Washington Informer back issues from May 2003:
Illiteracy, Still an Issue in the District of Columbia
May 07, 2003; ... Crawford, David Washington Informer 05-07-2003 How does one graduate and receive their high school diploma only being able to read at or below a fifth grade level? Exactly, no one knows, but when referring to D.C. high school students this mind-blowing question is ...
HIV/AIDS Ravaging South Africa
May 07, 2003 ... Washington Informer 05-07-2003 AIDS seems to be killing people in South Africa more quickly than Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). An estimated number of about 600 people is reported to die daily from AIDS in South Africa. The alarming situation brought ...
Women Make It Tough for Rapists
May 07, 2003; ... Doku, Sam Washington Informer 05-07-2003 Lakeisha Davis, 24, an employee of the Federal Aviation Administration shared a disturbingly horrific experience with participants in a rally against rape at Dupont Circle last weekend. According to Davis, she was only five years ...
A New Covenant House in SE - A Promise Fulfilled; a Dream Come True
May 07, 2003; ... Doku, Sam Washington Informer 05-07-2003 A concerted effort to confront homelessness and provide a matrix of hope to the destitute in the District was given a frest boost last Thursday on Mississippi Avenue in Southeast. The momentous occasion was the dedication of a new ...
DC United Gives Back to the Community
May 07, 2003; ... De Freitas, John E. Washington Informer 05-07-2003 The 2003 season has begun for D.C United; soccer is in the air in the D.C area so the players and staff continued with their commitment to get involved in community-related activities. This has been an ongoing program for ...
As Doku Sees It; The Lakers, Not as Formidable, Not as Intimidating this Year
May 07, 2003; ... Doku, Sam Washington Informer 05-07-2003 This year's NBA playoffs took off in earnest last week with the Eastern Conference, as usual, seeing the eight teams participating in the playoffs--the Pistons, the Nets, the Celtics, the Pacers, the Sixer's, the Bucks and the ...
A Reason to Shine next Season
May 07, 2003; ... Doku, Sam Washington Informer 05-07-2003 The Washington Redskins are on the war path. There will be no reason for the Washingtonians not to excel next season with the fortification of all the positions that were their archilles hill last season. Particular areas where ...
WYCB Celebrates 25 Years Delivering Gospel for the Spirit
May 07, 2003; ... Barnes, Denise Rolark Washington Informer 05-07-2003 More than 500 fans of WYCB 1340-AM gospel radio station poured into the new convention center last Saturday to celebrate 25 years of broadcasting "good gospel music" and to fellowship with the management and staff who ...
Jonathan Butler - "Surrender"; Spirituality Drives The Man and His Music
May 07, 2003; ... Burke, Ron Washington Informer 05-07-2003 Jonathan Butler is a very spiritual man who "waits on the Lord to move me, and that's the direction I go." He was recently moved to release his thirteenth album, Surrender, which is a collection of soulful and emotional tunes ...
Tom Joyner "Sky Show" Raises 70k for UMES
May 07, 2003; ... Burke, Ron Washington Informer 05-07-2003 Is it a party, a political and community action forum, a fundraiser, a live version of The Tom Joyner Morning Show, or an event that you simply must see to believe? The answer is all of the above, when you are referring to the Tom ...
FROM THE DESK; Republicans Fight Dirty Over NAACP Lawsuit against Gun Dealers
May 07, 2003; ... Walters, Ron Washington Informer 05-07-2003 In case you didn't know it, while we were watching the war in Iraq, the NAACP was taking care of business, suing gun dealers in order to dramatically slow the carnage in the Black community from the illegal and irresponsible use of ...
IN MY OPINION; Museum Honoring African Americans On the Mall is Long Overdue
May 07, 2003; ... Traynham, Robert Washington Informer 05-07-2003 Last month, members of an important Congressional task force recommended that a Smithsonian museum dedicated to the African-American experience finally be built on the national Mall near the Capitol building. The commission ...
Chief Ramsey and Effective Policing in Second Term
May 07, 2003 ... Washington Informer 05-07-2003 When Police Chief Charles Ramsey was brought from Chicago to take over from then acting chief, Sonia Proctor in 1998, he came with a defined mission to help abate crime in the District of Columbia. Undoubtedly, Ramsey, appointed on April ...
