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Jennifer Hudson and Relatives Identify Body of Her Slain NephewA3 March 5, 2011 - March 11, 2011, The Afro-American
By Alan King sport-utility vehicle sought in from a neighbor about a suspi- posted fliers bearing his photo-
In Praise
AFRO Of Black Engineers
Staff Writer connection with the murder of cious vehicle. The man noticed graph around the city. On
Gap Inc. is the latest company to jump onto the White House’s jobs training bandwagon.
City Honors Banneker’s Legacy and The company recently announced the start of Gap for Community Colleges, a partnership
between the company and the community college of the District of Columbia (CCDC) as part
Overlook Park of the White House initiative, Skills for America’s Future.
“We believe that by sharing Gap’s proven training curriculum, community college students
will gain valuable skills and experiences that will help them be better prepared for their career
On Feb. 24, the Washington Interdependence Council, goals,” Vongell Lugo, general manager of Gap Washington, DC said in a statement. “This
District Mayor Vincent Gray, City Councilman Marion Barry; is exactly what is needed to develop a strong talent pool for our stores and the communities
NAACP vice chairman Hilary Shelton and Black Leadership where we operate.”
Forum President/CEO Gary Flowers joined a host of local and The program is currently open to students from Atlanta, Detroit, Houston, Kansas City, Los
national leaders in paying homage to the legacy of colonial Vegas, Philadelphia and the District. It will provide workshops, scholarship assistance, job
American hero Benjamin Banneker and the 40th anniversary placement opportunities and interviewing tips.
of Banneker Overlook Park. Students will be eligible for 65 scholarships of $1,000. Also, participants will be invited to
The event also honored noted historian and author apply for a job; Gap expects to hire up to 1,200 students from community colleges this year.
Louise Hutchinson, who lobbied to have the park named in Dr. Jonathan Gueverra, CEO of CCDC, said the school was happy to partner with Gap.
Banneker’s honor. Also feted for their support of the Banneker “We chose to partner with Gap because we want our students to integrate practice with theory
Memorial upgrade was former Illinois Sen. Roland Burris and by accessing real world training,” he stated. “As one of the largest employers in the US, Gap
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va. has given thousands of Americans their first jobs. We hope our students will gain and build
Courtesy Photo
The commemoration included a press conference at on the skills they need to secure future employment opportunities by participating in this
Benjamin Banneker,
L’Enfant Plaza Hotel and an evening reception at the D.C. program.”
an astronomer,
mathematician, surveyor Guest House Hotel. Also in attendance for the day’s events Skills for America’s Future is a White House initiative launched by President Obama last
and almanac creator, was was National Congress of Black Women CEO Dr. E. Faye October with an eye to empowering and educating the American workforce to become better
the first African-American Williams, D.C. ANC Commissioner Alex Padro and Young prepared in the global economy.
scientist. Democrats Political Strategy Chair Aaron Myers.
Treyens at ctreyens@ngwa.
org. EricksonLiving.com
March 5, 2011 - March 11, 2011, The Afro-American A5
Metro “I’m afraid to ride the Green Line at both the like riding a car…it’s not Summer Employment
X2 buses and I don’t let my Gallery Place-Chinatown and a right,” Kenneth Barnes, Continued from A1
Continued from A1
daughter ride them either,” the L’Enfant Plaza stations. CEO and founder of the local
A preliminary testing of the Hawkins told the AFRO. “I’ve After the scuffle, four teens nonprofit Reaching Out to In addition, youth will be required to apply for the
program is set to be launched witnessed a couple occasions were injured and three were Others Together (ROOT) told program instead of simply registering. The new application
at the District’s School where students break into arrested. And there have been the AFRO. “It’s a privilege to process includes using the online application portal,
Without Walls. fights on the back of the bus more recent incidents of theft be able to drive a car and there preparing a résumé, completing an online orientation course
Locals seem to be because there is no security, and violence. are certain restrictions that as well as in-person soft skills training. SYEP has also
welcoming of the proposal if police presence or cameras. Since the incident, officials you have to abide by in order partnered with
it means better security for It’s just a ‘no-no’ for me.” have taken steps to enforce to drive that car. I think the Bank One DC
the system. The rail lines have also had the city’s curfew and Metro same thing in this particular to provide the
Iyyetta Hawkins, a District their considerable shares of has beefed up security in and instance. You cannot ignore students with free
resident and mother of a student-related crimes, as some around stations. the fact that we have some checking accounts.
14-year-old daughter, said she incidents have made their way According to the Post, extremely violent children. With youth
flat out refuses to ride some of into national headlines. officials are set to review the Now, that’s a small minority, unemployment
Courtesy Photo
Metro’s bus lines because she Last August, more than ridership changes over the but the violent children should rates on the rise nationally – doubling from the two previous
feels her safety would be in 70 teens were involved in a summer. be monitored because they summers – District youth are not only competing among
jeopardy. massive brawl on Metro’s “Riding the Metro is just become predator and prey.” themselves for employment but also with college graduates
seeking the same entry-level positions. Mayor Gray and
his officials say the program’s changes will better equip the
District’s youth so they have an advantage. “We believe
Thomas Memoir to tell my own story in my
own words…. The book is an
Justice Thomas – or his wife, Virginia – about this book?
LM: Well, seeing as how she called Anita Hill ...
these changes will give vital essentials for the workplace as
well as in life ... something they can take with them in the
Continued from A1 assessment of my own life. [LAUGHS] after so many years for something that she
future [after the program],” said Brown, “Statistics show that
probably shouldn’t have expected, there’s no telling what’s
those prepared while they are younger are more successful in
AFRO: Throughout your book you talk about some of the going to happen with Ginni Thomas in reference to a call to me
the future.”
mechanisms you used to cope. Had you ever before this book, about this book. But certainly I expect no such communication
Former participants speak highly of the program. “It’s
looked at your life, assessed it and dealt with some of the or call from Clarence. He’s not going to be happy.
given me a lot of work experience by placing me in different
underlying issues?
jobs each year,” said 18-year-old Darrias Beverly, a third-
LM: The only reason that I was able to survive and flourish AFRO: You did something that was, perhaps, improbable
year participant.
and become as successful as I was, was because I, throughout to some people which was to make Clarence Thomas into a
Even those new to the program have high hopes and
my entire life, had been engaged in a constant search of how sexual creature – and you were pretty descriptive. So, why take
expectations. “This is my first year but I’ve heard good
to live my life, how to view myself in relation to other people the chance in terms of giving all those details and airing your
things about it .... We’ll see how it goes,” said Deidre
and how to become the kind of a person that I had some kind of time and life together?
