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usic at St. Michael’s, a new music series, celebrates its first offering on Thursday, April 4, at 12:15 p.m. in the sanctuary of St. Michael’s Episcopal Church on Warren Street.

The free concert is an expansion of Westminster Conservatory’s community program. Performed by conservatory faculty members Larissa Korkina, piano; Kenneth Ellison, clarinet; and Dezheng Ping, violin, the 45-minute program features Rondo in B minor op. 70, D. 895 for violin and piano by Franz Schubert, Gioachino Rossini’s Introduction, Theme, and Variations for clarinet and piano, and the Trio for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano by Gian Carlo Menotti.

Clarinetist Ellison has performed internationally with ensembles including the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, the Riverside Symphonia, the Greenville Symphony, and the American Fine Arts Festival at such venues as Avery Fisher Hall, Carnegie Hall, and NJPAC. Ping has performed violin solos for the China Central Philharmonic in Beijing Concert Hall, the Hunan Symphony Orchestra of China, and the

Manalapan Symphony Orchestra. He also has been a member of the Syracuse Symphony and concertmaster of the Greater Grand Forks Symphony and Manalapan Battleground Symphony Orchestra.

The Moscow-born Korkina has performed at the Garden State Center, McCarter Theater, Richardson Auditorium, and the Matinee Musical Club series at the Philadelphia Academy of Music, Westminster Conservatory Faculty series, and the Longwood Gardens Concert Series.

The next Music at St. Michael’s recital is scheduled for Thursday, June 6, and will feature the Loeffler Trio, with Melissa Bohl on oboe; Marjorie Selden, viola; and Christopher McWilliams, piano.

Music at St. Michael’s, Saint Michael’s Episcopal Church, 140 North Warren Street. Thursday, April 4, 12:15 p.m. Free. www.stmichaelstrenton.org

pantry, a Trenton Area Soup Kitchen satellite feeding site, a weekly “Loaves and Fishes” luncheon, the Urban Promise Trenton after school program, the Trinity Strings music classes for youth, and several prison reform and inmate re-entry programs.

Sale hours are April 4, 1 to 7 p.m., April 5, 9 to 6 p.m., and April 6, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with clearance pricing going into effect at noon and clothing and linens on sale for $5 per bag.

Annual Rummage Sale, Trinity Cathedral, 801 West State Street.

Thursday through Saturday, April 4 through 6. Handicap accessible. 609392-3805 or www.trinitycathedralnj.org

Trinity rummage sale returns

Art installation goes green

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rinity Cathedral in Trenton holds its annual rummage sale Thursday through Saturday, April 4 through 6. The sale includes household items, furniture, seasonal decorations, sporting goods, and clothing.

Proceeds benefit Trinity Cathedral and its ministries, including a food

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Heemin Moon and Dorothy McNee’s ‘Green Palace’ installation at the BSB Gallery through April 13.

Moon works in both graphic and fine arts and has exhibited internationally. McNee is the owner of ITS Group (International Textile Group) and is Moon’s contact for special projects.

The Green Palace was designed specifically for the vault at the BSB Gallery, the former Broad Street Bank building.

The installation complements the BSB’s current exhibition “Scrapped” — created in cooperation with artists connected with TerraCycle, the Trenton-based company that repurposes waste materials to create internationally sold products.

reen Palace” is a new site-specific art installation on view at the BSB Gallery through Saturday, April 13.

Created by Korean artist Heemin Moon and collaborator Dorothy McNee of Lawrenceville, the three-dimensional artwork offers visitors “an intimate world of exotic creatures, iridescent lighting, metallic finishes, BSB Galler y, 143 East State Street. and sustainable materials,” say BSB “Scrapped” is on view through SaturGallery press materials. day, April 13. www.bsbgaller y.com

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Trenton Heath Team’s updates, upgrades, and new digs

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s there a more critical issue affecting so many of us right now than health care?

Trenton medical officials ask the same question and seek solutions for the people who live there — especially for those who can’t afford a doctor and use hospital emergency rooms as the first resort for care and treatment.

That option also happens to be the most expensive option and is usually paid for by the federal government.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reported treating repeat visitors at hospital emergency rooms uses about 21 percent of the nearly $1.3 trillion spent each year on health care in the United States.

In Trenton the issue of treating repeat emergency room visitors came into focus in 2005, when Doug Palmer was entering his final term as mayor and Capital Health Systems was proposing closing one of its two hospitals in the city to open a new hospital in Hopewell Township.

Palmer asked what would happen to the people in Trenton who depended most on hospital services — especially the homeless and those with difficult-to-manage chronic medical issues, the most likely to go to emergency rooms for treatment.

The answer was the Trenton Health Team, a collaboration of St. Francis Medical Center, Capital Health Systems, the Henry J. Austin Health Center, and the city Health Department.

The Trenton Health Team is a nonprofit organization funded by the Newark-based Nicholson Foundation.

To maximize existing medical services in the capital city THT launched a 2011 strategic initiative to improve patient experience, improve the health of the Trenton’s population, and lower costs. To do so the team developed five goals: Lay the groundwork to become a Medicaid Accountable Care Organization (ACO), defined by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services as groups of doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers who come together voluntarily to give coordinated high-quality care to the Medicare patients they serve and provide better population health and containment of costs.

Expand access to primar y care by reducing wait times at the city’s health centers and providing new patient-centered, personalized approaches to care.

Coordinate community-wide clinical care for those seeking pri-

State of the city mary care in the emergency room by targeting high users of hospital services.

Share information among health care providers to improve care coordination, avoid duplication of services, and reduce medical errors.

Engage residents in a concerted effort to understand and overcome obstacles to quality health care.

The early initiatives were led by Dr. Ruthanne Perry, who wrote in a 2012 editorial: “One-quarter of Trenton’s underprivileged have no health care coverage and suffer from higherthan-average rates of diabetes, hypertension, and obesity. Residents have little access to primary care, and until recently it could take weeks to get a clinic appointment. Instead, patients often visit emergency rooms for prob-

‘Our work is really strongly engaged in expanding community health and well-being.

We’re very fortunate to be in a positive position at a time when Trenton has a lot of very positive things on the horizon.’ lems that are not emergencies. Using the ER this way is more expensive than using primary care services, and without follow-up care, the patient will probably end up in the ER again soon.”

Several years later the organization has a staff of 21 and a $3 million operating budget, mostly derived from grants and philanthropy.

But most importantly it is known for its Health Information Exchange (HIE), an approach that provides practitioners access to patient records in real time to support treatment decisions and strategies.

“Our work is really strongly engaged in expanding community health and well-being,” says current executive director Gregory Paulson, 43.

