Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost committee “to give me a foot up,” he said.
Nariman Farvardin and spawned immediate protest, including a The committee could not confirm Black as a candidate, as
large, November rally in support of Black’s reinstatement. the process is in the beginning stages, said Regina Lightfoot
A lack of transparency and the unknown fate of the Blue, of the Norfolk communications and marketing team.
organizations he supervises were the most unsettling things Simmons, 20, said Black has been “a huge resource” for
funding and a staunch voice for a more tolerant student body
— something a part-timer would have difficulty continuing, she
said. Some students say they will be satisfied with the tuition
A faculty salary guide published in May 2009 by The hike if it means improved student services.
Diamondback, the university’s independent student newspaper,
reported Black earned $163,585.51 that year. Black said his By Andrew Katz
replacement would save the university about $12,000. Capital News Service
Sporting a gold turtle pin on his left lapel, awarded by
university President Dan Mote to distinguished campus WASHINGTON – The University System of Maryland
officials for their service, Black said he was told the substitute Board of Regents last week was primed to end the four-year
may be temporary until the budget situation improves, but that moratorium on public university tuition increases with a
he’s still unsure why his position was axed. modest hike proposed in January by Gov. Martin O’Malley.
“The claim consistently is budget, but then there’s some The board met at the University of Maryland University
fluctuation about his need to choose his own staff or a need College in Adelphi to vote on the 3 percent increase, which
for fresh blood,” he said of the provost. Repeated calls to would add between $106 and $197 to the bills of in-state
Farvardin’s office went unreturned. undergraduates enrolled full-time at one of the system’s 13
Capital News Service Photo by Andrew Katz
Black, of New Carrollton, said his removal could not have institutions and two regional learning centers. It will also
Cordell Black, the associate provost for equity and resulted from poor performance, because his evaluations do not mark the end of months of cooperative work between the
diversity at the University of Maryland who will step “show any shortcoming.” governor, legislators and education officials.
down on June 30, is considering the presidency at a His supporters have speculated that one reason behind The 3 percent figure was built into the budget after
historically Black institution in Virginia. The university the dismissal concerns the flagship institution’s dwindling conversations with the Regents and the university system,
announced last fall that Black’s position would be African-American student representation. According to the said O’Malley spokesman Shaun Adamec. All sides agreed
replaced by a part-time administrator in lieu of harsh Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment, “the moderate increase was appropriate following four
budget cuts. first-time Black enrollment stood at 9.2 percent in fall 2009, straight years of no increase,” he said.
down from 13.8 percent in 2008. During the same span, total “When we started this, from the governor’s first
Black enrollment declined to 10.9 percent from 11.6 percent. budget in 2007, the objective was to make college more
about the situation, said Amber Simmons, president of the Statistics for the current semester show the total Black affordable,” Adamec said. The state’s ranking for in-state
Black Student Union. Black oversees the Nyumburu Cultural headcount fell to 10.6 percent. students at a public university has since dropped from sixth-
Center and offices of LGBT Equity and Multi-ethnic Student Nonetheless, Black said, there is a “stinging irony in all of most-expensive to 21st, the “middle of the pack,” he said.
Education. this.” Tuition schedules show in-state rates at the University
“We work directly with those offices, so there was just a “I am almost primarily responsible for helping the provost of Maryland, College Park spiked 44.1 percent in four years
lot of panic about not knowing what was happening,” said build his record on diversity, which made him a very attractive under former Gov. Bob Ehrlich, who announced earlier this
Simmons, “and you’re always going to fill in the blanks with candidate for the provostial position,” he said. Black noted he month his campaign to retake the seat he lost to O’Malley in
the worst-case scenario.” allocated funds for Farvardin, then-dean of the A. James Clark 2006.
As a tenured associate professor in French literature, Black, School of Engineering, to hire additional minority faculty. The expected hike would boost resident tuition at
66, can stay on the faculty or pursue opportunities outside Black said that once he steps down, he would prefer to College Park by $200 to $6,763, according to system
College Park. He has turned down offers in Pennsylvania and remain in administration than return to teaching. documents. In-state undergraduates enrolled full-time at
Oregon but is considering the presidency at Norfolk State “I’m able to help many more students in this position that Bowie State University will pay an additional $129 to
University in Virginia. I am in a small classroom,” he said. “I think that would be $4,415, and at Towson University, another $156 to $5,336.
Black said he would probably write a “letter of interest” and probably the loveliest way to end my career.” University of Maryland, Baltimore County students will
be billed $6,679 next year and undergraduates at Salisbury
University will experience a $146 raise, $23 more than
Financial Reform students at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
Continued from A1 “The tuition increase is very moderate,” said Ronnie
Holden, vice president for administrative affairs at the
and Hispanics were targeted just didn’t care... . The harm Eastern Shore campus, plus it will be offset by an increase
by financial institutions to
“...when you look at all the agencies that was done to minorities in financial aid.
receive subprime and other that deal with monetary policy … none was just not addressed by Brian Sanderson, a sophomore chemistry student at
predatory mortgage loans, these agencies.” Coppin State University, said he would be “highly upset”
which precipitated the of them really focused in on the most Waters said while some if tuition is raised, especially without an improvement in
ongoing economic crisis. senators, particularly Sen. services.
Blacks were three times
vulnerable who were hurt by these Robert Menendez, D-N.J., In-state undergraduates enrolled full-time at Coppin,
more likely than other groups policies.” have promised to “protect” like Sanderson, 20, will pay $3,633 next year if Regents
to receive subprime home the measure; White House authorize the new rates. Their $106 increase is the lowest
loans, and 57 percent of support is less certain. raise up for approval.
through. - Ensure big banks and
all loans taken by African Rouse, the administration Sanderson was appreciative, though, that the increase
“The civil rights credit card companies
Americans in 2006 are at risk advisor, sidestepped a was capped at 3 percent.
community will continue to provide clear information to
of foreclosure. question about the White “If it’s going to provide a better learning environment
work to ensure that the will consumers.
As a deterrent to a House’s position during and better learning conditions, then I think it’s definitely
of the people is not defeated - Enforce fair lending laws
similar meltdown of the U.S. the press call, prompting money well-spent,” he said.
by corporate lobbyists and that protect minorities from
financial system, President scathing commentary from Approval of higher rates does not mean an end to a
campaign contributions,” said discrimination.
Obama wants to limit the size a Black finance professor, campaign promise O’Malley capitalized on during his term,
Nancy Zirkin, executive vice - Oversee alternative
of banks – so the concept of who participated in the said Adamec.
president of The Leadership financial services such as
“too big to fail” and another teleconference. The Higher Education Investment Fund was created in
Conference on Civil and check cashiers, payday
taxpayer bailout becomes Writing on MSNBC’s 2007 to stabilize tuition and make college more affordable
Human Rights, in a statement. lenders, etc. so consumers
unviable – and the risks “The Grio,” Syracruse for Maryland families, he said. The creation this year of a
“We will continue to work for could avoid hidden and
they can take. He also wants University professor Boyce stabilization fund within HEIF will help “protect against
the interests of Main Street usurious fees.
banks to make their dealings Watkins said the stance was the peaks and valleys in tuition that often come with bad
and working families until - Offer financial literacy
transparent, close loopholes another example of Obama’s economic times.”
President Obama signs real education to African
that allow institutions to “trickle-down” or “rising tide Adamec added that two bills designed to expand the
financial reform into law.” Americans.
engage in risky practices and lifts all boats” philosophy as it Fund’s reach and invest in workforce development are due
Rep. Maxine Waters, Congresswoman Waters
allow shareholders to vote relates to helping Blacks. to be signed in May.
D-Calif., said she was not also hopes the Senate bill
on the salaries/bonuses of “As I listened to Dr. Rouse Out-of-state tuition schedules were also expected to
surprised by the partisan vote, retains her idea of instituting
executives. dodge the poignant question pass, with full-time undergraduate tuition ranging from
however – it was meant to an Office of Minority
“If we don’t change about Rep. Maxine Waters’ no increase at Frostburg State University to 5 percent at
open negotiations – and says Affairs within all federal
what led to the crisis, we interest in establishing an Towson.
she is confident the measure financial agencies to ensure
doom ourselves to repeat Office of Minority Affairs, I In one case, non-resident tuition will drop: Full-time
will advance. marginalized communities
it,” Rouse said in support of started to feel that the Ph.D. undergraduates at the University of Baltimore are slated to
Of greater concern to her, aren’t overlooked in the
the legislation. She added, was feeding us just a little pay $3,832, or 20.3 percent, less than the current rate.
said the House Financial decision-making process.
“Opposing reform would BS,” Watkins wrote. He also The university scaled its tuition back to $15,000 to
Services Committee member, “The subprime meltdown
leave consumers vulnerable said that Obama’s approach become more competitively priced with other system
is the survival of two and the economic crisis
to the worse of industry “doesn’t work for those institutions, said Miriam King, senior vice president for
provisions specifically geared were caused by the greedy
practices and taxpayers on the who’ve been marginalized enrollment management and student affairs at Baltimore.
to protect minorities. financial institutions – the
hook if a crisis like this ever from the economic Regents also to voted on a restructuring of Baltimore’s
The House passed Waters’ loan initiators – who targeted
happens again.” mainstream of America. In undergraduate offerings, notably the addition of a new
amendment that would ensure minority communities and
But those stakes and other words, our ships can’t public affairs college. Five degree proposals for Coppin,
minorities were part of the poor communities. … And
overwhelming public support rise, because some of these UMUC and UMES were also up for a vote, as is a formal
proposed Consumer Financial when you look at all the
for financial reform were ships are not in the economic adoption of 10-year enrollment projections for the system.
Protection Bureau’s oversight agencies that deal with
not enough to bar Senate water.” If the board should proposed increase, members
board. monetary policy … none of
Republicans from blocking Waters said she remains may, according to system documents, elect to alter the
Of particular importance to them really focused in on the
the measure on Capitol Hill optimistic of White House recommended rates, with any changes requiring an
African-American consumers, most vulnerable who were
this week, prompting civil backing, however, based on adjustment of correlating expenditures to maintain a
the Bureau would, among hurt by these policies,” the
rights groups to vow renewed initial conversations. balanced budget.
other things: Black lawmaker said. “They
efforts to push the legislation
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Commentary
Dorothy I. Height—Icon and Friend
(NNPA) - When Dr. Dorothy Irene Height sought a
Julianne Malveaux publisher for her memoirs, there was no bidding war. I’d have
thought every publishing house would have vied to publish the
life of my friend, mentor and civil rights icon, but she wryly noted that she’d sold neither drugs
nor her body, and that her life didn’t conform to any stereotype.
What a life it was. It spanned more than 70 years of activism, personal meetings with
every president from FDR through Barack Obama, leadership positions in several women’s
organizations, including the National Council of Negro Women and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,
and international travel that incorporated advocacy for women and girls around the world. She
has protested everything from lynching to joblessness, and her protests have always had a quiet
dignity about them.
Indeed, when the journalist Bill Moyers aired a television special on the “vanishing” Black
family, her inspiration was to organize an antidote, an annual “Black Family Reunion” held
in Washington, D.C. and other cities to show the nation and the world that the Black family is
hardly dying.
Dr. Height’s autobiography, Open Wide the Freedom Gates, is a gentle set of reminisces of a
life well lived, showcasing both Height’s activism and her wit. She tells of someone describing
an elder as “clothed and in their right mind” and wondering why such a comment would be
made.
Then, she adds that as she aged, she realized what a blessing it was to be clothed and in tell you differently. Indeed, Dr. Height loved people regardless of their age. She often said you
your right mind. Always stylish, and unfailingly sporting a suit and matching hat, she dressed could learn something from anyone.
and went to her office every morning until she was hospitalized in mid-March. While most 98 She was a great friend to have because she always showed up. Even though travel
year olds would be enjoying was difficult for her (she couldn’t fly on small planes), she made the five-hour drive from
“She was a great friend to have because retirement, Dr. Height was up Washington and brought her team so that she could attend my installation as president of
Bennett College for Women in March 2008. She didn’t just come for the installation, but for a
to her earlobes in activism.
she always showed up.” She was only prevented from fundraising luncheon and for the gala that followed. If a friend needed her, she was there.
Much will be written about Dr. Dorothy Irene Height and her tremendous contribution to
a February meeting with
President Obama and other civil rights leaders by thigh-high snowdrifts that would be difficult the policy arena. There are stories I can tell about editing Voices of Vision, the compendium
for her to navigate. that was produced in 1996 to coincide with the opening of the NCNW building, or about
When she could not get out, she could work that phone. An early morning phone call from representing her in Ghana for a meeting of African business women. There are stories others
her would not be prefaced with “good morning,” but more frequently with a gentle, but insistent can tell about her work with the Million Man March and her empowerment of women whose
request that some task be performed. roll call of names resemble a “who’s who” of Black women. Those stories deserve telling, but I
Once you agreed to the task, the call would most likely be ended, sometimes without a now smile most at the personal stories, personal interactions, her wit and her humor.
goodbye. When Dr. Height was focused, she was focused. She also knew how to have fun, Dr. Height’s death last week is a reminder of how far African-American women have come
how to enjoy people, and how to tease them. When I attempted a Christmas carol parody for since she began her work in civil rights leadership, and how much more work must be done to
an annual gathering of friends, she remarked that “economists really should not write poetry,” attain social, economic, and gender justice. She was engaged in this work to the very end of
which prompted laughter and a little chagrin. On another occasion, she urged me to attend an her life, to the end concerned about high unemployment rates and the special burden African-
after party after a long (went into the next day) dinner. When I told her that I was tired, she said, American women face in this economic climate. Her activism, dignity, gentility, passion and
“Well, I’m going.” Since I couldn’t let a 90-something woman have more stamina than me, I compassion are a rare combination, and an example for those who follow in her footsteps. I will
tagged along. miss her as a civil rights leader, and also as a wise and witty friend.
She loved being around young people and got a kick out of talking to them. One might think
that someone who had conversed with presidents wouldn’t have much to say to little girls, but Julianne Malveaux is president of Bennett College for Women. A version of this piece
Antonae Horton and Tierra Holloway from the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center could appeared in the Greensboro News and Record.

