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It’s Official: Dr. Wilson Takes
Helm at Morgan State
NPR Stands behind
Juan Williams Firing
Williams Gets Expanded Role at Fox News Louder than Words
By Gregory Dale
AFRO Staff Writer
National Public Radio’s
chief executive said, Oct. 24,
that while she could have
handled the Juan Williams’
termination better, she does
not regret the decision.
“While we stand firmly
behind that decision, I regret
that we did not take the
time to better prepare our
messaging and to provide you
with the tools to cope with
the fallout from this episode,”
CEO Vivian Schiller said in a
memo to NPR staff.
Williams, a longtime
NPR news analyst, was fired
two days after claiming that
Muslims make him “nervous”
and “worried” on planes in
comments on Fox News’
“The O’Reilly Factor” on Oct.
20. The statements came after
the show’s host Bill O’Reilly
asked if the U.S. was facing a
“Muslim dilemma.”
“Look Bill, I’m not a bigot,”
Williams responded. “You
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O’Malley: Actions Are
Poised to Take Maryland to a Bright Future
By AFRO Staff
Probably the most important race in
Maryland this election is the governorship.
With the national – and the state’s –
economy continuing to lag, never before
has there been a greater need for strong
leadership with vision and sensitivity.
It is for this reason the AFRO American
Newspapers endorses Gov. Martin
O’Malley.
With the national economy struggling
to recover from the devastation that
has crippled many state governments,
Gov. O’Malley demonstrated leadership
AP Photo/Richard Drew
during his first term in office that resulted
News analyst Juan Williams appears on the “Fox &
in Maryland holding its own. Because
Friends” television program in New York, Oct. 21.
during his first year O’Malley had the
Williams, who has written extensively on race and civil
foresight to make an unpopular move (at
rights in the U.S., has been fired by National Public Radio
that time) – calling a special legislative
after comments he made about Muslims on Fox News
session to address the state’s structural
Channel’s “The O’Reilly Factor.”
deficit – Maryland weathered the recession
better than most states. It is one of only
know the kind of books I’ve I think, you know, they are eight states maintaining a triple-A bond
written about the civil rights Muslims, I get worried. I get rating and is reported as one of only three
movement in this country. nervous.” states that will grow their economy this Photo by John Moore
But when I get on the plane, I NPR announced that year. Maryland also has an unemployment Under Gov. Martin O’Malley’s leadership the
got to tell you, if I see people state has weathered the recession far better
who are in Muslim garb and Continued on A3 Continued on A4 than most states.
By Talibah Chikwendu He doesn’t claim it will be easy or that
AFRO Executive Editor results will come immediate or even quickly.
“I’m grateful the president acted as quickly
As the race for the State House winds to a and courageously as he did,” he said,
close – with less than a week to Election Day referring to the federal stimulus dollars that
– time for Gov. Martin O’Malley is whizzing flowed to the state for a variety of initiatives.
by. He’s almost daily crisscrossing the state, Acknowledging that money was not intended
talking with voters and still attending to his to permanently sustain the state and that CONGRESS OF THE
UNITED STATES House of Delegates
job as governor. Maryland was able to stretch those dollars to
Sitting down to his first meal out of the last impact the economic picture here for a longer 40th District,
Senate Baltimore City
10 to be eaten somewhere other than in the period of time, he said economic recovery was Barbara Mikulski, Shawn Z. Tarrant
car, he was tired, but focused and enthusiastic more stubborn than expected. “There’s going Maryland Frank M. Conaway Jr.
about the future of the state. “These next two to be tough days ahead,” he said. “There’s a
decades can be Maryland’s decades,” he said, change that is coming as the recession comes House of Representatives
41st District,
“if we make the right choices that allow us to to a close and our president moves us out of
3rd District, Maryland Baltimore City
make this transition to the new economy and this ditch – and winners of that change will John Sarbanes Jill Carter
be one of the winners in the new economy.” Continued on A4 Samuel Rosenberg
7th District, Maryland
Ken Oliver Vows to Continue
Elijah Cummings
43rd District,
Baltimore City
Forging Partnerships
MARYLAND Curt Anderson
Mary “Maggie” McIntosh
Governor Mary Washington
Martin O'Malley
By Sean A. Stinnett 44th District,
Special to the AFRO
Attorney General Baltimore City
Douglas Gansler Keith Haynes
Two-term Councilman Kenneth N. Oliver Mitchell Keiffer
Comptroller Melvin Stukes
muscled past Julian Jones by 98 votes in Peter Franchot
last month’s primary election, to claim the Baltimore County
Democratic nomination of Baltimore County’s Baltimore City
Fourth District. Oliver is ready to prove, once
County Executive
State's Attorney Kevin Kamenetz
again, that he is the man for the job and will Gregg Bernstein
continue to improve his community. 4th District
Oliver is the only African American on the Clerk of the Circuit Court Julian E. Jones Jr.
seven-member council, and has represented the Frank M. Conaway Sr. (Write In)
minority district since 2002.
There was no Republican challenger in the Maryland Senate Maryland Senate
race and it was thought the primary winner 40th District 10th District
would serve on the council. However, Oliver’s Catherine Pugh Delores Kelley
seat was the closet council primary in the
county and Oliver’s closest opponent, Julian 43rd District House of Delegates
Joan Carter Conway
Jones, has elected to continue the race by 10th District,
running as a write-in candidate. “It is his right 44th District Baltimore County
to run as a write-in candidate. That’s all I have Verna Jones Emmett Burns
to say,” Oliver said. Adrienne Jones
Courtesy Photo Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
“My record speaks for itself with the many 45th District
Councilman Kenneth Oliver prevailed
accomplishments I have made for this district.” Nathaniel McFadden
over opponent Julian Jones by 98 votes
Continued on A5 in the Democratic primary.
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Decades Later, Clarence Thomas’ Wife Seeks Apology –
But, A New Woman Emerges
Nineteen years after Anita Hill
accused her former boss at the
Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, now-Supreme Court
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas,
of making sexual comments, she
received what appeared to be a
mysterious voicemail allegedly
from Thomas’ wife rekindling the
incident. “Good morning Anita
Hill. It’s Ginny Thomas,” the Oct.
9 message said, according to ABC AP Photo
News. “I just want to reach across Virginia Thomas and
the airwaves and the years and ask husband Supreme Court
you to consider something. I would Associate Justice Clarence
love you to consider an apology
Thomas.
sometime and some full explanation
of why you did what you did with
my husband. So give it some thought and certainly pray about this and
come to understand why you did what you did. OK, have a good day.”
Hill, now teaching law at Brandeis University in Massachusetts,
said she initially thought the call was a prank and forwarded the
message to campus police. But when a reporter from an ABC News
affiliate sent an e-mail to Virginia Thomas, the identity of the voice was
confirmed as that of the Supreme Court justice’s wife.
“I did place a call to Ms. Hill at her office extending an olive branch
to her after all these years, in hopes that we could ultimately get past
what happened so long ago,” Thomas wrote in an e-mail response.
“That offer still stands, I would be very happy to meet and talk with her
if she would be willing to do the same. Certainly no offense was ever
intended.”
Hill told ABC News, “I don’t apologize. I have no intention of
apologizing, and I stand by my testimony in 1991.”
Meanwhile, an ex-girlfriend of Thomas, former assistant U.S.
attorney and Senate Judiciary Committee counsel Lillian McEwen, told
The Washington Post that Hill’s claims are not unfounded.
“He (Thomas) was always actively watching the women he worked
with to see if they could be potential partners,” McEwen, 65, told the
Post. “It was a hobby of his.”
She added, “He was obsessed with porn. He would talk about what
he had seen in magazines and films, if there was something worth
noting.”
McEwen, who did not testify during Thomas’ 1991 Senate Judiciary
Committee hearings, said she hopes her revelations will help push sales
of her memoirs.
Virginia Schools Pull Textbook Citing Black Confederate
Soldiers
Loudon County, Va. schools have pulled a textbook that incorrectly
claims thousands of Black troops fought with the Confederacy. The
Virginia Education Department warned schools about the mistakes so
teachers could alert students when teaching the Civil War chapter, “Our
Virginia: Past and Present.”
“Thousands of Southern blacks fought in the Confederate ranks,
including two black battalions under the
command of Stonewall Jackson,” the
questionable passage reads. 
Carol Sheriff, whose child is a
fourth-grade student in Virginia schools,
discovered the error. Sheriff is a history
teacher at the College of William and
Mary and said while some Blacks
defended slave owners, there were no
Black soldiers in the Confederacy.
The textbook’s author, Joy Masoff,
said the passage was an error. Courtesy Imag
e
Memorial Service Set for Slain Pace U. Student
A memorial service has been set for Pace University football player
Danroy “D.J.” Henry on what would have been his 21st birthday, Oct.
29. Days before the service, Henry’s friends remembered the spirited
sports star’s spirituality and kindness.
“D.J. had a strong belief in guardian angels,” said Chantele Hosein,
one of his close friends, in an interview with BlackAmericaWeb.
com. “ One day before a police officer killed Henry, Hosein said she
spoke with him about a tattoo she was designing that included an
angel, a football, his jersey number, 12, and praying hands with his
mother’s name underneath.  “I’ve completed the artwork now,” Hosein
continued.
Christopher Cory, executive director
of public information at Pace, said
students and staff have been moved by
the popular student’s death. Friends
of the Massachusetts native say police
were responding to a disturbance call
and shot Henry while he moved his car
out of a parking lane.
 “The depth of emotion being shown
Courtesy Photo by the students is impressive,” Cory told
Danroy Henry BlackAmericaWeb.com.
NAACP Ties Tea Party to Hate Groups
The NAACP says it can document connections between the tea
party and racial hate groups in America.
The report, titled “Tea Party Nationalism,” which was written by the
Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights with the support
of the NAACP, was released Oct. 19 and claims that various groups use
tea party events as platforms to push their racist views and ideals.
“We at the NAACP believe that a majority of tea party supporters are
sincere, principled people with basic good will,” NAACP President
Benjamin Jealous told reporters Oct. 19. “[But] we do have a
problem when prominent tea party members who have direct ties to
organizations [to racist groups] are allowed to use tea party events to
recruit people for those White supremacist groups. We have a problem
when tea party members offend Congress people with racial epithets
or vicious slurs or spit on them. And most importantly, we have a
problem with a majority of the tea party staying silent and not loudly
condemning that sort of behavior.”
As examples of the tea party’s alleged affiliation with racists and
anti-Semites the report cites an invitation by Dale Robertson, chairman
of the 1776 tea party – a faction of the National Tea Party – to Martin
“Red” Beckman to appear as a guest on the Tea Party Radio Hour.
According to the report, Beckman employs anti-Semitic rhetoric in his
advocacy of the establishment of citizen militias.