“We’re very fortunate to be in a very positive position at a time when Trenton has a lot of very positive things on the horizon.”

Paulson has been with THT since 2013 and became director in 2015.

He says much of THT’s work involves high-tech number crunching to identify health care needs as they take shape. For example, if a group of residents is identified as having high costs associated with care for diabetes, it

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will show up in the THT database and treatment can be tailored to meet that need.

He also led THT through an updated to its strategic plan. While the former plan set a goal to make Trenton the healthiest city in New Jersey, the new plan contains more specific goals and strategies for a healthy environment and housing; clean, green, and accessible spaces for recreation; a growing economy; effective education; healthy food; improved safety, equity and social cohesion; and quality healthcare.

Also new is THT’s decision to offer NowPow, which, Paulson says will match the database of electronic medical records operated by THT with practitioners providing social services.

“If someone needs a primary care provider we can help them that way,” Paulson says. “It will also keep track of whether they received the care they needed.”

“We’ve been doing research into these kinds of services for a while,” Paulson says of the database that originated in Chicago and recently became available on the East Coast.

Paulson is a native of of Los Angeles. His mother, who still lives there, is a consultant for a high-end women’s clothing line. His father lives in Wyoming and is a retired management consultant and investor. Paulson came east to attend Princeton University (Class of 1998).

One day the psychology major watched as an EMT unit responded to a call on campus. He had some experience as a paramedic in Los Angeles and noticed that many of the rescue squad members looked like students.

That led him to pursue additional training.

“I was fulfilling my premedical requirements at Princeton,” he says, “and I even did a post-baccalaureate year at University of Pennsylvania in their premed program to finish. It was during that program that I decided to pivot and go get my master’s at Drexel University in emergency management and become a paramedic. I had been an EMT since 1993.”

“In New Jersey all paramedics work for hospitals,” he says, “so that gave me broader exposure to the administration of hospitals in New Jersey. As I was promoted in positions at Somerset Medical Center, I took on more and more administrative responsibility.”

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efore joining THT Paulson served as the manager of Emergency Medical Services at Somerset Medical Center, Somerville, where he oversaw all operations, policy development, new program development and implementation, staff management, strategic planning, and community out-

Gregory Paulson is executive director of the West State Streetbased Trenton Health Team. reach. He lives in Hopewell with his wife and their three daughters.

Today the Trenton Health Team occupies spacious offices on the fourth floor of One West State Street, at the corner of West State and South Warren streets. It is among a group of six regional health-care organizations — in the Finger Lakes, New York; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Seattle Washington; Central Oregon; and Sonoma County, California — that use datadriven strategies for improving care and reducing costs.

“We have a lot of other involvement with non-traditional partners,” Paulson says. One of these will include a “Tactical Urbanism” project along the Brunswick Avenue corridor, similar to the Street Plans project in Jersey City that brightened pedestrian areas.

Other recent developments include THT welcoming Julia Taylor, the former Isles deputy operations office, as the senior director of programs and partnerships. The group is also participating in a New Jersey Health Initiative program to identify high concentrations of irritants and lead exposure in Trenton homes and in Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s national program DASH CIC-START. Along with a $24,915 grant, the program will help provide data for public health initiatives and support the NowPow system.

As we know, any doctor will recommend improving a patient’s immediate environment as key to overall wellbeing. The Trenton Health Team is no different. Outside the conference room in its downtown Trenton office is a large mural by the noted area artist Leon Rainbow.

Trenton Health Team, 1 West State Street, Fourth Floor. 609-2564555. www.trentonhealthteam.org

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HEADLINES APRIL 2019

B I - M O N T H LY N E WS F R O M C A P I TA L H E A LT H

Getting Healthy is a Walk in the Park The Health Benefits of Walking According to the National Institutes for Health, just 2.5 hours of moderate aerobic activity per week will help most adults stay healthy. For many, deciding on a fitness program and finding the time to exercise can stop the most well-meaning person in their tracks. Luckily, getting on the path to better health can literally be as easy as a walk in the park.

“Walking has a low risk of injury and you don’t need any memberships, special equipment or training to get started,” said DR. JILL YOUNG, a board certified physician at Capital Health Primary Care – Quakerbridge.

“Most people don’t need to see a doctor before they begin a walking program, but if you have a chronic health issue or you’re over age 40 and have been inactive for a while, check with your primary care doctor to establish a fitness routine that’s safe for you.”

In addition to seeing patients at Capital Health’s primary care office in Lawrenceville, NJ, Dr. Young is a trustee of the 22-mile Lawrence Hopewell Trail, a non-profit that provides communities in Hopewell and Lawrence Townships a safe environment for walking, jogging, and biking.

A brisk walk 30 minutes a day, five days a week will help you burn calories, strengthen your muscles and bones, and can lower your risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and type 2 diabetes. If you have a tight schedule to work around, Dr. Young suggests breaking your walks into three 10-minute sessions per day to enjoy the same benefits, all of which improve your overall fitness and lift your mood along the way.

Whether it’s scheduling a wellness check-up or you’re just not feeling well, Capital Health understands that advanced medicine starts with your primary care doctor. If you don’t already have a primary care provider, Capital Health’s Primary Care Network offers convenient offices throughout the greater Mercer, Bucks and Burlington county region.

To learn more, or to find an office near you, visit capitalmedicalgroup.org

DOCS ON THE TRAIL: Enjoying the Outdoors While Managing Your Joint Pain If you’re living with arthritis or considering joint replacement surgery, join DR. ARJUN SAXENA from Trenton Orthopaedic Group at Rothman Orthopaedic Institute to learn how walking or biking can help you manage your pain and even help you recover from surgery. This will be followed by a two-mile hike into Rosedale Park led by DR. JILL YOUNG, a board certified family medicine physician at Capital Health Primary Care – Quakerbridge and trustee of the Lawrence Hopewell Trail.

Tuesday, April 30, 2019 | 6 p.m.

Hunt House Barn, Mercer Meadows 197 Blackwell Road, Pennington, NJ 08534.

THIS EVENT IS FREE.

You must RSVP to attend. To sign up, call 609.394.4153 or register online at capitalhealth.org/events.

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DON’T LOSE SLEEP OVER DAYLIGHT SAVINGS BASIC TIPS FOR A BETTER NIGHT’S SLEEP Daylight savings time may be a welcome sign of spring and the long summer nights to come, but the “lost hour” can have short-term effects on your normal sleeping patterns.

“When you ‘spring forward’ and advance your clocks an hour, the change disrupts your sleep pattern and causes your body clock to become out of sync with the daylightnighttime cycle,” said DR. CALLUM DUPRE, board certified neurologist, fellowship trained sleep medicine specialist, and medical director of the Capital Health Center for Sleep Medicine. “If you’re a night owl, the switch to daylight savings time could have a more noticeable impact.”

