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Opinion
Howard Student from
Omega Mardi Gras B1 Health Insurance Reform and African
Americans A8 Baltimore Drowns A6
Annapolis
Officials Oppose
Clarence Thomas’ Wife Joins
Tea Party Movement
Bill to Protect By George Barnette

Homeowners
AFRO Staff Writer

The recent announcement that Virginia


Thomas, the wife of Associate Supreme Court
By Melanie R. Holmes arguing against paying the Justice Clarence Thomas, is wading into the
AFRO Staff Writer workers because they are conservative brew of the tea party movement
unlicensed. Because the has many within those ranks excited.
People like Leslie Irias current law states that an Thomas’ lobbying group, Liberty Central
and Mario Ramirez are why unlicensed contractor cannot was formed in January to “serve the big tent of
the Maryland Consumer legally enforce a contract, the conservative movement,” according to its
Rights Coalition (MCRC) the legislation is an incentive Web site. It has already received the support of
is adamantly opposed to for contractors to become several high-profile conservative leaders. On
House Bill 1327. In 2006, licensed. To Ramirez’s the group’s Web site, it features a message from
the conmen tricked an denial, MCRC Executive former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
elderly couple out of $90,000 Director Marceline White “Ginni can help channel the frustration
by posing as licensed also said the bill could send felt by millions across America at the current
contractors. Instead of adding homeowners to prison for course of our country,” said Rumsfeld.
another level to Rolondo six months or fine them $1 “Leaders committed to smaller government, AP Photo/Charles Dharapak
Zapata’s meager, one-story thousand for unknowingly fiscal prudence, and a strong national defense
Pictured here at a Federalist Society event with her husband, Supreme
home so he would have more hiring unlicensed home will be returning to Washington, D.C., and I am
Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Virginia Lamp Thomas recently
room to care for his disabled improvement contractors. confident that Ginni Thomas will be part of the
announced plans to form a political organizing group that will appeal to
son, Irias and Ramirez took Continued on A6 Continued on A3 Americans aligned with the various “tea part” movements.
the money and disappeared.
As of last month both men
are incarcerated, but MCRC
fears House Bill 1327 has
2010 Census: Don’t Forget the Children Black Press Week,
March 17-19
183
the potential to send innocent By Dorothy Rowley
homeowners like Zapata to AFRO Staff Writer
jail along with the imposters.
Proposed by Del. Victor
Ramirez, if approved, the bill
would forbid homeowners
When it comes to
ensuring an accurate count
of the 2010 census, children
Years of
from entering into home
improvement agreements
play an important role.
To that end the U. the Black
Press
with unlicensed contractors S. Census Bureau has
and prevent them from beefed up its efforts to
reach communities with a
campaign entitled “Children
Listen to “First Edition” Count Too.” The initiative
By Clint C. Wilson II
Special to the AFRO
began last week and
alerts households to their (NNPA) — In 1827 a
responsibility for counting group of prominent free
Join Host Sean Yoes infants and youngsters. African-American citizens
 Sunday @ 8 p.m. on “Children ages 5 and from states along the eastern
under have traditionally seaboard met in the New
88.9 WEAA FM, the
been left out of the census York City home of Bostin
Voice of the Community. count,” said Washington
Photo Courtesy U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office Crummell to discuss means
bureau spokeswoman to communicate their views
“Sesame Street” walkaround character Rosita meets students at Bancroft Elementary Sylvia Ballinger. “But we on the various social, political
School during a launch event for “Census in Schools” in Wilmington, Del. Census in are encouraging parents to and economic issues that
Schools is designed for students in kindergarten through 12th grade and will reach all commonly confronted
Continued on A5
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118,000 schools and 56 million students nationwide. them and their respective

Health Department Unveils New Virtual Supermarket


By Gregory Dale
AFRO Staff Writer

In an effort to provide affordable and healthy groceries


to the community, the Baltimore City Health Department
(BCHD) and Santoni’s Supermarket have partnered to create communities. Although Black
the Virtual Supermarket Project, which will allow residents citizens utilized the church
to order groceries online and pick them up at the Orleans and and social and fraternal
Washington Village branches of the Enoch Pratt Free Library. organizations as a means of
Santoni’s, one of the first full-service restaurants in Baltimore, collective expression and
is providing healthy foods for the initiative. dialogue, the usual channels
The sites are located in areas considered “food deserts,” due of public media – particularly
to the lack of competitively priced grocery stores. And with newspapers – were denied
the recent closings of many grocery stores, the problem has to them. Exacerbating the
become progressively worse. problem was the fact that
“The driving force [of the program] is knowing that there elements of the established
are certain areas in the city where there’s a lack of access to press routinely denigrated
healthy, fresh foods,” said Olivia Farrow, interim commissioner African Americans in
Photo by Anderson Ward of the BCHD. “We know that if people can’t access healthy, print, even to the extent of
Dr. Carla Hayden, CEO of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, fresh foods then they’re more likely to eat unhealthy foods. questioning both the integrity
and Olivia Farrow, interim commissioner, Baltimore City Farrow added that the department hopes the project will and morality of the entire
Health Department, introduced the Virtual Supermarket provide some means of access to healthier food options for race.
to residents this week. those residents that do not have transportation. According to The most significant
statistics released by BCHD’s outcome of the meeting

Web-Based Series Female Football


Office of Epidemiology at Mr. Crummell’s house
and Planning, communities in the winter of 1827

Spotlights Single Coach Hired at


surrounding the Washington was the decision to begin
Village and Orleans library publication of the first

Mothers B3 Area School B5


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A2 The Baltimore Afro-American, March 20, 2010 - March 26, 2010

AFRO National Briefs AfriCare, which funds HIV/ tournament with great respect,”
Courtesy Photo

AP Photo/Roman Castro
AIDS programs, water resource Woods said in a statement.
development and public health Tiger Woods has hired Ari
programs, will receive $100,000, Fleischer, former press secretary for
as will the Central Asia Institute, George W. Bush, to help organize his
which supports education for girls in comeback. “They were in his living
Pakistan and Afghanistan. room this week going over a strategy
President Obama received the for how to handle Bay Hill in two
Nobel Peace Prize in December weeks,” a source told the Post.
2009 and was the third president in Keeping in mind that he will
U.S. history to receive the award. eventually have to answer the
public’s questions—something he
N.J. Man Held in Yemen didn’t do in his media address in
President Obama February—Woods sought help from
receives his For Murder and Suspected
Fleisher, who formed Ari Sports
Nobel Peace Prize Terrorism Communications in 2008.
Dec. 10, 2009. A New Jersey man is in custody Fleisher’s firm is a joint venture
in Yemen for allegedly killing a This 2002 photo provided by with IMG Sports & Entertainment
bodyguard and having ties to al- Roman Castro shows Sharif and focuses on crisis response and
Qaeda, Newsone.com reported. Mobley, 26, at a barbecue in control. IMG represents Woods.
Obama Donates Nobel and CEO Kenneth Fisher told The Sharif Mobley, 26, is suspected of Buena, N.J. After stepping down from
Prize Money to Charities Associated Press. “It’s a privilege being a member in the same branch his position as presidential press
to serve these men and women and of al-Qaeda that attempted to bomb a Mobley, described her son to
President Obama will donate $1.4 secretary in 2003, Fleisher adopted
these families because they give so Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas WMGM-TV in Atlantic City as “an
million from his Nobel Peace Prize a career as a consultant, helping
much to this nation.” day. He is accused of killing a guard excellent person who’s never been in
to several charities, according to a former slugger Mark McGwire with
Donations to Haiti will assist in an attempt to escape a hospital on trouble” and “a good Muslim.”
White House press release. a scandal over alleged steroid use in
the relief efforts led by former March 10, officials said. “I can tell you this: He’s no
Obama will donate a total of 2005.
Presidents George W. Bush and Mobley, a former laborer at terrorist,” Mobley’s father added.
$750,000 to six groups that assist Fleisher’s list of clients also
Bill Clinton in Haiti, which has several nuclear power plants in Umar Hassan-El, assistant imam
students going to college. The includes Major League Baseball and
been suffering since it was hit by a the United States, is a natural-born at the Islamic Society of Delaware’s
Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund, which the NFL. He counseled the Packers
devastating quake on Jan. 12. U.S. citizen who is Black and was mosque in Wilmington, Del., said he
helps to rebuild the devastated in 2008 on how to cope with the
The United Negro College classified by Yemeni officials as a and Mobley were roommates during
country, will receive $200,000. fallout from their breakup with Brett
Fund, College Summit, The Somali-American. He was one of 11 their pilgrimage to Mecca in 2004.
Fisher House, which supplies Favre and advised college football’s
Posse Foundation, the Hispanic al-Qaeda suspects who were arrested According to Hassan-El,
housing for the families of Bowl Championship Series on how
Scholarship Fund, the Appalachian after a security sweep in Yemen’s the worst offenses Mobley ever
hospitalized veterans, will receive to restore its image.
Leadership and Education capital of San’a this month. committed at the time were to forget
$250,000.
Foundation and the American Indian Fearing that Yemen could to pick up clothes or to interrupt
“These organizations do
College Fund will each receive potentially be the next terrorist discussions among older Muslims.
extraordinary work in the United
$125,000. staging area, the Pentagon has “He gave no indication that he
States and abroad helping students,
“We are grateful that President proposed spending $150 million to would join a group that he’s alleged
veterans and countless others in
Obama has seen fit to use the help Yemen battle terrorism. to be a part of right now,” Hassan-El
need,” the president said in the
proceeds from his Nobel Prize to Terrorists often seek to recruit told the AP.
statement. “I’m proud to support
their work.” help seniors at UNCF member American citizens because they can
Donations to the Fisher House colleges and universities complete travel without raising suspicion. Tiger Woods to Return
will help fund new temporary their studies and graduate on time,” “The U.S. passport is the gold to Golf in April
lodgings at Bethesda Naval Hospital UNCF president and CEO Michael standard,” Fred Burton, a former Tiger Woods announced Tuesday
and Dover Air Force Base for L. Lomax said in a press release. U.S. counterintelligence agent, told he will be returning to golf April
family members of injured and slain “The recession has been hard on Newsone.com. 8. He will play in the Masters
soldiers. them, and they will be encouraged Mobley graduated from high tournament in Augusta, Ga., where
“It’s work that needs to be done that the first African-American school in Buena, N.J., in 2002. He he won his first professional victory
for these men and women who have president of the United States is later lived in Philadelphia, Pa. and in 1997.
served this nation so gallantly,” investing in their education and their Newark, Del. “The Masters is where I won Courtesy Photo
Fisher House Foundation Chairman future.” Mobley’s mother, Cynthia my first major and I view this Tiger Woods
November 1, 2008 - November 7, 2008, The Washington Afro-American A3

Jennifer Hudson and Relatives Identify Body of Her Slain NephewA3 March 20, 2010 - March 26, 2010, The Baltimore Afro-American
By Alan King sport-utility vehicle sought in from a neighbor about a suspi- posted fliers bearing his photo-
AFRO Staff Writer connection with the murder of cious vehicle. The man noticed screaming at the television had not been mine. I had on personally
graph around thehanding
city. Onmy
Hudson’s mother and brother. the vehicle while walking his while tea-baggers, become insulated by my change to me. I
Sunday, Jennifer Hudson said, “Thank
asked
Jennifer Hudson and other The white, 1994 Chevrolet dog. According to the Chicago xenophobes and other old neighborhood. I guess I for the public’s help nodded
you man.” and he in finding
relatives positively identified Suburban with Illinois license Tribune, the boy had been shot assorted right-wing nuts had forgotten how pervasive andnephew.
her smiledIn asher
he proudly
MySpace
multiple times in the back seat spewed their venom for the ignorance and intolerance displayed
blog, his excellent
she thanked fans and sup-
of the vehicle. The SUV, regis- last couple of years since the is around other parts of the customer
porters service
for their skills.
prayers and
tered to Hudson’s murdered emergence of Barack Obama. country, and the state. I’ma encouraged
offered $100,000 reward by theto
brother, was towed with the These people were real, I’ve always dismissed spirit of
anyone whothereturned
little friend I met
the boy
boy’s body inside and is being standing just a few feet away President Obama’s drivel alive.
at the grocery store.
processed by evidence techni- from me and they believed about a post-racial America. Since
But, the investigation,
sadly, I believe
cians and workers. The body this stuff. It’s ridiculous. Privately, he Hudson – who
old White Will gained stardom
and his ilk

I Ain’t in West Baltimore Anymore was later removed and taken to


the Cook County Medical
Examiner’s office.
“Welcome to my world,”
said my friend and colleague
Kris Broughton during a
it himself. However, like the
president I do believe the
after appearing on “American
probably doesn’t even believe are more than willing to
Idol,” and then won an
poison his young mind with
Academy
messages
Award for her role in
of fear and–hate.
The fallacy of post-racial America Hudson and other family
members arrived at the Medical taping of the “WEAA-AFRO
First Edition.” Broughton
vast majority of Americans
are essentially decent, fair-
the movie Dreamgirls
stayed out of the public eye.
has