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Sojourner-Douglass College Fights for Oldtown

by Shernay Williams
AFRO Staff Writer
Oldtown, a predominately
Black community located just
east of downtown Baltimore, will
soon undergo redevelopment. But
stakeholders at the nearby commuter
institution Sojourner-Douglass
College say they are doing whatever
it takes to ensure the scheme won’t
lead to more gentrification in the
city.
The college has challenged the
city’s Planning Commission to
place as “much value on human
capital development” and resident
economic stability as it does on
“bricks and mortar development.”
The commission approved the
group’s master plan for Oldtown
last May. Their next hurdle is
endorsement by the City Council.
Proposals call for reconstruction
of the once industrious Oldtown
mall in the Gay Street area,
development of two new structures
on Fayette Street and several
energy-efficient residential homes
including the former Somerset
Homes.
To see the project to fruition,
Sojourner-Douglass officials
have organized the Change4Real
Coalition, comprised of 150
Oldtown church, business and
community leaders that will serve
as watchdogs for the redevelopment
design.
John Morris, dean of
Sojourner’s newly formed School
of Urban Planning and Community
Development, says, as a supplement
to the city’s building reconstruction,
the school will employ strategies
to increase employment and home
ownership among current Oldtown
residents.
He wants the neighborhood
to experience an “economic
renaissance,” which he says can be
accomplished through the school’s
proposed health clinic, hotel,
weatherization curriculum and other
opportunities.
“Our goal is to help residents
increase their income so they can
afford their homes as the values
(from new renovations) go up
around them,” said Morris.
Sojourner’s leaders are trying
“something different in Oldtown,”
the school’s president Charles W.
Simmons wrote in correspondence
to the AFRO.
“[Our goal is to] eradicate
poverty…not by forcing the
poor residents out, while making
unrealistic promises of a ‘mixed-
income’ development, but through
workable strategies to increase
employment, per capita income and
home ownership for the current
residents so they can remain
realistically after Oldtown is
developed.”
And according to the school’s
polling data of 246 residents and
frequent traffickers of Oldtown, Courtesy photo
most desire to remain in the area John Morris, dean of Sojourner Douglass’ School of Urban Planning
after reconstruction. and Community Development, presents his Oldtown findings to the
“What we found was a Change4Real Coalition.
tremendous willingness for people
to talk,” said Kareem Aziz, the That’s almost six times less than numbers.
administrator who managed the the predominantly White Locust “This model from poverty to
survey. “It produced something that Point and over three times less than affluence will be significant and
was valuable beyond the statistics; it residents in nearby Canton. groundbreaking,” said Morris. “And
was a reflection of people’s dreams Further, only about 6 percent of to make this work, we have to stay
for their community.” Oldtown residents own their homes. committed to the area.”
But statistics are dire. The Of Oldtown’s 5,700 residents, about The school will dedicate at least
per capita income of Oldtown’s 94 percent are Black. 15 years to wiping out poverty in
Black residents is just $7, 024.36, Sojourner-Douglass leaders their school’s backyard, Simmons
according to the 2000 census. say their plan will reverse these says.

O’Malley: Actions Are Louder than Words

Continued from A1
rate below the national average and twice the
national rate of job creation. Plus with this
week’s announcement of an agreement being
reached between Constellation Energy Group
and EDF on the development of the Calvert
Cliffs 3 project, reportedly thousands of jobs
will now be created.
To help more Maryland students go to
college, he’s frozen college tuition at state
schools for the last four years and increased
operating and capital funding to historically
Black colleges and universities by 37 percent.
In spite of the commendable
accomplishments, we would nevertheless like
to see Gov. O’Malley take a more aggressive
stand against the duplication of higher
education programs in the historically Black
colleges and universities, which started during
the Ehrlich governorship. A large percentage
of our community relies on HBCUs as the sole
source for its higher education. We believe the
continued allowance of the existing duplication
places HBCUs at a substantial disadvantage
– indeed jeopardizes the future educational
opportunities of our children.
When considering former Gov. Ehrlich’s
candidacy, we are not convinced that the same
level of sensitivity exists with respect to the
issues important to the Black community.
When we looked at the successes Ehrlich
offers to demonstrate his commitment to the
African-American community – appointments
and HBCU capital funding – these are
commendable, but we view them as merely
cosmetic actions in comparison to some of the election should be cast for candidates whose
more important issues - jobs, graduation rates, demonstrated past actions best address the
etc - currently facing our community. And important needs of our community.
while we do not judge him only by the party While O’Malley is not perfect – he
he chooses to represent, we cannot ignore it, needs to take more responsibility for how
despite his requests to be judged solely on his damaging his zero-tolerance program was
actions. While departing from the Republican to the Black community when he was
script on some issues, he has not convinced Baltimore’s mayor – his actions as governor
us he is really different from the party he has convincingly demonstrate he is the better of
always chosen to be associated with. the two candidates. For the reasons outlined,
The Black community is entitled to more we encourage everyone to participate in the
than just a prospective “trust me” pitch in election and to cast your ballot for the team of
return for its vote. We believe our votes in this O’Malley/Brown.
Moving Forward
Continued from A1
be those states that improve NSA’s Cyber Command in to a discussion about slots.
upon the talents, skills and Maryland. “They are important dollars.
education levels of their Talking more about public I would love to have those
people.” education, Gov. O’Malley dollars,” said O’Malley. “But
Maryland should said, “Our kids are not I’d rather do it right than do it
come out ahead, he said, disappointing us.” Adding right now.”
because his administration that they are responding to He added that while
has been making those increased improvements in gaming revenue was added
offensive moves needed be education by delivering test to a list of solutions to the
ready. Among those are: scores and achievements state’s budget issues during
increased investment in levels that are at an all-time the special legislative session
public education, freezing high, he emphasized the held his first year in office, “it
college tuition four years need to continue improving, was only a part.”
in a row, hitting an all-time because Maryland’s children Getting people to work
high in minority business have to compete globally. generates revenue also and
development dollars, moving As always it comes down O’Malley is working on
up in the bio-technology to money. And how
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opportunity. He said this year
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creation year since 2000,
adding 36,400 new jobs. But
that in that same period of
time, the state lost 79,000.

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the area. The expansion of
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Even homes that don’t use gas could experience bigger ships that will be able
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contact believes
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state is moving in the right
direction, which seems to be
his prevailing message. He
said, “The future is always in
front of us. ... You’ve got to
create a new day.”

Gov. Martin O’Malley accepted the endorsement of the Interdenominational Ministerial
Alliance on Oct. 26. Shown with the governor, from left, are: Kevin Kamenetz, candidate
for Baltimore County executive; Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown; the Rev. William Calhoun; the
Rev. Alvin Gwynn, president of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance; the Rev.
Vince Mercer; the Rev. S. M. Bright and the Rev.Willie Ray.
IMA Endorses O’Malley for Governor
By Talibah Chikwendu
AFRO Executive Editor
The Interdenominational
Ministerial Alliance, a
network of more than
200 Baltimore ministers
from predominantly Black
congregations, endorsed
the O’Malley-Brown
campaign Oct. 26. Members
of the group held a brief
ceremony with the governor
and lieutenant governor at
Friendship Baptist Church.
IMA President Rev. Dr.
Alvin J. Gwyn, pastor of
Friendship Baptist Church,
announced the decision of
the group while sharing a bit
of the organization’s history,
speaking about the 75 years
of service “in the struggle for
human right and equality”
and his perspective on the
community’s current needs.
“We are convinced these
perilous and uncertain
times in which we now
live,” he said, “gives rise
to the necessity of strong,
determined and moral
leadership. We are in
Oliver
Continued from A1
During his term, Oliver
has worked hard in building
strong relationships and
community partnerships.
“It’s important to continue to
build strong relationships with
community leaders, citizens
and elected officials,” he said.
He listed his
accomplishments:
* Brokering relationships
between the Community
College of Baltimore County
and Northwest Hospital to
initiate continuing education
classes in Randallstown High
School;
* Built Windsor
Mill Middle School and
expansions to Cedar and
Dogwood Elementary
Schools in an effort to relieve
overcrowding;
* Added approximately
7,000 square feet to the
Woodlawn Library;
* Repairs to elementary
and middle schools in the
Fourth District;
* Revitalized the old
Randallstown Giant Food
store into office building; and
* Facilitated the opening
of the Woodlawn Senior
Center and the Randallstown
Police Sub-Station.
Oliver added that he is a
member of the Democratic
State Central Committee,
Hannah More School Board,
Northwest Hospital Center
Board, Board of Waterworks
and Waste Systems Operation,
Baltimore County Private
Industry Council and
Baltimore County Leadership
Alumni Group. “As you
can see, I have been very
impressive over the years
with these community
relationships,” he said.
The Fourth District
includes Woodlawn,
Randallstown, Owings Mills,
Reisterstown and the Security
Boulevard corridor.
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October
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desperate need of political capable to meet the challenge
leadership that embraces of taking us forward into a
moral concepts and guarding brighter and more responsible
virtues in order to combat the future.”
selfish greed and disrespect Thanking the group,
for human rights that now O’Malley said, “It’s an honor
plagues our country.” to have the support of these
Saying the IMA’s record distinguished men and women
of accomplishment provides of God, and I’m humbled
the moral justification for by their faith and trust in the
the organization’s position, lieutenant governor and me.
Gwyn added, “Governor In this challenging economy,
Martin O’Malley has been a we’ve fought to maintain
consistent partner with the our shared priorities, even
faith community in helping us in the toughest of times, of
to resolve and eliminate the providing those core services
problems that have hindered to our neighbors in need.
the growth and progress in When it comes to protecting
education needs, affordable these priorities, creating
housing, small business jobs and delivering results,
concerns, crime prevention we much continue to move
and fiscal responsibility. “ forward over the next four
On the heels of that years.”
statement, Gwyn issued the Other speakers during
IMA’s endorsement. “We the event were the Rev.
endorse him as he continues William Calhoun and Lt. Gov.
to demonstrate that he is Anthony Brown.
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Community Church Coalition Rallies for Jobs

On Oct. 27, Community Churches
United for Baltimore Jobs demanded the
Center LLC to implement a Community
Workforce Agreement with the following
developer of Baltimore’s State Center provisions:
Baltimore Omegas Host Annual project hear the community’s cry for job
opportunities. The faith-based alliance
- Goal of 50 percent Baltimore city
residents with aggressive recruitment from

Howard L. Cornish Awards wants to ensure that workers in the

community have the opportunity to work
on the project where the developer is
the communities directly affected by the
project
- Goal for apprentices and new entry-
receiving millions of dollars in tax breaks level workers to be 20 percent of total
The Pi Omega Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and state support. “We have members of workforce
will host the Howard L. Cornish Humanitarian Awards our communities who are willing and able Community Churches United for
Nov. 13 at the Forum Caterers. The organization’s to work and should not be left out of the Baltimore Jobs is a faith-based alliance
Achievement Week/ Founders’ Day Program is an annual conversations with the developers of the comprised of five congregations whose
event honoring individuals and organizations who’ve State Center Project,” said Rev. Dr. Alvin goal is to uplift the community by helping
made an impact in the Baltimore community through C. Hathaway Sr. in a press statement. residents attain their full potential through
“We need written measurable workforce job training and spiritual guidance.
public service or social action programs.
agreements included in the construction
Established in 1979, the Howard L. Cornish contracts generated
Award honors the Omega Psi Phi member’s life and by the building of this
commitment to humanitarian service in Baltimore.
Mrs. Santa
huge project within our
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity was founded in 1911 at community. We have
Howard University and is one of the largest men’s hundreds of workers who
Photo by Bill Tabron
Cameron Miles, director
of Mentoring Male Teens
organizations in the world.
The program begins at 1 p.m., and tickets are $30. For
more information, visit piomega.org.
have reached out to us who
are willing to be trained to
work on this $1.5 billion
Campaign
project, right in their own
in the Hood, is among the An AFRO Angel wants to help
community.”
2010 Howard L. Cornish make your Christmas merry by
Community Churches
Award recipients.
United for Baltimore providing food, toys, and clothes
Jobs is calling on State for your family. If you would like