Hargler, who brought her 14-year-old daughter to apply.
respect for. So it was really a long-term process of finding these LM: Well, what chance do you think it is? The chance that
Some are unsure about the program changes. “I
means by which to figure out how to live my life. I would be ridiculed or hated or that I would be despised or
heard they were making changes which I don’t like. It’s
judged to be a slut? [LAUGHS.] Is that the chance that we’re
complicating things and they are keeping kids from getting
AFRO: If Clarence Thomas had not been a Supreme Court talking about here? [LAUGHS.]
a job. That’s not good,” said Diane Worlock, whose son has
Justice would he have figured so prominently in this book?
been in the program for two years. “These kids need jobs…
LM: Yes. The reason is because he was without a doubt AFRO: It’s quite possible ...
keeps them out of trouble.”
the most important relationship that I had other than the LM: You have to remember that I am not the only
relationship with my daughter’s father. I was married to person who was active with Clarence during this period of
the same man for about 13 years, and the relationship with time…. What happened was when Anita Hill testified against firmly affixed because of his age. The real Clarence, at this
Clarence lasted about six years, so he was an important part of Clarence’s confirmation in the Senate, that door got opened as point, I don’t really know what he is, because there is a point in
my life. far as his sexual life and personal relationships with women. time when the person themselves – you don’t even know what’s
Even though he and the Republicans tried to shut it, there were important to you, you don’t know what your values are, you
AFRO: Was it love or just lust? women who were lined up to testify about what it was he had don’t know what your heart really tells you, you don’t know
LM: It’s a little difficult for me to tell the difference between said to them or what kind of working relationship they had had what your real personality structure is after you’ve been hiding
the two in the way that I lived my life. Mostly what happened with him and that sort of thing. So the door was already opened yourself and transforming yourself over so many years. But the
was that if I was in an intense sexual relationship with someone pretty wide before it became time for me to write the story of Clarence that I knew and appreciated and that I hoped would
for a significant length of time – and by that I mean more than my life. remain the true Clarence certainly is not sitting on the bench.
three months or so – I began to love that person; I began to be He’s a person with a wonderful sense of humor who listens to
emotionally attached to that person. And it wasn’t anything that AFRO: You seem to suggest throughout your book and in people, is compassionate, cares about his family and is loyal.
I could really help. In Clarence’s situation, I had known him and your statements a little while ago that the Clarence Thomas The person who’s on the bench is the person, however, who
become really good friends with him for many months before we we (the public) sees is a façade. So who is the real Clarence started a transformation when I knew him.
had a romantic relationship. Thomas – as you knew him?
AFRO: Have you had a call or do you expect a call from LM: Clarence, like most of us, is wearing a mask that is Read Full Interview on AFRO.com.
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March 5, 2011 - March 11, 2011, The Afro-American A7
Opinion
Assault on Unions is an Attack on
Basic Civil Rights right of workers to organize and bargain
(TriceEdneyWire.com) collectively.
– It looks like “Cairo has Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, a
come to Madison,” said self-described “Tea Party governor,” leads
conservative Republican the most egregious of these efforts. Upon
Rep. Paul Ryan, as 50,000 election, he signed into law millions in
citizens took over the state’s tax breaks for business. Then, pointing to
Capitol building. He got the the budget crisis, he demanded not only
spirit right, but the location harsh concessions from public workers
wrong. In Madison, folks — dramatic hikes in what they pay for
wearing Packers jerseys stand pensions and health care — but crippling
together with folks wearing limits on their right to negotiate, limits on
Bears colors. Madison is any pay increases and an annual vote to
Rev. Jesse Jackson this generation’s Selma, the see if the union survives. As if to flaunt
Sr. epicenter for the modern his power grab, he exempted the unions
battle for basic human rights. — police and firefighters — that endorsed
In 1965, the drive for basic him in the election.
voting rights was stalled in the U.S. Senate. President Johnson The right to organize, to bargain
pushed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to stop demonstrating. collectively and to strike are basic human
Instead, Dr. King went to Selma. Selma was not a big city, but it rights enshrined in international law. To
held a mirror to the nation. There, on Bloody Sunday, peaceful this day, the U.S. champions independent free trade unions civil rights movement, people of conscience are holding vigils
demonstrators were met with dogs, clubs and hoses, and touched across the world — even as Walker and his ilk seek to crush and protests in support. This is a Martin Luther King moment.
the conscience of a nation. Two days later, Johnson, invoking them at home. With the U.S. suffering more extreme inequality The effort by the governor and his right-wing allies to divide
the famous words, “We shall overcome,” introduced the Voting than Egypt, and the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens private sector workers from public sector workers is an old
Rights Act. Five months later it was signed into law. United giving corporations and billionaires a free pass to distort trick. In the South, race was used to divide. The tricks perfected
Today, the assault on basic rights is accelerating. The our elections, unions are virtually the only counter that workers in the South — right-to-work laws, barriers to unions — are
economic collapse caused by the gambols of Wall Street have. That’s why the right has targeted unions; that is why now coming north.
destabilizes public budgets at every level, as tax receipts every citizen has a stake in their survival. Madison, like Selma, is not a major city. It isn’t Chicago or
plummet and expenses caused by unemployment rise. Yet In Wisconsin, the public employees accepted the harsh New York or Los Angeles. And it isn’t Cairo. It is the epicenter
Wall Street gets bailed out, and working and poor people are concessions demanded by the governor, but rejected the attack of the battle for America’s democracy, and it is as American as
squeezed to pay to clean up their mess. on their basic rights. Teachers, nurses and other public workers Lexington, Concord, Gettysburg, Montgomery and Selma.
In states across the country, conservatives have used this stood up. Democratic state legislators left the state, blocking
occasion to assail public workers and their unions. They the effort to ram the legislation through. Students, ministers and The Rev. Jesse Jackson is a civil rights leader, former
demand not only rollback of pay and benefits, but push laws to progressives rallied to their side. The demonstrations are now presidential candidate and president of the Rainbow/PUSH
cripple — if not ban — public employee unions, destroying the entering their second week. Across the country, just as in the Coalition.
