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Observing Black Music Month, National Homeownership and Juneteenth NNPA — As the trade association representing more than 200 African American-owned newspapers and media companies around the nation, the NNPA also observes Juneteenth, the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Among the many cities planning Juneteenth celebrations this year include Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Ocean City, New Jersey; Lexington Park, Maryland; Washington, D.C.; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Los Angeles, California; Detroit, Michigan; Chicago, Illinois; and Atlanta, Georgia. According to the history of Juneteenth, on June 19, 1865 and more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation which became official on Jan. 1, 1863, Union soldiers led by Major General Gordon Granger landed at Galveston, Texas, with news that the war had ended and slaves were now free. The president’s proclamation freeing slaves had little effect because of the small number of Union troops available to enforce the Executive Order. However, after the surrender of General Robert E. Lee in April 1865 and the arrival of Granger, the forces were finally strong enough to influence and overcome the resistance.

With many also commemorating National Homeownership Month, the NNPA has long supported fair lending and housing practices as the organization has said it realizes that homeownership is one of the best ways of creating intergenerational wealth. Companies like Wells Fargo have developed initiatives to help African Americans achieve the American Dream. In 2017, the banking giant announced a $60 billion lending commitment to create at least 250,000 African American homeowners by 2027. In 2018, the black homeownership

rate stood at 42.2 percent – only tenths of a percentage point higher than the same rate reported by the U.S. Census Bureau a half century ago when the Fair Housing Act was signed into law. That troubling fact served as the impetus behind the National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) program to increase Black homeownership by two million over the next five years. “Black homeownership is the first, and most essential step to build economic strength within our communities,” NAREB President Jeffrey Hicks said in a news release.

“We’ve lost more ground than we’ve gained over the past 50 years,” Hicks said. “Whether through unmeasurable losses of equity during the country’s last economic meltdown, consistently high unemployment rates, unfavorable federal and state policies restricting affordable homeownership, or systemic mortgage lending barriers, black homeownership – and therefore our wealth-building potential as a people—remain diminished,” he said. Throughout the month of June,

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Gun control focus of Va. legislature special session PATCH — Pushing back against critics who say it’s too soon to contemplate gun control laws after the mass shooting at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center that killed 12 people and injured several others, Gov. Ralph Northam said last week that he will call a special session of the Virginia legislature. The session has been set for July 9. His goal is to enact what he called “common sense public safety laws” this summer. In the previous legislative session Northam sought tougher penalties for anyone who leaves a loaded gun around a child, and harsher penalties for failing to report a stolen gun within 24 hours, but they failed, along with other gun control measures. Northam said none of the proposals are radical or violate the Second Amendment. “[The May 31] tragedy … just instills in us an urgency to act,” he said. DeWayne Craddock — who had worked in the public utilities department as an engineer for 15 years — bought two .45-caliber pistols on separate occasions before he began shooting in his workplace. Craddock had no felony record, making him eligible to buy the weapons, and early evidence indicates he bought them legally. Northam said last week that he will ask lawmakers to adopt: - Universal background checks for gun buyers; - Ban high-capacity magazines, suppressors, bump stocks and assault weapons; - Limit gun purchases to one per month per person; - Safe storage requirements to limit child access to guns; - Require gun owners to report stolen guns within 24 hours; - Allow local officials to limit weapons in government buildings; - An extreme risk law allowing law enforcement to temporarily remove guns from a person at a heightened risk of violent behavior. “I will be asking for votes and laws, not thoughts and prayers,” Northam said. Following Northam’s announcement, the gun violence prevention group Brady released the following statement praising the move. Brady president Kris Brown said that “Time and time again, members of the Virginia legislature have chosen to put profits over people, siding with the corporate gun lobby over keeping people safe from gun violence. Now, they have an opportunity to

Gov. Ralph Northam with AG Mark Herring and Secretary of Public Safety Brian Moran make this right.” The Virginia Beach shooter, reportedly a former cannon crew member in the state National Guard, bought one pistol used in the attack in 2016 and the other last year, authorities said. One of the guns was equipped with a noise suppressor and police said Craddock also was carrying extended magazine. Even more weapons were found at Craddock’s home, Jim Cervera, the city’s chief of police, told media outlets. But uncertainty surrounds what prompted the gunman to carry out the attack. Investigators said he emailed a resignation letter to a superior just hours before the attack, but that he wasn’t being forced out or in the process of being fired. Moreover, his employment status was in good standing and his work performance was satisfactory, City Manager Dave Hansen told reporters. Virginia, with a gun death rate of 11.9 per 100,000 people, gets a “D” grade on the Giffords Law Center’s annual gun law scorecard, ranking the state 22nd for strength and 32nd for gun deaths. The state regulates gun shows and mandates that workers with federally licensed gun dealers undergo background checks. But the state doesn’t have so-called “universal background checks” and hasn’t enacted an extreme risk protection order law. Openly carrying a handgun is legal without a permit or license in Virginia.

In 2017, Northam said, 1,028 Virginians died from gun violence, more than the total number of commonwealth residents who died in vehicle accidents. There is no reason to delay action, Northam said. “When is the right time? Delay means what it always means. There will be a next time, another tragedy. … I want this to be the last time.” Senate Majority Leader Thomas K. Norment Jr. told protesters at his Williamsburg office last week that there should be a “meaningful discussion” about gun control, according to published reports. He said the legislature will likely act on extended magazines on firearms in its next session. Norment voted against a ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines this year, and told reporters that none of Northam’s failed proposals met standards for “merits, practical application, and efficacy.” Authorities have three days to conduct a background check when someone purchases a firearm. After that, a federally licensed gun-dealer can go ahead with the sale. More than 90 percent of background checks provide an answer within minutes, but about 9 percent require further investigation information. However, the National Firearms Act governs the sale of silencers. Those buying a noise suppressor like the one used in the Virginia Beach shooting must go through an extensive background check that can take as many as eight months or longer before the sale is completed. U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine praised Northam’s call for a special General Assembly session to take up gun reform. “It’s painfully clear from the horrific shooting in Virginia Beach and the daily scourge of gun violence in communities across the Ccommonwealth that Virginia must pass common sense gun safety reforms,” Kaine said. “When I was governor following the tragedy at Virginia Tech, we made some progress to fix a flaw in the background record check system that allowed the shooter to purchase a weapon, but when we tried to do more to strengthen background checks, Republicans blocked our efforts. There’s a lot of unfinished business to make our communities safer. We need more than thoughts and prayers; we need action.”

