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January 22, 2020 - January 28, 2020

Slain Teen’s Family Seeks Answers

smile and a beautiful but wounded heart.

When they tell you he was a criminal, or just another black boy, remember he came from a broken family and had it harder than most. When they tell you he was a thug, remember he was a great lacrosse and basketball player. When they tell you that cops have to “defend themselves” remember he didn’t have a gun. Like usual. Another young black boy killed by cops who can’t do their job well. And if this angers you, please delete me. I’m angry too.

“Mubi, I’m so happy I taught you. I’m so happy you challenged me as a teacher.

I’m happy that when I disciplined you, you apologized and treated me with kindness. I’m grateful you always asked me how I was doing, always smiled at me in the hallway, and always said hello.

I’m sorry the world didn’t do justice by you.

“I’m sorry you didn’t always have the love and support you deserved. I’ll never forget you, and I promise that now that this has hit so close to home, I’ll NEVER shut my mouth in the face of injustice.

“America. Stop killing black and brown men.”

by THOMAS BREEN

New Haven I ndependent

State police shot to death a 19-year-old Fair Havener who was schizophrenic, was a second-year student at Gateway Community College, and loved playing basketball and lacrosse.

The brother and uncle of Mubarak Soulemane painted that picture Friday amid calls for a federal probe.

Hours later, state police released body cam and dash cam footage from the car chase and shooting revealing a state trooper firing a handful of shots at Soulemane through a closed driver-side window.

The brother and uncle of the officerinvolved shooting victim, Mubarak Soulemane, painted that picture of their suddenly gone family member Friday morning at a press conference convened

by Rev. Boise Kimber and a half-dozen fellow local clergy at the First Calvary Baptist Church on Dixwell Avenue in Newhallville.

Soulemane was shot and killed Wednesday in West Haven after his alleged involvement in a car theft in Norwalk led to a local and state police chase. One state police trooper has been placed on administrative assignment after the fatal shooting.

His case has raised questions about why state police conducted a high-space chase that Norwalk police had called off; and whether they needed to shoot when dealing with a mentally ill man who allegedly had a knife.

Update: State police released on Friday dash cam and body cam video and audio from the highway chase and shooting.

Two state troopers can be seen rushing up to Soulemane’s car with their guns drawn. One fires six or seven shots through the closed driver-side window roughly 30 seconds later. That trooper then removes an object from the car and places it on the car’s hood.

Saeed Soulemane, 25, described his late brother Friday as “very outgoing” and “very loving.”

“He wants to put a smile on everyone’s face,” he said at a press conference convened at First Calvary Baptist Church on Dixwell Avenue.

Saeed Soulemane said Mubarak (whom most reports so far have misidentified as having the first name, not the last name, Soulemane) was the youngest of five siblings. He had recently graduated from Notre Dame High School in Fairfield, and was a second-year student at Gateway Community College who aspired to attend Roger Williams University in Rhode Island.

“He was a really bright student,” Saeed said. “He had his ups and downs. But he managed to pull through Notre Dame with a 3.5 GPA.”

CT STATE POLICE VIDEO / THOMAS BREEN PHOTO Saeed Soulemane speaks out Friday. Above: body cam and dash cam footage from the chase and shooting.

Mubarak’s uncle, Tahir Muhammad.

“My brother never even got to experience that college experience,” he said.

“He’s not violent,” added Saeed’s maternal uncle, Tahir Muhammad, who said he came up to New Haven from his home in New York after he found out about his nephew’s death. He said his sister, Mubarak and Saeed’s mother, is currently on her way back to New Haven from Ghana.

“Mubarak has no criminal record,” Mu-

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hammad said. “He’s never been violent to anyone outside the house and the home.”

A review of the state’s online judicial database showed that Mubarak Soulemane no past criminal convictions. He does have two pending criminal cases, according to the judicial database. One is for not obeying a stop sign and for driving with a suspended license. In the second case the charges have been statuto-

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rily sealed and are not visible for public view.

“I’ll Never Forget You” Saeed and Muhammad’s description of Mubarak rang true with a public Facebook post made Thursday by one of Mubarak’s former teachers at Notre Dame High School, Jessica Mazal.

“This was one of my very first students,” she wrote. “He had the brightest

“He Never Came Back” Saeed Soulemane said that he spoke with the New Haven police earlier this week about his brother. A New Haven police officer spoke on the phone with Mubarak, a day before his brother state troopers shot and killed him.

Saeed said that his brother left their house on Blatchley Avenue at around 3 p.m. Tuesday.

“I was really concerned,” he said. “I was calling him, telling him to come back to the house. He never came back.”

He said he called the city police to let him know that his brother had gone missing, and that a local officer came to his house Wednesday morning to ask about Mubarak.

Saeed said he told the officer that Mubarak has schizophrenia. He said that officer went back to his car, called Mubarak, and that the officer and Mubarak spoke briefly. He said the officer told Mubarak that his brother, Saeed, was concerned about his whereabouts.

“My brother hung up on” the officer, Saeed said.

Saeed said the officer came back to the house, promised to put Mubarak’s name and info into a missing persons report, and asked Saeed to stay calm and to try to cool down his brother when he found his way home.

At 1 a.m. Thursday, Saeed said, he heard a pounding on his front door.

“I wake up. I’m scared. I’m thinking this is my brother.” Instead, he found three Con’t on page 08

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LEAP Year Celeb Dinners On Tap

New Haven and have helped steer LEAP toward success for decades.

At 7 pm, attendees will depart for the individual dinners, which take place at 7:30 pm in the beautiful homes and venues of LEAP’s wonderful family of supporters throughout Greater New Haven.

Four of the dinners will take place on actual leap year on Saturday, February 29 at 7 pm.

We are excited this year to invite so many wonderful Guests of Honor, including Chef Bun Lai, who owns Miya’s Sushi, the first sustainable sushi restaurant in the world; Rob Bonta, a former LEAP student counselor and now a California State Assemblymember who led the proposal of the California Green New Deal; and Timothy Snyder, Yale’s Richard C. Levin Professor of History, who will discuss at length the question “How democratic can America be?”

Some special dinners also include a live performance by the woodwind quintet Elm City Winds, a private tour of the Yale University Art Gallery, and a cooking-show-style master class with Betty Ann Donegan.

No matter your specific passion, be it economics or photography or science, you are sure to discover a dinner that you can sink your teeth into with relish. To see the full list of dinner hosts, Guests of Honor, and topics of discussion, LEAP Year Event is LEAP’s most successful fundraiser. Last year, we raised a record $200,000 which enabled us to provide free educational enrichment services to over 1,000 children and youth.

The need for these important services is only growing even as the cost of running LEAP continues to rise.

Join LEAP Year Event, and you can both support LEAP’s work and also have an unforgettable evening with new friends! To attend the reception and a dinner of your choice, tickets are $150.

To attend the reception without a dinner, tickets are $50. The deadline for buying tickets is February 17th.

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Enjoy an interactive singing performance from a Yale music scholar? Learn about what goes into designing a menu from a world-class chef? Then LEAP Year Event is what you’ve been waiting for—and you’ll be supporting a good cause while you’re at it!

On Thursday, February 27, 2020, the LEAP Year Event will be celebrating its 25th Anniversary. It is the annual fundraiser for Leadership, Education and Athletics in Partnership, Inc. (LEAP); 100% of ticket proceeds will go directly toward LEAP’s after-school and summer mentoring programs serving children and youth living in New Haven’s high poverty neighborhoods. Attendees will have the opportunity to speak with great minds from a multitude of disciplines and mingle with New Haven leaders over fine dining in beautiful locales.

In 1995, Louise Endel decided to host a fundraiser for LEAP, but in a unique way: guests would split up into several small, intimate dinners generously hosted by LEAP friends. A notable Guest of Honor would be invited to each dinner, providing a special theme for the night’s discussions.

Now, 25 years later, the tradition of the LEAP Year Event is stronger than ever. This year’s fundraiser includes 33 separate dinners. Over 500 philanthropic donors, business professionals, and community leaders are expected to attend.

LEAP Year Event will commence with a cocktail reception, book signing, and an opportunity to hear from LEAP staff and counselors beginning at 5 pm on February 27 at the Hopkins School in New Haven. To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the event, LEAP will honor Anne Calabresi and Judy Clark, who are both powerful advocates for youth in

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Metro Students Put New Haven's Black, Latinx and Indigenous History On The Map

Staff, The Arts Paper www.newhavenarts.org If a walker is close to the taco trucks and the Long Island Sound, they can start with engineer William Lanson’s nineteenth-century extension on Long Wharf, and the Black genius that transformed commerce in New Haven and built part of the Farmington Canal’s infrastructure.

Or if they’re closer to the State Street train station, they can stop where The Artisan Street Colored School was built in 1811, making its entrance of New Haven’s first known Black School. They can stay downtown and make their way to a memorial to Joseph Cinqué and the Amistad Captives, learning about how a group of enslaved Africans aboard the Spanish-owned slave ship La Amistad fought for their freedom in Connecticut—and won—in 1839.

They can head out to the city’s Annex neighborhood, and pay homage to the Quinnipiac People, who signed a treaty with the English in 1638 and were rapidly erased from both their land and the city’s history. Or walk among the headstones in Evergreen Cemetery and discover Lt. Augustus Rodriguez, a Puerto Rican who fought in the American Civil War. Those are just a few of the spots on “An African American, Indigenous, and Latinx Peoples’ History of New Haven: Virtual Walking Tour,” a new map created by 11th and 12th grade students at Metropolitan Business Academy. All of them are taking Nataliya Braginsky’s class on African-American and Latinx History, which was offered for the first time this academic year. Braginsky said that the map is a work in progress: students plan to continue adding to it throughout the year.

“The more people that know about New Haven’s Black, Indigenous, and Latinx history, the better,” she wrote in an email Friday morning.

The map, which is arranged chrono-

logically, chronicles New Haven history from before the city’s colonization in the seventeenth century through 2019. Sites span the city’s 18.7 square miles, traversing sacred Quinnipiac sites in East Rock to Constance Baker Motley’s graduation from James Hillhouse High School in Beaver Hills to New Haven’s first integrated school on Edgewood Avenue.

It unearths some of the damage that urban renewal brought on the city, including the demolition of homes and businesses on Oak Street for an ostensible connector that cuts through the city like a scar.

There’s a great deal of recent history, including the establishment of Junta for Progressive Action in 1969, election of John C. Daniels as the city’s first Black mayor in 1990, formation of Unidad Latina en Acción in 2002, creation of the Elm City Identification Card in 2007, and Corey Menafee’s smashing of a racist stained glass panel in what was then John C. Calhoun, and is now Grace Hopper, college.

In the process, they have spoken to just some of the struggle, resilience, vibrant culture and historical violence that lives within the city, but is rarely taught in its classrooms. In this sense, it feels both long overdue and right on time, a teachable resource for new legislation requiring Connecticut public schools to teach African-American and Latinx history.

It is likewise exciting to think of sites that might be added next, from infrastructure that cut Cedar Hill off from the rest of the city to New Haveners’ advocacy for Wilbur Cross student Mario Aguilar, who was granted asylum at the end of last year.

“New Haven is rich in history of African American, Indigenous, and Latinx Peoples,” the students have written in text that accompanies the map. “Yet this history is too often untold.”

See more on the map. Many thanks to Metro teacher Nataliya Braginsky and her 11th and 12th grade students.

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Goldson: “Money Matters” Family Seeks Con’t from page 08

by PAUL BASS

New Haven I ndependent

Board of Education President Darnell Goldson is revving up the revenue bandwagon, with one proviso — that New Haven schools beware philanthropic “gift horses.”

Goldson announced his new quest at his Jan. 1 swearing-in to a second term as an elected board member. He repeated it and fleshed out the strategy’s details during a visit Wednesday to WNHH FM’s “Dateline New Haven” program.

He reiterated that after years of looking for dramatic school budget cuts, he compared New Haven’s per-pupil spending to that of highest-performing suburban schools — and concluded that leaders must focus on finding new revenues rather than magic cost reductions.

That quest first and foremost centers on shaking more dollars from the state money tree. Because the state makes the tax rules in Connecticut. The fact that the state prevents New Haven from taxing 56 percent of its property is the reason the city spends close to $17,000 per student which districts like New Canaan spend a quarter again as much, Goldson argued.

As for those favorite targets of budget critics — “administrators” — New Haven is no more top-heavy than those other districts, Goldson reported.

“Money matters,” he said. “I am no longer going to be looking at cuts. ... We’ve got to put them on notice” at the state legislature that New Haven needs more school funding than the $157 million it now receives, about $11 million of which comes with spending restrictions.

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Board of Education President Darnell Goldson.

New Haven and other cities have made that case for years.

“You can’t stop trying just because you haven’t made headway in the past,” Goldson argued. To that end, he said he’s working on assembling a coalition of “stakeholders” to bring that message to Hartford. He’s speaking with parent activists, other elected officials, community leaders, he said.

At the Jan. 1 inauguration, for instance, he had a conversation with Yale President Peter Salovey about working together to push the state for increased payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT) to the city to make up for revenue lost on tax-exempt properties (of which Yale owns the most).