‘To Be Equal’
The Growth of Black-Owned Businesses: Entrepreneurship by Necessity
“I had to make my hair care and cosmetics business that revolutionized the beauty number of Black-owned businesses, annual sales increased by
own living and my own products industry, created good paying jobs, and made her a 55 percent to $137.5 billion.
opportunity! But I made it! wealthy woman and philanthropist. I recently called on federal, state and local governments
Don’t sit down and wait for Like Madam C.J. Walker, many African Americans may to develop a “hyper-focus” on Black- and minority-owned
the opportunities to come. have turned to entrepreneurship in the years covered by the businesses. Every city, county, and state needs to have a plan
Get up and make them!” Census Bureau study because of high unemployment in our that focuses on small and minority business. There is a spirit
– Madam C.J. Walker, communities. The fact is Black unemployment never got back of entrepreneurship out there that needs to be nurtured and
trailblazing African-American down to where it was before the recession in 2001. So in effect, energized.
businesswoman. what we are seeing is a bit of entrepreneurship by necessity. While the Census Bureau report is generally good news,
we know that Black businesses
There is a silver lining in still make up only 7 percent of
the dark cloud of the great “Black-owned businesses are also often hampered in their all companies and they tend to
recession. A new Census be smaller and have lower gross
Marc H. Morial Bureau report reveals that revenue growth by a lack of capital, connections and contracts.” receipts than other businesses.
from 2002 to 2007 the number Black-owned businesses are also
of Black-owned businesses in the United States increased There’s also an economic independent streak, particularly often hampered in their revenue growth by a lack of capital,
by 60.5 percent to 1.9 million – more than triple the national among emerging generations in the Black community. Building connections and contracts.
rate. According to Census Bureau Deputy Director Thomas a business gives great satisfaction and cushions them from the What I hope this report says loudly and clearly to the
Mesenbourg, “Black-owned businesses continued to be one of shock of losing jobs because of economic down cycles. investment community is that you are missing an emerging
the fastest growing segments of our economy, showing rapid New York State leads the country with more than 204,000 market in the United States. If minority businesses are growing
growth in both the number of businesses and total sales during Black-owned businesses, followed by Georgia and Florida at a faster clip than overall businesses, imagine what the growth
this time period.” respectively. From 2002 to 2007, nearly four in 10 of these rate would be if those barriers were eliminated or lowered.
The reasons for this are many, beginning with the long businesses operated in the health care and social assistance; We need the investor community to look at this report and
history of African-American entrepreneurship in response to and repair, maintenance, personal and laundry services sectors. recognize that they are missing an incredible opportunity.
poverty, high unemployment and discrimination. Consider the The retail trade and health care and social assistance sectors
case of Madam C.J. Walker, the daughter of slaves who, in the accounted for 27.4 percent of Black-owned business revenue. Marc H. Morial is the president and CEO of the National
early 1900s, turned her dream of financial independence into a The survey also found that in addition to an increase in the Urban League.
Running on Crazy If Tunisia kicked down the air bombings of a French airliner over Niger and of a Pan by security forces on June 28 and 29, 1996 in Abu Salim prison,
door of the Arab imagination Am airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland. Once he compensated Tripoli. It wasn’t until 2004 that Gadhafi publicly admitted to
by showing it was possible to families who lost relatives in those attacks, Gadhafi became the Abu Salim killings. Relatives of the murdered men have
topple a dictator, Egypt drew persona grata and money and business deals came and went refused compensation in place of judicial process.
a blueprint of non-violence along with high-level dignitaries. One of Gadhafi’s crimes that I was aware of during my visit
for the house of revolution Gadhafi was a guest of the leaders of Italy and France and was the disappearance of former Libyan foreign minister turned
that detailed how to demolish former British Prime Minister Tony Blair — with businessmen dissident Mansour Kikhia. Egyptian agents abducted Kikhia
a stubbornly entrenched in tow of course — visited Libya soon after Gadhafi’s during a visit to Cairo in December 1993 while attending a
dictator and now in Libya a rehabilitation. meeting of an Arab human rights organization he had helped
mad man is trying to burn Oil, business and arms deals have always trumped the rights found. Kikhia had asked for Egyptian security protection while
down the entire house rather of the Libyan people who long suffered his crimes yet rarely in Cairo but agents of now toppled Egyptian dictator Hosni
than face eviction. if ever saw compensation let alone the same attention and Mubarak’s regime handed Kikhia over to agents of Gadhafi’s
For 42 years, Col. condemnation as that of the crimes that kept Libya a “pariah” regime, who spirited the dissident to Libya, where he is believed
Mona Eltahawy Moammar Gadhafi’s antics state for so long — until Gadhafi learned to bribe the world’s to have executed and buried in the Libyan desert.
have blinded too many to a conscience into forgetting. I interviewed his wife Baha Omary Kikhia in 1994 as she
brutality they finally see on full display as he desperately tries I visited Libya in September 1996 for the 27th anniversary visited the region trying to find out what had happened to her
to quash the most serious uprising against his rule. If too many of the “revolution” — a military coup that a 27-year-old Gadhafi husband. I think of her now as I hear many Libyans I know
chose to not see, Libyans have known all too well. led to topple the monarchy and since which he has ruled. Some whose relatives have been disappeared in Libya wonder if
Half the struggle for Libyans has surely been getting the were optimistic that Gadhafi’s “revolution” could herald a new they’re still alive, hoping for the best as they hear of Gadhafi’s
world to move beyond “Gadhafi the Clown,” a role he seems to Libya but it didn’t take long for his brutality to stamp out any all-out attempt to quash the uprising.
have uninhibitedly embraced. Who hasn’t been distracted by the such hopes. And so I watch in awe at the breathtaking courage of
eclectic wardrobe, the Kalashnikov-armed female bodyguards, During the 1970s, police and security forces arrested Libyans, rising up again — it is an insult to think this is the first
and the tents he would pitch at home and abroad for talks with hundreds of Libyans who opposed Gadhafi or those the time, for they long have resisted Gadhafi’s tyranny and bloody
officials. authorities feared could oppose his rule: violent suppression crackdowns on dissent.