Your best defense against the disruption caused by the time change is maintaining a consistent sleep routine. Instead of altering your schedule to compensate for the hour of sleep you lose, select a bedtime ritual, such as a warm bath, listening to calm music or reading a book. After you make it through the time change, sticking to a routine year round

OTHER TIPS INCLUDE:

… Create a relaxing bedroom. ∙∙ Remove work materials, computers and televisions. ∙∙ Keep it quiet, dark and cool. … Reduce or eliminate caffeine, nicotine and alcohol intake. … If you can't sleep, try relaxing in another room until you feel tired. … Exercise regularly but not close to bedtime.

will go a long way in improving your quality of sleep and reducing your risk of illness and chronic health problems.

If you or your family is having sleep-related problems, contact the Capital Health Center for Sleep Medicine.

As the largest, fully accredited center in Mercer and Bucks counties, the Center has provided comprehensive evaluation and treatment for sleep disorders in adults and children for more than 20 years. Call 609.584.5150 or visit www.sleepatcapitalhealth.com.

On December 19, President & CEO Al Maghazehe and other members of Capital Health’s senior management team joined the CAPITAL HEALTH AUXILIARY for a ribbon-cutting ceremony (pictured right) that marked the grand opening of Capital Thrift, the Auxiliary’s new thrift store located at 2783 Brunswick Pike (Rt. 1 South), Lawrenceville, NJ. The Mercer Mart thrift store, which celebrated its grand opening in 1958, (pictured left) opened on West Hanover Street in Trenton before moving to Front Street until it closed in 2004. Like the Mercer Mart, Capital Thrift is completely staffed and managed by volunteers, and proceeds help the Auxiliary sponsor health and educational programs for patients at Capital Health.

Volunteer Spirit is alive and well at CAPITAL THRIFT In December 2018, the Capital Health Auxiliary celebrated the grand opening of Capital Thrift, a thrift shop in Lawrenceville, NJ that benefits health and educational programs at Capital Health. Although the store is new, the community spirit that drives this effort can trace its roots back to 1958 and an enterprise known as Mercer Mart, Capital Health’s original thrift shop.

“Mercer Mart was a mainstay in the city of Trenton for 46 years until its closing in 2004,” said Donna Costanzo, president of the Capital Health Auxiliary. “Inspired by the dedication of the original founders and volunteers at the Mart—many of whom helped run the store from start to finish—we look forward to improving the community and continuing to support the many great programs at Capital Health.”

Capital Thrift is located at 2783 Brunswick Pike (Rt. 1 South) in Lawrenceville, NJ. Store hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday; 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the first and third Sunday of each month; and 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on the first Monday of each month.

Purchases may be made with cash or credit card (Visa & Master Cards only—no debit cards). Donations may be dropped off during store hours. For more information, call 609-882-4717 or search for Capital Thrift NJ on Facebook.

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Advanced Screening and Early Treatment helps prevent esophageal cancer Heartburn and acid reflux are common conditions, but if you’re experiencing chronic symptoms, you may have gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Left untreated, GERD can cause damage to the lining of the esophagus and lead to Barrett’s esophagus, a precancerous condition that is estimated to affect more than 12 million adults in the United States. In a more severe form of Barrett’s, the lining of the esophagus also contains dysplasia (cells that are turning into cancer).

“Barrett’s esophagus commonly goes undiagnosed and can lead to esophageal cancer, making it a potentially life-threatening condition of the digestive system,” said DR. JASON ROGART, director of Interventional Gastroenterology & Therapeutic Endoscopy at Capital Health.

“With the advanced screening options available at our Center for Digestive Health, we work to identify Barrett’s in its earliest stages. Our goal is to identify disease progression early, when it can be treated endoscopically, without the need for surgery.”

Dr. Rogart leads the Barrett’s esophagus and GERD Program at the Capital Health Center for Digestive Health, which offers these advanced screening, diagnostic and treatment options: High-definition endoscopy with narrow band imaging: Detailed imaging further enhanced by a special filter that focuses light to specific wavelengths for greater image contrast and clarity.

Video Laser Endomicroscopy (VLE): High-resolution, crosssectional imaging of the outermost lining of the esophagus.

Studies show this to have greater than 98 percent accuracy in detecting Barrett’s. Our experienced team at Capital Health was the first in New Jersey to offer VLE. WATS3D (wide-area transepithelial sampling with 3D computer analysis): A brush biopsy technique that can detect Barrett’s and increase the detection of cells that are turning into cancer.

Molecular/DNA analysis of Barrett’s esophagus: Tissue samples collected via endoscopy are tested for the presence of biomarkers that may indicate a higher risk of progression to cancer before the development of invasive tumors.

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS): Special scopes with small ultrasound probes at the tip are inserted into the esophagus to examine nodules that may arise within Barrett’s esophagus. If the nodules contain cancer or if there are abnormal lymph nodes outside the esophagus, they can be sampled under EUS-guidance with fine needle aspiration.

Bravo™ pH probe: Via endoscopy, a small capsule is temporarily attached to the wall of the esophagus to measure pH levels, record GERD symptoms, and transmit readings to a small wireless receiver you wear on your waistband.

24 hour pH testing with impedance and esophageal manometry: A thin catheter is passed through the nose into the esophagus to measure whether acid or non-acid contents from the stomach are refluxing into the esophgaus.

The pattern of muscle contraction within the esophagus can also be checked for abnormalities.

Stretta anti-reflux endoscopic therapy: An endoscopic alternative to medical or surgical treatment of GERD, this is a safe and effective minimally invasive endoscopic procedure that is typically performed in less than 60 minutes on an outpatient (same-day) basis. It has been shown to significantly reduce and even eliminate GERD symptoms, such as heartburn, by reducing esophageal acid exposure.

Our experienced team at Capital Health was the first in New Jersey to offer Stretta.

Capital Health Center for Digestive Health is advancing the level of care available to patients in the region by providing comprehensive, state-of-the art diagnostics and treatments for a wide range of medical conditions involving the entire digestive system, all in one location at Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell.

To learn more, visit capitalhealthGI.com or call 609.537.5000 to make an appointment.

Breast Cancer Survivorship Series for YOUNG WOMEN 6 – 8 p.m. | Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell Radiation Oncology Conference Room – 1st Floor, One Capital Way, Pennington, NJ 08534 MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2019 STAY ALERT: MANAGING THE LONG-TERM SIDE EFFECTS MONDAY, MAY 20, 2019 LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX AND BREAST CANCER MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2019 SELF-CARE AFTER BREAST CANCER

Please RSVP at least one week before the event.

