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Today, Mike Baggz announced his intent to lead a boycott against the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), located on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Recently, concerns have mounted among Black American descendants of chattel slavery in the United States, who feel betrayed by the museum's decision to include the curation of Latinx history within the building. In recent weeks, the NMAAHC posted a nationwide job listing for a Latino curator to further their Latino Studies program, although the Museum's mission states that they focus exclusively on non-Latino Black Americans who are descendants of the chattel slavery that occurred in the United States. The museum was founded on the understanding that the culture and history of African Americans should not be intertwined with that of other ethnic groups, and the inclusion of Latino culture can thus be considered a revision of history.

The Daniel Morgan Graduate School of National Security will host General Michael Hayden, former Director of CIA and NSA and retired US Air Force General, at their campus in Washington, D.C. on Monday, April 23rd at 11:30am for an event focused on key developments in 2017, a year of disruption. General Hayden, a retired four-star general and former Director of both the CIA and NSA, spent more than two decades as an intelligence officer. His unique experiences will serve as the foundation for a discussion on recent national security developments, and what they mean for the future of the country.

Joshua Chernikoff, Founder and CEO of Flex Academies, was interviewed on August 9 by NBC4 Washington about the hallmarks of a good afterschool enrichment program. He provided tips to PTAs and school administrators looking to choose a program for their school.

Top Prop is a unique kitchen tool that has been carefully designed not only to make cooking easy and more fun but to also safe kitchen users from the accidents and other such undesirable occurrences that happen in the kitchen as a result of hot dripping pot lids. The makers of the product have recently announced the launch of a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for the project.

The American Society of Evidence-Based Policing (ASEBP) is hosting our 2nd annual conference sponsored by Mark 43 and in partnership with the Police Foundation and Temple University. The conference is May 21-22, 2018 at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. The conference provides practitioners a platform to present their research along with experiences they have had in implementing evidence-based practices in their organization.

Flex Academies has long been a leader in afterschool program quality management, and has a solid reputation among school administrators, parents, and students for its focus on safety.

The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) today announced that 16 alumni members have been named to the prestigious 2018 Forbes 30 Under 30. This list features 600 young entrepreneurs, innovators and industry-changers under the age of 30 who are creatively shaking up the foundations of businesses and making an exponential difference in the world.

Today, Own Your Wonder CEO and founder Kristina Han, and Creative Director, Robin Izsak, announce the launch of Own Your Wonder, a brand that aims to disrupt the makeover experience, moving beyond the sales-driven retail environment and past the outdated beauty counter.

FBI & DOJ Abuses in Colorado and California Cases Indicate Corruption is Common but Unreported Problem, Says Advocacy Group

GotUrSix TV, a new media company, recently launched a digital media platform to provide an outlet for military, Veterans and Military Spouses to share their personal stories. GotUrSix TV's mission is to enhance the lives of our military, Veterans and their families.

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." Lord Acton, 19th Century British Historian.

After analysis of the entrepreneurship training ecosystem for underserved communities, leadership from three of Washington, D.C.'s most successful entrepreneurship training programs today announced creation of the EmpowerME (Empower More Entrepreneurs) Initiative, an effort to create a fully integrated, versatile, and holistic approach towards meeting the needs of underrepresented entrepreneurs.

DC Community Carrot ("Carrot") has completed a seven-month pilot project to demonstrate the non-profit organization's ability to help DC's Out of School Youth to create their own businesses. The effort was funded by generous grants from the DC Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD) and the DC Department of Employment Services (DOES).

Solo Trekker 4 U has launched an innovative patent-pending solo travel software tool only available at SoloTrekker4U.com via a tab on the home page. The "Solo Travel Pricing Tracker", offered at no charge, gives solo travelers an easy way to find and access travel providers based on the pricing structure for those traveling alone. The highly unpopular "single supplement" is the norm since travel is primarily based on double bookings. Solo travelers can pay a surcharge of 50-100%. The problem is worse yet with "2-for-the-price-of-1" advance sales. Solo faced with a 50% single supplement would then pay 3 times more than the per person double booking charge!

Federal prosecutors "won their case through willful failing to disclose evidence (favorable to the defendant)", said Congressman Sensenbrenner. "If [prosecutors] had complied with the ethical and legal obligations, the jury might not have convicted [the defendant]," added Sensenbrenner.