A source of embarrassment for Libyans, Gadhafi has never of student demonstrations, imprisonment and disappearances The Tunisian revolution left every Arab dictator in fear,
been a joke: disappearances, a police state, zero freedom of of every political and social group you can imagine from Egypt’s toppling of Mubarak left them terrified — even one of
expression and poverty for at least a third of the population of academics to journalists, Trotskyists to members of the Muslim the U.S.’ best allies in the region could fall. And here they watch
country tremendously wealthy thanks to oil. Brotherhood, all labeled “enemies of the revolution.” In case a psychopathic dictator unleash his full horror on pro-freedom
For years, Gadhafi squandered that wealth on causes and anyone questioned Gadhafi’s bloodlust, there were even a demonstrators and still fail to terrify them into submission. The
radical violence abroad that he chose because they epitomized number of televised public hangings and mutilations of political Italian foreign minister has said reports that 1,000 people have
the “enemy of my enemy is my friend” school of diplomacy. In opponents, rights groups say. been killed in seven days of uprising are credible.
2003, just as the U.S. became mired in Iraq and its non-existent In the 1980s authorities introduced a policy of extrajudicial The price of toppling Gadhafi will be steep. But Libyans will
weapons of destruction, Gadhafi realized no one was scared executions of political opponents abroad, termed “stray dogs.” topple him and in doing so they will bring down with him the
of him anymore and voluntarily gave up his weapons of mass What is believed to be the bloodiest act of internal repression castles of fear our dictators thought they had fortified.
destruction programs. under Gadhafi’s rule occurred just a few months before I arrived
When the world has paid attention to his crimes it has in Tripoli with a group of journalist from Cairo. Very few, if any You can read more from Mona Eltahawy at www.
invariably been to those against non-Libyans such as the mid- of us, knew though. More than 1,000 prisoners were shot dead monaeltahawy.com.
A8 The Afro-American , March 5, 2011 - March 11, 2011
appointment. However, offenses. told the AFRO on Feb. 25. position, according to Gray’s anything.”
Fired Aide Young said the councilman But Brown was also the “Someone is trying to set me transition office. The possibility that the
Continued from A1 did not instruct the director to subject of a civil protection up. Is there a court seal on the “The mayor is Gray administration had not
terminate Brown. order filed in February 2007 document? When all this is disappointed with this thoroughly screened high-
him as director for the The controversy may by a mother to protect her over, I will be vindicated.” outcome. Nonetheless, he level coterminous appointees
agency,” said Brown. stem from the results of 13-year-old daughter from In the 2010 mayoral race, stands by Mr. Turnage’s has also raised questions
But Turnage, at his Brown’s background check, Brown’s alleged stalking. The Brown became a major ally authority. Mayor Gray wishes about the vetting process used
confirmation hearing on Feb. which revealed a previously order also asserted that Brown of Gray toward the middle of Mr. Brown well,” McCoy for appointees.
25, denied that he made the unknown criminal past. claimed to be a police officer the campaign. wrote in a Feb. 25 statement “It’s disappointing
remark. Catania’s office also According to records and on numerous occasions Brown questioned why to the AFRO. that in an early mayoral
claimed there was no validity obtained from the D.C. inappropriately gave money to the mayor has turned his back “Something seems awfully administration there would
to the allegation. Superior Court, Brown had the teenager as well as spent on him so quickly without strange,” said longtime be so many cases of poor
Ben Young, public been charged with several time alone with her. properly investigating the advisory neighborhood staffing decisions,” said
information officer for misdemeanor simple assaults, Brown emphatically denied matter. Doxie McCoy, commissioner Anthony Lorenzo Morris, professor of
Catania, said the councilman second-degree theft, unlawful the allegations of the civil spokeswoman for Gray, said Muhammad. “One day Mayor political science at Howard
had a conversation with the entry, assault with a deadly protection order and claimed Turnage was responsible Gray is praising Sulaimon for University.
director on Feb. 23, one day weapon and ammunition he was not living in the District for the decisions related to his excellent work ethics. The Brown is currently on
prior to Brown’s dismissal, violations dating back to at the time of the allegations. Brown’s employment. next day it seems Gray allows paid administrative leave. His
and briefly mentioned 1991. He was not convicted “The first I ever heard of Brown’s résumé reflected the attacks to happen without termination is scheduled to
Brown’s upcoming for any of the alleged this was yesterday,” Brown his competency for his questioning or investigating become effective on March 11.
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Former CBC
Rep. John Lewis presents the member Ronald WUSA9 News Now morning
Distinguished Corporation Award Dellums, stand- anchor, Andrea Roane, holds up
Louis Scott, Dr. Elsie Scott and Rev. Walter to Norman Ross, director, Federal ing, greets a the Avoice award.
Fauntroy, former CBC member/D.C. delegate. Government Affairs, The Coca Cola fellow Caucus
Co.; as Andrea Roane looks on. founder Rep.
John Conyers
(D-Mich.)
Rep. Donald Payne(D-N.J.), Rep. Chaka Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), Ronald
Fattah(D-Pa.) and Rep. Emanuel Cleaver Dellums, Preservation Award recipient, Rep.
III (D-Mo.), chairman, Donna Edwards (D-Md.) and Rep. Donna M.
Congressional Black Caucus. Christensen (D-V.I.).
Members of the CBC with the honorees, Norman Ross, Ronald Dellums
and Dr. Debra Newman Ham along with Dr. Elsie Scott (far right).
Rep. Edwards presents the Distinguished
Rep. James Clyburn (2nd, right) with some Individual Award to Dr. Debra Newman
congressional interns: Amilca O' Conner, Prince Ham, professor of history, Morgan State
Sefa-Boakye and Camille Migirt. University; Andrea Roane looks on.
M
ore than 150 business and community leaders on Muhammad, 38, is currently history professor at Indiana
Feb. 15 attended PNC Bank’s Black History Month University and is the author of an acclaimed interpretive
gumbo, Hoppin’ John, mac-and-cheese and collard green
event, featuring keynote speaker Dr. Khalil Gibran book in African-American studies, The Condemnation of
rolls – all catered by Le’Jon Williams of Catering by Chef.