Commentary
Dorothy Height-An American Treasure
“The Freedom gates are half the organization into a new era of activism. She was elected In 1977, Dorothy Height joined with former National Urban
Marc Morial ajar; we must pry them fully president of NCNW in 1957 and served as its leader until 1998 League President Vernon Jordan and other civil rights leaders
open.” Mary McLeod Bethune when she became chair and president emerita. to form the Black Leadership Forum. She received the Urban
Dr. Height’s association with the National Urban League League’s “Equal Opportunity Award” in 1982 and in 2003 was
Dorothy Height credits the great American educator Mary was long and distinguished. Her last public appearance was presented with the organization’s “Legend Award.” Dr. Height
McLeod Bethune with igniting her passion for civil rights and at the Greater Washington Urban League’s gala on March is also the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the
women’s rights. In fact, the title of Dr. Height’s 2003 memoir, NAACP Spingarn Medal and the Congressional Gold Medal
Open Wide the Freedom Gates, was inspired by a phrase she Dorothy Height was a woman of exceptional vision,
often heard Bethune repeat. For 98 years, right up until her “We are all fortunate to have been intellect, energy and grace. She devoted her entire life to
passing on April 20, Dorothy Height worked tirelessly to fully fighting injustice and empowering African-American women.
pry open freedom gates for every American regardless of race, exposed to the extraordinary life of In describing the 2005 musical, If This Hat Could Talk, which
ethnicity or gender. The National Urban League and all of us was based on her memoir, she said, “Many people who are part
have lost a great friend, mentor and moral touchstone. Dorothy Height. Her legacy is a debt we of this present generation are not being exposed to the people
Dorothy Height took her first steps on the road of can never repay.” and the events that shaped this country. This is a call to action
empowerment in 1933, when, as a young woman, she became a for the next generation to lead the masses and this present one
civil rights worker with the United Christian Youth Movement to never cease to fight for what is right …”
of North America. A few years later, as an executive of the 17. I count her friendship and counsel as one of the great We are all fortunate to have been exposed to the
Harlem YWCA, she met Bethune, who was the founder and blessings of my life. She collaborated with every Urban League extraordinary life of Dorothy Height. Her legacy is a debt we
president of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW). president, beginning with Eugene K. Jones. She stood side-by- can never repay. We can best honor her memory by striving
Bethune took Height under her wing, introduced her to Eleanor side with League President Whitney M. Young as they worked everyday to live up to her example and never ceasing to fight
Roosevelt and recruited her as a NCNW volunteer. with Dr. King to map a strategy for the landmark civil rights for what is right.
Dr. Height was active in every stage of the modern civil rights challenges of the 1960s. And she was the only woman on the
and women’s movements. In 1947 she was elected national platform when Martin Luther King delivered his historic “I Marc Morial is the president and CEO of the National
president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and for a decade, led Have a Dream” speech. Urban League.
retroactive pay raises dating back to 2007 only to “active teachers” and “laid off teachers.” There are
Letters to the Editor concerns that this tentative agreement was negotiated in bad faith by Chancellor Rhee, AFT President
Randi Weingarten and WTU President George Parker and intentionally excludes recently retired teachers
No One Deserves a Violent Death and school personnel.
The murder of the principal at Shaw-Garnett Patterson Middle School is not only shocking but What is troubling is that teachers and related school personnel who worked during the terms of this
rekindles my memory. It’s déjà vu for many people who remember and pay attention to Washington, contract period (2007-2012) should be eligible for retroactive raises for the time that they worked during
D.C. history. In the latter ‘80s or early ‘90s, a well-respected assistant principal (Steptoe) at a high school the contract period. No collective bargaining agent nor the District of Columbia government should enter
(Banneker) was found murdered in his home. It turned out later that the school official was involved in into an agreement that extends rights and benefits to only some union members while excluding other
some “kinky” behavior with some students. I pray this time it was not the case. eligible union members. This is tantamount to cheating people out of raises that they are entitled to and
 As a parent who has lost two sons to gun violence, I believe, regardless of the outcome, no person subsequently shortchanging their retirement benefits.
deserves to die a violent death. It is also very important once the alleged perpetrators have been caught that I ask that as the D.C. City Council approaches an upcoming hearing to discuss the feasibility of
all the facts be presented about their relationship, if any with the victim. In other words, there should be no funding the WTU Tentative Agreement, that the exclusion of providing retroactive pay raises to eligible
cover up of the facts. Families will be suffering on both sides. members be addressed with Dr. Gandhi and Chancellor Rhee. Certainly excluding entitled union members
under this Tentative Agreement could pose a liability for the District of Columbia government and is not
Valencia Mohammed consistent with past practices. This matter needs to be explored further by the Committee of the Whole. I
Former DC Board of Education Member have utmost faith in your willingness to investigate this matter. If you require further information, please
Washington, D.C. feel free to contact me. Thanks for your attention.

Open Letter To DC City Council Chairman Vincent Gray Candi Peterson

Dear Chairman Gray: Washington Teachers’ Union Board of Trustee member
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Dr. Dorothy Height: Extraordinary Leader, Lantern and Role Model
(NNPA) — “We African-
American women seldom do
just what we want to do, but
always what we have to do.
I am grateful to have been
in a time and place where I
could be a part of what was
needed.”
This is the quote inscribed
on Dr. Dorothy Height’s
Congressional Gold Medal,
just one of the many dozens
of awards she received
over her extraordinary life,
Marian Wright Edelman including the Presidential
Medal of Freedom. The
brilliant Dr. Height was a lantern and role model for millions
of women and a long haul social change agent blessed with
uncommon commitment and talent. Her fingerprints are quietly
embedded in many of the transforming events of the last seven
decades as Blacks, women, and children pushed open and
walked through previously closed doors of opportunity. To
me she was a dearest friend, mentor and role model, and the
Children’s Defense Fund was blessed to have her serve on our
board for over 30 years. When she passed away on April 20 at
age 98, we all lost a treasure, a wise counselor and a rock we
could always lean against for support in tough times.
Even as a young girl her speaking skills stood out. She
attended New York University in part with a $1,000 scholarship
from a national oratorical contest sponsored by the Elks (after
being turned away by Barnard, which had already reached its
quota of two Negro students for the year). On Nov. 7, 1937,
which Dr. Height remembers as the day that changed her life,
she was the 25-year-old assistant director of the Harlem YWCA
and had been chosen to escort First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to
a National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) meeting, and
Dr. Dorothy I. Height — The Passing of a Legend
(NNPA) - We are all
afforded one lifetime. Born
into varying circumstances
and faced with differing
degrees of challenges
and opportunities, we all
ultimately define the course
of our own lives.
Some make it a point to
encourage and assist others
in their own struggles, while
others only focus on their
own personal advancement.
There are those who
volunteer in their local
Rev. Al Sharpton communities from time to
time and those that decide
on pursuing careers that will help educate or somehow heal the
next generation.
And then there are the chosen few; those rare and blessed
individuals who dedicate their entire existence to the larger
betterment of society. Dr. Dorothy Height, an icon who shaped
an entire century of American progress towards racial and
gender equality, was one of those exceptional fighters. And we
all owe nothing but gratitude to this remarkable woman, for
she played an integral role for all of us to enjoy the benefits of
today.
The “godmother of the civil rights movement,” as she is
so often revered, will uniquely be remembered in the history
books for simultaneously fighting for African-American causes
and for women’s progress. She marched alongside Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr., organized several rallies herself, protested
against lynching in New York, helped further education
equality with Mary McLeod Bethune and help found the
National Women’s Political Caucus with the likes of Gloria
Steinem. Dr. Height was the president of the National Council
of Negro Women for four decades, and an impeccable orator
Dr. Height’s Rare Leadership Skills Needed Now More Than Ever
(NNPA) — A silent
shudder has ascended through
pockets of Black America as
the nation grieves the loss
of Dr. Dorothy Height, a
decades-long female voice of
the civil rights movement.
Dr. Height was one of
the last surviving leaders,
who along with the major
Big Seven civil rights
groups, helped plan the 1963
March on Washington. They
included: James Farmer
Barbara A. Reynolds of the Congress of Racial
Equality (CORE); A. Philip
Randolph of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. of the Southern Christian Leadership
Conference; Roy Wilkins of the NAACP and Whitney Young
Jr., of the National Urban League. The only other survivor is
Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) who headed the Student Non-Violent
Coordinating Committee.
As the contributions Dr. Height made to the nation are
remembered, so is the vacuum of both institutional and
personal prestige, viability and visibility she left behind. Not
only are the “Big Seven” leaders gone, but many of its brightest
stars such as Rosa Parks, C. Delores Tucker of the National
Political Congress of Black Women and former NAACP leader
Ben Hooks, who died April 15.
“There has been a changing of the guard as our leaders have
transitioned, but so few have positioned themselves as the new
leaders, who are committed to the kind of activism that can
command a large sustained following,” said the Rev. Keith
May 1, 2010 - May 7, 2010, The Washington Afro-American
Opinion
there she met NCNW’s founder and president, the legendary
Mary McLeod Bethune. Bethune was immediately impressed
with Dr. Height. She became Dr. Height’s close friend and
mentor, and in 1957, two years after Mrs. Bethune’s death, Dr.
Height became NCNW’s president—a position she held until
1998, when she became chair and president emerita.
During the Civil Rights Movement, while so many women
were playing vital roles that weren’t featured in the spotlight,
Dr. Height was always up front with a seat at the table. She was
often the only woman in the room with Dr. King and the rest
of the “Big Six” group of male leaders as they planned many
of the Civil Rights Movement’s key strategies, and she was
sitting on the stage – she should have been a speaker – at the
historic March on Washington. She led the NCNW membership
as active participants in the movement and reminded us that
“During the Civil Rights Movement, while so many women were
playing vital roles that weren’t featured in the spotlight, Dr.
Height was always up front with a seat at the table.”
women were its backbone – unseen but strong.
Later, NCNW developed a range of model national
programs focused on Black women’s and families’ needs
including employment, child care, housing, hunger, health
care, and youth development. Dr. Height began the NCNW’s
wonderful Black Family Reunion Celebrations 25 years ago,
emphasizing the traditional values and strengths of Black
families at a time when too many people focused on the Black
family’s “breakdown.”
Dr. Height always understood how African Americans’
needs connect to a larger global mission as well. She
participated in conferences and leadership training sessions and
on official delegations around the world, and from the White
House to the United Nations, her expertise on civil rights,
herself, delivering remarks at key events like the Harlem
Riot of 1935. This unwavering friend fought tirelessly for
desegregation, an end to poverty, voting rights and equality
for both men and women regardless of race, color and creed.
At a time when instability and inequality were blatant, Dr.
Height caught the ear and attention of President Roosevelt and
“We are all in deep mourning, mourning the loss of a truly
honorable and exceptional woman. Those of us who or-
ganized and battled alongside Dr. Height are mourning;
Congressional leaders are mourning; the African-American
community is mourning; women are mourning and everyone
who understands the intricate link between racial and gender
equality should be in mourning today.”
Mrs. Roosevelt, and even received the Presidential Medal of
Freedom in later years.
Dr. Height’s accolades are far too great to mention here;
there simply isn’t enough room and definitely not enough
words. In her 98 years on Earth, she dedicated the bulk – some
80 years – working towards a sustainable and freer future for
everyone. From the moment she was denied enrollment into
Barnard College because the school had already “met its quota
of Negro students,” Dr. Height remained vigilant and active in
combating injustice wherever and whenever she saw it. And
her dedication didn’t end with the civil rights movement or the
women’s movement, but rather continued tirelessly till her last
days. Just two months ago, Dr. Height gave me instructions
on how to fight against Black unemployment in our meeting
with President Obama at the White House. Even though she
was physically weak and could not attend the meeting due
Magee of Chicago. “The younger generation needs to identify
with the elders. So at this time of mourning, we also mourn this
disconnection. We seem lost.”
In a short informal poll of professional and working class
young people over 40, none could name the presidents of the
NAACP, the Urban League or CORE. A few knew that the
Rev. Bernice King is the new head of the SCLC, but also stated
that the organization has been bogged down with feuds over
finances and the inability to address crucial issues of poverty,
injustice and health care reform.
The passing of Dr. Height suggests to some not only
the passing of a major crusader but also the passing of the
leadership style she represented as a bridge-builder, a persistent
presence and someone whose ego did not overshadow
principles.
Dr. Height was never a woman without a cause. During
the ‘60s, she put herself in harm’s way, whether it was
working with the families of the four little girls murdered in
Birmingham, doing voting registration drives or helping to
empower Mississippi farmers.
While she added her insight to the planning of the 1963
March on Washington, she was allowed to sit on the platform
with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but not allowed to speak.
In a 1988 interview conducted for my book, And Still We
Rise, 50 Black Role Models, Dr. Height said, “Black male
leadership is no less chauvinistic than White male leadership.
Often it isn’t recognized that Black women make tremendous
contributions that go unnoticed because they are in the
shadows.”
However, Dr. Height never related history in bitterness
because she also lived to see how struggle has a way of
correction. For example, in 1995, she was one of the few
women asked to address the Million Man March, organized
by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. And on the 20th
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women’s rights, and human rights was always in demand.
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia’s president and Africa’s
first woman leader, is just one of the many people who has said
she owes a debt to Dr. Height’s leadership.
Through it all, Dr. Height’s intellect and strength remained
as sharp as her signature sense of style. When Dr. Height was
awarded her Congressional Gold Medal, then-Sen. Hillary
Rodham Clinton began her tribute by saying she had known Dr.
Height for more than 30 years, since they first began working
together on the Children’s Defense Fund’s board – and “just as
in those long ago days, today once again, Dr Height is the best
dressed woman in the entire room.”
We committed to weave and reweave the rich fabric
of family and community that historically have been the
cornerstones of the healthy development of Black children; to
tap into and strengthen the
strong Black community
tradition of self-help; to
rebuild the bridges between
the Black middle class and
poor; to assist and galvanize
current Black leadership
around specific goals for children; and to identify, train,
nurture, link and empower a new generation of effective Black
servant-leaders under the age of 30.
We all needed Dr. Height’s example of steadfastly doing
what she had to do. Now we must do what we have to do to
save all of our children.
Marian Wright Edelman is president of the Children’s
Defense Fund whose Leave No Child Behind® mission is to
ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start,
a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage
to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.
For more information go to www.childrensdefense.org.
to inclement weather, her mind was as sharp as ever, and
she even talked to me until the very moment I walked into
the White House. Following this important meeting with the
president, I immediately briefed Dr. Height, who insisted on
staying involved and active in working towards alleviating
skyrocketing Black unemployment, despite her own ailing
health. And just three weeks
ago, I visited her bedside in the
hospital, knowing that greatness
comes rarely in a lifetime.
We are all in deep mourning,
mourning the loss of a truly
honorable and exceptional
woman. Those of us who
organized and battled alongside
Dr. Height are mourning;
Congressional leaders are
mourning; the African-American
community is mourning; women
are mourning and everyone
who understands the intricate
link between racial and gender equality should be in mourning
today.
President Obama himself stated: “And even in the final
weeks of her life — a time when anyone else would have
enjoyed their well-earned rest, Dr. Height continued her fight to
make our nation a more open and inclusive place for people of
every race, gender, background and faith.”
We all echo the president’s sentiments as we honor the
tremendous legacy of Dr. Height, and hope and pray that we
are lucky enough to receive another such treasure for humanity
soon.
The Rev. Al Sharpton is the president and founder of the
National Action Network.
anniversary of the March on Washington organized by Coretta
Scott King, Height was allowed to speak. And she saw many of
the causes she championed come to pass, such as voting rights
campaigns that helped to elect Barack Obama the first African-
American president.
While other commentators could see only the failures of
Black families, Dr. Height looked past their flaws and built
on their strengths by organizing Black Family Reunions that
started on the National Mall but have now become a nationwide
institution. It is also a source of pride that the headquarters
of the National Council of Negro Women is on Pennsylvania
Avenue, the same site that used to auction off slaves.
Whether in the shadows or out front, she exerted leadership
with a tremendous ability to show up in troubled times and
perilous places. There was hardly a great social justice cause
that she did not champion, whether it dealt with prisons,
farming, voter rights, education, labor, health, or equal pay for
women.
As the life, legacy and leadership of Dr. Height is
commemorated, the serious state of civil rights leadership left
behind must also be evaluated.
At a time when Black-on-Black homicide rates, as well as
Black incarceration rates are soaring, too many Black church
institutions are silent or more engaged in personal prosperity
preaching than collective social action.
Dr. Height’s life provided a personal history lesson on the
value of commitment, integrity and effective organizing.
Suddenly those qualities appear more rare now that she is
gone.
The Rev. Dr. Barbara A. Reynolds is an award-winning
journalist, author, radio show host, president of Reynolds News
Service and religion columnist for the National Newspaper
Publishers Association.
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A model
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colorful top
with casual
shorts for
the spring
Andrea L. Michael and summer
“Aunni” P. Evans, seasons.
Young, fashion editor
CEO of of Flywire
Aunni Y. Magazine By Andrea L. “Aunni” Young magazine and Bloomingdales
Design, and CEO of Special to the AFRO department store.
and Yvette MPE Model “It was exciting to bring ESSENCE
Johnson,
ESSENCE’s
“Ageless
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Company G orgeous textures, unique patterns,
bright colors and full-flowing
sexy looks hit the runway at a recent
magazine and Bloomingdales together
for this spring 2010 fashion show,”
said Stephany Greene, founder of the
Beauty” fashion show hosted by ESSENCE University of the District of Columbia’s
model fashion program. “Working with Mikki
Taylor, fashion director and editor-
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Susan Cannady, Heather Guay and
Nicole Cokley of Bloomingdales was a
glorious opportunity.
“Both powerhouses are setting fast-
forward trends for now and the future.
Everything we showed the audience
Susan Cannaday, general manager,
was right on target with today’s chic,
Bloomingdales; Mikki Taylor, ESSENCE
spicy and modern woman.”
magazine editor-at-large; Stephany Greene
Models showcase the latest fashions. Greene and Taylor prepped models
and Tia Hebron, global beauty educator for
with floral print jackets with textured
Bobbi Brown Cosmetics
charcoal skirts, luminescent sequin
tops with muted floral skirts, bright,
one-of-a-kind print A-line
The models
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dresses, classic safari

