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First Year B1 People Need Jobs A11
Baltimore’s new mayor Crime-Fighting Partnership
Rawlings-Blake Sworn In Yields Results
By Dorothy Rowley
AFRO Staff Writer
Regional efforts to curb
violent crime in Washington,
D.C., and Maryland have
been effective and both
jurisdictions have the
numbers to prove it.
Those were the sentiments
Photo by Talibah Chikwendu
‘Preacher’s Kid’
problems arresting criminals
who would quickly flee across
geographical boundaries to
avoid arrest.
Just a few years ago,
the problem had escalated,
prompting Fenty, O’Malley
and then-Virginia Gov. Tim
Kaine to come together last
spring, when they agreed to
B2
“Our most solemn
obligation as public servants
is the protection of public
safety for working families
throughout our region,”
O’Malley said in a statement
issued prior to the Feb.
1 meeting in Annapolis.
“Violent criminals cross
borders, and therefore,

expressed this week in a

meeting led by District of
Columbia Mayor Adrian
“Violent criminals cross borders, and
Fenty and Maryland Gov. therefore, so should our ability and
Martin O’Malley, as the pair
launched into the next phase willingness to enforce our laws.”
Stephanie Rawlings-Blake takes the oath of office administered by the Hon. Frank M. of their joint commitment to
Conaway, clerk of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, right, while her husband and daughter, fight crime and improve the convene on a regular basis so should our ability and
Kent and Sophia, look on and her mother, Nina, holds the Bible. The Rev. Bruce Haskins, far
quality of life for citizens. to share information aimed willingness to enforce
left, a cousin of the mayor who delivered the ceremony’s welcome and prayer, watches as
well. Prior to assuming a at crime reduction in three our laws,” he said, adding
beefed-up approach that jurisdictions. The information that “these cross-border
By Talibah Chikwendu somber ceremony Feb. 4 Circuit Court for Baltimore utilizes law enforcement included updates on high -risk partnerships are built on
AFRO Executive Editor in the Ceremony Room at City the Hon. Frank M. resources around them, police offenders, the expedition of effective principles that
City Hall, Mayor Rawlings- Conaway. officers for the District, warrants and monitoring the enhance public safety and
“ ... [F]or such a time as Blake took the oath of office, The intimate setting of Maryland and Northern movements of repeat violent stop violent offenders in their
this.” administered by Clerk of the Continued on A4 Virginia often ran into offenders.
Those words offered Continued on A5
by the Rev. Bruce Haskins Dr. John L. Wright
Pastor’s Voice Rang City Prepares for 2010 Census
during the welcome and
opening prayer at the
swearing in of Baltimore
City’s new mayor, Stephanie
Rawlings-Blake, echoed the
truth of this moment in the
history of the city. In a quiet,
in the Key of Justice
By Rev. Dorothy S.
Boulware
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Special to the AFRO

• Character Ed/Black History
Dr. John L. Wright
Listen to “First Edition” was what could be called
a persistent advocate; he
seized every opportunity
to make his voice heard.
He even turned his AFRO
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 Sunday @ 8 p.m. on personal billboard, decrying
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of the Community. protest, signifying that
which had been determined
Rev. Wright was a well
to be insignificant.
loved minister in the
Continued on A5 Baltimore area.

S.C. Lt. Gov. Faces

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Backlash for ‘Stray

The 2010 census consists of just 10 questions and officials say answering those
questions can affect the city for decades.
By Melanie R. Holmes is currently being repeated.

Animals’ Comment
By AFRO Staff
AFRO Staff Writer

Elected officials and local leaders

Facilities for recovering addicts, homeless
residents, immigrants and newly released
prisoners also form a dense population that
in Baltimore City say they are working is highly underrepresented by the census,
diligently to get the word out about the he said. In order to reach those groups,
South Carolina Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer (R) has set off a round
April 1 census distribution. They don’t want Cheatham said it is imperative that trusted
of controversy with his comparison of providing government
a reoccurrence of the poor participation members of those communities encourage
assistances to individuals in Greenville, S.C., to “feeding stray
rate that dismissed 12 delegates and a others to complete the census and mail it in.
animals.”
state senator from Annapolis 10 years “What you have to do is connect with the
According to Columbia, S.C. newspaper The State, Bauer’s
ago. According to the Complete Count community—every barbershop, hair salon,
remarks came during a Jan. 22 town hall meeting which
Committee, the city collected the second nail salon, every place that sells chicken,”
included both lawmakers and residents.
least number of surveys throughout the East Continued on A6
“My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but
Coast in 2000. And, NAACP
she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals.
You know why? Because they breed,” Bauer said. “You’re
facilitating the problem if you give an animal or a person ample
president Marvin Cheatham
said, Baltimore is preparing
to experience déjà vu.
Missing Fla. Lottery
food supply. They will reproduce, especially ones that don’t
think too much further than that. And so what you’ve got to do
Cheatham believes the
city failed in one key area
Winner Found Dead
is you’ve got to curtail that type of behavior. They don’t know By AFRO Staff missing person in November.
regarding the previous
any better.” Authorities found his body
census—community outreach
In his speech, Bauer said the government should take away A missing man who won buried under a concrete
— and said the same mistake
Continued on A7 $30 million in the Florida slab in the backyard of a
lottery in 2006 was found Florida home belonging to
dead on Jan. 28 after a three- the boyfriend of a woman

Business Black Virginia Woman month search.

Abraham Shakespeare
who befriended him in 2007,
according to BBC News.
Snags Coveted Crown had not been seen by friends Police were led to the
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AFRO National Briefs
Black Stars, Films Earn
Top Oscar Nods
African-American
celebrities and films were
ubiquitous at the Feb. 2
announcement of this year’s
Oscar nominations.
Among the top contenders
were the movie Precious,
its cast members, Mo’Nique
and Gabourey Sidibe and
director Lee Daniels; and The
Princess and the Frog.
Sidibe, who starred in her
breakout role as Precious, an
illiterate teenager, is up for
best actress in a category that
includes established actresses
such as Sandra Bullock
(The Blind Side) and Meryl
Streep (Julie and Julia.) Also
receiving her first Oscar nod
is Baltimore-born actress
Mo’Nique, whose emotional
role in Precious landed her
a Golden Globe in 2009 for
Best Supporting Actress. The
film’s director, Lee Daniels,
has been nominated for best
director.
Joining films The Secret of
Kells, Coraline and Fantastic
Mr. Fox in the best animated
feature film category is
Fledgling actress Gabourey Sidibe, seen here in a scene
from her debut film, Precious, has been nominated for
Best Actress among this year’s Oscar contenders.
Paid for by U.S. Census Bureau.
The Princess and the Frog,
Disney’s first movie featuring
a Black heroine.
The 82nd Academy
Awards airs March 7, 8 p.m.
EST.
Democrats Not Giving
Up on Health Care
Reform
Though their hopes of
achieving health care reform
took a hit with the election
of Republican Scott Brown
to the Senate in a special
Massachusetts election in
mid-January, Democrats have
vowed to keep fighting until a
reform bill is passed.
“You go through the
gate. If the gate’s closed,
you go over the fence,”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
(D-Calif.) told reporters.
“If that doesn’t work, we’ll
parachute in, but we’re going
to get health reform passed.”
Meanwhile, in his State
of the Union address on Jan.
27, President Obama said that
passing health care reform
was still a priority and urged
Congress not to walk away
from the issue.
Courtesy Photo
YES! By taking just 10 minutes to answer 10 simple questions, you can
help improve education, public transportation, and even healthcare in our
community. So please, fill out your Census form and mail it back when it
arrives in March. Responses are confidential by law and will not be shared
with third parties, including immigration or law enforcement.
2010CENSUS.GOV
WE CAN’T MOVE FORWARD UNTIL YOU MAIL IT BACK.
Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada leads a press conference on
Jan. 28.
“By the time I’m finished
speaking tonight, more
Americans will have lost their
health insurance. Millions
will lose it this year. Our
deficit will grow. Premiums
will go up. Patients will be
denied the care they need.
Small business owners will
continue to drop coverage
altogether,” Obama said in
his address. “I will not walk
away from these Americans,
and neither should the people
in this chamber.”
Democrats said that they
must now strategize and
approach health care reform a
different way.
“We’re going to do health
care reform this year,” Senate
Majority Leader Harry Reid
(D-Nev.) told reporters. “The
question is, at this stage,
procedurally, how do we get
where we need to go?”
NAACP Supports
Pittsburgh Teen in
Police Beating
The Pittsburgh branch of
the NAACP is calling for the
firing of city police officers in a white car. However, a
who allegedly beat Black T:11 police
teenager Jordan Miles during
CAN
AP Photo
an arrest. The Pittsburgh
branch is also calling for
charges against Miles to be
dropped.
“He had robbed no one—
no bank, no establishment,
hijacked no car or caused
anyone any harm. He was
simply walking while Black,”
Pittsburgh NAACP President
M. Gayle Moss said.
According to Black news
Web site NewsOne.com,
Miles’ mother is considering
filing a lawsuit in connection
with the beating, which
occurred Jan. 12.
The 18-year-old was
walking to his grandmother’s
house around 11 p.m. As
he walked up the block, he
observed three men sitting
in criminal complaint
described Miles as standing
QUESTIONS
MAKE BETTER
SCHOOLS?
against a building “as if he assist local school districts
was trying to avoid being with construction costs.
seen.” Nearly $25 million of
As he continued up the the funds will go to the re-
block, the officers shouted, construction of J.V. Martin
“Where’s the money?” Junior High. The school
“Where’s the gun,” “Where’s gained public attention after
the drugs,” according to eighth-grader Ty’sheoma
Miles. At that point, Miles Bethea wrote a letter to
attempted to run to his Obama asking for help for the
mother’s house, but slipped on school and, subsequently, was
a patch of ice on the sidewalk. invited to attend Obama’s
Before he could stand back first address to Congress last
up again, Miles said the men year.
were already on his back. The $40 million is still
“That’s when they started short of the amount school
beating me, punching, kicking officials had hoped for.
me, choking me,” he said. According to The Washington
The beating left his face Post, architects designed
covered with raw bruises, a plans for a new $55 million
swollen lip and his right eye facility, plans which will have
swollen shut, and left bald to be scaled back.
patches on his head where he
said the officers ripped out
his dreadlocks.
S.C. School District
Gets Long-Awaited
Assistance
Dillon County, S.C., has
some of the worst public
education facilities in the
nation, facilities so bad that
they caught the eye of then-
candidate Barack Obama in
2008. Now, President Obama
has decided to do something
about the horrid state of the
buildings, some of which are
nearly 115 years old.
The county’s schools will
receive nearly $40 million
in federal stimulus funding
from the U.S. Department
of Agriculture, including a
$4 million grant and a $35.8
million loan, the department
announced Jan. 26.
During his campaign,
Obama visited Dillon twice to
highlight his message that the
federal government should
T:10 in
 November 1, 2008 - November 7, 2008, The Washington

Jennifer Hudson and Relatives Identify Body of Her Slain

A3 Ne February 6, 2010 - February 12, 2010, The Baltimore Afro-American
By Alan King sport-utility vehicle sought in from a neighbor about a suspi- posted fl

Tax Write-off for Haiti Donations AFRO Staff Writer

Jennifer Hudson and other

relatives positively identified
connection with the murder of
Hudson’s mother and brother.
The white, 1994 Chevrolet
Suburban with Illinois license
cious vehicle. The man noticed
the vehicle while walking his
dog. According to the Chicago
Tribune, the boy had been shot
graph ar
Sunday,
for the p
her neph
By Zenitha Prince in Haiti…,” said Sen. Max by Dec. 31 of last multiple times in the back seat blog, she

Photos by Talia Frenkel/American Red Cross.

Washington Bureau Chief Baucus, D-Mont., chairman year. of the vehicle. The SUV, regis- porters f
of the Senate Finance The Act is among tered to Hudson’s murdered offered a
United States residents Committee and co-sponsor of a suite of measures brother, was towed with the anyone w
who donated to the relief the legislation in a statement meant to ease the boy’s body inside and is being alive.
effort in Haiti will be after the bill was passed. nation’s suffering. processed by evidence techni- Since
rewarded this spring when In an e-mailed comment, And California cians and workers. The body Hudson
they file their income taxes. the senator said this type Democrat Rep. was later removed and taken to after app
A measure recently of incentive has been Maxine Waters the Cook County Medical Idol,” an
approved by Congress and successfully used before to would add one Examiner’s office. Academ
signed by President Obama encourage giving in the wake more—complete Hudson and other family the movi
members arrived at the Medical stayed o
will allow them to write off of a tragedy. forgiveness of
Examiner’s office mid-after- The C
those charitable donations “This bill is a clear Haiti’s international Julian King, Jennnifer Hudson’s nephew.
noon to identify the body. ed that a
on their 2009 taxes. Under signal Americans want to debt. Waters, Given the choice between look- slowly p
current law, those donations help Haiti battle back from like many of her ing directly at the body or A spokesman for the office the murders but is being held in Monday
would have had to be filed crisis,” Baucus said. “This Congressional Black viewing it on a wall-mounted told the newspaper that Hudson jail for parole violation after news van
under the 2010 return. tax provision, which was Caucus colleagues,
Since the Jan. 12 quake, successful following the has been a leader Courtesy Photos
Americans have donated
Jennifer Hudson and her mom,
tsunami tragedy in Indonesia, of efforts to help
was killed, as well as her brother, Jason.
Darnell Donerson who “She held hands with her family. It was obviously a very emotional moment
millions to the humanitarian makes it easier for folks to Haiti both before
effort, including $203 million give to designated relief the earthquake and video screen, the family chose “remained strong for her fami- being convicted of attempted violence
collected so far by the efforts
the body inofHaiti and deduct
her 7-year-old since.X584859 was found on
plate the latter. According to the ly” and was clearly its leader. murder and vehicular hijack- In fro
American Red Cross. those
nephew contributions
Monday, justonhours this “What West
Chicago’s has really
Side after Tribune, Hudson said, “Yes, “She held hands with her fami- ing. Cook County records show home, m
ly,” the spokesman said. “It that he pleaded guilty to both
“It’s clear the people of year’s
after histaxbodyreturn.
wasThisfoundsmallin a resonated
police with ame
received 7 a.m. call that’s him.” and hood
was obviously a very emotional charges in 1999. He was also
Haiti need our help – and but important step will help since returning kiss the