Examiner’s office mid-after- The Chicago Tribune report-

Fleur depastLou
When I asked AFRO the older man, both White, Christ”
noon meant, the
to identify the substance
body. blogs on race and politics
Julian King, Jennnifer Hudson’s minded
nephew.people. ed that a parade of cars moved
publisher Jake Oliver if he were talking politics and since of their conversation
Given the choice between hadlook- under the banner, “Brown To that point I was slowly past her family’s home
was interested in me covering I talk politics professionally, ing directly at the body really
me asking myself if I or Man Thinking Hard.”
A spokesman for the office shopping
the murdersatbuttheisSafeway in in Monday
being held morning, the
the 2010 session of the I know more than most how wanted it
viewing toon
join this gym.
a wall-mounted “I go
told the through that
newspaper that Hudson
just myfor
jail new neighborhood
parole when I news vans,
violation after CUT FLOWERS
reporters and curi-
Maryland General Assembly, volatile the subject can be. The younger woman, about every day at the local was approached demurely by
my request had as much to do But, when the name
Courtesy Photos
conscious I was nearby, tried Starbucks,” added Broughton, two Girl Scouts pushing their
443-570-4281 ous onlookers.
Jennifer Hudson and her mom, Darnell
with proximity
was killed, as as wellmyas interest Obama
her brother, Jason.
Donerson who
was injected into “She held hands with her family. It was obviously a very emotional moment.”
to mute her voice somewhat. who lives in Georgia. cookies. They didn’t have to
Express
Neighbors stood
quietly your
and
in reporting on the session. the previously cordial But of course, old White Will For the last several years work too hard for the sale. feelings reflected
and thoughtson the
“remained strong for her fami- being convicted of attempted
Earlier this year, I conversation, the polemics of carried
video on with
screen, the vigor
familyandchose living in the culturally, A little White boy who with
violence. the beauty of
ly” and was clearly its leader. murder and vehicular hijack-
moved
the bodytoofthe hersmall town of
7-year-old politics
plate and race
X584859 waswere found soonon on impunity.
the He later made
latter. According to thea ethnically and racially was part of the sales team— In front of the Hudson’s
Stevensville
nephew Monday, on thejustEastern
hours full display.
Chicago’s West Side after referenceHudson
Tribune, to his son
said,living
“Yes, in “She held hands with her fami- ing. Cook County records show home, CUTmen inFLOWERS
heavy jackets
monolithic
ly,” West Baltimore,
the spokesman said. “It whohecouldn’t
that pleaded have
guiltybeen more
to both
Shore
after his after
body growing
was found up inin a police received abelieve
“I honestly 7 a.m. he call that’s him.”
an apartment complex with, Broughton’s and hooded sweatshirts
Will Deliver came to
was obviouslyexperience than 3 years
a very emotional charges in 1999.oldHe—insisted
was also kiss the twin white crosses bar-
West Baltimore and living is trying to destroy this “nothing but spooks.” I’m

ACORN Fights Back


moment.” convicted in 1998 for posses- ing the names of Donerson and
there for the vast majority of country!” argued the older certain he wasn’t suggesting The boy – the son of Julia sion of a stolen motor vehicle. Jason.
my life. Hudson, Jennifer’sHIV+
sister – and
had think
He was released from prison in the
So, it just made sense for If you’re
been missing since Friday,
you can’t afford
2006 after serving seven years
medication
“Everybody is sick ofyougoing

Leader Calls Voter Registration


“Ultimately,Fraud Charges ‘Bogus’by the
through stuff like this,” Artisha
me to report on Annapolis when a relative foundneed, there’s
Julian’s something
for the attempted murder youand should
West, aknow.
again now that I live 15 I was far less bothered grandmother, Darnell car hijacking charges.
former resident of the
area told the Tribune. “We all
minutes
By Alanfrom Kingthe state capital. and Dallas Cowboys players
MADAP CAN HELP.
No wonder Obama’s campaign is Donerson, 57, and his uncle, The boy remained missing
Plus,
AFROwriting a column for
Staff Writer racism on display –racism
trying toisdistance
Tony Romo and Terrell Owens, as American
him from the Jason Hudson, 29, shot to death through a long weekend in
have to stick together. All these
young children are dying, and
the first time gives me a
Presidential candidate
much different perspective John as apple pie – than I was
election officials. Neverby
among the names submitted to
the pure
group, saying, “Barack Obama
Organized with ACORN.”
in his grandmother’s home in
the 7000 block of South Yale
which police and volunteers for what?”
McCain’s attack
on reporting on Maryland
Associated Community
on ACORN – unadulterated ignorance I witnessed
Hurd said those workers, who
But Obama’s
were doing those things without
ties to ACORNat run
long and deep. He taught classes
Avenue. The Maryland AIDS Drug Assistance Program (MADAP) helps cover the
An Amber Alert – a desig-
politics.
Organization for Reform Now –
Although I had spent my new gym.”
ACORN’s knowledge or permis-
sion, were fired.
for ACORN. They even endorsed
him for President.
nationcost of manymissing
for high-risk medications for low to moderate income people in Maryland
who are living with HIV/AIDS.
confirms the success of the children – was issued Friday
summers
organization, on thethe head
Eastern Shore
of the “The evidence that has sur- But now ACORN is in trouble. after Julian was discovered
on a few
group says.different occasions, faced so far shows they faked Reporter: There are at least missing afterare
There the murders.
exciting, new drugs in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Don’t miss out
making
“Thisthe move from
is testimony man, whose
to the work forms to get paidname for was
workWill theyI hisinvestigations
11 son’s neighborhood across thewas Police arrested William
Baltimore City to
we’ve done and success we’ve Stevensville didn’t do, not to stuff ballot 75
discovered and who was haunted.
country involving thousands of Balfour, the missing boy’s step- because you can’t afford them.
was still a big adjustment.
had,” Maude Hurd, president of years old.
boxes.” ACORN, she said, is the Let mefraudulent
potentially be clear. ACORN father and estranged husband
But, earlier
ACORN, said inthis month
an interview Theofyounger
victim fraud, notwomanthe perpetra- forms.This is not my first of Julia, at his girlfriend’s Call MADAP today.
when
with the I found
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of it.“Well, did you vote experience
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said. “That’s just to say agrees.
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from Baltimore to the scared
that someone’s running other god—mned mind?” old White in Baltimore County, was Balfour remains a suspect in Jason Hudson
because of ACORN’s success.” ACORN nor its employees have loans. Nationwide voter fraud.
side of the Bay Bridge. Will shot back. “I can’t stand called nigger and chased MADAP is a program of the AIDS Administration
McCain, who is running for been found guilty of, or even Barack Obama. Bad judgment.
It didn’t take long for me to even look at that a—hole home on many occasions. Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
president on the Republican tick- charged with, casting fraudulent Blind ambition. Too risky for
to receive a rude awakening
et, lashed out at ACORN in the on the television.”
votes.” Ultimately, I was far
America.
to life in small-town,
final debate against Barack mostly Theproblem
The womancame responded,
about pri- less bothered by the racism
White
Obama, contending the group “is marily because of he’s
America. “My son thinks the way the anti- onSince
display –racism
McCain’s is as
comments,
My first week of workouts Christ.”
on the verge of maybe perpetrat- ACORN operates. Rather than ACORN’s 87 offices have–been
American as apple pie than I SQUARE HIGH

at
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greatest frauds in rely“You know I heard
on volunteers, it pays peo- was by the pure
bombarded with threats and unadulterated
itvoter
washistory
the day in Ithis
paid my
country, something
ple, many ofabout them poor that,or I unem- ignorance
racist mail. I witnessed at my

Grand Opening Event!


membership
maybe destroying for the
the next
fabric of wouldn’t
ployed, be surprised
to sign up new voters. if he newThegym. Of course,
day after racism
the presidential
two months – I overheard a
democracy.” was,”
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help both Will’s
those and ignorance
debate, vandals broke ofteninto go thehand
conversation
Factcheck.org, between two
a non-partisan response.
being registered and those doing in hand.
organization’s Boston and Seattle
people
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foundwasthose
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computers.
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be “exaggerated,” with “no evi-
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BREAD NOT ON THE LIST

ate falsification of registration.” sent to the local office saying she


Saturday • March 27 • 10-2
destroying fraud.”
Hurd believes the McCain Most news account neglect to “is going to have her life ended.”

Thomas’ Wife Joins Tea Party


charges were politically motivat- point out that ACORN is
ed.
She said, “Because it’s low-
required by law to turn in all reg-
istration forms. And they also fail
A worker in Providence, R.I.,
received a threatening call say-
ing, “We know you get off work
LEFT RIGHT

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and moderate-income
Continued from A1 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
reason
McCainitcampaign
will happen.” thinks those her involvement.
brought the phony registrations he can get,”
message on the said Ronald
answering
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voters are going attended
denouncing the House of
Democratic, which
to votea rally
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to the is wonderful.
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They’re gonna get all hung hon-me.”
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Muffled Black Criticisms Reflect Racial Pride, Pragmatism


By Zenitha Prince as it is political maturity that African-Americans…
Washington Bureau Chief recognize that you can’t build Rome in a day.”
That political maturity also recognizes that should
African Americans have given President Obama Obama display even the suggestion of favoritism
a racial pass—that’s something on which his Black towards Blacks, he would get backlash from Congress
supporters and opponents agree. and the public and would feed the conservative talk
That uncomfortable truth, however, seems to be show machine for months. It was the same for President
creating an increasingly persistent itch within the Black John F. Kennedy and Catholics, Smith said.
community, especially in light of the disproportionate “Nixon would have been a better president for
growth of joblessness that plague their neighborhoods Catholics and it would have been easier for Black
and the president’s unwillingness to consider targeted people to bring pressure on Hillary Clinton to close
policies to ameliorate that chronic unemployment. this gap than on a Black president,” said Smith, a San
“I can’t pass laws that say I’m just helping Black Francisco State University political science professor.
folks. I’m the president of the United States,” the “A White liberal president would have had more room
president said in a Dec. 21 interview with American to maneuver on this issue than a Black president has.”
Urban Radio Networks. “What I can do is make sure Already, the president has been fielding a barrage of
that I am passing laws that help all people, particularly unfair attacks with an undertow of racism, supporters
those who are most vulnerable and most in need. That say, and they won’t make things worse.
in turn is going to help lift up the African-American “Some of us feel when you hear people talking
community.” about ‘Let’s take our country back’ that there are
But that so-called philosophy of “a rising tide racial overtones to some of the criticisms,” Payne said.
lifts all boats” continues to stick in the craw of many, “Therefore we feel a responsibility to insulate him
including Black Capitol Hill lawmakers, who met with and…of protecting him.”
the president last week to discuss jobs. Still, while Black leaders may not criticize the
That stance sparked on-air fisticuffs between the president, they’re not as careful with members of his
Rev. Al Sharpton and talk show host Tavis Smiley, who administration.
seemed to question the president’s responsiveness to the “We’re not necessarily pleased with some of his
“Black agenda” and accused Black leaders—including people,” Payne said. “I don’t think that some of his key
Sharpton—who met with the president last month to people have had the experience of working with the
talk about jobs of being Obama’s “chorus.” Sharpton problems of inner cities and rural areas. Many of them
had said in post-meeting comments to The New York come from strict business backgrounds.”
Times that the president was “smart not to ballyhoo a Smith added, “I think they take Black people for
Black agenda.” AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast granted…and they will continue to do that.”
But some Black lawmakers such as Rep. Donald Many Blacks may choose to squelch criticisms of President Obama That complacency could affect the president’s
Payne, D-N.J., disagree that targeted policies aren’t because they are still in the throes of race pride as seen here sophomore White House campaign.
needed. “If he does nothing—though I suspect he will—to
exhibited by Zeboraqh Ball-Paul as she reacts to the news of his
“It’s just like a patient in a hospital, if you’re critical, attack these problems then that will dampen enthusiasm
election in Grant Park in Chicago, Nov. 4, 2008.
you’re in intensive care; if you’re doing well, you’re in the Black community. He will still get the majority of
generally in a less intensive environment….So if you the Black vote, but the turnout will be less,” Smith said.
have areas that have a very serious problem then you doors and any mumblings have been “more symbolism than Payne said he expects Black support to be just as
need to have a more aggressive and targeted program in order any real criticism of the president,” said political analyst Robert stalwart in 2012 because of the racial pride invested in Obama
to heal those problems,” he told the AFRO. Smith. as the first Black president of the United States.
Despite that divergent opinion, lawmakers have shied away One reason why the Black community has chosen to cage “It’s something many of us older people like myself felt it
from any sharp remarks on the issue, though CBC Chairwoman its frustrations is that many believe the president is sensitive would not happen in my lifetime,” the New Jersey Democrat
Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., said the caucus remains the White to Black issues and dedicated to solving them—albeit in his said. “And, therefore, the fact that it’s happened, we’re going to
House’s—and Congress’—conscience. own way and in his own time given the deluge of problems— do everything we can to support him and to work diligently for
“There will always be a healthy tension between members recession, foreclosures, health care reform, two wars, etc.—he his re-election.”
of Congress and the president—and you want that in a has to tackle. That’s because African Americans see Obama as
democracy—whether the president is Black or not,” she said. “We know that President Obama is very acutely aware of representative of the race and as a refutation of the negative
“I don’t think any CBC member—from what I’ve gathered—is [our problems],” said Stephanie Myers of the grassroots group, stereotypes that have dogged them, Smith added.
feeling muddled; we’ve very open with the president.” Black Women for Obama. She added, “We understand what “For all of us—even Blacks who ideologically disagree with
But that tension seems to be suppressed outside of closed he’s facing. So, it’s not a reluctance to criticize him as much him—his triumph is the triumph of the race as a whole.”