Exhibit Honors Teachers’ Advocate Walter S. Mills

Mrs. Santa to help, please send
a request and provide us with
In honor of Walter S. court case was successfully changed the way teachers
specific information on your
Mills, an educator who argued by attorney and were paid to his lifelong family and the help you need.
advocated for Black teachers Maryland native Thurgood commitment to service and
in Anne Arundel County, Marshall, bringing an end to the Annapolis community. No telephone calls,
the Banneker-Douglass unequal pay for teachers in This exhibition will include no faxes and no email
Museum in Annapolis will Anne Arundel County, and rarely seen photos, objects,
host an exhibition featuring eventually the entire state of
will be accepted.
and documents in the process
documents, pictures and Maryland. of telling the life story of
other artifacts from the This exhibition explores Walter Mills. Mail all letters to:
Maryland native’s life. Walter Mills' pursuit of Mrs. Santa Campaign
The exhibit takes
The exhibit, “Shaping education and fight for the c/o Afro-American Newspapers
place Oct. 31, 1-3 p.m., at
History Through Service: rights of others from his 2519 N. Charles St.
Courtesy Photo Banneker-Douglass Museum,
The Walter S. Mills Story,” Walter S. Mills childhood and his career Baltimore, MD 21218
takes viewers back to 1939 teaching and serving 84 Franklin St., Annapolis,
Md. For more information Include your contact information.
when Mills, a teacher at African-American teachers to as principal at Parole
Parole Elementary School
in Annapolis, fought for
receive the same pay rate as
their White counterparts. The
Elementary School through
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and to RSVP call 410-216-
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Deadline:
November 12th, 2010
Coppin Breaks Ground with Solar Technology
By Shernay Williams software COMSOL and the online software
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is really fantastic and encouraging for our
A year after opening Coppin State university to achieve such exciting results,”
University’s first nanotechnology research said Dr. Uddin. “It was a surprising discovery
center, a science professor and his research and now we are excited to proceed with
team are making history for simulating the further research in nanotechnology.” Dr.
most efficient solar energy cells in the world. Uddin and five additional student researchers
Natural sciences professor Dr. Jamal Uddin will continue nanotech simulation with the
and five undergraduate student researchers hope of manipulating 50 percent of solar cells
have modeled nearly 4 percent more efficient by December 2010.
solar cells than Spectrolab, the Boeing Co. The university’s 1-year-old
based in California that held the title for Nanotechnology Research Center is a
most cells simulated since 2006. Coppin’s product of the $89,000 Maryland Technology
research includes creating cells that act Development Corp. (TEDCO) grant the
as rechargeable batteries for night vision school received July 2009. On Oct. 26, the
goggles used by soldiers at war.
Coppin’s group has simulated 43.4
Coppin research team will present their
findings to renowned nanotech scientists,
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Opinion
Our Right - and Our Reason - to Vote I will never forget Election
Day 2002 – nor will I ever
stop fighting to defeat the
political forces that would
stoop to intimidation or
trickery.
Back in 2002, I arrived
at my local voting place,
preparing to vote in the
governor’s race. As I walked
toward the school, they
handed me this beautiful,
glossy piece of campaign
literature. It looked better
Rep. Elijah E.
than any brochure that I had
Cummings
ever produced, and I said
to myself, “Boy this is a wonderful photo. There’s my pastor
and [then-Housing and Urban Development Secretary] Mel
Martinez, [former Baltimore delegate] Tony Fulton and me.”
Then, I saw Robert Ehrlich in the picture with us, along
with the words, “Democrats for Ehrlich.”
That campaign literature was a lie – and, even today, I cannot
fully express the anger that I felt in response to that trickery.
I had been one the biggest supporters of Kathleen Kennedy
Townsend, Bob Ehrlich’s Democratic opponent in that 2002
election. So, when I discovered the fraud, I immediately went
on the radio and television with the truth. To set my neighbors
straight, I publicly denounced the dirty trick that the Ehrlich
campaign was trying to play on our community. I vowed to
myself that I would do everything in my power to assure that
we never would be defrauded or victimized again.
The fires to protect our vote still burn deep inside of me.
My great-great-grandfather, Mr. Scipio Rhame, was born
a slave. Yet, during Reconstruction –just three years after his
slavery had ended – he had the courage to be among the first
of our people to register and vote in the Second Precinct of
Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.
I often think fondly of Scipio Rhame, marveling at his
determination to do the right thing back in 1868 despite the
All-Male High School Would Help City’s Forgotten Boys, Men
Re-establishing an all-
male academic city high
school that’s open to all races
and ethnicities is one way
school officials could address
the severe educational and
social crisis decimating
Baltimore’s Black boys and
men.
Opening such a school,
which should include night
and weekend GED and
college-level classes, is a
concrete response to the
Paul Evans looming catastrophe for the
community’s broader social
fabric if the high school graduation rate for the city’s Black
males continues to decline.
“Fewer than half of all Black males nationwide graduate
from high school according to a new report, which paints
a grim picture of the current state of education for African-
American males,” the AFRO noted in August. “The findings
are part of The 2010 Schott 50 State Report on Black Males
in Public Education. According to the report, only 47 percent
of Black males graduated from high school in the 2007-2008
school year, compared to 78 percent for White males. While
the disparity is alarming, the authors of the report said they
believe it’s not due to Black males’ intellectual abilities. …
Locally, Baltimore City has a [Black male] graduation rate of
35 percent, Washington, D.C. lists a rate of 41 percent, Prince
George’s County has a rate of 55 percent, and Baltimore
County has a rate of 67 percent.”
This column is a call for a focused community discussion
leading to a broadly supported request for implementation
to the School Board and Dr. Andrés A. Alonso, city schools
superintendent. Support from city, state, and federal elected
Black Agenda Rebuttal
The “Black Agenda” statement (“Black City Stakeholders
Submit Platform,” AFRO 10/22/10) is an OK document with
nice ideas, but it certainly is not a Black legislative agenda.
Its eventual historic impact will probably be measured more
by how much space it took up in this week’s paper than
how, in any way, it improved the lives of Blacks in the City
of Baltimore or the state. The language is too broad and is
woefully lacking in state law specifics. The process did not
appear to be transparent nor was it open beyond a select
few; how many residents of Division Street were invited to
participate? What about Wheeler Avenue? It also seems to me
that the discussion of the statement on the radio should have
been done before the document was finalized, not after. Another
question I have is why is the agenda just for the gubernatorial
candidates? The concept of a Black legislative agenda needs
to be prepared for every member of the Maryland General
Assembly because that is where the laws of this state are
proposed and passed.    have been a Republican.
Now to some of the specific shortcomings of the document
itself:
Congressional/Legislative Redistricting: (“Provide
necessary additional support to guarantee clarity on the details
of the redistricting plan.”) What does this mean? New, prettier
maps? A website? What? Also, what about the district itself?
Do you want a 60:40 Black/non-Black split? 70:30? There are
no specifics.
Economic Inclusion: (“The appointment of African
Americans to viable positions with budgetary responsibility,”
“Ensuring participation...”) Again, no specifics. What
positions? What percentage deems the assurance of
participation?
October 30, 2010 - November 5, 2010, The Afro-American
personal danger that he must have faced. And, I am
proud to share his blood – and humbled that he (and
so many others) risked their lives so that we could be
counted as full citizens of what now is the greatest
nation in the world.
This is the personal reason why Election
Day trickery makes me so angry. However, my
commitment to “voter protection” is grounded
in reasons that are far more compelling. Voter
intimidation, voter suppression, dirty tricks and
fraudulent campaigning are cancers that threaten the
very heart and soul of our democratic republic.
More than 142 years after Scipio Rhame took
his stand, risking personal reprisals so that his
descendants could have better lives, efforts to
cheat us out of our franchise are still clear and
present dangers to our community. That is why Sen.
Ben Cardin, Del. Sandy Rosenberg and I joined
Maryland Democratic Party Chair Susan Turnbull,
Voter Protection Director Amanda LaForge and Monumental
Bar Association President Sayeeta Hampton-El at a public
information press conference last week. Our purpose was to
remind voters to come to the polls informed, prepared and on
their guard.
“Voter intimidation, voter suppression,
dirty tricks and fraudulent campaigning
are cancers that threaten the very heart
and soul of our democratic republic.”
We also wanted our neighbors to know that attorney
Amanda LaForge and a committed army of Maryland lawyers
will be there with us on Election Day, protecting our right to
vote and have our votes counted. And that voters will have the
additional security and protection of a free Voter Empowerment
Hotline [1.888.678.VOTE (8683)] whenever the need may
officials would be most crucial, particularly from Mayor
Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and the City Council.
Two all-male, nationally lauded, city high schools once
existed and produced generations of strong, well-educated,
productive youths because of the attention and support they
received at a crucial time in their lives.
A similar high school for today’s city boys, especially
those scholastically marginal but promising, is needed now for
numbers of Baltimore young men, many who have lost their
way and see themselves while still teenagers with no viable
future.
“Too many Black boys and men have been
wounded in America and are, indeed, an
endangered species.”
I am not urging the replication of a prep high school solely
for the academically gifted. That’s important and even vital in
any successful high school. More importantly, I envision an
academically inclusive high school, one for the many marginal
boys emerging from middle school with at least a C average
and acceptable, but not perfect, conduct.
I am thinking of those boys who show promise if given
the right attention in a structured, demanding setting: high
expectations, a dress and grooming code, and rules and
regulations to nurture them, to allow them to blossom, and to
achieve what’s best for them and our country.
I am focusing on those boys and the adults in their lives who
understand admission to a well-run, safe, all-male high school
would require commitment, cooperation, and persistence on
their part. And, yes, I do have a particular building in mind.
Drive through the city any weekday. You see the poverty,
the hopelessness, the fear, and the anguish of Black youths.
Ever increasing numbers of Black men and boys are there –
Letters to the Editor
Criminal Justice Reform: (“We are opposed to the building
of a new juvenile detention facility, but we understand it may
be too late to stop it.”) Then why mention it if you are not
going to do something about it?  (“The project be downsized”)
By how much, 10 percent, 20, 50, 90…what?
 (100 percent of the revenue generated by the Maryland
Correctional Enterprises goes to fund support services,
rehabilitation and vocational/educational opportunities for
incarcerated individuals.) Do you mean 100 percent of NET
revenues?  
Education: (Support a school board made up of three
positions elected by the citizens of Baltimore, two positions
appointed by the governor and two positions appointed by the
mayor of Baltimore.) Finally you get to something specific
in which legislative language could be written to address the
demand, if those behind the Black Agenda statement are bold
enough to label any of these as demands.
Overall you see where I am going. Do I commend the
people who may have taken a day off of work or other
leisure to spend time thinking about important issues in our
community? Sure. However, legislation is required in order to
have any impact in many of the areas mentioned in the Black
Agenda statement, and legislation requires specificity, not
just sloganeering generalities. The Black Agenda statement is
lacking, tremendously, the amount of specificity needed to have
a serious or meaningful conversation about it. Maybe next time
the process will be open and transparent, and a real agenda
could be produced. 
A9
arise.
We will protect our voters because it is the right thing to
do. It is the American thing to do. But, these voter protections
are especially important in this year’s elections because
our community has a lot at stake. Gov. Martin O’Malley,
Sen. Barbara Mikulski, and our colleagues on Maryland’s
Democratic congressional team are time-tested allies and
friends of our community. Despite a constant assault of
half-truths and abuse, they have stayed true to our values –
protecting our schools, expanding our health care and doing
everything within their power to save our jobs and our homes.
President Barack Obama believes in this Democratic team –
and so do I.
Our right and power to elect trusted leaders like these are
what Scipio Rhame and his contemporaries had in mind when
they summoned the courage to vote back in 1868. On Nov. 2,
we should do the same.
Our future is at stake.
Congressman Elijah E. Cummings represents Maryland’s
Seventh Congressional District in the United States House of
Representatives.
all day, every day, forlorn and feeling, perhaps, forgotten and
betrayed.
These languishing youth and men, recent high school
dropouts especially, deserve an educational opportunity shaped
to meet theirs and societal needs in a far more educationally
competitive world. Recent high school dropouts and marginal
city boys and their families would be exposed to a well-run,
broad-based, world-class curriculum, one that’s in sync with
President Obama’s push for a more rigorous national education
system that has American security implications.
The current problem shattering too many Black boys’ lives
is not first and foremost social-economic, no matter what so
many have insisted. The primary problem is one of culture, an
embrace of the wrong values.
Too many Black boys are experiencing a wrong-headed
cultural phenomenon based on bad choices that impacts
middle-class boys too. In a dismal historic reversal, too many
have turned their backs on education, reading, and learning as
traditional avenues for societal advancement and acculturation.
Parents and young people in the community may
ultimately determine whether such a new school ever exists.
Adults wanting our city’s young men to receive a rewarding,
marketable education in an environment where they can
flourish, I entreat you to support the re-establishment of a
citywide all-male high school.
Too many Black boys and men have been wounded
in America and are, indeed, an endangered species. Re-
establishing a high school focused on their needs gives them
the chance to develop the potential that’s there if recognized
and appropriately called forth.
From 1970-72, Mr. Evans covered city schools and the
School Board for the AFRO. Later, for a while, he was the part-
time writing teacher in two city elementary schools and one
middle school where he established school newspapers. His
e-mail address is Pauliswriting@hotmail.com.
Chris Blake
44th District Resident
Baltimore,Md.
Racism
It is sad to see Barack Obama as a Democrat, since the
Democrats have always been the party of racism. Republicans
freed the slaves, gave them the vote and education, and equal
opportunities. Following the Compromise of 1877, which
put Republican Rutherford B. Hayes in the White House,
Washington removed federal troops that had been supporting
Republican administrations in the South, the Democrats
returning to power implemented their policies of Jim Crow
laws, segregation, voting restrictions and, of course, lynching.
The biggest opponents of the Civil Rights Bill of 1964 were
entrenched Southern Democrats. Republican Sen. Everett
Dirksen was a pivotal sponsor of that landmark legislation. We
owe him and the Republicans a debt of thanks. Obama should
Democrats have been kowtowing to minorities for decades
but have delivered little. Will Hispanics fall for it, as the
African Americans have?
Minorities need to wake up to the lies of the Democratic
Party, tell them to put up or finally shut up. How many
Democrats like Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid have African
Americans, Hispanics or Jews on their staffs?
Don’t ask the Democrats what they are saying, but what
they have really done for minorities. And vote that way.
James Winchurch
Reno, Nev.
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Dr. David Wilson

