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Professor explores history and complexity of black funeral home business in the South

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everly Bunch-Lyons (above) vividly recalls her grandmother’s funeral in Raleigh. At age five, it was her first experience with death and the process of burying the dead.

“I remember thinking how much I would miss the person we all lovingly called ‘Mother’ but I was also happy to know that she would no longer suffer,” said Bunch-Lyons, a Virginia Tech associate professor of history based in the National Capital Region.

“While I recognized many of the faces at the funeral, among the unfamiliar were the stoic, hard-faced men in their black suits, white shirts, and black ties who seemed to be telling everyone what to do. Quietly, and with great dignity and poise, they orchestrated my grandmother’s going home ceremony,” said Bunch-Lyons, “and even at such an early age, I was fascinated by them.”

Years later, as Bunch-Lyons was searching for a thesis topic for her master’s degree, the death of another family member prompted her to explore what had peeked her interest early on -- the work of people who engage in the business of death in the African-American community.

Although her thesis, completed in 1990, was narrowly focused on her hometown of Raleigh, which at the time had three African-Americanowned funeral homes, she began to delve into the history of the business which surged after the Civil War. Concerns about how black bodies were laid to rest by white undertakers fueled the desire among African Americans to have their family members buried by black undertakers whom they believed would bury their dead with care and dignity. A desire to meet this community need, while also earning a comfortable, stable living led would-be entrepreneurs to the undertaking business.

Bunch-Lyon’s research led her to the work of Booker T. Washington who believed that with the exception of caterer, there was no other business in which African-Americans “seem to be more numerously engaged or one in which they have been more uniformly successful.” U.S. census records in 1890 list 231 African-American funeral firms nationwide. Today, there are more than 2,000.

But the African-American funeral business is not without complexity, said Bunch-Lyons, who continues to explore its nuances. She recently authored “‘Ours is a Business of Loyalty’: African American Funeral Home Owners in Southern Cities,” published in the current issue of The Southern Quarterly literary magazine.

Bunch-Lyons relies on personal accounts of funeral home operators in three Southern states (North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia) to demonstrate powerful linkages between the personal, political, social, and economic lives of funeral directors and the communities they serve.

Starting a business on a “shoestring” budget was common among African-American entrepreneurs, especially undertakers. Most started modestly, and grew their businesses by saving and investing in additional equipment over time. Working wives contributed their earnings from teaching or

other professional jobs. When Nelson Greene Sr. opened his funeral business in 1954 in Alexandria, Virginia, he relied on personal savings and a little help from relatives.

"These were truly family endeavors," said BunchLyons, "as wives and children often worked in the business, driving cars or attending to other business-related matters.

Despite financial setbacks, Calvin Lightner continued to operate the Raleigh funeral business inherited from his father but also turned to local politics. In 1967 he became a member of the Raleigh City Council. During his tenure he served as chairman of the Law and Finance Committee; chairman of the Transit Study Committee; and member of the board of directors of the city/ county Tax Committee. His most prestigious positions were mayor pro-tem of Raleigh, and eventually mayor of Raleigh.

“I found that turning to politics is a fairly common practice among funeral home owners,” said Bunch-Lyons. “They were able to capitalize on their status as well-respected members of their communities to segue into it. Once involved in local politics, they could encourage black citizens to support black businesses, exercise their right to vote, and become better educated.”

Stories of sanctions, however, discouraged some from entering the political arena. Although whites did not as a rule patronize black-owned funeral business, sanctions could have repercussions if the family who owned the funeral home also owned other businesses in the area.

Like most other kinds of businesses, the funeral business was tied directly to the ebbs and flows of the economy. While the need to bury the dead did not diminish during economic downturns, the ability of clients to pay for services did.

But there is a client-based loyalty that is built into the African-American funeral business and even today most funeral directors do what they can to accommodate their long-time customers, Lorin Palmer, the only female funeral home owner in Columbia and Sumter, South Carolina, told Bunch-Lyons.

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The governor took off at a quick clip but soon slowed down. McAuliffe said he was following orders from his coach. “He kept saying, ‘You gotta slow down now, governor. You gotta slow down.’ I said, ‘all right, all right, I’ll slow down.’”

The ebullient governor, who often says he’s having more fun at his job than the other 49 governors, has frequently hopped behind the wheel of whatever vehicle happens to be around at news conferences or other events. In a recent trade mission to Cuba, McAuliffe drove a 1956 Chevy Bel Air through the streets of Havana.

After driving the plow truck, McAuliffe joked that he had found his next job: “I’ll do the night shift.”

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The governor took a break from storm briefings and conference calls to give a pep talk to snowplow drivers and take a plow out for a quick spin Saturday at a Virginia Department of Transportation operation center in suburban Richmond.

After a few minutes of chitchat with plow drivers inside a garage, McAuliffe asked: “All right, which plow am I driving?”

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How it feels to be a poor mother without heat during a blizzard

Chamika McLaughlin, 31, uses her apartment’s oven to provide heat to part of her Washington home. WP TERRENCE McCOY At the end of a row of abandoned homes in one of Washington’s poorest neighborhoods, it’s 7:30 a.m., and Chamika McLaughlin climbs out of bed. She dreads this time of day.

It’s when she has to make a choice between two terrible options.

Does she stay cold? Or does she put her life at risk?

McLaughlin pulls on a blue hat, wraps a black sweater around her slight frame and pads into the kitchen. Hands tucked in her armpits, she shivers in the earlymorning chill. School is canceled today, and her 12-year-old son, sleeping in one of the apartment’s two bedrooms, will soon awake. She has to get the house warmer. So, as she’s done countless times over two heatless winters in this apartment, she reaches for the oven dial.

McLaughlin, 30, knows heating

her home this way could start a fire — oven blazes kill people every year. But she feels she didn’t have a choice. She’s marooned with defective radiators in one of the worst blizzards to hit the District in years. McLaughlin turns the oven to 400 degrees, pulls down its door and watches the coils inside glow red.

“I just open it up and let it heat up the living room,” says McLaughlin, who’s bought space heaters for the bedrooms.

Interviews, records and official estimates suggest there are hundreds of people — if not many more — living without heat in the Washington region as a historic storm lashes the area. And like McLaughlin, a school-bus attendant, they’re enduring the gusting winds and dropping temperature by using ovens as heaters, setting up space heaters and staying in bed all day.

“Trapped,” said Tyrone Wise as

he stood before his gaping oven door as it pumped heat into a chilly Southeast Washington apartment he shares with his four small children.

Public transportation has stalled.

He’s stuck in an apartment he calls heatless. “We trapped here,” he said.

In a city of parallel societies, where elite plot over power and the vulnerable struggle with basic needs, this portrait of living without heat in winter has become a more common reality for the region’s impoverished, experts say. As housing prices soar and the quality of housing that low-income residents can afford deteriorates, being poor often means being cold, particularly in the city.

“There are significant number of people who are affected by this,” said Sandra Mattavous-Frye, director of the District’s Office of People’s Counsel, which serves as an advocate for utilities consumers. “Particularly low income consumers. . . . As the

economic situation for low income people gets worse, this problem gets worse, too.” ’A systemic problem’ Living in poverty means constantly balancing competing necessities.

Every month, rent is due. Then there are food cost and transportation expenses. The last item on that list is usually paying utilities bills, Mattavous-Frye said.

In the District, utility companies can’t turn off the heat if weather forecasts predict that the temperature will drop below 32 degrees in the following 24 hours. In Maryland and Virginia, there is no moratorium on cutting off power, but advocates say power companies are normally hesitant to cut off power in the winter. This often results in a backlog of unpaid utility bills come spring, Mattavous-Frye said. And unless those debts are at least partly paid, she said, the power won’t flicker back on when winter rolls around again.

Between 2010 and 2014, statistics show, the percentage of low-income Pepco customers whose power was cut off in the District rose from .07 percent to 2.4 percent. In 2010, only 135 electric customers lost their power. But in 2014, 323 did.

One of those people got in touch with the Office of People’s Counsel on Wednesday, agency spokeswoman Doxie McCoy said. A senior citizen, medical expenses had laid her low and without enough money to pay her electric bill. She’s now $1,300 behind and can’t get her heat turned on. Another elderly woman, McCoy said, owes nearly $7,500 in electric bills and is afraid to ask for government assistance because she thinks officials will take away her three grandchildren if they learn she doesn’t have heat in winter.