“I’m not going to fight with” Yale, Goldson said. “I’m going to fight with the people who gave them that exemption.”

State funding has crept up in recent years — by $3 million in the most recent budget. Goldson said the real goal should be more like an additional $75 to $100 million.

Meanwhile, Goldson said, the city government has reduced its own contribution to the public schools in part thanks to that $3 million state increase. He vowed to push the city to stop doing that — to let the public schools use 100 percent of any added money coming from the state.

The Dalio “Gift Horse” The biggest pot of potential new state

money is a new “Partnership for Connecticut” seeded by hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio. Working with Gov. Ned Lamont, Dalio committed to put $100 million to fund school improvements over five years, matched by $100 million in state funding, and theoretically another $100 million from other donors.

Goldson participated in a meeting last week with other board members and the mayor and schools superintendent to strategize over what money to seek from the Dalio fund.

However, Goldson expressed caution about that money. It may have strings attached, he said. Like similar one-off education grants to New Haven over the years — the Teacher Improvement Fund (TIF), for instance, and “Alliance” grants to struggling schools — this money would fund specific new projects, and then run out, leaving New Haven with a bigger long-term bill to keep the work going.

He also criticized the secrecy of the new fund, which state legislators exempted from Freedom of Information Act disclosure rules in a controversial decision.

Goldson added that the Dalio money will at this point add up to $60 million a year to be spread among many different districts, meaning the potential windfall for any one district like New Haven is not as dramatic as it sounds at first.

“I’m not going to put a lot of my energy into fighting for these crumbs,” Goldson said, though he intends to support to quest for some Dalio dollars. “You should look a gift horse in the mouth.” .

Is It Time To Drop The ‘Man’ In Ansonia Alderman?

ANSONIA — A newly-elected member of the Board of Aldermen is suggesting the city use gender-neutral titles.

“I propose replacing the term “alderman” with the gender-neutral term ‘Alders,’” Alderwoman Diane Stroman said in a letter to Mayor David Cassetti Jan. 7.

The letter was included as a communication in the agenda packet for the Tuesday, Jan. 14 meeting of Ansonia’s legislative body.

The Aldermen formally accepted Stroman’s letter but did not take action on it. A discussion could take place at a later date.

Joshua Shuart, the president of the board, said he was advised by corporation counsel John Marini that such a change might have to come through a revision of the Ansonia City Charter.

Stroman suggested the Board of Aldermen become the Board of Alders, and that an individual member of the board be called “Alderperson.”

“I believe in this day and age, it’s important to move to gender-neutral language and titles,” Stroman wrote in her letter.

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“By adopting a more modern and inclusive name we demonstrate Ansonia’s commitment in making our city more equitable to all people.”

New Haven refers to its legislative body as the Board of Alders.

Voters in Derby approved a charter revision in 2016 that changed the name of its legislative body to Board of Aldermen/Alderwomen.

In November of last year, voters in Southbury rejected a ballot question that would have given gender-neutral titles to the Board of Selectmen and the First Selectman.

The move to consider dropping exclusively male titles is happening in local government all over the U.S. Stroman was elected to the board in November. She represents the city’s Fourth Ward. Previously she was Executive Vice President at TEAM, Inc. in Derby until her retirement in 2018. She has been honored many times for her community service to the Valley, including the Valley United Way’s Flynn Humanitarian Award.

state troopers. He let them in, and they told him that his brother had been shot and killed.

“I don’t know how to feel at this moment,” Saeed said. “There’s definitely an injustice. Something’s gotta give. This can’t keep happening.”

Muhammad said that his nephew’s mental illness was well know to Norwalk police, West Haven police, and New Haven police. “Mubarak has a mental health issue,” he said.

“Norwalk cops knew of him. West Haven cops knew of him. New Haven cops are aware of this.”

“All the family wants is, we want some answers,” he said. “That’s all we want.

Cause they’re not telling us enough. He was in the car. He was shot sitting down in the car. That doesn’t make sense to us.

So we want some answers. That’s all we want.”

“Deadly Pandemic” The Rev. Boise Kimber and the fellow pastors who organized the press conference Friday called on the U.S. Attorney’s Office to investigate the shooting. This shouldn’t be left to the state to investigate, Kimber said, because that would mean that one state agency would be investigating another.

“Car pursuits by police are a dangerous and deadly pandemic in Connecticut,” the state American Civil Liberties Union said in a statement. “It is deeply concerning that despite the legislature taking action to try to rein in these deadly police decisions, 2020 has begun with policing chasing and killing another person.

When police choose to chase someone in a car, they are escalating a situation and endangering the lives of police, pedestrians, and all motorists on that road.”

Some of the outstanding questions about the killing may be addressed in coming days when the state police release video footage of the incident.

“Transparency and accountability in law enforcement has been our most critical goal since my appointment,” state public safety Commissioner James Rovella is quoted as saying in press release Thursday. “Never is this more crucial than during the period immediately following a police involved shooting, especially when there is a loss of life. Governor Ned Lamont signed into a law a measure that ensures the public has body camera and dash cam video within 96 hours of the use of deadly force, a measure I supported in my role as Commissioner of the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (DESPP). DESPP staff is working to get the video and much more info out to the community well ahead of the 96 hour mandate. We hope that the release of the information provides the transparency and some of the answers our community deserves.”

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - January 22, 2020 - January 28, 2020

NEA Grants Land In New Haven

by Lucy Gellman, Editor, The Arts Paper www.newhavenarts.org

Four New Haven organizations have received a total $105,000 in the latest round of funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). With the funding, which comes from NEA’s Art Works grant program, they will be embarking on projects that range from community-based performances to exhibitions that talk across local collections.

The NEA announced Wednesday afternoon that Artspace New Haven, the New Haven Symphony Orchestra (NHSO), Yale Repertory T05,000 , with grants that range from $15,000 to $40,ooo for this fiscal year. All have received similar funding from the NEA in the past. In all, a total of $200,000 has been allocated to eight projects across the state.

Heatre and the International Festival of Arts & Ideas have received a collective $1In New Haven, grants will be going to a range of projects. Downtown, the Yale Repertory Theatre has received $30,000 for its production of Mary Kathryn Nagle’s Manhatta, a work about the erasure of Native bodies from their land that premiered at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2018.

The New Haven production, which will be directed by Laurie Woolery, marks the East Coast premiere of the work. It runs Jan. 24 through Feb. 15.

Just a stone’s throw away in the Ninth Square, Artspace New Haven has received $20,000 for an exhibition that will feature original work from living artists responding to objects housed at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History.

The International Festival of Arts & Ideas has received $40,000 to support programming for its June 2020 festival, which marks its 25th anniversary year in New Haven. At the time the grant was received, the proposed projects included “collaborations between physical theater ensemble Chaliwaté Company and puppetry company Focus; choreographers Larry Keigwin and Nicole Wolcott; and musician Kaki King and data visualization designer Giorgia Lupi,” according to the NEA’s grant reporting system.

The New Haven Symphony Orchestra, which last year welcomed Maestro Alasdair Neale as its new music director, has received $15,000 for concert programming that explores what it means to be an outsider, what it means to be an insider, and where those con-

ceptions come from. In addition to one of its large classical concerts, it will be using the funding for some of its family programming and Harmony Quartet community concerts later in the spring.

On March 5, musicians will present Dvořák & Price, molded around the works of the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák and the Black American musician Florence Price. Reached by phone Thursday afternoon, NHSO Director Elaine Carroll said she is excited for the program, which is part of the symphony’s campaign to #MakeFlorenceFamous.

As Carroll explained, Price started integrating both indigenous music and Black spirituals into her work early in her career, which was an extremely prolific one. Dvořák, who was white and European, came to the U.S. and wrote his ninth symphony “From The New World” inspired by many of the same sounds. But “she basically disappeared from history”—only one of Price’s works was played during her lifetime—and he went down as one of world’s greatest composers.

“People to this day say Florence Price sounds like Dvořák,” she said. “And it’s like, no, maybe Dvořák sounds like Price.”

Other statewide grantees include $10,000 to Litchfield Performing Arts, Inc. (more commonly known as Litchfield Jazz and the Litchfield Jazz Festival), $20,000 to Real Art Ways

NHSO Director Elaine Carroll during an "instrument petting zoo" at one of the NHSO's family concerts last year. Lucy Gellman Photo.

in Hartford, $55,000 to the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, and $10,000 to the American Mural Project in Winstead through the NEA’s Challenge America grant program.

A full list of grantees and projects is available here.

Those eight Connecticut organizations join 1,187 grants amounting to $27.3 million across the U.S. and in

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Puerto Rico, including $45,000 going to the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico for “community designed public art projects.” The grant comes as the museum does disaster relief for the surrounding community in the wake of over 500 earthquakes and aftershocks.

“The National Endowment for the Arts is proud to support grants

throughout the entire country that connect people through shared experiences and artistic expression,” said NEA Chairman Mary Anne Carter in a press release Wednesday afternoon. “These projects provide access to the arts for people of all abilities and backgrounds in both urban centers and rural communities.”

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Ending Cash Bail May Not Beer In Hand, Mayor Urged To Support Local Art Reduce Pre-Trial Disparities

by THOMAS BREEN

New Haven I ndependent

by Lisa Backus Ct. News Junkie

HARTFORD, CT — While it might sound good at first, Connecticut’s Chief Public Defender warns that a proposal intended to address racial disparities in pre-trial incarcerations might hurt the very people it’s trying to help.

The state Sentencing Commission is suggesting eliminating cash bail.

“It might be a surprise to know that our division has not jumped on board with this with both feet,” Christine Rapillo said during a panel discussion at the commission’s day-long symposium on racial disparities in the state’s criminal justice system on Friday.

“Towards Equal Protection Under Law” focused on how disparities could be eliminated at various points in the criminal justice system, from policing during car stops to the proposal to end cash bail in favor of preventive detention hearings which decide if a person can be released without putting up any money.

The state’s inmate population is down by about a third compared to 20 years ago, officials said. But the number of people incarcerated during their pre-trial proceedings has remained fairly steady at over 3,000 – until this year, Rapillo said.

“The pre-trial population has dropped 14 percent from 2018 to 2019 to below 3,000 people for the first time in decades,” said Rapillo who attributed the

decrease to additional services to help people get, and stay, out of jail. She said she’d like to see more of those service programs rather than the elimination of cash bail.

The elimination of cash bond proposal is intended to allow more people who are predominantly poor and of color, to remain out of jail while their cases are pending, according to retired Judge John Silbert, who moderated the panel.

Silbert said that about 500 of the nearly 3,000 people being held during pre-trial proceedings are there for misdemeanor charges.

The goal, Silbert said, was to craft a proposal that would gain the support of the state’s entire criminal justice system, including prosecutors.

The commission is considering how to implement the plan, including a requirement that people face a preventive detention hearing to determine if they pose a risk requiring incarceration rather than remaining free without cash bail.

The plan will likely be part of the package of legislative proposals put forth when the General Assembly convenes in early February.

But Rapillo pointed out that her agency, which represents indigent defendants charged with a crime, is not on board with the plan since the preventive detention aspect could lead to unintended Con’t on page 13

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Meals Tax Clarification

by Christine Stuart Ct. News Junkie

HARTFORD, CT — The Department of Revenue Services is seeking to make sure its previous guidance on the meals tax is repealed during the regular legislative session that starts on Feb. 5.

Last year the agency wrote guidance to advise grocery and convenience stores about how they should handle the new meals and drink tax. The guidance was withdrawn after Gov. Ned Lamont and Democratic legislative leaders asked the agency to reconsider it.

“At your request, the DRS has re-evaluated its initial interpretation of the 2019 legislation,” former DRS Commissioner Scott Jackson wrote to the governor and lawmakers in September.

He said there is “an alternative, and defensible, interpretation that more closely aligns with the language of the statute and the clear intent of the Legislature.”

Lamont and Democratic lawmakers said expanding the additional 1% tax to items in the grocery store that previ-

ously weren’t taxed was not what they intended. They simply sought to increase the sales tax rate by 1% on grocery store items that were already taxed at 6.35%, such as catered services or food served in an area where it could be consumed on-site.

Republicans were quick to criticize Democratic lawmakers for the tax, but were happy to see the agency looking to clarify it.

“The only way to fix the law and truly protect taxpayers from the Democrats’ grocery tax is to change the language and pass a new statute,” Senate Republican Leader Len Fasano said. “Republicans called for this to happen last year, but Democrats refused, because either they couldn’t admit they made a mistake, or at some point when the public isn’t looking, they plan to enforce the existing language, tax groceries and hide behind the language of the law.”

The change in language is one of the proposals the agency made to the Office of Policy and Management.

Local creatives turned out to Three Sheets bar not for a hardcore punk show or an underground art fest, but to petition the newly elected mayor to keep city dollars and cultural opportunities open to those who already live, work, and perform here.

Mayor Justin Elicker heard that call for supporting, drinking, and listening local during a “Have a Beer with the Mayor” event Thursday night at the 372 Elm St. bar on the Dwight/Downtown border.