Zimbabwe Defiant on Independence Anniversary
May 07, 2003; ... Muhammad, Askia Washington Informer 05-07-2003 The embattled government of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe celebrated the 23rd anniversary of the country's independence last month with open defiance of renewed American saber-rattling and with proclamations of success in ...
Embedded with the Medical Community in DC; Part IV of a series
May 07, 2003 ... Washington Informer 05-07-2003 I have a new found respect for the army of medical professionals who are fighting the war for effective healthcare. While I did not actually walk in their shoes, I was close enough to experience their feelings of pain, exasperation, and ...
Norton Promises to Make Homebuyer Credit Permanent
May 07, 2003 ... Washington Informer 05-07-2003 Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton recently promised to request the approval of the United States Congress to ensure the $5,000 homebuyer credit for District residents is codified into a permanent realm. She revealed this at the new home ...
DC United, Still Searching for a Win
May 14, 2003; ... Doku, Sam Washington Informer 05-14-2003 After four matches, DC United is still winless in the four-weeks-old league despite playing an all attacking game in their recent match up. At RFK last weekend, when United took the field against an equally winless Dallas Burn ...
As Doku Sees It; Never Seen Referees so Stingy
May 14, 2003; ... Doku, Sam Washington Informer 05-14-2003 In soccer, just like in any team sport, match officials are empowered to do whatever is necessary to bring the entertaiment value out of the game to spectators. The match officials--the referee and his two assistants--have the ...
As Doku Sees It; Where Did Jordan Go Wrong?
May 21, 2003; ... Doku, Sam Washington Informer 05-21-2003 The news was as stunning as it was catastrophic. It was news that had elements of a movie undertone beneath it when the whole world was staggered with a mid-morning news last Wednesday that the Washington Wizards' majority owner, Abe ...
Washington D.C. Bids Goodbye to Michael Jordan
May 21, 2003; ... De Freitas, John E. Washington Informer 05-21-2003 The national sports news of the week came from the Washington Wizards' front office when it was announced that Michael Jordan would be relieved of his duties as Wizards' President of Basketball Operations Yes, it was a ...
Friendship Baptist Sunday School Celebrates 127 Years
May 21, 2003 ... Washington Informer 05-21-2003 When Friendship Baptist Church in Southwest celebrated its 127 years of Sunday School last week, the epicenter of the celebration was 91-year old Mary Taylor. Taylor started Sunday School at Frienship when she was 20. Seventy-one years ...
Vocalist Carmen Lundy Is The Queen of Jazz
May 21, 2003; ... Azeez. Malik Washington Informer 05-21-2003 Carmen Lundy is undoubtedly one of the most phenomenal jazz artists and multi-talented geniuses in the world today. She was born Carmen Latretta Lundy on November 1, 1954 in Miami, Florida. While she performs as a progressive jazz ...
"Let My People Go: A Spiritual Journey on the Underground Railroad" Premiers in Kennedy Center Concert Hall
May 21, 2003 ... Washington Informer 05-21-2003 It was in 1998 that Donald McCullough, music director of The Master Chorale of Washington, visited the Mt. Zion Methodist Church cemetery at 2600 Q. St., NW in Georgetown. The historic burying ground is site of the oldest Black burying ground ...
FROM THE DESK; The Michigan Case and Black Patriotism
May 21, 2003; ... Walters, Ron Washington Informer 05-21-2003 The night before the United States Supreme Court was to hear oral arguments on whether or not to eliminate Affirmative Action as practiced by the University of Michigan, thousands of students, anchored by Howard University, spent a ...
IN MY OPINION; NCI Campaign to Reduce Health Disparities Will Save Lives
May 21, 2003; ... Edwards, Willarda V. Washington Informer 05-21-2003 The National Cancer Institute (NCI) should be applauded for recently launching a project to educate African American men about the connection between eating more fruits and vegetables and avoiding ...
President Bush, Saudi Arabia and Terrorism
May 21, 2003 ... Washington Informer 05-21-2003 We are not surprised at all that just after declaration of victory in the war with Iraq, terrorists emerged from their hide-outs and used suicicde bombers in killing 34 people, mostly Americans and injuring over 100 others in a residential ...