Muhammad, the incoming director of The Schomburg Center Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban
Attendees also were entered into a raffle to win a copy of
for Research in Black Culture at the The New York Public America, published by Harvard University Press. A great-
Dr. Muhammad’s book, or Eugene Robinson’s new book,
Library. The talk, entitled “Looking Backward, Moving grandson of Elijah Muhammad, Dr. Muhammad was selected
Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America. The event
Forward: Why Black History Matters More Than Ever in the from a pool of more than 200 candidates to succeed Howard
was held at PNC Place, the bank’s beautiful new regional
Age of Obama,” was moderated by the Washington Post’s Dodson Jr. as the next director of The
headquarters in downtown Washington, D.C.
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Eugene Robinson. Dr. Schomburg Center, the world’s leading
repository of the global Black
experience. In addition to
enjoying the talk, guests were
treated to a lovely cocktail
reception comprised of
Corey A. Griffin, president and CEO, 2GIP; Adrena Ifill, DoubleBack Productions, Maria Nagorski, executive director, Fair Chance; Tina Campanella, executive
LLC; Sylvia Cyrus, executive director, Association for the Study of African director, Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities; Dr. Carolyn B. Rudd,
American Life and History (ASALH); and Robert Stanton, senior advisor to the president & CEO, CRP, Inc.; and Liz Cammack, director of development, Quality
secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior. Trust for Individuals with Disabilities.
David Bowers,
vice president
and Washington,
D.C., impact
PNC VP of Corporate market leader
Communications Sonia for Enterprise
McCormick holds the Community
fishbowl while Eugene Partners, poses Rynthia Rost, VP of Public Affairs, GEICO; Barbara Lang, president/CEO, DC
Robinson selects the a question to the Chamber of Commerce; Andrew Russell, executive VP, PNC Bank; Gerald Lang;
winner. speakers. and Angie Fox, president/CEO, Crystal City Business Improvement District.
B2 The Afro-American, March 5, 2011 - March 11, 2011
Business
Local Stationary Company Caters to People of Color
By Stephen D. Riley
AFRO Staff Writer
Walking Tours Returns for Spring photo shoot at the returned to MICA for the said Wells, who is working on
Maryland Institute second time in three months, an autobiography detailing his
College of Art.
Tours offered March through August Continued on B5
www.afro.com
UDC Blasts Urbana in Senior Day, with a 91-86 victory, and personally, I loved
it. Broadcasted live on ESPN, the game
during their championship chase.
‘Melo’s out in Denver, ‘Bron’s out in
the Week
60, for third place in the all-tournament team after with 17 points on 7-of-9
Independent Invitational outstanding performances in shooting. The graduate
Women’s Basketball Classic what will be their last home student transferred from
in Washington, D.C. game as a collegiate athlete. North Texas last season and
UDC not only sealed McGill fell just shy of her made an immediate impact,
scoring more than 250 points By AFRO Staff
this season.
UDC will miss both Saadia Doyle, forward
seniors, but they have much with the Howard University
to look forward to next women’s basketball team, was
season. Freshman forward named the Mid-Eastern Athletic
Dohnay Banice proved that in Conference (MEAC) Player of
the season finale, scoring 18 the Week on Feb. 28 after an
points on 9-of-12 shooting, impressive week of play. Courtesy Photo/Howard University
along with five rebounds. The redshirt-sophomore Howard redshirt sophomore Saadia Doyle averaged 20
She had also scored 15 points from Atlanta, Ga., led the Lady points and 10 rebounds during a two-game span to end
against King College in the Bison with an average of 20.0 February.
tournament opener. points and 10.5 rebounds,
Banice helped UDC carry shooting 51 percent from
a 13-2 home record this year, the field and 92 percent from free-throw line in two wins over Bethune-Cookman College and
Courtesy Photo/UDC but they’ll have to play away University of Maryland-Eastern Shore. She scored 22 points with 10 rebounds in a 54-39 victory
UDC head coach Lester Butler (left), Mrs. Virginia McGill, from the District when they against Bethune-Cookman on Feb. 21, then followed up with a double-double of 18 points, 11
senior center Lillian McGill, A.D. Patricia Thomas, senior participate in the NCAA rebounds and one steal during a 53-50 loss to UMES on Feb. 26.
grad Niqky Hughes and Regina Brown pose for UDC Regional’s scheduled to begin Doyle also eclipsed the 1,000-point career mark on Feb. 26, becoming only the second player
Senior Day photograph on Feb. 27, 2011. March 11. in school history to score at least 1,000 points during just their second year of play.
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eye shadow pots, lipsticks and
brushes ranging from tiny to
gargantuan transform MICA’s
mundane classroom into a
makeup lover’s daydream.
He commands the attention
of several freelance makeup
artists tapped to assist with
DAY
the two-day photo shoot and
demands perfection at all
costs.
“Never let anyone see you
with dirty makeup…We don’t
always get everything we
want” – some of the gems he
shares with the young women.
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At times his tone is
just short of a quip, but the
experience was an inspiration
for Baltimore-based makeup
artist Chimére Smith.
“I'm in awe of [Wells’]
ability to want to give
aspiring artists… a chance to
learn and grow. He is serious
about his commitment to
MICA and seems to truly
enjoy teaching makeup
students how to hone their
SATURDAY
craft,” said Smith. “He even
advised me on the next steps
IS THE DAY!
I should take in my artistry. OPEN 9AM-11PM
This man has influenced
celebrity makeup artists Sam
Fine and AJ Crimson. I'm just
honored to add my name to
PREVIEW DAY
the list.”
As Wells and his team
TODAY
of makeup artists glamorize
a bevy of slender models,
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Blanks tinkers with a
camera and adjusts the
studio’s lighting as a small
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assemblage of MICA
students looks on. The
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“I didn’t realize how much
[alter ego shoots] caught on
until I started seeing different
Internet blogs and everybody
had an alter ego. I was at
home in Atlanta, Ga., and
went into the mall, and the
store’s name was Alter Ego,”
said Blanks. “When I thought
about doing it, I wanted to
do something different and I
wanted to do it on celebrities
because….I thought it would
be that much more intriguing.
It seems to be my claim to
fame, as they say.”
The Mississippi-born
photographer’s portfolio is
a who’s who of Hollywood
stars. He captured stunning
images of actress Angela
Bassett for the cover of
Essence’s March 2011 cover,
but is also an illustrator
featured in national galleries
and publications.