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A life-long crusade to reverse historic undercounts KHALIL ABDULLAH TEWire (WASHINGTON, D.C.) Jeri Green's passion for the census is still sunrise bright. An outspoken champion of the concerns of African Africans and any people who have been diminished, marginalized or systemically undercounted, she is an enthusiastic and determined advocate for how participation in the census can contribute to healthier communities and a more equitable America. “Let’s talk about the need for public education,” Green said. “We know African American children continue to be undercounted every census and likely will be so again in 2020. Same for Latino and Native American children. When we say, ‘Count every child in your household,’ it means just that. Grandchildren count, foster kids count, play cousins count. Unless this message is delivered and repeated over and over, families will miss receiving resources that are rightfully theirs.” “And, quite frankly, why can’t we do a better job of counting formerly incarcerated black men? We already know they are a disproportionate percentage of the over 650,000 individuals coming back to our communities from jails and prisons every year. They are returning citizens and we should be able to design ways to make sure they show up in the census as well.” During her 20-year career at the Census Bureau, Green coordinated visits by congresspersons, the General Accounting Office and the Inspector General's personnel, among others, to census field sites. “Individuals who have oversight responsibility or whose agencies conduct audits to make sure taxpayer dollars are being well spent, have a right to inspect and observe, but those visits have to be scheduled and conducted in a way that doesn't interfere with the enumeration process or the public’s right to privacy.” In 2017, she retired as senior advisor for Civic Engagement to

Jeri Green at her desk at the US Census Bureau in 2016. For over three decades, she has helped make the decennial census a leading civil rights issue, both as a Census Bureau insider, and now as an advocate for the National Urban League. former U.S. Census Bureau Director John Thompson. “He had left the Census Bureau and returned after a decade as a political appointee. He asked me to help him get reacquainted with the issues and concerns of the civil rights community, to establish some outreach.” Green’s experience made her ideally suited for the task. “When I started full-time, I was working on the advisory committee level,” she recalled. “In addition to serving as the liaison to the technical advisory committee, I was responsible for the five ethnic stand-alone advisory committees: black; Hispanic; Native American and Alaskan; Asian; Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.

“Back then, each committee had its own chair and vice chair. My job was to understand their needs, engage with them and get to know and understand their issues. I just thought I could automatically do this, that it was just a natural fit for me because - I’m black! And I know all these issues. Wrong, wrong, and more wrong,” she said laughing. “You cannot just assume, because you’re a person of color, that you understand another culture. It took time to talk to Native Americans, to understand the road they traveled and their customs. It was the same for each of those committees. It was a very humbling experience that made me a stronger employee and a stronger translator for the Census

Bureau. I had to develop a level of trust that the bureau didn’t have with these communities.” Regarding her decision to resign, she said when Director Thompson opted to leave in 2017, “I followed him out the door. It was time.” Her 10 years of prior employment in the District of Columbia government counted toward federal retirement eligibility. Reasons for leaving were personal and professional. For one, the politicization of the Census Bureau, under the Department of Commerce’s then new Secretary Wilbur Ross, carried some weight. Green opposes Ross’s efforts to add

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Richmond honors emergency communications staff member Leon Corbin says that he wishes there was no need for a 911 emergency communications center. “My prayer is that we wouldn’t need a 911 center, that people would just get along,” said the assistant communications officer supervisor at the Richmond Department of Emergency Communications (DEC). “But until that day comes, we’ll be here.” A city of Richmond employee since 1998, Corbin came to the DEC as an emergency communications officer in 2006, and was promoted to an assistant communications officer supervisor in 2014. He has been chosen as DEC’s “#I Am Richmond 911” honoree for May 2019. Corbin works 12-hour shifts, making sure that DEC’s high standards of customer service are being met, so that those who call for service are getting the help they need. “We’re a bunch of people just like you whose purpose is to serve you. People outside of here feel that we’re some kind of superhuman. But

we’re just like you, we’re trained to answer the call for help and dispatch first responders.” Corbin feels that answering the call for help is more than just his job. “God put us here to help people when they call. Not every day is perfect, but it’s the intrinsic value of helping people -- and they’re all God’s people. You’re not always going to get rewards and accolades, but I know that I am doing what God would have me to do. When you call, just know that I’m sending help, but I’m praying for you, too.” Outside of the DEC, Corbin enjoys helping and inspiring others, by serving as a youth minister at New Canaan Worship Center in Richmond. He and his wife, Latasha, lead Sunday school, Bible study and children’s church, as well as organize the youth to participate in other church programs, including helping to feed the homeless and participating in community walks. Each year, they organize a youth revival also.

“The youth are the future of the church, the community and everything we do. My hope is to give them guidance and show them an

example. It’s good to see kids who grow up and come into their own and continue to serve others. It’s part of how I inspire them.”

State office buildings ban guns, but Va. law blocks local governments from restricting weapons NED OLIVER The mass shooting at a city office building in Virginia Beach has at least one local government official in Virginia renewing calls for legislation allowing localities to ban guns from municipal buildings. “We must be able to secure our city buildings,” tweeted Richmond Councilman Michael Jones. While all state office buildings prohibit guns and the General Assembly allows only people who possess a concealed carry permit to bring them into the Capitol, local governments can’t take any such

steps – a point of contention over the years. Most recently, officials in Roanoke sought legislation this year allowing them to ban guns from their City Council meetings. A committee rejected the proposal on a party-line vote, with Republicans opposing, according to The Roanoke Times. A broader proposal last year that would have allowed them to ban guns from City Hall altogether was also rejected. “We are disappointed that a governing body cannot protect ourselves and the public from those individuals with guns that may want to do us harm,” Roanoke Mayor

Sherman Lea told the Times. “I just do not understand why they will not let us protect ourselves.” In Richmond, authorities installed metal detectors in City Hall after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and blocked people from entering with weapons, but they were forced to end the practice about a year later following a legal challenge. Guns were allowed in state office buildings until 2015, when thenGov. Terry McAuliffe implemented emergency regulations via executive order. It’s not clear that allowing localities to ban guns would have changed the course of the Friday

shooting in Virginia Beach, which was carried out by a city employee who had a security badge and began his attack in the parking lot before entering the building. But to Jones, who serves on a City Council where a man with a gun was once carried out of a meeting by three police officers, the attack served as a startling reminder of longstanding security concerns. “I want to see how many members of the VA General Assembly are going to tweet condolences and heart felt sentiments versus writing legislation that will secure Municipal Buildings,” he wrote. - VM

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New order establishes commission to examine racial inequity in Virginia law Va. Gov. Ralph Northam last week signed Executive Order Thirty-Two, establishing the Commission to Examine Racial Inequity in Virginia Law. Northam made the announcement in Norfolk during a ceremonial signing of Sen. Lionel Spruill’s Senate Bill 1079, a measure to repeal Jim Crow era minimum wage exemptions. Spruill and Del. Marcia Price on Senate Bill 1079 and House Bill 2473 inspired the Commission’s creation and its mission to identify similar remainders of racially discriminatory language on Virginia’s books. “Identifying the vestiges of racial discrimination that still remain in Virginia’s laws today is critical to the work before us to build a commonwealth that is equitable for all who call it home,” said Northam. “The task before the commission is significant and its efforts will help lay the groundwork for further progress.” The commission will review the Virginia Acts of Assembly, Code of Virginia, and administrative regulations with the goal of identifying and making recommendations to address laws that were intended to or could have the effect of promoting or enabling racial discrimination or inequity. In the case of the Acts of Assembly, discriminatory laws were enacted and in some cases obviated by court rulings, but the words still remain. “The legislation removing the Jim Crow-era minimum wage exemptions is an example of how we must work to address inequitable laws,” said Spruill. “The goal of the commission is to identify other instances of historical discrimination.” The commission will issue an interim report with its findings and recommendations no later than Nov. 15, 2019. “This commission will bring people with diverse expertise

and backgrounds together to move Virginia forward,” said Del. Lamont Bagby. “I look forward to supporting action items identified by the commission. I am confident that they will uncover opportunities that will positively impact every corner of the commonwealth. We must remove these unjust laws from the books immediately.” The Virginia Interfaith Center applauded the executive order, noting that the work towards parity has just begun.