ACORN Fights Back

moment.” convicted in 1998 for posses-
millions upon millions of the people of Haiti in the home is the need The boy – the son of Julia sion of a stolen motor vehicle.
ing the n
dollars are rolling in; from rescue and rebuilding of their for the international Jason.
Haitian Red Cross volunteer Sheila Hudson,
Gabriel visitsJennifer’s
with sisterForestal.
Neley – had The He was released
injured from prison
children suffer in “Ever
Billings to Buffalo, even struggling nation.” community to been missing since Friday, 2006 after serving seven years
Leader Calls Voter Registration Fraud Charges ‘Bogus’ from emotional as well as physical trauma. Hospital General, Port-au-Prince. through
though times are tough at Specifically, the Haiti engage in robust and when a relative found Julian’s for the attempted murder and West, a f
home. It’s at the heart of what Assistance Income Tax sustained recovery grandmother, Darnell car hijacking charges. area told
makes us American and it Incentive
By Alan King Act allows and rebuilding
and Dallas Cowboys players “I planObama’s
No wonder to double my is Donerson,
campaign congresswoman
57, and visited
his uncle, a isThe
unfolding in Haiti,”
boy remained said
missing have to s
make me very proud. I know taxpayersAFRO Staff to Writer
count cash efforts
Tony Romo for Haiti,”
and TerrellsaidOwens, effortsto to
trying assist him
distance Haiti in the
from number
Jason of the29,
Hudson, makeshift
shot to death through Waters.a “The earthquake
long weekend in has young ch
Americans will continue to donations to Haitian relief Congresswoman
among the names submitted Waters in to a Washington,”
group, saying, “Barackshe added.
Obama inhospitals and refugee
his grandmother’s home camps
in left behind
which untold
police and levels of
volunteers for what
open their hearts and their efforts made between
Presidential candidateJan. John11 recent
electionstatement
officials. following a “In addition
Never Organized to with
introducing
ACORN.” the circling Port-au-Prince
7000 block of South Yale and death, despair, and outright
wallets to help ease suffering and Marchattack
McCain’s 1 as on if they
ACORN made – tripHurd
to Haiti.
said those workers, who But legislation
Obama’s to tiescompletely
to ACORN run met with Haitian President
Avenue. destitution.”
Associated Community were doing those things without cancel
long andHaiti’s
deep. He debt from
taught classes René Préval;Alert
An Amber officials from
– a desig- But the outpouring of
Organization for Reform Now – ACORN’s knowledge or permis- for ACORN. They
multilateral even endorsed nation
financial the United States Agency
for high-risk missing for aid has been a balm to a
confirms the success of the sion, were fired. him for President.
institutions and other International
children Development
– was issued Friday beleaguered people, she
organization, the head of the “The evidence that has sur- But now ACORN is in trouble.
international creditors, I will (USAID), the U.S. Embassy
after Julian was discovered added.
group says. faced so far shows they faked Reporter: There are at least missing
work closely with former and theafter
U.S.the murders. of
Department “The outpouring of initial
“This is testimony to the work forms to get paid for work they 11 investigations across the Police arrested William
we’ve done and success we’ve didn’t do, not to stuff ballot President and UN
country involving thousands ofSpecial Defense; representatives from support from the international
Balfour, the missing boy’s step-
had,” Maude Hurd, president of Envoy to
boxes.” ACORN, she said, is the potentially fraudulent ACORN Haiti Bill Clinton, the United Nations (UN) and community has been so
father and estranged husband
ACORN, said in an interview victim of fraud, not the perpetra- forms. Secretary of State Hillary the World Food Programme heartfelt and overwhelming,
of Julia, at his girlfriend’s
with the AFRO. tor of it. Clinton, and my
Announcer: Massive votercolleagues (WFP) and staff from
Southside apartment several and I know that the Haitian
“When this attack started, we Hurd said the only things in Congress
fraud. And the to continue
Obama campaign numerous nongovernmental
hours after the murders. people are extremely grateful.
had just announced that we had bogus are the charges them- to pursue
paid more thancreative
$800,000and to an organizations (NGOs).
Balfour’s mother, Michele, has She I am pleading with every
registered 1.3 million new vot- selves. And factcheck. org substantive
ACORN front ways
for gettooutassist the told
the vote saidreporters
the levelthat
of her
destruction
son had individual, NGO, corporation,
ers,” she said. “That’s just to say agrees. country during its immediate nothing
efforts. made the situation a
to do with the slayings. and government worldwide
that someone’s running scared It concluded, “Neither time of need
Pressuring banks andto in therisky
issue “logistical nightmare.”
Balfour remains a suspect in Jason to continue
Hudson to look into their
because of ACORN’s success.” ACORN nor its employees have loans. months and years
Nationwide ahead.”
voter fraud. “Words cannot adequately hearts, into their schedules
McCain, who is running for been found guilty of, or even In her
Barack three-day
Obama. Bad judgment. describe the ongoing and into their wallets to find
president on the Republican tick- charged with, casting fraudulent Blind ambition. Too
mission to the country, risky for
the humanitarian disaster that out how they can help.”
et, lashed out at ACORN in the votes.” America.
final debate against Barack The problem came about pri-
Obama, contending the group “is marily because of the way Since McCain’s comments, SQUARE HIGH
on the verge of maybe perpetrat- ACORN operates. Rather than ACORN’s 87 offices have been
ing one of the greatest frauds in rely on volunteers, it pays peo- bombarded with threats and
voter history in this country, ple, many of them poor or unem- racist mail.
maybe destroying the fabric of ployed, to sign up new voters. The day after the presidential
Widline Sanon receives clean drinking water from the French Red Cross in Camp
democracy.” The idea was to help both those debate, vandals broke into the
Diahatsu, an internally displaced persons camp in Port-au-Prince.
Factcheck.org, a non-partisan being registered and those doing organization’s Boston and Seattle
Web site, found those claims to the registration. offices and stole computers.

Tuskegee Ace Pilot Dies at 90

be “exaggerated,” with “no evi- Maud explained, “We have a After a Cleveland representative BREAD NOT ON THE
dence of any such democracy- zero tolerance policy for deliber- appeared on TV, an e-mail was
destroying fraud.” ate falsification of registration.” sent to the local office saying she
By AFRO Staff
Hurd believes the McCain
charges were politically motivat- point
ed.
Corp., outonethatofACORN
Generalis
required by law to turnarms,
Foods’ investment Celebrate
Most news account neglect to “is going to have her life ended.”
A worker in Providence, R.I.,
in all reg- received a threatening call say-

Black History
Retired Air Force Lt. She said, “Because it’s low- which funded
istration forms. And Essence
they also fail ing, “We know you get off work
LEFT RIGHT

Col. Lee Archer, a former and moderate-income people, Communications

to note that it was theand Black
organiza- at 9” and uttered racial epithets.
Tuskegee Airman during and people of color, I believe the Enterprise
tion, in many magazine.
instances, that first A caller to one office left a
World War II, died Jan. McCain campaign thinks those During the
brought hisphony
time there, he
registrations message on the answering
27 at Cornell University voters are going to vote also
to thehelped
attentioncreate another
of authorities. machine, saying: “Hi, I was just
Medical Center in New
York City. He was 90.
Archer was born on
Sept. 6, 1919, in Yonkers,
Democratic, which is not neces-
sarily true.”
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Month
N.Y., and raised in Harlem. African Americans at that
He attended New York organization
and Archer
has
economicisjustice
fought for
APsocial
for low-
Photo his political support.
time.
McCain: I’m John McCain
At Giant, diversity and inclusion are integral to
fraudulent, and you need to go to
hell. All the niggers on oak trees.
University before dropping Lee considered
and only
the moderate-income
Black “ace” pilot. andArcher
I approve retired from
this message. who we are and how we operate, allowing us
They’re gonna get all hung hon-
out and enlisting in the Americans. With 400,000 mem- General Foods in
Announcer: Who 1987
is Barack eys, they’re going to get assassi-
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Army Air Corps. and started Archer Asset
ber families organized into more Obama? A man with “a political nated, they’re gonna get killed.” to understand and embrace the richness
At that time, African- than 1,200 neighborhood chap- Management,
baptism performed a venture
at warp Another message said, “You
American men were not allowedters to in
fly110
in cities nationwide,
capital firm. of our associates and customers.
speed.” Vast ambition. After col- liberal idiots. Dumb (expletive
combat missions, and so his enlistment
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years seen 2009, lege,Archer
he moved wastoinvited
Chicago. deleted). Welfare bums. You
the Air Corps was rejected. Thatitsled Archer to attend
share of criticism while advo- President Obama’s
Became a inauguration
community organizer. guys just (expletive deleted)
to the Tuskegee Airmen, the firstcating
Blackfor affordable along with other There,
housing, surviving Obama members of the
met Madeleine come to our country, consume
fighter pilot group. In his duty with
livingthewages, healthcareTuskegee Airmen.
for the Respected
Talbot, part of by themany
Chicago for every natural resource there is, In honor of Black History Month,
airmen during World War II, Archer downed andhis
underserved— talents
while organ-and contributions,
branch of ACORN. Archer Heleaves
was soa and make a lot of babies. That’s we're proud to present the
five enemy planes, making him the izingfirst
voter registrationlasting legacy. impressive that he was asked to
drives. all you guys do. And then suck
18th annual edition of
Black pilot to achieve an “ace” rating.
But none has been as “He had a heart
withering of the
train gold and treated
ACORN staff. up the welfare and expect every-
and in
Archer retired from the military baseless
1970 as this one. with respect,”
people What did ACORN
fellow Tuskegee in Chicago one else to pay for your hospital "Profiles in Excellence-
and became vice president of General With the presidential election engage in?
Airman, Dr. Roscoe Brown Jr., told the AP.Bullying banks. bills for your kids. I jus’ say let A Celebration of Dance," focusing
less than two weeks away, Intimidation tactics. Disruption your kids die. That’s the best Before age five, every room is a clas
Foods. The job made him one of the first “He demanded respect by the way he carried on the history of dance and
ACORN’s detractors allege the of business. ACORN forced move. Just let your children die.
Blacks to be in such a position in a major himself.’’ Fun learning opportunities are everywhere. Simple th
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organization has engaged in mas- banks to issue risky home loans. Forget about paying for hospital the roleand it has played within the a child’s learnin
U.S. company. Archer is survived by
sive voter registration fraud after The same types of loans that three sons and a bills for them. I’m not gonna do
counting identifying shapes activate
Archer ran North Street Capital daughter. African
and American
help them enter culture.
school more prepared. That’s w
the reported discovery of bogus caused the financial crisis we’re it. You guys are lowlifes. And I founded Grow Up Great and its Spanish-language equivalen
names, such as Mickey Mouse in today. hope you all die.”
con Éxito, a 10-year, $100 million program to help prepa
Hurd thinks the hate calls will
children for school and life. Pick up a free bilingual Sesam
cease soon.
“Happy, Healthy, Ready for School” kit at a PNC branch.
“In two weeks, I think these
attacks will be over. But I think it with all kinds of simple, everyday things you can do to hel
will be harder for us to get our learn. Together, we can work with our communities so
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A4 The Baltimore Afro-American, February 5, 2010 - February 12, 2010

Summer Jobs Put Youth to Work

By Melanie R. Holmes
AFRO Staff Writer
Over 5,000 kids will be
off the streets this summer.
Multiply that by 35 years and
you’ll get the approximate
number of high school and
college students YouthWorks
has employed since it first
began in Baltimore City.
Evolving from a summer
program that organized youth
into beautification crews
which cleaned up the city for
minimum wage, YouthWorks
has adopted “Summer Jobs
Launch Careers” as its
2010 theme and is currently
registering youth and young
adults between 14 and 24
years old for thousands of
public and private sector
summer opportunities.
The program allows youth
to explore careers and helps
them appreciate the value
of education. Director Alice
Cole said participants develop
their career interests while
gaining essential work skills
that employers require.
“We want them to be
active engaged in positive
activity in the summer,” Cole
said. “We want to make sure
that as many youth as possible
have the opportunity to work
this summer. For the past
couple of years, we’ve been
offering jobs to everyone who
registers. We hopefully will
be able to do the same thing,
pending funding.”
Three focal points for this
summer are business and
finance, travel and tourism,
and health and bio science,
which Cole said are the fastest
growing career fields. As
long as students fit the age
criterion, they will be placed
and will receive a minimum
wage job in the vicinity of
where they live. Job training
is provided at each site, so
A local youth fills out a job application at a job fair held
recently by YouthWorks.
students are prepared for their
work environment. Young
adults will be employed this
year, like they were for the
first time last year, as team
Courtesy Photo
leaders for the teens. Students
will also be introduced to
financial literature.
“They good get work
ethic based on the fact that
they get real life, hands-on the streets and gives them a
experience,” said Jannie positive attitude toward life,”
Williams, a YouthWorks Mack said. “They learn more.
assessment specialist. “In Its gets them ready for the
the public sector, it could be real world.”
a school, recreation center, Students are encouraged
or daycare center. On the to fill out an application for
private end, it could be Johns YouthWorks at one of several
Hopkins. We partner with a recreation centers, and are
number of businesses.” asked to bring their social
While assessment security number, identification
specialist Theresa Mack and birth certificate with them
said YouthWorks is a good Registration ends March
program for all participants, 12, which is around the time
she said those who benefit students will be matched
the most are disadvantaged with their work site. Jobs
youth including children run from June 21 to July
in foster care, those who 30. Contact the YouthWorks
have run away from home office at 410-396-5627 or
or come from low-income summerjobs@oedworks.com
backgrounds. for more information or a list
“It keeps the kids off of registration sites.
Rawlings-Blake
Continued from A1
the Ceremony Room seemed barely large enough to hold the
family of the mayor, the Baltimore City Council and the press,
but it was just right and set the proper tone for the occasion.
After swearing to uphold the Constitution of the United
States, the Constitution and laws of the state of Maryland and
to diligently and faithfully execute the office of the mayor of
Baltimore, Rawlings-Blake signed the official books and took
her place in history as the second African-American woman
and 49th official to become mayor.
Taking a moment for hugs from Conaway and her daughter,
the mayor made a brief speech. After thanking those in
attendance, she acknowledged this new beginning hadn’t come
after a high note of victory, but was a result of undesirable
circumstances. But she encouraged everyone to remember that
the challenges need to be accepted and faced.
She expressed gratitude to those who’ve come forward to
help the city during the transition in the coming days. “Now,
today,” she said, “it is time to come together, in unity, to
confront our challenges as one united city. Trust, leadership and
open dialogue will guide us in this process.”
She mentioned the enormous task of the city budget and
the looming of an over $100 million shortfall that must be
addressed. “We will keep what works and fix what doesn’t in
city government so that our people emerge stronger,” she said.
“Together, we can, and will build a better, safer, stronger
Baltimore.”
The ceremony served its official purpose – providing for the
continuity of city leadership and setting the stage for the hard
work to be done. Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke said, “This
very ceremony was in the proper tone for the seriousness of the
occasion. Good taste.”
Clarke has a long history with Mayor Rawlings-Blake and
said she’s looking forward to working with her. She noted that
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 February 6, 2010 - February 12, 2010, The Baltimore Afro-American A5

Pastor’s Voice Rang for Justice Plea Finalized

Continued from A1
On Jan. 28, Wright – a
pastor, preacher, husband
and father - died from
complications of a melanoma
at St. Agnes Hospital. He was
73.
The Rev. Dr. Alvin
Hathaway called him an
“authentic Christian.”
“Dr. Wright uniquely
understood how to keep his
eyes on God and his feet on
the ground,” Rev. Hathaway
said. “He understood that
one’s worship of God was
expressed in how one lived
and served, as well as how
one preached.”
Rev. Hathaway said
Rev. Wright was “a tireless
advocate for those without
voice.”
Relentless is a word
that comes to mind. His
determination was to serve in
as many ways as possible so
he would not be limited by the
Courtesy Photo
confines of the church he so
lovingly led for 22 years, First
Baptist Church of Guilford, in
Columbia.
He made his voice heard in
the NAACP. He encouraged
voter participation and
clarified elections when
necessary.
He could be found at local
community gatherings as well
as at the Oxford University
Roundtable at St. Anne’s
College in England with
religious leaders from around
the world.
Despite his international
travels, Wright’s roots were
firmly planted in Baltimore.
The child of a homemaker
and a Bethlehem Steel Corp.
employee, Wright grew
up on N. Calhoun Street
and graduated from Carver
Vocational-Technical High
school before serving in the
Army for two years.
After serving his country
in Italy, Wright returned to
Baltimore where he worked
as a home improvement
contractor until 1966, when
he began work as a building
operations mechanic at City
Hall. Two years later, he
began a 13-year tenure as
maintenance supervisor at
the Western District police
station.
It was during this time
that Wright, who served as a
Bible studies teacher at New
Union Baptist Church, met
the woman who’d become his
wife, the former Ida Mitchell.
A lover of learning,
Wright’s education was
ongoing throughout his
marriage and various
vocational endeavors. He
received theological degrees
from the National Theological
Seminary and College,
Eastern Theological Seminary
and the Virginia Theological
Seminary and College in
Dixon Sentenced; No
Longer Mayor
By Talibah Chikwendu
AFRO Executive Editor
At 9 a.m. Feb. 4, Sheila Dixon was once
again before Judge Dennis M. Sweeney in the
Circuit Court for Baltimore City. This time, it
was to receive her sentence.
While the details of Dixon’s sentence
were set in the plea agreement announced
last month – which included her resignation,
effective noon on Feb. 4 – both prosecutor
Robert A. Rohrbaugh and Judge Sweeney
expounded on the case. Each wanted the
public to understand that the cases against
Dixon were strong and that her punishment is
deserved.
In his sentencing memorandum,
Rohrbaugh took Dixon to task. “The recent
pronouncements by Ms. Dixon to the press
only reinforce the need for this Court to
impose the agreed upon sentence,” he wrote.
“It seems Ms. Dixon's unrepentant position
is that the people of Baltimore should be Photo by Anderson Ward
willing to tolerate some corruption from their