Despite his dynamic
photography and bourgeoning
success, Blanks is still
the consummate southern
gentleman and, perhaps, a
bit shy. His return to MICA
is likely an inspiration for
current students, but Blanks
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will serve without Court
supervision. All un- State of Maryland on
known heirs and heirs January 31, 2011.
whose whereabouts are Service of process may
unknown shall enter be made upon Laverne
CLASSIFIED
Montgomery, 1720 22nd
B6 The Afro-American, March 5, 2011 - March 11, 2011
their appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment (or
Street SE Washington
DC 20020 whose des-
ignation as District of
August 1, 2009 - August 7, 2009, The Washington Afro-American B7
to the probate of de-
Columbia agent has
cedent¬s will) shall be
ds
410-554-8200
been filed with the Reg-
filed with the Register of
Wills, D.C., 515 5th
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
ister of Wills, D.C.
The decedent owned
la 202-332-0080
l
Sma
Buy it • Sell it
the following District of
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . Colombia real property:
20001, on or before Au-
Swap
Swap it
it •• Lease
Lease itit
719 Kennedy Street NW
gust 18, 2011. Claims Washington DC 20011
against the decedent
Rent
Rent it •• Hire
it Hire itit
Claims against the de-
shall be presented to the cedent may be pre-
undersigned with a copy sented to the under-
to the Register of Wills signed and filed with the
rr ee ss uu ll tt ss
or filed with the Register Register of Wills for the
of Wills with a copy to District of Columbia, 515
the undersigned, on or 5th Street NW 3rd Floor
before August 18, 2011, Washington DC 20001
or be forever barred. within 6 months from the
Persons
Payment Policy for legal notice LEGAL NOTICES
LEGAL NOTICES LEGALbelieved
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICES to be
heirs or legatees of the
LEGAL
date of first
LEGAL NOTICES
publication
NOTICES
Payment Policy for legal of this notice. (Strike
SAMPLE
advertisements decedent who do not re- AFRO Classified minimum ad rate is $26.74 per col. inch
Superior Court of
ceive a copy of this no-
preceding sentence if no
real estate.)
1 Col. (an inch consists of up to 20 words). Mail in your ad on
notice advertisements the District of
Columbia tice by mail within 25 Earl Banks Inch form below along with CHECK or MONEY ORDER to:
Effective immediately, The Afro Civil Division days of its first publica- Personal
American Newspapers will require Case No. 2011CA733 tion shall so inform the Representative(s) Up to WASHINGTON AFRO-AMERICAN CO., 1917 Benning
Register of Wills, includ- 410-929-8793
Effective
prepayment forimmediately, The
publication of all legal
IN RE:
ing name, address and
Road, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20002-4723, Attn: Clsf. Adv.
Ineice R. Mease
relationship.
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
20 Words Dept.
Afro American Newspapers
notices. Payment will be accepted Applicant
ORDER OF Date of Publication: Date of first publication:
in the form of checks, credit card or February 18, 2011 February 25, 2011
will require prepayment for
money order. Any returned checks will
PUBLICATION
CHANGE OF NAME Name of newspaper: Name of newspapers
Afro-American and/or periodical:
publication of allprocessing
be subject to a $25.00 legal notices.
fee
Ineice R. Mease having
filed a complaint for Washington Law The Daily Washington
1 2 3 4 5
Reporter Law Reporter
Payment will be accepted
and may result in the suspension in
of any judgment changing
Geonii Dillan-Joel Maurice A. Butler The Afro-American
future advertising at our discretion. Joan D. Stanard 6 7 8 9 10
the form of check, credit card Mease name to Geonii
Dillan-Joel Butler and Personal
2/25, 3/4, 3/11
Superior Court of
or money order. Any returned having applied to the
court for an Order of
Representative
202-726-5982 the District of 11 12 13 14 15
AD NETWORK
checks will be AD NETWORK
subject to a Publication of the notice 301-871-9409 District of Columbia
required by law in such TRUE TEST COPY PROBATE DIVISION
Ad Network Classi- Drivers-
$25.00 processing fee and may Paid CDL cases; it is by the Court REGISTER OF WILLS Washington, D.C. 16 18 19 20
fieds are published in Training! No 20001-2131 17
this 8th day of February 2/18, 2/25, 3/4
Administration No.
result in the suspension
65 newspapers. Credit Check,ofNoany
Expe- 2011.
ORDERED, that all per- Superior Court of 2010ADM78
future advertisingrienceat
required!
our dis- sons concerned show the District of Grace R. Gwaltney
25 words $175 (For TRAINERS EARN 49¢/ cause, if any there be, Columbia Decedent NAME
Civil Division Glenwood P Roane SR
cretion.
more than 25 words MILE! 888-417-7564 on or before the 13 day
of March 2011, why the Case No. 0001307-11 #971309 ADDRESS
there is an additional CRST EXPEDITED prayers of said com- IN RE: 217 Exchange Avenue
charge of $7 per www.JoinCRST.com plaint should not be Chinyere C.M. Memphis, TN 38105 PHONE NO.
LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES granted; provided that a Ahaghotu-Nwani Attorney
word.)
copy of this order be Applicant NOTICE OF CLASSIFICATION
Drivers CDL-A ORDER OF APPOINTMENT,
Call Drivers Needed NE
published once a week
PUBLICATION NOTICE TO
(Room, Apt, House, etc.) INSERTION DATE:
for three consecutive
CHANGE OF NAME CREDITORS
(410) 554-8200 regional van freight weeks before said day
Chinyere C.M. Ahaghout- AND NOTICE TO
in the Afro-American.
All ads must be Lease Purchase options JUDGE
Nwani having filed a com- UNKNOWN HEIRS
plaint for judgment changing
prepaid Great pay & home most
weekends. 866-231-
A TRUE COPY TEST:
2/18, 2/25, 3/4
Chinyere C.M. Ahaghotu-
Nwani name to Chinyere
Glenwood P. Roane SR,
whose address is 217 Ex- WASHINGTON AFRO-AMERICAN-NEWSPAPER
C.M. Ahaghotu and having change Avenue, Memphis
0697 Superior Court of applied to the court for an Tennessee 38105 was ap-
www.drive4ats.com Order of Publication of the pointed personal repre-
the District of
District of Columbia notice required by law in
such cases; it is by the Court
sentative of the estate of Legal Advertising Rates
PROBATE DIVISION Grace R. Gwaltney, who
HELP WANTED- Washington, D.C.
this 18th day of February
2011. died on December 12, Effective October 1, 2006
AUCTION 20001-2131 ORDERED, that all persons 2009 without a will, and
DRIVERS Administration No. concerned show cause, if
any there be, on or before
will serve without Court
Championship 18-hole
2011ADM0090
Ashley Turton the 25th day of March 2011,
supervision. All unknown
heirs and heirs whose
PROBATE DIVISION
why the prayers of said
Royal Virginia Golf TRUCK DRIVERS Decedent complaint should not be whereabouts are unknown (Estates)
Alan B. Frankle Esq shall enter their appearance
Course. Louisa, VA WANTED!