TO RSVP or FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Trish Tatrai, clinical manager of Oncology Programs and breast cancer navigator at Capital Health Cancer Center, at ptatrai@capitalhealth.org or 609.537.7485.

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Unless otherwise noted, call 609.394.4153 or visit capitalhealth.org/events to sign up for the following programs.

TIME FOR CHANGE: Understanding Menopause Wednesday, April 10, 2019 | 6 p.m.

Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell NJ PURE Conference Center To learn more about this shared experience in women’s health, join DR. VICTORIA PETTY, a board certified gynecologist from Capital Health Gynecology, for a discussion of menopause causes, symptoms and treatment options.

AARP SMART DRIVER COURSE Thursday, April 11, 2019 | 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Capital Health – Hamilton The AARP Smart Driver course teaches valuable defensive driving strategies and provides a refresher of the rules of the road. You must be 18 years of age or older and have a valid driver’s license to attend this course. Cost is $15 for AARP members and $20 for non-members. Fee is payable at door (cash or check made payable to AARP).

FLUSH COLON CANCER: Know Your Risk Factors, Screening Guidelines and Treatment Options Thursday, April 11, 2019 | 6 p.m.

Capital Health – Hamilton You’re invited to our discussion about colon cancer — risk factors, screening guidelines, and treatment options — led by fellowship trained gastroenterologist DR. JYOTI BHATIA from Mercer Gastroenterology. Melissa Phelps, a registered dietitian and certified specialist in oncology nutrition at the Capital Health Cancer Center, will also discuss nutrition guidelines to promote the health of your colon.

PARENT WORKSHOP: Staying Safe in the Car/Infant CPR/Home Safety Tuesday, April 23, 2019 | 6 p.m.

Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell NJ PURE Conference Center Led by registered nurses and home safety experts, this program offers tips on how to keep infants, toddlers, school-age, and older children safe in and around motor vehicles, including car seat safety. Participants will be taught how to perform infant CPR and safe techniques in case your baby is choking. There will also be a discussion on fire safety and how to safeguard from hazards in the home.

TOTAL SHOULDER REPLACEMENTS Thursday, April 25, 2019 | 6 p.m.

Capital Health – Hamilton Many people experience shoulder pain, but it can be caused by a range of conditions. DR. EVAN CONTE, a board certified orthopaedic surgeon at Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, will lead a discussion on common shoulder problems and injuries, their causes, and treatment options including shoulder replacements.

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PANCREATIC CANCER: Managing Risk, Making and Understanding a Diagnosis Wednesday, May 1, 2019 | 6 p.m.

Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell NJ PURE Conference Center Join DR. JASON ROGART, director of Interventional Gastroenterology & Therapeutic Endoscopy at the Capital Health Center for Digestive Health, and understand how pancreatic cancer is diagnosed and how doctors determine how advanced the disease is. A genetic counselor from our Cancer Center will discuss the important relationship between cancer and genetics and take you through what genetic counseling and testing is like.

DESIGNER BAG BINGO Picture is only a representation, not an actual prize.

FRIDAY, April 26, 2019 Union Fire Company and Rescue Squad 1396 River Road, Titusville, NJ 08560

Benefits the CAPITAL HEALTH AUXILIARY Doors open at 5:30 p.m. First game at 7 p.m.

COST OF ADMISSION $30 Dessert, coffee, and tea will be served.

FOR TICKETS Contact Jami Szafranski via e-mail at jamiszafranski@yahoo.com No one under 18 years old permitted. alth Au l He xi ita

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Capital Health – Hamilton 1445 Whitehorse-Mercerville Road, Hamilton, NJ 08619 Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell One Capital Way, Pennington, NJ 08534

GUT REACTION: Current Medical Management Options for Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis Monday, April 29, 2019 | 6 p.m.

Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell NJ PURE Conference Center If you are living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) — including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis — then you know about the belly pain, weight loss, and diarrhea that comes with it. Join DR. ANIL BALANI, a fellowship trained gastroenterologist and IBD specialist at Capital Health Center for Digestive Health, for a discussion of current, new, and upcoming medical therapies.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Trent House celebrates 300th anniversary with a mystery

By Lynn Robbins

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year ago, as building contractors readied to repair a section of the roof on the 1719 William Trent House, they discovered an object that wasn’t supposed to be there. And they had questions. Why was this object — an old leather shoe — placed there out of sight? Who did it, and when?

Maybe it was dragged there by a rodent or thrown there by a workman … or maybe it was an object associated with a magic ritual … A magic ritual?

Yes, that’s the likely answer, says anthropologist M. Chris Manning.

On Sunday, April 7, Manning and other speakers will explore this topic at the William Trent House visitor center in a panel discussion titled “The Mystery of the Shoe in the Roof.” She will share her master’s thesis research, drawing from her paper, “Homemade Magic: Concealed Deposits in Architectural Contexts in the Eastern United States.”

The event is one of several taking place this year celebrating the 300th anniversary of the Trent House.

The mystery of the shoe panel includes Colonial Williamsburg shoemaker Valentine Povinelli, who will show how he was able to date the footwear to the first half of the 19th century and determine its likely ownership and use. And historic preservation consultant and architectural historian Kevin Joy will describe changes made to the Trent House throughout history, exploring how a shoe made in the 1800s might have been concealed in a structure built in 1719.

Concurrent with the panel (and through May) visitors can view an exhibit featuring images of the Trent House as it was modified over the years.

During the period of colonial America residents often hid objects in and around homes in a practice scholars describe as magico-religious or folk rituals, says Manning. The concealments, also known as deposits, were believed to protect the home from spiritual and physical harm. They also provided protection and well-being to the people who lived there and the animals on the property. Discoveries in the United States concentrate in the Northeast, especially New England, and the Midwest.

It is a common misconception among many archeologists that early English colonists did not practice folk magic and rituals since they were devout Christians and religious authority figures opposed such practices. Further, such practices contradicted scientific reasoning. But, says Manning, historical evidence suggests that most colonists weren’t opposed to employing a little magical assistance from time to time.

Early in her studies, Manning found that scholarly research had focused on populations from the African diaspora and Native American nations, thereby creating the perception that Europeans are too sophisticated to engage in rituals.

In fact, says Manning, rituals were shared among populations from several countries and backgrounds, creating merged practices that bridged various cultures.

While Manning’s research on concealed objects in the Eastern United States focuses on the colonial time period, she draws on religious and folk practices that reach back to preChristian times.

Concealed objects are usually discovered when an organization is

Why was a 200-yearold shoe hidden in the roof of the Trent House?

