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Bus Runs Canceled As Sick Calls Soar

by MAYA MCFADDEN & PAUL BASS New Haven I ndependent

A sudden surge of drivers calling in sick led to ten more cancelations of New Haven bus routes— and riders changing their plans to adjust.

Sixty-one New Haven area drivers called in sick on Monday, 14 on Tuesday, according to CT Transit General Manager Cole Pouliot. He didn’t have the final number yet for Wednesday, but said it had decreased.

Still, the agency cut 10 bus runs for the day as a result. They included the 4:40 p.m. Route 243 bus from downtown to Brookside and the return 5:13 p.m. back downtown; the 6:40 p.m. Route 243 from downtown to Amity Road and the 7:22 p.m. bus back. Other afternoon cancelations included downtown routes to North Haven, Meriden, Putnam Place and Hamden Plaza n Hamden, and the Connecticut Post Mall. Pouliot stressed that “99.5% of New Haven service went out as scheduled today.”

Riders can keep up to date on changes through the CT Transit website and sign up for email alerts.

Pouliot said he doesn’t know why so many drivers have called in sick.

Ralph Buccitti said he does know why.

Buccitti, business agent for the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 281, said this is not an organized sick-out. Instead, he

said, drivers are worn out and fed up with state decisions they feel undervalue their “essential work.”

First came an outbreak that sent 40 employees home two weeks ago at the 2061 State St. CT Transit building. Then came the decision by Gov. Ned Lamont to distribute vaccines by age from here on in, rather than whether people quality as essential workers.

“You’ve got people worn out. They’re working 40, 50, 60-hour weeks. A lot of them are mentally and physically burned.

The message to the governor is: What happened to us?”

Buccitti noted that school systems have been vaccinating their bus drivers. Meanwhile, he said, some CT Transit drivers, unvaccinated, continue to shuttle schoolchildren on special routes.

“The operators out here, they’re just scared. So many people contracting this Covid. Why were we essential employees for the 12 months, and now that we’re in line to get our vaccinations, now all of a sudden we’re at the back of the line? ...

It’s just a radical group of people with a level of frustration: ‘Hey, I’m fatigued.

I’m not essential anymore? I never was?

What’s the harm?’”

Drivers interviewed Wednesday said the call-ins result from colleagues taking extra Covid-19 precautions and listening to the company’s advice to stay home if they

feel sick.

Some riders said their travels have not been affected. Others, like Jay, are making adjustments.

While waiting on the Green for the route 255 ride to Ansonia and Seymour, Jay (who declined to give her last name) said she depends on the city bus because she can’t afford to take more socially distanced services like Uber.

Jay said has begun trying to schedule all of her important errands and appointments in one day to avoid the risk of altered or cut bus runs. “Anything that has to do with the bus greatly affects me, because It’s all I have,” she said.

Alehya Moseley, 22 said she stays updated with CT Transit news because she uses public transportation to run errands and visit friends and family often. Her mother is also a CT Transit driver.

Moseley’s only complaint about the buses is that they are often delayed. “They could maybe hire backups to help when people get sick,” Moseley suggested.

Rodney, who has been a CT Transit driver for six years (and also declined to give his last name), said he has gotten complaints from passengers who weren’t notified of the service changes. “It’s mostly older people,” he said. “They don’t want to use much technology, so they can’t get the message.”

MAYA MCFADDEN PHOTOAlehya Moseley at the bus stop: What about back-up drivers?

City Hall Creates Voter-Info Roadblock

by PAUL BASS

New Haven I ndependent

The Elicker administration created a new barrier to people seeking voter information — which it now says it will withdraw in the face of complaints.

People working on 2021 municipal campaigns learned of the new barrier in recent weeks when they asked to see ward voter registration lists.

In the past — as long as anyone can remember in New Haven, or in any Connecticut municipality — people simply showed up at the registrar of voters office, made the request, and immediately received the lists.

The lists play a central role to the democratic process. They enable candidates to know who can vote.

Tomas Reyes, a former Board of Alders president and mayoral chief of staff, has been involved in New Haven campaigns for 25 years. He said he had never encountered such a rule before until Monday, when he requested a copy of the Ward 14 voter list and was told he had to file a Freedom of Information Act request with the Corporation Counsel’s Office.

“I’m still trying to find out what hap-

pened,” he said later.

GOP Town Chair John Carlson has sent several potential alder candidates to the registrars’ office in recent weeks to obtain lists. They all, too, were left empty-handed, and were told to file formal FOI requests. Under a new Elicker administration system, all requests go into a computerized tracking system to be handled in order.

Given the high volume of public requests for information, and the inability of city government to afford to employ dozens of full-time FOI specialists, that can mean waiting weeks to obtain a routine document despite the hard work of staffers to process cases.

“I thought it was bizarre,” Carlson said.

“I ran three prior campaigns. This has never been an issue.

“I spoke to other towns and no one was doing it. It just makes it harder on people to run. It’s unnecessary. No one else is doing it. So why is New Haven doing it?

Is New Haven writing its own laws? You have to do a Freedom of Information request to get a voting list? You’re adding one more hurdle to running for office.

It’s unnecessary.

“I’m trying to get some candidates to

EMILY HAYS PHOTO GOP chief Carlson: “Bizarre.”

run. The last thing I need is to make it more difficult for them to run.”

Whether or not the Elicker administration order is out and out illegal, it at least raises questions, according to Thomas Hennick, public information officer of the Connecticut Freedom of Information

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Commission.

“I know of no other municipalities that require a requester to make a request for such records directly to the corporation counsel’s office,” Hennick told the Independent. “Different towns and cities have different protocols for handling FOI requests, but technically, under FOI, requests for public records should be made to the agency that has those records.”

Hennick said the commission would “have an issue” if “the routing of FOI requests through another office unnecessarily delayed access to the records for the requester.”

“The voter file is a public document and should be accessible to the public,” said secretary of the state spokesperson Gabe Rosenberg.

Registrar of Voters Shannel Evans told the Independent she didn’t make the rule. She said her office had received the FOI order from the corporation counsel’s office.

In response to an inquiry from the Independent, city Corporation Counsel Patricia King said Monday afternoon that the order will be rescinded.

“We’re not going to make that recom-

mendation for those requests any more,” King said. “We’re going to go back to just giving out the records the way they did in the past.”

The intent of the new portal to help track the many FOI requests coming into the city in order to ensure they don’t fall through the cracks, King said. “We never meant for the portal to slow anybody down.”

The Elicker administration’s creation of the system last year drew both praise and concerns. The argument for the new system is that it has created a more formal process through which applicants can track their requests and know whom to pester in the case of delays. The argument against the new system is that it creates another layer of bureaucracy that leads to routine requests becoming written requests that take weeks or months to fulfill. One alternative would be to train staffers in all city offices to immediately turn over public documents as envisioned in the state FOI law without fear of repercussions from the mayor’s office, rather than create an insurmountable new load of work for overwhelmed city lawyers to have to comb through.

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Canvassers Step Up To “Vaccinate Fair Haven”

by THOMAS BREEN

New Haven I ndependent

Over 200 volunteers walked block by block across Fair Haven Saturday, kicking off a grassroots campaign to sign up as many eligible neighborhood residents as possible to get vaccinated against Covid-19.

Wearing t-shirts bearing the campaign’s bilingual slogan—“Vaccinate ¡Fair Haven!

Vacunate”—neighborhood leaders joined with immigrant rights activists, community healthcare providers, local and state and federal politicians, and volunteers from across the city and the region.

They sought to cover 70 blocks and knock on over 5,000 doors, from James Street to Front Street and everywhere in between, in a bid to reach as many of Fair Haven’s 17,141 residents as they could.