Sheila Dixon exits her own farewell party

Rev. Wright led Lynchburg, Va. He is also a
the First Baptist graduate of the FBI Citizen’s
Church of Guilford, Academy and completed
in Columbia,Md., Mini-Med School classes at
for 22 years. the University of Maryland
School of Medicine.
He served as president
of the Baptist Pastors
Conference of Baltimore
and Vicinity and most
recently as president of the
United Baptist Missionary
Convention of Maryland.
A citizen of the world, Dr.
Wright was named a chief
in the village of Asiaskwa
outside of Accra, Ghana,
being crowned Chief Nanna
Appiah Atu III. He has also
been robed an African chief
of the village, Bong County,
Liberia, according to First
political leaders. Such defiant arrogance by a
political leader is simply unacceptable.”
Judge Sweeney had a similar view,
especially related to how the defense’s spin
on the case – that Ron Lipscomb could
not be considered under ethics laws to be
doing business with or regulated by the
city – was supported by an affidavit from
the city solicitor of Baltimore and not met
with disdain or protest from other elected
city official when made public. “I hope that
the new and welcomed dedication to higher
ethical standards is genuine and will have a
shelf life that lasts beyond the next election,”
Sweeney wrote in his sentencing statement.
“If not, then the City will be doomed to repeat
the cycle of petty and tawdry corruption and
special entitlement that ends badly not only
for the people directly involved but more
importantly for the citizens of Baltimore that
depend on fair and honest governance by its
officials.”
at The Milan in good spirits.
Baltimore City or the state of Maryland. She
must do 500 hours of community service,
surrender interest in a variety of items that
will be sold at auction with the proceeds
donated, make a charitable donation of
$45,000 and appear and participate in any
court proceedings the state requests. She is
also required to pay her own legal fees.
Rohrbaugh said this end, despite Dixon
being able to receive her life-long pension,
is best for the city— saving them from
ongoing uncertainty about its leadership and
the money required to continue this matter in
court.
“Ms. Dixon leaves the office in total
disgrace,” wrote Sweeney, “after a career that
saw her become the first woman elected to
that office. That result, in this court’s view,
is a heavy penalty – a badge of dishonor that
she will live with the rest of her life.”

Crime-Fighting Baptist’s website.

Continued from A1
racks.”
Virginia’s new governor,
Bob McDonnell, did not
attend this week’s gathering.
However, with a focus
mostly on the District and
Maryland, the meeting
measured the attainment
of regional goals through
Maryland’s StateStat Office
and the District’s CapStat
program. Both programs are
committed to improving the
performance of high priority
concerns, including the
protection of vulnerable and
at-risk youth. The District’s
He shared his life and
ministry with his wife, Ida
According to the plea deal,
Dixon is on probation for
up to four and no less than
Mitchell Wright and their two years, and cannot seek
collaborative partnerships daughter, Dr. Sheila Wright. office or employment with
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Maryland have proven to be
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Among major
improvements are that
murders in both the District
and Maryland have sharply
reduced in the past year.
While the reduction
rate for both jurisdictions
was at least 25 percent, the
District’s decrease marked
its lowest in 45 years. (The
District is reportedly trying to
obtain a court order to share
information with Maryland
on juvenile suspects. But
according to a 2008 report by
the Justice Policy Institute,
juveniles account for only
22 percent of crimes in the
District.)
Meanwhile, Maryland has
seen a 46 percent reduction
in juvenile homicides in the
past three years; and overall,
last year, the state had the
fewest homicides since 1986,
according to O’Malley’s
office. The office also
reported a significant drop
in regional crime, including
a 7.3 percent decrease in
robbery and a nearly 32
percent drop in car theft.
Corrine Geller,
spokeswoman for the Virginia
State Police, said that when
it comes to fighting crime,
resources to be brought to the
table.
A request for comment
from Fenty was not met
by AFRO press time. But
according to O’Malley’s
statement, Fenty praised the
partnership, saying, “This
year, our strong regional
partnership led to decreases
in homicides and violent
crime throughout the national
capital area.”
In addition, a
spokeswoman for the
Baltimore State’s Attorney
Office said the collaboration
between the District and
Maryland has yielded major
indictments involving gang
violence and the trafficking of
cell phones in prison.
“We also have a
partnership with the local
police department to identify
violent repeat offenders
and believe that has helped
to reduce violent crime as
well,” said Margaret Burns.
“Our partnerships are [in
conjunction with] with local,
state and federal [authorities],
and involve Baltimore City
prosecutors working with
[those [branches of] law
enforcement for an exchange
of information that allows us
to all agree on who is the
most dangerous in our
community.”
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A6 The Baltimore Afro-American, February 6, 2010 - February 12, 2010

Black Virginia Woman 2010 Census

Continued from A1

Snags Coveted Crown he said. “You’ve got to put

them where people will find
liquor. That’s where you
By AFRO Staff advertise.”
The census only consists
Caressa Cameron, 22, a broadcast journalism student enrolled at of 10 questions, but if they
Virginia Commonwealth University, beat out 53 contestants in the are not answered, Baltimore
annual Miss America pageant held at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, City could lose millions of
Nev., on Jan. 30. She is the first Black Miss America since Ericka dollars and more power at
Dunlap won the title in 2005. the capital. Once the
“I hope to gain inspiration, I hope to gain momentum so that when largest jurisdiction in
this 365 days is over, I can shoot through the moon,” Cameron said in the state of Maryland,
an interview with The Associated Press. Baltimore City lost
The fourth time was the charm for Cameron, who finished as the three delegates and a
first runner-up in 2008 and second runner-up in 2007 and 2006 for the state senator in 2000
Miss Virginia crown before winning it in June of last year. Cameron because all residents
also finished as second runner-up in both the Miss Virginia Teen USA were not counted.
contest in 2005 and the Miss Virginia USA pageant in 2006. “When you lose
Cameron is the daughter of a government researcher and representation in
contractor and told the AP she was inspired to participate in the Miss Annapolis, that means
America program after Miss Virginia 2003 Nancy Redd came to her you lose power,”
school. Cheatham said. “If
you’re not one of the
“I hope to gain momentum so that when big boys that go down
this 365 days is over, I can shoot through there, your chances
are not that good. All
the moon.” of the funds that come from
the federal government that
Wowed by Miss Virginia’s charisma, beauty and talent, Cameron go into cities we lose out on
told the AP that she auditioned for a school musical, which led to because we’re not counting
other opportunities in the arts. It was those same musical talents that everyone.”
allowed Cameron to capture the crowd with her rendition of “Listen” Pushing the census earlier
from the hit movie Dreamgirls. this year than in 2000, Sen.
“More doors and more doors continued to open,” she said in the Nathaniel McFadden warns
interview. “It’s so important that we reach our young people, because that the fewer the number
there are so many young people that are at the very same crossroads of persons that turn in the
that I was at.” surveys, the less resources
Cameron continued, “We need those people to let them know that the city receives. Schools,
just because your circumstances are a certain way, you don’t have to health programs, libraries
succumb to them,” she said. “You can do something amazing, like and other public facilities are
become Miss America.” all determined by the census
It’s been an amazing 2010 for Cameron, who was awarded with a count. Prince George’s and
$50,000 scholarship in addition to her crown and $2,000 scholarship Montgomery counties picked
for winning the preliminary talent competition in vocal pop on Jan. up a larger number of people
27. in 2000 and therefore gained
The Massaponax High School graduate has hinted that she would representation at the capital,
like to venture into television and pursue a career as an anchorwoman but the opposite happened in
when her duties as Miss America are completed. AP Photo/Eric Jamison
Baltimore City.
With the victory, Cameron became just the eighth African Caressa Cameron became the eighth African
American to win the coveted Miss America title “This is very important,”
American to win the crown since the pageant was established in McFadden said. “Everybody
1921. earlier this week.
8288-5_MGH_CoreFac_4C_5.42x10_FIN:8288-5_MGH_CoreFac_4C_5.42x10 2/1/10 1:43 PM Page 1 is counted. If we don’t
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power shift will work to the
disadvantage of the City of
Baltimore.”
He believes the city
was undercounted in
2000 due to census takers
being unfamiliar with the
communities they were in.
“We think it’s absolutely
essential that the indigenous
people in the community
go out and collect surveys,”
McFadden said. 
Cheatham contributes
lack of census participation
to residents’ fear that their
privacy is being invaded,
which is another reason why
he says community outreach
is vital this year.
“On paper, [Baltimore
City has ] an excellent
program,” Cheatham said.
“They know where they need
to go and I commended them
for that. But you better get
the right people to carry out
the plan, and I’m not seeing
the people on the ground at
this point. The same thing
that happened 10 years ago,
I’m sad to say, is about to
happen again.”

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S.C. Lt. Gov. Faces Backlash for ‘Stray Animals’ Comment
Continued from A1
assistance if any recipient
fails a drug test or fails to
attend PTA meetings while
their children are receiving
free and reduced-price lunches
at school.
Approximately 58 percent
of students in South Carolina
are enrolled in the free and
Missing Fla. Lottery Winner
Continued from A1
according to BBC News.
Police were led to the
Plant City, Fla,. home
by an anonymous tip,
according to local television
station WFTV. A ruling on
Shakespeare’s cause of death
is expected Monday, but
authorities said they believed
he was murdered even before
the tip came in and his body
was located.
“As our investigation
continued, the information
we developed led us to
believe he may very well
have ended up with an
untimely death,” Polk
County, Fla., Sheriff Grady
Judd told CNN. “It’s
painfully obvious he didn’t
get there by himself.”
According to a CNN
report, the Polk County
Sheriff’s Department has
named Dorice “DeeDee”
Moore as a person of interest.
Moore’s boyfriend owns the
home where Shakespeare’s
body was discovered under
recently-poured concrete.
According to the
Lakeland, Fla. Ledger,
Moore claimed to have been
helping Shakespeare manage
his finances and said she was
offering a $10,000 reward to
anyone who finds him. She
reduced-price lunch program.
Despite the comparison,
he told The Greenville News
that he wasn’t saying people
on government assistance
“were animals or anything
else.” Rather, he was trying
to explain that people have to
become more engaged with
Abraham Shakespeare with family after winning the
lottery in 2006.
has not been charged with
any crime in connection with
his death.
However, detectives said
Moore paid people large
sums of money to say
they’d seen Shakespeare,
including a $5,000 payment
to Shakespeare’s cousin.
The lotto winner’s cousin, in
return, sent to Shakespeare’s
mother a birthday card
with Shakespeare’s forged
signature.
In addition, authorities say
all of Shakespeare’s bank
accounts and properties
have been transferred into
Moore’s name and that
government.
Shortly after his speech,
offended at the comparison of
our school children to stray
animals,” House Democratic
Leader Harry Ott said in a
statement. “Mr. Bauer should
immediately apologize to the
people of South Carolina for
Courtesy photo
she was sending messages
from Shakespeare’s phone,
claiming to be him.
Shakespeare, a trucker’s
assistant, found himself
in several legal battles
throughout his adult life,
according to media reports.
Among his troubles, he has
owed child support, been
charged with assault, and
has been sued by Michael
Ford, the truck driver he
was working with on the
day he won the lottery, who
claimed that Shakespeare
stole the ticket. Shakespeare
won that law suit prior to his
disappearance.
February 6, 2010 - February 12, 2010, The Baltimore Afro-American A7
these remarks.” welfare recipients—totaling a product of a working class
Bauer’s remarks raised $3,979,701 in government family and grew up in a single
a “legitimate argument,” assistance. parent household, benefited
Bruce Ransom, a Clemson The Associated Press from subsidized school
University political science reported that Bauer, who is lunches himself.
professor told Fox News, but
“he didn’t need to compare
those individuals to stray
animals. The way he framed
his points was terrible.”
Bauer later wrote that
he will continue to push
his views on government
handouts even if they are
perceived as “politically
incorrect” by the media.
According to Fox News,
U.S. Census data shows that
approximately 15 percent
of South Carolinians live
below the poverty line. As of
October 2009, approximately
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and pull together all these continent and there’s a strong do the research and find
different initiatives and, in a desire to move away from [the innovative ways to make
comprehensive, coordinated Chinese] and urgency to try business connections.
fashion, figure out how to work with us. There are “We have trade agreement
to make an advantage for some advantages to being an with countries, including the
our companies in foreign American firm -- playing on a AGOA (African Growth and
markets,” said Florizelle level playing field and being Opportunity Act) agreement,
Liser, assistant U.S. trade upright and honest.” where we have Africans in the

Countering China Key to U.S. representative for Africa in

the Office of the United States
Trade Representative (USTR).
What many people believe
the Chinese are doing is
bidding for contracts with
Diaspora that we need to reach
out to more,” said Freeman.
“We need to facilitate business

Africa Business Relations “We just don’t do that.”

On the surface, that
makes American success in
government loans at very
low interest rates. American
small businesses don’t think
linkages between Africans in
the Diaspora here and their
home countries.
By George Barnette businesses concluded at a book.” Africa seem like a long-shot. they’re able to compete with “I think we should go
AFRO Staff Writer recent meeting in the county. That rule book, many However, those who’ve been that. However, they believe to cities where we have the
“The entire government believe, makes it very difficult to Africa believe there’s a they can compete with better largest African-American
To boost business of China is working in lock for American companies desire to have American products, goods, and services. and African diaspora
interaction between America step with its private sector,” to compete because the companies on the continent. “The Chinese, we just business ownership and
and Africa, United States said Sharon T. Freeman, U.S. government takes a “There’s a strong cannot compete with because convene these roundtables to
officials must find an president of the All American more hands-off approach to willingness and desire to they’re subsidizing they’re specifically look for business
answer to China, which has Small Business Exporters business. work with American firms development,” said Thomas opportunities.”
been making significant Association. “That involves “There isn’t a strong because there’s a transparency F. Matthias, president of Imex Other people think the
inroads into the continent, financing, insurance, or feeling that the United aspect that you don’t have Financing. “We have better work should go a bit further
representatives from Prince guarantees. Obviously they’re States government needs to with the Chinese firms,” products and better goods and than that.
George’s County and African playing by a different rule coordinate all these efforts said Patrick Dean Coleman, services. We have things that “First we need to know
director of African Affairs they want and that they need.” specifically what the deals
for the Executive Office of Like Chinese companies, are,” said Liser. “We need to
the President. “It’s some however, American companies be able delineate exactly what
bad blood growing on the need to reach out to Africa, these deals are.”