751 Rockville Pike
granted; provided that a
2011 PAY RAISE!UP copy of this order be pub- in this proceeding. Objec- 202-879-9460/61
(between Charlottesville Suite 7 lished once a week for three tions to such appointment
& Richmond.) Includes TO $.52 PER MILE! Rockville, MD 20852 consecutive weeks before
(or to the probate of de-
said day in the Afro-
clubhouse, equipment HOME WEEKENDS! Attorney
American Newspapers. cedent¬s
cedent’s will)
will)shall be filed
shall be
NOTICE OF with the Register of Wills,
barns. FORECLOSURE NEW EQUIPMENT! APPOINTMENT,
0
that pursuant to SCR
PROBATE NOTICES
205(b) notice be sent to the D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W.,
AUCTION: Wednes- HEARTLAND EX- NOTICE TO applicant¬s creditors by reg- 3rd Floor Washington,
day, March 16 www. PRESS 1-800-441-4953 CREDITORS istered or certified mail and
D.C. 20001, on or before
AND NOTICE TO that proof of service of mail- a. Order Nisi $ 60 per insertion $180.00 per 3 weeks
countsauction.com (434) www.heartlandexpress. ing be made in the manner August 25, 2011. Claims
UNKNOWN HEIRS against the decedent shall b. Small Estates (single publication)
525-2991(VAAF93) com Daniel Turton, whose
provided in SCR Probate $ 50 per insertion
Rule 19(b). be presented to the under- c. Notice to Creditors
address is 800 A Street JUDGE signed with a copy to the
SE Washington DC A TRUE COPY TEST: 1. Domestic
AUCTION-Construc- Register of Wills or filed $ 60 per insertion $ 180.00 per 3 weeks
20003, was appointed 2/25, 3/4, 3/11
tion Equipment & LAND FOR personal representative with the Register of Wills 2. Foreign $ 60 per insertion $ 180.00 per 3 weeks
Superior Court of with a copy to the under-
Trucks, March 11, 9AM, SALE of the estate of Ashley
Turton, who died on the District of signed, on or before Au- d. Escheated Estates $ 60 per insertion $ 360.00 per 6 weeks
Richmond, VA. Excava- January 10, 2011 with a Columbia gust 25, 2011, or be for- e. Standard Probates $ 125.00
tors, Dozers, Dumps & RURAL MOUNTAIN will, and will serve with- Civil Division ever barred. Persons
Case No. 557-2011 believed to be heirs or
More. Accepting Items LAND?BARGAIN! out Court supervision.
legatees of the decedent
Daily. Motley’ Auc- Under $1,000/ All unknown heirs and IN RE:
Kyle Damien who do not receive a copy
CIVIL NOTICES
h e i r s w h o s e
tion & Realty Group, Acre. Spectacular whereabouts are un- Washington of this notice by mail
804-232-3300, www. private,?secluded moun- known shall enter their Applicant within 25 days of its first a. Name Changes 202-879-1133 $ 80.00
ORDER OF publication shall so inform
motleys.com/auctions, tain acreage! Vast trails, appearance in this
PUBLICATION the Register of Wills,
b. Real Property $ 200.00
proceeding. Objections
VAAL#16. dramatic views,?level to such appointment (or CHANGE OF NAME including name, address
mountain tops! Ready to to the probate of de- Kyle Washington having and relationship.
explore/?play. Excellent cedent¬s will) shall
cedent’s will) shall bebe filed a complaint for
judgment changing Kyle
Date of Publication:
February 25, 2011
FAMILY COURT
filed with the Register of
AUTOMOBILE financing. Call owner Wills, D.C., 515 5th Damien Washington Name of newspaper: 202-879-1212
DONATION now 877-526-3764 Street, N.W., 3rd Floor name to Kyle Damien Afro-American
Jones and having ap- Washington Law
wvtimberland.com Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before Au- plied to the court for an Reporter DOMESTIC RELATIONS
DONATE AUTOS, gust 18, 2011. Claims Order of Publication of Glenwood P. Roane SR
TRUCKS, RV’S. SERVICES/ against the decedent the notice required by Personal
202-879-0157
law in such cases; it is
LUTHERAN MISSION MISC. shall be presented to the
by the Court this 15th
Representative
a. Absent Defendant $ 150.00
undersigned with a copy 401-526-1889
SOCIETY. Your dona- to the Register of Wills day of February 2011. TRUE TEST COPY
tion helps local families AD FUNDS or filed with the Register ORDERED, that all per- b. Absolute Divorce $ 150.00
REGISTER OF WILLS
TIGHT??? - Check out of Wills with a copy to sons concerned show 2/18, 2/25, 3/4 c. Custody Divorce $ 150.00
with food, clothing, cause, if any there be,
THE DAILY CLASSI- the undersigned, on or
shelter. Tax deduct- before August 18, 2011, on or before the 22nd Superior Court of
ible. MVA licensed. FIED CONNECTION. or be forever barred. day of March 2011, why the District of
For $199 per day - Get Persons believed to be the prayers of said com- District of Columbia To place your ad, call 1-800-237-6892, ext. 262
LutheranMissionSoci- plaint should not be PROBATE DIVISION
Ad Placement 5 Days heirs or legatees of the Public Notices $50.00 & up depending on size
ety.org 410-636-0123 decedent who do not re- granted; provided that a Washington, D.C.
or toll-free 1-877-737- Per Week in 14 Major ceive a copy of this no- copy of this order be 20001-2131 Baltimore Legal Notices are $24.15 per inch.