Their mission: To blanket the predominantly working class Hispanic neighborhood with information about the safety and efficacy of the three federally approved Covid-19 vaccines. And to sign up anyone who is interested and eligible under the governor’s vaccine rollout guidelines for an appointment at Fair Haven Community Health Care’s Wilbur Cross High School vaccination clinic at 181 Mitchell Dr. “Our goal is to knock on every single door in this neighborhood. That’s 5,648 doors,” said Kica Matos, a Fair Haven resident, immigrant rights advocate, and one of the lead organizers of Saturday’s event, which began in the back parking lot of Fair Haven Community Health Care’s headquarters at 374 Grand Ave. “Fair Haven has been one of the hardest hit communities by Covid-19, not just in the city, but in the entire state,” she continued.

The neighborhood has the largest undocumented population in all of New Haven.

Eighty-three percent of its residents are people of color. And the neighborhood hosts a hefty share of essential workers “who have helped lead us through the pandemic—as grocery store employees, people who clean our buildings, work in our factories, and tend to our disabled brothers and sisters.”

Thus the emphasis on making sure that Fair Haveners know that the vaccines work, and that shots are available—for free—at sites across New Haven, including at Wilbur Cross.

“We have a common purpose: the health of our community,” said Dave Weinreb (pictured), a Fair Haven resident, neighborhood management team leader, and Elm City Montessori School teacher who serves as the “Vaccinate Fair Haven” campaign’s volunteer coordinator.

“If one of our neighbors decides not to vaccinate, we do not want it to be because of a lack of access or information. We will not let it be for a lack of access or information.”

For now, vaccination access remains limited primarily to Connecticut residents aged 55 and older, and to teachers and childcare providers. Residents aged 45 to 54 become eligible to get vaccinated start-

Kica Matos at Saturday’s “Vaccinate Fair Haven” kickoff: This is what community looks like.

Former city nursing director Jennifer Vazquez (center) with FHCHC’s Karen Nemiah and Frankie Santiago.

ing on March 22.

Anyone interested in getting vaccinated at the Wilbur Cross site can make an appointment by calling 203-871-4179 or by emailing info@fhchc.org with their name, date of birth, address, and phone number.

Weinreb said that 242 people have signed up to work a volunteer shift with “Vaccinate Fair Haven” so far. Anyone interested in signing up for a future door-knocking shift can do so here.

Fair Haven Community Health Care CEO Suzanne Lagarde said that her clinic’s goal is to have anyone who registered for an appointment on Saturday get a shot in the arm at Wilbur Cross within the coming week. That school-turned-vaccination site is currently administering roughly 400 to 500 Covid-19 vaccine shots per day.

Lagarde also said that the Fair Haven clinic has partnered with the M7 taxi service to provide transportation for those unable to get to the Wilbur Cross vaccination site on their own.

And she said that the “Vaccinate Fair Ha-

ven” campaign came together in just two weeks, after she first reached out to Matos with a single plea: Help us get our neighbors vaccinated.

“We are committed to knocking on every single door,” said Karen DuBois-Walton, a fellow Fair Haven resident and “Vaccinate Fair Haven” lead organizer who runs the city’s public housing authority, Elm City Communities.

“We are committed to making sure that there is vaccine for every single household.

“And we are committed to making sure that transportation will not be a barrier for that.”

As of 5:20 p.m. on Saturday, Weinreb said, the “Vaccinate Fair Haven” volunteers had scheduled 59 new vaccination appointments for interested and eligible neighborhood residents. They’d spoken with an additional 29 residents who were hesitant or unsure about the vaccine.

They’d spoken to 64 individuals who have already been vaccinated, and 51 individuals who are interested but not yet eligible

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to get the shot because they’re between the ages of 45 and 54. Volunteers had also left literature at hundreds more doors across the neighborhood during their afternoon shifts.

Knocking Doors Close To Home The volunteers who came out to knock doors in the brisk, sunny weather Saturday included Fair Haven Community Management Team members, Fair Haven Community Health Care doctors and nurses, Unidad Latina en Acción and Clifford Beers Clinic community organizers, and Mayor Justin Elicker, U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, State Rep. Juan Candelaria, and White House Covid-19 Health Equity Task Force Chair Marcella Nunez-Smith, among many others.

They also included Fair Haven residents like Nydia Jimenez, who spent the late morning and early afternoon canvassing the very same Saltonstall Avenue blocks that she and her family have called home for the past decade.

She and door-knocking partner Ellieben Acosta-Harris, both of whom work for the city’s public housing authority, started their shift at the apartment complex near Saltonstall Avenue and James Street where Jimenez and her 13-year-old son live.

Jimenez eyed the two dozen doors before her, pointing out the apartments where she knew there were residents over the age of 55 who would be eligible to get vaccinated.

Josefina Hernandez opened the second door they knocked on.

Speaking in Spanish, Jimenez explained to Hernandez and her elderly mother the purpose of their visit. She asked if anyone was interested in getting vaccinated, if anyone was over 55, and if they wanted to make an appointment.

Hernandez’s mother said she is already signed up for a slot at Wilbur Cross this Wednesday.

Hernandez, a personal care assistant, said she’s very interested in getting vaccinated.

The only problem is: She’s still a few years too young to qualify, since she’s only 52.

Jimenez told her that she’ll soon be eligible, starting March 22.

She and Acosta-Harris gave her a flyer with information about the vaccine and with a phone number to call to schedule an appointment later this month. They also took down her contact information to relay back to the campaign coordinators, so that they could reach back out to her as soon as the vaccine eligibility criteria broadens.

Few other residents of the complex opened their doors when Jimenez and ActostaHarris knocked. They left flyers wedged in door frames and tucked inside mailboxes.

A rooster crowed from a nearby fenced in yard. Acosta-Harris smiled and said the sound reminded her of her childhood, growing up in Guam.

One resident opened her door when Jimenez rang the bell. She said she’s neither old enough to be vaccinated nor interested in getting the shot even if she was.

“To me, it hasn’t been around long enough,” the neighbor said.

Jimenez handed her a flyer about the vaccine and encouraged her to reach out if she changes her mind.

When the two got to Poplar Street, Jimenez paused. Her aunt lives at this very corner, she told Acosta-Harris. Perhaps she’d be interested in getting vaccinated?

She called her aunt, Luz Cruz, on her cellphone. A minute later, Cruz came out of her house and down the front steps, meeting the two at a metal fence that separated her front lawn from the sidewalk.

Cruz said that she too is very interested in getting vaccinated. Just like Hernandez, however, she isn’t old enough.

She’s 44, and won’t turn 45 until August.

Jimenez handed her information about the vaccine as Acosta-Harris took down her contact info to send back to campaign headquarters.

“I’m very afraid of it,” Cruz said about Covid-19 when asked why she wants to get vaccinated. “It’s very important to do it.”

The only family member of hers who has gotten vaccinated already is her nephew, Jimenez’s brother, who works at Yale New Haven Hospital. She said she lives with her children, is worried about her health and their health during the ongoing pandemic, and wants a shot as soon as possible.

A few blocks further east, Jimenez and Acosta-Harris stopped at the Fair Haven Elderly Apartments at 25 Saltonstall.

The front door of the complex bore a sign from the City of New Haven, announcing in both English and Spanish the availability of vaccines and sharing information on how to schedule an appointment.

Jimenez walked up to the first man she saw, an elderly resident smoking a cigarette a dozen feet away from the building’s entrance.

She asked in Spanish if he is interested in getting vaccinated.

He replied with a smile, his cigarette clamped between his teeth. He reached into his pocket and started flipping through his wallet.

You don’t need to have an ID, Jimenez said in Spanish.

A few seconds later, the man, Arby Silva, found what he was looking for. He pulled a small sheet of paper out of his wallet and showed it to her.

It was a vaccination card. He had already gotten his shot a few weeks ago, at a popup clinic at his Fair Haven apartment complex.