“Virginia’s minimum wage law continues to exempt farm workers and domestic workers from receiving minimum wage, noted Kim Bobo. “These jobs have been traditionally held by African Americans and now immigrants. There are countless other laws on the books that disproportionately affect low-income people and people of color. “In the year marking the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first Africans to be sold into slavery in North America, we celebrate this

victory, but we also acknowledge the pressing need to examine Virginia’s laws with a fine-toothed comb. We must remove laws that promote racial inequity and enact new laws to protect people of color and marginalized communities. ” Those interested in serving on the Commission to Examine Racial Inequity in Virginia Law should apply no later than Friday, June 14. See more information at the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s website.

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The Trump vs. Obama economies DR. MARK HENDRICKSON Recently, a student came to me in a state of perplexity. His liberal friends were insisting that President Obama deserves much credit for today’s favorable economic news of higher GDP growth and lower unemployment, while his conservative friends give President Trump the credit. Welcome to the wonderful world of partisan politics, young man. The game is simple: Spin-meisters on both sides lay claim to every favorable economic development while blaming the other side for everything wrong with the economy. So, which president deserves credit for the uptick in the American economy? Unemployment has been falling and wages rising since 2011. Because those favorable trends persisted through the last six years of the Obama presidency, Obama deserves credit, doesn’t he? No, he doesn’t. Historical context is crucial. The natural tendency is for unemployment to fall after a recession. Resourceful entrepreneurs The LEGACY NEWSPAPER Vol. 5 No. 25 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

always find ways to reignite economic growth after recessions, unless foolish government policies undermine recovery as Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt tragically did in the 1930s Great Depression. As I have written previously, the socalled “Obama recovery” was historically weak. The average GDP growth rate was between 1.5 and 2.1 percent, depending on the source—the weakest recovery under any postWWII president. The reason for this is straightforward: Obama’s antibusiness, anti-free market bias gave rise to policies that generated strong economic headwinds. Obama believed that “only government can” get an economy running properly. In 2012, he publicly disrespected private entrepreneurs by declaring that they hadn’t built their businesses. He pursued a blatantly anti-business economic agenda. Private enterprises were constantly being hampered by an aggressive whac-a-mole regulatory agenda. Fortunately for America’s businesses and workers, beginning The LEGACY welcomes all signed letters and all respectful opinions. 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. Annual Subscription Rates Virginia - $50 U.S. states - $75 Outside U.S.- $100 The Virginia Legacy © 2016

in 2011 a Republican House of Representatives, while unable to blunt the regulatory zeal of the executive branch of government, fended off Obama’s anti-business legislative ambitions and enabled economic growth to proceed, albeit tepidly. In short, the sluggish economic growth of Obama’s last six years happened in spite of him, not because of him. Since Donald Trump became president, there has been a noticeable uptick in economic growth. GDP has grown between 2.9 and 3.1 percent. The New York Times reported that unemployment has continued to fall (reaching the lowest level in more than half a century) and wage increases have nudged upward. Trump’s policy changes in two areas deserve the credit for these economic improvements. First, he reduced burdensome regulations. The Federal Register shrank from 97,110 pages of regulations during Obama’s last year to 61,949 in Trump’s first year. Second, he cut taxes, leaving more money in the private sector where the wealth of the country is created most efficiently.

While Trump’s economic record is clearly superior to his predecessor’s, the gains under Trump remain subdued compared to earlier recoveries. Trump himself offset some of the gains from his income tax cuts by raising other taxes – specifically, tariffs. However, the major impediments to more vigorous economic growth are factors beyond any president’s control – Federal Reserve policy, economic sluggishness abroad, and (most ominously of all) Americans’ everincreasing debt burden. Does President Obama or President Trump deserve more credit for today’s economic growth? There is no need to overthink this question. Obama was anti-business and Trump is pro-business, and the results reflect the difference. Ideology matters. Those hopping aboard the democratic socialism bandwagon should realize that a president with an ideological antipathy for society’s wealth creators is far more likely to cripple wealth creation and job formation than a president who understands and appreciates private businesses’ essential role.

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P.T. Hoffsteader, Esq.

More heartbreak

12 years after the mass shooting at Virginia Tech, our commonwealth suffered another terrible tragedy. Once more first responders displayed heroism, and ordinary Virginians showed extraordinary courage and compassion. Once more, hearts are broken, lives are shattered, and families are crushed. Once more, a community is in shock and pain and grief. And once more we will hear folks offer their thoughts and prayers. We do appreciate and need them. As I said in Virginia Beach, God is in control. But we must do more than give our thoughts and prayers. We must give Virginians the action they deserve. Virginia is heartbroken. We are heartbroken for the families who have lost their loved ones. Their lives are forever changed. The pain and suffering that Virginia Beach is experiencing is the same pain communities across Virginia and around the country suffer every day due to gun violence. As an Army doctor, I have seen firsthand what a bullet does to a body. I can’t imagine the devastation these families are

suffering. It is wrong, it is outrageous, it is unforgivable to turn our municipal centers, our schools, our churches and synagogues and mosques, into battlefields. No one should go to work, to school, or to church wondering if they will come home. Our elementary school children regularly practice lockdown drills. That is what our society has come to, because we have failed to act on gun violence. It is wrong that we now view these mass shootings as the new normal. In fact, it is wrong that we view gun violence in general as the new normal. Tragic mass shootings draw our attention, but shootings happen in our communities every day. A 15-year-old boy was shot and killed in Norfolk. A little girl was shot and killed at a cookout in Richmond on Memorial Day weekend. Four people were shot, and one killed, in Portsmouth this past weekend. It is past time to change it. Back in January, I asked the Virginia General Assembly to work with me to stop this violence. I asked them to ban magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. I asked them to make background checks universal—a policy that 90 percent of the public supports. I asked them to create an Extreme Risk Protective Order – a way for law enforcement to ask a court to keep guns away from someone who poses a substantial danger to themselves or others, a concept supported by President Trump’s own School Safety Task Force. I asked them to reinstate Virginia’s successful “One Handgun a Month” policy. I asked for tougher penalties