Secretary of Education Proposed


NCLB Revisions
By Melanie R. Holmes interventions will no longer be orchestrated
AFRO Staff Writer from the higher-ups.
“We’ll be giving them flexibility as to how
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan they meet their performance targets,” Duncan
proposed several revisions within the No said. “We don’t feel we can micromanage
Child Left Behind (NCLB) education reform 95,000 schools. We have to increase local
initiated under the Bush administration. flexibility and give teachers a chance to
While he intends to remain focused on innovate.”
academic gains, he will allow individual But the plan will be “tough-minded” and
schools the freedom to determine how those push low-performing schools with “a sense
improvements will be made, he said during a of urgency.” Although $3.5 billion could be
press conference on Monday. allocated to assist these schools —up $350
“As we traveled the county over this past million from previous federal funding —the
year, a number of clear challenges with the state would be responsible for deciding how
previous law showed up,” Duncan said. “We that money should be spent.
have to flip all that.” An increased investment is also suggested
According to Duncan, the current to support principals in order for them to
NCLB legislation lowered the bar, was too better meet the needs of their staff.
prescriptive and narrowed the curriculum. “Not only are we focusing on schools,
It did nothing to confront an “absolutely but we’re focusing on school districts and
unacceptable” 27 percent national dropout on states,” Duncan said. “Districts and states
rate, overlooked investment in principals and weren’t a part of the previous law but they
inadequately awarded schools and teachers would be in our proposal.”
for maintaining high standards or those who A college readiness course for high school
had made improvements. students will also be added across the country
“We want to identify [high-performing if Duncan’s proposal receives the green light.
schools], reward them and give them Optimistic about the potential program,
increased autonomy,” Duncan said. he said a college preparatory class could
The secretary said the proposal is “revolutionize education in this country.”
designed to hold middle-performing schools “We just need to do as a country what’s
accountable for accelerating progress, and best for the children,” Duncan said. “We
pressure will be applied to chronically- think we have a huge opportunity to improve
underachieving schools. However, all schools the quality of education our children receive.
will be expected to continue interventions for We’re absolutely focused on growth and
struggling students, but the methods of those gain.”
March 20, 2010 - March 26, 2010, The Baltimore Afro-American A5

2010 Census
Continued from A1 Local Teen Named Youth of the Year
be sure to fill out their census form and to include all of their By Melanie R. Holmes
children – even newborns.” AFRO Staff Writer
The census is a constitutional mandate that is conducted
every 10 years and its goal is to provide the federal Not knowing how to
government an accurate head count of all people living in the react when the governor
United States. announced him as the
Each year, for the next 10 years, the counts will enable Maryland Youth of the Year,
states and communities to derive their fair share of benefits Najee Banks just stood there
from more than $400 billion in federal funding. The less and later recalled, “I had to
people counted, the less resources for respective jurisdictions. let it sink in.”
The census form itself is short, taking just 10 minutes to fill But he strolled to
out. Its 10 questions query households on simple data such as the podium to read his
how many people live in the home and their ethnicities. acceptance speech with
But according to Census Bureau officials, it is particularly such confidence that no
imperative that children be counted because many of the one would have guessed
programs and services funded by federal allocations concern winning the Boys & Girls
their well being. Club of America (BGCA)
Census Bureau Director Robert Groves said people state competition came as a
often express surprise upon learning children are routinely surprise to him.
undercounted. “He was so cool and
“The first [thing] is that the adult groups that tend to be calm like ‘I do this all the
undercounted also tend to have more children in their homes time,’” said Deborah Tyson,
. . . and there has been evidence that the adults filling out the unit director of the Franklin Courtesy Photo
census questionnaire tend Square BGC of Baltimore. Gov. Martin O’Malley and Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown presented Najee Banks with the
to forget babies and very “The governor said, ‘Did Boys & Girls Club of America’s Youth of the Year award for the state of Maryland on
young children,” Groves somebody tell you you were March 9.
said via his blog on the going to win?’ He said, ‘No,
2010 Census Web site. they just told me to be prepared.’” neighborhood surrounding the BGC to play the drums and taught himself to
“Secondly, this might be The BGCA Youth of the Year award at 215 N. Calhoun St. “[The BGC] play the piano, guitar, bass and flute.
due to the misconception is the highest honor a BGC member definitely gave me a place to go instead “I’m going to be an archaeologist
that the census is designed can receive and recognizes children of just hanging around outside. I didn’t with a platinum album,” he said.
more to record adults than for their sound character, leadership want to do anything bad so I’d just But in the mean time, he is
young children.” skills and community service while come here and have fun.” remaining hopeful about winning the
Groves further stated overcoming personal obstacles. Banks, Banks also had the protective watch regional Youth of the Year competition
that if newborns aren’t 16, took home the title earlier in the of his grandmother, who ensured he in New York City this summer. He
included in the current month and hopes to win the regional didn’t fall victim to the pressures of will be up against youth from other
count which launches competition in July. inner city life. Unabashedly, Janet states in the BGCA’s northeast region.
this week, by the time the An honor roll 11 -grader at
th Flemings said she didn’t let her If named the winner, he will receive
2020 census rolls around those same children will have been Edmondson Westside High School, grandson outside. a $10,000 college scholarship and
essentially invisible until they reached the fifth grade. Banks is a fourth- generation Franklin “This has been his saving grace,” advance to the final phase of the contest
Ballinger said her agency recently partnered with Square BGC member and has been she said of the BGC while wiping tears in Washington, D.C., where President
Nickelodeon to produce a television spot featuring Dora the active in the club for 10 years. When from her eyes. “He’s a good kid, very Obama will install the national victor in
Explorer, the popular children’s character on the network’s he is not participating in afterschool respectful and well-mannered.” the Oval Office.
award-winning animated preschool series. activities — such as practicing six self- Banks selected media and “I don’t want to sound cocky and
“There are several other partners that are using the taught instruments during band— he communications as his trade at say, ‘Oh, we got this’ but…,” Banks
campaign we created as well as a fact sheet to ensure that regularly mentors and tutors younger Edmonson, but plans to combine his began.
children are being counted,” Ballinger said. “We have also BGC members. love for music and history at St. Mary’s “But we’ve had the vision,”
recorded public service announcements in English and Spanish “There’s a lot of bad things around College by becoming a “musical Flemings finished. “My dream woke me
that are going to be running on Nickelodeon, and we’re going here — gangs, dudes on the streets, archaeologist.” He sings, learned the up, of him shaking President Obama’s
to be distributing the PSAs to all the radio stations as well.” drugs,” he said, referring to the saxophone in ninth grade, is beginning hand and getting that reward.”
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A6 The Baltimore Afro-American, March 20, 2010 - March 26, 2010

Howard Student Drowns


While On Spring Break
Lucille Gorham, Community Activist Twenty-Two Year Old was from Baltimore
Hailing from East Baltimore, Lucille organizers addressed the problem head-on. The Howard University “And he basically went
Gorham has dedicated a considerable Drawing from the experiences she gained in family is mourning the death underwater,” she said, adding
amount of time to serving her community both of these community projects, Gorham a 22-year-old student from that, “I will remember his
and helping people. She first began work later became a community activist. Baltimore who drowned over smile. I will remember his
in the community as an advocate for the It was rarely a time when something the weekend. wisdom that was measured
AFRO American Newspapers’ Clean Block would occur in East Baltimore without In a statement issued by beyond his years.”A blog
Program in 1945. The program assembled Gorham knowing about it. Constantly the university, Davon Green posted by Melanie Denise, a
local churches and residents to ensure the involving herself wherever she could, Franklin, a Baltimore native, Howard student from Chicago,
cleanliness and safety in the neighborhood. she became the go-to person to voice the died in Cancun, Mexico, while states that Franklin drowned
Applying the knowledge she gained concerns of the community. on spring break with friends. March 14 in the ocean in
from the Clean Block program, Gorham Gorham worked closely with city “The student body, especially Cancun.
guided another project which addressed the government and many local organizations those knew him well, is “I didn’t know him
problem of rats, roaches and chinches on including City Hall, Johns Hopkins Hospital particularly distraught,” the personally,” she wrote. “I’ve
Baltimore’s streets. and its medical institutions, Baltimore City statement read. only seen him around, but
Since there Health Department and the Annie E. Casey Franklin was a member Photo Courtesy, Kappa Alpha Si fraternity he was pretty well known
were no city Foundation, among many others. Gorham of Kappa Alpha Si at the Howard University student around Howard’s campus as a
services to also worked with the Coalition to End university and was due to Davon Green Franklin Campus Pal.” Melanie Denise
assist at Childhood Lead Poisoning, a cause she’d graduate in May. He had drowned March 14 in added that in one of his last
that time, been championing since the ’60s, when the been looking to further his Cancun, Mexico, while on Twitter messages, Franklin had
Gorham public was not fully aware of its dangers. education by enrolling in spring break. commented on the ocean.
and Since Gorham was forced to retire in divinity school. “He was a “Life Lessons from the
other 2006, she is no longer actively involved young man, but he was very responsible,” said ocean water: the waves will pull you out further
in activism in Baltimore, but she still Norman Grant, who was Franklin’s fraternity before they take you back to shore,” Franklin’s
has an interest in the improvement of the brother. message stated, according to the blog.
community. Her legacy and passion for the Following word of the drowning, many of A viewing will be held Monday from 4
development and improvement of Franklin’s fellow students cut short their break to 8 p.m. at Morning Star Baptist Church in
Baltimore will be felt for years to return to campus in his honor. According Catonsville, Md., and a funeral service will
to come. to his mother, who was interviewed by a local be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, March 23 at the
On Feb. 14, the AFRO TV station, at the time of the incident Franklin church.
honored Gorham for her had been on some type of floating device and In addition, HU students are planning a
community activism at the had gotten a cramp in his leg. memorial service following the spring recess.
company’s fifth annual

Officials Oppose Bill


Legends and Pioneers
ceremony at the Reginald F.
Lewis Museum.
Continued from A1
“It looks like it’s licenses, he recognizes, but
protecting contractors but he has also seen the tables
The fourth annual Legends and Pioneers gala, held what it does is penalize turned.
Feb. 24 at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland homeowners,” White said. “If [homeowners] enter
African American History & Culture, was sponsored by Ramirez became into a home improvement
Coors Light. concerned after learning contract with a person who is
some homeowners had taken not licensed, the owner may
advantage of unlicensed not argue with the fact that
contractors by accepting their they don’t have a license to
services but refusing to pay say they don’t have to pay
for the job and proposed the the person,” Ramirez said.
bill as a solution. “If someone presents to you a
“But the complaints are fake [license], then this would
much higher in the other not apply.”
direction,” White said. Investigator John
“Con artists prey on older Creel of the Montgomery
Photo courtesy www.msa.md.gov
homeowners; they offer to do County Office of Consumer
Victor Ramirez said he
work that you can’t tell very Protection receives a couple
proposed House Bill 1327
easily if it’s been done, like of cases regarding unlicensed
to protect homeowners
fixing the roof. I think it’s a contractors a month and
and contractors.
real issue [Ramirez] is raising thinks the statement within
but this is not the tool to “We’re not trying to hurt the fiscal and policy note
address that problem. This is consumers,” Ramirez said. is “ridiculous.” He calls
far too big a hammer for what “If anything, were trying to House Bill 1327 the “lock up
needs a tap.” make sure there’s no incentive grandma bill.”
While Ramirez said the for people not to get a home “If this is passed as it’s
bill outlines “common sense” improvement license. The real written, grandma goes to jail,”
provisions, he said it mentions issue is we have homeowners Creel said. “The argument
nothing about homeowners be who go out of their way to do that Delegate Ramirez made
fined or jailed for any reason this. To me, it protects both is that homeowners take
and has no idea where White sides.” advantage of unlicensed
AFRO File Photo got such an idea. However, Ramirez said the bill contractors. I’ve been in
In this AFRO file photo, Peyton Gray, left, veteran police/court reporter and Vincent the bill’s fiscal and policy protects everyday people the job for 28 years and
Tubbs, then-city editor, discuss the news of the day. For almost two centuries, the Black note states that “homeowners by making sure all home six months. I can count
Press has been crusading on behalf of the Black community. may be fined up to $1,000 improvement contractors are on two fingers how many
or imprisoned for up to six licensed by the state. Some homeowners have tried to

183 Years of the Black Press months for violating the bill’s
provisions.”
homeowners have been ripped
off by contractors with false
take advantage of unlicensed
contractors.”

Continued from A1

Black Americans, Freedom’s


Journal. Two attendees at the
of contributors to the Black
Press who have lent their
Newspaper Publishers
Association.
New Virtual Supermarket
meeting, Rev. Samuel Cornish talents as publishers, editors, Today the NNPA is Continued from A1
and John B. Russwurm, journalists, columnists and comprised of more than underserved “food desserts” in the city. cites lack of healthy food outlets in the
became the paper’s editors. cartoonists has included the 200 Black newspapers “We know people want healthy foods and community as one of the primary causes
Although well intentioned greatest names in American in the United States and access to full-service groceries, so we think of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular
White citizens sometimes history. Among them are the Virgin Islands. NNPA that this is one way we can provide it.” disease among city residents. Therefore, the
defended the honor of African Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. newspapers have a combined The project is funded with a $60,000 grant department believes the imposed method of
Americans in public forums, DuBois, Ida B. Wells Barnett, readership of 15 million and from President Barack Obama’s 2009 federal the virtual supermarket will be an important
the editors of Freedom’s Langston Hughes, Romare the organization has forged stimulus package and according to the health step towards ensuring that all consumers,
Journal proclaimed in the first Bearden, James Weldon ahead into the digital age with department’s Web site, plans to open more regardless of location, income levels or race,
issue, “Too long have others Johnson, Mary McLeod the creation of an electronic virtual supermarket locations are in the works. can enjoy an assortment of healthy foods at
spoken for us … We wish to Bethune and Daisy Bates. news service and the The Baltimore City Health Department affordable prices.
plead our own cause.” In 1941, under the urging BlackPressUSA.com web site
During the 183 years of John Sengstacke of the that enables the Black Press Photo by Anderson Ward
since the appearance of Chicago Defender, a meeting to provide real-time news and
Freedom’s Journal, the of leading Black publishers information to its national
Black Press has chronicled from across the nation was constituency.
and commented upon events called in Chicago. Sengstacke Thus, into the
as they have occurred and said the meeting was designed communication age of the
impacted African Americans. for “harmonizing our energies new millennium, NNPA –
Throughout that time, the in a common purpose for the the Black Press of America
Black Press has given voice benefit of Negro journalism.” – continues to fulfill the
to the struggles of African At least one representative declaration set forth by
Americans as they have from 22 publications attended Cornish and Russwurm: “We
sought to overcome the the meeting and the group wish to plead our own cause.”
effects of enslavement and decided to form the National
discrimination to attain social Negro Publishers Association. Clint C. Wilson II is a Baltimore City Health Department employees
equality—it has continued to In 1956, the trade association professor with the Department Cat Chamberlain (second from left and) Pooja
“plead the cause.” of the nation’s Black Press of Journalism at Howard Aggarwal (right) show local residents how the
Over the years the list was renamed the National University. Virtual Supermarket Program works.
March 20, 2010 - March 26, 2010, The Baltimore Afro-American A7