He leaned towards this reporter, and gestured towards a pin clipped to his hat. The pin read, “Covid-19 Vacunado.”

“When I go to shopping,” he said. “I point” at the pin and say, “Look! Look!”

Before the roughly 200 volunteers who showed up to Fair Haven Community Health Care’s headquarters at 11 a.m.

Saturday dispersed two-by-two to their respective turfs, they spoke up about why they decided to participate in the grassroots campaign in the first place.

Luz Ramos, a Hill resident and community healthcare organizer for Clifford Beers Con’t on page 12

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Cop Commission Advances Women

by THOMAS BREEN

New Haven I ndependent

Women made strides at the Women’s History Month meeting of the Board of Police Commissioners, where a woman was elected chair and four female officers were promoted to sergeant —as the city’s new female chief held court.

That all took place Tuesday night during the commission’s latest monthly virtual meeting, held via Zoom.

The commissioners unanimously voted to approve the promotions of nine city police officers and detectives to the supervisory role of sergeant. Those included four female candidates: Detectives Rosa Melendez and Lizmarie Almedina, and Officers Jasmine Sanders and Savannah Smith.

Later in the evening, the commissioners unanimously elected Commission Vice-Chair Evelise Ribeiro to serve as the board’s new chair, replacing outgoing police commission leader Anthony Dawson.

Dawson has served nine years on the commission, six as the chair.

The female officers, detective, and commissioner all ascended to their new higher positions of authority Tuesday thanks to their experience and dedication to public service rather than because of their gender, new Acting Chief Renee Dominguez noted. Still, attending her first board meeting as the department’s top cop, she couldn’t help but point out that March is Women’s History Month, and that Monday marked International Women’s Day. “We currently only have four women in the sergeant’s rank,” in comparison to over two dozen men, Dominguez said. “With these promotions, we double that.” She also noted that the new class of sergeants includes two Hispanic females, one Black female, one white female, one Black male, and four white males, “just really making the sergeant rank more representative of the community as a whole.”

According to the city’s latest monthly financial report, as of Jan. 31, 22 percent of New Haven Police Department personnel—or 87 of 384 department employees—are female. Those included one of three assistant chiefs, two of 12 lieutenants, four of 36 sergeants, 10 of 49 detectives, and 35 of 231 police officers.

The other five candidates promoted to sergeant on Tuesday are Detectives Ryan Macuirzynski and David Zaweski, and Officers Brendan Hawley, David Stratton, and Ameer Williams.

Da Bomb (Squad) Before voting on the proposed promotions, the commissioners asked each of the sergeant candidates to speak a bit about their experience in the department so far, and on their qualifications to join the supervisory rank.

Melendez, a New Haven native and Wilbur Cross graduate, has been on the local police force since 2008. She is the first woman in NHPD history to be a certified bomb tech. She is fluent in Spanish, spent her first eight years working in patrol all across the city, and later as a field training

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officer (FTO) supervising new graduates of the police academy. Since being promoted to detective in 2016, she said she’s spent most of her time in the Bureau of Investigation’s Crime Scene Unit, and the past half-year working the evening shift in the Special Victims Unit.

Which of your many assignments has prepared you best to supervise other officers? Ribeiro asked.

Melendez said her experience in the crime bureau honed her “attention to detail and organizational skills.” Her time on the bomb squad taught her how to “be a liaison between oneself and other agencies, keep lines of communication open,” and master the reporting skills necessary for both federal requirements and in-house reporting rules.

Police Commissioner Tracey Mearescomplimented Melendez and several other sergeant candidates for their work as field training officers, who are responsible for overseeing police academy graduates’ transitions into the day-to-day work of an officer. She described that role as “probably one of the most important jobs you can do. ... That jobs makes or breaks the future of the members of the force.”

THOMAS BREEN PHOTO New Acting Chief Dominguez: Sgt. rank is now a bit more representative of community.

“It can be stressful at times, being responsible for another person,” Melendez said. “But it can also be very rewarding and very eye-opening as well.”

Almedina joined the NHPD in March 2014. She too is bilingual, and said that her fluency in Spanish has led to her giv-

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ing presentations at local public schools.

As an officer, she has worked on cases involving missing persons, sexual assault, and child pornography. She became a school resource officer, working at New Horizons and at Career. She said that as a SRO she “did a lot of presentations with youth” about everything from sexting to child pornography to sexual assault, and about “what to look for and what not to do, especially when in relationships.”

Since being promoted to detective, she has been assigned to the special victims unit, where she investigated cases involving sexual assault, missing persons, and domestic violence.

Why do you think you would be a good fit for helping local youth and helping fellow officers better understand how best to work with young people? Dawson asked.

Almedina said that, in addition to her work as a SRO and for the special victims unit, she’s also the mother of an 18-yearold who’s about to start college. “Having a teenager myself helped me build a rapport with teens at high schools. I understood their troubles and issues they had in high school because I was dealing personally with them at home.”

Sanders has been with the NHPD for seven years. She has patrolled the Dwight and Hill neighborhoods for roughly three years. She has served as part of a recruitment team charged with going out into the community, to local high schools and colleges and businesses, to talk with interested residents about the hiring process and encourage locals to apply to join the department.

She also worked as part of the city’s Officer in Residence program, as well as as a SRO at Hillhouse and New Horizons.

She’s currently an FTO. “You learn so much about yourself, and about what it’s like to be in charge of other people,” she said.

Smith has also been with the department for seven years, with most of that time spent on patrol, by bike and by foot, in Dixwell and Newhallville. She said she’s most valued that neighborhood work as helping hone her communication skills

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City Health Department Passes 10,000-Vaccination Mark

by COURTNEY LUCIANA New Haven I ndependent

New Haven marked several turning points Friday in its efforts to protect people from Covid-19.

The city health department held a luncheon at its 54 Meadow St. headquarters to mark having now administered more than 10,000 vaccinations and operated 18 pop-up sites .

The event also marked the changing of the guard, as Jennifer Vazquez resigns from her post overseeing that effort as director of public nursing. City Health Director Maritza Bond praised Vazquez for her work, and welcomed her replacement, new city Clinical Director Stacey Hutcherson.

To date, the health department has administered 10,957 vaccines. Of those vaccinations 7,464 are first doses and 3,493 are second doses. (That’s separate from vaccines administered by health systems in town like Yale New Haven and Fair Haven Health Care.) The city vaccinated another 110 people Friday at 54 Meadow.

Vazquez, who has worked long hours with her staff vaccinating New Haveners, said Friday she decided she needs to take time care of her two children and elderly mother.

“Looking back to a year ago from today and where we all started, we worked

so hard from standing up testing, doing contact tracing, reopening schools, and rolling into Covid-19 vaccines,” Vazquez said. “We’ve done a lot over the past year and it’s been a pleasure to be a part of it.”

Vazquez said that she never imagined her job to evolve to managing the New Haven Health Department’s staff providing Covid-19 vaccinations.

“It wasn’t really anybody asking me to get involved with the Covid-19 vaccination sites,” Vazquez said. “It was really just a matter of all hands on deck. Everybody in the entire department just pitched in and did everything that we needed to.”

Hutcherson is a single dad of two younger boys. He has taken a hiatus from earning his masters in nursing executive leadership at Sacred Heart to assume the new city role.

“I think right now at this time. I’m called to serve,” Hutcherson said. “I’m honored to be a part of trying to serve the community here as the pandemic is impacting everybody. It’s a very difficult time for everybody so right now synergy is important.”

Everett Lamm, vice-president of clinical affairs for Fair Haven Community Health Care, noted that his organization has partnered up with the city and the public schools by operating a clinic at Wilbur Cross High School’s auxiliary gym,

DeLauro Takes A Victory Lap

by STAFF

New Haven I ndependent

New Haven U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro was in the national spotlight this week as an 18-year crusade to cut child poverty came to fruition.