for anyone who leaves a loaded gun around a child, and to require anyone whose gun has been stolen to report the theft within 24 hours. And I have supported, and will continue to support, legislation giving localities more authority to regulate firearms, including in their own government buildings. None of these ideas are radical. None of them violate the Second Amendment. None of them would impair any of my fellow Virginia hunters or sportsmen. None of them would limit anyone from owning a gun who wasn’t a felon or a domestic abuser or declared by a judge to be a danger. And none of them passed. In fact, some failed with just four votes against them in small subcommittees. We lost 1,028 Virginians due to gun violence in 2017. That’s almost three people a day. Incredibly, that is more deaths than those due to vehicle accidents. This [recent] tragedy, as well as the tragedies that happen every day across Virginia, must instill in us a new level of urgency to act. If we can save one life because we acted now, it is worth it. And so, by the power vested in me by Article IV, Section 6, and Article V, Section 5 of the Constitution of Virginia, I have summoned the members of the Senate and the House of Delegates to meet in Special Session for the purpose of passing common sense public safety laws. I will propose many of the same ideas that we have proposed before: Universal background checks; A ban on assault weapons, to

include suppressors and bump stocks; An extreme risk protective order; Reinstating the one-gun-a-month law; Child access prevention; Requiring people to report lost and stolen firearms; and Expanding local authority to regulate firearms, including in government buildings. I will be asking for votes and laws, not thoughts and prayers. And I ask that the Members of the General Assembly engage in an open and transparent debate, and that the bills brought before the legislature are put to a vote by the entire General Assembly. That is why our legislators are voted into office and sent to Richmond. Business as usual, with leadership shielding most of their members from taking tough votes by setting early morning hearings before small subcommittees, won't cut it. Virginians deserve leadership, and they will be watching. The nation will be watching. From the moment the first shots were fired in Virginia Beach, our first responders knew what to do. They rushed to the sound of the gunfire. They responded in less than two minutes to the shooting. Our first responders acted to save lives—and indeed, they did save lives. Now, I am calling on the elected officials of this commonwealth to become second responders. Your duty is clear: rush to the scene, and put a stop to this violence. Heal our commonwealth. Gov. Ralph Northam

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Faith & Religion Southern Baptists report condemns ‘epidemic’ of abuse, looks at ways to assist victims ADELLE M. BANKS RNS — A new Southern Baptist Convention report on sex abuse, filled with the voices of survivors, acknowledges numerous ways the denomination has failed to protect members of its churches. The “Caring Well” report also summarizes a range of next steps to address the issue, including educating congregations about abuse, preparing them to help survivors and fostering abuse prevention. “We lament the fact that it took a national movement of reckoning for abuse to force us to take this issue seriously in our own convention,” reads the 52-page report, which followed an investigation published May 31 in the Houston Chronicle detailing accusations involving dozens of Southern Baptists. “It should now be obvious that the problem has been and still is more widespread than anyone has realized,” the SBC’ report said, “affecting our congregations all over the country, from the smallest

church pastored by a bivocational minister to the megachurch with hundreds on staff.” The issue has also affected seminaries, agencies and missions boards, the report said, adding, “all too often, it has not been handled justly.” The report, to be presented during the Southern Baptists’ annual meeting next week, is the result of almost a year’s work by a Sexual Abuse Advisory Group commissioned by SBC President J.D. Greear. It is based on an inquiry involving “hundreds” of sex abuse survivors, church leaders and national experts. The first clergy abuse survivor quoted in the report used the word “epidemic” to describe the extent of sexual abuse in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. “The cause of sexual abuse in the SBC is rooted in our culture of casual indifference to predatory sexual behavior,” says Susan Codone, who said she was abused by her youth minister and by her pastor who fired him and then continued the abuse.

Museum to host conversation Black History Museum & Cultural Center (BHMVA), will host another season of its signature program, “InsideOut” featuring “engaging” conversations with some of Virginia’s influential people. The season kicks off with Dr. Lance D. Watson, senior pastor of St. Paul’s Baptist Church, Richmond. “Watson is known for his inspiring sermons and motivating ministry, notes BHMVA. “This is a conversation with the man behind the pulpit -- childhood memories, mentors, mantras and more.” It

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“Worn like a shield, indifference results in the catch-and-release practice of catching predatory staff members in the act and releasing them to move freely among other churches and organizations and harm others,” Condone said. While Condone chose to be identified, some of the other survivors had their names changed or were cited anonymously. The report repeatedly refers to sexual abuse as “evil,” and calls the “meager efforts” outlined in the report only the beginning of what is hoped will be a “movement of healing and reform.” The report said that the term “clergy abuse” does not apply solely to misconduct involving children. “Clergy abuse not only encompasses abuse to children, but also a ‘consensual’ adult sexual relationship between a clergy member and a congregant,” it said. “The power and spiritual influence that a member of the clergy wields over their congregants essentially renders consent impossible.” Codone said in the report that the pastor who abused her also had an inappropriate relationship with her Sunday school teacher. Among the numerous failures named in the report were inadequately training staff and volunteers, declining to report suspected perpetrators to law enforcement and instead recommending them to new employers, and improperly citing church autonomy to avoid acting appropriately. It noted that a new study by LifeWay Research about abuse in the church found that just half of Protestant churchgoers want victims to be protected when abuse

is discovered. The report called that finding and others — including that just 63 percent of respondents wanted the truth about sexual abuse to be made public ” — a major cause for concern.” The report lists ways churches can respond to abuse, including developing a team of caregivers to assist survivors who disclose abuse and checking references before hiring staffers and volunteers. It also recommends a new free video series called “Becoming a Church that Cares Well,” which features experts sharing best practices concerning a range of scenarios in a church, ministry or school. The report concludes by asking Southern Baptist churches to take an eight-step “Caring Well Challenge” over the next year to help them “be safe for survivors and safe from abuse.” The document follows other actions by Greear and fellow SBC executives since the last SBC meeting. In February, Greear said the SBC Executive Committee should investigate 10 churches named in a report by Texas newspapers that found 380 current and former Southern Baptist ministers and volunteers had been accused of sexually abusing more than 700 victims in the past 20 years. An Executive Committee workgroup responded less than two weeks later by saying just three out of the 10 merited investigation. More recently, SBC leaders have considered setting up an official “Credentials Committee” that would review complaints about how member churches handle abuse allegations. If it is approved by the Executive Committee, Baptists would vote on the proposal

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(from page 1) events are held to embrace the achievements, prominent timeliness and impactful moments of black music. Founded in 1979 by Kenny Gamble, Ed Wright and Dyana Williams, National Black Music Month recognizes the achievements, prominent timeliness and impactful moments of black music. It’s a chance to remember those musicians lost along the way and to encourage a pathway for young musicians to follow their dreams. According to the National Museum of African American Music, on June 7th, 1979 Gamble, Wright, and Williams successfully lobbied President Jimmy Carter into hosting a reception to formally recognize the cultural and financial contributions of black music throughout history. Since that fateful year, Black Music Month has grown from an intimate commemoration to national

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June 12, 2019• 9 reach with an abundance of events held annually across the country. As years went on many musicians, fans and influential individuals joined in celebratory observance during the month of June. In 2016, via proclamation, former President Barack Obama further defined June as African American Music Appreciation Month. Obama declared that the start of summer would be a celebration for “the rich heritage” of African American music and how these instrumental musicians, “have enriched American music and captured the diversity of our Nation.” “The music of our Nation has always spoken to the condition of our people and reflected the diversity of our Union,” Obama said. “African-American musicians, composers, singers, and songwriters have made enormous contributions to our culture by capturing the hardships and aspirations of a community and reminding us of our shared values,” he said.