MAIF Elects First Black Chairman

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It pays to be a good make it illegal to operate any
driver. While auto insurance vehicle without registered
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enough, the adage reigns risk driver to do?
especially true in the pockets When all else fails, the
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moving violations are enough the last line of defense
for drivers. Established in
1972, MAIF provides every
level of car insurance for
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The company recently Derrick L. Davis
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and was involved in the local whole concept that, I think it’s
Democratic community. kind of a classism thing where
The owner of an extensive they look at our rate payers
and impressive résumé, as less thans and ultimately
Davis’ election came as no it’s what creates the discord
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 February 6, 2010 - February 12, 2010, The Baltimore Afro-American A9

Community Calendar
Upcoming NAACP Events
Feb. 23
The Baltimore City
Branch NAACP will hold
its 2010 “Yes We Count
Mobilization and Community
Information Discussion,” a
national movement organized
to increase awareness about
the 2010 census. The event
takes place from 6:30-8 p.m.
at Union Baptist Church,
1219 Druid Hill Ave. For
more information: 410-366-
3300.
Feb. 6
Nickel & Dime Your Way to
Baltimore. Jan. 11 – March
12. For ages 14-24. Baltimore
youth will develop the
essential work skills that
today’s employers require.
For more information:
410-396-5627 or e-mail
summerjobs@oedworks.com.
Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs 263-1828 or visit www. Woman magazine and Black Dogwood Road, Baltimore.
Reginald F. Lewis africanamericanculture.org. Men magazine. $25 - $50 8 p.m. – 2 a.m. The. The Pi
Museum of Maryland AA tickets. For more information: Omega Foundation of Omega
History & Culture, 830 E. Kiss the Runway visit www.kisstherunway. Psi Phi Fraternity will host its
Pratt St., Baltimore. 11 a.m. Tremont Grand, fifth floor, eventbrite.com. 59th consecutive Mardi Gras
– 1 p.m. Children will meet Edinburgh Hall, 225 North masked ball. $85 tickets. For
young entrepreneurs and Charles St., Baltimore. 6:30 Pi Omega Chapter-Omega more information: 410-960-
learn essential components p.m. Giveaways courtesy Psi Phi Fraternity Mardi 0741 or visit www.piomega.
of running a business. For of Coors Light, Hype Hair Gras Celebration org.
more information: 443- magazine, Today’s Black Martin’s West, 6817
Today is National Wear Red Day!
NOW-SUNDAY, FEB. 7
Wear Red Sale

WEAR RED
Wealth
Reginald F. Lewis
Museum of Maryland AA
History & Culture, 830 E.
Pratt St., Baltimore. 1 p.m.
Author and wealth coach
Deborah Owens shares

& TAKE AN EXTRA

seven principles to achieve
personal financial goals. Free
with museum admission.
For more information: 443-

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263-1800 or visit www.
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Feb. 10
‘Lemonade’ Film Screening
Windup Space, Station
North Arts and Entertaining
% *
District, 12 W. North Ave.,
Baltimore. 7 p.m. The
Contemporary Museum
and Slant Six Creative will
launch the Second Shore
SELECT REGULAR, SALE & CLEARANCE PURCHASES
film series with the screening THROUGHOUT THE STORE — EVEN IN THE HOME STORE!
of Lemonade. For more
information: visit www. OR, TAKE AN EXTRA 10% OFF* ALL FINE & FASHION JEWELRY
contemporary.org.
AND SALE & CLEARANCE WATCHES. *EXCLUSIONS APPLY; SEE BELOW.
Feb. 11
Haiti Benefit Concert
Joseph Meyerhoff
Symphony Hall, 1212
Cathedral St., Baltimore.
7:30 p.m. The evening will
feature multimedia tributes
to local organizations aiding
Haiti’s recovery such as the
USNS Comfort hospital
ship, University of Maryland
Show
how your supp
support & save!
Shock Trauma and Johns
Wear red or purchase a Red Dress Pin
Hopkins institutions. For
for $2 at any register and get the extra
tickets and more information:
20% or 10% savings.*
443-469-8460 or visit www.
Macy’s will donate all Red Dress
baltimoreacts.org.
Pin proceeds to AHA’s Go Red
For Women® movement.
The Science of Love
Maryland Science Center,
601 Light St., Baltimore.
7:30 p.m. Dr. Fisher,
chief scientific advisor at
Or, use your Macy’s
Macy Card & save!
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and the personality traits that extra 15% off† select sale & clearance
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410-545-5980 or visit www. fine & fashion jewelry, watches, shoes, coats,
marylandsciencecenter.org. suits, dresses, intimates, men’s suit separates
& sportcoats. †Exclusions apply; see below.
Feb. 12
A Mini-Film Festival
Reginald F. Lewis
Museum of Maryland AA
History & Culture, 830
E. Pratt St., Baltimore.
1 – 4 p.m. Event features
two award-winning
documentaries about
historical leaders Adam
Clayton Powell Jr. and
Shirley Chisholm. Free
with museum admission.
For more information: 443-
263-1800 or visit www.
africanamericanculture.org.

Floetic Fridays
Reginald F. Lewis
Museum of Maryland AA
History & Culture, 830
E. Pratt St., Baltimore. 8
p.m. Enjoy an evening of
poetry and music with the
Black Diamond band, an
open mic and more. For
more information: 443-
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A10 The Baltimore Afro-American, February 6, 2010 - February 12, 2010

Our View
The Next Step
On Thursday morning, Feb. 4, Baltimore Mayor Sheila
Dixon resigned as a result of being found guilty of fraudulent
misappropriation of gift cards intended for Baltimore’s needy
families. At 12:05 p.m., Stephanie Rawlings-Blake was
sworn in as the city’s new mayor. Thus, the drama which has
distracted and occupied too much public attention—whether
the former mayor could withstand the accusations arising
from her various indictments over the past 12 months—was
finally put to rest.
We are relieved Baltimore can finally get down to
the serious business presently confronting its future. We
are pleased and encouraged with the initial steps Mayor
Rawlings-Blake has taken to rebuild the confidence of
the citizens in a leadership that values ethics. We are also
pleased that Mayor Rawlings-Blake has taken the smart
step toward recognizing the valuable contribution of many
members of Dixon’s team by retaining their services. The

“Baltimore’s looming budget deficit

seems to multiply weekly...”
Dixon administration, in spite of its unfortunate downfall,
made many improvements during its tenure; crime reduction
and an improved public school system being a few examples
of how Baltimore has indeed become a better place to live in
the past two years.
Baltimore’s new mayor, nevertheless, has a tough
job facing her. Baltimore’s looming budget deficit seems
to multiply weekly, causing increasing pressure on the
Baltimore City delegation in Annapolis to battle even harder
for badly needed allocations from the already empty state
coffers. To preserve the city’s political ability to secure
federal and state funding and to effectively organize a
credible response to Census 2010 in April, Mayor Rawlings-
Blake will need the assistance of every able person in the city
to help assure a positive future for Baltimore.
We are looking at Mayor Rawlings-Blake to provide the
strong leadership we believe her background, experience and
heritage suggests. We nevertheless understand that in order
to succeed, such leadership will require an exceptional level
of support, volunteerism and commitment from the citizens
of Baltimore. Thus, Baltimore’s next step lies at the feet of
not just this promising new mayor, but at the feet of us all.

By the president of the United States

National African American History Month Proclaimed
In the centuries since African Americans
first arrived on our shores, they have known
the bitterness of slavery and oppression,
the hope of progress, and the triumph of
the American Dream. African-American
history is an essential thread of the American
narrative that traces our nation’s enduring
struggle to perfect itself. Each February, we
recognize African American History Month
as a moment to reflect upon how far we
have come as a nation, and what challenges
remain. This year’s theme, “The History
of Black Economic Empowerment,” calls
upon us to honor the African Americans who
overcame injustice and inequality to achieve
financial independence and the security of self
empowerment that comes with it.
Nearly 100 years after the Civil War,
African Americans still faced daunting
challenges and indignities. Widespread racial
prejudice inhibited their opportunities, and
institutional discrimination such as Black
codes and Jim Crow laws denied them full
citizenship rights. Despite these seemingly
impossible barriers, pioneering African
Americans blazed trails for themselves and
their children. They became skilled workers
and professionals. They purchased land, and
a new generation of Black entrepreneurs
founded banks, educational institutions,
newspapers, hospitals, and businesses of all
kinds.
This month, we recognize the courage and
tenacity of so many hard-working Americans
whose legacies are woven into the fabric of
our Nation. We are heirs to their extraordinary
progress. Racial prejudice is no longer the
steepest barrier to opportunity for most
African Americans, yet substantial obstacles
remain in the remnants of past discrimination.
Structural inequalities – from disparities in
education and health care to the vicious cycle
of poverty – still pose enormous hurdles for
Black communities across America.
Overcoming today’s challenges will
require the same dedication and sense of
urgency that enabled past generations of
African Americans to rise above the injustices
of their time.
That is why my administration is laying
a new foundation for long-term economic
growth that helps more than just a privileged
few. We are working hard to give small
businesses much-needed more credit, to
slash tax breaks for companies that ship jobs
overseas, and to give those same breaks to
companies that create jobs here at home. We
are also reinvesting in our schools and making
college more affordable, because a world class
education is our country’s best roadmap to
prosperity.
These initiatives will expand opportunities
for African Americans, and for all Americans,
but parents and community leaders must
also be partners in this effort. We must push
our children to reach for the full measure of
their potential, just as the innovators who
succeeded in previous generations pushed
their children to achieve something greater. In
the volumes of black history, much remains
unwritten. Let us add our own chapter, full of
progress and ambition, so that our children’s
children will know that we, too, did our part
to erase an unjust past and build a brighter
future.
Now, therefore, I, Barack Obama,
president of the United States of America,
by virtue of the authority vested in me by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States,
do hereby proclaim February 2010 as National
African American History Month. I call upon
public officials, educators, librarians, and all
the people of the United States to observe this
month with appropriate programs, ceremonies,
and activities.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand this first day of February, in the
year of our Lord two thousand ten, and of the
Independence of the United States of America
the two hundred and thirty-fourth.

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Behind the Scenes…In Plain Sight
Last week a Baltimore
Sun story titled, “A behind-
the-scenes push for Cole,”
sparked a small firestorm
among some members of the
Baltimore City delegation in
Annapolis and dimmed the
aura of unity they presented
just a few weeks ago during
the opening of the 2010
General Assembly.
The Sun claimed, “…a
majority of council members
have declared their support
for a colleague, veteran
Councilman Bernard C.
‘Jack’ Young, to fill the
president’s office. But, behind
the scenes, developers,
business leaders and political
leaders – including Rawlings-
Blake herself – have launched
a broad effort to persuade
council members to back
Councilman William H. Cole
IV instead…”
However, about a week
before the Sun story was
published, all six members
of the Baltimore City Senate
Honoring Those Who Build Our Prosperity
Elijah E. Cummings
For those of us who
see the progress of African
Americans as an ongoing
historical movement, Black
History Month 2010 comes
at both the best and worst of
times.
President Barack Obama’s
campaign and election
reflected an unprecedented
potential for progress in this
country. Yet, we also must
recognize that the promise
inherent in this historical
moment comes at a time of
devastating economic trial.
The social and economic
tensions arising from these
competing forces make
“economic empowerment,”
an especially timely theme
Forget the Deficit; People Need Jobs
Rev. Jesse
Jackson Sr.
(NNPA) — The state of
America’s union is stark. The
economic collapse triggered
by the bursting of the housing
bubble continues to take its
toll.
We know the statistics.
Nearly one in five American
workers is unemployed or
underemployed. That means
wages are losing ground.
Delegation drafted and
distributed a letter in support
of Young for City Council
president.
“As members of the
Baltimore City Senate
delegation, we write to
support your transition to
Mayor of our City,” the
senators wrote.
“In the aggregate,
we represent every voter,
community and constituency
in Baltimore City. Our
collective experience
exceeds a century of service
for Baltimore…We offer
whatever insight experience
creates. Such insight can
help to minimize the impact
of Baltimore’s transition of
leadership. As a delegation,
we support Bernard “Jack”
Young as your successor for
President of the Baltimore
City Council.”
So, the Sun’s assertion that
Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
(SRB) is supporting Cole,
“behind-the scenes,” was met
for Black History Month this
year.
It is essential that we learn
the correct lessons from our
past. As my parents taught
me many years ago, we can
only see where we must go
in the future if we remember
from whence we come.
We are reminded by
those carrying on the legacy
of Dr. Carter G. Woodson,
Black History Month’s
founder, that the history of
Black Americans’ economic
struggles is fundamentally a
chronicle of triumph in the
face of adversity.
The entrepreneurship of
our people has created the
largest African-American
middle class in our history.
We are making our mark in
every professional calling;
and Black workers are now a
powerful and welcomed force
in organized labor.
Central to our success has
been our unshakable faith - in
ourselves and in the power of
education to lift us up in life.
My parents joined the
Great Migration north during
the 1940s. They were drawn
to Baltimore from Clarendon
County, S.C., by their
One in three homes with a
mortgage is under water.
Millions of Americans are
headed to losing their homes.
That will leave families
adrift, children displaced.
The desperate effort to
keep the financial system
from failing has succeeded.
It has saved the big banks
– leaving them more
concentrated than ever – but
not succeeded in removing
the clot in financing. Small
businesses can’t get loans;
homeowners can’t get
mortgages adjusted. Finance
is like the blood of the
economy—when there is a
clot, the economy can’t work
and people suffer.
Republicans argue that the
president’s recovery plan has
failed. Then they prescribe
the same poison that created
the breakdown in the first
place. They want more top-
Opinion
with – to put it mildly – some
consternation.
One source close to the
situation – who would only
comment under the condition
of anonymity – told me SRB
along with her spokesman
Ryan O’Doherty lobbied at
least one of the city senators
in their Annapolis office
and pushed for Cole as
Council president despite the
delegation’s public support of
Young.
Both SRB and O’Doherty
have publicly denied the new
mayor would prefer to work
with Cole.
“Bull----,” was the one-
word response to SRB’s
claim of neutrality during a
conversation on background
I had with one of the city
senators the day the {Sun}
story broke.
“I don’t know why she
would take this on in the
midst of this transition,” the
senator added.
Although the senate
determination to give their
children a better future.
The opportunities
represented by a good
public education were the
central force in my parent’s
dream - and despite years of
struggle, they were able to
see all seven of their children
succeed.
That is why those who
teach our young people
have always been heroes
and heroines to me, why I
have fought for the funding
our schools need, and why
I have supported the right
of educators to organize for
better working conditions and
better pay.
During Black History
Month, we should remember
(and applaud) the educators
who gave us the power to
succeed. Last Friday, for
example, I had the privilege
of personally thanking one
of those heroines - a woman
who exemplifies much of
what we should be learning
from our history.
Dr. Lorretta Johnson
did not begin her work in
Baltimore’s public schools
with a high-sounding title
and a big salary. She began
end tax cuts, more breaks for
business, more deregulation.
We tried tax cuts under Bush;
it leads nowhere.
The reality is that the
recovery plan created or
saved millions of jobs.
Aid to states and localities
kept teachers and police
from being laid off in large
numbers. Spending on
infrastructure helped put
some to work. Investment
in new energy created new
jobs. Aid to the unemployed
– extending unemployment
benefits, subsidizing health
care COBRA payments, and
providing food stamps – put
money into the pockets of
those who need it most.
The problem with the
president’s plan – as any
honest economist will tell
you – is that it wasn’t big
enough. The collapse was far
deeper than the president’s
February 6, 2010 - February 12, 2010, The Baltimore Afro-American
delegation may be hesitant to
comment on the record about
SRB’s alleged preference
of Cole for City Council
president, several city
delegates weren’t so shy.
“To me, Jack has paid his
dues, OK? And he deserves
the opportunity…,” said Del.
Melvin Stukes, who also
served with Young on the
Council for several years.
“Bill is serving his first
term. Can he [Cole] do the
job? I don’t have any doubt
that he can do the job, but I
have no doubt that Bernard
‘Jack’ Young can do the
job also. He told me had he
the votes, so as far as I’m
concerned go ahead and get it
over with.”
According to who you
talk to Young has the solid
support of 10 or 11 of the
14-member City Council
in his bid to be Council
president. Stukes asserts
SRB’s alleged backing of
Cole is a precarious position
for the new mayor.
“If the senators are
throwing their full support,
their unanimous support
[behind Young]…I don’t
think that’s a wise decision.”
Del. Jill Carter’s take on
SRB’s alleged support of
Cole over Young was less
nuanced.
“I don’t think it makes
sense, but it’s also not very
surprising,” Carter said from
her mission to build a better
community in 1966 as an
elementary school teacher’s
aide.
The job in those days
paid only $2.25 an hour,
making it almost impossible
for Lorretta Johnson to make
ends meet. Still, she loved
the children, they loved her,
and she decided to stay in her
job.
If she had done nothing
more, Lorretta Johnson would
still have earned our lasting
respect. However, she was
also called to fight for the
respect and compensation that
all who teach our children
deserve.
In order to improve
the lives of other
paraprofessionals like her,
Lorretta Johnson organized
them into the Baltimore
Teachers Union; and in 1970,
she negotiated the union’s
first contract.
Over the decades that
followed, the BTU became
a powerful force for our
children and their schools
in our state - and, today, Dr.
Lorretta Johnson has the title
and the national recognition
that comes with being
economists predicted.
We need another big
jobs program. Aid should go
to states and localities that
now face brutal cuts that
will lay off teachers, police
and professors. Public jobs
programs – a green corps,
an urban corps – should
target hard-hit areas like
the Midwest and urban
centers. We should invest in
infrastructure by repairing
schools, weatherizing public
buildings and creating
the projects that will hire
construction workers.
Without these
commitments, there will
be no recovery. Businesses
won’t expand into an
economy in which one in
five people are unemployed.
Exports won’t increase –
particularly with the Chinese
continuing to manipulate
their currency. Consumers
the floor of the House of
Delegates.
“I’ve said before that
the soon to be mayor has
never taken any position in
opposition of the current
governor. And that’s clearly
the choice. You know, I think
there’s been some denials
but, everybody knows there’s
history in the relationship
between the governor and
Bill Cole and that’s who he’s
[O’Malley] advocating for.”
Carter added, “I think the
concern for people should
be her lack of independence,
even at this very early
stage and on an issue that is
probably not even in her own
best interest. It’s a judgment
call, it’s lack of leadership it’s
lack of independence and it’s
very troubling.”
Del. Frank Conaway Jr.,
had a different take.
“With her getting ready
to be leader of the delegation
basically, leader of the city
she’s showing what direction
the vision is going in,”
Conaway said.
“She’s demonstrating
political wisdom and loyalty
by showing them right up
front which way she’s going.
And they’re going to say
that we have our own power
and we’re going to show you
our power and therefore you
have to consider what we
want to do… and I think it’s
a good thing that they are
executive vice-president of
the American Federation of
Teachers, AFL-CIO.
Dr. Johnson never
stops reminding us that the
education of our children is
the single most important
force in building our future
prosperity.
We ignore her lesson at
our peril. Of the African
Americans now living in
the Baltimore Region today,
nearly three out of every ten
of us lack either a high school
diploma or a G.E.D.
We all must do what we
can to change this harsh
equation. In hard times and
better ones, no community
can survive and prosper
without the skills, training
and vision that only a good
education can provide.
That is why President
Obama and we who serve in
the Democratic leadership
have made education funding
a top priority.
Last year’s Recovery Act
(the “stimulus”) provided tens
of billions of dollars to help
the states keep the teachers
and paraprofessionals in our
schools on the job (including
more than $1 billion in
have taken a $10 trillion hit
on assets, and are tightening
their belts. States and
localities are facing brutal
cuts.
People are confused and
angry. They see high deficits
and think the money is going
to Wall Street. There is a
crisis of confidence as well as
a grinding fear of what comes
next.
Here we need the
president to lead and take on
the naysayers and the false
leaders. He must lay out what
needs to be done, and rally
the country to act.
The pollsters say
independents are angry
about deficits, so Washington
is talking about deficit
reduction. “If we expect
families to balance their
budgets in hard times,
shouldn’t the government do
so also?” goes the mantra.
A11
displaying conflict right from
the beginning so, therefore
you know that you have
independent thinkers.”
Many of the political
ballers from Baltimore
to Annapolis argue the
upcoming races for mayor
and City Council president
will play out something like
this: SRB is lobbying for
Cole, because Kweisi Mfume,
former City Council member,
former congressman, former
president of the NAACP
and perennial fantasy
league contender for mayor
of Baltimore is strongly
considering running for
mayor…again. His alleged
preference for city council
president is SRB’s former
nemesis during her successful
run for council president
Michael Sarbanes.
Of course the new mayor
has every right to lobby for
who she wants to succeed
her as city council president
and ultimately be her running
mate in 2011. Indeed, many
believe she would be foolish
not to exercise her right to
choose.
However, those who
support Jack Young are
formidable and it seems like
he has the votes, at least for
now.
Just makes you wonder
who’s lurking in the political
shadows lobbying on Cole’s
behalf.
additional federal education
funding to Maryland alone).
The Jobs for Main Street
Act that we in the House
passed and sent to the Senate
after a hard-fought 217-
212 victory last September
includes funding for an
Education Jobs Fund that will
help states like Maryland pay
for 250,000 education jobs
during the next two years.
Here in Maryland,
Governor O’Malley’s budget
includes record-level state
funding for Maryland’s public
schools: $5.7 billion.
We in government will
continue to do our part.
Still, in the final analysis,
our future will be made by
educators like Dr. Lorretta
Johnson – by those who lift
up our young people, one
student at a time.
We should applaud them
during Black History Month
and every other month of the
year. They are the architects
of a better future for us all.
Congressman Elijah
E. Cummings represents
Maryland’s Seventh
Congressional District in
the United States House of
Representatives.
That is the big lie because,
in reality, when everyone else
is cutting back, government
must step in and put people
to work. This will require
deficits because tax revenues
are down and expenditures
on unemployment and food
stamps are up.
The simple fact is you
can’t balance the budget
without generating economic
growth. Any attempt to
do so now will deepen the
downturn. Once people
go back to work, and
the economy gets going,
tax revenues will go up,
emergency spending will
decline and steps can be taken
to bring the deficit down. But
it is utter foolishness to do so
before people are at work….
The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.
is president and CEO of the
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition.
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Singer Mya and