8567. Daily Newspapers in tice by mail within 25 published once a week Administration No. There is no flat rate — 1-800 (AFRO) 892
days of its first publica- for three consecutive 2011ADM0099
Washington, Maryland weeks before said day Levitha Hedgepeth
For Proof of Publication, please call 1-800-237-6892, ext. 244
tion shall so inform the
DONATE VEHICLE: and DC. Space is Register of Wills, includ- in the Afro-American Suggs
Receive $1000 GRO- limited - Call now for ing name, address and Newspaper. Decedent LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES
relationship.
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that pursuant to SCR NOTICE OF LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES
CERY COUPONS, immediate placement to- 205(b) notice be sent to APPOINTMENT,
Date of Publication:
Your Choice, NOAH’S day 410-721-4000x19 or February 18, 2011 the applicant's creditors NOTICE TO SUPERIOR COURT OF SUPERIOR COURT OF SUPERIOR COURT OF Superior Court of
THE DISTRICT OF THE DISTRICT OF THE DISTRICT OF the District of
ARC, NO KILL Animal visit our website: www. Name of newspaper: by registered or certified CREDITORS
COLUMBIA COLUMBIA COLUMBIA District of Columbia
mail and that proof of AND NOTICE TO
Shelters. Advanced mddcpress.com Afro-American
service of mailing be UNKNOWN HEIRS
PROBATE DIVISION PROBATE DIVISION PROBATE DIVISION PROBATE DIVISION
Washington Law Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C.
Veterinary Treatments. Reporter made in the manner pro- Jacqueline Suggs, 20001-2131 20001-2131 20001-2131 20001-2131
Free Towing, IRS Daniel Turton vided in SCR Probate whose address is 4517 Foreign No. Foreign No. Administration No. Administration No.
Personal Rule 19(b). Arkansas Ave NW 2011FEP000017 2011FEP13 2010ADM1264 2011ADM140
TAX DEDUCTION. Representative JUDGE Washington DC 20011, Date of Death Date of Death Estate of Henry B. McCall
Non-runners 1-866-912- 301-217-0505 (Attorney) A TRUE COPY TEST: was appointed personal January 9, 2010 March 16, 2004 Mary J. Thompson aka
2/25, 3/4, 3/11 representative of the Deceased Henry Brisco McCall
GIVE TRUE TEST COPY Rose Ann Lee Harriett H. Banks
NOTICE OF Decedent
REGISTER OF WILLS estate of Levitha Hed- Decedent Decedent
SUPERIOR COURT OF STANDARD NOTICE OF
2/18, 2/25, 3/4 gepeth Suggs, who died NOTICE OF NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT,
DONATE YOUR THE DISTRICT OF on November 27, 2010 APPOINTMENT APPOINTMENT PROBATE
Notice is hereby given NOTICE TO
Superior Court of COLUMBIA without a will, and will OF FOREIGN OF FOREIGN CREDITORS
VEHICLE RECEIVE PROBATE DIVISION PERSONAL PERSONAL that a petition has been
the District of serve with Court su- AND NOTICE TO
FREE VACATION District of Columbia Washington, D.C. pervision. All unknown REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATIVE filed in this Court by
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Ometta Nixon for stan-
VOUCHER. UNITED PROBATE DIVISION 20001-2131 heirs and heirs whose AND AND
dard probate, including Carolyn Awkard, whose
www.afro.com
To
cedent shall be pre-
about his new movie, The Grace Card, a faith-based tale every morning with something to learn. School is never
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the of reconciliation and redemption. out. There’s always something new to learn.
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
Advertise
with a copy to the under- KW: …What interested you in “The Grace Card?” KW: Irene also asks: What is the one skill an actor
signed, on or before
LG: Actually, The Grace Card’s aim is the same as must have to be successful today?
September 4, 2011, or
be forever barred. Per- that of the foundation, the elimination of racism. How LG: First of all, an actor’s aspiration has to be the art,
sons believed to be
call
heirs or legatees of the synergistic and opportune is that? It seems to me that if not the job. Then he has to be relatively naked to be able
decedent who do not re-
we can create a society where racism just can’t thrive, to take onto himself aspects of the character and to make
ceive a copy of this no-
tice by mail within 25 it’ll go away. My concept is to teach children everything everything look like it’s happening for the first time. Easy
to say, hard to do, but that’s the aspiration. I never want
202-332-
days of its first publica-
tion shall so inform the from self-respect to respect for elders and the opposite
Register of Wills, includ- sex to a dress code to how to conduct themselves and to see an actor acting. I want to see him being.
ing name, address and
relationship. how to live in harmony with the planet. When you start
See full interview on AFRO.com.
0080
Date of Publication:
March 4, 2011 teaching kids these things at a young age, even before
Name of newspaper: they start school, it sticks. It’s our responsibility to
Afro-American
Washington Law teach our children and to prepare them for
CAREER CORNER
Reporter
Donna R. Washington
the next level, just like Jews do in temples
Personal and synagogues. That’s not happening right
Representative
202-277-6480 now, and you don’t see it onscreen often.
TRUE TEST COPY But The Grace Card is a perfect example of
REGISTER OF WILLS
3/4, 3/11, 3/18 what I’m talking about. The magic word is
“forgiveness.” And from forgiveness comes
healing. We have to do the best that we can,
with God’s help, to clean up our act, and to
eliminate the negatives which prevent us
from seeing the “Sunlight of the Spirit,” and
then let the kids copy that. They have nothing
to copy right now.
Faith Pulse
Black Church Group Finds Fault with
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program. They refused, pointing to their participation in the
Bank on DC Program. They have done nothing for D.C.
residents. This is why we have protested their banks and plan
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banks that do not require the commitment of substantial resources in order for the institutions
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HU Chapel Services
Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie will be the guest
preacher during the 11 a.m. worship services on March 6 in
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Church Anniversary Celebration
The celebration of the 120th
anniversary of Peoples Congregational
UCC will continue with a Founders
Day Jazz Café Brunch, hosted by the
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Club of the church, from 11 a.m. to
2 p.m. March 5 at 4704 13th St. N.W,
where the Rev. Dr. Michael Murphy is
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the senior minister.
The Rev. Geoffrey A. Black will
be the guest preacher during the 10
a.m. Founders Day Worship Service
on March 6. Holy Communion will
be served and a reception will follow
the service. All are welcome. Call
the church office at 202-839-5511 for
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Black was installed as president
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