Michael Jordan 'Diss' Teaches a Few Lessons
May 21, 2003; ... Wamble, Marvin Washington Informer 05-21-2003 Emotions ran high after Abe Pollin, the owner of the Washington Wizards, did not rehire Michael Jordan as the team's president of basketball operations. It was universally characterized in the neighborhood as a diss of superstar ...
H.U. Celebrates the Commitment of Nurses
May 21, 2003; ... Doku, Sam Washington Informer 05-21-2003 A call has been made to nurses in the Metropolis to continue to keep their focus and dedication in making the nursing profession a proud and diligently useful one to society. The call was made last week at Howard University's ...
"Right Now" Short-term worries affect long-term plans
May 21, 2003 ... Washington Informer 05-21-2003 So much of what investors are asking about centers on what direction the stock market will take in the immediate future. But the portion of your portfolio devoted to stocks should be for the money you do not expect to spend for several years ....
Columbia Heights Education Center Ground Breaking Marks Revitalization of The Community
May 21, 2003 ... Washington Informer 05-21-2003 New Bell/Lincoln Complex the Culmination of A 15-Year Effort Washington, DC -- Hundreds of people are expected to attend the groundbreaking for construction of the long-awaited Columbia Heights Educational Center. Among those expected to ...
Life Insurance in Risk Management
May 21, 2003; ... Hall, William H. Washington Informer 05-21-2003 When looking at your comprehensive financial plan, it is important to consider protecting your family's lifestyle in addition to growing assets for future needs. While life insurance fits into financial plans in a variety of ...
Prince George's County Businessman Named Small Business Person of The Year 2003
May 21, 2003 ... Washington Informer 05-21-2003 WASHINGTON, DC -- L. Henry Gilford, chief executive officer of the Gilford Corporation located in Beltsville, Maryland, has been named the 2003 Small Business Person of the Year for the Washington metropolitan area by the U.S. Small Business ...
Congressman Wynn Hosts Job Fair in Prince George's County
May 21, 2003; ... Wells, Mary Washington Informer 05-21-2003 U. S. Rep. Albert R. Wynn (D-MD) hosted his 11th annual job fair at Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Maryland. "This year's event drew more than 9,000 people," Wynn said, "and we have more than 300 ...
Hillary Graces Opening of New Building at Center for Aging Services
May 21, 2003; ... Wells, Mary Washington Informer 05-21-2003 Guests braved an early downpour with the aim of catching a glimpse of former First Lady but now Sen. Hillary Rodham at the ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the opening of the Arthur S. Flemming Center as the new headquarters for ...
Youth's Involvement in Crime is Police Chief's Headache
May 21, 2003; ... Doku, Sam Washington Informer 05-21-2003 There is something considered fundamentally wrong with society if the moral fiber of its youth degenerates to such an abysmal level that nine and 10-year olds steal and hijack cars, mused participants at a forum on crime. The ...
Students' Demands Met at Board's Budget Hearing
May 21, 2003; ... Doku, Sam Washington Informer 05-21-2003 A hearing intended to advise members of DC School Board on where to target a $40 million budget cut was primarily turned into a compassionate forum of appeal for teachers and impassioned pleas for the budget to remain untouched. But ...
Republican Leadership Renews Commitment to Douglass's Legacy
May 21, 2003; ... Doku, Sam Washington Informer 05-21-2003 America's history, many claim, is an incongruent and incomplete whole if you neglect the inclusion of the contributions of Frederick Douglass, the primordial African American super human who escaped slavery and rose to play a ...
Kicks for Kids in DC
May 14, 2003; ... De Freitas, John E. Washington Informer 05-14-2003 A joint effort between DC United and its corporate, charitable organization provided inner-city youths the opportunity of meeting players from the soccer team who related their experiences to the kids with the hope that they ...
The Reverend Wilsons Celebrate 30 Years at Union Temple Baptist
May 14, 2003; ... Wells, Mary Washington Informer 05-14-2003 The Reverend Willie Wilson and his wife, Mary who is also a co-pastor, have celebrated their 30 years of service to Union Temple Baptist Church. Activities culminated in a week-long service with a dinner at the Park Hyatt Hotel ...