Around 30 people filtered from the gastrodive’s front bar to its music venue backroom over the course of the hourand-a-half meet up to talk with the mayor about everything from his favorite beer to what he can and should do to celebrate New Haven’s vibrant arts and culture scene.

“The only difference between Austin and New Haven is that Austin is behind its musicians,” Shame Penguin front man and local punk rocker Dustin Sclafani told the mayor. New Haven’s musicians are as talented and ambitious and diverse as those from that central Texas musical mecca. They just need to be recognized for their work.

Dressed in a suit and tie amidst a sea of bushy beards and hooded sweatshirts, Elicker saddled up to the bar and ordered a local brew, his only alcoholic beverage of the night: a Rhythm Lager by New Haven salsa dance instructor and craft brewer Alisa Bowens (pictured above at right with Elicker).

“I’m an IPA guy,” Elicker told a cameraman for Channel 8. But he made an exception to his penchant for bitter and hoppy beer to go for the local lager.

In addition to encouraging Elicker to support more after school programs and skilled trade training opportunities for New Haven youth, Joe Ugli radio producer Preston Wilson and Sclafani (pictured above) urged the mayor to make sure that New Haven musicians get opportunities to perform at citywide celebrations, on the Green or elsewhere.

“I want everybody to know how incredible this city is,” Sclafani said. He called out a city-sponsored concert at Hillhouse High last year that brought in the national hip hop star PnB Rock.

“For a third of that cost, we could have invested in local hip hop,” he said.

Elicker pointed out that earlier that day he had appointed the city’s new arts and culture director, Adriane Jefferson, a former state arts program manager who has touted cultural equity and celebrating local artists as two of her priorities.

Mike Brown and Jason Burns (pictured with the mayor) came out Thursday night to ask the mayor to support artists of a different kind—not just musicians, but students who have grown up with incredible challenges who look to arts and engineering and woodworking and other

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Mayor Justin Elicker (center) posing with Joann Wilcox, Oliva Martson, Mike Brown, and Jason Burns at Three Sheets Thursday.

crafts to develop professional skills and explore their creative capacities.

Both lead a robotics and carpentry shop at Riverside Academy where they teach students how to build everything from bikes to aquariums. “It would be nice for people high up to shift provisions and funds” to programs like that, Burns said, so that the students in the shop recognize that the city cares about them too.

Brown and Burns applauded Elicker for coming by their shop on his second day on the job. “That’s inspiring,” he said.

“He seems like someone who cares.”

Towards the end of the night, local artist and frequent New Haven Independent

commenter Bill Saunders—who pointed out that this was likely the first mayoral event ever to feature a soundtrack by Hüsker Dü—called on Elicker to make sure that New Haven artists have ample opportunities to show off their talents.

“I would love to see something like the New Haven Street Festival again,” he said.

New Haven musicians and visual artists and local creatives of all stripes need more opportunities to show their work, he said.

“The idea is less about money and more about opportunity,” he said.

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January 22, 2020 - January 28, 2020

“Game Changer” Honored For Feeding The Hungry

of its 100th year of service, which has begun, and will culminate on Dec. 22, In her work as a pre-school teacher the day on which the organization was in Hamden, Allison Batson discovered founded back in 1920.

UWGNH President and CEO Jennifer many of the families of her kids were Heath said her organization’s “secret food insecure.

That, along with her faith, led her to sauce” is in the very name: “taking on found “Dinner for a Dollar,” a commu- things in a united way that no single ornal supper that now feeds about 60 peo- ganization can solve alone.”

Those large societal issues are early ple, including the homeless, isolated seniors looking for social contact, and just childhood health and education and famplain neighbors, every Friday night 52 ily financial stability. Heath termed those weeks a year at the Grace and St. Peter’s the building blocks of a good life.

Batson’s work on Dinner for a Dollar Church on Dixwell Avenue in northern is only the tip of the iceberg of a life of Hamden.

Batson has never missed a Dinner for a tireless service.

Dollar night in eight years. In her spare “She’s ‘infamous’,” Heath said in circles time (!) she volunteers at warming cen- of people who are attempting to meet unters in Hamden and helps on the home- met needs in Hamden.

Batson said she plans to work in 2020 less front through service on the board of with United Way to spread the Dinner Columbus House.

No wonder Batson was given United for a Dollar concept to locations in the Way of Greater New Haven’s first southern part of Hamden, perhaps at the “Game Changer” award at an upbeat Keefe Center and at a church location, ceremony attended by about 100 people yet to be determined.

Friday at the group’s headquarters at 370 The “dollar” is a donation if particpants are able to pay, and the concept is that James St. In the months to come the recognizing people are guests. Dinners are hot and of another 99 Game Changers will be at home-cooked by the church’s parishioserved4:24 on regular dinnerware. the heart of United Way’s celebration ners 1and Lyman_InnerCity_5.472x5.1.qxp_Layout 1/2/20 PM Page 1

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Now that they’re back on their feet, they come as participants and supporters.

Batson said she hopes that in the not-toodistant future a hot meal will be available

to everyone who needs one in Hamden every night of the week.

Friday night’s menu up at Grace and St. Peter’s: vegetarian chili with rice and cornbread.

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New Arts Director Has A Vision For Equity

by Lucy Gellman, Editor, The Arts Paper www.newhavenarts.org

Adriane Jefferson spent three years defining what arts equity meant for the state. Now, she’s ready to bring it to New Haven.

Mayor Justin Elicker announced Thursday morning that Jefferson will lead the Division of Arts, Culture, and Tourism starting in early February. The position, in which she plans to work with longtime Community Outreach Coordinator Kim Futrell, was most recently filled by the late Andy Wolf. It has been vacant since his death last July.

Jefferson comes to New Haven from the Connecticut Office of the Arts, where she has served as an arts program manager since Nov. 2016. The appointment was confirmed by the city’s Cultural Affairs Commission, members of which formally met her during their first meeting of the year, earlier this week. She holds a bachelor’s degree in popular music from Florida Memorial University and an M.A. in arts administration from the Savannah College of Art and Design.

“I’m really excited about Adriane,” Elicker said in a recent interview. “I’ve had multiple interviews with her, and it’s clear that our views on arts in New Haven align. She brings a level of energy and vision that I think is important for

the direction the city needs to head in.”

In particular, he added, he’s excited for Jefferson’s professional investment in arts equity. During her time in Miami, Jefferson jumped from local television to arts education, designing the drama program for Miami’s Overtown Youth Center and Gibson Charter School. In 2013, she started her Connecticut career as creative and executive director of The Writer’s Block Ink, a New London notfor-profit using poetry and spoken word to push youth empowerment and social change.

As Arts Program Manager with the Connecticut Office of the Arts, she has grown the office’s READI (Relevance,Equity, Access, Diversity, Inclusion) grantmaking framework and focused on new workforce development for young professionals in the creative sector. In summer 2017, she formally launched the Arts Workforce Initiative Employment Program, which has since grown to support artists across the state on both a summer and year-round basis.

In three years, she’s also grown the Office of the Arts’ budget by 20 percent through new sources of funding (from Hartford, she currently manages a budget of over $450,000). She has also coordinated the state’s chapter of the Poetry Out Loud program, a national initiative supported by the National Endowment

for the Arts, as well as early iterations of Make Music Day CT and the state’s Regional Initiative or REGI grant program.

“She’s talked about working to create a cultural equity plan for the city, and she did that before the transition team also had that recommendation,” Elicker said. “I think that’s an indication that her vision comes from her heart. And that she’ll be very motivated to work with communities that have not had that kind of support and engagement from the city in the past.”

As she makes the move to New Haven, Jefferson said she is excited to flex those skills in a new environment. On her list is not only a cultural equity plan, but also local workforce development through the creative sector and new ways to think about cross-sector collaboration. She added that she plans to start by listening and forming “a people-first approach,” in which she is working not only for the city’s residents, but also with them.

“I believe that in order to have a thriving landscape of arts and culture, it must be approached through a lens of cultural equity,” she wrote in an email. “A thriving landscape is one that is diverse, equitable, inclusive and accessible for people of all backgrounds.”

“Our creative economy plays a vital role in the health of our overall economy,” she continued. “It also plays a vital

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role in fostering progressive thinking, innovation and policy making. The arts, when utilized to its fullest potential, is a tool that has the power to break down socio-economic barriers, fight systemic oppression, and provide opportunities in education and employment. It provides platforms to curate meaningful conversations and action-oriented planning around issues of social justice, civic engagement and cross-sector relationships. ” The appointment comes just a week after members of Elicker’s Transition

Team presented a report with their suggestions for the mayor’s first 100 days in office and beyond. In a section focused on arts, culture, and libraries, 100-day recommendations include drafting an “equity, diversity, and inclusion framework for the city” that looks to the state’s READI (Relevance, Equity, Access, Diversity, Inclusion) principles; launching a cultural planning process that uses Boston’s 10-year plan as a template, and abolishing late fees at the New Haven Free Public Library.

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The planned conversion of a former Hill homeless shelter into rent-subsidized apartments for housing-insecure young adults earned pushback from neighbors fearing an overly dense “rooming house” for needy tenants from throughout the region.

The project in question is called Portsea Place, a planned new eight-unit single room occupancy (SRO) complex at 223 Portsea St. The complex is owned and run by the local homelessness services nonprofit, New Reach Inc. New Reach CEO Kellyann Day told the Independent that the project is designed for vulnerable young people aged 18 to 24 from throughout the region who have nowhere else to live. She said the building is currently under construction, and should open this spring.

At Wednesday night’s regular monthly Hill South Community Management Team meeting in the cafeteria of Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School on Kimberly Avenue, the roughly 30 neighbors present unanimously voted not to write a letter of support for New Reach’s bid to receive $20,000 in federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds from the city for the project.

“New Reach has not had the backing of most of of the residents who live in the Portsea Street area since you made the decision to turn the Portsea Street prop-

erty into a rooming house, aka, Portsea Place,” Management Team Communications Director Angela Hatley said at the meeting.

This same community did support New Reach when the building was used as a homeless shelter for women and children, she said.

Hatley read from a letter that the team’s CDBG subcommittee had written to New Reach in response to a presentation that the nonprofit’s representatives had given in November about their CDBG application for Portsea Place.

She said that the team decided not to support New Reach’s CDBG Portsea Place application because neighbors do not believe that a “rooming house” will fit well within a neighborhood filled primarily by one-, two-, and three-family houses.

The team also turned down New Reach’s request for support because the new rent-subsidized apartments will be made available to young people in need from throughout Greater New Haven and beyond, and not just from the city proper, Hatley said.

“Once again we have an entity in our midst that is not only there against the community’s wishes, but doesn’t even necessarily serve Hill South or even New Haven,” she read. “Our community has decided that we will no longer be the repository for so called solutions of regional problems.”

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In a followup phone interview on Wednesday, Day disputed the management team’s characterization of Portsea

Place as a “rooming house.”

“It’s not a rooming house. It’s a program with 24/7 monitoring and security

for the most vulnerable teens from our neighborhoods,” she said.

The project will contain eight apartments, all SROs, and will be available at subsidized, affordable rents, though she declined to say exactly what the rents will be.

“More than 50 percent of jobs in the State of Connecticut pay less than $20 an hour,” she said. “And we have some of the highest housing costs” in the nation.

This project is designed to provide not just affordable housing for youth otherwise living on the streets or in shelters or couchsurfing, but also “education and training and vocational experience so that they can join society as a citizen in this area,” she said.

She said the rooms will indeed be open for rent to residents from throughout the region because New Reach, just like any other housing provider, does not discriminate based on where tenants looking to live in New Haven originally come from.

Day said that she as an individual and New Reach as an organization have been active participants in the Hill South Community Management Team for three decades. “We’ve been very good neighbors. We listen. We reach out. To the best of our ability, we address neighbors’ concerns.”

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Reach’s Careway Shelter, an emergency shelter for homeless women and children that provided 10 apartments, each with a capacity for one adult woman and three or four children.

New Reach received permission from the city’s Board of Zoning Appeals in early 2017 to convert the shelter into eight single-room-occupancy (SRO) apartments for housing insecure young people aged 18 to 24.

The Portsea Place project isn’t the only major change at New Reach in recent years. The local nonprofit closed one of its shelters in 2015 after the city cut some of its funding.

The organization is planning on moving its headquarters from rented space on East Street to property it owns in Erector Square. It’s launching a capital campaign aimed at creating a $5 million endowment to cover infrastructure costs at its existing properties, including two other shelters it runs in the city. And it’s put up for sale a Fitch Street building it owns and has long used to house previously homeless families.

Seeking Columbus Slowdown Also at Wednesday night’s meeting, Hatley updated neighbors on the Hill South housing subcommittee’s sustained opposition to a prospective 10-unit housing development planned for a vacant lot at 232-238 Columbus Ave. In December, Ralph Mauro of Concrete Creations LLC won a density variance from the Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) to allow his company to build 10 apartments on the 14,000 square-foot combined lot. He plans to rent five of those apartments at market rates, and five at deed-restricted affordable prices—sans public subsidy.