addresses the
audience at his
inauguration

George K. McKinney, Charis, Lorraine,

Eugene and Dr. Edwin Johnson

Morgan State University

alum and Black Enterprise co- Drs. Roosevelt Shaw
founder, Dr. Earl G. Graves and Linda Mehlinger

Sen. Nathaniel J. McFadden

and Jeanne D. Hitchcock,
governor’s office

Photos by Bill Tabron

On Oct. 21, students, faculty, alumni and Maryland leaders

gathered at Morgan State University’s East Baltimore campus for the
inauguration of Dr. David Wilson as the storied school’s 12th president.
The inauguration, which included appearances by Baltimore City Mayor
Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, kicked off Sen. Paul Sarbanes
with exhibitions honoring Morgan State’s legacy at the James E. Lewis and Michael Graines
Class of ‘47 graduates
Vertha Goodman and Museum of Art, numerous educational symposiums, an inauguration
Frances Gaines reception and luncheon and performing arts convocation, among other
programs.
Wilson, a published author of more than 20 books, holds four
advanced academic degrees from Tuskegee University and Harvard
University. He previously held administrative posts at Auburn University
and Rutgers University before coming to Morgan State.
Wilson’s administration extols the motto, “Growing the Future,
Leading the World.”

Dr. Ruthe T. Sheffey,

Morgan State
University professor

Dr. Earl S. Richardson, immediate

past president of Morgan State
Dr. David Wilson, Morgan University and Turhan Robinson
State University’s new leader

Maryland Gov.
Martin O’Malley Shirley Marcus Allen,
board of regents
member

The Morgan State University

Choir performs
Baltimore City Mayor
Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

Stephanie Chapple, Shonea

Spence, Natalie Taylor, Tommi
Kirkland and Robin Gray

Morgan State’s Carl

J. Murphy Fine Arts
Center was packed
with staff, alumni and
current students.
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www.afro.com

Former Track Star Marion Jones ‘Sorry for Lying’ on afro.com

NCAA, Pros Team Up to Stop

Improper Benefits Violations
By AFRO Staff such student athlete misconduct.
Bush recently gave back his
Just a week following the NFL’s announcement of its plans 2005 awarded Heisman Trophy
to enforce tougher penalties on illegal hits, the NCAA’s college for taking improper benefits
ranks have also reported its own intentions of beefing up the during his tenure at USC, while
punishment for player misconduct. Bryant was suspended for most
The NCAA recently released a news statement of its current of his senior season in ’09 after
talks with professional leagues and player management agencies the NCAA learned of his illegal
with an eye to creating “potential post-NCAA penalties” for interaction with former NFL star
student athletes who violate the improper benefits guidelines. Deion Sanders. Other lesser known
According to an Associated Press report, a panel of more student athletes have also taken
than 20 college and pro officials are considering new guidelines improper benefits, including six
that would cause any student athlete who loses their college North Carolina Tar Heels football
eligibility for taking improper benefits from player management players, who were all stripped of
agents to be subject to financial fines upon entering any their playing eligibility this season. In the future, players who lose college eligibility such as Dallas Cowboys’ Dez
professional league such as the NFL, NBA or MLB. But college administrators have Bryant (88) could be fined or suspended upon entering the NFL.
And if that’s not enough, officials are also discussing had enough. That’s why they’re AP Photo/David J. Phillip
possibly suspending improper benefit violators for as many as teaming up with pro officials like
six to eight games during their rookie season in the pros. AFCA executive director Grant the NCAA. “Dealing with improper agent conduct has been a
AP reports the panel of officials met last week and is making Teaff and NFL team presidents Bill Polian to fix the problem challenge for a long time, not only for intercollegiate athletics,
strides in agreement upon possible solutions to the improper fast. but also for the many agents who try to follow the rules.”
benefits violations that has plagued college sports in recent “Our intent is not to eliminate NCAA oversight of agent Even high profiled sports agents like Jimmy Sexton are in
years. issues, but rather modify the NCAA’s philosophical basis for on the talks.
NFL stars Reggie Bush and Dez Bryant are perhaps the these rules from enforcement to an assistance-based model,” “Maybe for the first time,” Teaff stated, “we can have
most high-profiled players who were recently charged with said Mike Slive, president of the Southeastern Conference of everybody singing out of the same hymn book.”

Weekly HBCU Football Power Rankings

Grambling State Remains No. 1 while Morgan State Debuts in Top 10
By Donal Ware remained No.1 and 2, This week the Tigers them one spot to No.6, while Durham, N.C. The victor Others receiving votes:
Special to the AFRO respectively, after wins by received 18 of the 22 first- Tuskegee (6-2) moved up could be one step closer Florida A&M (4-3) 17, Prairie
both this past weekend. place votes in the media poll to No. 7, Hampton (5-2) towards securing the CIAA View A&M (5-3) 15, Texas
NEW YORK/Fuquay- Grambling State running and 12 of the 16 first-place fell one spot to No. 8, Saint Southern Division. Other Southern (4-3) 13, Fort Valley
Varina, N.C. - There were a back sensation Frank Warren nods in the coaches’ top 10. Augustine’s (7-1) moved up a games include Grambling State (7-1) 11, Alcorn State
few changes but not a whole recorded his third 200-yard Albany State (8-0) and spot to No. 9 and Morehouse vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff in (3-4) 4, Morgan State (4-3) 1,
lot of major turnovers in this rushing performance this year South Carolina State (5-2) (6-2) fell two spots to No. the Literacy Classic in Little Shaw (6-2) 1.
week’s Boxtorow.com/BASN (27 carries, 209 yards) as the remained No. 3 and 4 in this 10 after falling to Tuskegee Rock, Ark., and Jackson State
HBCU media and coaches top Tigers defeated Mississippi week’s media poll, while 13-12. hosting Prairie View A&M for FCS HBCU FCS Coaches Top
10 HBBC Power Rankings Valley State 35-14 to remain Winston-Salem State (8-1) As for the coaches poll, homecoming. Below are both 10 Poll
football polls. undefeated in SWAC play. climbed back into the No. 5 South Carolina State Texas the coaches and media’s top- School/ Wins-Losses/ Points
The Grambling State Bethune-Cookman defeated spot. Southern (4-3) and Hampton 10 Power Rankings through 1. Grambling State/ 6-1/ 155
Tigers (6-1) and the Bethune- North Carolina Central 23-10 Jackson State’s (5-2) loss are three, four, and five, Oct. 25: 2. Bethune-Cookman/ 7-0/
Cookman Wildcats (7-0) in Durham, N.C. to Texas Southern dropped respectively. HBCU Media Top 10 Poll 148
The rest of poll includes School/ Wins-Losses/ Points 3. South Carolina State/ 5-2/
No. 6 Jackson State, No. 7 1. Grambling State/ 6-1/ 214 116
Florida A&M (4-3), No. 8 2. Bethune-Cookman/ 7-0/ 4. Texas Southern/ 4-3/ 98
Prairie View A&M (5-3), No. 198 5. Hampton/ 5-2/ 81
9 Arkansas-Pine Bluff (4-3) 3. Albany State/ 8-0/ 168 6. Jackson State/ 5-3/ 78
The Sixth Annual who climbs back into the poll 4. South Carolina State/ 5-2/ 7. Florida A&M/ 4-3/ 73
and No. 10 Morgan State (4- 160 8. Prairie View A&M/ 5-3/ 64
Pythias A. and Virginia I. Jones 3), who appears in the poll for
the first time this year.
5. Winston-Salem State/ 8-1/
119
9. Arkansas-Pine Bluff/ 4-3/
23
African American Community Forum Games this week include 6. Jackson State/ 5-2/ 81 10. Morgan State/ 4-3/ 14
the Boxtorow.com Game of 7. Tuskegee/ 6-2/ 77
on Memory Loss the Week which will feature 8. Hampton/ 5-2/ 69/ Others receiving votes:
a nationally televised CIAA 9. St. Augustine’s/ 7-1/ 46 Tennessee State (3-5) 8,
Finding Hope Through Early Detection, showdown between Winston- 10. Morehouse/ 6-2/ 28/ Alabama State (4-3) 6, Alcorn
Education and Research Salem State and Shaw in State (3-4) 6.