Other poor tenants wind up heatless in winter because they live in substandard housing. “Many low-income consumers live in apartments built more than 50 years ago, so not only are they old and not properly insulated, but they have malfunctioning [heating] units that are primarily the responsibility of the landlord,” Mattavous-Frye said.

Five housing lawyers familiar with affordable housing in the District and suburbs said that it is a chronic problem. “These aren’t isolated events,” said Bradford Voegeli, a

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Hundreds of homeless families ride out storm in their local motels AARON C. DAVIS

As snow began to fall Friday, one of the urgent preparations that officials in Virginia and D.C. made was to send city workers out of the nation’s capital in vans, armed with bags of groceries and store gift cards.

Their mission: Find the hundreds of homeless families that the city has placed in roadside motels in Maryland.

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s effort to shelter more homeless families this winter has turned out to have dire consequences: The city has more than 1,000 families in its care but has run out of shelter space and maxed out the number of second-rate motel rooms in the city where it can place homeless families, according to documents and interviews.

With nowhere to turn and more families seeking help each day, Bowser’s administration this month began gobbling up vacant rooms across the border in Maryland. It is not the first time that the D.C. government has been forced to relocate families, but the numbers sent outside the D.C. limits were close to a record, city officials said.

There were 211 families, including almost 700 parents and children, in Maryland motels on the eve of the storm and could be inaccessible for days.

Many of the families, often young single mothers with multiple children, will be on their own to ride out the storm, city officials acknowledged, most with no way to reach grocery stores.

D.C. Department of Human Services Director Laura Zeilinger says the city won’t measure success by numbers, but by meeting the needs of its homeless residents.

Zeilinger, Bowsers’s head of homeless services, said the District was working to reach every one of the families before the snowfall began.

“Our staff is doing a whole host of things, making sure they have food, and a plan, meal cards and if need, making sure they have bags

People huddle over a steam grate for warmth prior to the start of the snowfall. PHOTO: Evelyn Hockstein of groceries,” Zeilinger said of the homeless families. But she added that each family will ultimately have to take responsibility for themselves.

“Yes, they will be marooned, just like everybody in the city will be marooned. That’s why we’re getting out to them in advance.”

But the families placed in Maryland were not the city’s only concern regarding its homeless population.

Teams were out Friday afternoon scouring the city for single men and women, some suffering from mental illnesses, who had not yet agreed to come into shelters during the storm.

Early in the week, the District took the step of declaring a cold-weather emergency, meaning that shelters would remain open and meals would be served at them throughout the day in hopes that homeless individuals would hunker down where they could remain fed. Typically, about 1,500 homeless men and women in the District must leave shelters each morning and return at night to claim a bed.

By Friday, however, dozens of people had not taken the city up on its offer for continuous shelter and were still camped out in tents and under blankets in plain view on downtown streets.

Bowser (D) had warned that by Friday evening, caseworkers for the homeless began traversing the city with police and representatives from the city’s Department of Behavioral Health to determine if they could make rationale decisions about their care. The city can commit individuals against their will, forcing them to be evaluated by doctors on freezing nights.

“We are most concerned about people who want to stay outside and will be exposed to the elements for any considerable period of time,” Bowser said at a Friday morning news conference. “We do have authority to make sure they are safe and inside.”

Zeilinger said the District had also opened recreation centers as temporary homeless shelters for

singles, allowing, in some cases, men and women to come in together who may be couples and who might otherwise refuse assistance because they would have to be separated in shelters for men and women.

Zeilinger said the city’s goal is to prevent anyone from weathering the storm outside, and if anyone sees someone outside, they should report it.

“I hope people understand that if they see somebody that they think needs help, they can call the shelter hotline, we will be out there to provide that help,” she said.

But as the city comes through the storm, the surging number in shelters and motels portends continued problems long after the cleanup, said legal advocates for the homeless.

The number of families seeking emergency housing assistance is far ahead of the pace that the Bowser administration and homeless experts

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(from page 4) expected, meaning the number of families in motels could soon eclipse records set last year, with many weeks of winter and peak demand remaining.

The Bowser administration got to this point in part by trying to tamp down on a perennial surge in families that seek rooms during the winter, when a city law requires the District to provide emergency housing to any resident who does not have it.

Promising to be more welcoming to homeless families, Bowser’s administration went on the offensive last summer, placing more than 430 families in motel rooms before cold weather triggered the law requiring it to do so. Zeilinger said spreading out the window of when families could enter shelter would be better for both the families in need, and for caseworkers charged with assisting them.

That move pushed the number of families at the city’s dilapidated homeless shelter for families at the site of the former D.C. General Hospital campus, and in overflow motel rooms, to a combined 700 families at the start of winter — 250 percent higher than at the outset of any previous winter.

Despite the effort to preload families into shelters and motels, demand continued, even during a mild start to winter. An additional 450 families have streamed into the city’s service center since November and been placed in motels.

With a combined 1,000 families now in shelter, the city is grappling with another familiar problem of trying to exit those families into subsidized apartments fast enough to make room for more incoming families.

Under Bowser, the District increased the pace of exits to its rapid rehousing program to a peak of 146 in March, but over the second half of last year, that rate fell to an average fo 68 per month.

Zeilinger said the city has encountered increasing difficulty in convincing landlords to allow homeless families with poor credit to sign leases, even though they are subsidized heavily for at least a year by the city.

In addition to the 1,000 in shelter

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Laura Zeilinger and motels, the District now has over 1,000 former homeless families in housing subsidized at a rate of about 90 percent.

Amber Harding, a lawyer with the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, said the large numbers represent a deeper problem with a lack of affordable housing in the city.

“These families weren’t homeless before they lost housing,” she said.

But Harding sees a more immediate need with how the city is moving families into Maryland. Even before grappling with the snowstorm, she said some parents have been unable to figure out how to manage getting their kids back into D.C. to attend school -- let alone to begin looking for work.

And there’s an even bigger problem looming of potentially running out of motel space in Maryland too, she said.

“This year we are probably going to reach historic levels of need and that means we are really nearing a crisis,” Harding said. “I’m concerned about the number of motels left in D.C. or Maryland that will rent to us.”

Zeilinger said the city will not put a cap on the need and will continue finding rooms for families — even if it is more than the city has ever rented.

“We continue to plan and revise our plan so we can meet that need.

People are very concerned because the numbers are high, we’re very concerned because the numbers are high,” Zeilinger said. “But we do not judge success by whether we projected the right need, but if we’re meeting the immediate need. . . .

There’ s a lot of need out there and we are serving a lot of people.” - WaPo

The Hampton University PreHealth program recently inducted 76 new students into the program.

The graduate and undergraduate students who received their white coats are pursuing careers in medicine, dentistry, physical therapy and physicians assistants.

“At Hampton University, we are committed to the development of well-informed premedical students who will enter the health professions workforce and one day take care of us,” said Dr. Michael Druitt, program director.

The keynote speaker for the evening was Dr. Bert W. Holmes, Jr. Dr. Holmes presently serves as University Physician & Physician Liaison – Administrative section at the Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute.

Holmes, a retired Brigadier General, brings a spirit of excellence in leadership to Hampton University. During his 30 years serving in the military, Holmes

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Holmes received his medical degree and specialty training in urology from the Howard University School of Medicine. Dr. Holmes was also instrumental in helping to establish the Medical Science postbac program in 2001. He mentioned in his speech that this stemmed from a conversation with Dr. Harvey on addressing the disparity of low medical school enrollment for minorities.

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Op/Ed & Letters

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Addressing income inequality LEE H. HAMILTON When the history of this year’s presidential campaign is written, one of its more remarkable features will be that candidates of both parties feel it necessary to talk about income inequality. Surely that makes this a watershed moment.

Indeed, income inequality has become a defining issue of our day, with Republican candidates seizing on it just as avidly as Democrats — though with different views of its causes. No one suggests there are easy solutions.

To be sure, there are politicians, especially on the right, who believe there’s not much room for public action. Market forces will sort it all out, they argue.

Yet some reform-minded conservatives agree with Democrats on at least one point, which is that government needs to act to achieve the broad public objective of greater fairness and opportunity in the economy. The stresses we see in our political system today — freefloating public anger and distrust of government and large institutions — stem at least in part from the widespread perception that economic insecurity has become entrenched in our system and there’s very little ordinary people can do about it.