"Make no mistake, in vast majority of federal criminal cases, federal judges and DOJ prosecutors are on the same team," says Lamont Banks, Executive Director of A Just Cause. "Federal prosecutors would not have a 98% conviction rate without the support of a crony federal judiciary. The United States would not have the dubious distinction of American citizens being 25% of the world's prison population without many judges' tag-teaming with prosecutors to guarantee they win convictions at any cost. It's virtually impossible for human beings to consistently achieve 98% success in any human exercise without cheating or being crooked in some way," says Banks. "Compare Bernie Madoff, who maintained high returns on investments irrespective of depressed market and economic conditions because he was engaged in a criminal Ponzi scheme, to U.S. federal prosecutors who maintain high conviction rates irrespective of being engaged in unlawful, egregious misconduct. An independent federal judge committed to the Constitution, fair trials and justice in America is the exception, not the rule. Justice for the LASD9 must come from somewhere, hopefully through President Trump," says Banks.

Results from a comprehensive public opinion poll of 2,500 American adults fielded through Google Surveys reveal widespread opposition to the top lobbying initiative of Israel's US lobby, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).

On July 20, 2017, Colorado Springs advocacy organization A Just Cause filed a judicial complaint against Judge Christine M. Arguello for "displaying religious animus and making demonstrably egregious, hostile and slanderous comments" about Pastor Rose Banks of the Colorado Springs Fellowship Church (CSFC) in Colorado Springs, Colorado and abusing a legal court proceeding for the purpose of attacking Pastor Banks. Judge Arguello has never met Pastor Rose Banks, who, for the past 36 years, has been the Pastor of CSFC. Pastor Banks has never committed a crime or been indicted and has a stellar reputation for honesty, integrity, kindness, tough love and giving in the Colorado Springs community. "Judge Arguello clearly violated the doctrine of the separation of church and state and standards of basic human decency," says Cliff Stewart of A Just Cause.

The IRP6 case concerns six information technology executives of the IRP Solutions Corporation (David A. Banks, Kendrick Barnes, David A. Zirpolo, Clinton A. Stewart, Demetrius K. Harper and Gary L. Walker) who were wrongly-convicted of conspiracy and mail and wire fraud charges and have spent nearly 5 years in prison. The government absurdly claimed the IRP6, through their company IRP Solutions that developed a sophisticated software program to help law enforcement collaborate and share information, somehow duped staffing companies into extending credit to them by making false statements about having a current or impending contract with a large law enforcement agency such as the Department of Homeland Security. Former federal appeals judge H. Lee Sarokin confirm that the IRP6 were prosecuted, convicted and received unduly harsh prison sentences for "failing to pay corporate debt" and trial records show that the government's own witnesses debunked the indictment's allegations and proved the government's case to be a fraud. The six men would not be pressured into a plea deal by court appointed attorneys who they say were not interested in using overwhelming proof of their innocence from government discovery to fight for them. As a result, they fired their attorneys and represented themselves.

NEOFECT, an American-Korean healthcare technology company, has been chosen as the winner in the "Caregiver Quality of Life" category at AARP Innovation Champions Award.

An inmate at the federal prison in Florence, Colorado filed a grievance against a correctional officer for extending a mirror underneath a bathroom stall to peep at him while on the toilet and said there are numerous inmates who have been victims of the sexual misconduct. The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) defines this type of sexual abuse as "voyeurism."

A collective of comic book and pop culture enthusiasts are preparing to prelaunch their new store, Venus's Comic Shop, at Awesome Con in Washington, DC.

GovernementContract.com launched a free online learning website designed to help industry professionals and executives successfully enter and compete in the government marketplace. Developed for those new to government contracting as well as seasoned professionals, members will have access to insights and courses developed by subject matter experts to expand government contracting knowledge and increase company sales.

Caleb's Cooking Company is not your average startup. After all, a 14-year-old named Caleb and his mother are running it out of their house.

LocalSEO.org, a Washington DC SEO Firm, is proud to announce Eclipse.

Flex Academies has been named a part of two 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) grants awarded to the Alternatives for Crime Scholarship Foundation to bring after-school activities to underserved students at Potomac High School in Prince George's County, Maryland, and Woodhome Elementary/Middle School in Baltimore.

According to the February 8, 2017 Bloomberg Criminal Law Reporter (Vol. 100, no. 18, pg. 393), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Ranking Democrat John Conyers (D-MI) are ready to release criminal justice reform legislation but are waiting on a green light from the White House. A Just Cause is urging Congress and President Trump to close 76 federal prison camps and eliminate this wasteful extension of the welfare system that, according the Federal Bureau of Prisons website, houses, clothes, feeds and provides healthcare for nearly 22,000 non-violent offenders.