former Day 26
group member Q
Courtesy
Photos
By Aundrea “Aunni” Young
Special to the AFRO
Jessup, Md.-based BWX Lounge
celebrated its first anniversary with
Prince George’s County native and
Mya and Shelly Edison, “Dancing with the Stars” finalist
Mya. Mya was greeted by fans
general manager of BWX
and partygoers with anticipation
Lounge and Courtside and appreciation. Mya’s father,
Mya signs
Sports Bar and Grille Sherman Harrison, spoke highly of
autographs
his daughter’s accomplishments
and those of her manager, Crystal
Bozeman, who also enjoyed the
Attendees greet
award-winning
singer Mya
celebration.
BWX Lounge presented Mya the
“DMV and BWX Lounge Shining Star
Award” for her accomplishments in
music, TV and dance. DJ Rod Madd
Flava and Kelson “The Urban Informer”
of 92Q FM broadcast the festive
gathering live all night long. Radio One BWX guests enjoy the
host DJ Jeannie Jones of 93.9 FM was lively atmosphere
also in attendance and congratulated
BWX Lounge on its first anniversary.
Other celebrities at the gala
included R&B singer Q, formerly of the
male vocal group Day 26.

BWX patrons celebrate

BWX’s first anniversary

BWX patrons enjoy

Jeannie Jones, Mya, and her father Sherman Harrison BWX was filled to capacity the star-studded gala
with revelers.

Photos by A. Lois De Laine, Ed.D.

The Howard L. Cornish Metropolitan Baltimore
Chapter of the Morgan State University National
Alumni Association celebrated its silver anniversary
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Breakfast.
Guest speaker, the Hon. Patricia C. Jessamy,
state’s attorney for Baltimore City, thanked retiring
president Dr. Earl Richardson for his “outstanding
stewardship of this university for the past 25
years.”
Referencing Dr. King, Jessamy said he did not
condone complacency, but encouraged action.
“We must be a change agent; we must be the
change that we dream about…Keep your eyes on
the prize.”
The Howard L. Cornish Awards were presented Sylvia and Eddie Brown talk with William Mack
to Dr. Eric A. Conway, chairperson, MSU Fine Arts (left) and JaMal Wills, seniors at Patterson
Department; Walter McNeil, founder, Challengers JaMal Wills joins event High School, who were featured in the movie
Independent Living, Walter W. Carr, editorial designer Sonjay Decaires Ten9Eight: Shoot for the Moon.
cartoonist; Col. Michael B. Black, commander, and Baltimore Ravens’ Terrell
White House Communications Agency; Edna Y. Suggs.
Rich, Howard L. Cornish Metro Baltimore Chapter
– MSUNAA.
Photos by Tommie Battle III

The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship,

Baltimore Affiliate, recently sponsored the
Baltimore premiere of the movie Ten9Eight:
Shoot for the Moon, which featured three
African -American Baltimore student Patterson High School students William
Dr. Eric Conway directs entrepreneurs. Among the guests were Mack and JaMal Wills are joined by
the Morgan Singers. philanthropists Eddie and Sylvia Brown, Olivia Smith from Patterson and Fox
Verizon Scholars Reginald Larkins, Baltimore Ravens’ Terrell Suggs and Fox 45 45’s Patrice Harris for the film premiere.
Kiara Stebbins and Keia Hill news anchor Patrice Harris.
Orator Eddy
Nubine
Jr. recited
excerpts from
one of the
Rev. Dr. Martin Sister and brother
Luther King Brianna and Elijah Verizon Scholars
Nubine recited Dr. Eric A. Conway, receives the Appreciation
Jr.’s speeches.
poetry. Award from Anthony McPhail, co-chair.

Edna Y. Rich
receives the
Distinguished
Service Award
from Anthony
McPhail, chair. Diane McPhail,
Walt Carr, founder Virginia B. co-chair, and Nestle USA and Verizon Scholars
Coleman, Class of ’50, and Clarice F. Special contributors Wilbert Sen. Nathaniel Rachelle Wade, Roberta Virgil, George
Lee, Class of ’50 Walker and Bernice T. McDaniels McFadden Gaither and Krystal Wade