Sports Commentary
Saturday, November 13, 2010
9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Coppin State University, New Physical Education Complex
Just Win, LeBron
By Stephen D. Riley
AFRO Staff Writer
Learn about memory loss, Alzheimer’s disease, Embracing his summer-
diagnosis, treatment, research and caregiving. long controversy, LeBron
James’ newest Nike
commercial puts him in
Admission is free, but registration is required by November 8. the world-size glare of his
harshest critics. Channeling
his inner adversaries, James
For more information, call the Alzheimer’s Association: repeatedly asks, “What
410.561.9099 or 1.800.272.3900 should I do?”– a reference
to his one-hour “Decision”
www.alz.org/maryland special that broke the heart
of millions and elevated
Reserve your seat today! the once-beloved star of
the NBA into the league’s
Register online at: biggest villain. “Should I
http://AfricanAmericanForum.kintera.org/2010 really believe I ruined my
legacy?” James inquires at
one point. “Should I just
clear the deck and start
over?” he asks later. “Should
I be who you want me to
be?” he finally ponders. No
LeBron, you don’t have to do
any of that. You don’t have
to disappear; you don’t have
to apologize; you don’t even
have to respond to any of our
nonsense. You just have to
win.
James’ summer deflection
to the Miami Heat might
classify as the biggest
personnel move in sports
history. You take those kinds
of talents and that kind of
marketing power and just
move it…it’s a colossal-sized
shift in the athletic ozone.
Like an asteroid hitting
the earth or an earthquake
striking a major city, things
are forever changed. When
James talked that his talents
were going to South Beach,
the NBA dropped to its knees
before dancing a spirit-filled
jig. Stocks plummeted before
peaking. Critics cried before
crooning. See, we all thought
it was going to be over—
well, most of us that is. The
educated sports fans knew
it was just the beginning of
something special: the rise of
a powerhouse and the fall of
“You don’t have to disappear; you don’t
have to apologize; you don’t even have to
respond to any of our nonsense. You just
have to win.”
a pretender.
James laid low for the
summer, basking in beef
with sports personalities and
disgruntled Midwesterners.
I on the other hand, was
actually waiting for his
next Nike commercial,
the loveable comical
advertisements that helped
usher him in as the league’s
next Michael Jordan. I
wondered if there was any
way possible that the former
Cavalier could go back to
putting grins on our faces
and making us forget our
anguish with laughter and
smiles. Well, he’s back now,
and his newest ad is more
comical than ever but, it’s a
different comedy this time.
Not comical in the classic
laughter kind of sense, but
comical in the rhetorical
question kind of sense. Like
when a police officer asks,
“Do you know why I pulled
you over?” Or when your
boss asks, “Do you want
to work overtime?” Some
questions just don’t require
answers.
So when James asks:
“What should I do?” I mean
c’mon LeBron, seriously?
You already know what you
have to do. You tore down
Cleveland, burned bridges
and made backs turn and now
you’re asking, “What should
I do?” There’s only one
thing you can do – win. Just
win, LeBron.

Ten Years of That Soulful Sound
By Kyle Taylor
Special to the AFRO
A lot can happen in a
decade. The very fabric of
society itself can change
over the course of one year,
let alone 10 of them. Ten
years ago family members
could walk their loved ones
to the departing gate of a
flight, something practically
impossible these days and10
years ago not many people,
especially in the Black
community, would have
said they would see a Black
president in their lifetime.
In the music business,
the odds are stacked highly
against any musician that
he/she will remain relevant
for more than a handful of
years. To retain any type of
longevity takes talent, hard
work, and undoubtedly a
stroke or two of luck. It may
have been one, two, or all
three of the aforementioned
reasons, but Soulful
Symphony has been beating
the odds for the past decade.
As a testament to its
perseverance, Soulful
Symphony will be celebrating
its landmark anniversary
at the Joseph Meyerhoff
Symphony Hall Oct. 30
Founded and conducted
by Darin Atwater, the
75-member orchestra is
comprised primarily of
African-American and Latino
musicians. Throughout its
existence, the orchestra has
bucked the confinements of
traditional classical music,
instead making what can only
be referred to as a unique,
T.I.’s AKOO: Cut From a Different Cloth
By Gregory Dale
AFRO Staff Writer
Though rapper T.I. may be
one of the latest additions to the
sprawling list of rappers-turned
fashion designers, his clothing
line AKOO is certainly in a
league of its own.
AKOO, (an acronym for
A King Of Oneself), is a
contemporary men’s clothing
line of jeans, hoodies, polo
shirts, jackets, sweaters and
bags. The line hit shelves in
2008 and since its inception,
it’s received tremendous
acclaim for its unique
combination of military, urban
and preppy designs.
The brand’s creative
director Ralph Reynolds
believes the line is a perfect
interpretation of the style
of its founder T.I., who’s
no stranger to fashion. In
2009, he appeared on GQ
Magazine’s “10 Stylish Men
in America” list.
Yummy
Yummy: The Last Days
of a Southside Shorty is
a dramatization based on
events that occurred in
Chicago in 1994. It tells the
story of Robert “Yummy”
Sandifer, a young boy
whose death made national
headlines.
In the comic book-style
novel written by G. Neri
and illustrated by Randy
DuBurke, 11-year-old Roger
is trying to understand his
classmate Robert “Yummy”
Sandifer’s death, but making
sense of his short, violent life
may prove most difficult.
‘Kam’s Kapsules’: Weekly Film Previews
Soulful Symphony vocalist Cynthia Renee leads the choir in a past performance.
one-of-a-kind sound. Atwater
is known to combine a range
of musical styles in his work,
including gospel, jazz, R&B,
and hip hop. The orchestra
has prided itself on pushing
the boundaries of traditional
classical music, using a
harmony of different sounds
that can go from thoughtful
and melancholy one moment
to upbeat and rhythmic the
next.
Throughout its existence,
the Baltimore-based
orchestra and its composer
have achieved success at
both the local and national
levels. Soulful Symphony
formed a historic joint
venture with the Baltimore
Symphony Orchestra in 2004.
This venture has given the
orchestra the opportunity to
spread its unique brand of
classical music to those across
the state. Soulful Symphony
has since performed sold-out
“T.I. always carries
himself in a dual personality,”
Reynolds told the AFRO
in a recent interview. “On
one side, he’s brash, harsh,
strong and bragging and on
the other side, he’s a young
gentleman.”
Reynolds said many
rappers assume success in the
music industry translates to a
successful career in fashion
designing, but many have
discovered that that is not
always the case.
“I think the edge has to
come naturally,” he said.
“Ours is the amount of work
that we put into the details of
the brand.”
Though AKOO’s stylish
and trendsetting collections
might appease the consumer’s
eye, some of its prices could
leave a significant dent in
their pockets. But designers
insist that the quality of the
product is well worth its
potentially steep price tag.
Reader’s Corner
Yummy was a bundle of
contradictions. He ran with
a local gang, went to jail
frequently and police were
accusing him of murdering
a 14-year-old neighborhood
girl. But Yummy also loved
sweets and kept a teddy bear.
As Roger struggles to
determine whether Yummy
was some sort of monster
or a kid gone awry, he
encounters more questions
and a few clues that point
back to the gang Yummy
joined before his death.
Roger’s older brother also
belonged to that group of
local terrors, and Roger soon
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shows at both the Meyerhoff
in Baltimore and the Music
Center at Strathmore in North
Bethesda, Md.
Atwater himself has
received recognition and
positive reviews on his music
from The New York Times,
The Washington Post, and The
Philadelphia Inquirer. NBC
named him in The Grio 100
along with other celebrity
powerhouses such as Oprah
Winfrey and LeBron James.
Ebony magazine placed him
on its “30 Leaders of the
Future” list and the Baltimore
Business Journal placed him
on its “40 under 40” list.
Atwater is also no stranger
to receiving hardware. He
was the recipient of the 2009
Vision Award from Maryland
Public Television and the
2008 Legends and Pioneers
Award from The Afro-
American Newspaper.
Song in a Strange Land,
“It’s not the cheapest
one out there, that’s a
struggle sometimes because
of who we are and the
market that we’re in and
also the economy we’re
in today,” Reynolds said.
“But we insist on it being a
certain quality and we insist
on certain standards. Our
lowest priced jean is around
$72 and our highest priced-
point jean to date has been
around $180.”
The brand is currently
gearing up for its winter
collection which will
include vintage sweaters,
T. I.
cardigans, letterman
jackets long-sleeved shirts
and screen printed tees. In
the future, designers plan
to do more partnerships
with other brands similar
to its successful cobranded
G-Shock Watch which was
released earlier this year.
“Our goals are to open up
other categories,” Reynolds
finds himself ensnared in a
gang war he wants no part of.
Final word: An
exploration of gang life that
forces readers to question
their understanding of right
and wrong, good and evil.
In stores now. For more
information, visit gregneri.
com.
Love Your Life: O’s
Handbook for Your Best
Today – And Tomorrow
In celebration of O, The
Oprah Magazine, the media
mogul has released Love
Your Life!: O’s Handbook
for Your Best Today- And
October 30, 2010 - November 5, 2010, The Afro-American
Courtesy Photo
currently receiving national
airplay on PBS, earned
Atwater an Emmy Award
from the National Academy
of Television Arts & Sciences.
Meanwhile, Atwater
and Soulful Symphony are
gearing up to be even more
successful. More large scale
works are in the planning
stages, including one titled
Audacity of Hope, based on
the book written by President
Barack Obama. With Atwater
pursuing a Los Angeles based
entertainment venture to
further transform and expand
Soulful Symphony, the next
10 years will surely see
Soulful Symphony leave its
mark on classical music like
none before.
Soulful Symphony takes place
at the Meyerhoff Oct. 30. Tickets
for the event range from $26 to
$69. For more information visit
soulful-song.org.
Courtesy
Photo
said. “I hope to do leather and
small leather goods, more co-
branding and other things that
are not typical in the market,
as we continue to grow the
breath of the brand.”
For more information
on AKOO, visit www.
akooclothingbrand.com.
Tomorrow, to inspire women
as they strive for excellence
in love, finance, family and
more.
The fifth volume of
the book series includes
more than 75 intimate and
revealing stories from the
editors of O, essays about
extraordinary everyday
people, advice and wisdom
from top experts in various
fields and Oprah’s exclusive
chats with celebrities like
Ellen DeGeneres, Jay-Z and
Michelle Obama.
“When the O team pulled
together this year’s brightest
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B3
First Look Inside Perry’s ‘For Colored Girls’
Leading Actresses Look
Beyond the Rainbow at
Life’s Harshest Realities
By Kristin Gray
AFRO Managing Editor
For Colored Girls is a fireball of raw, organic rage bundled
into 120 minutes worth of film. All at once it’s ugly, beautiful
and profoundly abstract, a dizzying triad of perceptions that
will either stamp For Colored Girls a box office triumph or a
commercial bomb.
Critics may question whether mass audiences are ready
(or willing) to ingest the onslaught of unnerving topics For
Colored Girls engages. Rape, murder, abortion, mental illness,
promiscuity, homosexuality, Black female identity and poverty
are only a fraction of the macro social issues tackled, and comic
relief comes fleetingly.
But understanding Tyler Perry’s adaptation of Ntozake
Shange’s For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide
When the Rainbow is Enuf requires recognition of the book
hailed as a revolution in Black women’s literature.
In its purest form, the original stage production is a series
of 20 poems performed by seven principal characters known
only by color, such as the Lady in Yellow and the Lady in Red.
Here, Shange’s words are a jungle of metaphor and feminist
affirmations; puns and simile; Ebonics and colorful imagery
(“hips painted with orange blossoms & magnolia scented
wrists.”) On page and in theatre productions, For Colored Girls
has been critically acclaimed and even garnered a Tony Award.
But where the author’s vision takes place in a racially
charged 1970s setting, Perry’s production is modernized with
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Anika Noni Rose, Kerry Washington, Janet Jackson,
Kimberly Elise, Phylicia Rashad, Loretta Devine, Tessa
Thompson and Thandie Newton star in For Colored Girls.
more recent phenomena such as HIV making an appearance.
The lead actresses – Thandie Newton, Phylicia Rashad,
Loretta Devine, Anika Noni Rose, Kerry Washington, Tessa
Thompson, Whoopi Goldberg, Kimberly Elise and Janet
Jackson – are given real names, with subtle hints of their color-
identified forebears. Shange’s poetry, however, remains largely
uninterrupted and the cast of powerful performers often deviate
into minutes-long diatribes and monologues brimming with
Shange’s characteristically flowery prose. Perhaps most jarring
is the obvious schism that exists between Shange’s poetic
phrases and Perry’s more straightforward words.
This may prove problematic for today’s moviegoers,
particularly diehard Perry fans accustomed to his lighthearted
releases like Why Did I Get Married? and Madea’s Family
Reunion. But whether audiences truly grasp the writer’s
complex analogies is almost irrelevant. The cast of celebrated
actors bring a human, visceral element to the production that
transcends language.
English film star Thandie Newton shines as the overtly
sexual, foul-mouthed firecracker Tangie, while big screen
newcomer Tessa Thompson delivers a stirring performance as
her younger, troubled sister Nyla. These two characters alone
face a sundry of misfortunes – Tangie’s irreverent promiscuity
and emotional numbness; Nyla’s teenage pregnancy and what
appears to be a thwarted college career. Legendary comedienne
Whoopi Goldberg is Alice, Tangie and Nyla’s hysterically
religious mother, and a hoarder. The on-screen dynamic
between the three actresses is intense as they move from
unadulterated rage, self-pity and ultimately, acceptance of their
identity.
Equally powerful is singing sensation Janet Jackson’s
portrayal of Joanna, a successful but coldhearted magazine
editor, whose distant relationship with her husband proves to be
life-changing. With her perfectly coiffed crop, designer pumps
and patrician nose, Jackson makes the perfect snob.
However, it’s Beloved actress Kimberly Elise’s multifaceted
role as Crystal, Joanna’s overworked assistant, that brings For
Colored Girls to a tear-jerking pinnacle. She is the victim of
domestic abuse at the hands of boyfriend Kwame (Michael
Ealy), who bears a lifetime’s worth of mental and emotional
scars presumably gained during the war in Iraq. Kwame also
fathers the young mother’s two children and is an out-of-work
alcoholic. When his rage against Crystal spills over into an
unthinkable act of violence, filmgoers will be driven to tears,
averted eyes and dropped jaws.
As the nine women’s lives become entwined, Anika
Noni Rose (Yasmine) and Loretta Devine (Juanita) struggle
to find common ground with their significant others. Kerry
Washington’s character, a social worker named Kelly, is
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Continued from B3
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Faith In Action
Renowned Minister Says Clergy Must Focus on Mental,
Physical Health
By Macy L. Freeman
Special to the AFRO
WASHINGTON (Oct. 25)
–Today’s churches and clergy
must be as concerned about
their members’ physical and
mental health as they are
about their spiritual well-
being, said world-renowned
minister, presidential
nominee and best-selling
author the Rev. Dr. Suzan
Johnson Cook during a
telephone press conference
hosted by Howard University.
Johnson Cook, the
woman the New York Times
described as “Billy Graham
and Oprah rolled into one,”
will discuss the relationship
between spiritual and
physical health, during her
Nov. 4 banquet speech at the
94th Annual Convocation at
Howard University School of
Divinity.
Nominated by President
Barack Obama for an
ambassador’s post, Johnson
Cook will be joining a
distinguished list of speakers/
performers during the
convocation, including U.S.
Surgeon General Regina A.
Benjamin; the Rev. Howard
John Wesley, senior pastor
of the Alfred Street Baptist
Church in Alexandria, Va.,
and gospel star Byron Cage.
Benjamin, “America’s
Doctor” and the nation’s 18th
surgeon general, will give
the opening speech at 5:30
p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 3,
for the convocation, whose
theme this year is “Faith and
(W)Holistic Health: At the
Crossroads.”
Johnson Cook said
spiritual and physical well-
being are interwoven. “We
are mind, body and spirit, and
unless all three are flowing
together, we are out of
balance,” she said. “We need
a holy alignment, and I think
that’s what this convocation
is calling us to, to be attentive and encourage of African Americans over
about our alignment. changes in the age of 40 are “either
“I believe there is legislation and obese or overweight,
nowhere better than Howard policy.” and this is leading to an
Divinity School to call it Howard epidemic in Type 2 diabetes,
all together, so that we can University School hypertension, reduced life
really take care of this serious of Divinity span and of course reduced
problem.” professor Alice quality of life,” she said.
The issue is so important Ogden Bellis, Bellis says the
that Johnson Cook, who has Ph.D., chair of convocation will also focus
spent more than 30 years in the convocation, on how churches can help
ministry amassing a number pointed to a tackle the issue of HIV/
of “firsts” and developing number of reasons AIDS during a workshop
innovative ministries, began for focusing the from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on
an initiative at Believers convocation on Thursday. The workshop
Christian Fellowship called health. “The will be led by Metropolitan
“Fine, Fit and Fabulous” to African-American Interdenominational Church
encourage her congregation community Technical Assistance
to become health conscious, definitely is Network, an organization
she said. facing some based in Nashville, Tenn.,
During services at the serious health that trains local congregations
church from which she challenges,” Bellis on how to deal with HIV/
recently retired as pastor, said during the AIDS.
she said, she and her Courtesy Photo
press conference Bellis said the issue of
congregation would talk call. “We believe health is as important if not
Rev. Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook
about healthy choices they that Black more so for ministers than
made as part of their efforts REACH,” a coalition of churches have a for church members because
to be more fit. During the organizations in the Bronx, real opportunity to help this of their jobs’ requirements.
initiative, her congregation N.Y., that works “to improve community deal with some “Ministers have a high rate of
lost more than 1,000 pounds health care, bring about of the problems that we’re suicide, divorce, drug abuse
together. facing.” and alcoholism precisely