complete their
styles in warm khaki colors
final runway
and flowing maxi-dresses.
walk.
Tia Hebron, global beauty
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on stage for commentary
Will Marshall, vice president of MJT Television;
on the latest fashion and
Lynda Erkiletian, president of T.H.E. Artist Agency
beauty looks. The models
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in the District. Four independent music
acts—Substantial, Flo Anito, Omega Band
and Kyontè— competed for the title, “D.C.’s
Favorite Artist.” Helen Scott (The Three Laurie Fenton Ambrose,
Degrees), Angel Elliott (BET), DJ Alizay president/CEO, Lung Cancer
Singer Kyontè (left) accepts his (WKYS), Lionell Davis (Richcraft Records) Alliance, and Chad R. are
award as the first- place winner. and 2010 Grammy nominee Ski Johnson interviewed on the red carpet.
were celebrity judges. Frank Sirius
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Chris Cole (left) of BET'S
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with his children.
from Laurie Ambrose for her work
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Judges Ski Johnson, Helen Scott, Lionell Davis,

Angel Elliot and DJ Alize

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B2 The Washington Afro-American, May 1, 2010 - May 7, 2010
Community
D.C. Teen Battles Obesity in National Spotlight
WASHINGTON —Julia
Braxton is an attractive
15-year-old student at Duke
Ellington School of the Arts
in Washington. She has a
bubbly personality, sings
like a bird and wants to be a
Broadway performer and an
actress.
She is also obese, which
does not bode well for her
health or her professional
aspirations.
So, she and her mother,
Terri Braxton, sought
out Dr. Denia Tapscott,
bariatrician, assistant
professor of Medicine at
Howard University College
of Medicine and program
director for the Howard
University Hospital Center
for Wellness and Weight Loss
Surgery. They want Tapscott
to help Julia lose 50 pounds
in one year.
In many ways, Julia
represents the tens of
thousands of American
children and teenagers who
are overweight, so much so
that Type II diabetes caused
by obesity is now the number
one chronic disease among
children.
It is the reason that
South African Students Hone Leadership Skills in District
The South Africa-
Washington Internship
Program (SAWIP), a six-
month initiative dedicated to
fostering a new generation of
South African leaders, will
bring a group of students to
Washington, D.C., for various
summer internships.
The program hosted a
fundraiser and world premier
screening of ESPN’s The 16th
Man, a film that tells the story
of 1995 rugby World Cup
Bridge in D.C.
Compiled By Herb Quarles
Tournament Calendar
WBU - Individual “C”
Regional (5-03-10) 11 a.m.
Call Jewel Chapman at 301-
686-1489.
Eastern – ABA
Headquarter Benefit (5-06-
10) 11 a.m. Call Mary Smith
at 301-336-3130.
Bridgemasters – Open
Pairs “C” Regional (5-07-10)
7 p.m. Dinner served at 6:30
p.m. Call Charles Carrington
at 301-589-0956.
VIP – Grade “B” Open
Pairs (2 sessions) (5-08-10)
11 a.m. Call Shirley Wilson at
301-589-8425.
Note These tournaments
are open to all area duplicate
Dr. Denia Tapscott, bariatrician and program director of
the Howard University Hospital Center for Wellness and
Weight Loss Surgery, weighs Julia Braxton, 15, during one
of her regular visits. Tapscott is helping Julia, a student
at Duke Ellington School of the Art in Washington, D.C.,
achieve her goal of losing 50 pounds over 12 months.
first lady Michelle Obama
launched Let’s Move, an
ambitious effort to eliminate
childhood obesity within a
generation.
But unlike most
overweight children, Julia
will not struggle in obscurity
as she tries to shed pounds.
Instead, she and Tapscott’s
and South African President
Nelson Mandela. The film is
based off the book Invictus:
Nelson Mandela and the
Game That Made a Nation.
SAWIP is based on
the Washington Ireland
Program for Service and
Leadership (WIP) which has
been successfully serving
Northern Ireland and the
Republic of Ireland’s need
to develop a new generation
of young leaders who are
bridge players and others
interested in the competitive
aspect of duplicate bridge.
Call Herb Quarles at
202-723-4407 for more
information. His e-mail
address is dubiosquarles@
yahoo.com
Tournament Results
Eastern – City Teams
of Four (4-15-10) 1. Rachel
Moore, Virginia Eggleston,
Clara Berryhill Carrothers
Moore, 2. Audrey Bourke,
Alice Harriston, Ann Moss
Ted Austin, 3/4. Gloria
Cobbs, Mary Smith, Elve
King, Hazel Ward, 3/4. Karen
Pollock. Dorcas Glascoe,
Libby Wilson, Sylvia Boldon.
Eastern – Eastern City
Courtesy Photo
efforts will be profiled six
times in EBONY, the nation’s
premiere African-American
oriented magazine.
Kevin Chappell, EBONY
senior editor and Washington
Bureau chief, will be tracking
their successes and possible
setbacks. He began in the
May 2010 edition of the
committed to building on
the peace and progress of
the past decade and growing
a stronger civil society on
the island of Ireland. WIP’s
extension to South Africa
affords university students
from South Africa, the
Republic of Ireland and
Northern Ireland a unique
opportunity to find common
ground through a course of
mutual understanding in the
multicultural environment of
the United States of America.
Clayven Smith, Beverly Hurst, Daisy Smith and Odell
Mouzon, members of the Washington Bridge Unit, take
time out between the rounds of a tournament that was
sponsored recently by the WBU at the Doubletree Hotel
in Bethesda, Md. The Grade “A” weekend tournament
attracted bridge players from around the country.
Teams of Four (4-22-10)
1. Karen Pollock, Dorcas
Glascoe, Elizabeth Wilson, 2.
Elaine Neal, Odell Mouzon,
Wilma Middleton, Marjorie
Coleman, 3. Gloria Cobbs,
magazine and will continue
with articles in July and in
every other month of the
publication for the next 12
months.
He will also be writing
a number of obesity-related
articles. For instance, in
July he will be writing about
what he calls “food deserts,”
neighborhoods where
healthy foods, like fruits and
vegetables, are difficult or
impossible to find.
Julia is mindful of all
the scrutiny by millions of
African-American readers
over whether she achieves
her goal.
“That’s definitely
something that I worry
about,” she said. “I try not to
see it as an option, though. I
am going to lose 50 pounds.”
Julia says she is working
at eating better and exercising
more. She has already seen
some success; she is down
to 191 pounds from the 212
pounds she started with in
December.
“I’m more conscious
about my food choices,”
said Julia, whose older sister
had weight loss surgery to
bring down her weight. “I’m
Uhuru Malebo, left, Masana Mulaudzi and Melvyn Lubega are among 12 South African
students who will participate in an internship program in Washington, D.C., this
summer.
Photo by Herb Quarles
Mary Smith, Elve King,
Hazel Ward, 4. Audrey
Bourke, Alice Harriston, Ann
Moss, Ted Austin.
Overtricks – Open Pairs
“C” Regional (4-20-10)
cutting down on sugar and
fat. I have to give up things
like Buffalo wings, pizza,
French fries, chocolate candy
and Arizona Ice Tea.”
The reasons for Julia’s
weight problem are the same
for most children and adults
struggling with obesity —
lack of activity and bad
food choices combined with
portion control, Tapscott said.
“Physical activity,
exercise, it’s not in the school
system like it used to be,”
Tapscott said. “Too often,
today’s children don’t have
recess or structured physical
activity.
“Kids don’t play outside
like they used to, partly
because of they are playing
on the computer or on
video games and sometimes
because of their school
workload. So, lack of
activity is a big part.”
Diet is the other half,
Tapscott said. Children are
eating too much “junk” food,
edibles filled with empty
calories, fat and starches.
“Parents in some cases
don’t provide nutritious
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Naturalized Citizen Honored
WASHINGTON – A
dramatic quest to pursue
an education in the land of
opportunity and to escape
civil war in Somalia brought
Kawther Elmi to the United
States. Now a National
Park Ranger, Elmi shares
America’s stories and her
fervent belief in President
Lincoln’s vision with visitors
to the Lincoln Memorial in
Washington, D.C.
This week the U.S.
Courtesy Photo
Kawther Elmi
Citizenship and Immigration
Services recognized Ranger
Elmi by naming her an
Outstanding American by
Choice.
The tribute celebrates
the accomplishments of
naturalized U.S. citizens.
Through civic participation,
professional achievement,
and responsible citizenship,
recipients have demonstrated
their commitment to this
country and to the common
meals, and they also may be
eating large portions,” she
said. “So, it’s what they’re
eating and how much they’re
eating.”
She pointed to fast food
as a major culprit. They are
loaded with calories, fat,
sugars and salt.
“Sodas are also a big
factor,” she said. “That plays
a big role because younger
kids would normally drink
milk, but they are drinking
soda. Yes, milk has calories
too, but it also provides
nutritional value. Sodas are
empty calories.”
If Julia sticks to the
structure that she and
Tapscott have developed,
she should be able to lose 50
pounds in a year, the doctor
said.
“It’s a reasonable goal,”
she said. “You have to
emphasize that you’re doing
this over a period of time.”
The tougher challenge, the
doctor said, may be keeping
the weight off after she has
lost it.
“In some cases,
maintaining the weight is
harder than the weight loss.”
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Modified Round Robin (4-24-
10) 1. Jerri Thomas, Clarice
Reid, Winston Edwards,
Harold Minus, 2. Andrew
Ransom, Frances Powell,
Conrad Hipkins, Mattie
Barrow, Shirley Wilson, 3.
Irene Thomas, Theodore
Austin Marcea Austin,
Charles Jones, 4. Elizabeth
Wilson, Louise Carpenter,
Audrey Bourke, Elve King.
civic values that unite us as
Americans.
In bestowing the honor,
Alejandro Mayorkas, U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration
Services director, said of
Elmi, “Her courage to
overcome adversity, her
dedication to her studies and
to her work, and her belief
in the democratic ideals
of this country serve as an
inspiration to us all.”
Elmi was born in Ethiopia
and raised in Somalia.
She was granted political
asylum to live in the United
States in 1989. She earned
a bachelor’s degree in
studio arts at the University
of Mary Washington, a
bachelor’s degree in fine arts
at Virginia Commonwealth
University, and a master’s
in fine arts from the State
University of New York,
Albany. In 2000, she joined
the National Park Service
at Richmond National
Battlefield Park and Maggie
L. Walker National Historic
Site. Now, as a park ranger
at the Lincoln Memorial,
she talks to visitors about
Lincoln’s contributions and
credits him for the freedoms
and opportunities she has
been afforded and that are
offered to all those who are
new to the country.
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Ceremony to Recognize Power of Spoken Word

By Gregory Dale awards these artists for what
they’ve been doing.”