There are some broad directions we should be moving to ensure a degree of fairness. Current trends are not inevitable if citizens are determined to reduce the influence and power The LEGACY NEWSPAPER Vol. 2 No. 4 Mailing Address 409 E. Main Street 4 Office Address 105 1/2 E. Clay St. Richmond, VA 23219 Call 804-644-1550 Online www.legacynewspaper.com

of money on the system. We need to shift resources to education and workforce training, though that will take time to produce change.

Encouraging technological change that boosts unskilled employment — rather than stripping it away — will matter. So will protecting the progressivity of the income tax, encouraging the well-to-do to follow the excellent examples of their peers who are sharing their wealth, focusing on trade deals that favor workers and not just the business community, and providing incentives for people of ordinary means to save and invest.

We need to promote policies that help all children advance, and discourage efforts to further concentrate wealth. These are incremental changes requiring limited government action.

A reduction in inequality is an essential ingredient in a healthy democracy. To let the gap between rich and ordinary Americans grow larger will allow political pressures to build in our economic and political systems. We should aim for a country where opportunities are more equal and the distribution of wealth and income is fairer.

Hamilton is a distinguished scholar, Indiana University School of Global and International Studies; and a Professor of Practice, IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs.

He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 34 years.

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Letter writers and columnists opinions are their own and endorsements of their views by The LEGACY should be inferred. The LEGACY assumes no responsibility for unsolicited material.

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As President Barack Obama concluded his last State of the Union, his message to the American people was clear, if a little unconventional. He set low expectation of working with the conservative-controlled Congress in his remaining months. However, he set high expectation for the American people. He issued a call to action for all Americans to take our future into our own hands – urging us to fulfill our civic duty by voting, engage in public service, and even protest.

Looking ahead to a year full of peril and opportunity for black women’s reproductive health, I can say that black women are already heeding this call.

This is the year we reclaim Roe v.

Wade for our sisters, our daughters and ourselves, for all black women for who the right to abortion services is not a reality. And while we join with others to commemorate Roe this month, we cannot pretend that the right is enjoyed equally for all women.

So, in 2016, we will double our efforts to ensure that the EACH Woman Act, which would ensure that all women receive insurance coverage for abortion healthcare services regardless of how they receive their insurance coverage, is passed in Congress. We will work with our sisters in the states to eliminate barriers to abortion care.

And we will work to educate our policymakers on the devastating

impact anti-abortion laws have on the reproductive health of women.

As I look ahead to a monumental U.S. Supreme Court decision and a Presidential election, I am proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with black women within the Reproductive Justice movement who refuse to allow politicians to divide our civil rights from our reproductive rights. We are already defining for ourselves what liberation looks like and demanding accountability from politicians to either stand with us or get out of our way.

We demand good schools, voting rights, healthy environments, safe communities – free from statesanctioned violence, and we demand the ability to end a pregnancy, as well as to have and raise our children.

And when it comes to the right to safe and legal abortion, our voices are needed more than ever.

We overwhelmingly believe that abortion should be covered by health insurance (76 percent) and support the right of women to have access to affordable abortion care in our own communities (71 percent).

Our reproductive health, our economic health, the health and wellbeing of our children, our families and our communities are linked. As we fight for one, we fight for all. And this is the year we fight.

Marcela Howell, National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda

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P.T. Hoffsteader, Esq.

Playing roulette

“We will carpet bomb [ISIS] into oblivion. I don’t know if sand can glow in the dark, but we’re going to find out…” Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Rising Tide Summit Convention As the nation moves closer to the Feb. 1 Iowa Caucus and the Feb. 9 New Hampshire Primary, Americans are being subjected to the absolute worst of the political process instead of the best of what America has to offer. Republican candidates such as Donald Trump, Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) continue to play to the divisive and negative least common denominators of bigotry, hatred, and fear of the mythical “Islamic terrorists” instead of a more positive and inclusive message .

Their jingoistic rhetoric and lies are not making America stronger.

Instead, they are making the problems worse. We are all aware of Trump’s now infamous comments about Mexican immigrants: “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you…They’re sending people that have lots of problems…They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people!”

When all the Republican Party can offer America is bigoted, fearmongering, xenophobes like Rubio, Trump and Cruz as its frontrunners to the approval of the Republican electorate; America is standing on the proverbial slippery slope. It’s playing with a loaded gun.

It’s playing Russian roulette with three rounds already in the chamber.

Wilmer Leon

Is a BBA a good idea?

At first blush, a Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA) outright or a petition for Congress to call a constitutional convention under the guise of proposing a BBA sounds like a good idea, but it needs to be given more consideration.

A Balanced Budget Amendment would actually increase the power of the federal government, because the only restriction on spending would be the amount of money to be spent on what is now unconstitutional rather than the restrictions of limiting spending to the listed actions authorized in the Constitution.

A BBA would legitimize the longstanding usurpations of powers by federal officials.

If spending cuts could not be agreed upon, and what are the odds on that one, then it would be necessary to raise taxes or borrow or print more money in order to achieve the balance.

Most drafts of BBAs have loopholes; exemptions from balancing the budget could be allowed in the event of variously defined national emergencies. How hard would it be to do that? It could be a war, or if our national security is threatened. How often is that not the case?

A Balanced Budget Amendment Article V Convention would be a threat to the Constitution because it would have the inherent power to be a runaway convention that could make harmful changes in the Constitution, including a new ratification procedure; or, it could even be completely rewritten and substituted with a Soviet- style one.

The Constitution is not the problem.

Changing it is not the solution.

Legislators who do not honor

their oaths of office and abide by the Constitution are the problem.

Changing the legislators is the solution.

What can you do about it? Urge your state legislators to vote NO to any and all petitions for such a convention.

Sue Long North

Illegal eviction?

I recently read an article regarding a HUD housing crisis with long term residents. I was instantly drawn in due to the current circumstance of the community I live in. Pear Tree Park Town Homes is a cooperative property in Newport News. We, the member owners, have been in a constant battle with HUD and our hired management company to get legal ownership rights of our community.

When it was discovered the Board of Directors were acting in a corrupt manner they were removed through the voting process. HUD and others quickly devised a scheme to intimidatening to take our home ownership away and convinced the members to hold an illegal election to put the corrupt board members back on the Board.

At present, HUD’s Richmond office will not respond to our complaints or issues which is a violation their own HUD handbook agreement with our property. We are being illegally evicted through Landlord & Tenant court as if we are renters and our own hired attorney is filing the unlawful detainer paperwork against us.

[The management company] has

completely taken over all of our bank accounts doing whatever they want with our money. We have been struggling to find an attorney to accept our case pro bono. We hope getting this letter published will shed light on our major issue. We are in a struggle to keep our homes that are almost completely paid off.

Sherri Richardson Newport News

Beware of gouging

I encourage consumers to be aware of their rights and encourage businesses to be aware of their responsibilities under the law.

Violations of Virginia’s Anti-Price Gouging Act are enforceable by the Office of the Attorney General through the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. Complaints should be reported for investigation to the Office of the Attorney General Consumer Protection Section, with the exception of claims related to gasoline and motor fuel prices, which are handled by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

If a consumer suspects they are a victim of price gouging, they can call the Consumer Protection Hotline or download a complaint form from the Attorney General’s website and submit it in-person, by mail, or by fax. Consumers are encouraged to keep any relevant documentation and submit copies with their complaint.

VA AG Mark Herring

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Faith & Religion U.S. Capitol Police officer, a fixture on the Hill, dies shoveling snow at home A veteran U.S. Capitol Police officer and a fixture on the Hill died Saturday after suffering a heart attack while shoveling snow outside his home on the Eastern Shore of Delaware, according to his wife and law enforcement officials.

Officer Vernon J. Alston was 44 and had spent nearly two decades patrolling the Capitol grounds. He was known to lawmakers yet so humble about his job that he failed to tell his wife when he chased down and subdued a theft suspect a couple

months ago.

“He was the type of man who wanted to help people,” said his wife of seven years, Nicole Alston, 42, who works at the National Zoo. “In his mind, he was a superhero.” She also said, “He would help you, but he was modest about it. That’s how he lived his life: being an officer allowed him to come to their rescue.”