P.U.S.H
environmental change,
She said the program provide health education Bellis noted obesity as a because it’s a high stressed
led to the “Bronx Health major issue. Eighty percent job,” she said.

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Solicitation BCS-11033 will be available for
review commencing Friday, October 29,
RECOVERY B50001691 Housing Authority of Baltimore City
Division of Fiscal Operations,
2010. THE ENTIRE SOLICITATION DOCUMENT Purchasing Department
CAN BE VIEWED AND DOWN LOADED BY
417 E. Fayette Street, Room 414
The response Due Date is Thursday, VISITING THE CITYS WEB SITE: Baltimore, Maryland 21202
December 9, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. local time. Attention: John Airey,
www.baltimorecitibuy.org Chief of Contracting Services
No responses will be accepted after that
time. Any questions related to this solicitation Tel: (410) 396-3261
Fax: (410) 962-1586
should be directed to the Buyer.
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF BALTIMORE CITY
Questions regarding the RFP should be di-
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT rected in writing to the address and individual
indicated above, and must include the refer-
Baltimore City Public Schools TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
ence: HABC RFP Number B-1640-10.
RFP NUMBER: B-1640-10
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
The Housing Authority of Baltimore City
RFP-11013 (“HABC”)
(∫HABC∫) on behalf of itself and the City of REVISED NOTICE
COMPUTERS AND RELATED SERVICES Baltimore Department of Housing and HOUSING AUTHORITY OF
Community Development (“HCD”) willissue
(∫HCD∫) will issue BALTIMORE CITY
INVITATION FOR BIDS
The Baltimore City Board of School Commis- a Request for Proposals (RFP”) (∫RFP∫) for
VEHICLE LEASE
interested and qualified firms to submit pro-
sioners invites interested companies to sub- posals to provide financial management tech- IFB NUMBER: B-1639-10
mit proposals to supply Computers and Re- nical assistance in the areas of HABC and
The Housing Authority of Baltimore City
lated Services. HCD financial and management operations, (∫HABC∫) will issue an Invitation for Bids
including support for project-based (∫IFB∫) for interested vendors to lease var-
accounting and budget needs, asset man-
In order to participate, interested bidders agement protocol, implementation and up-
ious vehicles to HABC.
need to register with eMaryland Marketplace
dating of multi-year agency-wide financial BIDS WILL BE DUE no later than 2:00 p.m.
by visiting their website at https:// plan, and financial management automation
Eastern Time on Wednesday, November
ebidmarketplace.com and clicking the Reg- and enhancements. 17, 2010.
istration button.
PROPOSALS WILL BE DUE no later than
2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday,
No pre-bid meeting is planned
The IFB may be obtained on or after Friday,
Solicitation RFP-11013 will be available for November 23, 2010. October 29, 2010, at the following location:
review commencing Friday, October 22,
2010. A pre-proposal meeting will be held on A non-mandatory pre-proposals conference Housing Authority of Baltimore City
will be held on Wednesday, November 10, Division of Fiscal Operations,
Thursday, November 4, 2010 at 10:00 am 2010, at 10:00 a.m., at 417 E. Fayette Street,
Purchasing Department
in room 301 at 200 East North Avenue. Room 416, Baltimore, Maryland, 21202. 417 E. Fayette Street, Room 414
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
HABC has established a minimum goal of
The Proposal Due Date is Thursday, twenty percent (20%) of the total dollar
Attention: John Airey,
December 2, 2010 at 11:00 am. No propos- Chief of Contracting Services
amount of the proposed contract for Minority Tel: (410) 396-3261 Fax: (410) 962-1586
als will be accepted after that time. Any (“MBE”)utilization
Business Enterprise (∫MBE∫) utilization, ap-
questions related to this solicitation should plicable to all minority and non-minority Questions regarding the IFB should be di-
be directed to the Buyer, John Egerton at businesses proposing to provide the re- rected in writing to the address and individual
quested services as the prime contractor. No indicated above, and must include the refer-
jegerton@bcps.k12.md.us goal has been established for participation of ence: HABC IFB Number B-1639-10.
(“WBEs”) how-
Women-owned businesses (∫WBEs∫), how-
ever, HABC strongly encourages and affir-
matively promotes the use of WBEs in all
HABC contracts.
B8 The Afro-American, October 30, 2010 - November 5, 2010
LEGAL NOTICES

Attention Senior Citizens Looking for Housing

The Housing Authority of Baltimore City (HABC), Housing Choice
Voucher Program (HCVP), has identified a number of rent subsidized
efficiency apartments available for immediate occupancy to qualified
CAREER CORNER
TYPESET: Wed Oct 27 15:53:27 EDT 2010

households.