Courtesy Photo
AFRO Staff Writer
NUSPA originally began as the
With the rising popularity Pen Point Ball, which was held
Spring is underway in the District and it feels great. of spoken word and the rapid in Maryland in 2003. This event
As Hollywood comes to the District for the White House emergence of subgenres in brought together poets from across
Correspondents Dinner, one of the biggest events of the poetry, the Great Publishing the country to celebrate poetry and
season, other Washingtonians are gearing up to lay to rest Company is presenting the its impact in their communities.
one of the Civil Rights Movement’s greatest leaders. Check National Underground Spoken Due to the popularity of the event,
out what you need to know to stay in the know. Word & Poetry Awards (NUSPA) creators promised fans an annual
to honor the often unnoticed David Ross and Femi Lawal comprise event spotlighting poetry and the
In the Know: work of poets around the country. spoken word artistry group the 5th L, past growing emergence of spoken
President Barack Obama, who once called the late Deemed “the Grammys for winners at the NUSPA Awards ceremony. word.
Dr. Dorothy Height the “godmother of the Civil Rights poets,” NUSPA seeks to bring In 2005, the first NUSPA was
movement” gave the eulogy at her funeral on April 29 at the recognition to written and spoken word by rewarding artists for held in Forestville, Md. During this event, 22 venues in various
National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. their work that may or may not have been published. This year the states across the United States participated in the nominations
event takes place May 1 at L’Enfant Plaza in Washington, D.C. for 19 categories. The event continued to grow in popularity
Tonya Lewis-Lee, wife of director Spike Lee, hosted “We award poets for their efforts in 13 categories,” said thereafter, becoming one of the most anticipated and talked
a panel on fatherhood at Busboys & Poets last week. The NUSPA’s founder, KaNikki J. Mix. “We have numerous people about events in the poetry community. Additionally, many
conversation was led by Dr. Garth Graham, Dr. Bryant getting together to nominate the poets and then the fans vote on artists have been published and tapped into self-publishing
Mark, Dr. William J. Parker and Roland Warren. Jeff the nominees for us to get the winners.” through NUSPA and the Great Publishing Company.
Johnson, the spirited on-air personality, who was scheduled While the art of spoken word is relatively new, it emerged For the future, Mix hopes to expand the event outside of the
to appear on the panel, was unable to attend. onto the national stage in shows like HBO’s “Def Poetry District, beginning with Virginia and, perhaps, North Carolina
Jam” and “Brave New Voices.” Still, while the genre has been and highlight the many talented artists who may not have had
acknowledged as a legitimate form of poetry, many of its artists the ability to participate and attend previous events.
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Spotted Around Town:

Rapper turned actor go unrecognized. “We plan to move [the event] around the country. They have
Common was spotted “Spoken word is becoming a new genre,” Mix said. “People a national poetry slam competition and they move it around
performing in Ibiza know about poetry, but they don’t really know about the spoken every year, so we plan to do that with NUSPA to make sure that
Nightclub while promoting word aspect of it. We have poets that travel and perform for all the poets are able to attend and not have to come to this area
his latest film Just Wright a living. It’s important that the community gets together and all the time.”
that hits theaters on May 14.
Film Review
Zoe Saldana Back in the Flesh for DC
Raheem DeVaughn along
with Dre “The Mayor”
celebrated their music group,
368’s one-year anniversary
Comics Adaptation

last Friday in the District.
Starting with an industry-
only event at the Gucci store
Common By Kam Williams
in Bethesda, the celebration Special to the AFRO
ended with an after-party at Lux Lounge. Many people came
out to support the musical duo including artists Phil Adé, Zoe Saldana was basically
Tabi Bonney, R&B singer Paula Campbell, radio personality unrecognizable playing the
Shaqwana from the “Russ Parr Morning Show” and DJ lead role of Neytiri in Avatar
Alizay. because her character was
covered from head to toe in
Actor Terrence Howard was spotted last week at Oya gobs of blue makeup when
Restaurant and Lounge having lunch with his daughter. He not a completely computer-
was in town to meet with lobbyist Tanya Lombard. Winter generated, digital creation.
Olympian Shani Davis was in Washington last week along So, if you want to see Zoe in
with other athletes for a special visit to the White House. the flesh, she currently has
two movies in theaters, the
dreadful remake of Death at
Actor Hill Harper was spotted partying inside Josephine
last Sunday while Attorney General Eric Holder was spotted a Funeral and the equally-
disappointing screen version
golfing with his family. Last Monday, Jesse Jackson Sr.
was spotted walking hand-in-hand with his son in Dupont of a DC comic book series,
The Losers.
Circle while Gabrielle Union was in the District promoting
National Volunteer Week. The ill-timed release of
The Losers comes right on
the heels of the surprise hit
Local hip-hop artist DC Don Juan celebrated his
birthday at Ibiza Nightclub and brought out many of his Kick-Ass, a groundbreaking
“socialebrity” (it’s my new word that I’m trying out for size; Marvel Comics adaptation
which opened up No. 1 at the
means celebrities that are now known for their socializing)
friends. The party was hosted by model Rosa Acosta. New box office only a week ago.
On top of that, both pictures
morning show host Big Tigger was spotted at the same party
getting down with the locals. revolve around a female
heroine, a coincidence certain
Washington Wizards’ player Andray Blatche hosted to lead to further comparison.
an end-of-the-season party at District where former NBA Where the genre-
player Steve Francis made an appearance. Known for hits refreshing Kick-Ass
such as “Mr. Boombastic,” reggae artist Shaggy stopped by introduces you to a spunky
WKYS-FM studios last week. 11-year-old superhero you
can’t get enough of, Zoe’s
Aisha feels more like a
worn-out retread right out
of the Hollywood action
flick recycle bin. The same
can be said for the rest of
this tired production, from
the lame-brained plot to the
cheesy affects to the sloppy
stunt work to the profusion of
cartoonish, one-dimensional
characters.
The story opens in the
jungles of Bolivia, where a
crack team of U.S. Special
Forces commandos led
by hard-boiled Col. Clay
(Jeffrey Dean Morgan) are
on assignment to bring a
drug kingpin (Peter Francis
James) to justice. The other
members of the elite squad
include getaway car driver/
daredevil pilot Pooch
(Columbus Short), ruthless,
money-hungry Rogue (Idris
Elba), computer hacker
Jensen (Chris Evans) and
sharpshooting sniper Cougar
(Oscar Jaenada).
The operation goes
horribly wrong when their
helicopter is hit by a rocket-
propelled grenade and
explodes into smithereens
while hovering in midair.
Courtesy Photo
Fortunately, instead of Clay
and his unit riding inside,
the chopper was filled
with 25 orphans they had
altruistically arranged to
airlift to safety.
Realizing that they’ve
just been betrayed by
a mole inside the CIA,
the quintet opts to make
believe they actually did
perish in the air disaster. Zoe Saldana stars
Trusting no one, other in The Losers.
than Aisha (Saldana), the
mysterious temptress who Well, don’t expect to see
anything like that in this
materializes out of nowhere
to seduce Clay, they proceed under-budgeted homage to
bad B-movies. Unfortunately,
to track the shadowy figure
(Jason Patric) they suspect the outdated special effects
employed here – like an
was behind the attempted hit.
That trail takes the gun- exploding, green screen
toting globetrotters from fireball everybody manages
Bogota to such ports of call as to keep one step ahead of
Miami, Puerto Rico, Houston, – render the movie more
Mumbai and Los Angeles. laughable than suspenseful.
I’m done with this
The film indulges in an array
of high body-count shootouts cinematic pablum; now get
out of my brain!
and poorly-shot pyrotechnic
displays en route to the totally
Fair (H)
predictable finale.
Rated PG-13 for profanity,
You know how Zoe’s sensuality and intense violence.
multiple Oscar-winning film, In English and Spanish with
Avatar, has been lauded for subtitles.
its breathtaking, state-of- Running time: 98 Minutes
the-art technical wizardry? Distributor: Warner Brothers