ASKIA AT-LARGE; African Oil; Key to Sudan Peace Break?
May 14, 2003; ... Muhammad, Askia Washington Informer 05-14-2003 The warring sides in Africa's longest and bloodiest civil war have apparently heeded the call to draw closer and closer to peace, and the United States appears poised to aid rather than oppose a settlement there. That, ...
IN MY OPINION; When is Terrorism Apparently not Terrorism?
May 14, 2003; ... Fletcher, Bill, Jr. Washington Informer 05-14-2003 The quick and dirty answer seems to be, when it is practiced by allies of the Bush administration. Consider this scenario: An airliner filled with civilians becomes a military target. It is blown up in midair, with the ...
The Secular Reality of Vouchers
May 14, 2003 ... Washington Informer 05-14-2003 There is currently a huge controversy brewing over whether or not the District should allow vouchers to be introduced into the city's educational system. Like in any healthy debate, city officials have different views on the issue ....
A World Turned Upside Down
May 14, 2003; ... Little, Milton J., Jr. Washington Informer 05-14-2003 In the "old days," from the early 1930s to, say, the mid-1990s, it was accepted that part of government's duty was to be compassionate toward and protect those Americans who were the poorest and neediest among us. Who ...
Administration Fights Spread of Global AIDS
May 14, 2003 ... Washington Informer 05-14-2003 Secretary Thompson joined President Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell at the White House on April 29 to urge Congress to approve the President's plan to triple the amount of funding to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS around the world. Two ...
Teaching Old Muscles New Trick
May 14, 2003; ... Torgan, Carol E. Washington Informer 05-14-2003 Lee strode across the exercise room to the next weight machine. She leaned over and set the stack of weights to the thickness of several New York City phone books. She sat down and slowly curled her body forward, lifting ...
Verizon Business Center Opens Doors In Prince George's County
May 14, 2003; ... Branch, Bruce Washington Informer 05-14-2003 The Verizon Business Center (VBC), which opened in Camp Springs Dec. 13 as a way to spur small business growth throughout Prince George's County, will begin offering loans up to $15,000 under a new partnership the managing group - ...
New Organization Promotes Minorities in Commercial Real Estate
May 14, 2003 ... Washington Informer 05-14-2003 New York, April 9, 2003 - Richmond S. McCoy, President & CEO of UrbanAmerica, the first commercial real estate investment company to focus on buying and developing properties in America's low-to moderate-income communities, has been named ...
The Scholarship Scouting Report; An Insider's Guide to America's Best Scholarships
May 14, 2003; ... Williams, Kam Washington Informer 05-14-2003 Even after excelling academically in high school, most students still have another obstacle to hurdle on the road to higher education. For the average family finds the skyrocketing cost of tuition far too prohibitive to send a kid ...
Helping Students Help Themselves
May 14, 2003; ... Doku, Sam Washington Informer 05-14-2003 In 1996, two gentlemen resolved to make a meaningful contribution to public education in the District after observing that test scores of students in the city nationally fell far below the average on standardized test scores in math ...
Harlem Renaissance Remembered in Prince George's County
May 14, 2003; ... Wells, Mary Washington Informer 05-14-2003 Hundreds of people with their children and families strolled the grounds of Prince George's County in celebration and remembrance of the Harlem Renaissance this past weekend. The festival, now in its fourth year, came off at ...
Melvin C. High Promises to Improve Policing in Prince George's County
May 14, 2003; ... Wells, Mary Washington Informer 05-14-2003 Prince George's County swore in its new police chief last Thursday with hopes of a brighter future for residents in that county. Melvin C. High became the 14th police chief of Prince George's County after being selected by ...
Bad Facilities Pose Health Problems to Us--Students Complain
May 14, 2003; ... Doku, Sam Washington Informer 05-14-2003 A cross section of high school students have come out to rant and complain as well as rumble over deteriorating conditions of facilities in their schools and have threatened a city-wide boycott of classes if their problems are not ...