Researchers believe it was associated with a magic ritual. renovating or demolishing a historic structure. Objects are often found in chimneys but also in fireplaces, under floors, above ceilings, in roofs, around doors and windows, under stairs, and within foundations. In addition to private residences, objects have been found in hospitals, work houses, public houses, and factories.

The types of objects found include garments and textiles, dolls, horse skulls, iron tools and implements, horseshoes, painted and inscribed marks and symbols, printed and written texts and charms, cats, and bottles.

Of all the objects that have been concealed, you may wonder, why shoes?

Manning points out that throughout history the shoe has played a symbolic role in many narratives related to life lessons, luck, protection, and power: An example often used by scholars relates to the power of a shoe to combat evil. According to legend, an Augustinian monk and rector in Buckinghamshire, England, once forced the Devil into a boot. Based on this reported conquest, shoes and boots were thought to have the power to ward off or trap malevolent spirts.

Thus, footwear was often concealed in chimneys or other vulnerable openings of a building.

Shoes and stockings are used as containers for rewards given for good behavior. Consider the practice of hanging a stocking in front of the fireplace chimney on Christmas Eve.

M. Chris Manning, right, and the mysterious shoe found in the roof of the William Trent House.

Shoes are also associated with travel and one’s journey through life. Consider the guidance that you should not judge a person’s actions until you have walked a mile in his shoes.

A baby’s first shoe is often bronzed by his parents, a practice that relates to a belief that keeping his first shoe will protect the child from harm.

Perhaps the most widely recognized symbolism of the shoe, writes Manning, is the idea that it bears a forever link to the person who wears it, and in some way, retains the essence or soul of that person. Because a shoe tends to maintain its shape, and thus the shape of the foot of the person who wore it, that shoe can be a form of image magic with more potency than an unworn shoe. It is, in effect, a portable footprint.

Not everyone accepts the idea that shoes or other objects found within building structures were placed there as deliberate acts associated with folk culture. Their view is that they were tossed into a wall cavity as rubbish or dragged there by stray animals.

But, counters Manning, patterns suggest otherwise. Today at least 2,000 concealed deposits containing one or more shoes have been discovered; they tend to reside near chimneys and fireplaces; and shoes tend to be left-footed. At least 300 deposits have been located in the U.S.

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sing physical objects to bring luck or give oneself an advantage is still used today. Athletes and fans are known for practicing “sports magic.”

Manning references to a Boston Red Sox fan working on the construction of the new Yankee Stadium in 2008.

He inserted a Red Sox jersey into the concrete structure with the intent of cursing the Yankees with bad luck.

When other construction workers, all Yankees fans, discovered his mischief, they spent hours working to locate the jersey, eventually retrieving it from under two feet of hardened concrete.

Athletes and fans are not alone in practices related to luck. Elected officials have been known to carry good luck objects with them while campaigning.

Manning became interested in history growing up in Ohio, where her parents were public school teachers.

They spent many summer months

traveling across the country, and those vacations gave her opportunities to learn about different customs and ways of doing things, she says.

She attended Indiana’s Ball State University, where she earned a master’s in anthropology with a focus in archeology. Today she serves as the curator of Ohio’s Overfield Tavern Museum. She also serves as a special project coordinator at the Miami Valley Veterans Museum and has held positions at the Nantucket Historical Association; Dovetail Cultural Resource Group; and other organizations.

Manning finds that interest in concealed objects and folk rituals is growing among professionals and the public. She encourages individuals who wish to explore this topic to search the internet for “concealed shoes” or other hidden objects. She also recommends contacting state or historical museums to learn about their collections and volunteer opportunities.

Her wish for the future is that the researchers from the fields of anthropology, archeology, and other areas work more closely together to solve the mysteries behind hidden objects.

The Myster y of the Shoe in the Roof: Panel Discussion, William Trent House Visitor Center, 15 Market Street. Sunday, April 7, 2 to 4 p.m. $15, $12 for Trent House Association members.

Other 300th anniversary celebration events: Open House, Saturday, June 1.

Community Archaeology Project, Saturdays, June 8, 15, 22, and 29, and July 6; and Fridays, June 14, 21, and 28.

Trenton Histor y: The Immigrant Experience sculpture exhibit, June 22 through November 3.

Ice Cream Social with Colonial reenactors, Sunday, July 21 Life and Times of William Trent Jr. lecture and book signing by Jason Cherry. Monday, July 22.

Exhibit showing changes to the Trent House over the years on view through May. www.williamtrenthouse.org/events

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Maestro Dudamel brings sound, sp ‘The Dude’ shares his love of music with Trenton youth

By Elaine Strauss

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ustavo Dudamel, the classical music superstar conductor, has been a quiet presence in Trenton over the past few months.

But the volume will be turned up when the superstar conductor — affectionately known as “The Dude” — presents a free concert at the Trenton War Memorial on Saturday, April 27.

Dudamel comes to Trenton via Princeton University, where he is the first ever conductor in residence While that is noteworthy in itself; Dudamel expanded his residency by insisting on his involvement with Trenton Public School music students and the Trenton Music Makers.

The latter partners with the Trenton School System and uses El Sistema tactics — something dear to the Venezuelan-born musician who traces his early music education to the program.

Now an international classical music star, Dudamel has a resume that includes leading several of the world’s greatest symphonic orchestras as well as a youth orchestra during the 2016 Super Bowl.

The residency commemorates the Princeton University Concerts’ 125th anniversary — a cultural achievement of its own.

El Sistema — “the system” in English — was founded in 1975 in Venezuela by the late Jose Antonio Abreu, an economist and educator.

Calling it “a social system that fights poverty,” Abreu had a vision of bringing students together to create both music and better community.

“Music has to be recognized as an agent of social development, in the highest sense because it transmits the highest values — solidarity, harmony, mutual compassion,” noted Abreu, who died in 2018. “And it has the ability to unite an entire community and to express sublime feelings.”

Believing “music produces an irreversible transformation in a child,” Abreu said the effects of participating in El Sistema go beyond the playing and that involvement doesn’t mean the participant will end up as a professional musician. He or she “may become a doctor or study law or teach literature. What music gives him or her remains indelibly part of who they are forever.”

The successful program that has students actively engaged in playing classical music eventually gained the support of all Venezuelan governments, regardless of political posi-

Young musicians with the Trenton Music Makers practice the violin. tions. By 2015 the program had be- social groups.”

Drawing on what he calls “music’s come worldwide, encompassing 400 music centers and 700,000 young unique power to unite,” he is delighted by music’s appeal beyond the universipeople.

Now 38, Dudamel, born six years ty. Particularly gratifying for him was after El Sistema was created, partici- El Sistema’s discovery of young peopated in the system and is one of its ple whose lives were affected every day by their new musical horizons. most prominent proponents.