Book Review
‘The Protest Psychosis’: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease
By Kam Williams men, four times as often as the negro streets at dawn…” males as mentally unstable, that such “symptoms of
Special to the AFRO in white patients. Thus, far Well, as a product of when the discontent they were social belligerence required
beneath the national glare that era, coming of age in displaying was probably just chemical management.” By
“This book tells the story of bus boycotts, sit-ins, and the late 1960s, one thing I a very healthy response to the way, the book includes an
of how race gets written marches, another hidden civil couldn’t help but notice was the frustrations of trying to actual reprint of that ad for
into the definition of mental rights-era history unfolded in the frequency with which survive in a racist society. In your perusal.
illness... The book also shows response to national events… brothers I knew around my The Protest Psychosis, Metzl, More importantly, this text
how historical concerns about containment… age – particularly intelligent, a professor of psychiatry at the serves as a seminal primer in
racial protest reverberate The result was [that] socially conscious ones – University of Michigan, blows understanding the explosion
through treatment institutions schizophrenia literally, and were being committed to the whistle on the unethical of the number of Black men
and… explores the processes then figuratively, became a mental institutions. At the practices of his colleagues behind bars we witness all
through which American black disease. And prisons time, I simply assumed that who had prescribed powerful across the United States today.
society equates race with emerged where hospitals once the repeated diagnosis of medication for African For, as the author describes it,
insanity. stood.” schizophrenia was somehow Americans exhibiting what’s “The notion of recuperation
“The Protest Psychosis” – Excerpted from the scientific and the result been described clinically as fell by the wayside as
focuses mainly on a series Preface (pgs. ix-xxi) of an unfortunate genetic “delusional anti-Whiteness,” hospitals became prisons…
American patients with the
of transformations that flaw, not the consequence “hostile and aggressive Empathy gave way to fear,
perceived schizophrenia
occurred during the civil Who knew how prophetic of a diabolical plan similar feelings” or who adopted fear to anger, and anger
of civil rights protests,
rights era of the Sixties and the opening lines of Allen to Cointelpro, the FBI’s African or Islamic ideologies ultimately to indifference.
particularly those organized
Seventies [when] members Ginsberg’s epic poem counter-intelligence program or names. Everything changed when
by Black Power, Black
of the scientific community “Howl” would one day designed to imprison as many Meanwhile, trade mental health was taken over
Panthers, Nation of Islam, or
increasingly described prove? Originally published progressive-thinking Black advertisements for by corrections.”
other activist groups…
schizophrenia as a violent it 1956, it began: “I saw the folks as possible. antipsychotic drugs like The Protest Psychosis, a
Doctors diagnosed
social disease… In the worst best minds of my generation Better late than never, and Haldol “back then showed scathing indictment of “the
schizophrenia in African-
cases, psychiatric authors destroyed by madness, thanks to Dr. Jonathan Metzl angry black men with racialized process whereby
American patients, and
conflated the psychiatric starving, hysterical, naked, we now know the truth about clenched Black Power corrections replaced mental
particularly African-American
symptoms of African- dragging themselves through the over-diagnosis of Black fists,” thereby suggesting health.”
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Trent Williams
By Stephen D. Riley
AFRO Staff Writer
The Washington Redskins
elected not to opt for the
shiny new safety or risk
any more draft picks for the
flashy young quarterback,
but instead took offensive
tackle Trent Williams with the
fourth pick in the NFL Draft
on April 22. Williams wasn’t
the tackle that many had
projected for the Redskins as
Washington chose him over
ballyhooed prospect Russell
Okung from Oklahoma State.
Okung was viewed as
the draft’s top offensive line
prospect but didn’t possess
Williams’ mobility or
versatility. The 21-year-old
Williams shuffled between
both tackle spots during
his tenure at Oklahoma and
even operated at center in
postseason drills. Regardless,
if the pick was Williams or
Okung, the Redskins needed
to add a blue chip prospect to
their rebuilding offensive line
and Williams may actually
grade out better for head
coach Mike Shannahan’s zone
blocking scheme.
Wherever Williams
lines up, he’ll definitely
be a key man in protecting
newly acquired quarterback
Donovan McNabb.
Washington’s main blueprint
going into the draft was
patching up a leaky offensive
line that allowed 46 sacks
last season, tied for fourth
highest in the league. Despite
whispers that Tennessee
safety Eric Berry was in
serious consideration, the
Redskins held firm and added
a much needed piece to a unit
that drew heavy criticism last
season.
“Our offensive line was
terrible last year,” said
longtime Redskin follower
Chief Honesty-Bey who
attended the Redskins’ draft
party over the weekend.
“They needed to get
somebody on the line and I’m
glad they did. You always
underestimate the luxury of
having a good line until you
look up and see how hard it
is to run your offense when
the guys up front can’t block
anybody.”
After sacrificing second
and third round picks for the
acquisitions of McNabb and
supplemental draftee Jeremy
Jarmon, Washington made the
most of their five remaining
draft choices, headlined by
two additional offensive
linemen and a linebacker.
One of those linemen,
Trent Williams was drafted by the Redskins with the No. 4
overall pick.
West Virginia offensive
tackle Selvish Capers, was
considered a mid-round
prospect leading into the draft
but lasted until the seventh
round and could be a sleeper
to make the team.
Courtesy Photo/Oklahoma University
Fourth round selection
Perry Riley, a LSU linebacker,
was a four-year starter for the
Tigers and was a member of
LSU’s 2007 championship
team. While Riley and
Capers will add some notable
collegiate names to the roster,
securing Williams was the
biggest coupe of the draft for
Washington. The Redskins
haven’t used a first round pick
on an offensive tackle since
Chris Samuels was drafted in
2000.
With Samuels announcing
his retirement in March,
Washington will hope
that Williams can provide
something close to Samuels’
productivity in helping protect
the quarterback. The value
of an offensive lineman is
often underrated but the stock
appears to be on the upswing.
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the Next Big Thing
By Stephen D. Riley
AFRO Staff Writer
Call me Nostradamus.
A couple of years back I
told a colleague that the
Los Angeles Lakers would
run the NBA’s Western
Conference for the next two
or three seasons. They were
fresh off their trade for Paul
Gasol, and Kobe Bryant was
the frontrunner for the NBA’s
2008 MVP Award. Their
roster was littered with tall,
versatile and skilled athletes, and historic head coach Phil
Jackson was pulling the strings and calling the shots. The
Lakers, in fact, ran through the NBA Western Conference
that year with a 12-3 playoff record before succumbing to a
ridiculously focused Boston Celtics team in the NBA Finals.
The Lakers made it back to the Finals the next year, but
didn’t run through the West with the same authority. A 12-6
record in the western playoffs showed some chinks in the
armor but handling the Orlando Magic, 4-1, to claim the
2009 crown brushed any worries aside. Now it’s year three,
and that “two or three seasons” run I predicted for them is
coming to a close. Bryant’s legs look dead, the roster isn’t
as deep as its 2008 version and the championship hunger
appears to be happily satisfied. After dropping consecutive
playoff games to their opening round opponent, the
Oklahoma City Thunder, Lakers lovers have to be concerned.
But somewhere behind that worry, Lakers fans as well as the
world are watching this series in awe thinking, “Wow, this
Thunder team is really good.”
I told my colleague back in 2008 that Los Angeles
would run the West for a few seasons, but when I look at
the Thunder I can’t help but think that they might run the
entire NBA for a few years. When you talk about young
and talented, Oklahoma City jumps to the forefront. Small
forward Kevin Durant’s skills are starting to rival the Kobe’s
and the Carmelo Anthony’s of the league, and he’s creeping
on the doorsteps of LeBron James’ as well. Durant has been
ridiculous all season, setting career highs in scoring – in
which he led the league – and rebounding with averages of
30 points and 7.6 rebounds per night. He’s using the opening
round against the Lakers as his official launch party to NBA
stardom and he’s only 21.
Durant shoots from the perimeter like a guard and crashes
the boards like a center. His 19 rebounds against the Lakers
in the Thunder’s first playoff win on April 22 was the only
thing more impressive than his 29 points. While Durant can
be a one-man wrecking crew at times, he often doesn’t have
to be. Running mate Russell Westbrook might be too young
(21 years old) to be mentioned alongside the best point
guards in the league but he probably should be.
Westbrook has flat out destroyed opposing Lakers guards
– who doesn’t? – scoring more than 21 points per game in the
series and his assist-to-turnover ratio has been impressive at
5.25 to 1.5. His size – 6-feet-3-inches tall, 187 pounds – and
speed puts him in elite company with the Deron Williams,
Rajon Rondos and Derrick Roses of the league in terms of
superior athletic point guards. He’s not afraid to help out on
the glass – 6.5 rebounds per game in the series – and locking
up point guards on the defensive end is probably his best
trait.
Durant and Westbrook’s dynamic duo is backed by a
nucleus of young glue players. Swing forward Jeff Green
is only 23, and rookie reserve guard James Harden and
Congo import Serge Ibaka are both 20. You’d have to look
to 29-year-old fringe center Nick Collison to find the oldest
member of Oklahoma City’s rotation and its coach, NBA’s
Coach of the Year, Scott Brooks, is only 44. Everything’s
young in Oklahoma City. Even the franchise itself is only
two years into its existence after moving from Seattle in 2008
(sorry Super Sonic fans).
That youth could also be the Thunder’s downfall against
the veteran-laden Lakers. Feel good youth stories are always
nice until experience typically trumps it. I’m not going to
say I fully expect Los Angeles to beat Oklahoma City but the
odds are in their favor. I will say this though: If the Thunder
keeps improving at this rate, this will probably be the last
season that the odds and Oklahoma City aren’t on the same
side.

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By Perry Green
AFRO Sports Editor
Most Washington, D.C.-
area sports fans were ecstatic
to see the Redskins actually
make what football critics
deemed a smart decision in
selecting offensive tackle
Trent Williams in the 2010
NFL draft. But that wasn’t
the only reason why DMV
natives were excited about
this year’s draft.
Fort Washington, Md.
native Joe Haden shed tears
of joy last Thursday night
after receiving a call from
Cleveland Browns coach
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‘Skins Send Jason Campbell to Raiders
By AFRO Staff
The Washington Redskins
may have given up on
quarterback Jason Campbell,
but that doesn’t mean he
won’t still be starting games
on Sundays.
The Redskins reached
a deal with the Oakland
Raiders on April 24 that sent
the six-year veteran to Oak-
town for a fourth-round pick
in the 2012 draft.
Campbell, who was
drafted out of Auburn
University in 2005, was no
longer needed in Washington
after the team acquired
Pro Bowl quarterback
Donovan McNabb from the
Lady Bison Basketball
Coach Howard Promoted after
Successful Season
Courtesy Photo/Howard University
Jimmy Howard has been
promoted to associate
head coach after helping
lead the Lady Bison to its
best season in five years.
Howard Fares Well at Penn Relays
Lady Bison’s Landria Buckley finished in second place
with a time of 59.03 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles.
By AFRO Staff
The Howard University women’s track and field team put
up a solid performance at the 116th annual Penn Relays this
past weekend at historical Franklin Field.
Senior runner Landria Buckley took home a second-
place honor after finishing the 400-meter hurdles with a
time of 59.03 seconds. She broke her previous season-best
time of just more than a minute set earlier this month at the
Courtesy Photo/Auburn U
Former Redskins starter
Jason Campbell was traded
to the Oakland Raiders last
Saturday.
Philadelphia Eagles. But his
services are much needed in
By AFRO Staff
The Lady Bison women’s
basketball team finished with
one of its best seasons in
school history last season.
And according to head coach
Niki Reid Geckeler, their
success was the result of
hard work from her players
and coaching staff.
That’s why Geckeler
promoted assistant coach
Jimmy Howard to the role
of associate head coach, as
announced by HU Sports
Information on April 26.
“Jimmy has proven to be
an invaluable contributor to
the program,” Geckeler said.
Courtesy Photo/Howard University
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Haden Reps DC/MD in NFL Draft
Continued from B4
Oakland, where the Raiders Russell was taken with the
now roster five quarterbacks No. 1 overall pick in 2007,
that will now compete for the so several millions of dollars
starting position. are invested in him becoming
“What it comes down a success. But in three
to is that we’ve got five seasons Russell has been a
quarterbacks now and disappointment, recording
we’re going to have a great only seven wins in his short
competition,” Raiders coach career. He is due a huge
Tom Cable said of Campbell, contract bonus this season,
Kyle Boller, Charlie Frye, so reports speculate that
Bruce Gradkowski and the Raiders are prepared to
JaMarcus Russell. “There release him before the season
will be some decisions to be starts to avoid payoff.
made here in the next month If so, Campbell will have
or so.” the most recent experience as
While all five could a starter of any candidate on
possibly start, Campbell the roster. Campbell recorded
Courtesy Photo/University of Florida
and Russell—both African- 55 touchdown passes, 38
Ft. Washington native Joe Haden was drafted No. 7
American—appear to be the interceptions, and an 82.3
overall by the Cleveland Browns.
frontrunners for the spot. passer rating in his career.
Eric Mangini, informing the Haden was considered
University of Florida standout the top cornerback available
that he will be selected
with the No. 7 overall pick,
in the draft, which explains
why he was selected so
becoming the highest Gator
cornerback drafted since
Steve Tannen was taken with
high, but the 5-foot-11-
inch, 195-pound athlete
wasn’t always looked at as
the 20th overall pick in 1970.
“I am just trying to soak it
all up,” Haden told reporters
a defensive star. He played
quarterback at Friendly High
School in Fort Washington,
“This promotion is to reward and international recruiting, during the post draft press setting a state record with
the hard work, dedication and player development and conference. “It’s crazy and 7,371 career passing yards
effort Jimmy has put into the serving as the post and wing just a dream come true. I feel and also tied the state record
program as we continue to coach. He was instrumental like this is a blessing.” with 80 touchdown passes.
move in a positive direction.” in bringing in a highly Haden, who celebrated But as a freshman at Florida,
With Jimmy Howard decorated recruiting class in his 21st birthday on April Haden was converted into a
on the staff last season, the 2008-09, which includes star 14, is now the second metro- cornerback, making an instant
Lady Bison played very well, red-shirt freshman Saadia area native to be drafted in impact. He went on to record
placing fourth in the Mid- Doyle. the top 10 picks during the 218 tackles, 34 pass breakups
Eastern Athletic Conference, “It is truly an honor to past two years of the draft, and eight interceptions in
the highest finish for Howard be promoted to the position joining former University of three seasons.
since the 2004-05 season. of associate head coach Maryland receiver Darrius With that kind of résumé,
HU also ranked No. 1 at a school with such a Heyward-Bey, who was also there wasn’t much second
in the MEAC with 16.1 tremendous basketball history taken No. 7 overall by the guessing from the Browns on
offensive rebounds per game as Howard University,” Oakland Raiders in 2009. taking Haden.
and No. 3 in scoring defense, Howard said. “We are District native Vernon Davis “He [Coach Mangini]
was just trying to make me
allowing only 59.0 points per extremely excited about was also selected No. 6
smile because he saw the
game. what we have been able to overall by the San Francisco
accomplish these past two 49ers in 2006. tears coming from my eyes,”
Coach Howard is also
Like Davis and Heyward- Haden said about the best
responsible for national seasons and are thrilled with
phone call of his life. “It was
the prospects for the future.” Bey, Haden will now become
just tears of joy, just to finally
a multi-millionaire after
be able to arrive and know
signing what most critics that I’m playing for a team
project to be a contract and know where I’m going to
worth at least $20 million in be because I just knew it was
Colonial Relays. guaranteed money. going to happen.”
The Lady Bison 400-meter relay team, made up of
Danielle Douglas, Brittany Stephens, Buckley and Jami
Hardy, finished in a time of 4:01.77. 
“I was pleased with how we did considering how young
our squad is,” Howard head coach Michael Merritt said. “We
had a few mishaps here and there, but overall we did a decent
job.”
The men’s track and field team also had decent
performances, including strong finishes in the 400-meter and
200-meter relays.
Michael Houston, Richard Williams, Brandon Hill
and Stephen Bowe combined to create the 400-meter squad,
which finished with a time of 3:16.76, while Tochi Odocha,
Mikael LaRoche, Houston and Stephen Small-Warner grouped
to run a season-best time of 1:28.06 in the 200-meter contest.
Howard will now prepare for the Mid-Eastern Athletic
Conference Championships May 6-8.
“We just have to work hard these next couple of weeks and
keep our fingers crossed,” Coach Merritt said. “Everything
else is out of our hands.”
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Faith In Action Jerome Chase, who came to

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the forum accompanied by
his wife Carmen, 39. Chase
questioned whether couples

Marriage Ministry Tackles

could use pornography as a
training tool to improve their
sex lives.