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A8 The Baltimore Afro-American, March 20, 2010 - March 26, 2010
Opinion

Health Insurance Reform and


African Americans
The public increase from $500 to $5,000, and they would
debate on health no longer have preventive care or prescription
care has been drug coverage. For Leslie, this choice was
aired in hearings really not a choice at all. She dropped her
in Congress, coverage.
the media, and Leslie’s story is why the President is so
in communities determined to see that we get health reform
throughout the done, and unfortunately, stories like Leslie’s
nation. Both are unfolding in states all across the country
houses of right now. In California we see an insurance
Congress have company increasing its rates by 39 percent.
Valerie Jarrett passed health In fact, premiums for both single and family
insurance reform policies could more than double by 2020.
bills for the first While families are struggling to absorb these
time in 70 years. We have made tremendous outrageous costs, the insurance companies
progress, and now President Obama is asking are meeting at fancy hotels in Washington,
for an up-or- down vote in Washington to give D.C., to discuss spending $1 million on ads
people the access to health care and the relief to convince Congress to once again turn away
from rising costs that they desperately need. from enacting the reform we need now.
Meanwhile, as the fight for reform is Well, enough is enough. It is time to finally
taking place here in Washington, across the get health insurance reform done.
country insurance companies continue to Getting this done is, of course, important
blindly raise insurance premiums on families. for the entire country, but it is especially

“...as the fight for reform is taking place here in Washington,


across the country insurance companies continue to blindly raise to suffer these illnesses, African-Americans against people with pre-existing conditions. It
suffer from lack of access to quality care and embraces ways to weed out waste, fraud and
insurance premiums on families.” are twice as likely to use the emergency room abuse. It will reduce the federal deficit over
as Whites. the long-term, and it will extend coverage to
That’s what happened to Leslie Banks. Leslie critical to the well-being of African-Americans With these challenges in mind, the more than 31 million Americans.
wrote a letter to President Obama describing who, like Leslie Banks, are spending more of President has continued to push for health The case for health insurance reform has
her situation. Leslie is an African-American their hard earned money on health care, but insurance reform. He has offered a plan that been made, and starting over, which is code for
woman, a single mom, and a self-employed getting less in return. will give families and small businesses control doing nothing, is not an option. After a year of
business owner living in Philadelphia. In African-Americans are facing these health over their own health care decisions and shift debate, we are closer than we have ever been
January, Leslie received a notice from her care challenges while recent reports show power away from the insurance companies. to enacting real health insurance reform for the
health insurance provider that her plan was that, as a group, they are in poorer health He believes that the citizens who pay the American people. This is not the time to turn
being dropped. To keep the same benefits, than other Americans. They are at a higher salaries of those in Congress deserve no less back or give in. This is the time to act. This
the premiums for her and her daughter would risk of suffering from a chronic disease— than the same health insurance choices, and the is what Leslie Banks – and all Americans –
more than double. Leslie was told by the such as heart disease, stroke and high blood same consumer protections as the Members of deserve.
insurance company that it intended to impose pressure—than any other group in the country. Congress. But if you have insurance, and you
an across-the-board premium hike. If she Seventy percent of African-Americans are like it, you can keep it. Valerie Jarrett is senior advisor to President
chose to pay the same monthly premium overweight or obese, a gateway to many The plan also ends the worst insurance Barack Obama for intergovernmental affairs
amount as before, the deductible would chronic illnesses. While they are more prone company abuses such as discriminating and public engagement.

Letters to the Editor


Statement on Immigration Reform becomes. It’s time to move forward and stop in this state” and because this action is clearly other states. Despite the fact that the Office of
Yesterday President Obama reaffirmed his playing politics with a problem we should a violation of the separation of powers related the Attorney General addressed that very same
commitment to drive an immigration reform have fixed a long time ago. to the three branches of government, the question in 2004, and despite the fact that no
bill forward this spring. We echo the urgency Richard Trumka attorney general was put on public notice that court ruling, or legislation has overturned that
in the president’s message. President, AFL-CIO impeachment charges were being drafted. 2004 opinion, Mr. Gansler released a “new”
The AFL-CIO and the entire labor  As if the attorney general was not in opinion in which he “interprets” the law as
movement remain committed to Fed Up With Politicians enough hot water, on March 1 he declared supporting the legality of recognizing out of
comprehensive immigration reform and united Had we all listened to OBAMA we all himself unimpeachable in an attempt to state same sex marriages.
around the framework for reform that we would have been shot up with the swine flu thwart any attempt by the Legislature to hold In short, the attorney general decided that
put forth a year ago. Our framework protects vaccine. Obama attempted to create a national him accountable for usurping their authority. a standing Maryland law is an “injustice” and
American workers, secures our borders, panic so that making such shots mandatory Unbelievably, the attorney general went subsequently misused the authority of his
ensures that employers hire authorized would have been an easy thing to do. to a subordinate member of his staff, Dan office to effectively change the law without
workers and creates a path to citizenship He also lied about not being for mandatory Friedman to write the letter addressed to having gone through the legislative process
for those who came to our country illegally. health insurance to get elected. Maryland’s speaker of the House, stating that defined in the Maryland Constitution.
It also provides a rational and reasonable And Rep. [Steny] Hoyer and Rep. Chris the attorney general could not be removed by If this goes unchallenged, the next attorney
approach to future flow, which ties the number Carney still goose step in unison for Obama impeachment. general is likely to follow this precedent and
of new foreign workers coming into the U.S. Care, which is health care at gun point. Has Mr. Gansler’s actions have put Maryland usurp the authority of the legislature based on
labor market to established labor shortages. Hoyer ever questioned why 39 other countries in a constitutional crisis. The highest law
his personal bias. As result, citizens will no
Under our approach, the numbers – which have higher average life spans than us? officer in the state who is an elected member
longer have the representation that is provided
would be established through an independent President Eisenhower warned us about the of the executive branch of government has
them under the Constitution.
commission – would be much higher during Military Industrial Complex. A much bigger violated his oath of office and has revealed
The stage is now set in Maryland for a
robust economic times than they would be in threat which Hoyer and Carney bow to is the his incompetence, and his willful neglect
times like today. The advocacy community, Pharmaceutical Industrial Complex. As bad as of duty. As a constitutional officer, he must constitutional show down. On March 31 a
including the Reform Immigration for Canada is they still live two years longer than ensure that the provisions of the state and U.S. charge of impeachment will be brought before
America campaign of which we are a member, we do. constitutions are upheld in all cases, including the Maryland House of Delegates at roughly
has adopted this same approach. Joseph Dupont a constitutional charge against him. 10:05 am. The House speaker has publically
American workers are facing a Towanda, Pa. Attorney General Gansler testified in his stated that he will rule the charge out of order
prolonged jobs crisis and nearly 10 percent official capacity two years ago in support of citing the opinion that the attorney general
unemployment, with no sign of recovery in Maryland’s Constitutional Crisis a gay marriage bill. He said that it would be cannot be impeached as the authority for the
sight. If immigration reform is to have any  Maryland recently recognized same sex hard to not try to correct an injustice in the out of order ruling.
chance of passing this year, the Chamber of marriages for the purpose of marital benefits. law. His testimony publically revealed his Regardless of your personal view on same
Commerce is going to have to abandon its The recognition of same sex marriages partial and prejudiced position on the subject sex marriage, the recent activities of the
insistence on the creation of a new temporary performed in other states was not enacted by of same sex marriage. Mr. Gansler violated his Maryland Attorney General should give us
worker program and embrace a solution based the Maryland Legislature nor was it mandated oath of office in which he swore to perform reason to pause. Again, the Maryland attorney
on real employment needs. A new temporary by Maryland courts; rather it was the his duties in an impartial and unprejudiced general has taken for himself; the powers
worker program in today’s economy would be independent decision of Maryland’s Attorney manner. vested in the legislature and declared himself
political suicide, and the Chamber must know General Douglas Gansler, released on Feb. 24. After revealing his bias on the issue, unimpeachable and unaccountable to the
that.  Because this was a blatant attack on he was asked by a member of the Senate citizens of Maryland?
We need immigration reform now. The Maryland’s current law that states: Only a to advise on the legality of Maryland  Delegate Don Dwyer Jr.
more we delay, the worse the problem marriage between a man and a woman is valid recognizing same sex marriage contracted in Maryland House of Delegates

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Opinion
A Good and Faithful Servant
Recently, I lost a good all of us that David Crump was at the heart of a transformation emphasize that “We, as men, need to spend more time with
friend who always encouraged in our youth that was worth our understanding. our sons and daughters. We need to teach our sons to have
me by his wisdom and his In later years, therefore, it was no surprise to me that David respect for women and our daughters to demand respect for
example. The Rev. David would come to have an exceptional impact on the young people themselves.”
Crump excelled in his mastery of our community. I often would find him reaching out to the This same wisdom was at the heart of Rev. David Crump’s
of that most valuable kind of youth, giving them the opportunity to find themselves in life- ministry, and his home. It is a lesson that all of us would do
wisdom —the insights that affirming settings. This calling was at the center of both Rev. well to heed.
help us to remain focused Crump’s faith ministry and his home. When far too many of our children do not even know their
squarely upon what is truly During a missionary trip to Ghana in 2000, David met fathers – much less receive the irreplaceable benefit of their
important in our lives. the wonderful woman who would become his wife, Theresa guidance — we know that our community must do better.
At age 42, David was Mina Crump. Together, they built a household full of laughter When too many of our young people are leaving school
almost young enough to be and love for six natural and foster children: Davina, Latifah, before graduation for lives on our streets — and when
my son. In fact, I had first Latrecia, Malik, Tyleakia and Tyleek. At his memorial service, unemployed young Black men have a 30 percent chance of
come to know him through the positive impact of David’s guidance on these children was going to prison before the age of 30 —we know that we must
Congressman other friends closer to my there for all to witness. commit ourselves to fundamental change.
Elijah Cummings own age — his parents, the The boys spoke of how David taught them to treat women Our government has an important part to play in the
Revs. Izell and Elaine Crump. with respect. One of the girls, Latifah, shared with us how rebuilding of our communities. Yet, we, ourselves, must be the
Yet, during the years leading up to his untimely passing on David had told her, shortly before his death, that she should be critical element in this change.
Feb. 20, I had come to think of David Crump as a role model prepared to look out for their mother and the younger children Rev. David Crump understood this, both in his ministry and
for my own life, as well as a friend. when he died. Her reflection touched our hearts. Through his in his personal commitment to the young people in his life. As a
Our friendship began back in 1998, when I invited love, support and example, David was preparing her to reach result, he came to exemplify Dr. King’s insight that “We all can
the Congressional Black Caucus to Baltimore for a field her destiny and to serve others in their own development. be great because we all can serve.”
investigation of our local responses to illicit drug use and HIV/ I will remember him, both as a good father and husband and In his love for children and his giving nature to those of
AIDS, and the Crump family offered the use of their cafeteria, as a man devoted to his God and his family. During his short our neighbors who were in need, David Crump ministered by
Micah’s, as the setting for our hearing. life, he became the kind of man whom all of us should try to be. the example of his life. Because of his life, our community is a
David Crump was the master chef and maitre d’ at Micah’s Recently, I was thinking about David’s example as I read better place.
at that time. The quality of the food that he prepared for us was some comments that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder had What we take from this life will be lost when we are gone.
excellent, but that did not fully explain the positive impression made during a speech to the Alliance of Concerned Men. Yet, our gifts to others will long remain, and can lift up our
that he made on my CBC colleagues and me. Encouraging us to take more responsibility for our children world.
We were heartened by how well David worked with Micah’s and homes, Eric Holder observed that “I have held many titles
staff and, especially, with the young people who worked there. in my life. But, the title that I am most proud of is father. A
At a time when so many young people were going astray, these father’s role in the life of a child is irreplaceable.” Congressman Elijah E. Cummings represents Maryland’s
young men and women were competent, polite and clearly Stressing that we must do more to create a culture of mutual Seventh Congressional District in the United States House of
engaged in building better lives for themselves. It was clear to respect in our homes, Attorney General Holder went on to Representatives.