Hatley spoke on behalf of the team at the December BZA meeting against the density of the project. Even though the developer won the variance, she said, “Being the Hill South CMT, we persist.”

She said she has reached out to the city’s anti-blight and property-development Livable City Initiative (LCI), and has requested a neighborhood meeting with Mauro to try to talk the developer into building six apartments rather than 10 on the lot.

“Ten units is way too dense for that area,” she said. “There’s never been 10 units of anything on that little lot.”

The team members present unanimously voted in support of the housing subcommittee writing a letter to LCI Executive Director Serena Neal-Sanjurjo, voicing their concerns with traffic and density and requesting help with setting up a meeting with the developer.

Mauro could not be reached for a request for comment by the publication time of this article.

consequences including more people of color being detained and more people of color pleading guilty to charges just to get out.

“It is very difficult, if not impossible, to have an assessment tool that is truly race-neutral,” she said. The criteria that are used to assess risk do adversely impact the poor, people who live in certain zip codes and those with criminal records who may have been charged simply because of the way policing is done in their area, she said.

By taking away cash bail, state leaders would be taking away the possibility for some people to get out and continue with their lives, their work and maintain housing while their case works its way through the court system, Rapillo said.

Rapillo agreed with advocates of the plan who said it’s easier for those who are not incarcerated to defend their case than people who are being held. But she’s concerned that the proposal will not “have a significant impact on our poor clients and will not assist in their ability to be at liberty while their case is being processed.”

“By setting a money bond you still have the possibility that someone can still get out,” she said.

It costs $120 a day to keep a person incarcerated, said panelist Isabel Blank, senior manager of external affairs for the Yankee Institute. “That’s a waste of money in our eyes,” Blank said. “People are not being productive members of society when they are incarcerated.”

The Yankee Institute is primarily known for its work scrutinizing programs and tax initiatives for potential taxpayer savings. But Blank said they also support policies that help people pursue freedoms, including freedom through economic status.

Deputy Chief State’s Attorney Kevin Lawlor said prosecutors aren’t necessarily against the plan. “We understand the seriousness of this issue. This is not something that we are diametrically opposed to in any way, shape or form,” he said.

Lawlor’s office, which represents the interests of Connecticut’s 13 state’s attorney’s offices, is looking for a system to determine bail that is “fundamentally fair” that also considers public protection and can assure people’s appearance in court, he said.

Lawlor also questioned the preventive detention aspect, asking whether there would be actual hearings that would involve testimony. “What would be the level of proof required?” Lawlor said.

“Would there be testimony? For domestic violence victims, it’s hard enough to get people to complete a police report statement let alone testimony.”

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January 22, 2020 - January 28, 2020

EXCLUSIVE: Rev. Dr. William Barber Addresses Systemic

Racism, Poverty & Voting Rights During Call with the Black Press

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent

Rev. Dr. William Barber II believes that everyone has a right to live.

Through his Poor People’s Campaign, Dr. Barber is continuing to build a movement to overcome systemic racism, systemic poverty, ecological devastation, militarism of the budget and the false moral narrative of white religious nationalism.

In an exclusive telephone conference with the Black Press of America, Dr. Barber and his Poor People’s Campaign Co-Chair, Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharris, said America has a moral crisis.

“Democrats run from poverty and Republicans racialize poverty,” Dr. Barber stated during the more than one-hour discussion.

“We have invited both sides of the political fence. We’ve invited the White House to come and talk with us. They’ve refused,” stated Dr. Barber, the founder of Repairers of the Breach, a national leadership development organization, which expands upon his Moral Monday movement.

“This administration has been virtually silent on the issue of poverty. The president talked about unemployment being down, but underemployment is up. The number of people that have dropped out of the workforce is up,” said Dr. Barber, who, along with Dr. Theoharris, and others launched the Poor People’s Campaign, spearheaded initially by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The Campaign conducted what it said was a 50-year audit of systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, and the war economy in the U.S. They said the findings have already helped to inform and build state and local, nonpartisan fusion movements that are committed to challenging laws and policies that are antithetical to the broad tenets of social justice.

Dr. Barbara and Theoharris, who is a pastor from New York, told the Black Press that the ranks of the Poor People’s Campaign would increase as they broaden their efforts.

They noted figures that show 140 million poor and low-wealth people live in the United States – from every race, creed, sexuality, and place.

“We aim to make sure these individuals are no longer ignored, dismissed, or pushed to the margins of our political and social agenda,” Dr. Theoharris stated.

With 2020 counting as a pivotal election year, Dr. Barber pointed out that voter suppression laws in many states have only contributed to poverty.

The Poor People’s Campaign has noted

Reverend William Barber II

Reverend William Barber II, president of the North Carolina state chapter of the NAACP, delivered an electrifying speech during the 2017 NNPA Mid-Winter Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Photo: Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA)

that, since 2010, 23 states have passed racist voter suppression laws, including racist gerrymandering and redistricting statutes that make it harder to register.

Because of this, early voting days and hours have reduced, officials have purged voter rolls, and there have been more restrictive voter ID laws.

Following the Shelby County v. Holder Supreme Court case, which gutted key provisions of the Voting Rights Act, 14 states had new voting restrictions in place before the 2016 Presidential election, and there were 868 fewer polling places across the country, according to the Campaign.

While these laws have disproportionately targeted Black people, at least 17 states saw voter suppression cases targeting American Indian and Alaskan Native voters in 2016, Dr. Barber stated.

“Thirteen states that passed voter suppression laws also opted not to accept expanded Medicaid benefits offered under the Affordable Care Act,” he added.

“These attacks follow a broader pattern of restricting and curtailing democratic processes by drawing on legacies of racism to undermine local efforts to organize for better conditions,” Dr. Barber stated.

As of July 2017, 25 states have passed laws that preempt cities from adopting their own local minimum wage laws.

Most of these are in response to city councils passing or wanting to pass minimum wage increases.

“We found that people can work a minimum wage job and can’t afford a two-bedroom apartment,” Dr. Barber said. “We found out that there are 2 million people who work every day for less than the living wage. Some of them live in their cars, and they go to work every day.”

Dr. Theoharris spoke of Maria, a woman they met in El Paso, Texas, separated from her family because of immigration issues.

“We waded into the Rio Grande River – the river that separates the U.S. from Mexico – with an action called “Hugs, not Walls.” Maria got to see her son for the first time in 16 years. And for those couple of minutes that Maria had with her husband and her son were the first and only two minutes that she got to see her family members because of unjust immigration policy,” Dr. Theohoarris stated.

The Poor People’s Campaign is organizing the Poor People’s Assembly and

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Moral March on Washington, June 20th, during which Dr. Barber said they would rise as “a powerful moral fusion movement to demand the implementation of our moral agenda.”

“The fact that there are 140 million poor and low-wealth people in a country this rich is morally indefensible, constitutionally inconsistent and economically insane,” Dr. Barber added.

During the march, Dr. Barber said some of those living in poverty would attend and speak for themselves. He stated that it was essential to know that poverty comes in “all colors” and that it’s more than just African Americans who are struggling.

He noted that the City of Flint was under emergency management when it decided to switch its water source from the Detroit Water System to the Flint River.

That move poisoned a community of almost 99,000, with a 42 percent poverty rate and in which 56 percent of residents are Black, and 37 percent are White.

Also, Dr. Barber noted that 6.1 million people had been disenfranchised because of felony convictions, including one in 13 Black adults.

During the call, Dr. Barber continued to lash out at the current administration’s

controversial immigration policies. The Poor People’s Campaign has found that undocumented immigrants contributed $5 trillion to the U.S. economy over the last ten years.

They paid $13 billion in Social Security in 2010, but only received $1 billion in benefits.

They also pay eight percent of their income in state and local taxes, while the wealthiest one percent pay just 5.4 percent. Yet undocumented immigrants and most lawfully residing immigrants are barred from receiving assistance under the major public welfare programs, causing hardship for many poor immigrant families.

In fact, among the 43.7 million immigrants in the U.S., there are 19.7 million – undocumented and lawfully residing – who cannot vote, Dr. Barber noted.

“So, we have to understand the history of systemic racism. And we have to see how systemic racism is impacting not just people of color, but also white people today,” Dr. Barber stated. “When Reverend Barber says that repressed voter suppression can create and further poverty amongst White people, amongst Black people, amongst Latinos, amongst young people and old people.”

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS - January 22, 2020 - January 28, 2020

From the Projects… to Becoming a Wealthy Real Estate Investor — New Book “Poverty Curse Broken” Explains It All

“Nothing is Impossible.” That is what Dr. Roberta Hoskie wants everyone to understand. This isn’t just a commonly spoken platitude, but a mantra – a way of thinking that she wants those reading her book, Poverty Curse Broken: The Roberta Hoskie Story, to adopt and apply to their life. “If my story can help inspire and have someone believe IT is possible, whatever IT is, then, to me, that’s fulfilling,” she explained from her car parked in front of the gym. Dr. Hoskie’s revelatory first publication seeks to show readers how anyone can rise above circumstances to achieve greatness.

Known worldwide as Ms. Millionaire Mind$et, Roberta is a real estate investor, inspirational speaker, entrepreneur, and community activist. Her many accolades and accomplishments include numerous awards from hometown organizations such as New Haven, Connecticut’s Chamber of Commerce, African American Affairs Commission, the New Haven Register person of the year and many others. She has recently been awarded the key to the city of her hometown, New Haven, CT! Roberta has also spoken at the prestigious Yale University as well as been the subject of numerous news segments both locally, nationally, and even internationally. She has also hosted radio programs to teach others how to break what she’s dubbed the “Poverty Curse” and the mindset that holds too many from reaching their full potential. Fighting poverty isn‘t a struggle she studied in Sociology 101, but lived through like millions of others.

She remembers standing in church, holding her son in the prayer line when her mother encouraged her to jump in, and recalled the pastor pointing to her young son saying: “Look at your son.

His life is directly linked to yours…directly linked to what you do.” He laid hands on her and she passed out. That was one of several turning points in her life she discussed in the deeply personal memoir.

It was enough to make this single mother on welfare, who dropped out of high school ask: ‘What is MY life?’” She looked at her condition and recognized she was surrounded by generational poverty and questioned what her son’s future would be. She thought about the statistics surrounding black men, her son’s father’s drug dealing, being a high school dropout, and having 22 family members in the same housing projects. ”What do I have to offer this kid?” Hoskie asked herself.

She changed her mindset to think about what future she wanted for her son & family. “It’s a matter of believing that it’s possible. The minute you believe it’s possible and don’t give yourself a Plan B, then only A can happen. My plan A was that my son will not have generational poverty, be a drug dealer, or be lost to these streets,” she explained. Hoskie

focused her energies and worked hard to break the curse of poverty and the mindset that normalized it. The road ahead was not going to be easy; but for Hoskie, the road behind lead nowhere. Poverty Curse Broken details Dr. Hoskie’s journey from bullets whizzing through her project window while her son slept, to working up to a 6-figure salary, on to becoming independently wealthy through real estate investment.

Exposing her traumas and her impoverished beginnings was as deeply personal as it gets. Talking about being abused, being poor, uneducated, a teen mother, and dropout wasn’t easy. Her tears stained the pages of her notes recalling the many struggles she had experienced in her young life. But while she was the subject of numerous stories in print, television, radio, and podcasts, she felt HER story had yet to really be told. So five years ago, she began writing companion journal entries to accompany her 21-day Mindset cards. Initially avoiding the prospect of sharing the deeply personal pain of her experiences, she found she couldn’t help but interject her own life experiences.

At times, the writing process stagnated – even for a woman who teaches others that procrastination is the enemy of progress. “I was beating myself up for procrastinating,” she recalled, “My youngest son Oliver said: ‘Mom, maybe the part that you need in the book hasn’t happened, yet…” Shortly after, a Facebook Live video Hoskie posted showing an interaction with a homeless man she posted, went viral. Initially, Hoskie’s Facebook Live post meant to show that there are good, honest people. She’d lost a $10,000 check getting out of her car.

A man named Elmer Alvarez found the

check and called her office to return it.

What Hoskie didn’t know at the time, was that Alvarez was homeless. Posting the meeting on Facebook took a local story international and changed both of their lives. And despite this chance happening, Roberta does not actually believe in chance or coincidence in favor of divine intervention – that things happen when they happen for a reason. Submitting to a higher power and putting oneself in position for those blessings is key.

Helping the homeless good Samaritan, Alvarez was relatively easy for Roberta.

Elmer Alvarez now has a home, car, attends church regularly, and is on a path to what he dreams of, becoming a pastor. However, it showed Roberta the po-

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tential to change someone else’s life in a really substantial way. And with that, became the thing that her book needed.

She went back through her emotional journey of dredging up the past, as painful as it was, Hoskie knew it would help someone.

Newly inspired, she returned to writing – sometimes typing on tear-stained keys. But her desire to share her story took over despite the pain of digging up the past, and potentially angering family members. “I can’t be selfish…That’s why I was very transparent. There are plenty of people that have been in abusive situations, and couldn’t come out, or let the past haunt them…The things I put out there are the things your people tells

you never to discuss in public,” Hoskie explained, referring to a chapter in the book called Shush, Don’t Tell Nobody.