Touchy Topic: Web Pornography

Chase said that while the
ministers quickly assured
him that his question was
legitimate, “They said that
By Macy Freeman become popular because of The handout, which began wouldn’t be good.  It can lead
NNPA Special Correspondent their ability to cover sensitive with the course objective and to other things.”
subjects such as adultery.  a definition of pornography, Asked about the reasons
WASHINGTON (NNPA) These two ministers, also included the biblical married people might begin productivity, happiness and was seeing although he was
- Six married people take who have been married scripture James 1:13-15, watching pornography, their ability to function in too young to understand the
their seats on wooden pews for 29 years, have been which suggests that those Carmen Chase said, “It’s society.” effect it would have on him.
in the sanctuary of First counseling couples through faced with temptations cannot about peer pressure.” She According to the “Today, I am still addicted
Church of Washington, D.C. their “Impacting Your Life” blame God for their situation. recalled hearing her co- American Academy of to porn,” said Stanley, who
Ministers Michel, 61, and marriage ministry for 10 The source of entrapment workers discussing how Matrimonial Lawyers, in had given up the addiction
Cherryl Ward, 56, are ready years. in the case of pornography, watching pornography can be 2003, Internet usage was a in 1990 but relapsed.  “What
to start their weekly forum Outlined in the handouts the Wards declared, is exciting. significant factor in two out kicked it off again was
on a touchy subject: Web they distributed to their cyberspace. According to findings of three divorces. emotions. As long as I was
pornography. married guests, the goal the “Whoever sins becomes by the Witherspoon Stovall suggests that living alone, everything was
As with their other topics Wards had for their Web a slave to sin,” Michel Ward Institute of Princeton, married people use all of the fine.” 
on how to maintain healthy pornography forum was to said. “That is the Web, the N.J., “The habitual use of resources available to them Stanley said that after
relationships, the Wards define pornography, discuss entrapment.  Lord, help us pornography – especially to solve their problems. She getting married, the intimacy
had planned to discuss Web its effects on marriage, how God not to destroy the web, Internet pornography – can said it can be useful for issues he faces with his
pornography for four weeks to overcome the effects and but to destroy the spider.” damage people of all ages them to use not only therapy wife caused his addiction to
early this year. They said finally to focus on the healing The first of the guests and both sexes, negatively resources, but also their resurface. He later revealed
their weekly forums had and forgiveness process. to speak was 39-year-old impacting their relationships, values, which may stem from that at age 13 and 14 he
a religious following, as tools began buying prostitutes with
Church Briefs to overcome their issues. the money he earned mowing
Compiled by Herb Quarles III Family Life Center Foundation, which has provided In a later session at the lawns and distributing
programs and social services to individuals and families in the church, one participant newspapers. One of his
HU Chapel Services Washington metropolitan area for more than 27 years. who preferred to be called brother’s friends brought
The Rev. Dr. Bernard Richardson will be the final speaker Contact Linwood Moore at 301-390-7702 or lm2377@aol. “Stanley,” revealed his him to a nude bar for the first
for the 2009-2010 academic year. Worship services take place com for more information. current struggle with time.
May 2 in Howard University’s Cramton Auditorium, 2455
pornography.  After becoming so enticed
Sixth St. N.W. Sermon broadcasts can be heard the following Gospel Choir Concert
He said disagreements by the women there, he began
Sunday at 11 a.m. The gospel choir at Colesville United Methodist Church,
under the direction of Barbara Baker, will celebrate its 29th with his wife of 10 to return to the bar on several
Church Women Hold Tea anniversary with a concert at 4 p.m. on May 2 at the church years often spur his use occasions escorted by other
The Episcopal Church Women and Girls of Calvary will located at 52 Randolph Road in Silver Spring, Md. of pornographic Web men entering the club.
present a “Sisterhood Tea” at 11 a.m. on May 1 at Calvary Featured also will be the Brown Memorial Park Avenue sites. When he asks for her Outside, prostitutes
Episcopal Church located at 820 Sixth St. N.E. The guest Presbyterian Church Choir from Baltimore, Md. from affection and feels rejected, walked the streets leaving
speaker will be Rev. Mpho Tutu, the daughter of Archbishop Baltimore, Md. For more information, contact Don Williams he turns toward pornography Stanley with yet another
Desmond Tutu with whom she co-authored Made for 301-649-1338 or e-mail blueeight@aol.com as an outlet.  temptation.
Goodness: …Why This Makes All the Difference. Women, Speaking of this rejection To overcome his addiction
young and old, are invited to attend the event. For more Baptist Educational Congress Meets he said, “It tears me to to pornography, Stanley finds
information, call 202-396-6676. The seventh Baptist Educational Congress, an auxiliary pieces.” strength in his faith. Each
of the Baptist Convention of D.C. and Vicinity, will Speaking candidly, morning he wakes up, walks
A Benefit Concert convene at 6:30 p.m. from May 3 through May 7 at Eleanor Stanley said he was into his living room, gets
The Henry C. Gregory III Family Life Center Foundation Roosevelt High School, 760l Hanover Parkway, Greenbelt,
introduced to pornography on his knees and prays. “I
will present the Dick Morgan quintet in concert at 4 p.m. on Md. Registration will be held on May 3 from 3-6:15 p.m.
after coming across a Playboy thank [God] and surrender
May 1 in the Heritage Hall Center located at 1510 Ninth St. on site, or online at www.becdcv.org and select “Conference
N.W. (Next to Shiloh Baptist Church.) Information.” Call Annalisa D. Lee at 202-667-5702 for magazine at age 12. Looking my will,” he said.  “Then, I
This fundraising event will benefit the Henry C. Gregory additional information. at the pages, his young eyes confess what I do before the
became enthralled by what he Lord.”