Alston’s death was announced Sunday by the office of Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). “For 20 years Officer

Officer Vernon J. Alston Vernon Alston was a fixture on the Capitol grounds while keeping the community safe,” Reid said in a

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The Capitol Police said in a statement that Alston mostly worked with the House division. Chief Kim Dine described the death as a “tragic loss” for Alston’s family and the police force. “Officer Alston was someone who loved his job, and his loss leaves a huge void in the hearts of all of the men and women” with the Capitol Police.

Alston was one of several people from the D.C. region who died shoveling snow over the weekend.

At least two deaths were reported in Maryland — in Fort Washington and in Abingdon, which is northeast of Baltimore. Police and rescue workers have repeatedly warned of the stress of shoveling snow.

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Gender gap in clergy pay is ‘shameful,’ say some Baptist women Data shows that women clergy make 76 cents for every dollar that male clergy are paid.

JEFF BRUMLEY BNG -- Women clergy make a lot less money than their male counterparts, new federal statistics show — and a lot of women ministers are finding this disturbing.

That was evident on the Baptist Women in Ministry Facebook page, where Executive Director Pam Durso recently posted a Religion News Service blog analyzing new Bureau of Labor Statistic data on gender-based differences in pay.

Among other professions, the figures show that women clergy are paid 76 cents for every dollar earned by male clergy. That’s worse than the national pay gap of 83 cents.

“Shame!!” one woman commented on the BWIM Facebook posting.

She was followed by remarks such as “sad,” “shameful,” “not good at all,” “oh, no” and “wrong, wrong and wrong.”

One commenter was Becky Caswell-Speight, minster to families with children at Smoke Rise Baptist Church in Stone Mountain, Ga.

She also labeled the gender pay gap in ministry as “shameful.”

“The [wider] church is mostly at fault for this, but not only the church,” Caswell-Speight said.

Part of the problem is that many women in ministry, herself included, have not negotiated for higher salaries.

“Many of us are still in that mindset of being thankful you have a position so there is no reason to negotiate [salary],” she said.

“We need to change our mindsets.”

Durso agreed, but also urged churches to look into the disparities in pay between men and women on their staffs.

She addressed that and other pay inequity issues in an interview.

What kind of response have you gotten about this data?

The interesting thing that happened after I posted that article is that I got several emails and messages … with the stories that ‘this is what happened in our church.’

There are stories about the male associate pastor with three years who makes more than the female associate pastor who has been there 10 years. It also resonates with the young women who have not really given much thought to the

pay inequities .... Some of them in seminary were shocked that this is our reality.

Does the article resonate with what you hear from women clergy in moderate and progressive Baptist churches?

Yes, but with our constellation of Baptists we don’t really have hard numbers because we don’t send in those kind of reports like the more mainline churches — like the Episcopal and Methodist churches — do. There’s no accountability as far as salaries or budgets. So we don’t really have the hard facts to say this is true, but we have anecdotal evidence that this is true.

Should churches be embarrassed by these numbers?

I think churches need to be the leading voice in equity for women when it comes to pay and to having their gifts and callings put to use. We should be on the forefront — instead of on the backside — of what society is doing.

Have you heard of churches hiring women ministers as a cost-saving measure?

I have heard that. There’s some shift in that. It’s not being said out loud as much as it used to be but

I think it’s still a reality. A church will assume a woman who is single doesn’t need as much money, or if she’s married, that her husband will carry the load for the family.

Do you know if the pay gap is as wide between women and men who pastor the larger churches?

I don’t know because Baptists don’t share financial information .... But a couple of things have come up in this conversation. There are not as many women serving as senior pastors, so it’s hard to compare that because a lot of the women … are associate pastors or children’s minsters. And that also reflects an inequity because women don’t have an equal opportunity to serve as senior pastors.

What can be done about this situation?

My encouragement for churches is to look at their budgets. They can see it — is there equity in payment for years of experience and position? And take some hard looks at the budget if you are on the finance committee and be honest about it. Once churches begin to realize they are underpaying women they will be called by grace to do a better job.

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law, Cascade has to maintain the She ultimately chose to move back to heat at at least 68 degrees during the the shelter at the end of summer — lawyer with the Neighborhood Legal day. residents, •they and(office) back into homelessness — rather 409 E. Main St.“And #4 (mailing) 105want 1/2 80,” E. Clay St. Services Program. “It’s more of a Summers said. “. . . Unless they have than live another winter in the apartment.

Richmond, VA 23219 systemic problem. There are many the exact details, I’m not aware of McLaughlin moved into Cascade 804-644-1550 1-800-783-8062 (fax) housing units across D.C. that anyone who(office) doesn’t•have heat.” around the same time as Osborne. ads@legacynewspaper.com aren’t being maintained properly Christina Osborne, 28, says she Last winter, she couldn’t find a way and heating isn’t being properly was one. She moved into a Cascade to stay warm. On Jan. 13, she wrote maintained.” apartment last year with her two in an e-mail to Novo Development: “I Adchildren Size: 6.3after inchesspending (1 column(s) 6.3 inches) have been complaining about no heat Many low-income residents are fiveXmonths behind on rent, so they are hesitant at the District’s homeless shelter at for months. . . . The two bedrooms Issue - $88 to bring concerns to their landlords the old D.C. 1General Hospital. “I was never had heat and it is extremely Issues - $176 out of fear of eviction. “People are heatless and2 hopeless,” she said. “I cold for my son and I.” Months later, 3 Issues - $264 willing to live through all types of was so stressed out and so depressed, in November, an inspector with the Rate: $17 per column inch terrible conditions for fear of losing I was referred to $14 mental healthinch District Department of Consumer Discounted rate: per column their housing altogether,” said [services] while I was living there.” and Regulatory Affairs dropped by Rachel Rintelmann, a housing law Osborne said she and her two her place. There were 15 violations.

Upcoming run dates lawyer with Legal Aid Society of children huddled together in coats Cracked ceilings. Water leaks. And Jan. 13, 2016 the District of Columbia. “Getting beside the apartment’s lone space defective radiators — in the two Jan. 20, 2016 good data on this would be virtually heater, which she said she bought. bedrooms, the bathroom and the Jan. 27, 2016 impossible.”

‘Heatless and hopeless’ The apartments of Cascade Park, plopped amid a warren of low-slung houses and boarded-up townhouses in Southeast Washington, has become the latest flash point in a long-running clash between lowincome tenants who say they are not warm enough and landlords who say they are saddled with old heating units and failing boilers.

Here, more than a dozen residents, including McLaughlin, have complained in the past year that they don’t have sufficient heat — or so little they’re forced to use ovens. At least three tenants filed lawsuits during that time against Cascade or its parent company, Novo Development Corporation, alleging “inadequate heating.” One woman said the chilliness permeated “all rooms.”

The suits, which the tenants filed pro se, were dismissed because either the residents moved out of Cascade or for want of prosecution.

Brett Summers, Novo Properties founding partner, said managers have worked on the heating problems for months. “We’re aware we have some circulation issues,” he said. “These buildings were built back in the 1940s.” Ten apartment units in a complex with more than 130 units have “partial, no-heat,” he said, and they have been equipped with space heaters.

He said McLaughlin didn’t get one because “there was a belief the issue had been resolved,” and he has now provided her with an electric space heater.

“A lot of times, it’s the definition of what is no heat,” he said. By city

living room.

The only thing that has changed since then, she said, is that the weather has become colder. She tried to look for another place, but could not find anything. “It’s hard to find an apartment that can go with my income,” said McLaughlin, who pays $950 in rent.

As the storm approached her home on Friday, she looked out the living-room window at the cloudy skies. There’s a long way to go before winter departs. More blizzards may come. The coldest weeks may lie ahead. So McLaughlin tucked her hands underneath her armpits and, as the oven continued to spew dry heat, shuffled into her room and climbed back into bed. -WaPo

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STOKES ROAD (ROUTE 635) BRIDGE REPLACEMENT OVER MAGUS MILL POND Sussex County Willingness to Hold a Public Hearing Find out about the proposed replacement of the bridge on Route 635 Stokes Road over Magus Mill Pond. The existing bridge on Stokes Road (Route 635) is 30 feet long and 20 feet wide and is currently posted for 10 tons weight limit.