At DeLauro’s original urging, the $1.9 trillion Covid stimulus bill signed by the president Thursday includes an expansion of the child tax credit that will cut child poverty in America by an estimated half.

An estimated 27 million families will now cross the line out of poverty. It is considered the single greatest measure to reduce poverty in generations, a “children’s version of Social Security.” The credit will deliver $3,600 per child annually to lowincome families, many of which received nothing under the old formula.

DeLauro began pushing for a credit expansion 18 years ago. Newly ascendant to leadership of the House Appropriations Committee, she was able to push it over the finish line this month.

DeLauro made the rounds of national media interviews this week as a result, and had a piece published in Time.

One of her stops was MSNBC’s “The Beat” with Ari Melber. Click on the video above to watch their seven-minute discussion on the tax credit, which includes C-SPAN footage of DeLauro’s early days championing the credit.

In that discussion, and on other platforms,

U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro

DeLauro got personal, recalling her own family’s economic struggles as she grew up in Wooster Square.

“Growing up in a very blue-collar family, where my dad was an insurance salesman. My mother was with the ILGWU, my mother was a garment worker and worked in the old sweatshops. They fell on hard times. And I can recall as a child when we came home on Friday evening with all our furniture on the sidewalk. We had been evicted, and we wound up living with my grandmother for a while until my family could get back on its feet. So, I grew up in a household where it really was a struggle financially,” DeLauro said.

Officials at Friday’s event.

where approximately 500 residents a day are vaccinated.

“The bulk of them have been school personnel from the local districts, and it’s been an amazing effort,” Lamm said.

“We’re one of the four health centers in the state that has access to vaccines from the federal government in addition to the

state because the Health Resources and Services Administration (HERSA) has pledged it to about 25 percent of all federal qualified health centers.”

Patrick Waldron, 74, from Branford, received his second Moderna shot at the site on Friday.

“I was just sort of following along with

the news, when a friend who is my age texted me, and I called immediately,” Waldron said. “I was amazed that I was asked where I wanted to get it in New Haven, and this was closer for me. It was a very easy process. I’m excited to now be fully vaccinated.”

Everyone Over 16 Eligible For Covid-19 Vaccine Starting April 5

by STAFF

New Haven I ndependent

All people in Connecticut 16 and older are now eligible to receive Covid-19 vaccinations starting April 5.

Gov. Ned Lamont announced that accelerated schedule in response to President Joe Biden’s call for states to vaccinate people faster — and the president’s promise of increased supplies with which to vaccinate.

Currently, people aged 55 or older are eligible for vaccination in Connecticut, along with healthcare workers, medical first-responders, staffers and residents at long-term care and congregate facilities, and pre-K-12 school staffers and childcare providers. People over 45 become eligible on March 19 (by coincidence the same date that Lamont is allowing stores, gyms, offices, houses of worships and other establishments to resume operating indoors at full capacity).

“Based on our discussions with the federal government regarding vaccine allocation, we anticipate receiving more than 200,000 first doses per week by early April. This allotment, combined with our state’s strong execution over the past several weeks, allows Connecticut to significantly accelerate the schedule so that we can equitably and efficiently vaccinate as many residents as possible,” Lamont stated in a release issued Monday afternoon.

“It’s still going to take some time to get

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the vaccine to everyone who wants it and I urge patience to the greatest extent possible, but over these next several weeks I anticipate that we will have an opportunity to considerably increase the amount administered each day.”

See below for information on where and how to schedule an appointment to get vaccinated.

Yale New Haven Health System: Visit the website or call 833-ASK-YNHH

Cornell Scott Hill Health Center: Visit the website or call 203-503-3000 Fair Haven Community Health Care: Visit the website or call 203-871-4179 Walgreens (436 Whalley Ave., 88 York St., or 87 Foxon St.): Visit the website or call (203) 777-8001 for 436 Whalley Ave.: ; (203) 752-9893 for 88 York St.; or (203) 469-3016 for 87 Foxon St. Walmart (315 Foxon Blvd.

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Firefighters, Activists Spread Covid Vaccination Word

by MAYA MCFADDEN New Haven I ndependent

New Haveners looking for information about Covid testing and vaccination sites can now stop by any of the New Haven Fire Department’s (NHFD) ten firehouses for help.

The NHFD is partnering with the city and local nonprofit, URU The Right to Be, Inc, to bring a nationwide Covid-19 prevention initiative called Our Humanity to New Haven urging residents to get vaccinated.

The NHFD’s ten fire stations serve as community hubs to provide information.

Organizers of the project gathered at the NHFD headquarters on Grand Avenue Wednesday to kick off the campaign with two banners on the front of the firehouse. Banners in English and Spanish will be put on all ten fire stations.

The initiative targets Black, Hispanic and Indigenous communities, which have shown hesitancy about the vaccine since its rollout due to safety concerns. founder Crystal R. Emery said her father was a firefighter. “The greatest moments of my life have taken place here in New Haven, and they have been attached to the firehouses,” she said.

Emery grew up having dinners at her

URU team at Wednesday’s event.

father’s firehouse and having firefighters come to her family cookouts. “Firemen don’t just put out fires,” she said.

Now New Haven’s fire stations will offer the community with a space to get local resources to fight against Covid.

The campaign’s banners will also pop up on CT transit buses, at street corners and at bus stops.

“Because 84 percent of our workload is medical we’ve seen what this virus has done to our community,” Fire Chief John Alston Jr. said.

The campaign is also taking the message to churches across the state to offer life-saving efforts.

“Everybody, I don’t care who you are, you have to get vaccinated,” said Emery.

Emery’s message to people of color who are hesitant to get the vaccine because of distrust in the medical field from current and historical events like the Tuskegee Syphilis Study is remember that “before we weren’t at the table.

But now we are. You can trust it. It will save our lives.”

Housing Authority of New Haven CEO Karen DuBois-Walton joined the gathering Wednesday as a member of the initiative committee. DuBois-Walton said she plans to bring the initiative to housing developments around the city soon.

The Beulah Heights First Pentecostal Church will host a vaccination clinic on March 17 in partnership with the campaign.

“Everyone doesn’t have a cellphone or computer, but everyone in New Haven has a firehouse they can depend on,” said Alston.

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS - March 17, 2021 - March 23, 2021

Stagehands Hold The Picket Line For College Street Colleagues

by Lucy Gellman, Editor, The Arts Paper www.newhavenarts.org When Covid-19 shut down the Shubert Theatre last March, Michael Kaplan held onto the knowledge he’d have health insurance through a global pandemic. One year later, he joined a picket line to ensure that his colleagues across the street have the same access to health care and fair wages that he does.

Kaplan is an electrician at the Shubert, where he’s worked “probably over 1,000 shows” in two decades. Wednesday, he joined fellow members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 74 to call for health benefits and fair wages among stagehands at College Street Music Hall.

Members of Local 74, which covers Southern Connecticut, have been there every day since Monday morning, and plan to stay through at least Friday afternoon. They said that the union was not involved in the glass that was smashed on the venue’s doors and windows earlier this week.

The story of the picket begins 12 months ago, when 21 stagehands at the venue voted unanimously to unionize. That vote, supervised by the National Labor Relations Board, took place on March 11, 2020. Less than four days later, College Street Music Hall closed per statewide executive order. Contract negotiations have remained in limbo for a year.

“It’s about their lack of wanting to pay men and women fair wages,” said Gardner Friscia, who has been president of Local 74 since 2019. “We want people to know that when you’re buying a ticket to this facility, you’re not supporting the men and women who work here. Twentytwo feet away [at the Shubert Theatre], you have stagehands who have all these things. This isn’t funny. This isn’t a joke.

It’s going to be an ongoing process.”