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Patricia Grimes, whose a. Order Nisi $ 60 per insertion $180.00 per 3 weeks
address is 2345 Q
b. Small Estates (single publication)
Street SE, Washington $ 50 per insertion
DC 20020 was, ap- c. Notice to Creditors
pointed personal repre-
sentative of the estate of
1. Domestic $ 60 per insertion $ 180.00 per 3 weeks
Karl Phillip Grimes, who 2. Foreign $ 60 per insertion $ 180.00 per 3 weeks
died on November 26, d. Escheated Estates
2005 without a will, and $ 60 per insertion $ 360.00 per 6 weeks
will serve without Court e. Standard Probates $ 125.00
supervision. All un-
known heirs and heirs
whose whereabouts are
unknown shall enter
CIVIL NOTICES
their appearance in this
proceeding. Objections a. Name Changes 202-879-1133 $ 80.00
to such appointment $ 200.00
shall be filed with the
b. Real Property
Register of Wills, D.C.,
515 5th Street, N.W.,
3rd Floor Washington,
D.C. 20001, on or be-
FAMILY COURT
fore October 23, 2010. 202-879-1212
Claims against the de-
DOMESTIC RELATIONS
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed 202-879-0157
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under- a. Absent Defendant $ 150.00
signed, on or before
b. Absolute Divorce $ 150.00
October 23, 2010, or be
forever barred. Persons c. Custody Divorce $ 150.00
believed to be heirs or
legatees of the decedent
who do not receive a
copy of this notice by To place your ad, call 1-800-237-6892, ext. 262
mail within 25 days of its Public Notices $50.00 & up depending on size
first publication shall so
inform the Register of Baltimore Legal Notices are $24.15 per inch.
Wills, including name, There is no flat rate — 1-800 (AFRO) 892
address and relation- For Proof of Publication, please call 1-800-237-6892, ext. 244
ship.
Date of Publication:
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Name of newspaper:
Afro-American mail within 25 days of its Register of Wills or filed to such appointment Chavis, who died on
shall be filed with the
Washington Law first publication shall so with the Register of Wills March 15, 2010 with a
Reporter inform the Register of with a copy to the under- Register of Wills, D.C., will, and will serve with-
515 5th Street, N.W.,
Patricia Grimes Wills, including name, signed, on or before out Court supervision.
Personal address and relation- October 23, 2010, or be 3rd Floor Washington, All unknown heirs and
D.C. 20001, on or be-
Representative ship. forever barred. Persons h e i r s w h o s e
TRUE TEST COPY Date of Publication: believed to be heirs or fore October 23, 2010. whereabouts are un-
Claims against the de-
REGISTER OF WILLS April 23, 2010 legatees of the decedent known shall enter their
4/23, 4/30, 5/7 Name of newspaper: who do not receive a cedent shall be pre- appearance in this
sented to the under-
Afro-American copy of this notice by proceeding. Objections
Superior Court of Washington Law mail within 25 days of its signed with a copy to the to such appointment (or
the District of Register of Wills or filed
Reporter first publication shall so to the probate of de-
District of Columbia Elsie W. Yanchulis inform the Register of with the Register of Wills cedent´s will) shall be
PROBATE DIVISION with a copy to the under-
Personal Wills, including name, filed with the Register of
Washington, D.C. signed, on or before Wills, D.C., 515 5th
Representative address and relation-
20001-2131 October 23, 2010 or be Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
TRUE TEST COPY ship.
Administration No. forever barred. Persons Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
REGISTER OF WILLS Date of Publication:
2009ADM721 believed to be heirs or 20001, on or before
4/23, 4/30, 5/7 April 23, 2010
Donald W. legatees of the decedent October 23, 2010.
Name of newspaper:
Washabaugh Superior Court of who do not receive a Claims against the de-
Afro-American
Decedent the District of copy of this notice by cedent shall be pre-
Washington Law
John Noble, Attorney District of Columbia mail within 25 days of its sented to the under-
Reporter
451 Hungerford Drive PROBATE DIVISION first publication shall so signed with a copy to the
Daniel I Oshtry Esq.
Suite 750 Washington, D.C. inform the Register of Register of Wills or filed
Personal
Rockville, MD 20850 20001-2131 Wills, including name, with the Register of Wills
Representative
Attorney Administration No. address and relation- with a copy to the under-
TRUE TEST COPY
NOTICE OF 2009ADM1205 REGISTER OF WILLS ship. signed, on or before
APPOINTMENT, Harry Earle Echols, Jr Date of Publication:
4/23, 4/30, 5/7 October 23, 2010, or be
NOTICE TO Decedent April 23, 2010 forever barred. Persons
CREDITORS Daniel I. Oshtry Esq
Superior Court of Name of newspaper: believed to be heirs or
AND NOTICE TO Bar No 430226 the District of Afro-American legatees of the decedent
UNKNOWN HEIRS 1828 Irving Street NW
District of Columbia Washington Law who do not receive a
Elsie W. Yanchulis, Washington DC 20010 PROBATE DIVISION Reporter copy of this notice by
whose address is 302 Attorney Washington, D.C. Avis Kennedy mail within 25 days of its
West Edmonston Drive, NOTICE OF 20001-2131 Personal first publication shall so
Rockville, MD 20852 APPOINTMENT, Administration No. Representative inform the Register of
was appointed personal NOTICE TO 2010ADM220 TRUE TEST COPY Wills, including name,
representative of the CREDITORS Lucille Spain REGISTER OF WILLS address and relation-
AND NOTICE TO
estate of Donald W. aka 4/23, 4/30, 5/7 ship.
Washabaugh, who died UNKNOWN HEIRS Lucille Mae Spain Date of Publication:
Superior Court of
on May 12, 2009 without Daniel I. Oshtry Esq, Decedent April 23, 2010
whose address is 1828 the District of
a will, and will serve John J Beins Name of newspaper:
Irving Street, NW District of Columbia
without Court supervi- 2 Wisconsin Circle Afro-American
Washington DC 20010 PROBATE DIVISION
sion. All unknown heirs Suite 700 Washington Law
was appointed personal Washington, D.C.
and heirs whose Chevy Chase MD Reporter
representative of the 20001-2131
whereabouts are un- 20815 Brandye M Kersey
estate of Harry Earle Administration No.
known shall enter their Attorney Personal
Echols, Jr who died on 332-10
appearance in this NOTICE OF Representative
October 28, 2007 with- Marie A. Chavis
proceeding. Objections APPOINTMENT, TRUE TEST COPY
out a will, and will serve Decedent
to such appointment NOTICE TO REGISTER OF WILLS
without Court supervi- Bruce E. Gardner Esq
shall be filed with the CREDITORS 4/23, 4/30, 5/7
sion. All unknown heirs The Gardner Law Firm,
Register of Wills, D.C., AND NOTICE TO
and heirs whose PC
UNKNOWN HEIRS
WWW.AFRO.COM
515 5th Street, N.W.,
3rd Floor Washington, whereabouts are un- 1101 Pennsylvania Ave
Avis Kennedy, whose
D.C. 20001, on or be- known shall enter their NW Suite 600
address is 1601
Washington DC 20004
fore October 23, 2010. appearance in this Claiborne Street, Rich-
Attorney
Claims against the de- proceeding. Objections mond VA 23220 was ap-
NOTICE OF
cedent shall be pre- to such appointment (or pointed personal repre-
APPOINTMENT,
sented to the under- to the probate of de- sentative of the estate of
NOTICE TO
signed with a copy to the cedent´s will) shall be Lucille Spain aka Lucille
CREDITORS
Register of Wills or filed filed with the Register of Mae Spain, who died on
AND NOTICE TO
with the Register of Wills Wills, D.C., 515 5th April 21, 2006 without a
UNKNOWN HEIRS
with a copy to the under- Street, N.W., 3rd Floor will, and will serve with-
Brandye Marie Kersey,
signed, on or before Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . out Court supervision.
whose address is 13806
October 23, 2010, or be 20001, on or before All unknown heirs and
Crosstie Drive, German-
forever barred. Persons October 23, 2010. h e i r s w h o s e
town, MD 29874 was
believed to be heirs or Claims against the de- whereabouts are un-
appointed personal re-
legatees of the decedent cedent shall be pre- known shall enter their
presentative of the
who do not receive a sented to the under- appearance in this
estate of Marie A.
copy of this notice by signed with a copy to the proceeding. Objections
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SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS
Superior Court of
the District of
Columbia
Civil Division
Case No. 0002798-10
IN RE:
Michael Gilbert
Applicant
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION
CHANGE OF NAME
Michael Gilbert having
filed a complaint for
judgment changing Mi-
chael H. Gilbert name to
Hussein Waliullah and
having applied to the
court for an Order of
Publication of the notice
required by law in such
cases; it is by the Court
this 23rd day of April
2010.
ORDERED, that all per-
sons concerned show
cause, if any there be,
on or before the 28th
day of May 2010, why
the prayers of said com-
plaint should not be
granted; provided that a
copy of this order be
published once a week
for three consecutive
weeks before said day
in the Afro-American.
JUDGE
A TRUE COPY TEST:
4/30, 5/7, 5/14
SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
FAMILY COURT
DOMESTIC
RELATIONS
BRANCH
Jacket Number.
09DRB2506
Mesfin, Bethlehem
Plaintiff.
vs.
Solomon, Aklilu
Defendant.
ORDER PUBLICATION
ABSENT DEFENDANT
The object of this suite
is to obtain a divorce.
On motion of the
plaintiff, it is the XXI day
of April 2010, ordered
that the defendant Solo-
mon, Aklilu cause his
appearance to be en-
tered herein on or be-
fore the fortieth day,
exclusive Sundays and
legal holidays, occurring
after the day of the first
publication of this order;
otherwise the cause will
be proceeded with as in
case of default. Provide,
a copy of this order is
published once a week
for three successive
weeks in the Washing-
ton Law Reporter, and
the Washington Afro-
American before said
day.
ASSOCIATE JUDGE
Attest:
Clerk of the
Superior Court
Of the District
of Columbia
By: Deputy Clerk
4/30, 5/7, 5/14
SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010ADM351
Estate of
George S Dravillas
Deceased
NOTICE OF
STANDARD
PROBATE
Notice is hereby given
that a petition has been
filed in this Court by
Paraskevas P. Michael
and S. Paul Loukas for
standard probate,
including the
appointment of one or
more personal repre-
sentative. Unless a com-
plaint or an objection in
accordance with Super-
ior Court Probate Di-
vision Rule 407 is filed
in this Court within 30
days from the date of
first publication of this
notice, the Court may
take the action here-
inafter set forth.
0
admit to probate the
will dated August 1,
2006 exhibited with the
petition upon proof sat-
isfactory to the Court of
due execution by affida-
vit of the witnesses or
otherwise.
0
order any interested
person to show cause
why the provisions of
the lost or destroyed will
notice, the Court may
take the action here-
inafter set forth.
0
admit to probate the
will dated August 1,
2006 exhibited with the
petition upon proof sat-
isfactory to the Court of
LEGAL
due NOTICES
execution by affida-
vit of the witnesses or
otherwise.
0
order any interested
person to show cause
why the provisions of
the lost or destroyed will
dated August 1, 2006
should not be admitted
to probate as expressed
in the petition.
Register of Wills
Clerk of the Probate
Division
Date of First Publication
April 30, 2010
Names of Newspapers:
Washington Law
Reporter
Washington
AFRO-AMERICAN
Nicolis A Balland
2300 Clarendon Blvd
Suite 700
Arlington VA 22201
Signature of
Petitioners/Attorney
4/30, 5/7
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2009ADM1208
Charity Mae Jackson
Decedent
Evelyn E. Crawford
Queen
530 8th Street SE
Washington DC 20005
Attorney
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Rodney Craig Jackson
and Alvin McGee,
whose address are 6109
1 4 t h S t r e e t N W. ,
Washington DC 20011
and Edsall Road #201,
Alex VA 23011, were ap-
pointed personal repre-
sentative(s) of the estate
of Charity
Charity Mae
Mae Jackson
McGee,
who died on October 28,
2009 without a will, and
will serve without Court
supervision. All un-
known heirs and heirs
whose whereabouts are
unknown shall enter
their appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment
shall be filed with the
Register of Wills, D.C.,
515 5th Street, N.W.,
3rd Floor Washington,
D.C. 20001, on or be-
fore October 30, 2010.
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before
October 30, 2010, 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 relation-
ship.
Date of Publication:
April 30, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Rodney Craig Jackson
Alvin McGee
Personal
Representative
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
4/30, 5/7, 5/14
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COURT OF THE
DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
CIVIL DIVISION
Civil Action No.
2008CA002648 L RP
Judge Joseph
Beshouri
Karen Y Fletcher
7505 Mendota Place
Springfield, VA 22150
PLAINTIFF
v.
Kustom Homes Real
Estate, Inc.
d/b/a Kustom Homes Inc
2414 Iverson Street
Temple Hills, MD 20748
Serve: Roscoe Johnson,
President
11 Ballman Court
Brooklyn, Maryland
Boliver Land Company
Inc
10832 Margate Road
Silver Spring, MD 20901
Serve: Ronald Walls,
President
311 Lakewood Drive
Asheville, North
Carolina 28803
Gretchen G Gloster,
Trustee
8191 Windward Key
Drive
Chesapeake Beach,
Maryland 20744
William P Gloster III
Trustee
8191 Windward
Key Drive
Chesapeake Beach MD
20744
Elveeta Timmons
Macon
Personal
Representative of the
Estate of
Elvee Uleee Timmons
aka E.U. Timmons
15548 Debridge Way
Florissant, Missouri
63034-3465
District of Columbia
and
Any and all persons
having or claiming to
have any interest in the
leasehold or fee simple
in the property and
premises situate, lying
and being in the District
of Columbia described
as:
The property known for
assessment and tax-
ation purposes as
Square 5848, Lot 0005,
and located in Block 6 in
a subdivision made by
Wilson and Redman,
Trustees, as per plat re-
corded in Liber County
10 at Folio 5 in the Of-
fice of the Surveyor for
the District of Columbia,
in the subdivision known
as Randle Heights, is
vacant lot in the 2000
block of Jasper Street,
SE., at the intersection
of Jasper and 21st
associated foundations, construction of new playground, grading, installation of
and located in Block 6 in play equipment, construction of climbing wall, paths and walkways, play surfaces,
a subdivision made by boardwalk, new planting, storm drainage systems and utilities.
Wilson and Redman,
Trustees, as per plat re- A pre-bid information meeting is being held on Thursday, May 13, 2010, at
corded in Liber County 10:00 A.M. at Parkside Headquarters, 9500 Brunett Avenue, Silver Spring, MD
10 at Folio 5 in the Of-
fice of the Surveyor for
the District of Columbia,
20901.
Sealed bids must be received by the Commission’s Purchasing Office, c/o Rhonda
inLEGAL NOTICES
the subdivision known LEGAL NOTICES Brown, M-NCPPC, 9500 BrunettLEGAL NOTICES
Avenue, Room B107, Silver Spring, Maryland
as Randle Heights, is 20901, no later than 11:00 A.M., Tuesday, June 8, 2010. The Commission
vacant lot in the 2000 Concrete General, Inc. is seeking MBE reserves the right to reject any and all proposals received, and to waive
To advertise in the AFRO call 202-332-0080
block of Jasper Street, irregularities.
subcontractors & suppliers who perform
SE., at the intersection
of Jasper and 21st various types of work relating to highway, Copies of the bid documents are available for downloading from eMaryland
Streets, SE. and 2030 bridge, & utility construction in the Maryland Marketplace at https://ebidmarketplace.com for no charge. All bidders must
Jasper Street, SE in the return the bidders list form that is attached to the solicitation. There will be one
area. Call Mark Miller 301-948-4450. EEO copy of the bid documents available for review only at the Park Development
District of Columbia.
Defendants. Division of the Montgomery County Department of Parks, 9500 Brunett Avenue,
AMENDED ORDER Room B107, Silver Spring MD 20901.
OF PUBLICATION
In accordance with D.C. It is incumbent upon the prospective bidder/offeror to check for any updates or
addenda at eMaryland Marketplace.
Official Code §47-1375,
the object of this THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS STRONGLY ENCOURAGES THE PARTICIPA-
proceeding is to secure TION OF MINORITY, FEMALE, AND DISABLED OWNED BUSINESSES IN
the foreclosure of the THE SOLICITATION PROCESS, AND INVITES THEM TO EXPLORE POSSI-
right of redemption in BLE CONTRACTING AND SUBCONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES.
the following real prop- The Maryland National Capital Park and Planning
erty located in the Dis- Commission (M-NCPPC) hereby invites sealed Questions and concerns regarding this solicitation should be directed to Rhonda
trict of Columbia, and proposals from interested parties for Proposal No. Brown, Contract Specialist, at 301-495-2546 or via e-mail at rhonda.brown@
sold by the Mayor of the P30-174, ”PGAtlas Web Hosting, Programming montgomeryparks.org.
District of Columbia to Development, Support and Maintenance for Prince
the Plaintiff(s) in this ac- George´s County Planning Department”, in accor- A copy of this advertisement can also be seen at http://www.montgomeryparks.
tion: Square 5848, Lot dance with scope of services to be furnished by org/pdd/bids.shtm
0005, and located in the Purchasing Division, 6611 Kenilworth Ave.,
Block 6 in a subdivision Suite 300, Riverdale, MD 20737. There will be no
made by Wilson and charge for the proposal. Each proposal must be DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY
submitted to the Purchasing Office at the above REQUEST FOR BIDS
Redman, Trustees, as INVITATION NO. 090200
per plat recorded in address. Proposals must be received before 11:00
AM, Wednesday, May 12, 2010. A Pre-Proposal BRYANT STREET PUMPING STATION REPLACEMENT
Liber County 10 at Folio OF HYDRAULIC PIPING SYSTEM
5 in the Office of the Conference is scheduled for 10:30 AM, Friday,
Surveyor for the District April 30, 2010, at M-NCPPC, Lakeside Condomin-
of Columbia, in the sub- iums, Training Room, 14430 Old Mill Road, Upper
Marlboro, Maryland 20772. Representatives of the The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority is soliciting bids for Invitation
division known as No. 090200: Bryant Street Pumping Station Replacement of Hydraulic Piping
Randle Heights, as a va- Commission will be present for the purpose of
providing responses to questions regarding this System.
cant lot in the 2000
block of Jasper Street, procurement. Although not mandatory, it is strongly
The following listing enumerates the major items of work included in this contract:
SE at the intersection of recommended that all parties who intend to submit
Japser and 21st Streets
a proposal carefully review the Request for Pro-
a. Removal and replacement of the existing pump control valve hydraulic piping
SE, situated between
posals and attend the Pre-Proposal Conference.
system.
2016 Japer Street SE
Questions regarding this proposal may be directed
b. Improvements to connections to the distribution system discharge mains
to Tina J. Baham at (301)454 1602, TTY
(Square 5849, Lot 0002) (301)454-1493. All proposals and associated c. Upgrade of the hydraulic piping system strainer system.
and 2030 Japer Street,
documents will become the property of the M-
SE (Square 5848, Lot NCPPC and will be considered public information. The project requires completion within 180 consecutive calendar days.
0032), Washington DC
20020 This project is estimated to cost between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000.
The Commission is an E.O.E. with special pro-
The complaint states, curement rules for Minorities, Females, and the
among other things, that Disabled. Bid Opening Date is May 26, 2010.
the amounts necessary
for redemption have not Nancy J. Keogh Bid for this project will be procured in the open market with preference given for
Purchasing Manager the utilization of certified local and local small business enterprises.
been paid.
Pursuant to the Chief
The Davis-Bacon wage determinations shall apply.
Judge´s Administration
Order Number 02-11, it
The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning DCWASA Owner Controlled Insurance Program will provide insurance.
is this 21st day of April, Commission (M-NCPPC) hereby invites sealed
2010. bids from interested parties for IFB B30-181 Bid documents are available at the Department of Procurement, 5000 Overlook
ORDERED by the ”One(1) Kenworth, T370 Series Cab Chassis with Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20032. Sets of Bidding Documents can be
Superior Court of the Dump Body or Equal” in accordance with the
procured for a non-refundable $50 purchase price each, payable to DC Water
District of Columbia, that scope of services to be furnished by the Purchas- and Sewer Authority. Payment must be in the form of a money order, certified
notice be given by the ing Division, 6611 Kenilworth Ave., Suite 300, check or a company check. Documents can be shipped to Bidders providing a
insertion of a copy of Riverdale, Maryland 20737. Federal Express account number.
this order in The Afro- There is no charge for the bid. Each Bid must be
American Newspaper, submitted to the Purchasing Office at the above The DC WASA Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant is a secured
having a general circula- address. Bids must be received before 11:00 A.M., facility. Persons intending to pick-up Bidding Documents are to contact the
tion in the District of Friday, May 7, 2010. Requests for copies of the Department of Procurement at 202-787-2020 for access authorization.
Columbia, once a week solicitation and any questions regarding this Bid
for three (3) successive may be directed to Flora Lindsay-Boston, Senior For procurement information contact Mr. Carlo Enciso; email carlo.enciso@
weeks, notifying all per- Procurement Specialist, at (301)454-1608, TTY dcwasa.com, (voice 202-787-2029).
sons interested in the (301)454-1493 or e-mail to flora.lindsay-boston@
real property described mncppc.org. All Bids and associated documents For technical information contact: DETS-Construction.Bid.Inquiry@dcwasa.com
above to appear in this will become the property of the Commission and
Court by the 7th day of will be considered public information. View DC WASA current and up coming solicitations on WASA´s website at
July, 2010, and redeem www.dcwasa.com
The Commission is an E.O.E. with special pro-
the real property by pay-
ment of $387.00 to-
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Copies of the Bid Documents for the project can be obtained from the Director
4/30, 5/7, 5/14
of Parks and Recreation’s Office, 6600 Kenilworth Avenue, Room 205/207,
Riverdale, Maryland 20737, after 9:00 am on April 26, 2010. The cost per set SERVICES -
of these documents is $25.00 and is non-refundable. Checks and/or money orders HEALTH &
only will be accepted. Documents will not be mailed. Copies of the bid documents MISC.
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Kenilworth Avenue, Room 205, Riverdale, MD 20737, no later than 3:00 P.M. on CARE SPECIALISTS. 116 newspapers across
May 26. 2010. Bids timely received will be publicly opened and read immediately Auction SINCE 1957. CARING Maryland, Delaware and
thereafter. The envelope containing the bid should be marked in the lower Collector Cars PTs, RNs, LPNs, CNAs, DC. Reach 5.2 million
left-hand corner, ”Sealed Bid for the Refinishing of the Existing White Coating of
OC Conv. Center - AIDES, HOME HEALTH readers weekly for only
the Interior Leisure/Splash Pool at Rollingcrest Aquatic Center”. CARE. PRIVATE DUTY.
Maryland $495. For more informa-
The Commission reserves the right to reject any and all bids received, and to May 21st Consign HOURLY / LIVE-IN. 24- tion contact us at 410-
waive irregularities. Concerns and questions regarding this project should be Today HOUR SERVICE. 721-4000 x19 or visit
directed to Faye Blake at 301-699-2560. Web Site LICENSED & BONDED. our website: www.mddc-
Occollectorcars.com 888-353-1700. CALL press.com
THE MARYLAND-NATIONAL CAPITAL
PARK AND PLANNING COMMISSION Call Bernie 443-807- NOW FOR CARE. ADVERTISING BUD-
8883 GET TIGHT!!! GROW
Michael G. Terry, Jr., P.E. YOUR BUSINESS WITH
Engineering Supervisor 503 Acres (10 tracts).
HEALTH/ US IN 2010. Advertise in
Park Planning and Development Division Hunting/Rec Timber FITNESS/ 116 newspapers across
RFP NO. P30-178 Tracts. Home, 3-acre BEAUTY Maryland, Delaware and
FINAL DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, PERMITS AND LIMITED pond, beautiful vistas. DC. Reach 5.2 million
CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION FOR GREENBRIAR LOCAL PARK IF YOU USED TYPE 2
Rocky Mountain Road, readers weekly for only
Forest, VA. AUCTION: DIABETES DRUG $495.00. For more infor-
The Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission (M-NPPC) AVANDIA AND SUF-
(Montgomery) hereby invites sealed Proposals from interested parties for perform- May 14th. Online mation contact us at
ing all work in conjunction with RFP No. P30-178, for final design, construction Bidding. FERED A STROKE OR 410-721-4000 x19 or
documents, permits, and limited construction administration for Greenbriar Local www.countsauction.com HEART ATTACK You visit our
Park. Work includes landscape architecture, architecture, civil engineering, 800-780-2991 VAAF93 may be entitled to com- w e b s i t e : w w w. m d d c -
geotechnical, cost estimating, construction documentation, and limited pensation. Call Attorney
press.com
construction administration required to build Greenbriar Local Park at 12525 Glen Charles Johnson 1-800-
Road, Potomac, MD 20854.
AUTOMOBILE 535-5727
VACATION/
A pre-proposal information meeting is being held on Friday, May 7, 2010, DONATION
at 10:30 a.m. at Parkside Headquarters, 9500 Brunett Ave., Silver Spring, MD.
HELP WANTED - TRAVEL
DONATE VEHICLE:
Sealed proposals must be received by the Commission´s Purchasing Office, c/o TRUCK DRIVER OCEAN CITY, MARY-
Linda Rodecap, M-NCPPC, 9500 Brunett Avenue, Room B107, Silver Spring, Receive $1000 GRO- LAND. Best selection of
Maryland 20901, no later than 3:00 p.m., Friday, June 4, 2010. The Commission CERY COUPONS, Your REGIONAL DRIVERS affordable rentals. Full/
reserves the right to reject any and all proposals received, and to waive Choice. NOAH'S ARC, NEEDED! More partial weeks. Call for
irregularities. NO KILL Animal Hometime! Top Pay! Up
FREE brochure. Open
Shelters. Advanced to $.43/mile company daily. Holiday Real
Copies of the proposal documents are available for downloading from eMaryland
Marketplace at https://ebidmarketplace.com/ for no charge. All bidders must return Veterinary Treatments. drivers! 12 months OTR Estate. 1-800-638-2102.
the bidders list form that is attached to the solicitation. There will be one copy Free Towing, IRS TAX required. HEARTLAND Online reservations:
of the proposal documents available for review only at the Park Development DEDUCTION. Non-run- EXPRESS1-800-441- www.holidayoc.com
Division of the Montgomery County Department of Parks, 9500 Brunett Avenue, ners 1-866-912-GIVE 4953 www,heartlandex-
Silver Spring MD 20901.
press.com
It is incumbent upon the prospective bidder/offeror to check for any updates or DONATE YOUR VEHI-
addenda at eMaryland Marketplace. CLE RECEIVE FREE KNIGHT REFRIGERAT-
VACATION VOUCHER ED - Hiring Qualified
THE DEPARTMENT OF PARK AND PLANNING STRONGLY ENCOURAGES Drivers looking for a
THE PARTICIPATION OF MINORITY, FEMALE, AND DISABLED OWNED UNITED BREAST CAN-
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Questions and concerns regarding this solicitation should be directed to Linda
Apply online at:
Rodecap, Contracts Specialist, at 301-650-2862 or via e-mail at linda.rodecap@ Towing, Tax Deductible,
montgomeryparks.org. w w w. k n i g h t r e f r i g e r a t -
Non-Runners Accepted, ed.com 888-668-0829. 6
A copy of this advertisement can also be seen at http://www.montgomeryparks. 1-888-468-5964 mos. OTR experience
org/pdd/bids.shtm required. Class-A-CDL
IFB NO. B30-179 DONATE YOUR CAR,
WHEATON REGIONAL PARK TRUCK, RV. Tax
SUPPLY AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND deductible. MVA HOME
The Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission (M-NCPPC)
licensed. 410-636-0123 IMPROVEMENT
or toll-free 1-877-737-
(Montgomery County) hereby invites sealed Bids from interested parties for HAS YOUR BUILDING
performing all work in conjunction with IFB No. B30-179, for supply and 8567. Your donation
SHIFTED OR SET-
construction of a new adventure playground at Wheaton Regional Park. Work helps local families with
includes clearing portions of the site, demolition of existing playground and food, clothing, shelter. TLED? Contact
associated foundations, construction of new playground, grading, installation of www.LutheranMissionS Woodford Brothers
play equipment, construction of climbing wall, paths and walkways, play surfaces, Inc, for straightening,
boardwalk, new planting, storm drainage systems and utilities. ociety.org
leveling, foundation and
A pre-bid information meeting is being held on Thursday, May 13, 2010, at wood frame repairs at 1-
10:00 A.M. at Parkside Headquarters, 9500 Brunett Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 800-OLD-BARN.
20901. CAMPGROUNDS www.woodfordbros.com
,Lic # 121861
Sealed bids must be received by the Commission’s Purchasing Office, c/o Rhonda Lake Somerset Camp
Brown, M-NCPPC, 9500 Brunett Avenue, Room B107, Silver Spring, Maryland
20901, no later than 11:00 A.M., Tuesday, June 8, 2010. The Commission Ground, Maryland
reserves the right to reject any and all proposals received, and to waive
irregularities.
Copies of the bid documents are available for downloading from eMaryland
Marketplace at https://ebidmarketplace.com for no charge. All bidders must
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Obama Administration to Expand Small
A
Business Access to Federal Contracts
By AFRO Staff