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Is common ground on abortion possible? JIM WALLIS VIEWPOINT “Life” issues have once again become extremely politically divisive. Claiming to be either “for the women” or “for the babies,” turns empathy for only one life into single-issue voting on both sides of the political spectrum. Instead of reducing abortion access to a political football — and even into competing billboards on national highways — we all should seek to expand and deepen the conversation, especially Christians, who should not be beholden to right or left but rather to a consistent ethic of life for women and children. It always astounds, and to be honest, angers me how the same legislators who focus only on abortion pay little or no attention to lives and needs of women and children: They are usually the first to cut programs and protections that benefit poor families, limit access to contraception, and oppose workplace policies that would support parents. The brutal Alabama abortion ban put forward by the extreme right — which even Pat Robertson thinks goes “too far” — set off the latest flashpoint in this ongoing battle, and for good reason: Among many other extremes, it completely ignores the pain and suffering of women who become pregnant through rape or incest. By refusing exceptions for rape or incest, the Alabama law would mean children would be forced to give birth. Christian writer and activist Shannon Dingle shared her experience in a powerful essay for USA Today: I need you to know that any child’s pregnancy is the result of rape, because no child can consent to sex. I need you to know that any child’s pregnancy is traumatic, no matter the outcome, because little girls aren’t supposed to have full wombs. I need you to know that I didn’t

know I had options, because I knew girls who got pregnant were called sluts and girls who had abortions were called murderers. These state-level laws would endanger the lives of women, especially women of color, and some threaten to lock up doctors for the rest of their lives. All the data show that banning abortions doesn’t end them — rather, it puts the lives of many women in deep jeopardy. Of course, it doesn’t help our polarization on abortion when some Democratic state legislators seek to relax restrictions even on late-term abortions or when the extreme left refuses to acknowledge the existence of “pro-life Democrats” and refuses to embrace the “safe, legal, and rare” approach to abortion that the party used to embrace. How do we build cooperation on all sides to achieve the goal of reducing abortions — instead of criminalizing women and their doctors for often heartbreaking choices — in ways that would help us all find common ground? While you can’t resolve an issue as complex as abortion in a couple of paragraphs, the denial of a moral conversation comes at the detriment of all. The late writer and thinker Rachel Held Evans put this well years ago, in a way I still think of often: I think a lot of progressive Christians like myself, eager to distance ourselves from some of the rhetoric and policies of the Republican brand of the pro-life movement, shy away from talking about abortion, when our call to do justice and love mercy demand that we speak and act to address this issue, even though it may be more complicated than we originally thought … It seems to me that Christians who are more conservative and Christians who are more liberal, Christians who are politically pro-life and Christians

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Nutty Buttery opens in Richmond’s Carver J. ELIAS O’NEAL It’s been a tough nut to crack for Charleen Baylor. But after a few years of trying, her dream of owning her own restaurant and business finally has been realized. Baylor’s Nutty Buttery Ice Cream Parlor, Pantry and Cafe is now open at 701 W. Clay St. near the intersection of Munford and West Clay streets in the Carver Community. The restaurant held its soft opening May 18 and is planning a grand opening later this month. The 1,200-square-foot spot seats 52, and serves ice cream, burgers, sandwiches, salads, steak and salmon, and is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Some of its signature items include “The Carver,” a 4-ounce ground turkey burger, and its wings that are mixed in a patron’s choice of buffalo, teriyaki, Caribbean Jerk Dry, Thai chili or tango mango sauce. Nutty Buttery will serve a variety of ice cream flavors made by Bev’s Ice Cream, along with coffee, teas and housemade lemonade. For breakfast, Nutty Buttery will serve up French toast, avocado toast, yogurt parfait and its breakfast sandwich, which is served on either a biscuit or croissant with the patron’s choice of cheese (cheddar, Swiss, provolone or havarti); and meat (sausage, bacon, turkey bacon or turkey sausage). An ABC license for beer and wine is pending, Baylor said. The name Nutty Buttery is a play on words: Nutty, a visual of oldfashioned nut-filled candy and goods, and Buttery – the medieval-era term for great storage room. But it also holds sentimental value for Baylor, as it’s a throwback to her family’s entrepreneurial spirit. “My grandfather had a bakery in Ashland, and he had this big showcase that had all kinds of

Nutty Buttery owner Charleen Baylor. PHOTOS: J. Elias O’Neal candies, so I always wanted to bring that concept here,” she said. To commemorate her late grandfather, Newton Lightfoot, Baylor has established a small buttery in the restaurant that’s filled with candies and fresh nuts. “I have my own special-made trail mix that I’ve included,” Baylor said. “It’s all raw, no salt; and I chop up my own dried apricots, as well as raisins and cranberries. As I get more containers, I’ll be able to offer more.” In another corner of the restaurant, Baylor pays tribute to her great aunt, Alice Louise Trottier, who owned Al’s Beauty School and Salon, and the Quick Meal Coffee Shop in Ashland, with a variety of items from businesses and home. “She meant so much to me and I was able to learn a lot from her as a businesswoman,” Baylor said. “That took guts back in those days.” Baylor’s hope for Nutty Buttery is to become a community gathering place by making the establishment a neighborhood showcase. A stage nestled in the corner by the bar will host live jazz music

every fourth Sunday from 4-8 p.m., along with live poetry sessions and other performers, Baylor said. She’s seeking a variance from the city to extend Nutty Buttery’s operating hours to 11 p.m. on weekends to accommodate live music. Nutty Buttery also will include rotating art that can be purchased from local artists. It also looks to partner with community groups and organizations, having launched during its soft opening a fundraiser for Carver Elementary that raised $720 for the neighborhood school. The store also will host the Carver Area Civic Improvement League meetings every third Monday of the month. Getting Nutty Buttery to the finish line proved difficult for Baylor, a long-time resident of Carver. After announcing her plans for the shop about three years ago, a disagreement with her former contractor, E. Pendleton Construction, delayed her opening date. Baylor filed suit against the construction company last summer,