The proposed project includes the construction of a new bridge with two 9-foot wide lanes and two 2-foot wide shoulders. The bridge will be closed during construction, which is estimated to take nine months to complete.

Review the project information at the VDOT Hampton Roads District Office, 1700 N. Main Street, Suffolk, VA 23434, 757-925-2500 or 1-888-723-8400, TTY/ TDD 711, or at the VDOT Franklin Residency, 23116 Meherrin Road, Courtland, VA 23837, 757-494-2476. Please call ahead to ensure the availability of appropriate personnnel to answer your questions. The environmental document for this project will be a Programmatic Categorical Exclusion (PCE). The PCE and the prelimiary plans will be available for review at the above locations prior to January 14, 2016.

If your concerns cannot be satisfied, VDOT is willing to hold a combined location and design public hearing. You may request that a public hearing be held by sending a written request to Mr. Ricardo Correa, P.E., Project Manager, VDOT, 1992 South Military Highway, Chesapeake, VA 23320 on or prior to January 29, 2016. If a request for a public hearing is received, notice of date, time and place of the hearing will be posted.

In compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act, Section 106 and 36 CFR Part 800, information concerning the potential effects of the proposed project on properties listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places is provided in the environmental documentation.

VDOT ensures nondiscrimination and equal employment in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

For more information or special assistance for persons with disabilities or limited English proficiency, contact VDOT’s Civil Rights Division at 757-925-2500 or TTY/ TDD 711.

State Project: 0635-091-707, P101, R201, M501, B647 Federal Project: BROS-091-5(027) UPC: 85946

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Celebrate the ‘month of love’ with ballet, opera Two of Virginia’s top performing arts organizations are partnering this February with the Virginia Wine Expo to celebrate a special week for lovers of opera, ballet, Shakespeare, and wine. Shakespeare’s timeless tale, “Romeo & Juliet” provides the inspiration. RVA Loves R&J Festival (Feb. 12-21) gives lovers of varied artistic and culinary tastes a reason to make Richmond an

important destination.

Virginia Opera and Richmond Ballet are each mounting productions that will capture the essence of heartbreaking young love and provide provocative insight into William Shakespeare’s original play.

The Virginia Wine Expo returns to Richmond to arouse appetites and create occasions for epicurean exploration.

The Richmond Ballet production

Ask Alma

My husband holds grudges

Dear Nameless One, News flash: You can’t change another person’s personality. Your husband didn’t start this yesterday.

He was doing it before you married him.

You heard him during the courtship and thought it wasn’t so bad. You married him anyway, thinking, “Aww, I can handle it.” It wasn’t cute then, and it’s not cute now.

So, follow through on the decision you made when you said your vows (for better or worse) and live with it. It’s a part of his personality, and he ain’t gonna change. Nobody’s perfect, and if he’s been doing this

Theatre, Feb. 19-21.

These Romeo & Juliet productions pair perfectly with the culinary experience known to wine lovers across the country, The Virginia Wine Expo. Savor Virginia and Italian wines, craft beers, whiskeys, ciders, specialty food, artisan burgers, smoked cuisine, and more at the Greater Richmond Convention Center and nearby venues, Feb. 1721.

The RVA Loves R&J Festival celebrates the Virginia Shakespeare Initiative, a statewide commemoration of William Shakespeare’s work in anticipation of the 400th anniversary of his death on April 23, 2016.

Rock rewriting Oscar monologue

Dear Alma, My husband cannot let things go – he holds grudges for way longer than the offense is worth. He brings up things that happened months/ years ago to remind me of what he says are my faults.

It’s not just me; he gives his sister grief for dropping him when he was one and she was three.

Aside from pointing out that he’s being ridiculous when he gets going on some old grudge, do you have any suggestions on how I can make him stop?

Name withheld

is brought to life through Malcolm Burn’s passionate choreography, originally created for The Royal New Zealand Ballet and introduced into the Richmond Ballet repertory in 1995. Sergei Prokofiev’s soaring emotional score is performed by The Richmond Symphony. The Carpenter Theatre, Feb. 12-14.

Virginia Opera presents Gounod’s magical opera interwoven with melodies, duets, and waltzes creating evocative musical and visual images.

Canadian coloratura soprano, Marie-Eve Munger and American lyric tenor, Jonathan Boyd star as the young lovers. Romeo & Juliet is a co-production of Virginia Opera and Opera Carolina. The Carpenter

with his family, it’s really just a continuation of who he truly is.

Your question should be: How do I live with it? Well, remind yourself of when it didn’t bother you so much early in the relationship. Funny how things switch after many years of marriage. What wuz cute is about to get on your last nerve. All of you longtime married folks know what I’m talking about.

Anyway, back to my suggestion: When he gets going, leave him in his space. Meditate on things about him that make you happy. I’m sure he has many other qualities that you admire. That’s why he’s your husband. I can understand if this isn’t the answer you were looking for, but it will keep you guys united as one for many years to come. Your or my answer can’t change your husband.

That is an act only he can control. ***** Want advice? E-mail questions to alwaysaskalma@yahoo.com.Follow her on Facebook at “Ask Alma” and twitter @almaaskalma *****

In this Feb. 28, 2015, file photo, Chris Rock appears onstage at Comedy Central’s “Night of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together for Autism Programs” at the Beacon Theatre in New York.

Academy Awards producer Reginald Hudlin says host Chris Rock is hard at work rewriting his material for next month’s Oscar show.

Hudlin told “Entertainment Tonight” that Rock is eager to host the 88th Academy Awards on Feb. 28, even as a few black celebrities have decided not to attend the show for its lack of diversity. Hudlin said Rock had written a draft for the show, but

threw it out and started anew as “things got a little provocative and exciting.”

He said he expects Rock to make jokes about the OscarsSoWhite hashtag, and that the film academy welcomes such humor.

Hudlin said he’s confident Rock’s material “will deliver something that people will be talking about for weeks.”

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NAACP blasts Academy Awards after it ‘severely overlooked’ racial diversity – again Civil rights organization calls for viewers to ‘switch the channel’ But then last year, not one AfricanAmerican was nominated for acting or directing. The highest awards to TEWire – The NAACP has African-Americans last year were suggested that television viewers to John Legend and ‘switch the channel’ Common as they effectively boycotting In its 87-year-history received Oscars for the Oscars this of the Academy of the Best Original year - after the Academy once again Motion Picture Arts Song, “Glory” from ‘severely overlooked’ and Sciences, only 15 the movie, “Selma”.

In its 87-yeardiversity in its top Oscars have gone to history of the nominations. black actors.

Academy of Motion The live airing Picture Arts and of the premiere Sciences, only 15 Oscars have gone celebrity event on ABC Feb. 28 to black actors. They are Lupita will unveil a vastly white slate of Nyong’o, 2014, “12 Years a Slave”; performers. This same issue drew Octavia Spencer, 2012, The Help; blistering criticism from the NAACP Mo’Nique, 2009, “Precious”; Forest and other organizations last year.

Whitaker, 2006, “The Last King of “With the announcement of the Scotland”; Jennifer Hudson, 2006, nominees for the 88th Academy “Dreamgirls”; Morgan Freeman, Awards, the contributions of people 2004, “Million Dollar Baby”; Jamie of color to the movie industry— Foxx, 2004, “Ray”; Halle Berry, 2001, both in front of and behind the “Monster’s Ball”; Cuba Gooding cameras—have once again been severely overlooked. Of the 20 acting Jr., 1996, “Jerry Maguire”; Whoopi Goldberg, 1991, “Ghost”; Denzel nominations, including Best Actor Washington, 1989, “Glory”, and 2001, and Actress and Best Supporting “Training Day”; Louis Gossett Jr., Actor and Actress, the Academy 1982, “An Officer and a Gentleman”; failed for a second year in a row Sidney Poitier, 1963, “Lillies of the to consider a single actor of color Field”; and Hattie McDaniel, 1940, for this distinguished award,” said “Gone with the Wind”. a recent statement issued by the This year, “The Revenant” leads civil rights organization. “Diversity with 12 nominations, including is not just good business, it’s the Leonardo DiCaprio for best actor. only business, and the 2014 ratings The acting categories are filled with numbers show that. It’s time the all white performers.