Dr. Earl S.
Richardson,
Walter McNeil, president, received
Stan Stovall, WBAL- recipient a special award Delores C. Cooke, Col. Michael B.
TV, presents Estelle of the State’s Attorney from the Howard president, Howard Black, recipient
Pinkett, ticket captain, Humanitarian Patricia C. L. Cornish Alumni Verizon Scholar L. Cornish Metro of the Drum
an appreciation award. Award Jessamy Chapter Keia Hill Chapter Major Award
B2 The Baltimore Afro-American, February 6, 2010 - February 12, 2010
Film Review: Preacher’s Kid
Prodigal Daughter Learns Valuable Life Lessons in Moralizing Melodrama
By Kam Williams has devoted herself to the
Special to the AFRO needs of her asthmatic father,
between singing in the choir,
As the only child of an ministering around the ‘hood
overprotective, widowed and attending services several
father, Angie King (LeToya times a week.
Luckett) almost couldn’t help However, everything
but feel smothered. But when changes the day Angie
you factor in her dad’s being decides to run away to join a
both a preacher and a pillar of Tyler Perry-esque travelling
the community in their tight- troupe passing through town,
knit community in Augusta, a supposedly spiritually-
Ga., you’ve got a serious oriented outfit putting on a
recipe for rebellion. Thus faith-based fable featuring
far, the 23-year-old virgin Aunt Bebe, a trash-talking
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dude (Carlos Davis) in a
dress. Angie has developed
an instant crush on the show’s
suave star, Devlin (Durrell
Tank Babbs), a Romeo well
versed in the art of seduction.
When informed of
this sudden development,
disapproving Bishop King
(Gregalan Williams) disowns
his disappointed daughter on
the spot. Yet, she still leaves
town with dreams of not
only winning Devlin’s heart
but of landing a role in the
theater group’s next musical
production.
Needless to say, a very
rocky road lies ahead of
Angie, starting with her
initially being denied an
audition by an impatient
director who calls her deaf,
dumb and stupid. And just
when the promoter (Clifton
Powell) is about to send her
packing on the proverbial
midnight train back to
Georgia, Devlin intervenes
on her behalf like a knight in
shining armor.
Given a second chance,
Angie impresses the
producers sufficiently to be
retained as an understudy to
the female lead. While this
might give the aspiring gospel
singer’s career a much-needed
boost, it also makes her
beholden to devilish Devlin,
who soon proves to be a two-
timing, physically-abusive
creep.
So, unfolds Preacher’s
Kid, a cautionary tale written
and directed by Stan Foster.
It’s not very hard to anticipate
the arc of this Christian-
oriented message movie
which tends to telegraph most
of its punches. Nonetheless,
it’s well-enough executed,
especially for a flick on a
modest budget, to forgive the
low production values and a
tendency towards melodrama.
The payoff arrives after
Prodigal Daughter Angie has
learned some tough lessons
and returns to ask her father
for forgiveness, allowing for
a moving moment of mutual
redemption.
Book Review
‘The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration
in the Age of Colorblindness’
By Kam Williams
Special to the AFRO
“Precisely how the
system of mass incarceration
works to trap African-
Americans in a virtual (and
literal) cage can best be
understood by viewing the
system as a whole… The
first stage is the roundup
[when] vast numbers of
people are swept into the
criminal justice system by
the police, who conduct drug
operations primarily in poor
communities of color…
Once arrested,
defendants are generally
denied meaningful legal
representation and pressured
to plead guilty, whether they
are or not. Once convicted…
virtually every aspect of
one’s life is regulated and
monitored by the system.
The final stage… often
[has] a greater impact
on one’s life course than
the months or years one
actually spends behind
bars. [Parolees] will be
discriminated against, legally,
for the rest of their lives—
denied employment, housing,
education, and public
benefits. Unable to surmount
these obstacles, most will
eventually return to prison
and then be released again,
caught in a closed circuit of
perpetual marginality.”
- Excerpt from Chapter 5
Now that bloom has fallen
off the rose of the Obama
administration, most Black
folks are beginning to wake
up to the fact that his election
isn’t about to turn the country
into a post-racial utopia any
time soon. To the contrary,
attorney Michelle Alexander
argues that in recent decades
America has increasingly,
and ever so subtly, adopted
a color-coded caste system
where minorities are targeted,
stigmatized and marginalized
by the criminal justice system.
Alexander, a professor of
law at Ohio State University,
makes her very persuasive
case in The New Jim Crow:
Mass Incarceration in the Age
of Colorblindness a scathing
indictment of the widespread
practice of selective
enforcement of draconian
drug laws. Ostensibly, the aim
of the U.S. government has
been not only to warehouse
masses of African-American
males behind bars, but to
relegate them permanently
to a subordinate stratum of
society even after they’re
paroled.
For the author explains
that upon release, a person
convicted of a petty narcotics
violation “may be ineligible
for many federally-funded
health and welfare benefits,
food stamps, public housing,
and federal assistance.”
Furthermore, “His driver’s
license may be automatically
suspended, and… he will
not be permitted to enlist in
the military… or obtain a
federal security clearance. If a
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Ebriefs
Etta James Hospitalized
for Severe illness
At AFRO press time, blues
and jazz legend Etta James
was still hospitalized for
sepsis, a critical illness that
generally stems from bacterial
infection, EURweb.com
reported. For the 72-year-
old singer, the illness comes
as a result of a urinary tract
infection.
Dontro James, the singer’s
son, said in a statement last
week that his mother has been
in the hospital for more than a
week.
James’ manager, Lupe De
Leon, said she is in stable
condition, but doesn’t know
when she will be released.
While the legendary
songstress has made numerous
jazz and blues songs popular,
she is widely known for her hit
“At Last.”
She was portrayed by R&B
singer Beyoncé in the film
Cadillac Records in 2008.
Stars Unite for ‘We Are the
World’ Remake
Over 75 superstars united
Feb. 1 to remake the 1985
anthem “We Are The World.”
The popular singers gathered
in the same Hollywood
recording studio where the
original track was recorded 25
years ago, Blackamericaweb.
com reported.
Kanye West, Akon, Pink,
Jennifer Hudson, Tony Bennet,
Celine Dion, Natalie Cole, the
Jonas Brothers and numerous
other musical talents banded
together, belting their voices in
efforts to help Haiti.
Rapper Lil’ Wayne was
also added to the lineup,
performing Bob Dylan’s part
in the original song.
“I think it’s amazing what’s
been done for Haiti, but I think
it’s amazing what hasn’t been
done for New Orleans,” he
said.
Quincy Jones, who
produced the original song,
announced last week that he
wanted to do a re-make of the
song to benefit recovery of the
earthquake in Port-au-Prince,
Haiti.
The original song, written
by Lionel Richie and Michael
‘The New Jim Crow’
Continued from B2
citizen, he may lose the right
to vote; if not, he becomes
immediately deportable.”
Although there’s a Black
man in the White House,
Alexander expects her call for
prison reform to fall on deaf
ears. After all, she cites as
“disturbing, to say the least,”
Obama’s famous Father’s
Day speech in which he in
which he indicted AWOL
baby-daddies “without ever
acknowledging that the
Jackson, soared through the
charts when it was released on
the radio in March 1985.
Featuring acts such as
Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Tina
Turner, Diana Ross, Bob
Dylan, Cyndi Lauper and
Bruce Springsteen, the former
version raised more than $30
million for USA for Africa, a
nonprofit organization founded
by the singers to fund hunger
relief in African nations.
No one from the original
lineup returned for the remake.
The recording was
mentioned many times during
the Grammy festivities on
Sunday, as stars prepared
to gather the following day.
Music producer RedOne said
being asked to participate was
“the biggest honor a musician
can ever do.”
“Having Quincy, our father
of music…and Lionel Richie
asking me to contribute and
help, I said of course, because
this is not about me,” he said.
“It’s about Haiti.”
New PBS
Documentary
Features Black
Soldiers
With the month of
February slated for Black
History, PBS is airing a
documentary focusing
on black soldiers,
Blackamericaweb.com
reported.
For Love of Liberty
aired on PBS stations on
Feb. 1. The documentary
is a commemoration of
Black servicemen and
women who’ve help
defend the United States.
Compiling news reports,
speeches, military documents
and historical archives, the
documentary tells the stories
of soldiers from the American
Revolution to President
Barack Obama’s inauguration.
Also featured are the buffalo
soldiers and the Tuskegee
Airmen, showcasing their
heroism and bravery.
Featuring some very big
names, the documentary
was hosted by actress Halle
Berry, while Ashley Brooks
and Colin Powell also
contributed to the piece. Other
majority of young Black
men in large urban areas are
currently under the control of
the criminal justice system.”
This sister obviously has
some serious issues with
the president, since she also
reminds her readers about
his confessing to snorting
coke--all the coke he could
afford--and to smoking
pot frequently during his
wayward youth. She does it
because she feels he ought
Baltimore Artist Wraps Up Latest
Exhibit in North Carolina
By Gregory Dale
Special to the AFRO
Tonya Ingersol, a
Baltimore-based artist,
is widely known for her
innovative style. Her
most recent exhibit “The
Madness of Kings” opened
in November. The exhibit
featured eight different
paintings by Ingersol and
premiered at the Delta Arts
center in Winston-Salem,
N.C.
The series, presented by
Winston-Salem Delta Fine
Arts Inc., kicked off with an
artist reception, followed by a lecture and finally concluded
on Jan. 23 after a two-month run.
While photographing images of her friends dressed in
unusual costumes and posing in awkward locations, Ingersol
transposed the prints of these scenes onto the canvas. In her
latest piece, Ingersol also made many references to operas,
Amistad and How Stella Got Her Groove Back are among
the films Comcast is offering on demand during Black
History Month.
participating voices include
Danny Glover, Alfre Woodard,
Blair Underwood, Ruby Dee,
Mel Gibson, Larenz Tate,
Morgan Freeman, Angela
Bassett, Jeffery Wright, Robert
Townsend and more.
Comcast Celebrates Black
History Month with Special
Programs
Comcast Corporation,
one of the country’s premier
to be more empathetic about
the plight of the millions of
African Americans whose
lives were ruined after being
found guilty only of the
same sort of transgressions
he freely owned up to in his
autobiography.
If Alexander holds any
hope for our future, it rests in
raising the country’s collective
consciousness about the
role the Apartheid-like legal
system plays in perpetuating
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reflecting her musical
background.
Graduating with a
bachelor’s in mathematics
from Oberlin College in
Ohio, Ingersol pursued
studio art and art history
at Vermont College of
Norwich University. Once
she completed her studies,
Ingersol made Baltimore
home.
Ingersol, born in
Poughkeepsie, N.Y., is also
known for heavy use of
allegory, which appeared
in prior exhibits. While
recognized for her implicit
messages of the social and moral issues faced by African
Americans, Ingersol also creates art that allows viewers to
draw their own stories from her work.
Her pieces entitled “Allegorical Landscapes” and “Altered
States” have appeared in venues in Baltimore and around the
country.
Payne Brown, vice president relating to the Black
of Strategic Initiatives for community.
Comcast, in a statement. “The Upcoming movies include
African American community Amistad, Antwone Fisher,
has played a vital role in our Brown Sugar, Do the Right
nation’s history and made Thing, Good Hair, How Stella
significant contributions to our Got Her Groove Back and
entertainment and music, and Facing Ali.
we are delighted to bring this In addition, Comcast
content to the thousands of on Demand customers will
communities we serve every be able to access numerous
day.” programs from popular
Black Cinema on Demand networks like BET, VH1,
will feature a bevy of new History Channel, Biography
films each month that examine Channel, Biography, CNN and
a plethora of experiences more.
entertainment providers,
announced the launch of Black
Cinema on Demand in a press
release sent to the AFRO.
The new monthly video-on-
demand project highlights
Black filmmakers and actors of
the past and present.
“We are proud to launch
Black Cinema On Demand, an
offering that spotlights the best
in African American movies
and documentaries,” said
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dialogue which might lead to a
social movement on behalf of
the vast underclass of unfairly-
criminalized social pariahs.
Live Life the fuLLest
to
this monday—one niGht onLy!
An Evening with Kwame Kwei-Armah
7 pm, Monday, Feb 8
Author of Elmina’s Kitchen and Let There Be Love.
CENTERSTAGE and Open Society Institute-Baltimore host
Kw
internationally renowned playwright and activist Kwei-Armah
a
in a community conversation on how the arts can bring about
h
am m
e K w ei -A r
social change and social justice in our communities.
Valentine’s Weekend with E. Faye Butler
Feb 11–14 in the Cabaret
Star of Ain’t Misbehavin’ and Caroline, or Change,
Butler and her band will raise the roof with “Let the Good
Times Roll,” “What a Difference a Day Makes,” “Summertime,”
E . Fa er and more!
y e B u tl
American Premiere
Let There Be Love
By Kwame Kwei-Armah
Feb 10–Mar 7
Heartwarming, provocative drama from the author of
Elmina’s Kitchen. Starring legendary stage and screen actor
Av s Avery Brooks (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Spenser: For Hire,
e r y B ro o k
and Hawk).
20th Anniversary
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
By August Wilson
Apr 7–May 9
Au August Wilson’s original masterpiece returns
g u s t W i ls o n
Limited $10, with E. Faye Butler in the title role.
$20, or $30
seats for most
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while they last! centerstagemd
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Black History Month Calendar

Celebrate Black History
Month with cultural
programs, poetry slams, step
shows, culinary events and
more.
Feb. 6
The Seneca Village
Collaboration Praise House
with Leslie King-Hammond
and José J. Mapily
Banneker-Douglass
Museum, 84 Franklin St.,
Annapolis, Md. 10:30 a.m.
– 12 p.m. Learn about praise
houses and then create your
own using art materials
www.bdmuseum.com
at the museum. For more
information: 410-216-6180 or
visit www.bdmuseum.com.
Feb. 7
The Seneca Village BMA Black History Month
Collaboration Praise Family Day
House Exhibit Baltimore Museum of
Art, 10 Art Museum Drive, neighborhood. Free. For more
Baltimore. 1 – 5 p.m. Pay information: 443-573-1832 or
tribute to the artists whose visit www.artbma.org.
explosion of creativity filled
studios, jazz clubs, and Cultural Economics
theaters during the growth Reginald F. Lewis
of the African-American Museum of Maryland AA
community in New York History & Culture, 830 E.
City’s famed Harlem Pratt St., Baltimore. 2 p.m.
Join historian Anthony T.
Browder and learn how
African Americans can
build wealth. Free with
museum admission. For
more information: 443-
263-1800 or visit www.
africanamericanculture.org.

Feb. 13
‘Back to Africa?’ Book
Discussion and Signing
with Charles Nelson

www.bdmuseum.com
Baltimore Museum of
Art, 10 Art Museum Drive,
Baltimore. 1 – 2:30 p.m. Take
part in a lively discussion
based on author Charles
Nelson’s book Back to
Africa? For more information:
410-216-6180 or visit www.
bdmuseum.com.

Morgan State Choir in

Concert
Four Winds Performing
Arts Center, 830 Romancoke
Road, Stevensville, Md. The
internationally renowned
choir will perform its
signature Grammy-nominated
sound in this new concert
venue. $20 tickets. For more
information: 888.770.4120 or
visit www.FourWindsPAC.
org.

Macy’s "Celebrates You" Feb. 18

Black Engineer of the Year
Awards (BEYA)
Baltimore Convention

during Black History Month

Center, 1 West Pratt St,
Baltimore. Feb. 18 – 20. This
event attracts a standing-
room-only audience to cheer
the more than two dozen
We are proud to honor the achievements of remarkable women and men
who will be honored for
African-American leaders who have inspired us all. their career achievements.
$50-$125 tickets. For
Join us in celebrating the trailblazers, past and more information: 410-
present, who have empowered us to make a 235-4427 or visit www.
blackengineeroftheyear.org.
statement and leave a positive impression in our
Minority Business Summit
community. Visit macys.com/blackhistory for event 2010
Baltimore Hilton, Billie
details and more information on how Macy’s is Holiday Ballroom, 401 West
Pratt St, Baltimore. Feb. 18
celebrating Black History Month. –20. The Minority Business
Summit affords small and
minority businesses the
opportunity to participate in
networking, free workshops,
and resource building. For
more information: 410-
235-4427 or visit www.
minoritybusinesssummit.com.

Feb. 20
Black Heritage Art Show
2010
Courtesy Photo

Chico
DeBarge
will
perform
at the
Black
Heritage
Art Show.
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By Rosa Pryor
BLACK HISTORY IN were also significant and we
BALTIMORE dressed with pride. That, too,
So many of our friends was our history.
have passed on, but the I hope these pictures bring
memories will always be. back special memories for
Some of the places where we you as much as they did for
partied are no longer there, me. Remember and reminisce
but we remember the fun on the good times we had and
we had and it will always don’t forget where we came
be a part of our history. from.
The clothes we wore, the Many of these pictures I
pinstriped suits, the blazers, took and others came from
bell bottom pants, the Cuban the archives of friends who
heel shoes, the colorful tux donated them to me for my
with the shoes to match were second book that will be Here in the 1980s at the Red Rooster Lounge, located on
all high fashion for the men published soon. Donald Jackson with his
the corner of McKean and Westwood Avenues, Calvin
and for the women. The high Next week is Valentine’s wife Veronica, owners Hanging out at a special
King enjoys a cocktail at the bar.
spiked heel shoes, gloves, hats weekend. As usual, I will of Roots Lounge on the event in the early 1970s are
and the candy-cane dresses feature my “Sweetheart corner of Smallwood and Clayton Tucker, Eddie and
Vine Streets. Gladys House. As you see,
Couples” a “Rambling Rose” the Cuban heels shoes and
tradition for the past 22 years. the bell bottom pants were
the fashion.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION:
Buckwheat Zydeco will Remembering Left Bank”
be playing party music with takes place Feb. 14, 5-9 p.m.,
a mixture of rock, R&B and at the Sojourner Douglass
reggae on Feb. 5 at Rams College, 200 N. Central Ave.,
Head located at 33 West St. with special tribute to the Late
in Annapolis, Md. For more Ruby Glover, “Baltimore’s
information, call 410-268- Godmother of Jazz.” The
Patrons at Henry Baker’s Peyton Place in 1968. Pictured
4545. Tell them “Rambling featured artists will include
is John Goldsmith, left, Carl Grubs, Henry Baker, Earl
Rose” told you. Dr. John and Eartha Lamkin,
Grubbs and Sid Simmons. The Original Dream Gregg Hatza, Whit Williams,
Team of Comedy will be at Charles Funn and many more.
the Lyric Opera House in Also, there will be food,
Baltimore Feb. 5, at 8 p.m. dancing and vendors.
Safe and Sound. with top notch comedians Well, my dear friends that
is it for this week. If you need
starring Lavell Crawford,
me, call me at 410-833-9474
100 years of sound and conservative management has earned us
the highest safety ratings of any financial Institution in Maryland. Leslie, Jay Lamont, Aries
Spears, Tony Roberts and or e-mail me at rosapryor@
more. For more information, aol.com.
UNTIL NEXT WEEK,
ROSEDALE call 410-547-SEAT or stop by
I’M MUSICALLY YOURS.
the Lyric Box Office.
FEDERAL Angie Stone and Leela I’LL SEE YOU AT THE
SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION
James, the two “Queens of NEWSSTAND.
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Overlea (Main Office) 410-668-4400 / Perry Hall 410-256-5200 / White Marsh 410-931-6333
Soul,” will also be at the Lyric
Rosedale 410-866-3000 / Kenwood 410-866-5621 / Abingdon 410-569-5296
to or owned by Rosa Pryor. Cannot
Forest Hill 410-838-8853 / Bel Air 410-836-7555 Opera House, 140 Mount
“Cinko,” “Toast,” Charlie, Carter and Rick on Pennsylvania be reproduced or used in any way
www.rosedalefederal.com Royal Ave. on Feb. 12, 8 p.m.
Avenue in this 1973 photo. without written permission from Rosa
Serving your community since 1908 “History of Jazz:
Pryor-Trusty).
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Black History Month Calendar

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- $15. For more information: p.m. – Feb. 21, 6 p.m. View or visit www.artbma.org. and the United States. Free.
Baltimore Convention

Photo courtesy PBS

Center-Hall G, 1 West Pratt
St., Baltimore. Feb. 20, 11
a.m. through Feb. 21, 7
p.m. This annual art show
features original works by
African-American artists
from across the nation. $12
410-521-0660 or visit www.
blackheritageartshow.com.
African Film Festival
Traveling Series
Baltimore Museum of
Art, North Charles and 31st
Streets, Baltimore. Feb. 20, 1
some of the best in African
cinema when the BMA
hosts this traveling series of
critically acclaimed short-
format and feature releases by
Bronx Princess is among African directors. Free (BMA
the films at the African members), $5-$10. For more
Film Festival at the BMA. information: 1800-919-6272
Family Tour
Banneker-Douglass
Museum, 84 Franklin St.,
Annapolis, Md. 10:30 a.m. –
12:30 p.m. Learn about the
many people who have helped
to make history in Maryland
For more information: 410-
216-6180 or visit www.
bdmuseum.com.
Feb. 26
Music Through the Ages
Annapolis Senior High
School, 2700 Riva Road,
Annapolis, Md. 7 – 9 p.m.
Discover the music of
African-American composers
of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Free. For more information:
410-216-6180.

Feb. 27
African-American Family
Festival
The Walters Art Museum,
600 North Charles St.,
Baltimore. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Celebrate African-American
heritage as we travel through
time, trek across the globe,
and discover how we are
all connected. Free. For
more information: 410-547-
9000 ext. 300 or visit www.
thewalters.org.

The Pulse of Africa

The Walters Art
Museum, 600 North
Charles St., Baltimore. 4
– 6 p.m. Performance by
musicians playing traditional
instruments including the
ashiko (drum), shekere (bead-
covered gourd), and kora
(string instrument akin to a
guitar), and the astonishing
skill of stilt-walking,
costumed dancers. Free. For
more information: 410-547-
9000 ext. 300 or visit www.
thewalters.org

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Macy’s “Celebrates You”

with great events during Black History Month!
Wednesday, February 17 at 5:30pm on 3 at Macy’s Metro Center:
Join us for a panel discussion with Sheila P. Coates, brand specialist and owner of “Be
Your Own Brand”! We’re paying tribute to African-Americans past and present who
have made a difference by staying true to their brand and being a positive influence
in their communities. Sheila will lead dynamic discussions with panelists Debra L. Lee,
Chair/CEO, BET Networks; Benjamin Todd Jealous, Pres./CEO, NAACP, Kurt L. Schmoke,
Dean, Howard University School of Law, and Carla Hall, Owner/Exec. Chef, Alchemy
Caterers. Sheila will share innovative tips to help you develop your own unique image
and individual style. Plus, enjoy a special styling session with our Alfani fashion experts,
Lancôme makeup artist and more. Don't miss this inspiring event!