The picket comes in a year that has left the arts industry financially gutted. As of March 8, Americans for the Arts reported $15.3 billion in losses to the sector. Ten percent of organizations surveyed—that’s about 12,000—said they did not know if they would survive the pandemic. While College Street Music Hall has joined national advocacy efforts for federal relief funding, it has not yet been able to reopen due to Covid-19. Its first programmed show in over 12 months is currently scheduled for September of this year. The first concert at a sister venue, the Westville Music Bowl, is scheduled for July.

A nonprofit, New Haven Center for Performing Arts, Inc. (NHCPA), owns and operates College Street Music Hall. According to Friscia, NHCPA management has refused to participate in contract negotiations. Keith Mahler, who runs Premier Concerts and is the face of NHCPA, said he would not comment on ongoing negotiations. He did add that he does “not believe in coincidence” when it comes to

property damage that the venue sustained earlier this week.

“My comment for you is very simple,” he said in a phone call Thursday morning. “We’ve been open and operating for five years. We’ve survived a pandemic. I don’t believe the coincidence. I believe in very deliberate actions. And actions have consequences.”

“Local 74 is engaging in peaceful and lawful picketing to get a fair contract,” the union responded on its social media account Thursday afternoon. “Local 74 completely rejects violent behavior of any kind and had nothing to do with the vandalism.”

Friscia said that the union, which covers several venues across Southern Connecticut, has worked to ensure that its members are protected during a pandemic that has ravaged the performing arts sector. Even as theaters, auditoriums, and music halls remain closed, IATSE members have kept their health insurance, and some have been able to secure part time work. Friscia said it means that they won’t have to worry about visiting the doctor, seeking emergency care, or going broke after calling an ambulance.

across the street.

“It’s just so good to know that you have the option,” he said. “That’s the best thing.”

Frisca, who has worked in theaters since high school, added that he sees fellow stagehands as members of a big family.

Prior to 2017, he spent time touring with Broadway shows including Hamilton, Fela!, Once, Anything Goes, Matilda and traveling performances of Riverdance.

He got to know fellow stagehands, all of whom cycled in and out of each others’ lives until the pandemic put everything on hiatus.

“It’s a great thing when you can really love what you do,” he said. “When I met this group of people, I saw that they were a really tight knit, close group. I just always enjoyed doing something backstage. You end up as one big family.”

He said that negotiations have taken on an added weight as the pandemic goes on a full year, and Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont begins to ease restrictions on performing arts venues. He also has his eye on the Westville Music Bowl, the opening of which has been delayed in the midst of the pandemic.

Throughout this week, Frisca and fellow members of Local 74 have used the Shubert Theatre as a point of reference for its proximity. When asked if the theater supports the union in its efforts, Shubert Director of Marketing and Community Relations Anthony Lupinacci directed inquiries back to Frisca.

“We can’t speak on their behalf,” Lupinacci said. “This is not something that we’re coordinating or involved with.”

The Shubert’s last live performance was just over a year ago, on March 8 of 2020.

On Tuesday, the organization announced Anthony McDonald as its new artistic director.

“It gives you peace of mind to know that you have coverage,” he said.

Frisca has lived that experience firsthand. As the house carpenter at the Palace Theatre in Waterbury, he hasn’t had much work in the past 12 months. While the theater has been streaming events, its stage has remained dark, populated by a single ghost light. Prior to the pandemic, he estimated that a small show might employ anywhere from six to ten stagehands.

A larger performance, such as a touring Broadway show, might bring in 60 to 70.

Wednesday, stagehands pumped their arms at passing cars, cheering at frequent honks of support in return. Kaplan, a 37-year-old stagehand who grew up in Milford and now lives off Whalley Avenue, said he’d come out because he can’t imagine not having health care in a pandemic. While he has secured some part-time work at the Shubert, the past 12 months have brought extreme financial uncertainty for himself and his girlfriend, who works in the restaurant sector.

“It’s a little scary with Covid,” Kaplan said. “If people aren’t coming to shows, we don’t have work. If there aren’t any shows, that’s our whole livelihood.”

The protections of union membership are certain in a time that is not, he added.

Kaplan started working at the Shubert almost 20 years ago, when a 2012 revival of South Pacific swept through Connecticut.

He has stayed on since, working where he’s needed in lighting, sound design, and electrical setup. While he has not been sick during Covid-19, he said he’s grateful that his health insurance extends to both physical and mental health care services. He wants that for his colleagues

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS - March 17, 2021 - March 23, 2021

“Outraged Elders” Keep RBG’s Spirit Alive

by MELINDA TUHUS

Activist Melinda Tuhus submitted the following write-up about an event she helped organize on the Green Monday.

Dori Dumas wanted to celebrate Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s birthday on March 15, so she pitched the idea to the other members of the core group of Outraged Elders.

They showed up in single digit windchill temperatures on the Green on Monday, paper lace collars around their necks, signs displayed around “the bench” across from the federal courthouse to signify the wisdom “the notorious RBG” dispensed in her decades on the Supreme Court.

Outraged Elders is the group of Black and white women who planned two Covid-safe Black Lives Matter rallies on the Green last summer to enable older residents who were staying home to avoid catching a deadly disease to safely express their support.

“As a group of women activists, we thought it most appropriate during Women’s History Month to honor the life and legacy of the honorable Ruth Bader Ginsberg, ‘The Notorious R.B.G.’ on her birthday,” said Dumas, who is also president of the Greater New Haven chapter

of the NAACP. “The bench is a reminder that we have to keep the pressure on. We have to use our power of the vote and keep pushing for laws that protect and advance equality, women’s rights and more,” she said. “The struggle continues, but the fight continues as well.”

The women used this outing to express support for many struggles, sometimes reading a relevant quote from Ginsberg.

The Rev. Allie Perry promoted the efforts of Stop Solitary CT to pass the Protect Act to end solitary confinement in the state’s prisons. She said that although R.B.G. did not go as far as her colleague Anthony Kennedy in calling for a total ban on the practice, “I’m sure if she were alive today, she would support the Protect Act.” “One of Justice Ginsberg’s most famous dissents was on the 5-4 decision that sadly struck down a key section of the Voting Rights Act,” said Sally Connolly.

The quotable quote was, “Throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet.”

“This ruling on preclearance, from which R.B.G. strongly dissented, freed mostly Southern states from having to

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CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Outraged Elders Monday on the Green. clear voting changes with the federal government,” Connolly continued. “This matter is particularly pertinent at this time when some states are trying to limit access to voter registration and election information, prevent mail-in ballot applications, reduce absentee ballots and abridge early voting – all of which are particularly harmful to minority populations. Happily, Connecticut is seeking to increase and enhance voter access, not limit it.”

Dottie Green quoted R.B.G. saying she wanted to be remembered as “Someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability.

And to help repair tears in her society, to make things a little better through the use of whatever ability she has.”

Green continued, “Each of us have the power to repair the tears in our society

by being a force for racial justice, equity.

White people can help repair the tears in society by courageously revealing, acknowledging and dissenting against the white privilege and white supremacy.

Open the flood gates of equity for all.”

This quote resonated with Melinda Tuhus: “Fight for the things you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” Tuhus is a climate activist who said in recent years the movement has become more intersectional, honoring the Movement for Black Lives and working with immigrant rights groups, because it is the poor and people of color who are hurt first and worst by the climate crisis. “We see the connections among all these different struggles,” she said. “We all need to bring each other along and not set up barriers.

We need to build bridges.”

Meg Bloom’s R.B.G. quote was, “Women’s rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda, trained on the equal dignity and ability to live in freedom all people should enjoy.”

She added, “We are still fighting for the equal rights of all women regardless of economics or ethnicity. Women must have the freedom to make decisions regarding our health care, the control of our bodies, equity in our workplace, equal access to jobs and equal pay, and equality in our relationships.”