On April 27, President Barack Obama estab-

lished the Interagency Task Force on Veterans
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Small Business Development in efforts to
expand access to federal contracting opportuni-
DOWELL HEALTH CENTER ties for historically underserved communities.
Towson University, a growing, visionary, metropolitan university located in
suburban Towson, eight miles north of Baltimore, is seeking an The task force will monitor government con-
experienced professional to fill a key position in the Division of Student tracting with small businesses and institute pro-
Affairs as Associate Director of the Dowell Health Center. This individual
is responsible for the Centerís day-to-day administrative and clinical grams to increase participation in federally fund-
support operations, ensuring its effective and smooth functioning. ed projects.
Competitive salary. Full University benefits.
“Brave men and women serving in uniform
The Dowell Health Center has a staff of 23 that includes physicians, nurse
practitioners, PAs, RNs, medical assistants, health educators, insurance today represent less than 1 percent of our popu-
coordinator, and office support staff. The Center provides out-patient lation, but they have been shouldering the heavi- AFRO File Photo
primary care, womenís health, and health promotion/education services. President Obama’s new task force seeks to
For complete description of responsibilities, benefits, and salary, visit est burden of our Nation’s security and safety
www.towson.edu/jobs. for over eight years,” said Secretary Eric expand federal contract opportunities for
Towson University is an Equal Opportunity Employer and has a strong institutional veterans and underserved communities.
commitment to diversity. Women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and veterans are Shinseki, Department of Veterans Affairs, in a
encouraged to apply. statement. “We all need to remember that veter- Business Administration in a press release. “The
ans have earned the opportunity to become work of these task forces will build on the
entrepreneurs as small business owners.” efforts of the past year that have resulted in

V i r g i n i a
VCU
C o m m o n w e a l t h
The task force will monitor efforts to disperse
information about government contracting, help
with capital access and mentoring, match small
business to larger contracting firms and monitor
more than 29 percent of Recovery Act dollars
going to small businesses.”
Since last year, more than 300 outreach pro-
grams have taken place nationwide to educate
U n i v e r s i t y
statutory goals set for small businesses. small and minority business owners about
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR In addition, the initiative plans to award at procuring Recovery Act funds.
TRAINING
least 23 percent of all federal prime contracting In addition to fostering new relationships
dollars to small businesses. with America’s business owners, the Obama
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) seeks an Associate “Small businesses are the engines that drive administration plans to release a Web site pro-
Director for Training to join the staff of University Counseling
Services in the Division of Student Affairs and Enrollment Services.
our economy. If we give them the tools they viding information on all federal government
VCU is an urban research extensive institution with a richly diverse need, they will create the jobs Americans need,” procurement activity relating to small business-
university community and commitment to multicultural opportunities. said Administrator Karen Mills of the Small es.
Please visit:
http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/facjobs/facjob.asp?Item=3724
for more information.
Virginia Commonwealth University is an equal opportunity/affirmative
Beware of the Strengths, Liabilities of
Business Structure
action employer. Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are
encouraged to apply.

ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
ADC Public
Service Commission seeks an
Electrical Engineer to serve as technical advisor
on electricity issues, including energy efficiency,
public safety, reliability and quality of service;
implementation of Pepco's Advanced Metering
Infrastructure (AMI) program; alternative fuel
vehicles; and smart grid cyber security, etc. For
vacancy information and application instructions,
please visit www.dcpsc.org reference #15719.
PROGRAM ANALYST preneur mentors or attorneys, several weaknesses that include per-
DC Public Service Commission seeks a Program
Analyst to review pleadings for compliance
always searching for the ideal solu- sonal liabilities of business debts,
with applicable Commission rules, regulations tion. liens or court judgments. Many
and directives; develops and maintains databases What are the products or servic- entrepreneurs using this structure
and ensures appropriate access to and security of
public and confidential documents on the es? (example: fitness trainer, pet find it difficult to raise investment
Commission's website and local area network; grooming, interior designer); Do I capital beyond savings or loans. It
prepare procedural manuals and instructional
documents and presents findings and need partners? (example: market- is often difficult to retain high quali-
recommendations to managers. For vacancy ing, sales and financial directors); ty employees using this method
information and application instructions,
please visit www.dcpsc.org reference #15766 how much money is needed to with limited benefits, salary and
(This position is supported by an ARRA grant)
startup and grow? (write a detailed bonus resources.The sole proprietor

To
business plan); what money sources
(This position is supported by an ARRA grant.) are available? (example: bank
loans, venture capital, stock issues,
federal grants); what are the liabili-
often wears many hats as the busi-
ness lifespan is highly dependent on
the owner’s health including illness,
accidents and death.

advertise
CONSUMER SPECIALIST ties and how can I limit them? Alternatively, many entrepre-
DC Public Service Commission seeks a
Consumer Specialist to mediate consumer (example: store owner or restaurant neurs chose to share ownership
complaints regarding electricity bills; respond liabilities); what are the taxes, fees, responsibilities with two or more
to inquiries; educate the public on electricity By Farrah Gray
NNPA Columnist

in the
issues; develop educational materials, and regulations and licensing burdens? people forming a partnership.
arrange and participate in public outreach events, (example: pest control or electri- Partnerships have several advan-
ANC meetings, and civic association meetings.
For vacancy information and application cian). tages including shared workloads,
instructions, please visit www.dcpsc.org (NNPA) - Whether you are Today, more than 75 percent of personal income tax basis, employ-

AFRO call
reference #15720. (This position is supported
by an ARRA grant.) launching a home-based sole pro- all businesses in the United States ee incentives, shared profits and the
prietorship, partnership or expand- are sole proprietorships —owned ability to draw greater investment
ing a corporation — beware of your by one person. The entrepreneur capital. A partnership typically
ECONOMIST legal business ownership structure’s proprietor is their own boss respon- requires setup by an attorney or

202-332-
DC Public Service Commission seeks an entry strengths and liabilities. The ability sible for all business decisions. The accountant at relatively low cost.
level Economist to support electricity research, to rapidly make competitive market sole proprietorship is a flexible
certify renewable generator applications and decisions and raise investment structure able to move quickly Farrah Gray is the author of
help analyze Pepco's decoupling, energy

0080
money is often directly related to adapting to changing market condi- “The Truth Shall Make You Rich:
efficiency and dynamic pricing filings. For vacancy the legal structure of the business. tions. It is the least costly form with The New Road Map to Radical
information and application instructions, please From the start – consider the pri- the government taxing revenues as Prosperity,” “Get Real”, “ Get
visit www.dcpsc.org reference #15723. (This personal income only. Any
Rich: Conquer the 7 Lies Blocking
mary legal business structures that
position is supported by an ARRA grant.) You from Success” and the interna-
work best to achieve your financial required paperwork is low cost and tional best-seller “Reallionaire:
goals. Research the business char- very minimal. Nine Steps to Becoming Rich from
acteristics asking questions of entre- However, sole proprietorship has the Inside Out.”
LAW CLERK
DC Public Service Commission seeks a Law
Clerk to keep abreast of formal case proceedings,
research legal precedents, and draft orders &
briefs based on a legal interpretation & analysis
of relevant state and federal regulatory laws.
For vacancy information and application
instructions, please visit www.dcpsc.org
reference #15768. (This position is supported
by an ARRA grant.)

Strictly Personal
Pen Pals
Attractive lady 5’6”, interested in cooking,
music, DVDs, good conversation and quiet
evenings. I would like to meet someone
with similar interests, who is religious, with
his own home and transportation. Contact:
Brenda Johnson, 32 Caraway Road,
Reisterstown, Md. 21136.
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Lonesome Hearts - Pen Pals
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