Academy recognizes the value and Because of a lack of racial diversity the voice of people of color and in the Academy Awards, the NAACP, until they do, we should switch the 47 years ago, created the NAACP channel until that old guard can Image Awards, to be aired Feb. 5 reflect and respect what people of on TV One. Ironically, Academy color bring to the table.” president Cheryl Boone, an AfricanThe 2014 Oscars, which had the American woman, is a 2014 recipient most diverse slate of movies by of the Image Awards. In response to filmmakers and actors of color, is the vastly white nominees this year, what caused the ratings increase, the NAACP points out. That year the she too has been critical.

“Of course I am disappointed,” broadcast “boasted the most-watched Isaacs told the Huffington Post. “You telecast in 10 years with 43 million are never going to know what is viewers.”

HAZEL TRICE EDNEY

Sidney Poitier arrives at the 86th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood in March 2014. Poitier was the first black to be nominated and win a Best Actor Academy Award for “Lillies of the Field” in 1963. Hattie McDaniel was the first black to win an Academy for Best Supporting Actress for “Gone With the Wind” in 1940. But the awards have been vastly white ever since. going to appear on the sheet of paper until you see it…We have got to speed it up.

“But this is not to take away the greatness [of the films nominated].

This has been a great year in film, it really has across the board.”

Though Isaacs is credited for inviting Chris Rock to host the ceremony this year and for seeking to diversify the members of the Academy, the NAACP blames the continuing lack of diversity on a membership that it describes as “a private, invitational club of artists that lacks diversity by race and gender. While a sprinkling of filmmakers from varied populations have been invited to join the Academy ranks, this organization neither reflects the global diversity of the world, or the many moviegoers who support the industry.”

The NAACP cited stats from the 2013 Motion Picture Association of America’s Theatrical Market Statistics Report, saying that “people of color represented 51 percent of the frequent movie going audience - 32 percent of that audience was Latino, while African Americans represented

12 percent.”

The civil rights organization concludes, “These numbers alone reflect the unbalanced relationship people of color have with Hollywood.

Our brothers, sisters and friends love and support film and art, yet the Academy Awards seldom recognize the numerous and notable contributions by people of color making and appearing in entertainment today.”

The statement indicates the NAACP will continue to fight by pressing the Academy membership to revisit “how it can play catch up to reflect a 21st century world”.

The organization also indicates it may apply economic pressure by questioning “advertisers who support the Awards show.”

In 2014, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences received $97.3 million dollars in revenue “in large part to the domestic rights of its broadcast partner, ABC television, which has broadcast rights through 2020,” the NAACP states. “With the 2016 nomination results, our mission and efforts are as relevant today as they have been in the past.”

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HU President Dr. William R. Harvey tops $3 million in cash donations to ‘Home By the Sea’ PERSPECTIVE With Dr. and Mrs. William R. Harvey’s latest $100,000 gift to the William R. Harvey Leadership Institute, the Hamption University president has given more than $3 million to the institution of higher learning that has grown under his leadership. That personal donation dollar amount is $3,066,327. The gift speaks to the couple’s heartfelt commitment to the “Standard of Excellence” that is Hampton University. Dr. William R. Harvey and Mrs. Norma B. Harvey are more than President and First Lady of the Hampton University community.

They have dedicated their lives to the success of the university.

All university presidents are called upon to enhance the quality of the university’s student population, academic programs, faculty, physical facilities and financial base. That’s the job. What Dr. Harvey has done extends beyond any official expectation. His giving is best described as ‘not just talking the talk, but walking the walk.’ He has done all that is in his power to support the historic institution, from the Emancipation Oak to the shoreline that hugs the campus on three sides.

As a visionary, Dr. Harvey, has embraced HU founder General Samuel Chapman Armstrong’s mission to have everything at Hampton University excel. And excel it has under Dr. Harvey’s leadership. The Harvey years, 38 and counting, will grace the record books as an unparalleled accounting of mega success, not just for the HU students, faculty and staff whose lives give testimony to the results of his labor; but for the global community of stakeholders who will continually reap the benefits of his astute leadership for generations to come.

Dr. Harvey has introduced innovations, which have solidified Hampton University’s stellar position among the nation’s colleges

Dr. and Mrs. William R. Harvey and universities. Seventy-six new academic programs, satellites on active missions in space, the largest free-standing proton therapy cancer treatment center in the world, all of what Dr. Harvey has accomplished speaks to his desire to leave the world better than he found it.

The Brewton, Alabama native is a servant leader who faces each day determined to enrich the lives of others. His blessed path led him from a small town in Alabama to the coveted classrooms of Harvard University. With his Ivy League degree in hand, Dr. Harvey could have taken any one of so many prestigious university offers. However, Dr. Harvey, the true educator, chose to lead at an HBCU where he could make a real difference in the academic worlds of young people who yearned for better lives. Dr. Harvey, the businessman, put his acumen to work placing

Hampton on the fast track for growth and development as a world-class university.

Dr. Harvey has reached into his own pocket several times to help members of the university community. He has covered salary increases during the lean financial periods. For example in 2011, Dr. and Mrs. Harvey gave a gift of $1 million to be utilized as incentives to increase faculty salaries. In 2011 and again in 2014, the Harveys gave donations of $166,000 and $108,403 respectively, to support wage increases for full-time permanent HU staff. The Harveys also made a generous donation to scholarships in 2001. That year they gave a gift of $1 million to fund scholarships for students interested in becoming K-12 teachers.

“My parents were my first role models,” Harvey said. “Establishing the W.D.C. Harvey Endowed

Scholarships in my father’s name is my way of honoring all of the life lessons they shared. They taught my sister Anne and me the benefit of giving and sharing to improve the world we live in. The scholarships will assist in making it possible for the next generation of leaders to emerge.

This latest gift of $100,000 will provide an endowment of at least $3,000,000 in scholarships for students to attend the William R. Harvey Leadership Institute (WRHLI). The students will become “Harvey Scholars” after a rigorous selection process. Upon completion of the program, the fellows receive an 18-hour-minor in leadership studies.

The WRHLI was the brainchild of Dr. Harvey who convened several of his closest academic advisors with the clear purpose of creating an institute with a curriculum focused on character development, critical thinking, leadership theory and application, ethics and policy development.

Dr. and Mrs. Harvey’s most recent personal contribution of $100,000 will support scholarships for 25 “Harvey Scholars” each year over a period of four years for a total of 100 scholarships. The Institute provides an impressive curriculum designed to teach Dr. Harvey’s ten-point leadership model--vision, work ethic, academic excellence, team building, innovation, courage, management, fairness, fiscal conservatism, and results.

The proof of performance for the William R. Harvey Leadership Model is in the career stories of executives who have studied the model under Dr. Harvey’s mentorship and as a result reached the height of their careers. An unprecedented 17 executives attribute their positions as President or CEO of a university or institution, to Dr. Harvey and the effectiveness of his leadership model.

The newly financed William R. Harvey Leadership Scholarships will be awarded in Fall 2016.

Submitted by HU

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First-of-its-kind PSA campaign targets the 86 million U.S. adults with prediabetes Losing weight and being healthier are at the top of everyone’s New Year’s resolutions. But, despite the best intentions, work, kids, and social events often push lifestyle changes to the bottom of the list. While many are familiar with type 2 diabetes, fewer are aware of prediabetes, a serious health condition that affects 86 million Americans (more than one in three) and often leads to type 2 diabetes. People with prediabetes have higher than normal blood glucose (sugar) levels, but not high enough yet to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

To raise awareness and help people with prediabetes know where they stand and how to prevent type 2 diabetes, the American Diabetes Association (ADA), the American Medical Association (AMA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have partnered with the Ad Council to launch the first national public service advertising (PSA) campaign about prediabetes. The PSA campaign, featuring first-of-its-kind communications techniques, was developed pro bono by Ogilvy & Mather New York for the Ad Council.

Nearly 90 percent of people with prediabetes don’t know they have it and aren’t aware of the long-term risks to their health, including type 2 diabetes, heart attack, and stroke.

Current trends suggest that, if not treated, 15 to 30 percent of people with prediabetes will develop type 2 diabetes within five years. The good news is that prediabetes often can be reversed through weight loss, diet changes and increased physical activity. Diagnosis is key: research shows that once people are aware of their condition, they are much more likely to make the necessary lifestyle changes The campaign launched last week and has a simple but strong message: No one is excused from

prediabetes. Humorous PSAs in English and Spanish encourage people to take a short online test at DoIHavePrediabetes.org to learn their risk. People can also take the risk test in real-time through interactive TV and radio PSAs, and learn more about the risk factors associated with the condition. The campaign website features lifestyle tips and links to CDC’s National Diabetes Prevention Program, which connects visitors to a registry of CDC-recognized programs across the country. The campaign also includes an integrated SMS texting initiative which will allow people to take the risk test via text message and receive ongoing support and lifestyle tips.