To show her support for equal rights, R.B.G. also said, “The pedestal upon which women have been placed has all too often, upon closer inspection, been revealed as a cage;” and “Women will have achieved true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.”

Becky Sandmann read those quotes, which led into a pitch for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, which says simply, “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. ” Asked how Outraged Elders came to be, Green said, “During the summer, as the disgrace of the George Floyd killing, Breonna Taylor, Covid, the racism… as it all came to a head, elders were urged to stay in and avoid crowds. It was frustrating to not have our voices heard.

Outraged Elders is the coming together of black and white women who are committed to social justice. We come together to have candid conversation, not for the sake of talking, but to understand, to use our experiences, power, privilege to make impact. It is a space that is not necessarily ‘safe’ in that hard realities are expressed.

But it is a space where we can risk real expression and bring it all back together to make a real difference. The Outraged Elders group is empowering and refreshing.”

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CHRISTOPHER PEAK PRE-PANDEMIC PHOTO CFO Phillip Penn.

Phillip Penn plans to leave his position as New Haven Public Schools’ chief financial officer this summer for a similar role in Hartford Public Schools.

Superintendent Iline Tracey sent this announcement to the Board of Education and members of the press on Tuesday evening.

The Hartford Board of Education approved Penn’s hire as chief financial officer on Tuesday as well.

“I will truly miss this level of expertise on my team,” Tracey wrote.

Penn’s last day would be June 15.

Since his hire in the fall of 2019, Penn has shepherded the district’s financial department through the Covid-19 crisis and the ensuing federal relief. When Chief Operating Officer Michael Pinto left the district in

November, he took on additional responsibilities with the facilities department.

Penn’s tenure has seen slim surpluses at the end of each year. School closures due to Covid-19, federal relief and school staff members forgoing raises all play a part in last summer’s surplus and the $775,351 surplus projected for this year.

Penn has also been involved in some controversies during his time in New Haven.

He requested a workplace harassment investigation of Board of Education member Darnell Goldson after Goldson implied that Penn was favoring white contractors.

Penn’s salary as chief financial officer of Hartford Public Schools would be $190,000 — $5,000 more than his starting salary with New Haven.

by STAFF Phillip Penn plans to leave his position as New Haven Public Schools’ chief financial officer this summer for a similar role in Hartford Public Schools.

Superintendent Iline Tracey sent this announcement to the Board of Education and members of the press on Tuesday evening.

The Hartford Board of Education approved Penn’s hire as chief financial officer on Tuesday as well.

“I will truly miss this level of expertise on my team,” Tracey wrote.

Penn’s last day would be June 15.

Since his hire in the fall of 2019, Penn has shepherded the district’s financial department through the Covid-19 crisis and the ensuing federal relief. When Chief Operating Officer Michael Pinto left the dis-

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trict in November, he took on additional responsibilities with the facilities department.

Penn’s tenure has seen slim surpluses at the end of each year. School closures due to Covid-19, federal relief and school staff members forgoing raises all play a part in last summer’s surplus and the $775,351 surplus projected for this year.

Penn has also been involved in some controversies during his time in New Haven.

He requested a workplace harassment investigation of Board of Education member Darnell Goldson after Goldson implied that Penn was favoring white contractors.

Penn’s salary as chief financial officer of Hartford Public Schools would be $190,000 — $5,000 more than his starting salary with New Haven.

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Shubert's New Director Details A Vision For Community

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

Anthony McDonald knows what it’s like to be the only Black person onstage, backstage, in the audience, and in theater management. As he takes the helm at the Shubert Theatre, he’s working to create an artistic hub downtown that looks more like New Haven.

McDonald outlined that vision in a phone call Thursday, as the 32 year old steps into the role of the Shubert’s next executive director. His appointment, which the theater formally announced on Tuesday morning, comes a full year into twin pandemics of Covid-19 and deep-rooted structural racism.

Both have ravaged the performing arts sector and pushed arts organizations to face longstanding and entrenched white supremacy in their practices. He takes over for John Fisher, who has led the theater since 1997.

“I think this past year has opened up a lot of people’s eyes,” he said. “People are starting to realize that talent

then pursued graduate work in theater management at Columbia University. In New York, he wrote his MFA thesis on the need to increase early access and exposure to the arts among kids of color, who are less likely to have the same opportunities as their white peers.

That mission stayed with him as he became a house and general manager on Broadway, including for the consulting group Show Shephard and The Nederlander Organization. He was working as a house manager on The Lion King when Covid-19 hit New York, and shut theaters down exactly one year ago this week.

Even during the pandemic, he said, he’s held onto the knowledge that theater can be transformative for young people—and for the adults who see it alongside them.

“The whole world came to see Lion King,” he said.

“And there is something that happens when you see these kids watch ‘Circle of Life’ for the first time— kids and adults too. It’s more of those moments that I want to bring young kids. We can inspire them in some way. And if we do our job right, they can discover the plethora of opportunities in theater. We need to continue to cultivate that ... so that we have the future patrons of theater, but also the future thespians and workers of theater.”

In New Haven, he plans to diversify programming at the theater as Connecticut navigates reopening its economy and getting residents vaccinated. He sees a pivot away from touring Broadway performances to smaller acts, concerts, and musicals that may resonate with more diverse audiences from the region, and from the city itself. He was quick to say that he is not opposed to Broadway—to the contrary, it has been his life—but wants to widen the net.

For instance, there’s no reason the Shubert shouldn’t program Jill Scott one night, Barry Manilow the next, and a musical in Spanish the following week, he said.

When he visited for a final interview three weeks ago, he tried to square how vibrant and young downtown New Haven was—even in the midst of a pandemic— and how few of the people he saw had likely ever stepped foot in the Shubert.

“I saw so many young people all around the area, and I wondered in my own head, ‘How is that one of the smallest demographics that supports us right now, and yet they’re all here?’” he said. “My vision board has everything, from comedy to jazz, to concerts. Something else that’s going to be completely different than what it was the week prior.”

isn’t exclusive to white people. Talent is not exclusive to any one race. And when you allow yourself to open yourself to these possibilities, I think something magical can happen.”

McDonald’s vision for a more inclusive Shubert Theatre comes from his own background as a lifelong drama geek. Born and raised in Roselle, New Jersey, McDonald grew up with New York City’s Broadway stages in his backyard. In sixth grade, he caught the theater bug while watching a live performance of The Phantom of the Opera, now the longest-running show in Broadway history, with his parents. Watching their son delight in the play, “they had the wherewithal” to send him to drama camp, and then to a performing arts high school in a neighboring town called Kenilworth.

He immersed himself in the dramatic arts, as well as six years of training in the French horn. What brought McDonald back to the theater every time was a sense of magic, and a knowledge that he played some part in making it happen. After high school, he studied theater and arts administration at Howard University, and

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“If we don’t do that now, ten years from now, we may not be here,” he added.

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As director, he hopes to see people not just from all of New Haven’s neighborhoods—although he called that a starting point—but also from Hartford, Bridgeport, Waterbury and Stamford who are willing and eager to commute to New Haven for entertainment. He said he is hoping to build out regional partnerships, some of which tap into the Shubert’s very early history as a hub for new work that later lived on Broadway.

Part of that process starts within the theater itself, he added. Currently, the Shubert’s staff and board remain disproportionately white, a trend that is mirrored in many of New Haven’s fine and performing arts organizations. McDonald sees himself working with a team that both reflects and celebrates the diverse, polyphonic canvas that is New Haven. The city is roughly one-third Latinx, one-third Black, and one-third white.

“My plan going forward is to try to have a staff that more closely aligns with the demographic and breakdown of the city that we’re in,” he said. “If I want to reach out to my entire community—Black, Latino, Asian, Native American, the category that is always labeled ‘other’ … if I want to reach those people, I need to have all of those people on my staff.”