Saturday, February 20 at 2pm on The Main Floor at Macy’s Pentagon City:

Test your knowledge of African-American events by taking the Know Your History
Challenge, sponsored by the local chapter of 100 Black Men.

Visit macys.com/blackhistory for information on these and other events.

Events subject to change or cancellation.

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www.afro.com

Death and Taxes

We have all heard the expression, “The
only thing you can depend on is death and
taxes.” Well, I would like to add to that. The
third thing we can depend on is legendary
NFL quarterback Brett Favre making
retirement noises every year.
For the past five seasons, Favre has
walked away leaving the public with the
thought that he is going to retire. The first
time I heard this, I thought it made a lot of
Logos courtesy
sense. He has Hall of Fame credentials and
NFL Super Bowl Preview of the NFL
is a cinch to go in on the first ballot.
of tea. The Vikings not only ran the kind of
offense he was used to, but they were in the
same division as the Packers. For Brett this
was an opportunity to stick it to the team
that stuck it to him. So, Brett packed his
bags and boarded a bus for Minnesota.
Up to his same old tricks, Favre waited
until the last minute to sign with the
Vikings. This seemed to confirm what was
suspected all along. He wasn’t ready to
retire, he just didn’t want to go to training
camp. Who can blame him? Running

Who Will Win-Colts or

However, he reported that he would play around in the summer heat on those
another season, and the fans of his former 40-year-old legs couldn’t hold much of an
team, the Green Bay Packers, were ecstatic. attraction for the gunslinger.

Saints?
By Perry Green
and Stephen D. Riley
AFRO Sports Writers
The most popular annual
sporting event in the United
States has arrived yet again as
the Indianapolis Colts take on
the New Orleans Saints in NFL
Super Bowl XLIV on Feb. 7 in
Miami, Fla.
Last season’s Super Bowl
proved to be one of the greatest
of all time as the Pittsburgh
Steelers scored an amazingly
difficult touchdown in the
game’s final second to escape
with a 27-23 victory to claim
their sixth championship, good
for the most in league history.
But this year’s Super Bowl
matchup should be just as
exciting as two of the most
explosive offensive units in the
NFL will face off in the battle
of the best.
There’s history on the line
for both teams. If the Saints
win, it will be their first NFL
championship in franchise
history, which could inspire
a city still in the process
of rebuilding following
the devastation caused by
Hurricane Katrina.
If the Colts win, head coach
Jim Caldwell will become only
the third African-American
head coach to win the Super
Bowl in the league’s 70-plus-
year history.
Here are the three factors—
per team—that could decide
the outcome of this matchup:
The Saints may come
marching in as champs
if…
• Drew Brees connects on the
deep ball.
For New Orleans, it starts
and ends with the talented
signal caller. Brees has thrown
for 68 touchdowns and nearly
10,000 yards in his last
two seasons alone. If Colts
quarterback Peyton Manning is
the clear-cut best quarterback
in the league, then Brees is
certainly right behind him.
The four-time Pro Bowler has
fared well against some pretty
formidable defenses this year
and he’ll get another tough test
Sunday against Indianapolis’
underrated unit. But Brees
has all the weapons needed
to be successful against a
defense that is already missing
several key players and could
be without their leading pass
rusher.
The Saints offensive
line is one of the best in the
league, giving up only 20
sacks this season, and their
receiving corps is deep and
fast. Counting the playoffs,
Indianapolis has won a total
of 16 games this season but
have yet to play against a
quarterback and offense like
they will see this Sunday.
• Dwight Freeney doesn’t
take the field.
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The players gave Favre some love, too. He
came back and ended another season with
the same old rhetoric and tongues started to
wag.
After a three peat, the Green Bay front
office decided that the Favre act was getting
a little old, not to mention the fact that Brett
was getting a little long in the tooth himself.
With this in mind, the Packers traded him
to the New York Jets in 2008. This seemed
like a good move since it was about as
far away from Green Bay you could get
without getting wet and having to learn a
foreign language.
Brett left with a pout and a very large
chip on his shoulder. The Packers were
thinking of their future, but Favre was
wondering, “How can they treat me this
way?”
His stay in New York was uneventful
to say the least. However, you can’t blame
it all on Favre. The Jets are an offense
built for a quarterback who can sit in the
pocket and wait for things to open up. Not
so with Favre. He has been nicknamed the
gunslinger, and much to his dismay, New
York ain’t the Wild Wild West.
The Jets decided that Favre was over
the hill, and looked around the league for
a place to unload him. They didn’t have to
look far, because the Vikings figured that if
he could make the trip to Minnesota without
the use of a wheel chair, they could use him.
This just so happened to be Favre’s cup
The Vikings seemed ready to accept
Favre on his terms, and he donned the
purple. Showing his comfort level with
an offensive scheme with which he was
familiar, the gunslinger led the Vikings to
the NFC Championship game.
Now the cheese gets binding. I am sure
there are a lot of people out there who will
agree that this was one of the most exciting
games played all season. Unfortunately for
the Vikings, the Saints emerged victorious.
The loss was devastating, but the whipping
Favre took was legendary.
If you watched that game you saw this
man take hits that could be felt in your
living room. With replay, there were a few
questionable situations that didn’t draw a
penalty, but in the end I think the bad calls
evened out.
My advice to Brett is to watch film of
that game. When you see yourself limping
from the field with two people acting as
crutches, it may be time to go fishing.
Take a page from the book of Kurt
Warner. Kurt was the other senior citizen
of football, and he announced that he is
clearing out a little locker space for the
young guns. I am willing to bet that Kurt
won’t be the next to add to the list of death,
taxes and Favre.
On the other hand, you can bet the keys
to the ranch that when the Vikings suit up
for the 2010 season, Favre will be taking
snaps from center.

Morgan State Basketball

Holmes Snags Fifth MEAC Honor

Bears remain unbeaten in conference
By AFRO Staff While the Baltimore native much time celebrating
out of St. Frances Academy their win. They were more
Morgan State Bears earned his fifth MEAC interested in extending their
senior star Reggie Holmes Player of the Week honor undefeated MEAC record
was named the Mid-Eastern this season, his teammate with a 74-65 win against the
Athletic Conference (MEAC) DeWayne Jackson was named North Carolina A&T Aggies
Player of the Week on Feb. MEAC Rookie of the Week (7-15, 3-5 MEAC) on Feb.
1, following a couple of for the third time this year. 1. Holmes had another great
outstanding performances at Jackson, a 6-foot-8-inch performance with 26 points
the end of January. freshman out of Bowie, Md., scored on 9-of-16 shots made
Holmes from the field
helped lead (4-of-9 from
MSU to wins three-point
over two MEAC range), while
opponents last forward
week, scoring Kevin
25 points Thompson—
with eight ranked fourth
rebounds against in the nation
University in rebounds—
of Maryland snatched 20
Eastern-Shore rebounds to
on Jan. 25, and help the No.
19 points with 23 nationally
eight rebounds ranked Bears
against Norfolk Courtesy Photo/MSU advance to a
State on Jan. Bears senior guard Reggie Holmes was named MEAC 16-7 overall,
31. He currently Player of the Week for the fifth time this season after 8-0 in the
averages 22.7 helping the Bears win their eighth game in a row. MEAC.
points per game, Morgan
good for fifth State will
best in the nation. averaged 14 points with 4.5 try to keep their undefeated
“I just go out there and run rebounds last week. He scored MEAC record alive when
the offense,” Holmes said. 18 points against Norfolk they host the Florida A&M
“If I do that, I know the shots State University, shooting 60 University Rattlers (5-16,
will come. But it’s all about percent from the field, along 2-6 MEAC) on Feb. 6 at
creating opportunities and with seven rebounds. Hill Field House. Tip-off is
executing them.” But neither player spent scheduled for 4 p.m.
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Faith In Action
St. Paul Marks Its 65th Year
By Rev. Dorothy S. duties to help train the young work with children. Some
Boulware people, I’m still always would call them at-risk and
Special to the AFRO busy,” she said. “And that’s many of them have been
the way I like it.” thrown aside by the systems,”
If you’re not quick on And that’s the way her Rev. Diggs said. But that
your feet, you might have a parishioners of the 65-year- doesn’t discourage her in any
hard time keeping up with the old congregation like it. Rev. way.
Rev. Josephine Diggs, pastor Diggs has been their pastor “I believe that is our call
of St. Paul Apostolic Church, for 20 years and is constantly here at St. Paul, to work with
who admits to being 77 years looking for newer and better the children. And many have
old, but loves being busy. ways to serve the community gone on to college, but they
“I like staying active, they’ve been in so long. come back and bring their
and even with handing off “A major focus is our gifts and talents,” she said,
adding that this is the reason
a fairly small congregation
is able to do so much in the
community.
The church offers
1988 programs for its youngest
Moved In. members to help them of the
ways the younger ones learn.
“We give them jobs and
1990 responsibilities that suit their
Anthony is born.
age and maturity level, and
as they grow, those roles
change.”
1994
Anthony tests positive for elevated lead levels. Rev. Diggs said the
children start out on the
Usher Board and the Heritage
1998 Choir.
Anthony has difficulty learning. “And, of course, we have
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Doctor confirms Anthony suffers from lead poisoning.
Members of the gospel
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Among the confirmed
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Shirley Caesar, comedian
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its own legacy – resulting
in families with as many as
three generations.
It all started 65 years ago
when the founding pastor,
Bishop William Samuel
Barnes Sr., along with the
brothers of the church, built
by hand the facility still in
use by the church. Over time,
it has gone through many
stages of renovation.
In 1988 they brought
in contractors who built a
one-floor addition. Some
years later, when it was time
to renovate that floor, they
Courtesy photo added a second floor making
The Rev. Josephine Diggs what is now called the Barnes
talks enthusiastically about Memorial Educational
the ongoing ministry at St. Center, according to the
Paul Apostolic Church. pastor.
The size of the building
classes for them in Sunday
is deceptive. It contains
School.” a computer lab, a library,
Most of these children are gender-specific lounges and,
not relatives of the members.
of course, special space for
“They live in the the little ones.
neighborhood and once they “It’s much larger than
start coming, they bring their it seems even from the
friends.” inside. And the renovation
But St. Paul does have
Bobby Jones. House of Hope.
The celebrities will Charles
be joined by Jenkins, pastor
Chicago of Fellowship
Mayor Missionary
Richard Baptist Church,
M. Daley, is leading this
Illinois Gov. effort and invited
Pat Quinn and Grammy-
Sen. James T. winning
Meeks, who is artist Donald
also a minister Lawrence
on Feb. 8. The to organize
concert will the musical
also serve as a performances
telethon and will for the
air live on various “Chicago’s Hope for Haiti”
media outlets from the benefit concert.
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is about to continue with the
fellowship hall right after the
celebration,” Rev. Diggs said.
The Dunbar graduate
is a widow now with three
grown daughters and two
grandchildren. She loves to
read and travel and yes, she’s
on Facebook.
Her greatest joy in
ministry is seeing her
members mature in the faith.
“They come in one way
and you get to see them grow
and make changes. It’s just
wonderful.”
She keeps going because
of the assurance that “God
gives you strength as your
day. Remember what God has
promised you and that will
always help you get through.”
Celebrate with St. Paul
Apostolic Church, 2625 E.
Hoffman St., beginning Feb. 6
and continuing with 11:45 am
and 4 pm services on Sunday.
Anniversary services will also
be held Feb. 9, 10 and 12.
For more information, call
410-299-0682.
“I woke up early Tuesday
morning and said to myself,
I’ve heard what the NFL,
the NBA and what the
government is doing for
Haiti but I haven’t heard
anything about what the
church community is
doing,” said Jenkins. “I saw
the need to have every part
of the Chicago community
come together for this
tragedy.”
Proceeds from
the concert will go to
Wyclef Jean’s Yele Haiti,
Samaritan’s Purse and
Hospitals for Humanity.
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Super Bowl
Continued from B7
Although Dwight Freeney
headlines a dangerously fast
Colts defense, he’s been listed
as questionable for the Super
Bowl and his absence would
be vital for the pass-happy
Saints. It was announced on
Jan. 31 that Freeney has a torn
ligament in his right ankle and
has been in a walking boot
since sustaining the injury
against the New York Jets on
Jan. 24. Freeney is arguably
the top player on Indianapolis’
defense and his 13.5 sacks tied
for third-best in the NFL this
past season.
A healthy Freeney
would’ve been beneficial
for Indianapolis since New
Orleans will be starting backup
left tackle Jermon Bushrod,
who has been in the lineup
since starter Jammal Brown
was lost for the season with
sports hernia and a hip injury
early in the year.
• Darren Sharper spies on
Manning.
The last time Peyton
Manning faced off against
an elite free safety, he was
intercepted twice by the
Baltimore Ravens’ Ed Reed
in the divisional round of
the NFL playoffs. Although
Reed fumbled on one of his
interception returns and his
other was nullified because of
a defensive penalty, Manning
may not be so lucky again
if he doesn’t account for
the league’s single-season
interception return yards
leader.
Sharper has been
outstanding in his first year
with the Saints and tied
for the league lead in both
interceptions with nine and
return touchdowns with three.
Sharper’s stints in Green Bay
and Minnesota have allowed
him to practice against the
likes of Brees and Brett
Favre so a date with Manning
shouldn’t be too monumental
for him.
The Saints will likely split
Sharper’s duties between
roaming deep center and
covering Colts’ top-option
Dallas Clark. Whatever
Sharper’s role, Manning must
account for him.
The Colts may win their
second championship in
four years if…
• Manning is clicking on all
cylinders.
Peyton Manning proved
years ago that he can put up
spectacular numbers with
talented and experienced
receivers. But this season
he showed the world he
can produce and win with
unproven receivers as well.
Manning has transformed
young receivers Pierre
Garcon and Austin Collie
into household names after
successfully installing them
into the offense that he has
engineered since 1998.
It doesn’t matter who the
receiver is, Manning will find
him if he is open as he passed
for 4,500 passing yards and
33 touchdowns on the season.
If he finds his rhythm against
the Saints defense early in the
game, it may be a high scoring
affair for fans to witness.
• Colts’ cover-two tames
Brees’ passing attack.
When Indy last took on
New Orleans in 2007, Drew
Brees and the Saints’ high-
octane offense was limited to
only three points. The Colts
runs a cover-two defense,
placing two safeties deep down
the field to cover any receiver
looking to make a long catch.
Since then, Saints coach Sean
Payton has come up of ways
to counter the scheme which
has become popular amongst
many teams in the NFL. But
the Colts are one of the best
teams to operate the defensive
scheme, so the Saints will need
to be patient passing down the
field, or Brees could end up
committing crucial turnovers
and giving the Colts more
opportunities to score.
• Run-stoppers are the show-
stoppers.
If the Colts are successful
at slowing down Brees and
the Saints’ passing game,
New Orleans will look to
explosive tailbacks Reggie
Bush and Pierre Thomas to
take on more of the offensive
load. But Indy has been very
impressive against stopping
the run this postseason,
limiting Baltimore Ravens
star tailback Ray Rice to only
67 yards in the divisional
championship round. They
followed that performance
by holding New York Jets’
young runner Shon Greene
to only 40 yards. Colts
linebacker Gary Brackett has
been outstanding in tackling
runners this season. He’s
received much aid from
defensive lineman Eric Foster,
who helps clog up running
lanes at the line of scrimmage.
Both Brackett and Foster
may be equally important
as Manning in the Colt’s
triumph.
Morgan State Women’s Basketball
Tiny Adams Sets School Record
in Steals
By AFRO Staff
The Morgan State
Lady Bears couldn’t snap
the North Carolina A&T
Lady Aggies’ Mid-Eastern
Athletic Conference
winning streak on Feb. 1 as
they fell to A&T, 67-56, in
Greensboro, N.C.
Instead, the loss ended
MSU’s own five-game
winning streak against the
MEAC, while advancing the
top ranked Lady Aggies to Courtesy Photos/MSU
a 14-7 overall record, 8-0 in Senior star Corin “Tiny” Adams recently set a new
the MEAC. MSU record with 359 steals.
Despite the loss, MSU
still had reason to celebrate
as senior star Corin “Tiny
“Adams was cited for
setting a new school record
with 359 career steals. The
native of Brooklyn, N.Y.,
also scored a team-high 16
points, along with seven
rebounds, matching the
outstanding performances
she put up last week. Adams
averaged 44 points, 10
rebounds, seven assists
and five steals in two wins
during the weekend.
Adams wasn’t the only
MSU player to shine.
Senior forward Kristina Senior forward Kristina Rosario was named MEAC
Rosario was named MEAC Defensive Player of the Week after recording 23 total
Defensive Player of the rebounds in two games played.
Week on Feb. 1 after
recording 23 total rebounds, the University of Maryland- attempt to bounce back from
a blocked shot and two steals Eastern Shore and Norfolk their loss when they host
that helped the Lady Bears State. Florida A&M University on
claim recent victories against The Lady Bears will now Feb. 6.