Per the Ad Council’s model, all media will run in time and space entirely donated.

“Awareness is crucial in the effort to stop type 2 diabetes,” said David Marrero, Ph.D., Director of the Diabetes Translation Research Center at the Indiana University School of Medicine and former President, Health Care & Education at the American Diabetes Association. “Take one minute to take the risk test today and share it with your loved ones. The prediabetes risk test will help you know where you stand and help us get closer to our vision of a life free of diabetes and all of its burdens.”

“Knowing that you have prediabetes is just the first step in preventing the onset of type 2 diabetes,” said AMA President-Elect Andrew W. Gurman, M.D. “As soon as someone discovers they may be at risk of prediabetes, they should talk with their physician about further testing to confirm their diagnosis and discuss the necessary lifestyle changes needed to help prevent type 2 diabetes.”

“For the 86 million Americans with prediabetes, we need to communicate a sense of urgency -- that it’s time

A screenshot from the “Busy Moms: Type 2 Diabetes Prevention” ad. to take action,” said Ann Albright, Ph.D., R.D., director of CDC’s Division of Diabetes Translation. “By participating in a CDC-recognized diabetes prevention program, people with prediabetes can learn practical, real-life changes and cut their risk for developing type 2 diabetes by 58 percent.”

“I think the scary thing is that this really touches everyone – one in three could be your brother or sister, your best friend or partner,” said Lisa Sherman, President and CEO of the Ad Council. “Our hope is that this online test and other campaign materials make it easy for people to know where they stand, and will motivate them to take steps to reverse their condition.”

“With this campaign we are hoping to spark a change because the

(from page 8) Nicole Alston said her husband was helping neighbors shovel in their small town of Magnolia, Del., near Dover Air Force Base, when he came into their home about noon to take a break. He then went into the garage, screamed his wife’s name and collapsed. “He was pretty much gone,” Nicole Alston said.

Because of the storm, emergency workers had to shovel a path to the house through snow banks. She said a tow truck then had to pull the ambulance so it could reach the street. She said her husband was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital shortly after arriving about 2 p.m.

Alston said her husband had just begun his 19th year on the U.S.

reality is that the majority of the public is either unaware or does not take prediabetes seriously,” said Corinna Falusi at Ogilvy & Mather Advertising New York. “We created the real-time test, which is the first of its kind and addresses people’s naivety of prediabetes, allowing prediabetes tests to be conducted in a 60-second TV commercial. Instead of educating the viewer in that 60-second spot, we are pushing them to take action in the moment and get results from that action.”

The ADA, AMA and CDC are working with their local offices, affiliates, and partners to promote and activate the campaign in their communities, with resources for physicians and other health care providers to aid in the screening, diagnosis and treatment process.

Capitol Police force, which patrols the Capitol grounds and extends into residential neighborhoods and the various buildings that include the House and Senate offices.

Alston said she worried about her husband doing police work, but she was more concerned about his commute, more than 90 miles each way between Magnolia and Washington. She made the same commute as well, to the zoo, where she has worked in administration for 13 years, but their differing schedules meant they couldn’t often carpool.

“He was a very genuine man,” Alston said. “People looked at him as a counselor. People came to him for advice. He had a genuine love for people.”

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Report shows widespread inequality in chemical facility WASHINGTON, D.C.— A new report and interactive map just released by the Center for Effective Government finds that people of color and poor residents are significantly more likely to live near dangerous chemical facilities than white and non-poor residents in the United States. All 50 states were graded based on these unequal dangers, and more than half of states received D’s or F’s.

“Our nation’s chemical policies are failing to protect our most vulnerable populations,” said Ronald White, director of regulatory policy at the Center for Effective Government and one of the co-authors of the report.

“These include children and the elderly, who are the most susceptible to chemical hazards and among the least able to evacuate should a disastrous release occur.”

The report, Living in the Shadow of Danger: Poverty, Race, and Unequal Chemical Facility Hazards, looks at the 23 million residents living or attending school within one mile of facilities so hazardous they are included in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Risk

According to Michele Roberts, national co coordinator of the Environmental Justice Health Alliance, “It is important that this report is being released at the celebration of the life of Rev., Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Still, today, we ask, how long must race be a factor and how many lives must be tragically lost in order to get the justice our communities deserve? “ These racial and income inequalities exist across most states.

Massachusetts and Wisconsin received F’s, and an additional 26 states (primarily in the Southeast and Midwest) received D’s. Only one state – New Hampshire – received an A, in part because it has so few

hazardous facilities.

We can do better. The most important step is for the EPA to require all facilities to shift to safer chemicals and technologies where feasible. Many facilities (including all of Clorox’s bleach manufacturing plants) have done so voluntarily, removing the danger to millions of residents. However, until companies are required to do so, most will conduct “business as usual” and continue to put communities in danger.

State and local governments must also be part of the solution. State and municipal governments should conduct assessments to gauge the potential impact of hazardous chemical facilities on fenceline communities; examine possible disparate impacts on people of color, poor residents, and other environmental justice communities; and require “buffer zones” between these facilities and homes or schools.

“We have the solutions at hand.

Let’s act now to prevent yet another catastrophic chemical disaster,” said Amanda Starbuck, policy analyst at the Center for Effective Government and a report co-author.

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Poor black and Latino children are more than twice as likely to live in fenceline zones compared to white children who are living above the poverty line, according to the report.

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People of color make up nearly half the population near dangerous facilities (11.4 million), and they are almost twice as likely as whites to live near these facilities.

Nearly one in 10 U.S. schoolchildren (4.9 million) attends one of the 12,000 schools that are located within one mile of a dangerous chemical facility.

The greatest disparities are among poor children of color. For example, poor Latino children are almost twice as likely to live near dangerous facilities as poor white children are.

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“Bon Secours recognizes that people are increasingly engaged in their own health care and seek convenience, affordability and reliability. A 24/7 telehealth platform for non-urgent office visits for community residents and our employees is essential to help meet those changing expectations,” said Thomas Auer, M.D., chief executive officer, Bon Secours Medical Group. “We’re pleased to extend high-quality, trusted health

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Doctors rally behind Tamesha Means appeal ACLU also files brief in second case against Catholic health care system for denying ER care to pregnant women DETROIT — Medical professionals filed a friend of the court brief in support of Tamesha Means, a pregnant woman who was denied emergency medical treatment for a miscarriage because the hospital was prohibited from providing appropriate care by religious directives written by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

These directives prohibit a doctor working at a Catholic hospital from terminating a woman’s pregnancy, or even providing her with information about abortion, even when the failure to do so puts her health or life is at risk.

The brief was filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in the ACLU and ACLU of Michigan’s ongoing case, Tamesha Means v. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, this past Friday, and it represents a variety of medical voices, all of whom work or teach in the Obstetrics and Gynecology field.

“Organizations involved in the delivery of healthcare must ensure that their patients are provided with access to emergency medical treatment and information regarding important therapeutic alternatives.

Pregnant women receiving medical care in Catholic hospitals pursuant to the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (the “Directives”) deserve no less,” reads the summary in the doctors’ brief. “These women should not be categorically denied information about pregnancy termination as a medical option that may be necessary to protect and preserve their health.”

In December 2013, the ACLU of Michigan and the ACLU sued the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on behalf of Tamesha Means, a pregnant woman who was denied an emergency abortion while suffering a miscarriage because the only hospital in her county is required by the bishops to follow religious directives that put women’s

Tamesha Means health at risk. Instead of providing her appropriate care, the hospital turned her away from the emergency room multiple times, causing her to develop a severe, potentially lifethreatening infection. That case is currently on appeal, and the ACLU’s filed its brief earlier this month.