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Anthony McDonald He is also excited about strengthening the Shubert’s existing educational partnerships, and growing them out to encompass much more of the city. Currently, the Shubert has a strong relationship with Cooperative Arts & Humanities High School, which sits just down the block from the theater on College Street. It also runs story time with the Stetson Branch of the New Haven Free Public Library and its “Shubert Sophomores” program, through which New Haven sophomores can score discounted tickets.

Using those as a launchpad, he hopes to expand the theater’s impact to reach more of the city’s young people, with programming that more frequently reflects their lived experience. He said he also sees theater—especially after this year—as very much alive and evolving. As a longtime house manager, he’s witnessed the delicate, sometimes messy tug-of-war that can happen between younger and older audience members, who may react to theater in fundamentally different ways.

He’s already thinking about what it looks like to hold one show exclusively for students, similar to the Yale Repertory Theatre’s former Will Power! program.

“I want people to feel okay expressing themselves,” he said. “And no, there shouldn’t necessarily be a standard of sorts in terms of what’s acceptable and not. I can relate to the person who is like, ‘I paid to see this show, not to see you.’ Is there a way where we can buy out a whole show, and the idea that someone is more responsive is a good thing?”

He added that he’s hoping to reopen the Shubert’s doors in the fall, but feels “very much at the mercy” of the state and local governments. Currently, he’s already in talks with staff about how to take every precaution necessary for the health and safety of patrons, box office managers, cast members, stagehands working the show and everyone in between. In the meantime, the Shubert is continuing to provide online programming, including virtual student camps and shows that patrons can experience from their homes.

“Everything we can do is prepare,” he said. “And every day, everything has to be written in soft pencil.”

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The Transatlantic Slave Trade:

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A Day of Remembrance

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent

Evanston, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, is setting a reparations bar that could soon resonate throughout the nation – if not the globe.

Evanston residents, who have lived in or have descendants that lived in the city before 1969, will receive $25,000 this spring in housing credits.

The residents must have suffered discriminatory housing practices by the government or local banks.

The city has set aside $10 million from a marijuana tax for reparations.

Last summer, Asheville, North Carolina, City Council issued a formal apology for that municipality’s role in slavery and discrimination.

They voted to provide reparations to Black residents and their descendants.

In Amherst, which sits about 90 miles from Boston, and numerous other cities across the nation are finally seriously considering forms of reparations for their roles in the transatlantic slave trade.

The federal government, through H.R. 40, is also considering action to repair the damage done to generations of African Americans for the brutal, racist and torturous slave trade where millions of Africans were kidnapped, stolen, and sold into forced labor.

Each year, the United Nations observes the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

U.N. officials and others will hold remembrance ceremonies on March 25.

“The enslavement of Africans was a global experience of death and destruction that is beyond human comprehension. It is important that the U.N. hosts the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade to ensure that the world never forgets the atrocities committed against African people and never forgets the uniquely sustained and horrendous nature of African dehumanization in the midst of understanding the ubiquitous history of dehumanization of ‘the other,’” Dr. Kevin Cokley, the director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research & Analysis and professor of Education Psychology and African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas, told NNPA Newswire.

Dr. Cokley noted the importance of the U.N.’s International Decade for People of African Descent.

The decade runs through 2024 and provides an operational framework to encourage States to eradicate social injustices inherited from history and fight against racism, prejudice, and racial discrimination.

People of African descent still face such a fight each day.

“It is important to recognize the International Decade for People of African Descent as an international corrective to combat the systematic indoctrination of the lie of African inferiority,” Dr. Cokley remarked.

Passing H.R. 40 would count as the most significant legislative achievement to impact the victims of the transatlantic slave trade, Cokley opined.

“It would be a formal acknowledgment that the conditions and life outcomes of many African people throughout the diaspora are inextricably linked to the history of enslavement,” he stated.

“For too long African descendants such as African Americans have been maligned and blamed for their circumstances without sufficient acknowledgment given to the historical impact of enslavement.”

Dr. Cokley continued: “The notion that reparations for victims of the transatlantic slave trade are unfair, unwarranted, and not needed is ahistorical and it contradicts previous acknowledgements of egregious harm to U.S. citizens that warranted recompense – like victims of the Japanese internment, victims of forced sterilization programs in North Carolina, victims of the Tuskegee experiment, victims of the Rosewood race riot of 1923.

“One of the key differences is that unlike these examples, the effects of the transatlantic slave trade have been multigenerational and are still very much present

today.”

Slavery was central to the making of the modern world – Europe’s and the United States’ rise to global power was inextricably linked to slavery, added Steven Mintz, a history professor at the University of Texas Austin.

“Enslaved Africans and their descendants furnished the basic labor power that created dynamic New World economies.

And slavery was the supreme issue in American politics, playing a pivotal role in the outcome of the American Revolution, the creation of the U.S. Constitution, the nation’s geographical expansion, and the escalating conflicts that resulted in the Civil War,” Mintz offered.

“Even after slavery’s abolition, the racism that slavery exacerbated persisted – and its consequences remain entrenched today,” he said.

Mintz stated that racism was evident in lynching, disfranchisement, segregation, and a racial caste system that was national in scope and embedded in federal, state, and local policies that continue to institutionalize bias.

“As a historian, I am not well-equipped to make specific recommendations about reparation policies,” Mintz responded.

“But I can say this: It is absolutely essential that every American understand the history of slavery, the slave trade, and segregation, the inequities that this history has produced, and the ways that non-Blacks benefit from that history,” he continued.

“If this country is to truly live up to its commitments to justice, democracy, and equality of opportunity, then it must take

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aggressive steps to redress longstanding racial disparities in income and wealth, remove barriers to voting rights, tackle systemic and institutional racism, and ensure education and employment opportunity.”

It is imperative that the entire world better understand history, and the transatlantic slave trade, stated John Rosinbum, a Texas-based high school teacher.

Rosinbum said, as much as any other event, the slave trade deserves further acknowledgment and understanding.

“In my mind, there is no way to understand the development of the world’s economic and political system post-1800 C.E. without a solid and sophisticated understanding of the transatlantic slave trade,” Rosinbum noted.

“The Trade itself played a crucial role in creating the capital necessary for the First Industrial Revolution, and its victims cultivated, harvested and processed the raw materials critical to its success.”

He continued: “The financial instruments and institutions developed in large part as a result of the trade underpin the modern economic system. I put little stock in the threadbare trope ‘those who don’t know their past are doomed to repeat it,’ but I am a believer that the past’s choices formed our present and shape today’s choices that create our future.

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Clinic, said that her aunt in California died of Covid-19, and a friend closer to home recently came down with the virus.

She said she was initially wary of getting vaccinated because she has an allergy to penicillin. But after reading up on the vaccine, on who should get it and on how safe it is, she said she’s now fully on board— with an appointment scheduled for March 30.

“It’s very important that everyone get vaccinated,” she said. Her primary motivation: making sure that she is safe and healthy “for my children.”

Matt Murillo and Eli Sabin also signed up for volunteer shifts to help make sure Fair Haven neighbors know how effective and safe the vaccines are, and how they’re available for free in New Haven if eligible residents want a shot.

Murillo, a West Haven native, and Sabin, a New Haven native and Downtown alder, are both Yale undergraduates. Sabin also worked with the “Vaccinate Fair Haven” organizing team to divvy up turfs and put together Saturday’s event.

This virus has caused so much economic pain and social isolation, Sabin said, in addition to high rates of hospitalization and loss of life, especially among the city’s Black and Hispanic populations.

Vaccines represent one critical way for community members to protect themselves, their families, and their neighbors against any further ravages caused by Covid.

Beacon Falls residents Karina and Larry Danvers said they drove down to New Haven for the day to participate in the event for a simple reason.