Yes, it gets that real.

And while some may look at this book as the culmination of the journey, Hoskie sees much more down the road and a part of a larger process to help people become the best versions of themselves – finding their own personal success and freedom from the curse gripping millions around the country and the world. She continues to expand her Millionaire Mindset Sisterhood Program with chapters in Connecticut, New Jersey, Georgia, New York, Tennessee, Los Angeles and even the Dominican Republic. Touted as the rise of a 21st century sisterhood, this faith-based sisterhood is devoted to breaking the poverty curse by promoting real estate investment, group economics, profit-sharing, and property acquisition amongst its members. So while the future looks bright for Dr. Hoskie, she wants the future to be just as bright for others and that success is what one defines for themselves.

Roberta recalled crying in her car on her way to her 6-figure job, asking God for forgiveness because she had come so far and achieved so much, yet remained unsatisfied. She felt she was being unappreciative – even greedy. And then she heard God speak: “God told me: ‘That is the way I designed you because I have work for you to do. And what I have for you to do, you cannot be satisfied.”

On January 20th, 2020, Dr. Roberta Hoskie is proud to announce the publication of her first book, Poverty Curse Broken – The Roberta Hoskie Story.

Dr. Roberta Hoskie is inviting everyone to join her in celebrating the release of her first publication.

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January 22, 2020 - January 28, 2020

The Immigrant Story, Told Anew

The American immigrant story is taking a new turn — away from focusing on assimilation and back toward examining the past.

At least that’s the observation of one author whose new novel takes that turn.

A previous wave of American novels told the stories of how immigrants wrestled with assimilating to their new culture, observed the author, Meng Jin. “That story of assimilation can presume that immigrant doesn’t exist until the immigrant arrives,” Jin said during an interview Tuesday on WNHH FM’s “Dateline New Haven” program.

In fact, she said, people leave behind “full lives” — which a new wave of novels explores by “gaz[ing] toward the past, toward the first life.”

Jin’s new novel, Little Gods, does exactly that.

HarperCollins released the book Tuesday.

It’s a first novel, and an intriguing read. It tells two stories at once, switching from different participants’ perspectives and skipping back and forth in time. The main story is about a woman named Su Lan who grows up in rural China, becomes a brilliant physicist, then sees her life and her dreams mysteriously fall apart after moving to the U.S. The other main story involves a search by her 17-year-old daughter Liya to discover the truth about her mother’s life after her mother’s death — and in the process must decide how much of her own origin story she wants to know.

OP-ED: Redefining Suffrage, Unerasing Black Women Here’s a composite definition from online dictionaries:

By Gwen McKinney

Reading the novel, I was struck about how another recent novel I read, The Leavers by Lisa Ko, also featured a ChineseAmerican youth traveling abroad to learn more about his back story. And right after reading Little Gods, I happened to dive into Catherine Chung’s The Tenth Muse — in which a Chinese-American daughter (another brilliant student wrestling with, in her case, the big mathematical questions) ... travels abroad for clues about her own family history. These are books that just happened to come our way at WNHH and look interesting. They seemed to be min-

ing similar terrain.

Jin spent six years working on Little Gods.

It’s a personal story, distinctive, her own.

Is it also fair to place it amid a new wave of immigrant fiction?

Definitely, Jin said. “As the world becomes more globalized” and “more people are displaced,” she observed, more stores will emerge about people seeking “to make sense of who they are.” Those stories, like Little Gods, don’t always “have neat beginnings and endings,” in fiction or in real life.

Sojourner Truth. Harriet Tubman.

Ida B. Wells. Shirley Chisholm. Rosa Parks.

These household names, spanning a couple of centuries, qualify for the Suffrage Hall of Fame.

Almost a buzz word synonymous with the Year of the Woman, in 2020 the centerpiece of suffrage will be marked by the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment granting women’s voting rights. Referred to as a bold justice movement, suffrage will be celebrated as America’s march to full democracy.

In popular parlance, can we unpack the significance of suffrage and inclusive democracy for Black women?

Words matter. But the impact and impetus of their meaning matter more.

When We Need It Most – Martin Luther King Day

by Sharon Waxman, TheWrap.com

“Violence is not the way,” said King.

“Hate is not the way” At times like these, with division and anger leading the national conversation, we can feel grateful that there is a day to honor someone who represents their polar opposite.

At times like these we may hang on to the words of Martin Luther King like a life raft as we swim, daily, in waters polluted by ALL CAPS tweeting, racebaiting, lies and childish insults from our commander in chief.

Remember there was a time when words uplifted, not tore us down: “Violence is not the way,” said King.

“Hate is not the way. Bitterness is not the way. We must stand up with love in our hearts, with a lack of bitterness and yet a determination to protest courageously for justice and freedom in this land.”

King preached non-violence, but also freedom and justice and equality. These are the core values of our democracy at any time.

It’s so often hard to remember this.

In the age of Trump many of us — I

do, at least — feel ashamed to see words giving comfort to white supremacists.

And some of us feel helpless witnessing a brutal federal policy that separates families in our name.

Now in the age of Facebook Live, we have also been made painfully aware of the continued, systemic racism faced by people of color no matter who has been in the Oval Office — including an African-American president.

With that in mind let us recall the observation King made about the arc of history being long but bending toward justice. Let us recall that he taught us how freedom for all is driven forward — by incremental effort.

“If you can’t fly, run; if you can’t run, walk; if you can’t walk, crawl; but by all means keep moving,” he urged us.

Here is something else worth remembering: A Republican president, Ronald Reagan, signed the legislation to create Martin Luther King Day in 1983. This was only the second national holiday created to commemorate and honor an American, after George Washington.

So we take comfort in that, just as we may take comfort in the advances our country has seen toward the values King espoused in the diversity of our new House of Representatives, and in

the richness of our popular culture from Oprah to “Black Panther” to Beyonce.

Because of him, we have a national hero who is African-American and celebrated everywhere, officially, thanks to his sacrifices and those of his generation who marched and sat in and stood up for human dignity.

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More than ever, we need his words and his legacy.

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

Amen.

Suffrage is the right to vote in public elections. Universal suffrage means everyone gets to vote, as opposed to only men or property holders… For example, after trying for about a hundred years, American women were granted suffrage and voted for the first time in 1920.

The 19th Amendment was adopted Aug. 18, 1920, after the required number of states ratified the constitutional measure. Though many Black women led suffrage campaigns, the 19th Amendment put white women on an empowerment tract to electoral engagement. Interestingly, the suffrage movement, festooned in the symbolic color white, is often portrayed through a narrow window uncomplicated by the strictures of race and power that framed the Amendment then and now.

Look no further than the historical landscape of that moment. Congressional approval of the Act in 1919 was the same year as the infamous Red Summer, a tumultuous white supremacist reign of terror and lynching in Black communities across the country. One year after the 19th Amendment was adopted in 1921 racist mobs set ablaze Tulsa, OK, decimating what was revered as Black Wall Street.

The Year of the Woman battle cry is perversely at odds with Black women’s unbroken quest for liberation. Although lauded today as the most reliable and consistent voting bloc for democratic change, we’ve historically endured being marginalized, dismissed and erased.

Black women’s demand to be equal and heard extends beyond the century run-up to the 19th Amendment. It was intersectional and linked with abolition of slavery, anti-lynching battles, literacy drives, sharecropper land rights campaigns and the establishment of a radical Black press that was led by many Black women suffragists.

Our suffrage quest continued through the Civil Rights Era and passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which finally, for the first time, delivered the franchise to Black people in the South.

Rewind centuries earlier.

Our demand to self-govern predates the formation of this republic, beginning in 1619 when the first Africans, snatched from their ancestral home, landed on these shores. Those nameless suffrage pioneers joined with their men to resist and carry the torch for all Con’t on page 13

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - January 22, 2020 - January 28, 2020

OP-ED: In Honoring King’s Legacy, We Must Commit to The Work That Cost Him His Life

By Nina Turner Two years before his death, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King wrote that “there is no way merely to find work, or adequate housing, or quality-integrated schools for Negroes alone.” We could only achieve these goals, he said, by pursuing them for all people — regardless of their race, gender, class or creed.

Dr. King’s belief in universal programs as the key to our nation’s shared prosperity has long been central to the African American tradition. For centuries, Black men and women have struggled to guarantee human rights and economic security–not just for themselves, but for everyone. Their perseverance in this universal cause has resulted in the greatest strides towards progress that this country has ever made.

For example, the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished chattel slavery, established equal protection under the law, and protected the right to vote, benefited people of all races. Reconstruction, which created public schools in the South and advanced the interests of poor farmers, benefited people of all races. And the Civil Rights Movement, which brought an end to the Jim Crow era, benefited people of all races.

Even accomplishments that we do not associate exclusively with civil rights and racial justice would not have been realized without Black leadership and struggle. Social Security and Medicare, key pillars of our safety net, were won by working-class movements in which African Americans played a central role. Millions upon millions of elderly people have been rescued from poverty thanks to their efforts.

The elites who would rather see us divided have tried to limit these victories every step of the way. At times, like during the early Jim Crow years, they resorted to open violence, hoping to terrorize us into submission. More recently they have relied on the less visible but no less real violence of budget cuts and austerity. But because of the overwhelming popularity of policies in which everyone has a stake, they have not been able to do away with these hard-earned achievements for good.

This history provides a lesson: rather than adopting a narrow focus on the differences between us, the best way to

advance the age-old struggle for racial justice and freedom is through universality.

African Americans are 50% more likely than our white sisters and brothers to be uninsured. This together with the stresses of economic hardship leaves us with worse health outcomes by almost any measure. We suffer from higher rates of hypertension, diabetes, asthma, and maternal mortality. The only way out of this public health crisis is through a Medicare for All system that provides every single person with access to the kind of care that the rich take for granted as their birthright.

We are 25% less likely to graduate from college yet have more student debt than anyone else. Black women like myself are the most indebted of all.

I have served as a City Councilwoman and a State Senator and like millions of others still have monthly student loan payments. Free public higher education and the cancellation of student debt would enable millions of African Americans to get the education they want but currently cannot afford.

We are twice as likely to be unemployed, and the jobs we do have are more likely to pay starvation wages.

This is the reason why the poverty rate among African Americans is so much higher than the national average. There is no better anti-poverty program than a federal jobs guarantee and labor laws that make it easier to unionize.

A Green New Deal would make desperately needed investments in our communities and go a long way towards addressing the environmental racism African Americans in urban and rural areas alike endure. A national housing program would benefit African Americans who, because of the history of redlining and segregation, are disproportionately renters, living month to month at the whims of predatory landlords and forces of gentrification.

The list goes on and on.

Those who benefit from the status quo will tell us that these are radical ideas that the American people will never accept. But we should remember that the abolition of slavery was a radical idea until it was not. Social Security and Medicare were radical ideas until they were not. The integration of public schools was a radical idea until it was not. For people in my hometown of Cleveland, Ohio, public goods that alleviate the stress caused by economic insecurity are not pie in the sky proposals. They are much deserved and long overdue.

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January 22, 2020 - January 28, 2020

INNER-CITY NEWS July 27, 2016 - August 02, 2016

Window Replacement Project at Gaylord Towers

PUBLIC NOTICE

INVITATION TO BID Bristol, Connecticut

NOTICE

The Bristol Housing Authority will receive sealed bids on or before 2:00 p.m. EST, Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at theirHOUSING offices at 164 Jerome Avenue, Bristol, Connecticut VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL PREAPPLICATIONS AVAILABLE 06010, and said bids will be publicly opened and read aloud immediately thereafter.

Bids will be received for furnishing all labor, equipment HOME INC, on behalf of Columbus Housematerials, and the tools New and Haven Housingnecessary Authority,to complete the Window Replacement Project at Gaylord Towers, 55 Gaylord Street, is accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom apartments at this Bristol, develConnecticut 06010. The scope of work shall include but is not limited to new vinyl winopment located at 108 Frank Street, New Haven. Maximum income limitations apdow replacements and related work. Sealed bid packages to be clearly marked “Window ply. Pre-applications will be available from 9AM TO 5PM beginning Monday Ju;y Replacement Project at Gaylord Towers” and “Attention: Mitzy Rowe, CEO.” 2016 andthrough endingwill when sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) Please have A 25, pre-bid walk be held on Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. been received at the offices of HOME INC. Applications will be mailied upon remeet at the Gaylord Towers Community Room, 55 Gaylord Street, Bristol, Connecticut questAttendance by calling isHOME INCrecommended at 203-562-4663 those hours. Completed pre06010. strongly for allduring bidders. applications must including be returned to HOME INC’s officesasatprepared 171 Orange Street, Third Contact Documents Plans and Specifi cations,

by J ASSOCIATES Floor, New Haven, CT 06510.