and was awarded a $14,000 judgement against Pendleton on June 3, according to court documents. She later secured Cecil Nedrick of CLJ Construction to complete the renovation to former retail space. Pendleton and his attorney Alexander N. Simon could not be reached for comment at press time. “It was a process that nearly broke me, and certainly broke my spirit because I wanted to be open before now,” Baylor said. “But we’re here now, and I’m looking forward and keeping what happened in the past in the past.” Opening Nutty Buttery comes after Baylor’s nearly 30-year career in the medical industry, first as a respiratory therapist for hospitals across Virginia and Maryland; including as director of respiratory care for Bon Secours’ Richmond Community Hospital in Church Hill and Memorial Regional Medical Center in Mechanicsville. It’s a welcome change for Baylor, who said she’s excited about living and now owning a business in Carver. “There is so much to love about Carver and Richmond,” Baylor said. “The opportunity to be a part of this community, and to provide a space for the community, is everything that I wanted Nutty Buttery to be.” - RBiz

Nutty Buttery’s dining area seats about 52 people and includes outside seating along West Clay Street.

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‘Determined: The 400-Year Struggle for Black Equality’ The Virginia Museum of History and Culture is welcoming a new exhibition to the museum, along with a slate full of associated programming, family-friendly events, and banner lectures. “Determined: The 400-Year Struggle for Black Equality”, will debut June 22 and continue through March 29, 2020 The museum noted that ‘Determined’ is a “highly-anticipated and groundbreaking” exhibition commemorating the 400th anniversary of the first enslaved Africans arrival in Virginia. Through profiles of 30 individuals,

more than 100 evocative objects, and multimedia interpretive conten, the exhibition will explore the African American experience in Virginia from 1619 to the present day, the pivotal role African Americans have played in shaping America’s national identity and culture, and the key Virginians and events that defined the meaning of American democracy, equality, and justice. The ‘Determined’ exhibition examines the ways in which the arrival of enslaved Africans in 1619 shaped the United States that we know today will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Plunky & Oneness to hold annual Dogwood Dell concert Saturday, June 22, 8 p.m. Dogwood Dell Byrd Park 600 South Boulevard, Richmond Free admission For over 35 years, Richmond jazz-funk favorites, Plunky & Onenes, have shared their R&B, smooth jazz and Afro-soul sounds regionally and internationally through touring and their record releases. The group’s concert at Dogwood Dell is usually attended by thousands and always one of the highlights of the Richmond Parks and Recreation Summer Festival of the Arts. This year Plunky & Oneness will be celebrating the release of a new album, “Afroclectic”, which features 14 songs in various styles and genres, all designed to uplift, inspire and delight listeners and party-goers alike. The new album will be on sale at the Dell concert. J. Plunky Branch (pictured) started performing professionally in 1970 in San Francisco and then worked in New York’s jazz scene before coming back to his hometown, Richmond, in 1975. Since then he has released 27 albums, written 400 songs, and played hundreds of gigs in clubs, concerts and festivals with some of the biggest names in black music. Plunky & Oneness is a band of musical nomads based in one place, Virginia. The group includes three Branches: Plunky (saxophones, vocals), Muzi (bass, vocals) and Fire (electronic percussion), Plunky, his brother and his son. The group’s featured vocalist, Charlayne “Chyp” Green, has been with the ensemble for almost 20 years, but she is as fresh as ever. For this year’s Dogwood Dell concert they will be joined by vocalist Kala Page, and master instrumentalists, including keyboardist, J. L Harris; guitarist, Carl Lester El; Drummer Ty Onley, and percussionist and Abdou Mohammed.

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Process to reinstate suspended driver’s licenses to begin July 1 The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is preparing to send letters to Virginians whose driving privileges are suspended for failure to pay court fines and costs to advise them of any specific requirements for obtaining their driver’s licenses. Gov. Ralph Northam’s budget includes a provision that prohibits courts from suspending driving privileges solely for failure to pay court fines and costs, effective July 1. Also beginning July 1, any Virginian whose driver’s license has been suspended for that single reason will have his or her driving privileges restored, and the associated reinstatement fee waived. “Earlier this year, I was proud to sign legislation to ending the counterproductive practice of suspending driving privileges for failure to pay court fines and costs,” said Northam. The change only affects a person’s ability to get his or her driver’s

(from page 9) who are politically pro-choice, should be able to come together on this and advocate for life in a way that takes seriously the complexities involved and that honors both women and their unborn children. Of course, she was right. The state-level attempted challenges to Roe v. Wade focus solely on the unborn child. To be truly pro-life, policymakers must expand their concern to the mother — supporting and empowering her to have access to the resources and services she needs to make the appropriate choices for herself — choices that in many cases could lead to a dramatic reduction in abortions. In practice, this would look like: affordable health care and child care, access to affordable and nutritious food, affordable housing, good paying jobs, access to quality education, and, when needed, critical social safety net programs.

license. It does not eliminate the requirement to pay the underlying court costs and fines. Additionally,

Virginians whose driving privileges are suspended or revoked for other reasons, in addition to failure to pay court fines and costs, will need to meet any other court or DMV requirements to include payment of reinstatement fees to regain their driving privileges. “DMV is sending letters to more than half a million Virginians whose lives could be transformed by giving them access to jobs, education, healthcare, and opportunity–– once again,” said Secretary of Transportation Shannon Valentine. “It is long overdue that Virginia end its inequitable practice of suspending driving privileges for failure to pay court fines and costs,” said Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security Brian Moran. “This is a significant step in the right direction toward getting Virginians back to work and enabling them to support their families.” DMV advises its offices will be

extremely busy in the summer months. To avoid longer than normal waits, customers are encouraged to use alternative services such as the website, dmvNOW.com, mail, and DMV Selects locations for routine services. “Virginians who still have their physical unexpired license and have proof of legal presence on file with DMV will be reinstated July 1 and can go about driving without coming to DMV for a new license,” said DMV Commissioner Richard D. Holcomb. “There are other customers whose licenses have expired or need to meet other statutory requirements to get their licenses. “The letters those customers will receive will outline all of those requirements. So, the most important thing Virginians can do right now is to visit dmvNOW.com to make sure your mailing address is up-to-date with DMV so you receive this important information.”