In addition to his own devotion to “I studied music since I was four years old, and from that moment I music, Dudamel is constantly surprised by the became part lure of music for of a family,” he young people. “I said in a state‘It feels like we have feel the power of ment for an El taken a first step in music,” he says, Sistema event at “but still it moves Carnegie Hall. bringing Princeton me whenever I “And that family see young people has taught me University and the playing music things; not only grass-roots music with such love musical things, and dedication. but things I have programs of Trenton Their working toto face in life, gether to create and that is where closer together.’ beauty never fails the success of to inspire me.” the system lies.”

Dudamel conIn addition to siders his visit his El Sistema activities, Dudamel conducts the Los to New Jersey a turning point. “It Angeles Philharmonic and Venezue- feels like we have taken a first step in la’s Orquesta Sinfonica Simon Bolivar. bringing Princeton University and the Reached by e-mail, Dudamel ex- grass-roots music programs of Trenplains his decision to include Trenton ton closer together. I look forward to in his Princeton visit. “For me,” he helping develop a sustainable, mutusays, “art can never exist in a vacuum ally enriching bridge between these — music is about building bridges neighboring communities,” he says.

Carol Burden, executive director of and making connections between cultures, generations, institutions, and Trenton Music Makers, established

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in 1998, is in concert with Dudamel’s ideas and reports on his recent involvement with Trenton students.

“When the kids went to play for him, they were nervous because they knew he was important,” Burden says.

“After they played, he beamed ear-toear, and said, ‘Wonderful! Isn’t this fun? Play more!’ The kids played everything they had prepared, then they played old pieces. His message was ‘This is special, do more!’”

“What was delightful to us was Dudamel’s own delight in being there,” Burden adds.

The Trenton Music Makers is a free community-supported program that includes a preschool group and an orchestra involving 105 students from fourth grade to high school. Students are recruited within the Trenton Public School through site coordinators and principals or by providing information to parents at Back-to-School nights.

In addition to playing within the schools, the Trenton musicians also will perform with 300 other El Sistema players at Princeton University’s Alexander Hall on Sunday, April 28. More details below.

Musicologist Don Michael Randel evoked Dudamel’s capacity for delight during a public interview shortly after Dudamel’s arrival in Princeton. Randel, a Princeton alumnus, is, incidentally president emeritus of both the University of Chicago and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

“I wanted to play trombone like my father,” Dudamel told Randel in the public event, “but my arm was too short. I studied solfege and harmony, and waited to get taller so I could play trombone.”

“As a child, I played toy instruments. I never thought I’d be a classical musician. Someone gave us a ukulele, and my father saw that I was keeping the rhythm. I tried trumpet, but didn’t like it because it was painful.

I wanted a viola.”

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egarding his start with El Sistema, Dudamel said. “I didn’t want to be taught anything. I wanted to explore and discover.” He considers that attitude desirable because it creates room to contemplate and understand.

As a conductor, he had his first adventures without a teacher. “My toys were my first orchestras,” he said.

“My first orchestras were Vienna and Chicago,” Dudamel said, talking about leading recordings of Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” as a youngster.

“I conducted my first real orchestra from the violin section. The conductor was late. I moved my hand and we started to play.”

The conductor, in Dudamel’s view,

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renton Central High School orchestra students moved over to let another musician sit with them during a recent performance — world-renowned conductor and musician Gustavo Dudamel, who joined the violin section. As part of his yearlong residency with Princeton University Concerts, his January visit to Trenton conveyed the message that music should be part of students’ lives everywhere.

For the student musicians, school administrators, music faculty, and area celebrities such as singer Sarah Dash, Mayor Reed Gusciora, and others, it was affirmation, as Superintendent of Schools Frederick McDowell said, of “the power music has to change lives.”

Norberto Diaz, Trenton schools supervisor of visual and performing arts and partnerships, introduced Dudamel to the high school orchestra and its conductor, Joseph Pucciatti.

While Dudamel often conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a tuxedo, he watched the student musicians from the front row of the HedgepethWilliams Middle School auditorium in a black sweater and sneakers. “I’m having fun,” he said, as he listened to a program that included Chuck Mangione’s “Land of Make Believe” and a tribute to the late Aretha Franklin.

When he decided to sit on the stage, he agreed to play a violin selected by Hedgepeth-Williams music teacher Danny Hall (who made sure the instrument was tuned). Despite having recently broken two fingers, Dudamel played along with the stu-

inspires and motivates players by gaining their respect. He has the power but must cultivate respect.

Additionally, he said, “Some conductors impose and are arrogant, rather than gaining respect. Instrumentalists tend to smell blood when conductors impose. Conducting different orchestras is like dancing with different partners; you cannot impose yourself — your partner may not be following your beat.”

“When a conductor really connects with musicians it’s a miracle. The music may have been composed 200 years ago, but it is always new. Conducting is the best thing in the world.”

Dudamel considers music a powerful instrument of social change.

Indeed, he believes that changing

Conductor Gustavo Dudamel joined the violin section during a visit with Trenton Central High School’s orchestra. dents, performing a “Phantom of the Opera” medley (music by Sir Andrew Lloyd Weber) and “Another Day of Sun” (Justin Hurwitz) from the film “La La Land.” He swayed to the beat, and when the pieces were finished, he shook hands with most of the excited students and posed for photos.

Conductor Pucciatti — who is also the founder and conductor of the 30-year-old Boheme Opera New Jersey — praised the students, stating that they “played well because of their dedication to the music program at Trenton Central High School.

They are at rehearsal every day after school. That is dedication!” Pucciatti said they play like professionals all the time. “They are a very special group of musicians. They are Trenton’s best hope for the future.”

As part of the program, Trenton music faculty and students were encouraged to ask questions. Anthony Figliano from Parker Elementary

the perception of classical music by school children can have a long-term effect on society. “In my school music was the last and least important class,” he says. To the contrary, he believes that if children are raised to understand music’s beauty and creativity, music can become a means of social change.

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udamel is an enemy of the widespread idea that music can be boring. “When I think of exposing young people to music, I don’t believe in boredom,” he said. “I love Latin music.

I like classics. I like Pink Floyd. I like the Beatles. I don’t believe in tradition and putting music in a box. We have to destroy that box.”

School said he was a bass baritone who has seen Dudamel conduct the Metropolitan Opera and asked how he would distinguish a good singer from a great singer. Dudamel answered that he doesn’t like to differentiate and tries to give singers space to develop.

“The capacity to be inspired is the most important thing,” he said.