A Coup D'Grace to D.C. General Hospital
May 14, 2003; ... Doku, Sam Washington Informer 05-14-2003 The 24-hour emergency service in operation at D.C. General Hospital since June 2001 when its trauma care unit was closed, has now been reduced to 12 hours, and it will be known as Urgent Care Center. The closure brings a finality ...
City Officials Divided on Vouchers
May 14, 2003; ... Doku, Sam Washington Informer 05-14-2003 A voucher program presumably geared towards giving needy parents more options to decide where to send their children to school has received precipitously varying degrees of opinions from city officials. At a news conference last ...
DC United Keeps Invincibility Intact but Carolina Courage Discourages Freedom
May 28, 2003; ... Doku, Sam Washington Informer 05-28-2003 Three-time MLS champions DC United whetted their appetite with a brilliant solitary goal victory over English Premier division side Tottenham Hostpur in a mid-week encounter, but the win could not spur them to subdue Kansas City ...
A Ballou Teacher Gives Back to the Community
May 28, 2003; ... Doku, Sam Washington Informer 05-28-2003 Ben Howard is an English teacher at Ballou High who is making a difference in the lives of many young men in the District. When he was a teenager in high school, his ambition was to graduate from college successfully and get ...
For a Stellar Season, Mystics Hopes to Blend Old and New
May 28, 2003; ... De Freitas, John E. Washington Informer 05-28-2003 Lovers of basketball in the Metropolis have said goodbye to the Wizards and will welcome the Mystics June 7 when they play their first home game of the season against Cleveland Rockers. Mystics introduced the new and old ...
As Doku Sees It; Byron Scott and the Nets Can Pull a Surprise this Year
May 28, 2003; ... Doku, Sam Washington Informer 05-28-2003 After three consecutive championship rings, the Los Angeles Lakers this year were devoid of the passion and hunger that catapulted them to the championship podium in the last three years. For three years, the Lakers under Phil ...
Nation of Islam Celebrates Min. Farrakhan's 70th Birthday
May 28, 2003; ... Azeez, Malik A. Washington Informer 05-28-2003 On Saturday, May 10 - Sunday, May 11, at Mosque Maryam and at the Chicago Hilton & Towers Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, the Nation of Islam celebrated Louis Farrakhan's 70th birthday. At the press conference on May ...
Etta James...Still Rockin' and Rollin'; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...inducted 1993, Blues Hall of Fame...inducted 2001
May 28, 2003 ... Washington Informer 05-28-2003 Music has long been considered a part of African American heritage, and a definite case can me made that many performers are part of Black History. Etta James has been described as "one of the great forces in American Music" - a powerhouse ...
Hip Hop Under the Big Top
May 28, 2003 ... Washington Informer 05-28-2003 For the past 10 years, the UniverSoul Big Top Circus has become a family entertainment phenomenon traversing dozens of cities throughout the country and proving beyond a doubt that there is a market for big top entertainment in the African ...
Swift Reaction to "An American Daughter"
May 28, 2003; ... Doku, Sam Washington Informer 05-28-2003 This is an epoch, a genre in which the Women's Movement is ensuring that every facet of sexism and discrimination against women are eradicated from post-modern America. For example, this is a time when we use "actor" for both male ...
FROM THE DESK; Florida Test Threatens Thousands of Black Youths
May 28, 2003; ... Walters, Ron Washington Informer 05-28-2003 Black community activists have threatened a boycott of tourism, sugar and the citrus industries in Florida because state education officials could keep thousands of students, disproportionately Black and Hispanic high school ...
IN MY OPINION; Abe Lincoln, John Brown and the Question of Neutrality in the Face of Racism
May 28, 2003; ... Fletcher, Bill, Jr. Washington Informer 05-28-2003 It is a bit strange to call attention to a book published three years ago. That said, I just completed Lerone Bennett Jr.'s "Forced into Glory: Abraham Lincoln' White Dream," one of the most intriguing and intellectually ...
The Good and Bad News
May 28, 2003 ... Washington Informer 05-28-2003 Washington, DC was in the news last week for reasons you can ascertain as good and bad. At a health start forum last week, it was revealed that the infant mortality rate in the Nation's Capital is one of the best in the nation. On this ...