For some on the pro-choice side, there is too often an unwillingness to acknowledge and allow space for those who have legitimate moral and ethical concerns about abortion. I’ve often heard some on the left tell me that committing to “reducing abortion” implies a moral taint. Yes, it does; abortion does raise moral issues, and plenty of Americans across the political spectrum agree. Many in the faith community do regard abortion as a moral issue, in protection of both women and developing life, and part of a “consistent ethic of life” and “seamless garment” of concern for the many threats to human life and dignity. While many of us don’t support the criminalization of abortion, we are committed to reducing abortions by supporting women with affordable health care, access to contraceptives, access to affordable child care, nutrition, job, and employment opportunities, and social services — which all the

data prove can dramatically reduce abortion. Focusing our conversation and policy around reduction of abortions is a good and worthy goal, and one that both sides could support. As E.J. Dionne, a progressive and a Catholic, put it: “Whether or not you believe that the fetus is a human life from the moment of conception, a human being is the result at the end of nine months of pregnancy. So, it shouldn’t be hard for even the most pro-choice person to understand why those who oppose abortion see it as a matter of overwhelming moral importance. “At the same time, only women bear the physical burdens of pregnancy and our society, as currently constituted, demands far more of mothers than fathers. So, it should not be hard for even the most ardent pro-lifers to understand why women who advocate abortion

rights see control over their own reproduction as inextricably linked to gender equality. “I share the right-to-life movement’s desire to reduce the number of abortions. But I also agree with the pro-choice movement that making abortion illegal or virtually impossible to obtain will only place women’s lives in jeopardy. … The bottom line: If you truly want to defend the right to life, support women and lift the poor.” We have to move beyond judgment and recrimination. Rather, we need a time of dialogue and understanding — for reconsideration of what it means to be deeply committed to “abundant life.” In seeking after that truth and striving after consistency in this issue, we will come face-to-face with the need for reconciliation between battling ideological forces. Wallis is president of Sojourners. Follow him on Twitter @JimWallis.

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Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) has signed a three-year paid agreement with the GRTC Transit System to fund unlimited transportation access on Pulse Bus Rapid Transit, local and express routes for all VCU, VCU Health System and Virginia Premier students and employees, effective Aug. 1. “VCU’s partnership with GRTC reflects our shared commitment to the Richmond community as a whole,” said Meredith Weiss, Ph.D., VCU vice president for administration. “Consistent and reliable transit contributes to a healthy and active community by improving accessibility, connectivity and mobility — goals of our ONE VCU Master Plan. We look forward to more innovative collaborations with the city of Richmond and other community partners as we implement our new master plan.” In a recent VCU survey, 95.4 percent of students and employees expressed support for a continuation of the existing transportation agreement VCU and GRTC have been piloting since August 2018. Since January, VCU community members have accounted for approximately 12 percent of GRTC’s total ridership, averaging 87,400 trips a month. GRTC ridership has increased 17 percent during the past year amid a national trend of declining transit ridership. “This longer-term agreement with VCU solidifies the great partnership we have been building over the past year,” said Gary Armstrong, chair of the GRTC board of directors. “GRTC staff's hard work to integrate VCU priorities into the agreement along with VCU's strong commitment to providing dependable and safe transportation for its students and staff has been rewarding to all involved. We believe that the VCU relationship will spur further efficiency and technological improvements for GRTC that will benefit our whole region going forward.”

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Va. sets goal to eliminate racial disparity in maternal mortality rate In Virginia, the maternal mortality rate for black women is over two times as high as white women, according to the Virginia Department of Health’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. To address this disparity, Gov. Ralph Northam outlined a goal to eliminate the racial disparity by 2025. He announced the goal during a recent ceremonial bill signing of House Bill 2546, which codifies the Maternal Mortality Review Team in Virginia, and House Bill 2613, which adds perinatal anxiety to the list of information providers must give patients. “A critical component of improving maternal health outcomes is the elimination of the racial disparity we are seeing in Virginia and across the nation,” said Northam. “This is a worthy goal that is perfectly within

reach, and I am directing leaders in my administration and in the health care and human services community to develop strategies to get us there by 2025.” “I am proud we are making a bold commitment to improving maternal health in the commonwealth of Virginia,” said Secretary of Health

and Human Resources Daniel Carey, M.D. “I look forward to collaboration across a variety of sectors to ensure that women in Virginia have access to high quality care and services before, during, and after pregnancy.” Northam is challenging leaders in his administration, as well as private and non-profit sectors to join in developing strategies to achieve this critical goal. As such, he has directed the Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) and the Department of Social Services (DSS) to implement a process for expediting enrollment for pregnant women eligible for Medicaid. Additionally, Northam has instructed relevant state agencies to implement a framework for scaling home visiting that was recently endorsed by the Governor’s Children’s Cabinet. Northam has

also directed the Department of Health Professions and the Virginia Department of Health to explore ways to increase implicit bias and cultural competency training for health care professionals. Finally, Northam is directing all applicable executive branch agencies to provide recommendations for improving maternal health. The Northam administration and the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association note they are also committed to form a collaborative with 10 Virginia hospitals and their ambulatory providers to implement evidencebased, culturally sensitive training, education, and best practices. The Virginia Department of Health will support hospitals with data collection, onboarding, coaching, and technical assistance.

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A senior chief machinist’s mate (nuclear) is pinned during a pinning ceremony in the hangar bay aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), last week, in Norfolk. Harry S. Truman is currently moored at Naval Station Norfolk conducting targeted maintenance and training and remains operationally ready, according to the Navy. PHOTO: U.S. Navy/ Victoria Granado

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Elegba Folklore Society presents Juneteenth 2019, “A Freedom Celebration”. A June 14 symposium features Dr. Molefi Kete Asante, a Library of Congress History Maker and an authority on African world culture, from 6 - 10 p.m., Main Street Station. June 15 features “It’s Independence Day Our Way” at the Manchester Dock from 3 - 7 p.m. with the Get Woke Youth Summit, music, dance, food, shopping, art making, games and the Torch Lit Night Walk on the Trail of Enslaved Africans, which begins at 7 p.m. Attendees are invited to pay homage to the ancestors at Richmond’s African Burial Ground on June 16 at 3 p.m.

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Join RIHD, a non-partisan, statewide organization, partnering with a host of experts to provide justice-related awareness leading into the 2020 General Assembly Session. Local events will address issues impacting Virginia juvenile justice system, pre-trial, sentencing/ parole, solitary confinement, and successful reentry. At every event the organization will provide on-site assistance for restoration of rights and voter registration application.

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Henrico’s free classes on reviving someone after an opioid overdose Henrico County will offer a series of free classes on how to administer naloxone to potentially save the life of someone who has overdosed on opioids. The Revive! Opioid Overdose and Naloxone Education for Virginia classes are being presented by Henrico Area Mental Health & Developmental Services in partnership with the Henrico County Health Department. The classes have been developed by the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. Participation is open to the public and includes a dose of naloxone, but registration is required. To sign up, go to surveymonkey.com/r/3DF332Y. After selecting a session, registrants should enter “Henrico” as the trainer. For help registering, call 804-727-8925. The classes will be held: - Thursday, June 13, 6 p.m. at Belmont Recreation Center, 1600 Hilliard Rd.; Tuesday, June 18, 9 a.m. at Capital Area Partnership Uplifting People (CAPUP), 1103 Oliver Hill Way; - Tuesday, July 23, 5:30 p.m. at Henrico Area Mental Health & Developmental Services, 10299 Woodman Road; and Thursday, Aug. 15, 6 p.m. at the Henrico County Mental Health East Clinic, 3908 Nine Mile Rd. Naloxone is available from pharmacists in Virginia without a prescription. The drug can temporarily reverse the toxic effects of an opioid or heroin overdose, allowing time to seek professional medical attention. Naloxone is available in a generic form and under the brand name Narcan. The Revive! class provides hands-on instruction on how to administer the nasal-spray form of the drug. For resources and information on overcoming an addiction, go to opioidsolutionsrva.com or bouncebackhc.com.