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he 38-year-old Venezuelan violinist and conductor is the son of a trombonist and a voice teacher who experienced the El Sistema music education program that started in Venezuela. He told Trenton students that he chose the violin because many of his friends played the violin. At age 17 he was appointed conductor of the Venezuelan youth orchestra. He was named music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for the 2009-’10 season. This season marked his debut conducting the Metropolitan Opera.

He also recounted that a key moment in his career path was playing second violin at age 9 and feeling “blessed” that he was part of the larger sound of an orchestra. “Art takes us to another place that heals our souls,” he said. “Love what you do. Believe in yourself,” he told the students.

Dudamel’s visit to Trenton was the result of his own desire to interact with urban student musicians, much like his own experience growing up under the El Sistema music education program in Venezuela, said Marna Seltzer, director of Princeton University Concerts. “Working with youth is such a big part of his mission,” she says.

Princeton student Lou Chen helped make the connection with the high school orchestra. For the last two years Chen has forged a working relationship with the Trenton Central High School (TCHS) orchestra and Pucciatti, and founded not only the Trenton Youth Orchestra but the TCHS-Princeton University Collaborative Concert Series; provided TCHS Orchestra members the opportunity to watch the Princeton University Orchestra in concert; and brought Princeton student music groups to perform at the high school. Given the relationship, Seltzer thought it was an appropriate match, and said she was “thrilled” that he also played alongside them.

Diaz noted that Dudamel was eager to visit Trenton because of its emphasis on music in the schools, including its own El Sistema-inspired after school program. “Not in my wildest dreams did I think he would come to Trenton,” said Diaz, a musician himself. “I think the world of this man.” He also quoted Dudamel’s statement that “‘Music is a beautiful imperfection.’ I love that, as a musician,” he said.

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Anchor House opens its doors to human trafficking victims

By Dan Aubrey

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e see young girls who don’t have family, feel rejected, want to be loved, and leave home, and then they’re at a bus stop and someone pulls up and says, ‘You’re too pretty to be waiting alone,’” says Mereides Delgado about how a girl or any youth can be lured into human trafficking.

Delgado is the director of Anchor House’s Aging-Out Youth Service.

Anchor House is the 41-year-old Trenton-based social service agency that, according to its mission statement, provides a safe haven where abused, runaway, homeless, aging out, and atrisk youth and their families are empowered to succeed and thrive.

The organization is using April to focus on a number of its programs and initiatives, including its work in human trafficking in Trenton and Mercer County.

Meeting at one of the agency’s converted church buildings on Centre Street in Trenton, Delgado and colleague Ben Thornton, director of Outreach Services, pull from decades of experience to discuss human trafficking in the region and how they are addressing it.

They also clarify several myths about the subject. First, although the

sex trade is a big part of human traf- Hotline’s website, humantraffickingficking, it is more extensive and some- hotline.org, is helpful in providing the times involves other industries where statistic. There were 5,147 known U.S. youths and older adults are forced to human trafficking cases in 2018. Of work without pay. The U.S. govern- those, 98 were in New Jersey.

Heather Hadley, the senior assistant ment says it includes “legitimate and illegitimate labor industries, including prosecutor who handles human trafsweatshops, massage parlors, agricul- ficking cases for the Mercer County ture, restaurants, hotels, and domestic Prosecutor’s Office, says there have been eight legally verified cases over service.”

Second myth: the sex trade in- the past four years. Yet, she says, area human trafvolves only girls. ficking activity “We’re staring to ‘What I’ve seen is that is higher and arsee more young rests are often males. A young it is those who grew hindered by the male gets kicked victims who are out, and if he’s up in the city and from too afraid, congay, it’s worse. poverty and neglect fused, or uninHe’ll get taken formed to step advantage of,” who get exploited,’ says forward and cosays Delgado. operate.

And third and Mereides Delgado.

That reality of perhaps the bighuman traffickgest myth is that it is a foreign thing. That is backed up ing in Mercer County can be found

by FBI information that says, “While in a paper trail of newspaper articles undocumented migrants can be partic- reporting on cases in Lawrence, ularly vulnerable to coercion because Hopewell, Ewing, and Trenton — inof their fear of authorities, traffickers cluding a recent case where Hadley have demonstrated their ability to ex- prosecuted four Trenton residents.

The victims “could grow up in Trenploit other vulnerable populations and have preyed just as aggressively on ton and stay in Trenton,” says Deldocumented guest workers and U.S. gado about how localized the problem actually is. “What I’ve seen is that it citizen children.”

The National Human Trafficking is those who grew up in the city and

from poverty and neglect who get exploited.”

Thornton says area youths become entrapped because they become homeless and vulnerable. That homelessness, he says, is not for lack of space but through “a breakdown of family stuff.” That includes substance and physical abuse.

“There is an index of a healthy life and if you remove those supports there’s consequences,” says Thornton, citing cases involving families in Robbinsville, West Windsor, Lawrence, and Trenton.

It is the homeless and vulnerable youth who become easy targets for exploitation that creates human trafficking.

“The key part (about human trafficking) is that you’re not free to leave that situation,” says Delgado, drawing the distinction between bad personal choices and a modern form of slavery.

Here the bonds are hidden by personal needs and economic manipulation.

A U.S. Department of Homeland Security statement helps clarify the terms and some potential public misconception. “’Trafficking’ is based on exploitation and does not require movement across borders” but human smuggling “involves moving a person across a country’s border without that person’s consent in violation of immi-

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gration laws. Although human smuggling is very different from human trafficking, human smuggling can turn into trafficking if the smuggler uses force, fraud, or coercion to hold people against their will for the purposes of labor or sexual exploitation.

Under federal law, every minor induced to engage in commercial sex is a victim of human trafficking.”

“The perpetrators are looking for dollars,” says Delgado about the incentives for participation. “For those exploiting the youth, it is about the money. It’s a billion-dollar industry.”

Delgado’s statement is backed up by the U.S. organization Human Rights First. It says human trafficking is an estimated $150 billion international industry with the following breakdown: $99 billion sexual exploitation; $34 construction, manufacturing, and mining; $9 billion agriculture and fishing; and $8 billion savings by using forced labor. The FBI believes it is the third largest industry in the world.

But for the youthful victims it isn’t about money, says Delgado. “They need to feel someone loves them.” It is a point she and Thornton return to later.

Yet there are other incentives in trafficking. “For those who are coming into the country new or moving across state lines, they’re trying to scratch out a living and get into thinking that it is their vehicle to being financially secure and they go into these situations not realizing that (the exploiters) are keeping the money,” says Delgado.

She then adds that others are concerned about what may happen to family members. “Some come in from other countries and their family may have paid to have passage in the U.S. (The workers) find themselves being trafficked. What keeps them in the situation is that their families are threatened.”