For a limited time, HABC is opening its waiting list and accepting MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE
applications from Baltimore City residents ONLY who are 62 years MARYLAND HEALTH CARE COMMISSION ANNE ARUNDEL
of age or older and who wish to be considered for Project Based COUNTY CAREER
efficiency apartments. If you are interested you must obtain, complete, HEALTH POLICY ANALYST-ADVANCED OPPORTUNITY
and return an HCVP application to the address below no later than
Monday November 22, 2010. CARDIOVASCULAR DATA
District Park Maintenance
The Housing Authority of Baltimore City LOCATION Supervisor
Housing Choice Voucher Program Maryland Health Care Commission
Attention: Application/Waiting List Center for Hospital Services Visit our website at www.
1225 West Pratt Street
4160 Patterson Avenue aacounty.org for additional
Baltimore, Maryland 21223 information and to apply on-
8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday thru Friday Baltimore, MD 21215
Call 443-984-2222
line. You may use the Inter-
NATURE OF WORK: The Maryland Health Care Commission, an independent State agency net at any Anne Arundel
If you are unable to come to this office, please write or call 443-984-2222 responsible for planning for health system needs and promoting informed decision-making County library, or visit our
for an application to be mailed to you.
by providing timely and accurate information on availability, cost, and quality of health care office at 2660 Riva Road in
services to policymakers, purchasers, providers, and the public, is seeking a Health Policy Annapolis. Deadlines to ap-
Applications returned by mail must be postmarked with a date no later ply on website.
then Monday, November 22, 2010. Analyst-Advanced for its Hospital Quality Initiatives program. Major responsibilities include:
preparation of staff analyses and recommendations regarding the collection and reporting of AEO/DF/SFE
Hand delivered applications must be received by the HCVP office no cardiac services data; developing strategies for data auditing and compliance with reporting
later then the end of business on Monday November 22, 2010 at the
address above. requirements to ensure high quality data; providing staff support to work groups and technical
advisory panels; reviewing data submissions for completeness and accuracy; monitoring ADMINISTRATIVE
Applications for households that do not meet the criteria or are not state and national developments and trends in public reporting of cardiac surgery and PCI ASSOCIATE
received by the above deadlines will not be accepted. data; and, serving as a liaison to vendors, hospital industry, professional organizations, and CARROLL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
state agencies on technical and policy issues involving cardiovascular data. The ideal has a full-time, 12-month position as an
What is Project Based Program candidate will have nursing, hospital or health care industry experience in the area of cardiac Administrative Associate I - Fine and
Performing Arts. Additional information
The Project Based Program is a component of the Housing Choice services and clinical quality improvement. The position requires working knowledge of the may be obtained at www.carrollcc.edu.
Voucher Program where housing rental subsidy is attached to specific American College of Cardiology´s National Cardiovascular Data Registry, ACTION Registry- EOE/M/F
rental units. In this program, HABC has contracts with specific landlords GWT, The Society for Thoracic Surgeons (STS) National Data Base, and current CMS, Joint
to offer units to applicants from the HABC waiting list. The participating Commission, National Quality Forum, and Hospital Quality Alliance hospital performance
landlord selects an applicant from the waiting list and requests that HABC measurement and quality improvement programs. Education -
begin the applicant eligibility process, which is conducted by the HABC.
If the applicant is found eligible, the applicant can then be housed in DIRECTOR OF
the landlord’s
landlord¬s Project Based unit. The applicant pays a reduced rent as MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: Requires a master´s degree in nursing, INFORMATION SYSTEMS
long as he/she remains eligible and resides in the specified Project health care policy, public policy, health care administration or a closely related field and at CARROLL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Based unit. Because the assistance is tied to the unit, the applicant least 3 years related experience. A bachelor´s degree in nursing or a health-care related field has a full-time, 12-month position as a
cannot move to a different unit and still receive assistance. and two additional years of indicated general experience will substitute for the master´s
Director of Information Systems.
Additional information may be obtained at
BALTIMORE COUNTY, MARYLAND degree. Must possess knowledge of cardiac surgery and PCI data, hospital clinical and www.carrollcc.edu. EOE/M/F
INVITATION FOR BIDS administrative data bases supporting quality improvement activities and have excellent
quantitative, analytical and computer skills.
CONTRACT NO. 10132 BX0 Administrative -
MARSHY POINT PARK WETLAND MITIGATION - PHASE II SALARY: Temporary Salary Reduction effective July 1, 2010 thru June 30, 2011 PROGRAM ASSOCIATE
CHASE - DISTRICT 15 c 6
CONTRACT COST GROUP “B” ($100,000 TO
∫B ($100,000 $500,000
to $500,000)∫ $45,675 to $73,300 (Grade 18) CARROLL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
WORK CLASSIFICATION: K-6 Anticipated Salary Effective July 1, 2011 has a full-time, 12-month position as a
$46,563 to $74,725 (Grade 18) Program Associate. Additional information
may be obtained at www.carrollcc.edu.
BID DATE: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2010 AT 10:30 A.M.
LOCAL TIME BENEFITS: Full State benefits/leave package
EOE/M/F

On or after MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2010, the above contract

documents may be inspected and purchased from the Division of HOW TO APPLY: Submit resume no later than November 12th, 2010, referencing PIN Continuing Education -
Construction Contracts Administration, Department of Public #069512, for fullest consideration to: DIRECTOR OF
Works, Room 300B, County Office Building (COB), 111 W. CAREER TRAINING
Chesapeake Avenue, Towson, MD 21204, upon receipt of payment Ms. Bridget Zombro
of $20.00 (TWENTY DOLLARS) per contract, and if sent by U.S. mail CARROLL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
with an additional $10.00 (TEN Dollars) postage and handling fee. All Director of Administration has a full-time, 12-month position as a
checks should be made payable to BALTIMORE COUNTY MD. NO Maryland Health Care Commission Director of Career Training. Additional
information may be obtained at:
REFUNDS will be made to anyone. Direct any questions to 4160 Patterson Avenue www.carrollcc.edu. EOE/M/F
410-887-3531. Bidders obtaining documents from another source other Baltimore, Maryland 21215
than Baltimore County WILL NOT be allowed to submit proposals to
Baltimore County.
An Equal Opportunity Employer
The proposed work consists of: Install erosion and sediment control
devices and remove, excavate and plant species TYPESET: Wed Oct 27 15:55:27 EDT 2010
Pin #069512
132,650 (EA) Herbaceous Species.
THE PROJECT IS SUBJECT TO A MINORITY BUSINESS ENTER-
MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE
PRISE UTILIZATION GOAL AND FEMALE CONTRACTORS UTILIZA- MARYLAND HEALTH CARE COMMISSION
TION GOALS FOR BIDS IN EXCESS OF $50,000. THESE GOAL

afro.com
REQUIREMENTS ARE MORE FULLY EXPLAINED IN THE HEALTH POLICY ANALYST-ADVANCED
SPECIFICATIONS. THE MBE/WBE FORMS IN THE PROPOSAL HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS
BOOKLET MUST BE COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED AT THE TIME
OF BID OPENING.
LOCATION
Sealed proposals (the entire book) addressed to Baltimore County,
Maryland for this contract will be received in the Baltimore County
Maryland Health Care Commission
Center for Hospital Services
Your History
Purchasing Division, Room 148, Old Courthouse, 400 Washington
Avenue, Towson, MD 21204, until the time specified on the contract at
4160 Patterson Avenue • Your Community
Baltimore, MD 21215
which time they will be publicly opened and read.
• Your News
ONLY CONTRACTORS WHO HAVE BEEN PREQUALIFIED BY BAL- NATURE OF WORK: The Maryland Health Care Commission, an independent State agency
TIMORE COUNTY AT LEAST TEN (10) DAYS PRIOR TO THE OPEN- responsible for planning for health system needs and promoting informed decision-making
ING OF BIDS WILL BE ALLOWED TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS. by providing timely and accurate information on availability, cost, and quality of health care
services to policymakers, purchasers, providers, and the public, is seeking a Health Policy
All proposals must be accompanied by a Bid Bond, on the approved
form provided, in the amount as set forth in the ∫Information for Bidders∫. Analyst-Advanced for its Hospital Quality Initiatives program. Major responsibilities include:
No other form of proposal guaranty is acceptable. preparation of staff analyses and recommendations regarding the development of a system
to collect and publicly report data on healthcare-associated infections; providing staff support
The Purchasing Agent reserves the right to reject any or all proposals to a technical advisory panel; monitoring state and national developments and trends in public
or bids or parts of bids and to waive technicalities as may be deemed reporting of healthcare-associated infections data; and, serving as a liaison to hospital
best for the interest of the County. industry, professional organizations, and state agencies on technical and policy issues
Keith Dorsey, Director
Office of Budget & Finance
involving healthcare-associated infections. The ideal candidate will have infection control
practitioner, nursing, hospital or health care industry experience in the area of healthcare-
Strictly Personal
associated infections and clinical quality improvement. The position requires working Pen Pals
BALTIMORE COUNTY, MARYLAND knowledge of the CDC National Health Safety Network and guidelines and recommendations
INVITATION FOR BIDS
from professional organizations, including the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advi-
CONTRACT NO. 09195 SX0 sory Committee, Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, and Imprisoned African-American man wants
DUNDALK PUMPING STATION REPLACEMENT Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. to become acquainted with open minded,
7908 DUNDALK AVENUE, 21222
DUNDALK - DISTRICT 12 c 7 beautiful full figured women. Wants good
CONTRACT COST GROUP “F”
∫F∫ ($5,000,000 to $10,000,000) MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: Requires a master´s degree in nursing, woman in corner. Reply with photo. J.
WORK CLASSIFICATION: G-1 health care policy, public policy, health care administration or a closely related field and at Wilson, #95B0367, P.O. Box 500, Elmira,
WITH PRE-QUALIFIED G-3 SUBCONTRACTOR
least three years related experience. A bachelor´s degree in nursing or a health-care related
field and two additional years of indicated general experience will substitute for the master´s NY 14902.
BID DATE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2010 AT 10:30 A.M.
LOCAL TIME degree. Must possess knowledge of healthcare-associated infections data and hospital ---
On or after NOVEMBER 1. 2010, the above contract documents (See
clinical data bases supporting quality improvement activities and have excellent quantitative, Caucasian, single man, 6’31/2”, love danc-
Note*) may be inspected and purchased from the Division of analytical and computer skills. ing, going to the movies and telling jokes.
Construction Contracts Administration, Department of Public Interested in a female 5.5’ and up, open-
Works, Room 300B, County Office Building (COB), 111 W.
Chesapeake Avenue, Towson, MD 21204, upon receipt of payment
SALARY: Temporary Salary Reduction effective July 1, 2010 thru June 30, 2011 minded, who loves cats and don’t mind me
$45,675 to $73,300 (Grade 18)
of $40.00 (FORTY DOLLARS) per contract, and if sent by U.S. mail smoking, compassion is more important
with an additional $10.00 (TEN Dollars) postage and handling fee. All Anticipated Salary Effective July 1, 2011
checks should be made payable to BALTIMORE COUNTY MD. NO $46,563 to $74,725 (Grade 18) than figure (looking for a relationship). If
REFUNDS will be made to anyone. Direct any questions to interested please call Harry at 410-833-
410-887-3531. Bidders obtaining documents from another source other
than Baltimore County WILL NOT be allowed to submit proposals to BENEFITS: Full State benefits/leave package 4561 or cell (410-935-9001).
Baltimore County. ---
*Note: Contract Documents will consist of One (1) Paper Copy
HOW TO APPLY: Submit resume no later than November 12th, 2010, referencing pin Truthful man seeking spiritual pen pals.
Proposal Book and One (1) Compact Disk (CD) with all of the #069765, for fullest consideration to: Womb my emanation. Law is unification.
required drawings. The CD will be in PDF format. Contractors and
Sub-Contractors can purchase paper copies of the drawings from Breath, knowledge and consciousness! Wil-
Ms. Bridget Zombro
Baltimore County - OIT - Central Printing located in the Basement
Director of Administration liam Piggie, P.O. Box 565, Pittsboro, N.C.
of the COB, RM G-9 for $1.50 a copy.
Maryland Health Care Commission 27312
The proposed work consists of: 4160 Patterson Avenue ---
Replace existing station to increase reliability. Baltimore, Maryland 21215
A pre-bid meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at An Equal Opportunity Employer Lonesome Hearts - Pen Pals
9:00 a.m. local time at the site. A second site meeting will be held on To have a notice published in the Strictly
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. local time. A third site
meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. Pin #069765 Personal Section, write the message you
This will be the last chance to visit the site. No questions will be answered want printed in the space below. Enclose
at the third and last pre-bid meeting.
ten dollars ($10.00), check or money order
THE PROJECT IS SUBJECT TO A MINORITY BUSINESS ENTER- for 25 words. NO CASH PLEASE. Ad-
PRISE UTILIZATION GOAL AND FEMALE CONTRACTORS UTILIZA-
TION GOALS FOR BIDS IN EXCESS OF $50,000. THESE GOAL ditional words will cost 50 cents each.
REQUIREMENTS ARE MORE FULLY EXPLAINED IN THE
SPECIFICATIONS. THE MBE/WBE FORMS IN THE PROPOSAL
BOOKLET MUST BE COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED AT THE TIME
OF BID OPENING.