Jobs Bill – Good Politics, Bad Policy


There’s an old saying: huge number of people who have stopped looking for work and National Urban League is calling on the Congress to go back
“Don’t bring a slingshot to a those who are working part-time only because they can’t find and get it right.
gunfight.” But that’s just what a full-time job, the total “underemployment” rate has climbed Last November, the National Urban League presented the
the Congress appears to be to a staggering 16.8 percent. Another 36,000 jobs were lost White House and congressional leaders a robust six-point plan
doing with its timid approach during the month, a number that was lower than expected, but for putting Americans back to work. Our plan places a priority
to job creation. Last week, on help for the chronically unemployed, which includes African
the House of Representatives Americans and other communities of color experiencing
joined the Senate in passing “The so-called ‘jobs bill’ as it currently unemployment rates significantly higher than the national
a $15 billion jobs bill that
would hardly make a dent in
stands is a tiny, timid step when what we average. It would create 3 million jobs. We are recommending
that future legislation include:
the depression-era levels of need is a giant, bold leap. It may be good • Funding direct job creation
unemployment afflicting all • Expansion and acceleration of the Small Business
parts of the country, especially politics, but it’s bad policy.” Administration’s Community Express Loan Program and
communities of color. inclusion of minority contractors for transportation projects
Marc Morial The latest employment figures still intolerably high. It is abundantly clear - the great recession funded through the stimulus bill
from the Bureau of Labor rages on. • The creation of Green Empowerment Zones
Statistics are being hailed in some quarters as a clear sign that So what does the Congress do in the face of this crisis? • The Expansion of housing counseling programs nationwide
the recession is over. Tell that to the 15 million Americans who The House passed a scaled-back $15 billion Senate jobs bill • The Expansion of the Youth Summer Jobs Program for 2010
remain out of work or the untold numbers of families teetering that gives tax breaks to businesses to hire new workers and • The creation of 100 urban job academies to implement and
on the brink of financial ruin. includes some needed investments in infrastructure projects. expand the Urban Youth Empowerment Program (UYEP)
While the overall jobless rate remained steady in February Most analysts say this will create only a few hundred thousand The so-called “jobs bill” as it currently stands is a tiny, timid
at 9.7 percent, African-American unemployment is now at 15.8 jobs at a time when 10 million jobs are needed just to get back step when what we need is a giant, bold leap. It may be good
percent, a 6.8 percent increase since the start of the recession in to pre-recession levels. That’s why a majority of Congressional politics, but it’s bad policy.
December 2007. The Hispanic jobless rate of 12.4 percent was Black Caucus members, led by Chairwoman Barbara Lee
virtually unchanged from January. And when you factor in the of California, voted against the measure. And it is why the Marc Morial is president of the National Urban League.

Tea with Omar Sharif When I read that Egypt’s where he spoke to the man from whom my parents had bought travel alone.”
Journalist Union had punished the apartment and who acted as de facto landlord. I let that bait go. I was learning.
two senior Egyptian editors, He told Omar that all he knew about me was that I was a “Are you married? How old are you?” He continued.
one a member of the country’s journalist and he offered the telephone number of my brother’s “I’m 31.” I joke I’m married to my job.
ruling party and the other an father-in-law who was looking after any matters regarding the “You can never get married. Who’s going to want to marry
expert on Jewish affairs for apartment because my entire family lived abroad. you with the life you lead, every day in a different city? You’ll
violating its ban on contacts I told our relative I’d go in and see Omar. By the time we end up with a man like my brother, a womanizer, who’ll cheat
with Israel, I wondered if had our cup of tea, I’d resigned from Reuters and was back on you,” he said.
Omar Sharif ever thinks of me. living in Cairo. Tall and bulky, Omar Sharif wore a shiny And so on and so forth till he got up, shook my hand and
My nemesis wasn’t the purple suit. He had a mustache and every sentence ended in an told me to call him if I ever needed help.
once-heartthrob Egyptian exclamation, usually not in my favor. I tried to forget Omar.
actor but a State Security “Mona Eltahawy! Finally! You’re a real character!” Omar A few months later as I visited my brothers-in-law with my
officer in Cairo whose nom de shouted. “Who on earth goes to Israel? I have to meet your parents and sister – in town for a while – the telephone rang. It
guerre was Omar Sharif and father. If my daughter ever told me she wanted to go to Israel was Omar Sharif. He knew my father was in town. They spoke
Mona Eltahawy who, for six months in 1999, I’d break her neck!” for a few moments. The next day, my father and mother said
tormented me for moving to Stepping into his office, I walked into a thick wall of they wanted to talk to me.
Jerusalem as a correspondent for Reuters. There is no law that cologne – one of those Calvin Klein unisex scents fashionable “What did he mean when he said you were living a life that
bans Egyptians from visiting Israel but everyone knows that about 10 years earlier. I didn’t know whether to feel flattered or was not suitable for Egypt?” my father asked. After kicking
once you do, State Security will invite you over for “a cup of worried. down the door, the surreal was dancing on the rooftop of my life.
tea” – i.e., an interrogation. “You see this file,” he said, “this is all you. Look – orders to A distant relative, who had recently retired from State
I got Sharif’s note inviting me for tea during a quick visit to have you followed, orders to tap your telephone. You’re a lot of Security, was called. Omar Sharif’s paternalism had set the men
Cairo the year I lived in Israel. “Miss Mona, an officer left this trouble, you know.” in motion to save Mona.
for you,” the doorman’s wife Umm Mokhtar said. An ebullient What had I been saying on the phone lately? “Mona, the guy’s already married,” the relative said
woman not easily intimidated, she was unusually subdued as He left for a few moments to go and say his noon prayers. after investigating. “I thought he wanted to marry you or
she handed me the note, which I shoved absentmindedly into a I sat alone in the room watching an Arabic language news something.”
jacket pocket. I was on my way to the airport, late as usual. channel that had the volume muted. I didn’t know if I was in “I know – he showed me his wife’s picture,” I replied.
I did not think of him again until my next trip to Cairo a few trouble or not. He gave me the number of Omar’s supervising officer so that I
months later, when my brother’s very anxious father-in-law “So do you pray?” he asked when he came back. could call him if Omar ever bothered me again.
took me aside. Once he mentioned the name Omar Sharif, I “I do.” About a year later, I pressed play on the flashing telephone
knew the surreal had kicked down the door into my life. “No way! You don’t look like the praying kind.” answering machine.
When I didn’t call Omar, he had gone to my apartment “Who said religion had a look?” I ventured. Wrong, wrong, “Peace be upon you Miss Mona. I’m just calling to see how
building and dragged Umm Mokhtar’s husband to the nearest wrong. I was falling right into every trap he set for me. you are. Give me a call when you hear this message. This is, of
police station for questioning as to my whereabouts. After the “Well of course there’s a look to being religious,” he said. course, your ‘brother,’ Omar Sharif.”
poor man convinced Omar that all he knew was that I was “Our religion is very specific about what’s wrong and what’s You can read more from Mona Eltahawy at www.monaeltahawy.
abroad somewhere, Omar went back to my apartment building right. Take the traveling you like so much. A woman shouldn’t com.

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It is New Orleans’ premiere party season the party going with fantastic tunes for line
right here in Charm City. The Pi Omega dancing, and other popular dances.
Foundation of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity The annual event helps to provide
celebrated its 59th annual MasQUErade Ball, scholarships to students and funding for
“The Pearl of the Bayou.” AFRO Charities’ Mrs. Santa program, Talent
What could be better than eating the Hunt for high school students, and other
traditional dishes of jambalaya, hush charity activities in Baltimore metropolitan
puppies, sausages, dirty rice and topping communities.
off the meal with king cakes and coffee?
Basileus John and The Martin’s West ballroom floor was
Karen Berkley packed with celebrants from all walks of life
enjoying themselves, dressed in glittering Sheryl Nelson and
Mardi Gras colors of purple, green and gold Dr. Charlene Cooper
and outrageous costumes with elaborate Boston
masks and beads. The Rolex Band kept

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Josephine Alston

Dr. Gary Rodwell


Donna Rice and Sen. Verna
Jones-Rodwell Barbara and Jim
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Former Maryland
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wife, Erica Dr. Billy Davis and
Barbara Davis

Neva Brown, Zack Armstrong


and Betty Jones

Mark Smith, Ivy Gates


Smith and D. Danard
Smith, chairperson

Alvin Taylor, Robert Woods


and Faraji Mason

Angela Weems,
Gloria Singletary
and Gloria Marrow

Nelson Wilkinson, Shirley


Briscoe and Vice Basileus
Zanes Cypress

Sharon Palmer, Dr.


Hadassah Bullock
and Bovita Salters

Karen and Gary Brooks Shirley and Andrew


Montgomery
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B2 The Baltimore Afro-American, March 20, 2010 - March 26, 2010

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Area Writer Translates Life Experiences into Novel


they go through in finding themselves and finding God. in sports management, Woodland matriculated at George
“A lot of stuff in my book I got from my undergrad Washington University, where she received a master’s degree
experience and coming home to hang out with friends that in tourism administration.
attended Towson and Morgan State,” said Woodland. “It’s Woodland began to use her graduate degree in her job at
about my life and my friends’ lives. I just put a lot of drama in Six Flags, but something was missing to her. She felt her
it and made it entertaining.” life had no purpose. That’s because during her undergraduate
Woodland made a conscious years, she underwent a life-altering
effort to make sure the book would experience—Woodland became a
be written for a wide audience. Christian. Her new faith was something
Therefore, it contains no cursing or that would change her entire outlook
graphic descriptions of sex or violence. on life and led her to make a career
“It’s great for young ladies and a change.
very mature crowd,” she said. “I kept “I was just seeking to have money,
the book very clean. It’s realistic to make money and do things just for
the point that it talks about people me,” she said. “Once I really started
having sex but I don’t go into detail growing my relationship with God,
like a Zane book.” that’s when I really wanted to start
Woodland began the novel on a helping other people.”
whim. She was wasting her summer Woodland said she believed her
away following her junior year of calling was to be an educator and
college when her mother suggested that’s why she decided to get her
that she write a book. certification. She’s now a special
“That summer I wrote 50 pages and education teacher at Andrew Jackson
said, ‘Wow, I can really do this,’” she Academy in Forestville, Md. It’s
said. a position she feels goes beyond
She would soon find out that the herself.
process was not that easy. It took her “I wanted a job that impacted
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Mahogany Woodland hopes to turn her first novel, two years after the completion of the lives,” she said. “I got into the
Freshman Honeys into a new series of books. book to find a publisher and graphic resident teacher program in P.G.
designer to do the layout of the book. County which is a program
By George Barnette Woodland is used to working hard for career changers to get into
AFRO Staff Writer though. Its part of what inspired her teaching.”
to write the book and its part of what Now that Woodland is
Mahogany Woodland is a young Prince George’s County inspired the content of the book. teaching, she doesn’t plan to stop writing.
native and a person of many talents. She’s a teacher, has her Woodland grew up in Cheverly, Md., in a working-class The sequel to Freshmen Honeys will be released this summer
postgraduate degree and now can add author to her list of neighborhood. After graduating high school, she attended and she has two other books in the works as well.
titles. Rutgers University in New Jersey. That’s when she got her “I have so many book ideas in my head that now it’s just a
Woodland’s first book, Freshman Honeys was recently first dose of the real world. matter of me getting them out,” she said. “I just want to write as
released. It is a book that, while fiction, definitely has some “It was definitely a culture shock going up to Rutgers many books as I can.”
hints of things she and people closest to her have gone because Rutgers isn‘t a historically Black college,” she said.
through. “Growing up in my part of P.G. County I wasn’t used to being For more information on how to purchase “Freshman
“The book is about six females in their first year of around such a diverse group of people.” Honeys,” please visit www.mahoganywoodland.com.
college,” she said. “It talks about the trials and tribulations After receiving her undergraduate degree from Rutgers

Web-based Series Spotlights Book Review:


Single Mothers The Immortal Life of
Henrietta Lacks
By Kam Williams
Special to the AFRO

“Henrietta died in 1951 from a vicious case of cervical cancer… But


before she died, a surgeon took samples of her tumor and put them in a
Petri dish. Scientists had been trying to keep human cells alive in culture
for decades, but they all eventually died. Henrietta’s were different: they
reproduced an entire generation ever 24 hours, and they never stopped.
They became the first immortal human cells ever grown in a laboratory.
Henrietta’s cells have now been living outside her body far more than they ever lived inside
it… If we went to almost any cell culture lab in the world… we’d probably find millions—if not
billions—of Henrietta’s cells in small vials on ice.
Her cells were part of research into the genes that cause cancer and those that suppress it;
they helped develop drugs for treating herpes, leukemia, influenza, hemophilia, and Parkinson’s
disease… Henrietta’s cells have become the standard laboratory workhorse.
HeLa cells were one of the most important things that happened to medicine in the last
hundred years.”
Excerpted from the Prologue (pages 3-4)