ARCHITECTS, 84 Market Square, Suite 3, Newington, CT 06111, will be on file at the Bristol Housing Authority 164 Jerome Avenue, Bristol, Connecticut. Contract Documents can be reviewed and purchased within the Advanced Reprographics on-line plan room at www.advancedrepro.net or by calling (860) 410-1020. Project information can also be obtained online at Projectdog.com.

MACRI VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER DISPONIBLES The VALENTINA Bristol Housing Authority reserves the right toPRE-SOLICITUDES reject any or all bids and/or to waive any informalities in bidding, when such action is deemed to be in the best interest of the Bristol Housing Authority. bid documents filledHaven out completely when submitHOME INC, en nombre deAll la Columbus Housemust y debe la New Housing Authority, está ted.aceptando pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos de un dormitorio en este desarrollo Aubicado satisfactory Certifi ed Check an amount equallimitaciones to five percent (5%) of en laBid calleBond 109 or Frank Street, New in Haven.

Se aplican de ingresos themáximos. base bid, shall be submitted with each bid.

The Bid Bond shall be made payable to 25 the Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando Martes Bristol Authority and be properly executed by the Bidder.

A 100% Perforjulio,Housing 2016 hasta cuando se hanshall recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes (aproximadamente 100) mance, Labor and Material Bond is also required. All sureties must be listed on the most en las oficinas de HOME INC. Las pre-solicitudes serán enviadas por correo a petición recent IRS circular 570. llamando a HOME INC al 203-562-4663 durante esas horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán remitirse “Attention of bidders is directed to certain requirements of this contract which require a las oficinas de HOME INC en 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, New Haven , CT 06510 . payment of Davis-Bacon wages, and compliance with certain local, state and federal requirements. This is a Federally funded project.”

NOTICIA

No bids shall be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after the opening of bids without the consent of the Bristol Housing Authority.

NEW HAVEN

For further information, please contact Carl Johnson, Director of Capital Funds, Bristol Housing Authority at (860) 585-2028 or Jay R. Victorick, J242-258 ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS at (860) 665-7063.

Fairmont Ave

2BR Townhouse, 1.5 BA, 3BR, 1 level , 1BA

“AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPOLYER MBE’s, WBE’s, SBE’s AND SECTION 3 DESIGNATED ENTERPRISES ENCOURAGED All new apartments, new appliances, new ARE carpet, close to I-91TO&SUBMIT” I-95

highways, near bus stop & shopping center

EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN

Pet under 40lb allowed. Interested parties contact Maria @ 860-985-8258 (EMT)

The Town of Wallingford is accepting applications for EMT. Must possess a H.S. diploma or G.E.D., plus one Deacon’s Association is pleased to offer a Deacon’s (1) CT. yearUnified of recent experience as an EMT. Must be 18 years old and be a Connecticut or National Registry CertiThis is a 10 month program designed to assist in the intellectual formation of Candidates fiedCertificate EMT withProgram.

CPR Certifi cation and a valid State of Connecticut motor vehicle operator’s license. Starting in response to the Church’s Ministry needs. The cost is $125. Classes start Saturday, August 20, 2016 1:30wage $ 672.00 (weekly), plus an excellent fringe benefi t package.

Apply: Department of Human Resources, 3:30 Contact: Chairman, Deacon Joe J. Davis, M.S., B.S. Town of 996-4517 Wallingford, 45 General South Main Street, Wallingford, CT 06492.

Phone (203) 294-2080.

The64 closing date (203) Host, Bishop Elijah Davis, D.D. Pastor of Pitts Chapel U.F.W.B. Church Brewster will be January 24, 2020. EOE St. New Haven, CT

Construction Foreman M/F-

3+ years Solid CTDOT Exp. 40hr Hzwhpr . Coordinate, Perform, Supervise, Onsite Functions, Support Crew, Maintain Records. Statewide Work. Females and Minorities encouraged to apply. Email resume: michelle@occllc.com Great Sealed bidsWork. are invited the Housing Authority of the Town of Seymour Pay for Great AA / by EOE

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY

until 3:00 pm on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at its office at 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 for Concrete Sidewalk Repairs and Replacement at the Smithfield Gardens Assisted Living Facility, 26 Smith Street Seymour.

ELM CITY COMMUNITIES Invitation for Bids

A pre-bid conference will be held at the Housing Authority Office 28 Smith HVAC Services: Emergency, On Call and Preventative Maintenance Street Seymour, CT at 10:00 am, on Wednesday, July 20, 2016.

The Housing Authority of the City of New Haven d/b/a Elm City Communities is Biddingseeking documents areHVAC available from for theemergency, Seymour Housing Authority Ofcurrently Bids for Services on call and preventative maintenance.

A complete copy of theCT requirement may888-4579. be obtained from Elm City’s fice, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, 06483 (203) Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on The Housing Authority reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, to Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 3:00PM.

reduce the scope of the project to reflect available funding, and to waive any informalities in the bidding, if such actions are in the best interest of the Housing Authority.

BROOKSIDE ESTATES I & II, ROCKVIEW I 6 Solomon Crossing New Haven, CT 06515

Beginning Tuesday, January 21st, 2020 until Tuesday, February 4th, 2020 (From 9am - 5pm) PRE-APPLICATIONS for Spacious 2, 3 & 4 Bedroom Apartments WILL BE AVAILABLE AT:

MichaelsComingSoonCommunities.com All Pre-Applications must be postmarked no later then February 4th, 2020

Rents are Based on 30% of income MAXIMUM INCOME LIMITS APPLY* 1 Person 2 Persons 3 Persons 4 Persons

5 6 7 8

$52,850 $60,400 $67,950 $75,500

Persons Persons Persons Persons

$81,550 $87,600 $93,650 $99,700

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Everyone in the household 18 years of age and older will be screened for Credit/Criminal background check. Income, Asset, Student Status & Landlord Reference will be verified. *Restrictions Apply.- See Pre-Application Cover Page for more information Only one Pre-application per Household will be accepted.

Invitation to Bid: Incomplete applications will be rejected 2nd Notice Please note: SELECTION WILL BE MADE VIA A LOTTERY SYSTEM If you do not have access to download & print the pre-application, you may call 203.691.6599 TTY 711 and request one to be mailed to you.

SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE Old Saybrook, CT

(4 Buildings, 17 Units) ALL PRE-APPLICATIONS WILL BE DATE & TIME STAMPED & Rate REVIEWED IN Tax Exempt & Not Prevailing Wage Project THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE RECEIVED. New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, Castin-place Concrete, Asphalt Shingles, Vinyl Siding, Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection.

This contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements.

NEW HAVEN POLICE NOW HIRING

State of Connecticut Office of Policy and Management

Bid Extended, Due Date: August 5, 2016 The State of Connecticut, Office of Policy and Management is recruiting for Anticipated Start: August 15, 2016 a Policy Development Coordinator Project documents available via ftp link below: position. http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage

Further information regarding the duties, eligibility requirements and application Fax or Email Questions & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com instructions for this position is available HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses at: Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 https://www.jobapscloud.com/ AA/EEO EMPLOYER CT/sup/bulpreview.asp?R1= 200109&R2=1581MP&R3=002

Apply online at Policeapp.com Or Visit our Social Media Pages For More Information New Haven Police Department Recruitment Team

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Nhpdrecruitment

NHPDrecruitment

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - January 22, 2020 - January 28, 2020 INNER-CITY NEWS July 27, 2016 - August 02, 2016

Garrity Asphalt Reclaiming, Inc seeks:

DELIVERY PERSON

Construction Equipment Mechanic preferably experienced in Reclaiming and Road Milling Equipment. We offer factory training on equipment we operate. Location: Bloomfield CT We offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PRE- APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE Contact: Tom Dunay

NOTICE

NEEDED

Phone: 243-2300 HOME INC, on behalf of860Columbus House and the New Haven Housing Authority, Email: tom.dunay@garrityasphalt.com is accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom apartments at this develWomen Minority Applicants are New encouraged to apply income limitations apopment & located at 108 Frank Street, Haven. Maximum Action/ Opportunity Employer ply.Affirmative Pre-applications willEqual be available from 9AM TO 5PM beginning Monday Ju;y 25, 2016 and ending when sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) have been received at the offices of HOME INC. Applications will be mailied upon request by calling HOME Reclaiming, INC at 203-562-4663 during those hours. Completed preGarrity Asphalt Inc seeks: applications must be returned to HOME INC’s offices at 171 Orange Street, Third Reclaimer Operators and Milling Operators with current licensing Haven, CTbe06510. andFloor, cleanNew driving record, willing to travel throughout the North-

Part Time Delivery Needed

east & NY. We offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits

NOTICIA

Contact: Rick Tousignant Phone: 860- 243-2300

One/Two Day a Week,

Must Have your Own Vehicle

Email: rick.tousignant@garrityasphalt.com VALENTINA MACRI VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES DISPONIBLES Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply Affirmative Action/deEqual Opportunity Employer HOME INC, en nombre la Columbus House y de la New Haven Housing Authority, está

If Interested call

aceptando pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos de un dormitorio en este desarrollo ubicado en la calle 109 Frank Street, New Haven. Se aplican limitaciones de ingresos máximos. Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando Martes 25 Tractor Trailer Driver for Heavy & Highway Construction Equipjulio,Must 2016have hastaacuando se han recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes ment.

CDL License, clean driving record, capable of(aproximadamente 100) en las oficinas HOME INC. Las pre-solicitudes serán enviadas operating heavydeequipment; be willing to travel throughout the por correo a petición llamando&a NY. HOME 203-562-4663 horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán remitirse Northeast We INC offeralexcellent hourlydurante rate &esas excellent benefits a las oficinas de HOME INC en 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, New Haven , CT 06510 .

Union Company seeks:

(203) 435 -1387

Contact Dana at 860-243-2300

KMK1907 Insulation Inc. Hartford Turnpike

Email: dana.briere@garrityasphalt.com Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer

North Haven, CT 06473

POLICE OFFICER

Competitive examinations will be held for the position of Police Officer in the Clinton, Guilford, Hamden, Orange, Seymour and West Haven Departments.

Candidates may register for the testing process at www.policeapp.com/southcentral.

Application deadline is Friday, February 14, 2020.

The physical performance, written and oral board exams will be administered by the South Central Criminal Justice Administration.

THE DEPARTMENTS PARTICIPATING IN THIS RECRUITMENT DRIVE ARE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYERS.

Coventry Housing Authority

is accepting applications for its Section 8 Elderly/Disabled housing. Annual income limit is $21,200 (one person) & $24,200 (two people), Also accepting applications for its State Elderly/Disabled housing. Annual income limit is $52,850 (one person) & $60,400 (two people). Interested parties may pick up an application at the Coventry Housing Authority, 1630 Main St., Coventry, CT, or have one mailed. Completed applications must be postmarked or hand delivered no later than January 31, 2020. For more information call 860-742-5518.

Constuction Laborer

Looking for a Laborer with experience in Crane/Pile Driving operations. We HAVEN Invitation to Bid: HELP WANTED: LargeNEW CT guardrail company Mechanical Insulator position. will consider those with no prior experience. Required skills/qualifications inInsulation company offering good pay

242-258 Ave 2nd Notice looking for Laborer/Driver with Fairmont valid CT CDL Class clude: OTC 105 OSHA10 hour Certification, Valid Drivers License, Must be and benefits. Please mail resume to above address.

A license2BR and able to get a medical card.

Must be able to lift over 50 pounds, Minimum age of 18, Must Provide personal transporTownhouse, 1.5 BA, 3BR, 1 level , 1BA able to pass a drug test and physical. CompensaMAIL ONLY tationCT to and from the jobsite.

All new apartments, new appliances, new carpet, close to I-91 & I-95 Old Saybrook, tion based on experience. Email resume to dmasThis company is an Affirmative Action/ Please contact: highways, near bus stop & shopping center (4 Buildings, 17 Units) tracchio@atlasoutdoor.com AA/EOE M-F Equal Opportunity Employer.

Eric Bombaci Pet under 40lb allowed. Interested parties contact Maria @ 860-985-8258 Tax Exempt & Not Prevailing Wage Rate Project Bombaci Construction 8605754519 CT. Unified Deacon’s Association is pleased to offer a Deacon’s New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, CastBombaciconst@aol.com

SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport

Request for Qualifications (RFQ) in-place Concrete, Asphalt Shingles, Vinyl Siding, Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework, Architectural and Engineering Services Exp. F/T Lay Out person for structural Steel and Misc. Shop.

Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection.

Solicitation Number: 136-PD-20-S Send resume: hherbert@gwfabrication.com

Certificate Program. This is a 10 month program designed to assist in the intellectual formation of Candidates in response to the Church’s Ministry needs. The cost is $125. Classes start Saturday, August 20, 2016 1:303:30 Contact: Chairman, Deacon Joe J. Davis, M.S., B.S. (203) 996-4517 Host, General Bishop Elijah Davis, D.D. Pastor of Pitts Chapel U.F.W.B. Church 64 Brewster St. New Haven, CT

This contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements.