And the exploiters also control the laborers’ documentation.

Returning to Mercer County, Delgado says the girls she and Thornton encounter are groomed early to be part of the arrangement and that the average age is 11. “They think this man loves them and call him their boyfriend. Then he expects her to be with him and others (in a sexual way) for money.”

For boys who have left or been forced from their homes, the situation has some similarities. An older man will give the boy some shelter, purchase him some new shoes or clothes, and create an atmosphere where the boy feels that he needs to provide sex for him and others.

Delgado and Thornton say that the norm is that a vulnerable young person will be approached by a man — or sometimes a woman working in partnership with others — within 72 hours of being homeless. The “grooming” varies, depending on the groomer who may either use emotion or force.

Delgado says that men are the main users of the “boyfriend” exploited girls. In one example she mentioned how one young man used a Trenton high rise to make a girl available to neighborhood teenage boys.

Thornton says the street-value cost for use ranges from $20 to $50. He also talks about parties where men pay a $50 entrance fee and get drugs and sex.

And while the young, exploited sex object doesn’t get any money, they may receive a “warped” reinforcement with “four or five guys having sex with you and saying you’re great,” says Thornton.

Since the exploitative relationship starts at an early and vulnerable age, Delgado says it is a long and difficult road to help youths break the emotional dependency. “That alternative family is how they survived. It is how they experienced love. For us to show them the relationship was exploiting them is very hard. And it takes a lot of time.”

The two say Anchor House provides services to stabilize housing and provide food, insurance, job training, and a variety of others services that break

Mereides Delgado and Ben Thornton of Anchor House in Trenton. an individual’s dependence on exploiters. Thornton says that Anchor House generally deals with a couple of clients a year known to have been involved with human trafficking. But he suspects others have also been touched by it.

“We’re handling their basic needs, and no one is expecting anything from you,” says Delgado about treating human trafficking victims, which is “something new to many of those getting the assistance.”

She says the victims are given opportunities to “talk about their trauma and have in-house therapy.

We give them a supportive environment that feels like a family and let them see what healthy relationships are.”

“Our average stay (including runaways and homeless youths) is several months or a year. Some stay over a year. (Human trafficking) is a longerterm conversation for those who were groomed as a young person. They have to grow.”

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nchor House staff use a variety of ways to assist exploited youths. “We make alliances with people we know,” says Thornton.

Sometimes it is a Department of Child Protection worker who will pick up clues while visiting a home and report it. Sometimes a child welfare case manger will make the connection. And other times it will be a tip from a high school counselor or a pastor.

Thornton says staff also leave cards in public places where exploited youths may end up and see a way out of an abusive relationship.

The dilemma, they say, is in approach. If an exploiter sees his product interacting with a noncustomer, he may double down on the emotional manipulation or physically punish the youth.

Nevertheless Anchor House’s human trafficking program has been addressing a need for a good portion of its history, even before the term became a buzzword.

“The awareness grew that it wasn’t a foreign issue, that it was an issue in the United States,” Delgado says.

Delgado and Thornton say despite the obstacles there have been successes and transformations.

“We watched young people who were so jaded with relationships meet the Anchor House staff and were shocked that the men weren’t gawking at them, the women were patient, and people were forgiving. That they were in a safe place to try something else and not getting needs met by shouting or flaunting themselves,” Thornton says. “That helped their journeys.”

Then there are the ones who “come back and are social workers who literally want to show others the way out of it. I’ve been to graduations and watched

people walk down the aisle,” says Thornton.

The down side, he says: “No program is designed to be flexible enough to accommodate all human trafficking victims and what traumatized them.”

Thornton says despite the difficulties he enjoys the problem solving, combining a background in engineering and a personal knowledge of Trenton.

Born in Trenton, he lived in North 25 housing. His father was a janitor and his mother worked at the Naval Air Propulsion Center in Ewing. Initially attending Trenton Public Schools, he was sent to the Solebury School through the A Better Chance program. He later attended Prairie View A&M University in Texas and focused on science and engineering. He worked for several years at Mobil Research in Pennington before deciding to do something that mirrored the help that he had received when he was younger. He and his wife have three teenage children and live in East Windsor, where he is also a volunteer fireman.

Delgado was born in the Bronx, New York. Her father was an auto mechanic and her mother worked for the U.S. Social Security Administration. She studied management at Brown University and had worked as a communications manager for a consulting firm. She also studied at Princeton Theological Seminary and became an ordained Baptist minister.

“I was working for First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens (in Somerset) and completing additional graduate studies when I felt the call to do more outside the four walls of the church. I connected with Anchor House.” She is the mother of four children and lives in Lawrence.

Thornton and Delgado seem strengthened by their partnerships with other organizations. That includes Womanspace, HomeFront, Catholic Charities, Trenton Health Team, the New Jersey Human Trafficking Task Force, and “our newest piece, CEASe, a centralized hub for any youth who needs housing in Mercer County.” (CEASe stands for Coordinated Entry and Assessment System.)

They are also thinking of a new strategy to convince the general public and political leaders to understand homelessness — which contributes to the human trafficking relationships — as a health crisis.

Thornton says if the public looked at homelessness like it did smoking or seat belts there may be a greater movement to help address it. “A social justice issue is more abstract. Talking about homelessness as a health issue, others will say, ‘What can we do?’”

He and Delgado also say the answer regarding human trafficking is fairly clear: be vigilant.

And to “understand what the young person is going through. All youth are vulnerable. And 11 and 12-year-olds are so impressionable. That’s when they’re starting to understand themselves as individuals and sexual beings, but there is a network that will exploit that. They pull you in with promise of seeing you as a beautiful person that has worth, and then they flip the switch.”

For more information on Anchor House or its annual 500-mile fundraising “Ride For Runaways” (July 13 through 20): www.anchorhousenj.org.

To report human trafficking crimes: Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office, Cara Zita, Human Trafficking Unit Secretary, 609-3937675 fax, czitabruch@mercercounty.org.

New Jersey Coalition Against Human Trafficking: www.njhumantrafficking.org.

New Jersey Human Trafficking Task Force: www.nj.gov/oag/dcj/humantraf ficking/index. html.

National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC): 1-888-373-7888.

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Vacation Bingo, German American Society, 215 Uncle Pete’s Road, Hamilton, 609-4396236. www.trentoncats.org. Fifteen games of bingo benefiting Trenton Cats Rescue. $5$35. Register. 5:30 p.m.

Oldies Dance: Back to the Beach, Columbus Hall, 1451 Klockner Road, Hamilton, 609584-1472. Summer buffet dinner, wine, beer, music, and a photo booth. $30. Register. 7 p.m.

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