Anybody who thinks that the medical establishment’s secret exploitation of African
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Americans in the name of science ended with the notorious Tuskegee Experiment of 1932 has
Director Robert Townsend (center) behind the scenes of “Diary of a Single Mom.” another thing coming. Those familiar with the book Medical Apartheid are well aware that such
By Gregory Dale who are interested in seeing shows that nefarious practices have persisted to the present.
AFRO Staff Writer tell “stories that are a little bit off from However, the little-known case of Henrietta Lacks has got to be one of the most jaw-dropping
mainstream,” actor Leon, who stars as Mike, yet. Born in Virginia in 1920, she grew up working in the fields on the same tobacco farm in tiny
Robert Townsend, known for his string said in a teleconference about the series. Lackstown, where her ancestors had toiled for generations as slaves. She married and became a
of classic Black-themed films and television Leon also discussed the importance of mother of five until, in 1951, she developed a very aggressive form of cervical cancer and passed
programs, is bringing another facet of Africa- viewers recognizing great performances, away a few months later at the tender age of 31. She died a pauper and her remains were buried
American life to the forefront in his latest despite whether the actors are A-list or not. in an unmarked grave.
effort, “Diary of a Single Mom.” “[I want] people to be able to see That might very well have been the end of the story, except for the fact that without her
In this Web-based series directed by dominant and great performances from consent or even knowledge, doctors took a sample of her cancerous tumor. As it turned out,
Townsend and written by screenwriter anybody, as long as they’re right for the role. her rapidly-reproducing malignant cells had a unique quality in that they were miraculously
Cheryl L. West, three single mothers and For [Precious star] Mo’Nique, a serious role immortal. Eureka. Cultured in the lab by research scientists, the landmark discovery would prove
their families are featured, showing the many of that matter was not the normal choice but to be invaluable in the development of everything from the polio vaccine to in-vitro fertilization
challenges they face. it was a choice that was right. Whenever to the Genome Project to cloning.
Actress Monica Calhoun stars as Ocean, a that right person plays that right role, it’s It goes without saying, but I’ll say it anyhow, that the manufacture and sale of these so-called
single mother of two, who ruthlessly pushes magical.” HeLa cells (a name coined by taking the first two letters from Henrietta and Lacks) blossomed
to keep her family afloat while working Also appearing in the series are a string into a multi-million-dollar business. Patented and selling for as much as $10,000 per vial, the
to fulfill her dream of obtaining her GED. of well-known actors including Richard precious substance has for decades returned quite a fortune for a couple of biotech companies.
Janice Lynde stars as Peggy, a widow and Roundtree and Billy Dee Williams. Yet, the impoverished descendants of the donor never shared in the profits. To add insult to
guardian of a grandchild, who is struggling Debuting on PIC.tv in 2009, the series is injury, many of them couldn’t even afford health insurance.
with financial issues. And Valery Ortiz now on its second season and is the winner This shameful chapter in the annals of American medicine is revisited in The Immortal Life
stars as Lupe, a mother juggling both of her of two awards for Best Indie Soap and of Henrietta Lacks, a remarkable biography written in riveting prose by investigative journalist
children’s fathers while also facing health Best Guest Actor from the 2009 Indie Soap Rebecca Skloot. Very rarely do you come across a book this compelling about a relatively
concerns. The women experience life’s Awards. obscure individual.
journeys and find solace in their friendship Thus, high praise indeed is in order for the author for fashioning such a compelling narrative
while searching for support and faith. New episodes debut every Thursday at 12 of her humble subject’s life, death and everlasting gift to humanity, while simultaneously
Stars of the show hope to cater to viewers a.m. on Pic.tv. shedding light on some serious ethical issues which had been conveniently swept under the rug
until now.
B4 The Baltimore Afro-American, March 20, 2009 - March 26, 2009

Real Estate Mogul Sheds Light on Housing Market


By Stephen D. Riley Pursuing real estate, however, has been placed on the back
AFRO Staff Writer burner for many struggling Black families. Layoffs and salary
cuts have led to unemployment and financial handicaps, a pair
The collapse of the real estate market has turned the of cement shoes in the flooded housing market. The Economic
American Dream into an American nightmare for several Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C. think tank, reported
homeowners. Foreclosures, bankruptcies and lost equity have in March that close to 16 percent of Blacks are currently
reduced a once profitable investment idea into a now dangerous unemployed nationally, a number that could rise to 18.2 percent
gamble. by mid-2010 according to projections.
A record 937,840 homes received foreclosure letters in the Although the absence of jobs and overpriced homes have
third quarter of 2009 as reported by RealtyTrac—a fanciful caused immediate problems for families, the lasting effects
prospect for first time homebuyers and investors looking for a on future generations could be equally as troublesome. Black
swift deal but demoralizing for homeowners on the opposite youths are now staring at the possibility of tuition losses,
end of the spectrum. The market has been especially trying for working extended hours and the void of a safe haven to
middle-class Blacks who have used homeownership as a means call home. The idea of passing down real estate from one
of building wealth. A combination of job cuts and poor real generation to the next is one of the deciding factors in acquiring
estate decisions have created horror stories within the African- property. With the market’s recent downward spiral, maturing
American community; stories that have caused many aspiring adolescents may be in line to grow up quicker than expected.
investors to shy away from a possible life of stagnant home “African Americans typically have most of their wealth tied
sales, unpaid bills and harassing collector calls. up into the equity in their homes and they use that wealth to
But, Nathaniel Arnold, author of The Best Real Estate help their kids get through school, take vacations and finance
Investing Method....EVER! doesn’t believe that ambitious their lifestyles to a certain degree,” Arnold said. “Because
homeowners should look away from their dreams, they just of what’s gone on with foreclosures and the price of housing
need to be aware of their surroundings. going down in a lot of areas, they don’t have that equity to
“There are a lot of very good deals to be had right now and pull from anymore so it’s caused everybody to do some belt
people need to be aware of that,” Arnold said. “Instead of trying tightening [and] college rethinking.”
to do it by themselves they need to work with people who are As vicious as the market has been, it’s slowing beginning
confident and can help them both find deals and execute them to round back into form. Local reports have pointed to signs
properly.” of life in both the District and Baltimore housing markets
He added, “People don’t know the different kind of and most experts have called for a national recovery by
financing options that [are available] and that’s just a matter 2011. Although most investors remain skeptical, reports are
of their agent educating them about that. When they don’t encouraging. And with a rapidly changing job market, the
know how much they can afford or what kind of financing is decision to buy a home still ranks as one of the surest ways to
available they tend to sometimes get financing that is a point Courtesy photo ensure a nest egg to pull from once retirement arrives.
or two higher than what they could’ve gotten. In the last two Despite a down housing market, author, Nathaniel “There are a lot more people who want to invest in real
years African Americans were sort of steered into typically high Arnold, who wrote, The Best Real Estate Investing estate so they are looking at what kind of options they have
mortgages.” Method....EVER!, still believes the quickest way to wealth because they understand their pension may not be there when
Arnold, a successful real estate investor, has been involved is through real estate. they want to retire,” Arnold said. “They may not have a job
in the housing market for over 20 years. Throughout his tenure that’s going to keep them until they get a pension so people are
he’s seen both the beauty and the beast that is homeownership. depictions are simply fallacious. looking for avenues to invest in and real estate provides that for
Despite the ever changing faces, he still believes that the safest “Real estate is a long term investment, it’s not get rich quick them.”
and quickest route to wealth is through real estate investing. despite what [people] see on television,” Arnold said. “Real
And while popular television programs paint the field as one estate is a long-term business; it can be very lucrative but you For more information on Nathaniel Arnold visit www.
of quick flips and substantial gains, Arnold warns that those have to have the right attitude to pursue it.” realworldinvesting.com.
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Black Coaches’ Odyssey to ‘Big Dance’
‘Unfair Conditions’ Allow only Few African Americans on National Stage
By Perry Green coaches the WNBA’s Tulsa Blacks coaches don’t receive hired in 2006, the District
AFRO Sports Editor Shock, but with a résumé that the same treatment as White native was blackballed
includes 15 appearances in coaches as high-profile schools. from the college ranks for
With the NCAA Men’s the NCAA Tournament and a Popular coach Bob eight years for violating
Division-I Championship national title, many wonder Huggins lost his head NCAA rules while serving
Tournament tipping off this why he hasn’t been hired coaching job at University of as head coach of University
weekend, millions of sports back into the college ranks. Cincinnati after pleading no of California during the
fans will be glued to their Richardson provided his own contest to driving under the mid-1990s. According to
TVs to witness a field of 65 answer to that mystery during influence, an embarrassing reports, Bozeman admitted he
winning basketball programs a recent interview with CBS. incident that was caught on provided several thousands
attempt to knock each other “I’ve been asked by video and aired on national of dollars in traveling funds
off in an exhilarating one-and- friends if I’ve been banned television. Yet Huggins, for the parents of one of his
done style tournament that from college basketball a White man who has the recruits, which caused the
has garnered the nickname all these years for being same number of NCAA school to forfeit its 1994-
AP Photo
“March Madness.” outspoken, and I’d have to Tournament appearances as 95 season, most of the
Georgetown’s John Thompson is one of few Black college
Most African-American say yes. Anyone can see that,” Richardson, was back into the 1995-96 season, as well as
basketball coaches to reach this season’s “Big Dance.”
sports fans were pleased to Richardson told CBS. college ranks just a year later. its appearance in the 1996
see Georgetown make the cut, appearances and was the first the University of Connecticut “I’m sure that after He currently coaches West NCAA Tournament.
marking its 22nd appearance Black coach to win the national in the 2004 championship. what happened to me at the Virginia University under a The punishment for
in the “Big Dance,” dating title, but he may not have Some folks believe more University of Arkansas, I multi-million dollar contract. such a violation appears
back to when legendary Coach received such an opportunity African Americans could have became, in the eyes of the Huggins will lead his team just, until you compare
John Thompson Jr. directed if it wasn’t for trailblazer Fred claimed an NCAA title, or at guys who do the hiring and into action on March 19 in the Bozeman’s situation to very
the team from 1972-1999. Snowden. The first Black least come close. But racial firing in college basketball, an NCAA tournament first round popular White coach John
His son, John Thompson III, coach hired by a Major D-I conditions haven’t offered uppity guy…All these years, against lower seed Morgan Calipari. In more than 20
runs the Hoyas now, and will school, Snowden led Arizona the fairest opportunities for athletic directors, I think, see State, which is led by a Black years of coaching, Calipari
be making his fifth trip to the University to two tournament African Americans in the field me as someone with baggage. coach who had to wait nearly has become one of the most
major tournament. appearances, including an Elite of sports administration. But look around. Look at a decade for his second successful coaches in college
Thompson III is joined 8 berth in 1976. Legendary college some of the coaches who have chance at coaching. basketball history, winning
by Georgia Tech’s Paul Eighteen years later, basketball coach Nolan gotten hired since I was let Bozeman has successfully more than 400 games. He
Hewitt, Morgan State’s Todd Tubby Smith led Kentucky Richardson—the only coach go. If I have baggage, what do led Morgan State to back- led both the University of
Bozeman and Arkansas Pine University to the national title, to have won a NCAA D-I they have?” to-back NCAA Tournament Massachusetts and Memphis
Bluff’s George Ivory as becoming one of only three Tournament title, a National The point that Richardson appearances in the past two University to a No. 1 seed in
the only Black coaches to African-American coaches to Invitational Tournament makes supports his notion that years. But before he was Continued on B7
“dance” this season, which claim the championship. title and a Junior College
prompted the AFRO to glance Other Blacks who had National Championship—
back at some of the more success in the tournament was dismissed from his Jack was receiving the Daniel Snyder
successful African Americans include Bozeman, Kelvin position at the University Community MVP Award. This honor joins
that have reached college Sampson, Mike Jarvis, Fang of Arkansas after accusing his Lawyer of the Year Award, awarded by
basketball’s greatest stage. Mitchell and most recently the school administration the Bar Association, and the Trial Lawyers

‘I’m Back’
Thompson Jr. led the Hoyas Jamaica native Paul Hewitt, of mistreatment because he Association of Washington, D.C. He has
to an amazing 20 tournament whose Yellow Jackets lost to was Black. Richardson now also received the Presidential Award of the
National Bar Association, and is an inductee

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at Coolidge High
was over the fact that he hadn’t seen my These awards are just the tip of the
work on this page for quite a while. He was iceberg, but I don’t want to run out of space.
wondering if I had retired or if health issues He created the Olender Foundation along
By Perry Green had prevented me from working. I informed with his wife, Lovell, and it is through this
AFRO Sports Editor him that it was the latter. medium that we became acquainted. He
When the first of the big snows fell honored my dad at one event, and we have
The Washington Metro in early February, I donned my gear and been friends ever since.
area has seen its fair share attempted to masquerade as a 25-year- The event this year was to promote the
of successful women old. Two scoops and a lean on the shovel Lift Me Up Foundation, which assembles a
coaches in sports. Brenda prompted my neighbors to run me back in group of physically challenged youngsters
Frese has gained national the house while they finished shoveling my and introduces them to horseback riding.
recognition by leading the walk and driveway. Among the supporters were James
University of Maryland That night, I was struck with the kind “Shack” Harris and Washington Redskins
women’s basketball team to of stomach pain that prompts you to visit legend Doug Williams to lend the support of
more than 200 wins and a
the medical facilities immediately. After their foundation.
national championship in just
having endured an up-and-down night, I was Herman Boone, the former legendary
seven seasons. University
of Maryland-Eastern Shore convinced that I had the flu. coach of T.C. Williams (depicted in the film
coach Sharon Brummell drew AP Photo/Cliff Owen My wife is the kind of person who after Remember the Titans) was also present.
attention when she became Natalie Randolph, center, poses with members of her team two days of any kind of malady is ready When asked what he thought of famous
the first woman to guide a after being introduced as the new head football coach at to call 9-1-1, so after a week of no relief, I actor Denzel Washington portraying him, he
school to the NCAA Bowling Calvin Coolidge Senior High School in Washington, D.C., agreed with her to visit the doctor. After a replied that he wished they could have found
Championship in 2008. on March 12. cursory examination, my doctor gave me a somebody better looking.
But no one ever imagined love football, I love teaching, sport and it’s to be seen how referral for an ultra scan. The scan revealed Hank Aaron was present and revealed a
witnessing a coach like and I love these kids…being young men take to their coach that I have gall stones. story that left the audience in awe. He started
Natalie Randolph, that is, female has nothing to do with being a woman.” This process led me to another referral his foundation for charity and held a few
until now. my support and respect for But some of her young where I had to lay still for an hour and a half events that all but fell flat. His wife stepped
Randolph, a 29-year-old my players on the field and in players have already while this machine took pictures of the dye in and took over the reins. He was concerned
biology and environmental the classroom.” embraced their female coach being pumped into me via an IV. I haven’t over whether she was going to charge $10 or
science teacher, was The Washington native and are ready to go to battle been still for more than hour since I left the $15 a plate for the dinner. She responded by
introduced on March 12 was selected over 14 other for her. womb. However, the pain I was experiencing informing him that her first step was to go
as the new head coach of candidates to take over the “There’s nothing like prompted me to endure whatever. After all of to Coca Cola for $150,000. The event raised
the varsity football team at vacant position at Coolidge. proving somebody wrong,” this, the tech couldn’t find my gall bladder. more than $2 million. Since then, Hank just
Calvin Coolidge Senior High Her athletics resume includes Coolidge junior defensive
School in the District. She’s So, for the moment, I am about 80 percent hangs around and says, “Yes, ma’am.”
her years served as a track tackle Daniel West told the healthy and will “hang in there” until I hear Newly appointed Coolidge High School
believed to be the only female star at University of Virginia, media. “And I think that’s
in the country to coach a high from my doctor. football coach Natalie Randolph was on
and six seasons played as a what we’re going to have to In the meantime, I received an invitation hand to take a bow. She made history by
school varsity football squad, receiver for the D.C. Divas do this season, because a lot
which explains why the from Jack Olender to join him at the being the first female coach of a men’s
of the National Women’s of people have something
news conference announcing Washington Football Legends banquet. This varsity football team.
Football Association. She to say about her being our
her new position drew the helped the Divas win the coach and I feel like it’s my is a charity event and some of Washington’s The menu was outstanding, and I am glad
interest of reporters from all league championship in 2006. duty and it’s the team’s duty greats were honored. This year, Jack was Jack got me out of the house. So is my wife,
around the United States. Randolph also served as to prove everybody wrong, to among those being honored. because she has been “driving Miss Daisy”
Even Mayor Adrian Fenty an assistant coach for H.D. show that it doesn’t matter. In case you have been living on the Alps along with being chief cook and bottle
was on the scene to be a part Woodson’s football team As soon as we start winning, for the past 25 years, you should be aware that washer.
of the historical moment; he during 2006-08. everybody will want to be on Olender is the premier malpractice attorney in So, barring any bad news from my doctor,
proclaimed the day “Natalie Some folks criticized her the bandwagon.” the area, and arguably the best in the country. “I’m back.”
Randolph Day” in the role on Woodson’s staff, so Coolidge had a winning
District. doubt and criticism is expected record of six wins and four
Randolph embraced the to come twice as much now losses last season, so it may reporters. “I’m soft-spoken, One of the toughest feats should make the game a very
honor of making history, that she’s a head coach. not be difficult for Randolph so yelling is not me. I’m for her will come when interesting matchup, to say
but also explained the real According to The to step in and keep the wins going to be me. That’s what Coolidge takes on their city the least.
reason she’s the new coach at Associated Press, even former coming. She says she plans I do in the classroom. When rival, Woodson, next season. “Good competition, good
Coolidge. NFL star Keith Bulluck on motivating her players I get observed, the observers Randolph may have left fun,” Randolph said in a
“While I’m proud to be posted on Twitter that he’s without yelling or being say ‘I didn’t expect you to be Woodson’s staff for Coolidge, message for Woodson. “I love
part of what this all means, “not saying it can’t be done disrespectful. able to handle this class,’ but but her fiancé didn’t. He you all over there, but we’re
being female has nothing to or shouldn’t be done. But “I’m probably more Tony I do what I have to do to get still serves as Woodson’s going to beat you on the field
do with it,” Randolph said. “I football is clearly a man’s Dungy-esque,” Randolph told it done.” offensive coordinator, which and go hang out later.”
B6 The Baltimore Afro-American, March 20, 2010 - March 26, 2010