Filing in Second Case Involving Denial of Reproductive Health Care

by One of Nation’s Largest Catholic Hospital Systems In another case involving the denial of reproductive healthcare at Catholic hospitals, the ACLU and the ACLU of Michigan this week filed a brief on behalf of its members in a case against Trinity Health Corporation, which runs over 80 hospitals across the country. The ACLU brief opposes the alarming arguments made by Trinity that their government funded hospitals can refuse to provide emergency care to pregnant women because of their religious affiliation, despite the fact that such care is required by federal law.

The original lawsuit was filed in 2015 against Trinity for its repeated and systematic failure to provide women suffering pregnancy complications with appropriate emergency care as required by

federal law.

“Legally and morally, saving a woman’s life and health must be every hospital’s first priority,” said ACLU Staff Attorney Alexa KolbiMolinas. “Every pregnant woman who enters an emergency room should be guaranteed that she will get the care she needs, and should not have to worry that she won’t get appropriate care because of the hospital’s religious affiliation.”

Trinity Health Corporation, which owns and operates 10 hospitals in Michigan and more than 80hospitals around the country, requires that all of its facilities abide by the religious directives.

The failure to provide pregnant women appropriate emergency care, including an abortion when the circumstances warrant, violates a federal law called the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, known as EMTALA. A public health educator in Michigan discovered that at one of Trinity’s hospitals alone, at least five women who were suffering from miscarriages and needed urgent care were denied that care because of the Catholic directives.

The Prevalence of Catholic Hospitals Denying Women Care Ten of the 25 largest hospital systems in the U.S. are Catholicsponsored, and nearly one of nine hospital beds in the country is in

a Catholic facility. The directives bar doctors at those hospitals from offering — or even discussing — certain reproductive health care services, even when those services are necessary to protect a woman’ s health. As U.S. hospitals become increasingly affiliated with religious organizations, the health of American women is threatened by the refusal to provide medically appropriate and often times lifesaving services. National data show that 52% of ob-gyns working in Catholic hospitals had conflicts with their hospital policies.

In addition to the aforementioned cases, the ACLU also fought on behalf of Jessica Mann, a pregnant woman with brain tumors who was denied a potentially life-saving tubal ligation by Genysys Hospital in Grand Blanc, Michigan, and in two separate cases on behalf of Rachel Miller and Rebecca Chamorro and the Physicians for Reproductive Health in California against Dignity Health for denying tubal ligation procedures. In the case of Rachel Miller, the hospital caved under pressure and made exceptions for the procedure, but other women, including Ms. Chamorro, continue to be denied care. With the rise of Catholic hospitals in the U.S., more women are likely to be refused treatment.

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1.31, 10 a.m.

You are invited to worship with the First Baptist Church of Hampton, 229 North King Street, Hampton, on “Harvest Sunday”.

Reverend Matisha Dentu, co-pastor of Living Faith Christian Center in Newport News, will be the guest preacher. Join for an inspiring, spiritual worship service and fellowship. Call 757-723-0988 for more information.

2.1, 6 p.m.

The National Park Service invites the public to a foundation document meeting that will guide future planning and management at the Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site. This informal meeting will be held on Monday, Feb. 1, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at UNOS, 501 N. 2nd Street, Richmond. Attendees will have the opportunity to discuss key aspects of the mission of Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site.

National Park Service staff will be available to record feedback.

A foundation document involves revisiting a national park unit’s core mission and significance, most important resources and values, and the interpretive themes that tell the park’s stories. Although the foundation document is not a decision-making document and does not include actions or management strategies, it describes a shared understanding of what is most important about the park. Preparing the foundation document is the first step for considering the park’s future planning and needs.

This meeting is part of a nationwide effort to complete foundation documents for all 409 park units in the national park system. For more information call 804-771-2017 or visit www.nps.gov/ mawa.

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Pair of events will discuss poverty solutions Renowned author and career educator, Ruby Payne, Ph.D. (right), will be the principle speaker at “What Everyone in Metro Richmond Needs to Know About Poverty”, an event hosted by Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church.

During the two-­day event, Payne will discuss the social and cultural aspects of poverty and how those differences affect opportunities for people to successfully move out of poverty, and the resources needed for them to do so.

“Communities need to move from ‘getting by’ infrastructures to ‘getting ahead’ infrastructures” said Payne.

While at the same time she asks that, “the question for communities is, how do we support the under-­resourced without destroying the resourced?”

The event on Friday, Feb. 5 will feature a presentation by Payne followed by a question and answer session. A reception, starting at 5:30 p.m., precedes the 6 p.m. program.

On Saturday morning, Payne will be joined by her colleague Gary Eagleton, an army combat veteran who has dedicated his life to “creating a climate for change” within communities. This program will feature a “Community Conversation” about building effective programs and relationships of mutual respect, along with community collaboration models.

“We are thrilled to have Ruby Payne and Gary Eagleton coming to Richmond to share their work and expertise on poverty,” said The Rev. Bo Millner, rector at Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church.

“The two-­day event will bring people, organizations, and government agencies together to learn more about poverty and to tackle some of the biggest issues in the region’s fight against poverty. Participating in serious discussion of tough issues in our fight against poverty is a vital foundation for improving the outcomes for the region’s impoverished.”

Both events will be held at Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 8 N. Laurel Street, Richmond, VA 23220. Registration is required for both events at GHTC.org.

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City of Hampton Economic Development Minority Business Program Small Business Workshop will be held at Hampton Veteran’s Conference Room, Ruppert L. Sargent Building; 1st Floor, One Franklin St. The workshop will cover the topic “Utilizing Electronic Virginia (eVA ) Reports to Grow Your Sales”. Bring your laptop or tablet and learn how to find what is being purchased, who’s doing the selling, prices being paid, and specific order details. Find how much is being spent on specific goods/services, who is buying, who is selling, and the prices being paid.

This information can help you grow your business and secure more contracts.

Tammy Farmer, Business Services manager with the Department of Small Business Supplier Diversity, will conduct the free training.

Register at http://hampton. gov/evaregistration and for more information, contact Jessica R. Spencer, minority business coordinator at 757-727-6237 or email jrspencer@hampton.gov .

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GRASP (GReat Aspirations Scholarship Program, Inc.) will provide free, financial aid assistance to include the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) on Mondays from 6-8 p.m. from January through March at the Belmont Library (3100 Ellwood Ave., Richmond.)

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Death threats cause contractor to walk away from statue removal project A city attorney told a federal judge that death threats have prompted a contractor hired by the city of New Orleans to remove three monuments honoring Confederate leaders and the Liberty Monument to walk away from the project.

Rebecca Dietz told U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier during a recent appeal of a December vote clearing the way for the four monuments to be removed from public spaces that Baton Rouge-based H&O Investments told the Landrieu administration that after receiving death threats it is no longer interested in the project.

The monuments of Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, P.G.T. Beauregard and the Battle of Liberty Place were targeted for removal last June at a gathering during which Mayor Mitch Landrieu said he hoped to have the monuments relocated before the city’s 300th anniversary in 2018. The council voted 6-1 last month to remove the statues with Councilwoman Stacy Head casting the sole dissenting vote.

The vote followed a series of town hall meetings during which residents were allowed to weigh in on the city’s efforts to remove the monuments.

While there was a renewed effort to remove the statues, local grassroots and civil rights organizations have been seeking removal of the monuments for more than five decades.

Just hours after the council vote, four groups filed an appeal in federal court, which was heard Jan. 14. City officials told Judge Barbier that H&O’s owner and his wife have both received threats at their Baton Rouge residence.

In a letter to the City of New Orleans, H&O attorney Roy Maughan Jr. wrote, “These telephone calls, unkindly name-calling and public outrage expressed in various social media, as well as other area businesses threatening to cancel existing contracts with H&O, have precipitated H&O’s cessation of

Mahler’s company was initially contracted in December to take down four monuments, including this 60-foot statue celebrating Robert E. Lee work.”

While numerous reports said that Judge Barber did not appear to be moved by the arguments presented by the four groups challenging the monuments’ removal, the judge said he would soon rule on the case after considering both sides’ arguments.

David Mahler, the owner of H & O Investments, said he was concerned enough for his family’s safety and for the well-being of his employees to back out of the job. According to a Facebook post written by Mahler’s wife, Tesse, they got a phone call from the fire department saying that someone had torched their prized Italian sports car.

The vehicle, a 2014 Lamborghini Huracan that costs upwards of $200,000, was discovered scorched to a crisp in the parking lot of H & O’s offices in Baton Rouge.

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