Richmond: June 19 Varina Area Library 1875 New Market Rd., Henrico Tidewater: June 22 Gethsemane Community Fellowship 1317 East Brambleton Ave., Norfolk All events are free, public. Partners and panelists include: IHAR, LAJC, Joshua Ministry, NAACP Advocacy, and RIHD.

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Participants can learn about the process of purchasing a home and obtaining a mortgage in a relaxed setting at a “Home Buyers and Hops” event, sponsored by Virginia Credit Union. The credit union is offering light refreshments and giving participants a chance to speak with experts including mortgage loan officers and real estate agents. The popular craft brewery is located at 2408 Ownby Lane, Richmond. Light refreshments will be served and participants can mix and mingle with real estate agents, mortgage loan officers, and other home buyers. To register, call 804-323-6800 or visit www.vacu.org/seminars.

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(from page 3) a question on citizenship to the 2020 form. She concurs with other experts that doing so would likely reduce the number of survey respondents and thus undermine the government’s constitutional mandate to count all residents. But, the citizenship dispute, soon to be decided by the Supreme Court, was just one factor in her decision. Despite the Census Bureau’s growing emphasis and reliance on technology for the 2020 count, “we are still going to need human capital and the funds won’t be there,” Green said. During the Obama administration, the Republican-controlled Congress mandated that 2020 Census costs be held to the life-cycle costs of the 2010 Census. "Who in the world can buy 2020 groceries on a 2010 budget?" she asks. In her opinion, already, and as a direct result of insufficient funding, there have been other consequences that may negatively impact census accuracy. Between imagining how her daily work might be constrained and what she would do with more time to herself - continue practicing and performing with D.C.’s own KanKouran West African Dance Troupe or devoting longer hours to genealogical research - the idea of retirement began to fit like a favorite garment. She didn’t see the phone call coming, but she heard the message loud and clear. “Marc Morial dialed me up on my cell phone right after I retired from the Census Bureau and said, ‘We need you,’” Green recalled. As president of the National Urban League (NUL) for over 15 years, a two-term mayor of New Orleans, and a former Louisiana state legislator, Morial knows and understands how census-derived revenue pours into county and city coffers to fund infrastructure projects and social service programs. Morial chaired the 2010 Census Advisory Committee, an entity not reconstituted by the Trump administration for the 2020 Census. The committee focused on Hard-To-Count communities and had become part of Green’s portfolio during Morial's tenure. Green now serves as senior advisor to the NUL on the 2020 Census and is a key participant in the NUL’s Census 2020 Black Roundtable, but her path to the NUL began long before. Just as the Morial family can trace part of its lineage to the Whitney Plantation in Louisiana, Green’s folk, on her mother’s side, are descendants from formerly enslaved laborers on the Worsley Plantation near Rocky Mount in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Green was born in Washington, D.C., a descendant of part of the African American Worsley migration that eventually settled here. “My grandfather used to make me and my little

Jeri Green at the NUL 2018 conference. sister hoe-cakes. He couldn’t read or write, nor could his mother, who was a formerly enslaved woman.” After Eastern High School, Green pursued her undergraduate degree in Afro-American studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. At the time, there was no rapid public transportation linking her Washington neighborhood to the College Park campus as the D.C. Metrorail system had not been built. Without a car, the bus ride stretched out interminably. Travel time proved less a barrier than the social climate she encountered. “Yes, it was only 15 miles, but it was like going to the Deep South, culturally and otherwise,” Green explained. “It was a real eye-opener for me. The whole blackface thing with Gov. Ralph Northam in Virginia? That was nothing. We saw blackface all the time at College Park in the 70s, a land-grant university built by formerly enslaved people.” At College Park, she also encountered the Pan Africanism of Kwame Turé, the former Stokely Carmichael. “He made regular visits out there and would encourage us to be active and to fight injustice. We were the ones who fought for tenure for black professors, for African American studies programs, and for the establishment of the Nyumburu Cultural Center, which provides a physical space for meetings and activities and is still there today.” “African Americans are struggling to deal with police brutality, voter suppression, gentrification, and access to health care ... so getting them to turn their attention to the census takes time and commitment." While earning her master’s degree in Urban Planning and Urban Affairs at Washington University in St. Louis, Green had her first prolonged encounter with “reams and reams of census data.” Job opportunities brought her back home where she worked for a few organizations

before being hired by the D.C. Department of Public Works. It was a sprawling agency that Green recalls “was responsible for almost anything in the city with wheels, from public transportation to trash collection” before its duties were parceled out in a city government reorganization. Most of her time was spent working out of the mayor’s executive office. She served under mayors Marion Barry and Sharon Pratt Kelly. A mentor encouraged her to apply for openings at the Department of Commerce during its recruitment drive to staff the 2000 Census. “I left a full-time job at the District government to join the Census Bureau as a temporary employee in 1997,” Green said. The practice of bringing former temporary workers aboard after a decennial year is not unusual, those workers’ skills and performance having been subject to evaluation by Census Bureau staff who can then make full-time job offers to the best prospects. Green is a veteran of three censuses. “I worked on the run-up to the 2000 Census; through the 2010 Census; and for the run-up for the 2020 Census when I left the Bureau in 2017, and I’m still working on 2020 issues with the National Urban League.” “African Americans are struggling to deal with police brutality, voter suppression, gentrification, and access to health care,” she observed, “so getting them to turn their attention to the census takes time and commitment. But when you look at the issue of black men being counted where they are incarcerated instead of where they reside, and how that affects political representation and the electoral process, what we at the National Urban League call prison-based gerrymandering, and then you also count the perperson census dollars lost to their communities because, again, that money stays within the communities not their own where they are imprisoned, we cannot remain silent.” Green still bristles as she talks about the first census in 1790 when African Americans were not counted as full human beings - Native Americans not counted at all. And she has found, within an analysis of the 1860 Census data - and, due to the Civil War, the last census that recorded a captive population - names and information on some of her forbears in North Carolina. She knows full well, however, that most Africans Americans won't be as fortunate in their quest for family, kinship, and identity. “Instead of being defiant and not participating in the census, be defiant and let America know we’re still here,” Green inveighed. Looking to the other side of the 2020 Census, Green envisions more time with children, grandchildren, and, she said, quite frankly, “I’m trying to be on somebody’s beach.”

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