Faith In Action
Faithbytes
March 21 March 28
Worship with The Divine Cathedral, 219 N. Chester St., in celebration of its third The Rev. Ronald Williams, author of Faith and Fat Loss System, will speak on
year of ministry with the Rev. Derren Thompson, pastor of More Than Conquerors biblical principles and health, 11 a.m., at Mt. Hattin Baptist Church, 2409 Aisquith St.
Worship Center of Harford County at 11 a.m. The celebration continues 11 a.m., For more information contact the Rev. Vanetta Tucker by calling the church at 410-
March 28, with St. John’s Transformation Baptist Church and pastors, the Rev. Dr. 235-7900. The Rev. Claveron Burston Jr. is pastor of the church.
Bertha Borum and the Rev. Dorothy Boulware. For more information call 443-224-
7757 or log onto www.thedivinecathedral.com. The Rev. Antoine McClurkin is pastor April 3
of The Divine Cathedral. Mount Pleasant Church and Ministries present He Arose! Bishop Clifford M.
Johnson Jr., pastor, invites everyone to share in a “Mount Pleasant Experience”
March 26 witnessing a mostly male cast performing liturgical dance and gospel songs as part of
Join in the “Off the Hook” panel discussion for youth and young adults, 7 to the drama. The drama is a powerful account of Jesus’ death and resurrection. Tickets
9 p.m., at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, 2201 Garrison Blvd. Topics will address are $45.00 for dinner and the drama, starting at 4 p.m. The proceeds received for will
issues that interest and challenge young Christian people in today’s society: cliques, be used to enhance programs offered by the Mount Pleasant Community Development
understanding worth as a child of God, STDs, dating and waiting, dress code and jobs Corporation, such as: Science Is for Everyone, Excel Academy, Empowered Christian
and education. The Rev. Stephen Smith is pastor of the church. Ministries, Spirit Realm, and Harvest Festival.

Obituaries
William Smith Jr., 53 career as a lead musician, accompanist, director and minister of music at various churches
throughout the metropolis.
Pastor, Musician Over the years, William Smith’s accomplishments became widespread. Under Bishop
Robert Evans of the Highway Church of Christ, William was groomed as his personal
William Smith Jr., a native of Baltimore, was born organist. He conducted various gospel music workshops and praise and worship seminars
April 23, 1956. He was the eldest son of William Smith Sr. throughout the county. In 1999, he started a Christian record label, Ice Music Group.
and Shirley Smith. William was called home to eternal rest William later became minister of music at the Victory Center, a church founded and
by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on March 1. pastured by his brother, Pastor Tony Smith. On Father’s Day in 1999, the musician, writer,
William attended Baltimore City public schools and executive producer William Smith, skillfully crafted the first live recording session for the
and graduated from Baltimore City College in Victory Choir and their debut CD project entitled Unforgettable Lover, which was nominated
1974. He grew up in the Park Heights area of Baltimore as the CD of the year in 2000 at the Ministers Music Awards Ceremony.
and received his Christian rearing at the Highway Christian William co-founded the Maryland Mass Choir in 2005 and the Maryland Children’s Choir
Church under the leadership of Elder Wesley Thomas. He was initiated by him during the summer of 2006. Both choirs have generated enormous
went on to attend Towson University and Peabody recognition throughout the state of Maryland and abroad because of the ministry of music
Conservatory. William was employed at Hedwin offered to so many. The Maryland Mass Choir was the first local choir to headline at the
Corporation and retired after 33 years of service. Hippodrome Theater.
William entered into covenantal marriage on Oct. 15, William was also called to preach the Word of God. Knowing from the Scriptures that
1999 to his wife Faith. From WILLIAM SMITH JR. their union, two children, Taylor “promotion comes from the Lord,” William followed the path God had designed for his life
and Tyler were born. and on September 10, 2007, Zamar Ministries was birthed through a weekly Monday night
William’s ability to play the organ was discovered early in childhood. Growing up steeped service affectionately named “One Hour of Power.” Then on Jan. 13, 2008, Zamar Ministries
in the traditions of the African-American church, he learned the fundamentals. His soft touch moved forward to full-time ministry.
in playing, tonality and chord structure made gospel music his forte, and he received formal Pastor William Smith was preceded in death by his brother Timothy and sister Michelle.
instruction as a student of music theory at Peabody Conservatory. He launched a successful Left with an example of generous love and unselfish service are, his wife, Faith; three
daughters Nicole, Kristina, and Taylor; three sons Cedric, Shelton J, and Tyler; his parents,
William Smith Sr. (Patsy) and Shirley Smith; two brothers, Robert Smith and Pastor Tony
Smith; mother-in-law, Pastor Darlene Thurmond; brother-in-law, Calvin L. Thurmond; four
grandchildren, Aniya I. Smith, Jonathan Holmes-Smith, Jayla E. Smith, and Ny’kera M.
Blount; three uncles, Paul Beasley, William James McClain and Henry McClain; two aunts,
Nellie Cunningham and Blanche Johnson; two godchildren Ralph Forrest Jr. of Houston,
Texas and Tiffany Griffin of Alexandria, Va., and a host of family, friends and associates that
will miss him dearly.

Rev. Dr. George P. Polk, 84


Reverend, Writer
George Pullman Polk University in England.
Jr. was born on March 9, Along the way, Rev.
1926, in Boston, Mass., Polk served as pastor and
to George Pullman Polk interim pastor at churches
Sr. and Kathryn Nelson in Virginia, New York,
Polk. He attended public Washington. D.C., Chicago
schools in Boston and and Baltimore.
began higher education He also served as
at Wagner College in chaplain and pastoral
Staten Island, N.Y. He consultant at hospitals
continued his education in the aforementioned
attended Virginia Union states. Most recently, he
University where he served as interim pastor at
received both a bachelor’s Heritage United Church of
REV. DR. GEORGE P. POLK
and master’s in divinity. The Christ, Douglas Memorial
Rev. Dr. Polk was one of the first African
Community Church and Bethany United
Americans to become a certified supervisor
Church of Christ in Baltimore. After retiring,
with the Association for Clinical Pastoral
Rev. and Mrs. Polk returned to Heritage
Education (ACPE). He maintained a lifelong
UCC as members. During the latter stages
membership in the organization and he
of his ministry, he remained engaged in
remained engaged throughout his life.
religious education at Lancaster Theological
While in seminary at Virginia Union,
Seminary through teaching, leading Bible
he met Dorothea Winfrey. They dated
study and providing care and counseling.
for four years before marrying in 1960.
Rev. Polk has published articles in the
They later had two children, Kathy and
Dictionary of Pastoral Care and Counseling,
Allyn. They were further blessed with two
“The Pastoral Care of Suicidal Persons and
granddaughters, Gayla and Lynnae.
Their Families” and a commentary on “The
Rev. Polk continued his ministerial
General Letters of the New Testament.”
studies at New York Theological Seminary,
Rev. Polk’s life and legacy are forever
earning a master’s in sacred theology. He
ingrained in the hearts of his wife, children,
also earned a doctorate in ministry at the
granddaughters and extended family; a
Chicago Theological Seminary. He pressed
multitude of friends and students and church
on further and took advanced study courses
and clergy members locally and abroad.
at Harvard Divinity School and Oxford

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‘Legends’ Honored in Jack Olender received the Dunbar Claims 12th State years ago.
Washington Community MVP award Championship “I’m overwhelmed right
The Washington Football presented by Doug Williams.  It was Baltimore’s year now with a lot of joy,” Jones
Legends for Charity Legendary Baseball Hall to shine in terms of the State told the local media. “[My
Foundation teamed up with of Famer Hank Aaron gave High School Basketball players] put in a lot of hard
NFL legends Shack Harris and the keynote address. Marriot former Utah Jazz center was charges of statutory rape with Championship. Three out of the work through the years -
Doug Williams to honor four Hotels was the presenting first given a minor citation for a mistrial in 2001, and took a four divisional championship listening to me, listening to
“legends” on March 13 at the sponsor and Thomas not wearing his seatbelt. But plea bargain on two aggravated tournaments of Maryland high our coaches - all our sprints,
J.W. Marriott Hotel. Moorehead of the Sterling he made the situation worst battery charges in 2003, school basketball were captured all the running with bricks
Legendary Hall of Fame Automotive Group Foundation when he gave police a false reducing them from felonies to by teams from the “Charm and not really getting a lot of
wide receiver Charley Taylor sponsored more than two identity (Kareem Johnson, misdemeanors. City” area. the attention they deserve. We
received the Bobby Mitchell dozen scholarships. Channel one of his former teammates In 2005, he was charged The Dunbar Poets, long went through some adversity
Champion of the Gridiron 7’s Maureen Bunyon was the at University of Cincinnati). for giving the police a false known for their rich basketball this year in particular, and we
award; James “JB” Brown, mistress of ceremonies.  Authorities soon realized he identity, and other news tradition, earned its 12th state were able to fight through it
Emmy Award-winning host was wanted for probation reports also have Whaley title in school history when and come out on top.”
of CBS Sports’ NFL show, Ex-NBA Player Arrested for violation in Michigan, and convicted in 2008 for they took out Owings Mills, Poets reserve guard
received the George Michael ‘Weed’ in Butt then found him hiding several operating a drug house. 64-53, in the Class 1A state Lakeem Alston had an
Excellence in Media award; Former NBA player Robert baggies of marijuana “in his As a second round draft championship on March 13 outstanding performance,
Coach Bill McGregor of the Whaley was arrested on March buttocks.” pick by the Utah Jazz in 2005, at Comcast Center. It was the scoring 13 of his 14 total
perennial champion DeMatha 11 for hiding drugs in his butt, Whaley is no stranger Whaley appeared in 23 games first championship won under points in the fourth quarter.
Catholic High School received the Salt Lake Tribune reported. to run-ins with the police. before his career sputtered. the direction of head coach Dunbar has now finished the
the Champion of the Gridiron According to Salt Lake According to Cincinnati.com, He’s been out of the NBA Cyrus Jones, who took over season with a 19-5 overall
award and malpractice lawyer County police, the 27-year-old he avoided conviction on since 2006. the legendary program three record.

Black Coaches’
Continued from B5
he took jobs at other major programs. He’s currently the head
coach of No. 1 seed Kentucky University on an eight-year,
many of the older Black coaches such as John McLendon or
Don Corbett aren’t equally recognized as Whites.
the NCAA Tournament. But like Bozeman at California, both $31.65 million contract. “No matter how well they did, the white power structure in
UMASS and Memphis were investigated for NCAA violations “The difference is perception,” Richardson explained. “Black college basketball mostly ignored them,” Richardson said. “If
and were forced to vacate their most successful seasons. The coaches, we’re judged as a group and judged more harshly. White McLendon had been White, he’d have been a star in the coaching
only difference is while Bozeman was banned from the game, coaches are judged individually and usually more leniently.” world. If all the great coaches in basketball history like Knight or
Calipari simply left the schools to deal with the mess while Richard said it’s been this way for decades, which is why [John] Wooden had been Black, they’d be nobodies.”