Sealed proposals (the entire book) addressed to Baltimore County,

To Advertise call
Maryland for this contract will be received in the Baltimore County
Purchasing Division, Room 148, Old Courthouse, 400 Washington To answer a Lonesome Heart notice, en-
Avenue, Towson, MD 21204, until the time specified on the contract at
which time they will be publicly opened and read. close a check or money order for $2.00 for
each letter you wish to have forwarded. NO

410-554-8200
ONLY CONTRACTORS WHO HAVE BEEN PREQUALIFIED BY BAL-
TIMORE COUNTY AT LEAST TEN (10) DAYS PRIOR TO THE OPEN- CASH PLEASE. Be sure to include the fox
ING OF BIDS WILL BE ALLOWED TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS. number of the person you wish to contact.
All proposals must be accompanied by a Bid Bond, on the approved
form provided, in the amount as set forth in the ∫Information for Bidders∫. All letters, queries and notices should be
No other form of proposal guaranty is acceptable.
sent to:
The Purchasing Agent reserves the right to reject any or all proposals
or bids or parts of bids and to waive technicalities as may be deemed
STRICTLY PERSONAL
best for the interest of the County. 2519 N. Charles Street
Keith Dorsey, Director Baltimore, MD 21218
Office of Budget & Finance
 October 30, 2010 - November 5, 2010, The Afro-American B9

CAREER CORNER TYPESET: Wed Oct 27 15:56:26 EDT 2010

Accounting MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE

The Maryland State Department of Education Ranked #1 again in Public Education seeks an MARYLAND HEALTH CARE COMMISSION
Agency Budget Specialist I.
Position # 039504

This is a professional position designated as a Special Appointment responsible for providing professional
level work in preparing, reconciling, adjusting, and tracking operating budgets that address personnel/human
resource salary allocation for the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE). Develops and updates
the personnel budgets for MSDE in accordance with budget and accounting guidelines; coordinates and
prepares data analysis, documentation, and information for the preparation and adjustment of the budget;
reports budget information to the State Superintendent of Schools, the State Board of Education, the
Department of Budget and Management, and the State Legislature; inputs and reconciles the budget for
salaries and personnel data that generates this budget; reviews and verifies requests for changes to the
program or fund in which positions are budgeted; assists in the preparation of requests for additional State
funding; assists in research of budget questions and development and analysis; prepares periodic reports
to assure the accomplishment of programmatic objectives.
Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four-year college or university; coursework in
EDUCATION: Bachelor¬s
Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Finance, or Public Administration is preferred.
EXPERIENCE: One (1) year of experience in budget preparation, presentation, and execution. Experience
with MS Excel and data management software is preferred.
NOTES:
1. Applicants may substitute graduate education in accounting, business administration, economics, finance,
political science or public administration at a rate of 30 semester hours for one year of required experience.
2. Applicants may substitute additional experience as defined above for the required education at the rate
of one year of experience for one year of education, for up to four years of the required education.
FISCAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR I
LOCATION
Maryland Health Care Commission
4160 Patterson Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21215
NATURE OF WORK: A unique opportunity to join a dynamic health care organization based
in Baltimore, Maryland. The position reports to the Chief of Hospital Policy and Planning/
Certificate of Need. Responsibilities include providing data analysis and decision support in
the review of proposed health care facility capital projects, specifically with respect to the
criteria of project viability/financial feasibility and the cost-effectiveness of alternatives. Addi-
tionally, for certain types of health care facility capital projects, the fiscal analyst will have lead
responsibility for analysis of State Health Plan project review standards concerning
construction cost and charges.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: Requires a bachelor´s degree in
Accounting and 2 years experience in a health care organization or business office.
Knowledge of Medicaid/Medicare reimbursement for health services is preferred.

Applicants must include their resume and complete a Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) SALARY:Temporary Salary Reduction effective July 1, 2010 thru June 30, 2011
Application for Employment indicating application for Positions #039504. The Application, resume, and any $45,675 to $73,300 (Grade 18)
support documentation must clearly demonstrate that the applicant meets the prerequisite Minimum Anticipated Salary Effective July 1, 2011
Qualifications and possesses the Essential Requirements for the position. Completed Applications must be $46,563 to $74,725 (Grade 18)
directed to the Staff Employment Section within the Office of Human Resources at the address on the
Position Announcement or faxed to 410.333.8950 e-mail jobs@msde.state.md.us. For inquiries or an MSDE
Application, contact 410.767.0019 or TTY/TDD 410.333.3045, or visit our website at BENEFITS: Full benefits/leave package
www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/aboutmsde/jobs.
HOW TO APPLY: Submit resume no later than November 12, 2010, referencing pin #026973,
All applications must be received by the Closing Date AA/EOE. for fullest consideration to:
MSDE is a leader in promoting and maintaining a diverse workforce.
Ms. Bridget Zombro
Director of Administration
St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center Maryland Health Care Commission
Construction Manager 4160 Patterson Avenue
The Construction Manager is a member of the Housing
Development Department, a division of St. Ambrose Hous- Support Our Baltimore, Maryland 21215
ing Aid Center. The Construction Manger will oversee the
work of outside General Contractors from the initial bid Advertisers An Equal Opportunity Employer
process, thru construction and post construction follow-up. PIN #026973
The Construction Manager reports to the Housing Devel-
opment Director and supports the architect on staff.
Qualifications: Bachelors and/or Associates degree in
Engineering, Construction Management or related field; BOARD OPERATOR
Five (5) years experience in Construction Management for
residential rehabilitation projects; Working knowledge of Ms 95.1 SHINE-FM seeks part-time Board Operators for week-
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driver’s license and a good
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driving record preferred. We're looking for candidates who have a flexible
Ability to speak Spanish is a plus. : Deadline: 11-15-10: schedule and can work holidays. Send resume to Program
Send resume and letter of interest to: Director, 95.1 SHINE-FM; 3500 Commerce Drive; Bal-
Director of Human Resources timore MD 21227 or email to dpaul@951shinefm.com by
St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center, Inc. November 1, 2010. No phone calls. EOE
321 East 25th Street
Baltimore MD 21218
Or via email to: The Maryland State Retirement Agency is seeking to hire
jillj@stambros.org an exceptional individual to serve as Senior Investment
Salary Range: Dependent on experience. Contractual Analyst within the Investment Division. For a full job
Agency’s website at
description and how to apply visit the Agency¬s
St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center, Inc. is an
Equal Opportunity Employer www.sra.state.md.us; select jobs. First consideration will
St. Ambrose complies with HUD’s
HUD¬s regulations in 24CFRpart135.38 which be given to applications received by close of business
implement section 3.The purpose of section 3 is to ensure that employment November 10, 2010. A writing sample may be required.
and other economic opportunities generated by HUD assistance or HUD- Closing date is November 17, 2010. TTY users, call via
assisted projects covered by section 3, shall to the greatest extent feasible,
be directed to low- and - very low-income persons, particularly persons who the Maryland Relay Service. EOE
are recipients of HUD assistance for housing

Registered Nurse - Adult and Pediatric

St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center
Housing Development Assistant
♦ The Housing Development Assistant will provide admin-
istrative and operational support for the Housing Develop-
ment Department, a division of St. Ambrose Housing Aid
Center. This position reports to the Director of Housing
Development. Minimum five years (5) work experience at
least three (3) of which must be in housing development;
Bachelor’s
Bachelor¬s degree (or equivalent) preferred; Experience in
contract management and Microsoft Office Applications;
Excellent communication and administrative skills; Famil-
iarity with social media and web based communications
;Must also be able to work flexible hours: Deadline:
11-15-10: Send resume and letter of interest to:
Director of Human Resources
St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center, Inc.
321 East 25th Street
Baltimore MD 21218
As a member of the Medical team, the Registered Nurse
(RN) collaborates in the provision of direct services for
adult and geriatric clients with medical, mental health, and
social service needs. In this role, the RN practices indepen-
dently within the scope of the RN licensure, and collabo-
ratively within the multidisciplinary team, providing nursing
support and appropriate community linkages. This posi-
tion’s
tion¬s responsibility will be to serve as the primary Triage
Nurse, who will accurately access the condition and deter-
mine priority for treatment of all clients presenting as
walk-ins requesting medical care and assist the Nursing
Coordinator with directing client flow within the medical
clinic. Bilingual English/Spanish preferred. Send resume to
Ms. C. Berry, HCH, 421 Fallsway, Baltimore, MD 21202.
Email: hrresumes@hchmd.org, Fax: (410)837-8020. No
phone calls. EOE

410-554-8200
Or via email to:
jillj@stambros.org Salary Range:
Dependent on experience. Contractual.
St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center, Inc. is an Equal Opportu-
nity Employer.
HUD’s regulations in 24CFRpart135.38 which
St. Ambrose complies with HUD¬s
implement section 3.The purpose of section 3 is to ensure that employment
and other economic opportunities generated by HUD assistance or HUD-
assisted projects covered by section 3, shall to the greatest extent feasible,
be directed to low- and - very low-income persons, particularly persons who
are recipients of HUD assistance for housing

PRODUCER/DIRECTOR
WBAL-TV, the Hearst Television NBC affiliate in Baltimore
is seeking a Producer/Director with a proven track record
in directing fast paced newscasts. Minimum of 5 years
experience in major television market is required. Exper-
ience with Commercial Production and live event directing
as well as knowledge of ENPS, VizArt, AVID and Premier
are preferred. Send a resume and DVD with directors track
to:

David Butta
Production Manager
WBAL-TV
3800 Hooper Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21211

EOE

National Education Association has an opening for a Sr.

Program/Policy/Specialist/Analyst. Essential functions in-
clude bringing in an established African American commu-
nity outreach network; initiating additional/exploratory ave-
nues for outreach; and serving as NEA liaison to interpret
and clarify NEA positions, initiatives and objectives on
ethnic minority community outreach issues. The employee
would act as an NEA liaison to expand alliances with civil
rights, minority organizations (current and emerging), and
with high profile and professionally positioned leaders in
the ethnic community. The position also coordinates work
with national, state, and local entities-both internal and
external-on ethnic minority issues and concerns.
Salary: $75,390-$128,171
Apply by Website: http://www.nea.org/jobs

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