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport d/b/a Park City Communities (PCC) isBid seeking proExtended, Due Date: August 5, 2016 posals from qualified architects and engineering firms to assist in various architectural andAnticipated engineerStart: August 15, 2016 Sealed bids are invited by the Housing Authority theselect Town of Seymourfirms who shall be placed on an A/E ing projects on an as needed basis. The PCCofwill multiple Project documents available via ftp link below: until 3:00 pm on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at its office at 28 Smith Street, Invitation for Bids roster.

Solicitation package will be available on January 13, 2020 to obtain a copy of the solicitation http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage Seymour, CT 06483 for Concrete Sidewalk Repairs and Replacement at the you must send your request to bids@parkcitycommunities.org, please reference solicitation number McConaughy Terrace Sanitary and Storm Sewer Improvements Smithfield Gardens Assisted Living Facility, 26 Smith Street Seymour.

Fax or EmailAve, Questions & Bids to: Dawn Lang and title on the subject line. A pre-bid conference will be held at 150 Highland Bridgeport, CT@ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses The Housing Authority of the City of New Haven d/b/a Elm City 06604 on January 22, 2020, @ at10:00 a.m. Although is not mandatory, submitting a bid for 32 Progress Haynes Construction Company, Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 A pre-bid conference will be held the Housing Authority attendance Office 28 Smith Communities is currently seeking Bids for McConaughy Terrace the project without conference not20, in 2016. the best interest of the Offeror. Additional quesAA/EEO EMPLOYER Street Seymour, CT atattending 10:00 am, on Wednesday,isJuly Sanitary and Storm Sewer Improvements. A complete copy of tions should be emailed only to bids@parkcitycommunities.org no later than January 30, 2020 @ the requirement may be obtained from Elm City’s Vendor Col3:00 p.m.documents Answersare to all the questions will be posted PCC’sOfWebsite: www.parkcitycommunities.

Bidding available from the Seymour Housingon Authority laboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems. org. shall Seymour, be mailed, hand delivered fice,Proposals 28 Smith Street, CT or 06483 (203) 888-4579.by February 6, 2020 @ 3:00 PM, to Ms. Caroline com/gateway beginning on Sanchez, Director of Procurement, 150 Highland Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06604. Late proposals will

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY

ELM CITY COMMUNITIES

Monday, January 6, 2020 at 3:00PM.

ThebeHousing Authority reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, to not accepted.

reduce the scope of the project to reflect available funding, and to waive any informalities in the bidding, if such actions are in the best interest of the Housing Authority.

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS -

January 22, 2020 - January 28, 2020

INNER-CITY NEWS July 27, 2016 - August 02, 2016

POLICE OFFICER NOTICE

Competitive examinations will be held for the position of Police Officer in the Clinton, Guilford, Hamden, Orange, Seymour and West Haven Departments.

VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PRE- APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE

Candidates may register for the testing process at www.policeapp.com/southcentral.

HOME INC, on behalf of Columbus House and the New Haven Housing Authority,

is acceptingdeadline pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom Application is Friday, February 14, 2020. apartments at this devel-

opment located at 108 Frank Street, New Haven. Maximum income limitations apTheply. physical performance, written and oral from board9AM exams be administered by the South Pre-applications will be available TOwill 5PM beginning Monday Ju;y Central Criminal 25, 2016 andJustice endingAdministration. when sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) have been received at the offices of HOME INC. Applications will be mailied upon reTHE DEPARTMENTS IN THIS RECRUITMENT DRIVE ARE quest by calling HOMEPARTICIPATING INC at 203-562-4663 during those hours. Completed preOPPORTUNITY applications must beEQUAL returned to HOME INC’sEMPLOYERS. offices at 171 Orange Street, Third Floor, New Haven, CT 06510.

QSR STEEL CORPORATION

NOTICIA

Help Wanted: Immediate opening for Equipment Operator for Heavy and Highway Construction.

10 hour OSHA certificate required. CDL license a plus but not required.

Please call PJF Construction Corp.@ 860-888-9998. We are an equal opportunity employer M/F.

Top pay for top performers.

Help Wanted: Immediate opening for Construction Laborer for Heavy and Highway Construction.

10 hour OSHA certificate required.

Public Notice

or national origin

NEW HAVEN COMMUNITIES

An Affirmative Action/ ELM CITY Equal Opportunity Employer

242-258 Fairmont Ave 2BR Townhouse, 1.5 BA, 1 level , 1BA Invitation for3BR, Bids

Fire System, Fire Pump Vestibule Upgrades at George AllAlarm new apartments, new &appliances, new carpet, closeCrawford to I-91 Manor & I-95

highways, near bus stop & shopping center

The Housing Authority of the City of New Haven d/b/a Elm City Communities is curPet under Interested contact Maria @ 860-985-8258 rently seeking Bids40lb for allowed.

Fire Alarm System,parties Fire Pump & Vestibule Upgrades at George Crawford Manor. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway CT. Unified Deacon’s Association is pleased to offer a Deacon’s beginning Certificateon Program. This is a 10 month program designed to assist in the intellectual formation of Candidates in response to the Church’sWednesday, Ministry needs.

The cost22, is $125.

Classes start Saturday, August 20, 2016 1:30January 2020 at 3:00PM. 3:30 Contact: Chairman, Deacon Joe J. Davis, M.S., B.S. (203) 996-4517 Host, General Bishop Elijah Davis, D.D. Pastor of Pitts Chapel U.F.W.B. Church 64 Brewster St. New Haven, CT

Equipment Operator

Laborer

HOME INC, en nombre de la Columbus House y de la New Authority, está HealthHaven Benefits,Housing 401K, Vacation Pay. We have concrete mixer and aceptando pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos de un Rose@qsrsteel.com dormitorio en este desarrollo Email Resume: Hartford, CT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER triaxle dump driver openings. ubicado en la calle 109 Frank Street, New Haven. Se aplican limitaciones de ingresos Minimum 2 years experience. máximos. Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando Martes 25 Must have a valid CDL julio, 2016 hasta cuando se han recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes (aproximadamente 100) Clean driving record. en las oficinas de HOME INC. Las pre-solicitudes serán Housing enviadas por correo a petición The Manchester Authority will open the 0/1-bedExcellent pay and benefits. list for the Federaldeberán Low Income Public llamando a HOME INC al 203-562-4663 duranteroom waiting esas horas.Pre-solicitudes remitirse Apply M–F from 9-4 at Housing (LIPH) program for elderly or disabled apa las oficinas de HOME INC en 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, New Haven , CT 06510 .are plicants on 8:00 AM January 6, 2020. Applications 24 Industrial Drive available in the office and on the MHA website at http:// Waterford, CT manchesterha.org and may be returned to 24 Bluefield Drive Manchester, CT 06040 in person or by mail.

860-444-9600 The Manchester Housing Authority does not discrimiApplications available at nate based upon race, color, disability, familial status, sex

https://www.kobyluckinc.com/careers

looking for Laborer/Driver with valid CT CDL Class A license and able to get a medical card. Must be able to pass a drug test and physical. Compensation based on experience. Email resume to dmastracchio@atlasoutdoor.com AA/EOE M-F

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Attention Drivers

HELP WANTED: Large CT guardrail company

Electric Utility System Operator/Dispatcher

Operates electric distribution substation and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system for an electric utility serving 25,000 customers. Coordinates electric system switching and places equipment in and out of service during Sealed bids are invited by the Housing Authority of the Town of Seymour routine and emergency operations. Requires HS diploma/GED with 2 years exuntil 3:00 pmoperation on Tuesday, August 2,SCADA 2016 atequipment its office at 28 Smith Street, perience in the of Distribution and/or switchboards Seymour, CT 06483 for Concrete Sidewalk and Replacement at the used in the distribution of electricity.

ExperienceRepairs and training may be substituted onSmithfield a year for year basis.

Must maintain valid system operation Gardens Assisted Living Facility, 26 Smith Streetcertification Seymour. from Connecticut Valley Exchange (CONVEX) or other approved agency or be able to A obtain the conference same withinwill 90 days of hire. posses and maintain a valid State pre-bid be held at theMust Housing Authority Office 28 Smith of CT driver’s license. $ 34.63 - $ 41.15 per hour plus an excellent fringe benStreet Seymour, CT at 10:00 am, on Wednesday, July 20, 2016. efit package. Apply to: Human Resources Department, Town of Wallingford, 45 South Main Street, Wallingford, CT 06492. Fax #: (203) 294-2084. Closing date Bidding documents are EOE. available from the Seymour Housing Authority Ofwill be February 18, 2020.

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY

fice, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579.

Exp. F/T Lay Out person for structural Steel and Misc. Shop.

The Housing reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, to SendAuthority resume: hherbert@gwfabrication.com reduce the scope of the project to reflect available funding, and to waive any informalities in the bidding, if such actions are in the best interest of the Housing Authority.

Please call PJF Construction Corp. @ 860-888-9998. We are an equal opportunity employer M/F.

Civil Engineer

Diversified Technology Consultants (DTC) is a multi-disciple engineering and environmental consulting firm. DTC is a leader in servicing governmental clients for four decades. DTC prides itself as having worked on a wide variety of project types. From schools and senior centers to town halls and universities, our diverse portfolio provides extensive experience to our communities.

As DTC enters its forth decade, we are seeking an energetic, organized and proactive professional in our Civil Engineering Department. The successful candidate(s) will work closely with our technical staff in support of DTC’s strategic goals and objectives.

This is an entry level position located in our Hamden, Connecticut office.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in the preparation of plans, specifications, supporting documents, and permit applications for private and municipal projects.

• Assist in preparation of calculations such as storm drainage, water supply & wastewater collection, cost estimates, and earthwork quantities.

• Perform design and drafting using AutoCAD Civil 3D. MicroStation experience is beneficial but not required.

Qualifications:

• Graduate from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering.

• Engineer in training certificate preferred.

CDL Driver Help Wanted: Immediate opening for CDL Driver for Heavy and Highway Construction.

10 hour OSHA certificate and clean CDL license required.

Please call PJF Construction Corp. @ 860-888-9998. We are an equal opportunity employer M/F.

Invitation to Bid: 2nd Notice

Project Manager/Project Supervisor

For Further information or to apply send resumes to ellen. nelson@teamdtc.com DTC is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

DTC is a Drug Free Work Place.

Individuals with Disabilities, Minorities and Protected Veterans are encouraged to apply.

Town of Bloomfield

SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE

Clerk Typist II – FT

Tax Exempt & Not Prevailing Wage Rate Project

For more details on how to apply visit www.bloomfieldct.org

Help Wanted: Immediate opening for a Project Manager/ProjOld Saybrook, CT ect Supervisor for Heavy and Highway Construction. Previous (4 Buildings, 17 Units) experience on CTDOT projects required.

Please call PJF Construction Corp. @ 860-888-9998.

We are an equal opportunity employer M/F

$28.45 hourly

Pre-Employment drug testing required. EOE/AA

New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, Castin-place Concrete, Asphalt Shingles, Vinyl Siding, Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection.

This contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements.

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport Request for Qualifications (RFQ) HUD ChoiceDue Neighborhood (CNI) Planning Coordinator Bid Extended, Date: August 5, Initiative 2016 Solicitation Number: 135-PD-20-S Anticipated Start: August 15, 2016

Project documents available via ftp link below: The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport d/b/a Park City Communities (PCC) is seeking proposals http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage from qualified Planning Coordinator for HUD Choice Neighborhood Initiative (CNI). Solicitation package will Fax be oravailable on &January 13,Lang 2020 to obtaindawnlang@haynesconstruction.com a copy of the solicitation you must send your request to bids@ Email Questions Bids to: Dawn @ 203-881-8372 HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses parkcitycommunities.org, please reference solicitation number and title on the subject line. A pre-bid conferHaynes Company, Ave, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour,CT CT 06483 ence will be held atConstruction 150 Highland Bridgeport, 06604 on January 22, 2020, @ 11:00 a.m. Although AA/EEO EMPLOYER attendance is not mandatory, submitting a bid for the project without attending conference is not in the best interest of the Offeror. Additional questions should be emailed only to bids@parkcitycommunities.org no later than January 30, 2020 @ 3:00 p.m. Answers to all the questions will be posted on PCC’s Website: www. parkcitycommunities.org. Proposals shall be mailed, or hand delivered by February 6, 2020 @ 3:00 PM, to Ms. Caroline Sanchez, Director of Procurement, 150 Highland Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06604. Late proposals will not be accepted.

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS - January 22, 2020 - January 28, 2020 Con’t from page 18

Honoring King’s

More than fifty years after Reverend King’s death, we have yet to achieve the basic level of economic security for all that he understood to be a precondition for true racial justice. But as the great civil rights leader Ella Baker put it, “We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes.” This year, we have an opportunity to take a step in that direction. So, in the months to come let us dedicate ourselves to bringing people together around a vision that works for all of us. If we do, we can finally create the foundation for a truly just and free society.

Nina Turner is a former Ohio state senator and the national co-chair of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign.

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Black Women

people – Native Americans, Chinese immigrants and even Irish indentured servants – denied fundamental liberty.

Then and now, we wage claims to own our bodies, voices and choices.