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800-780-2991 (VAAF93). Maryland, 21202.
103 Acres (3 Tracts) o Big SALES REPRESENTA- close out phase. Ready to VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, as amended.
Island, VA. Timber tracts, TIVE NEEDED. Most earn build on, u/gr utilities, HABC has established a minimum goal of It is the goal of the Department of Transportation that Disadvantaged
commercial building on $50K-$100K or more. Call sewer & water. Sold on 1st twenty percent (20%) of the total dollar Business Enterprises participate in all Federal-Aid Contracts. The total
US-501. AUCTION: our branch office at 301- come 1st serve basis. amount of the proposed contract for Minority Disadvantaged Business (DBE) goal for this project is 18%. In accor-
March 26th Online 680-8880. Ask for Lew Excellent financing. Call Business Enterprise (”MBE”) utilization, ap- dance will Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance
Bidding Wertenteil, or e-mail now 1-866-764-5238, x plicable to all minority and non-minority Act of 1987, Women are included in the definition of DBE and will be
www.countsauction.com lew.wertenteil@insphereis 1918 businesses proposing to provide the re- counted toward meeting this goal. THE CONTRACTOR SUBMITTING
.com. Visit quested services as the prime contractor. No A BID ON THIS CONTRACT WILL SUBMIT A DBE PARTICIPATION
800-780-2991 (VAAF93)
www.insphereis.com LEGAL NOTICES goal has been established for participation of PROGRAM IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE CONTRACT
Women-owned businesses (”WBEs”), how- SPECIFICATIONS.
180 Acres (8 Tracts) Plans, specifications and other contract Documents may be examined
Peaks of Otter Views. IN THE CIRCUIT ever, HABC strongly encourages and affir-
COURT FOR without charge at the Baltimore City Department of Public Works Service
Home, Barns, Pastures. HELP WANTED - matively promotes the use of WBEs in all
Center located on the first floor of the Abel Wolman Municipal Building,
BALTIMORE CITY HABC contracts.
Rt.24, Bedford,VA. AUC- TRUCK DRIVER Case No.: Baltimore, Maryland, 21202 on or after MARCH 19, 2010 and copies
TION: March 27th, Online 24D10000037 Responders shall also comply with all ap- thereof may be obtained on payment of FIFTY DOLLARS AND NO
Bidding* Preview REGIONAL DRIVERS CENTS. ($50.00). Payment will not be refunded.
IN THE MATTER OF plicable requirements of Section 3 of the
Online!www.countsauc- NEEDED! ore Hometime! COREY ASHTON- Housing and Urban Development Act of All Contractors Bidding on this Contract must first be Prequalified by the
tions.com 800-780-2991 Top Pay! Up to $.43/mile HERRINGTON 1968, 12 U.S.C. Section 1701u. City of Baltimore Contractor´s Qualification Committee, Room 633,
9VAAF93) company drivers! 12 MACK Charles L. Benton Jr. Building, 417 East Fayette Street, Baltimore,
months OTR required. FOR CHANGE OF The IFB may be obtained on or after Monday, Maryland 21202. If a bid is submitted by a joint venture (”JV”), then
H E A R T L A N D NAME TO March 22, 2010, at the following location: in that event, the document that established the JV shall be
AUTOMOBILE E X P R E S S 1 - 8 0 0 - 4 4 1 - COREY ASHLEY submitted with the bid for verification purposes.
4953 www,heartlandex- HERRINGTON- The Cost Qualification Range for this work shall be $3,500,000.00 to
DONATION Housing Authority of Baltimore City
$4,000,000.00.
press.com BURRUS Division of Fiscal Operations,
ORDER FOR Purchasing Department A ”Pre-Bidding Information” session will be conducted at 10:00 A.M. on
DONATE VEHICLE:
NOTICE BY 417 E. Fayette Street, Room 414 MARCH 25, 2010 at 414 Calvert Street, Transportation Management
Receive $1000 GRO- HOME PUBLICATION Baltimore, Maryland 21202 Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21202.
CERY COUPONS, Your
IMPROVEMENT The object of this suit Attention: John Airey, Bidders shall be restricted to those Prequalified in the following category:
Choice. NOAH'S ARC,
is to officially change Chief of Contracting Services G90126 (Intelligent Transportation System - ITS).
NO KILL Animal Shelters. WET BASEMENTS & the name of the peti- Tel: (410) 396-3261 NOTE: ALL BIDDERS MUST CONTACT THE OFFICE OF BOARDS
Advanced Veterinary CRAWL SPACES SMELL! tioner from Fax: (410) 962-1586 AND COMMISSIONS (410-396-6883) FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS
Treatments. Free Towing, MARYLAND WATER- Corey Ashton- ON HOW TO ADD THIS NEW CATEGORY.
IRS TAX DEDUCTION. PROOFING CAN HELP Herrington Mack Questions regarding the IFB should be di- NOTE: THIS CONTRACT IS SUBJECT TO A PERFORMANCE
Non-runners 1-866-912- FREE Written Estimates to rected in writing to the address and individual EVALUATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
GIVE Available Corey Ashley indicated above, and must include the refer- APPROVED:
LICENSED, BONDED & Herrington-Burrus ence: HABC IFB Number B-1612-10. Bernice H. Taylor, Clerk
DONATE YOUR VEHI- INSURED It is this 24th day of Board of Estimates
CLE RECEIVE FREE CALL NOW 1-800-773- February, 2010 by the APROVED:
VACATION VOUCHER 8373 Circuit Court for Bal- HOUSING AUTHORITY OF BALTIMORE CITY Alfred H. Foxx, Director
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BREAST CANCER ww.mdwaterproofinginc. ORDERED, that pub- SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE
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Mammograms, Breast time in a newspaper of The Housing Authority of Baltimore City (”HABC”) mechanical, electrical work, and other misc
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before the 24th day of Plan that was released on February 26, 2010.
Towing, Tax Deductible, SALE March, 2010, which Those documents are:
MD on 3/25/10. Contact 410-833-7310
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Full Listings fore the 5th day of The information and policies and procedures set
forth in these documents are currently in effect
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home and transportation.
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fast.Financial aid if quali-
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TRAINING The Enoch Pratt Free Public Library - Main
in the space below. Enclose ten dollars ($10.00), check or money order for 25 words. NO CASH
Branch, PLEASE. Additional words will cost 50 cents each.
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for those that SERVICES - The Maryland Room, 400 Cathedral Street, Bal-
timore, MD 21201
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

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INTEGRATED ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND
CONTROL SYSTEM

RFP NUMBER: B-1613-10

The Housing Authority of Baltimore City


(”HABC”) will issue a Request for Proposals Social Worker
(”RFP”) for interested and qualified firms to Licensed Social Worker for therapeutic case management
submit proposals to provide design/build ser-
vices for the purpose of supplying and of individuals experiencing homelessness. Unique opportu-
installing an integrated energy management nity to work in a multidisciplinary setting with excellent
and control system at three (3) HABC housing support, competitive salary and comprehensive benefits
developments. package. Must be LGSW; LCSW-C preferred. Send re-
sume by 3/30/10 to C. Berry, HCH, 421 Fallsway, Bal-
PROPOSALS WILL BE DUE no later than
2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, April 30, timore, MD 21202. E-mail: hrresumes@hchmd.org. Fax:
2010. 410-837-8020. No phone calls. EOE
A non-mandatory pre-proposals conference
Social Worker
will be held on Wednesday, April 7, 2010, at
10:00 a.m., at 417 E. Fayette Street, Room Therapist Case Manager needed to provide co-occurring XF FYJTU
416, Baltimore, Maryland, 21202. treatment services to adults with histories of incarceration, UP NBLF TVSF
HABC has established a minimum goal of
homelessness, substance abuse, mental illness and
trauma. This person will engage/re-engage clients, assess,
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businesses (”WBEs”), however, HABC verbal and written communication skills. License required:
strongly encourages and affirmatively pro- LGSW, LCSW, LCSW-C or LCPC. Send resume to C. KPJO UIF NPWFNFOU
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motes the use of WBEs in all HABC contracts. Berry, HCH, 421 Fallsway, Baltimore, MD 21202 by
03/30/10. E-mail: hrresumes@hchmd.org. Fax (410)
Responders shall also comply with all ap- 837-8020. No phone calls. EOE-
plicable requirements of Section 3 of the Hous-
ing and Urban Development Act of 1968, 12
U.S.C. Section 1701u.
AIRPORT MANAGEMENT OFFICER I (8430) National
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The RFP may be obtained on or after Monday, The Maryland Aviation Administration is accepting applica- Society
March 29, 2010, at the following location: tions for Airport Management Officer I. Responsible for the
management of operational activities at the Baltimore/
Housing Authority of Baltimore City
Division of Fiscal Operations, Washington International Thurgood Marshall & Martin State
Purchasing Department Airports. Candidates must possess a Bachelor´s Degree
417 E. Fayette Street, Room 414 and four years of experience in airport operations or airport

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Baltimore, Maryland 21202 management, two years of which must have included work
Attention: John Airey, as an operations officer or in a position directly responsible
Chief of Contracting Services
Tel: (410) 396-3261 for land-based services to aircraft operators. Please inquire
Fax: (410) 962-1586 further for details and substitutions for min. qualifications
when requesting an application. Salary $40,048 - $63,929
Questions regarding the RFP should be di- /excellent benefits. Applications may be obtained by calling
rected in writing to the address and individual (410) 859-7618, (410) 855-6022 TTY (410) 859-7227, the
indicated above, and must include the refer- MD Relay Service at 1-800-210-7165 or visit the MDOT
ence: HABC RFP Number B-1613-10.
web site https://jobs.mdot.state.md.us Submit application
by March 31, 2010 to: Ken Acker, Recruitment and
Examinations, MD Aviation Admin. Human Resources
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF BALTIMORE CITY
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR Section, PO Box 8766, BWI Airport MD 21240-0766.
UTILIES CONSULTANT TO PROVIDE PRO- EOE
FESSIONAL SERVICES

RFP NUMBER: B-1614-10

The Housing Authority of Baltimore City


(”HABC”) is requesting proposals from
interested and qualified individuals, com-
panies or firms to provide professional en-
V i r g i n i a
VCU
C o m m o n w e a l t h
gineering and utility services to HABC to effec-
tively manage its utility operations and advise U n i v e r s i t y

ACADEMIC ADVISOR
HABC during its Energy Performance
Contracting initiatives. The utilities consist of,
but are not limited to, electricity, natural gas,
district steam, water, sewer and oil. Therefore, Position Number: FA5070
HABC is seeking to engage the services of Hire Date: 05/10/2010
individuals, companies or firms who are qual- Application Deadline: 04/11/2010
ified to assist HABC to cost effectively main-
tain, operate, develop, and procure all utilities The University College of Virginia Commonwealth University invites
for its residents within federal, state, and local applicants for an exciting opportunity as Academic Advisor. This position
laws. supports the mission of both the University College and the School of
Engineering. The Academic Advisor will assist students and direct them to the
PROPOSALS WILL BE DUE no later than academic and non-academic resources of the university, to ensure an
2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, April 23, engaging and productive start to their college years. As a vital addition to a
2010. team of qualified professionals within the University College, it is crucial that
this person create and maintain positive working relationships within the
A non-mandatory pre-proposal conference will department and with other areas within the University.
be held on Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. Masterís degree in Higher Education Administration, College Student Personnel,
in the Charles L. Benton Building, 417 E. or related area required. Engineering or technical background preferred.
Fayette Street, Room 416, Baltimore,
Maryland, 21202. For more information and to apply, go to
http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/facjobs/facjob.asp?Item=3679
HABC has established a minimum goal of Virginia Commonwealth University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action
twenty percent (20%) of the total dollar amount employer. Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
of the proposed contract for Minority Business
Enterprise (MBE) utilization, applicable to all
minority and non-minority businesses propos-
A
VCU
ing to provide the requested services as the
prime contractor. No goal has been estab-
lished for participation of Women-owned
businesses (”WBEs”), however, HABC
strongly encourages and affirmatively pro- V i r g i n i a C o m m o n w e a l t h
motes the use of WBEs in all HABC contracts.
U n i v e r s i t y

TRANSFER ADVISOR
Responders shall also comply with all ap-
plicable requirements of Section 3 of the Hous-
ing and Urban Development Act of 1968, 12
U.S.C. Section 1701u. Position Number: FA4420
Hire Date: 08/10/2010
The RFP may be obtained on or after Monday,
March 29, 2010, at the following location: Application Deadline: 06/10/2010
The University College of Virginia Commonwealth University invites
Housing Authority of Baltimore City applicants for an exciting opportunity as Transfer Advisor. This position
Division of Fiscal Operations, supports the mission of both the University College and the School of
Purchasing Department Business. The successful candidate for this position will possess a dedication
417 E. Fayette Street, Room 414 to customer service while maintaining a focus on accuracy in student records
Baltimore, Maryland 21202 in accordance with University policies and guidelines. As a vital addition to
Attention: John Airey, a team of qualified professionals within the Transfer Center, it is crucial that
Chief of Contracting Services this person create and maintain positive working relationships within the
Tel: (410) 396-3261 department and with other areas within the University.
Fax: (410) 962-1586
Masterís degree required in Education, Counseling or related field required.
Questions regarding the RFP should be di- For more information and to apply, go to
rected in writing to the address and individual http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/facjobs/facjob.asp?Item=3672
indicated above, and must include the refer-
ence: HABC RFP Number B-1614-10. Virginia Commonwealth University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action
employer. Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

To adver-
tise in the
AFRO
call
410-554-
8200
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