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Principal Items of work for this project are:
o Repair/replace handrail at twelve (12)
locations
o Install bearing pads beneath all post
base plates, seventy (70) locations
o Install new bolts at all post base plates,
two hundred eighty (280) locations
o Install expansion joints in existing
handrail, thirty two (32) locations
o Install new uni-strut system along with
u-bolts at locations identified on Contract
Drawings
o Blast and paint existing bridge bear-
ings, two (2) locations
o Replace cotter pin in bridge bearing,
one (1) location
o Install flexible chemical piping, one (1)
location
o Install 1-inch electrical conduit and relo-
cate electrical wiring located in the top
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The MBE goal is 0%
The WBE goal is 0%
WATER CONTRACT NO. 1178
APPROVED:
Bernice H. Taylor
Clerk, Board of Estimates
APPROVED:
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Director of Public Works
CITY OF BALTIMORE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
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dressed to the Board of Estimates of the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and
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HOUSING AUTHORITY OF BALTIMORE CITY
INVITATION FOR BIDS
PLUMBING SERVICES
IFB NUMBER: B-1610-10
The Housing Authority of Baltimore City
(”HABC”) will issue an Invitation for Bids
(”IFB”) for qualified and interested vendors
to submit sealed bids to provide design-build
plumbing services at forty-six (46) scattered
site dwelling units.
BIDS WILL BE DUE no later than 2:00 p.m.
Eastern Time on Wednesday, March 3,
2010.
A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held
on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 11:00
a.m., at the Charles L. Benton Building, 417
E. Fayette Street, Room 416, Baltimore,
Maryland, 21202.
HABC has established a minimum goal of
twenty percent (20%) of the total dollar
amount of the proposed contract for Minority
Business Enterprise (”MBE”) utilization, ap-
plicable to all minority and non-minority
businesses proposing to provide the re-
quested services as the prime contractor. No
goal has been established for participation of
Women-owned businesses (”WBEs”), how-
ever, HABC strongly encourages and affir-
matively promotes the use of WBEs in all
HABC contracts.
Responders shall also comply with all ap-
plicable requirements of Section 3 of the
Housing and Urban Development Act of
1968, 12 U.S.C. Section 1701u.
The IFB may be obtained on or after Tues-
day, February 9, 2010, at the following loca-
tion:
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Division of Fiscal Operations,
Purchasing Department
417 E. Fayette Street, Room 414
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
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Transportation Concession at Baltimore/Washington International Thur-
good Marshall Airport (BWI Marshall) for a period not to exceed four (4)
years.
All interested bidders are invited to attend a Pre-Bid Conference at 10
a.m. (Eastern Standard Time), February 24, 2010, in BWI Marshall´s
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however, attendance is not mandatory.
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or after February 10, 2010 at:
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of a check made payable to the ”Maryland Aviation Administration” and
must indicate ”Invitation for Bids No. MAA-IFB-10-005” on the check.
This payment will not be refunded. Overnight or express mail delivery
of the IFB specifications is only upon request and at the expense of the
bidders. MAA will not be responsible for late delivery of IFB
specifications.
Sealed bids will be received on behalf of MAA by the Director, Office of
Commercial Management, Maryland Aviation Administration, Third Floor,
Terminal Building, P.O. Box 8766, BWI Airport, MD 21240-0766. Bids
delivered in person or by express mail will be received by Director, Office
of Commercial Management, Third Floor, Terminal Building, BWI Airport
MD 21240-0766, until but not later than 4 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time),
April 14, 2010. MAA encourages Disadvantaged Business Enterprises
to respond to this solicitation.
Helen M. Tremont
Director
Office of Commercial Management

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March 17, 2010. Positively no bids will be
received after 11:00 A.M. Bids will be publicly
opened by the Board of Estimates in Room
215, City Hall at Noon.
The Contract Documents may be examined,
without charge, at the Department of Public
Works Service Center located on the first
floor of the Abel Wolman Municipal Building,
Chief of Contracting Services
Tel: (410) 396-3261 Fax: (410) 962-1586
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Questions regarding the IFB should be di-
rected in writing to the address and individual
indicated above, and must include the refer- Pen Pals
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of $100.00.
Conditions and requirements of the Bid
are found in the bid package.
All contractors bidding on this Contract must
first be prequalified by the City of Baltimore
Contractors Qualification Committee.
Interested parties should call 410-396-6883
or contact the Committee at Room 634,
Charles L. Benton Building, 417 E. Fayette
Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. If a bid
ELECTRICAL SERVICES
IFB NUMBER: B-1609-10
The Housing Authority of Baltimore City
(”HABC”) will issue an Invitation for Bids
(”IFB”) for qualified and interested vendors
to submit sealed bids to provide design-build
electrical services at forty-six (46) scattered
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is submitted by a joint venture (”JV”),
then in that event, the document that
established the JV shall be submitted with
the bid for verification purposes. The
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site dwelling units.
write to: Leonard Hawkins, #1144730,
BIDS WILL BE DUE no later than 2:00 p.m.
Eastern Time on Wednesday, March 3, 12352 Coffeewood Drive, Mitchells,
2010. VA 22729-2046.

Prequalification Category required for bidding
on this project is F02200 Earthwork and
Site Preparation.
Cost Qualification Range for this work shall
be $500,000.01 to $1,000,000.00
A ”Pre-Bidding Information” session will be
conducted at 2600 Madison Avenue, Bal-
timore, Maryland 21217 on Tuesday, Feb-
ruary 16, 2010 at 10:00 A.M.
Principal Items of work for this project are:
Demolition and Grading
The MBE goal is 18%
The WBE goal is 4%
CONTRACT NO. RP 07825
APPROVED:
Clerk, Board of Estimates
Bernice H. Taylor
APPROVED:
David E. Scott P.E.
Director of Public Works
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF BALTIMORE CITY
Request for Proposals (RFP)
Financial Audit Services
RFP Number: B-1604-10
The Housing Authority of Baltimore City
(”HABC”) will accept proposals from
interested and qualified firms of Certified
Public Accountants to audit its financial
statements for the fiscal year ending June
30, 2010 and at the option of HABC four (4)
subsequent (2011,2012,2013,2014) fiscal
years. These audits are to be performed in
accordance with Generally Accepted Audit-
ing Standards set forth in the U.S. General
Accounting Office, ”Government Auditing
Standards” (1994 Revision), and OMB A-133
Compliance Supplement, the Single Audit
Act Amendments (SSA) of 1996, the
American Institute of CPAs (AICPA)
Statement of Position (SOP) number 98-3
issued March 17, 1998 and the PIH Compli-
ance Supplement.
PROPOSALS WILL BE DUE no later than
2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, March
22, 2010.
A non-mandatory pre-proposal conference
will be held on Monday, February 22, 2010
at 10:00 a.m. in the Charles L. Benton
Building, 417 E. Fayette Street, Room 416,
Baltimore, Maryland, 21202.
A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held
on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 10:00
a.m., at the Charles L. Benton Building, 417
E. Fayette Street, Room 416, Baltimore,
Maryland, 21202.
HABC has established a minimum goal of
twenty percent (20%) of the total dollar
amount of the proposed contract for Minority
Business Enterprise (”MBE”) utilization, ap-
plicable to all minority and non-minority
businesses proposing to provide the re-
quested services as the prime contractor. No
goal has been established for participation of
Women-owned businesses (”WBEs”), how-
ever, HABC strongly encourages and affir-
matively promotes the use of WBEs in all
HABC contracts.
Responders shall also comply with all ap-
plicable requirements of Section 3 of the
Housing and Urban Development Act of
1968, 12 U.S.C. Section 1701u.
The IFB may be obtained on or after Tues-
day, February 9, 2010, at the following loca-
tion:
Housing Authority of Baltimore City
Division of Fiscal Operations,
Purchasing Department
417 E. Fayette Street, Room 414
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Attention: John Airey,
Chief of Contracting Services
Tel: (410) 396-3261 Fax: (410) 962-1586
Questions regarding the IFB should be di-
rected in writing to the address and individual
indicated above, and must include the refer-
ence: HABC IFB Number B-1609-10.
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF BALTIMORE CITY
INVITATION FOR BIDS
HVAC SERVICES
IFB NUMBER: B-1611-10
The Housing Authority of Baltimore City
(”HABC”) will issue an Invitation for Bids
(”IFB”) for qualified and interested vendors
to submit sealed bids to provide design-build
HVAC services at forty-six (46) scattered site
dwelling units.
BIDS WILL BE DUE no later than 2:00 p.m.
Eastern Time on Wednesday, March 3,
2010.
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want printed in the space below. Enclose
ten dollars ($10.00), check or money
order for 25 words. NO CASH PLEASE.
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Motor Vehicle
Administration
Customer Agent I and
Drivers License Agent I
Closing Date:
2/16/2010
www.marylandmva.com
Labor Representative. You must have at least 5 years exper-
ience in arbitrations, negotiations public and private sectors
and organizing. Act as advisor to assigned locals; establish
coalitions, lobby at local and State level. Must have working
car and valid driver´s license. Minorities are encouraged to
apply. Starting salary low $40,000 along with an excellent
benefit package.Send resume to: dhandy@afscme67.org.
Director of Organizing with 5 years experience in external and
internal labor union campaigns and supervision. Knowledge of
public employee labor laws. Travel limited to State of Maryland.
Must have working car and valid driver´s license. Minorities
are encouraged to apply. Salary is negotiable, excellent benefit
package. Send resume to: dhandy@afscme67.org.
Our Comptroller is looking for an energetic person with an eye
for numbers to assist with normal accounting procedures. This
individual should have excellent communications skills along
with 2/3 years knowledge of QuickBooks and Excel with some
knowledge of Access. Must be self-starter and reliable
transportation. Working hours 10-3pm, Monday, Wednesday
and Friday, minorities are encouraged to apply. This position
requires you to take a pre-qualification test. Send resume and
references along with salary requirements to: bkriss@
afscme67.org.
Administrator for Labor Union. Supervise staff; oversee admin-
istrative functions; draft speeches; research and write legisla-
tion, position papers; coordinate and train; lobby State and
local level; monitor quality and efficiency of staff work; approve
expenses. Experience in arbitrations, negotiations and
organizing a must. Must have working car and valid driver´s
license. Minorities are encouraged to apply. Send resume to:
dhandy@afscme67.org.
Organizer with 5 years experience in external and internal labor
union campaigns. Knowledge of public employee labor laws.
Travel limited to State of Maryland. Must have working car and
valid driver´s license. Minorities are encouraged to apply.
Starting salary high $30,000 along with an excellent benefit
package. Send resume to: dhandy@afscme67.org.

HABC has established a minimum goal of

twenty percent (20%) of the total dollar
amount of the proposed contract for Minority
Business Enterprise (”MBE”) utilization, ap-
plicable to all minority and non-minority
businesses proposing to provide the re-
quested services as the prime contractor. No
goal has been established for participation of
Women-owned businesses (”WBEs”), how-
ever, HABC strongly encourages and affir-
matively promotes the use of WBEs in all
HABC contracts.
Bidders shall also comply with all applicable
requirements of Section 3 of the Housing and
Urban Development Act of 1968, 12 U.S.C.
Section 1701u.
The RFP and all supporting documents may
be obtained on or after Monday, February 8,
2010, from the following location:
Housing Authority of Baltimore City
Division of Fiscal Operations,
Procurement Department
417 E. Fayette Street, Room 414
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Attention: John Airey,
Chief of Contracting Services
Tel: (410) 396-3261 Fax: (410) 962-1586
Questions regarding the RFP should be di-
rected in writing to the address and individual
indicated above, and must include the refer-
ence: HABC RFP B-1604-10.
A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held
on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 12:00
p.m., at the Charles L. Benton Building, 417
E. Fayette Street, Room 416, Baltimore,
Maryland, 21202.
HABC has established a minimum goal of
twenty percent (20%) of the total dollar
amount of the proposed contract for Minority
Business Enterprise (”MBE”) utilization, ap-
plicable to all minority and non-minority
businesses proposing to provide the re-
quested services as the prime contractor. No
goal has been established for participation of
Women-owned businesses (”WBEs”), how-
ever, HABC strongly encourages and affir-
matively promotes the use of WBEs in all
HABC contracts.
Responders shall also comply with all ap-
plicable requirements of Section 3 of the
Housing and Urban Development Act of
1968, 12 U.S.C. Section 1701u.
The IFB may be obtained on or after Tues-
day, February 9, 2010, at the following loca-
tion:
Housing Authority of Baltimore City
Division of Fiscal Operations,
Purchasing Department
417 E. Fayette Street, Room 414
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Attention: John Airey,
Chief of Contracting Services
Tel: (410) 396-3261 Fax: (410) 962-1586
Questions regarding the IFB should be di-
rected in writing to the address and individual
indicated above, and must include the refer-
ence: HABC IFB Number B-1611-10.
MARYLAND PORT ADMINISTRATION
OPEN UNTIL FILLED RECRUITMENT
Administrator V (Manager of Minority Business Enterprise & Fair Practices)
Compensation: $51,627 - $82,892 (Grade 20) commensurate with experience
Excellent benefits package
Duties: This position will primarily be responsible for directing and administering the MPA
Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) program which includes developing procedures,
supervising and directing a staff to assure compliance with applicable State and Federal
MBE regulations, coordinating the Agency outreach efforts to MBE communities, obtaining,
increasing, and appropriately handling minority and female business contract participation,
assisting in the resolution of contracting issues involving MBEs, ensuring the timely
submission of all required MBE program reports and information, and preparing annual
statistical reports on MBE activities. Other responsibilities will include but are not limited
to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and the Affirmative Action (AA) Programs; the
selected candidate will also ensure that the Governor´s Code of Fair Practices is followed
and, implements state and federal non-discrimination laws. This is an Executive Service
position serving at the pleasure of the Appointing Authority.
Minimum Qualification: For position qualifications, visit
http://www.marylandports.com/hr or call (410) 385-4543. Qualified applicants please
submit your TSHRS DTS-1 application to: SUBMIT DTS-1 application, resume, along
with a cover letter to: Human Resources Department, Maryland Port Administration,
401 East Pratt Street, Suite 253, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, ATTN: Administrator V
(Manager of Minority Business Enterprise & Fair Practices).
Applicant can also apply directly online by accessing the following web address:
https://jobs.mdot.state.md.us TSHRS DTS-1 (MDOT) employment applications can be
obtained by accessing http://www.marylandtransportation.com/Employment/application or
by calling our Job Hotline at (410) 385-4456. Call 711 for MD Relay Service.
EEO/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/ADA EMPLOYER
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