We build on that truth by redefining suffrage beyond the limited act of casting a ballot. For Black women, the narrative is rooted in telling herstory, unerasing the achievements of yesterday and the possibilities for the future.

This centennial year is an appropriate time to redefine universal suffrage through the prism of triumphs and tragedies. Trust Black women must be more than a cliché.

Unerased Black Women promises to create brave spaces and in alliance with Black newspapers across the country, unfurl a frank public conversation about Suffrage, Race, and Power.

Through a digital destination, we’ll turn our ear to a beating heart of resilience, resistance, words and deed.

Daughter of slaves, descendants of warriors, writers, journalists, teachers, mentors, activists – universal suffragists all – have something to say.

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. Anna Julia Cooper. Mary Ann Shadd. Harriet Jacobs. Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin.

Mary McLeod Bethune. Fannie Lou Hamer. Ella Baker. Gertrude BustillMossell. Charlotta Bass. Marvel Jackson Cooke.

Most of these women can’t claim household name status in the traditional suffrage roll call. But their noble stories will be unerased.

Stay tuned as suffrage, redefined, meets our truth.

Gwen McKinney is campaign director of an initiative, “Suffrage. Race.

Power: Unerased Black Women,” that will launch in March.

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The Values Of A King: THE INNER-CITY NEWS -

January 22, 2020 - January 28, 2020

‘No Battle Was Too Big For Him’ How MLK’s Legacy Still Resonates with Today’s Local Black Female Executives

By Donna Cooper, The Afro

As we approach Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Pepco’s Region President Donna Cooper (DC) sits down with Edna Kane Williams (EKW), AARP’s senior vice president of Multicultural Leadership, to talk about an American hero. Kane Williams, who hails from North Philadelphia, attended Yale and George Washington University, is proud to be a part of the AARP team that makes sure that multicultural audiences – Hispanic, Latino, African American, Black, Asian American, Pacific Islander, LGBTQ as well as Native Americans and other underserved communities — can benefit from all the organization has to offer. In fact, Kane Williams revisits AARP’s founder Ethel Percy Andrus’ famous quote many times: “What we do for one, we do for all.” She finds a strong tie in this quote and what AARP strives to do daily to fulfill Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s history-changing legacy.

Kane Williams also gives praise to president and CEO of AARP Jo Ann Jenkins, who is also an African American woman.

Jenkins, she says, makes it possible to do the job that she does. Kane Williams believes you need executive level support to be impactful, and Jenkins leads this organization in a way that prioritizes going

Donna Copper, Pepco Region President (Courtesy Photo)

above and beyond for a variety of communities. Together, Kane Williams and Jenkins know how important it is for an organization to have executive leadership that is committed to diversity and inclusion, multicultural outreach and ensuring they keep Dr. King’s legacy alive.

DC: As a woman of color and as well as an executive, how did the values espoused by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. influence you?

EKW: I admire his courage, first and foremost. The guts, fortitude, and stamina

Edna Kane Williams AARP SVP, Multicultural Leadership (Courtesy Photo)

to deal with everything that he dealt with throughout his life, and the battles he constantly faced. When I look at a giant like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., it helps me put my day-to-day problems in perspective. No battle was too big for him and he understood the fundamentals of the short and long games, which I think was part of his genius. We must look at the totality of who we want to be and where we want to go, and then be willing to make compromises. But we must always keep our eyes on the prize to achieve success.

DC: Of the messages, actions, and values Dr. King shared with the world, which ones do you strive to exemplify in your work with multicultural leadership?

EKW: His focus on social good and positive change. I love my job because I know that AARP and the work we do exemplifies the values that Dr. King espoused. For example, we continue to push for greater access to affordable healthcare. We want everyone to have access to health insurance – not die because they can’t afford prescription drugs. If Dr. King were alive today, he’d be an important ally. Also, as we begin this election year, we must honor the real sacrifices that people of Dr. King’s era made for all Americans. I feel that my work is very much aligned with the values, attributes, and causes that Dr. King himself embraced, including voting and making your voice heard.

DC: How does this intersect with your personal life ?

EDK: I have three millennial children – the loves of my life. Part of my legacy is the adults that I’ve raised, how they live their lives and how they contribute to our nation. So again, Dr. King and his legacy and his values nurture and feed my desire to make sure that I’ve created a legacy for myself when I am not here, but that I’ve also made a mark on my family, who will pick up this work and contribute to keep-

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ing this country great using Dr. King’s model.

DC: How will you be celebrating Dr. King this year?

EDW: I usually attend several events on the actual day to celebrate his life and underscore his importance, but I like the notion of just pausing and giving honor and credit to him no matter what. Hopefully doing it in a way that is amplified, either by the media or by the people in the room — making sure that we keep his memory and legacy alive. I think we must constantly make sure that the whole story is known – not just his name. I’ll spend the day both reflecting and celebrating his life.

DC: Any advice for the younger Afro readers in the African American community?

EKW: Read more – I want to challenge each of them to either go to the library, bookstore, or online and read something in depth about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his life. Yes, you know the name, yes you know broadly the story, but search out and try to find some sort of fact or aspect of his life that you don’t know as much about. Learn about his marriage, his children, the legacy that Bernice King continues to this day, etc. Dig deeper and learn more because everything that you will learn will help inform who you are and help set an even bigger example for future generations to follow.

Donna Cooper is Pepco Region President and has a critical role in shaping policy to deliver value to customers and key stakeholders. Cooper is active in the community, including being a part of the District of Columbia Sustainable Energy Utility advisory board, the Washington, D.C. Economic Partnership board, the District of Columbia Building Industry Association board, the Greater Prince George’s Business Roundtable board, and many more. Cooper received her bachelor’s degree in political science from South Carolina State University, a master’s degree in public affairs from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and a doctorate of philosophy in political science from Howard University.

Cooper, an African American executive as well, cites Dr. King as a major influence in her life – adding to the teachings of her parents that diversity, inclusion, and hard work are important values that she too espouses in her current role. She notes that Dr. King’s call to elevate both people of color and women helped inspire her career path and she works daily to engage friends, families, and colleagues about how to live Dr. King’s legacy every day and the critical importance of an inclusive society.

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January 22, 2020 - January 28, 2020

‘Just Mercy’ Exclusive: Stevenson Highlights Criminal Injustice

By Micha Green, AFRO D.C. Editor

The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) set the stage for a red carpet premiere of Just Mercy and more importantly offered a platform for a powerful conversation. The film tells the story of Bryan Stevenson’s (Michael B. Jordan) historic fight to get the wrongly convicted Walter McMillan (Jamie Foxx) off death row, which made the NAAMHC a perfect location to converse about {Just Mercy} and the need for criminal justice and prison reform.

On Jan. 11 Stevenson, the lawyer, social justice advocate and author of the book Just Mercy, which inspired the film, sat down at the NAAMHC with historian, professor and filmmaker Dr. Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, for a frank and progressive conversation on injustice within the prison system.

Prior to the discussion, moderated by Gates in the Oprah Winfrey Theater, the AFRO caught up with Stevenson and the Rev. Al Sharpton to discuss the importance of Just Mercy.

“If people saw what I see on a regu-

lar basis, they would want things to change,” Stevenson said.

“I’m excited about the film because it’ll bring people into spaces that I’ve seen, but most people haven’t seen. I hope that it does have an impact. I think it can, and we know that art and narrative has been incredibly influential in many instances and I’m hoping that it’s the same in this issue,” the lawyer, on whom the story is based, said.

Sharpton, who offered the convocation at the official event, shared how he hopes the film will affect audiences.

“I think where the culture shifts, the politics shift. So I think the timeliness of it, the effectiveness of it and what Bryan has done, will be very challenging to the people,” he said.

Stevenson shared Sharpton’s sentiments on audiences taking action after seeing Just Mercy.

“I hope they get involved. I hope they will become active in these issues. Most people don’t know who their prosecutors are. You’ve got to learn that, to be able to hold people accountable,” he said.

The discussion between Gates and Stevenson was a meeting of the minds,

which allowed for tough questions to be answered supported by statistics regarding the status of the criminal justice system, which are disproportionately filled with Black and Brown bodies.

“What we’re doing now is, we’re putting people in jails and prisons where they’re actually being beaten and abused and crushed and isolated in a way, that when they come out, their risk of re-of-

Whitney Houston, Notorious B.I.G. Head 2020 Rock Hall of Fame Class

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent

Whitney Houston and the Notorious B.I.G. head an accomplished class who have earned induction into the 2020 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Houston, who died in 2012 at the age of 48, was the preeminent voice of her generation.

In addition to two Emmy Awards, Houston earned six Grammys, 30 Billboard Music Awards, and 22 American Music Awards.

In 1992, Houston starred alongside Kevin Costner in the blockbuster film, “The Bodyguard,” which earned $411

million at the box office. The soundtrack, which featured a bevy of hits by Houston, became the second best-selling ever with more than 45 million units sold worldwide.

B.I.G., whose real name was Christopher Wallace, died after being shot in 1997 at the age of 24.

The induction ceremony will be held at Cleveland’s Public Hall on May 2 and will air live on HBO and the SiriusXM Rock and Roll Hall of Fame radio station.

In addition to Houston and Wallace, Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, the Doobie Brothers, and T. Rex will join the 2020 class. Additionally, Jon Landau

and Irving Azoff, two of the most successful managers in rock history, will be presented with the special Ahmet Ertegun Award for their contributions to the industry.

This year’s inductees count as diverse a group the Hall has seen.

“Each of those bands has helped shape the form that rock & roll has taken over the years,” Michael McDonald, who is being inducted for his work in the Doobie Brothers, told Rolling Stone. “That’s what I like to see the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame do: pick those bands that have sculpted what we see rock & roll as today.”

Whitney Houston talking to the audience before proceeding to perform “Saving All My Love for You” during the HBO-televised concert “Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston” honoring the troops, who took part in Operation Desert Storm, their families, and military and government dignitaries. (Photo: PH2 Mark Kettenhofen). Before his murder in 1997, Christopher Wallace recorded two classic albums as The Notorious B.I.G. His debut Ready to Die arrived in 1994 and helped revitalize the East Coast rap scene with massive hits like “Big Poppa” and “Juicy.” (Photo: From the Official Music Video for The Notorious B.I.G. - “Big Poppa” Director: Hype Williams & Sean “Puffy” Combs)

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fending is even greater than when they went in,” Stevenson told Gates and the audience in the filled theater.

Stevenson offered a solution to cut down on the high prison population.

“We’ve got hundreds and thousands of people, who are in jails and prisons for drug related offenses, they don’t need a criminal justice response, they need a healthcare response,” Stevenson said.

“Addiction and dependency is a health

problem, and if we use the healthcare system to respond to that, we could keep people out of jails and prisons, and we could keep families together.”

The lawyer and advocate also discussed how spending could be greatly decreased with a much more health centered approach.

“We went from $6 million in spending in 1980 to about $86 billion in spending last year. If we had $40 billion to invest in communities where kids are experiencing trauma and healthcare for people with addiction and dependency and reentry services, not only could we improve public safety, but I think we would have a future that is much more secure and much healthier. So I would love to see a wholesale reassessment of people in jails and prisons,” Stevenson said.

Lawyer and {Just Mercy} author Bryan Stevenson sits down with historian and professor Henry Louis “Skip” Gates in the Oprah Winfrey Theatre for the ‘Just Mercy’ premiere. (Photo by Micha Green) Lawyer and criminal justice and prison reform advocate and author on whom the film was based, Bryan Stevenson in front

Snoop Dogg has his own sandwich:

‘Beyond D-O-Double G’

Snoop Dogg now has his own sandwich.

On Monday, Jan. 13, Dunkin’ announced the West Coast rapper’s official Beyond Sausage meat sandwich will be available in stores for one whole week.

The new sandwich, which is called the Beyond D-O-Double-G, consists of a Beyond Breakfast Sausage patty—that is, a meat substitute from an L.A.-based meat substitute producer—with egg and cheese while served on a sliced glazed donut. Uncle Snoop hit up his Instagram timeline to flash off the savory, limitedtime menu hack.

“When I got the chance to work at Dunkin’ for the Beyond Sausage Sandwich launch, I got to thinking about what other Beyond Meat sandwiches we could create,” Snoop said in a Dunkin’ press release. “Being around my favorite glazed donuts got me inspired, so today we are dropping The Beyond D-O-Double G Sandwich at Dunkin’ restaurants nationwide.”

The Beyond D-O-Double G Sandwich is available at participating Dunkin’ shops nationwide from January 13 through January 19, the press release states.

Along with the sandwich, the 48-yearold rapper and Dunkin’ are teaming up to launch an exclusive pop-up merch store. The Beyond Collection by Dunkin’ x Snoop is set to feature limited-edition apparel like a green tracksuit inspired by Snoop’s fit in the new Dunkin’ commercials. They’ll also offer joggers, bomber

jackets, sweatshirts, t-shirts and a beanie.

The store’s drop date has not been announced yet. In the meantime, Snoop appears to be loving the new donut sandwich combo. The rapper, who dropped his I Wanna Thank Me album last year, hit up his Instagram timeline to boast his new sandwich.

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