“I believe that vaccines will save lives,” Karina said. As a Hispanic woman herself, she said, she has seen how hard people who look like her have been hit by the virus—across the state, and the country.

The vaccines, she said, represent “some opportunity to go back to normalcy.”

And ULA leader John Lugo said during Saturday’s press conference that he and fellow local immigrant rights activists turned out Saturday and will be knocking doors for “Vaccinate Fair Haven” in the coming weeks in honor of Nora Garcia.

Garcia was a Fair Haven resident who died last month from Covid, he said.

“She was an essential worker.” She worked for a cleaning company that contracted with Yale New Haven Hospital, Lugo said.

She was not able to get the vaccine, “and we feel that’s a crime.”

“Our people are essential workers,” he said. “We work in construction. We work cleaning. We work in the farms. And we still are not getting what we deserve.”

He said ULA has mobilized over the past few months to pressure the state to increase rental assistance for out-of-work tenants, and to provide specific support for undocumented residents.

“This time, we’re going to mobilize our community to vaccinate as many people as possible.”

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IN MEMORIAM:

Boxing Great ‘Marvelous’ Marvin Hagler Dies at 66

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent

Marvelous Marvin Hagler, who ruled the middleweight boxing division in the 1980s, yet never received the recognition he deserved as an all-time great, has died.

Hagler was 66. Before Hagler’s death, former boxer Thomas “Hit Man” Hearns posted on Instagram that the legend had “taken ill.”

“A real true warrior,” Hearns wrote.

Later, Hagler’s wife appeared to confirm his death in a post to the boxer’s Facebook fan club page.

“I am sorry to make a very sad announcement,” Kay Hagler wrote.

“Today, unfortunately, my beloved husband Marvelous Marvin passed away unexpectedly at his home here in New Hampshire. Our family requests that you respect our privacy during this difficult time.”

A member of the boxing hall of fame, Hagler had a career record of 63-2 with 52 knockouts – many of them of the devastating variety.

He turned pro in 1973 and was arguably the most feared fighter in the 160-pound middleweight division. Although the media and fans showered much love on fighters like Hearns, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, and others, Hagler was largely ignored.

Even inside the ring, judges appeared to view Hagler with a skewed eye.

That was no more apparent than his bouts with Vito Antuofermo.

Despite Hagler brutalizing the thenchampion in their first bout at the old Boston Garden in 1979, judges declared the lopsided contest a draw.

The decision allowed Antuofermo to retain his WBC and WBA Middleweight titles.

Antuofermo subsequently lost the titles to Alan Minter, whom Hagler destroyed in a September 1980s bout.

In the 1981 rematch with Antuofermo, Hagler punished his foe, scoring a fifth-round TKO. Still, Hearns, Leonard and Duran – each a welterweight that would ultimately move up in weight class to challenge Hagler – were the media darlings and the sport’s favorites.

Hagler agreed to a 1983 bout with Duran, who was coming off his in-

famous “No Mas” loss to Leonard.

Duran went the distance with Hagler, who won the decision, but the media still scolded him.

“Hey, how about giving me some credit?” Hagler pleaded after beating Duran. “I beat a legend. I thought I did a good job. I have to give myself a pat on the back.”

The 1983 Ring Fighter of the Year, Hagler had little competition in his division and contenders too afraid to offer up a challenge.

Then came the fight that finally earned Hagler the recognition he rightly deserved.

Hearns, the tall and powerful puncher from the Motor City, challenged Hagler for the Middleweight Championship on April 5, 1987.

It was billed as “The Fight,” but in boxing lore, it remains known as “The War.” Although the match lasted only three rounds, it was arguably one of the

most violent fights in boxing history.

Hearns and Hagler traded vicious blows, never taking a break.

Both fighters were bloodied and, after an accidental head-butt that caused the ring referee Richard Steele to consider stopping the fight in Hearns’ favor, Hagler unleashed a nonstop flurry to finish his foe.

After several more title defenses, Hagler sought the biggest of paydays, and there was just one name that could fulfill that desire for the Broxton, Mass.-based warrior, and to quench his thirst for acceptance as the sport’s premiere superstar.

That person was ‘Sugar’ Ray Leonard, who had retired in 1982 after suffering a detached retina.

Always calculating, Leonard had intently watched and even served as a commentator for HBO during several of Hagler’s bouts.

Last year, Leonard told NNPA Newswire that he spotted Hagler’s weak-

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ness and wanted to fight him.

“I called my business partner, Mike Trainer, and told him I wanted to fight Marvin Hagler, and he asked me had I been drinking,” Leonard reminisced about the time leading up to his April 6, 1987 bout with Hagler.

“When I told my brothers that I wanted to fight Hagler, they couldn’t believe I would even think of it,” Leonard recalled.

“They asked, ‘Who would be my tune-up (for Hagler)?’ and I told them, ‘Hagler.’ I fought Kevin Howard before fighting Hagler, and he knocked me down, and people thought Hagler would kill me. Back then, I was on the wrong side of the street, doing cocaine and drinking heavily,” Leonard revealed.

Hagler was regarded as a brawler with incredible power and the sport’s most dominant slugger. Leonard needed Hagler to believe that he had to prove to the world that he could also

box.

However, Leonard went on to win a 12-round decision over Hagler and claim the world middleweight championship.

Hagler, who never fought again after the Leonard loss, was still named the Boxer of the Decade.

In retirement, he finally received a measure of acclaim that escaped him during his memorable career.

Hagler is survived by his five children, Charelle, Celeste, James, Marvin Jr., and Gentry. He and his widow, Kay, met in Hagler’s adopted hometown of Milan, Italy.

“Marvelous Marvin Hagler has gone, a true great, a chin made from granite, the winner of the greatest fight of all time. RIP Champ,” Hagler fan Robert Kelly posted in a Twitter tribute that featured a video of Hagler’s demolition of Thomas Hearns.

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OP-ED: On Bloody Sunday’s 56-Year Mark, President Biden’s Words Remind Americans That Democracy Needs a Renewed Push for Voting Rights

By Damon Hewitt, acting president and executive director of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Washington, D.C.) – On the 56-year mark of Alabama’s brutal Bloody Sunday attack on Black communities, their allies and democracy itself, President Joe Biden released recorded remarks this morning calling for Senate passage of the national Lawyers’ Committee-supported For the People Act (H.R. 1) and restoring the Voting Rights Act, now named the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. President Biden also is expected to sign an executive order to promote voter registration and other measures.

The following is a statement from Damon Hewitt, acting president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: “Fifty-six years ago, Bloody Sunday marked a turning point in our nation’s civil rights movement. The brutal assault on peaceful civil rights demonstrators ranging from the young to the elderly left an indelible imprint on the collective conscience of the nation and led to the passage of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965, our nation’s most important federal civil rights law.

“Today, renewed efforts to restrict voting rights in ways that disproportionally impact African Americans, other communities of color, students, the faith community and the elderly, threaten to roll back the clock on progress. In many cases, the same baseless and thinly-veiled rationales used to challenge ballot access in the 1960s are resurfacing today in support of these efforts to shrink our democracy.

“It is time once again to enact federal legislation that will stop those efforts in

(Photos: Wikimedia Commons) their tracks. President Biden’s executive order on Sunday morning directing the federal government to promote voting access is important, and the country needs more affirmative actions like these. We must also summon the courage and moral clarity of the demonstrators who demanded passage of the original bill in 1965 to now demand passage of both the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the For the People Act. Doing so will make voting and participatory democracy

freer, fairer and more accessible for all Americans.”

About the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee), a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, was formed in 1963 at the request of President John F. Kennedy to involve the private bar in providing legal services to address racial discrimination.

The principal mission of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is

to secure, through the rule of law, equal justice for all, particularly in the areas of voting rights, criminal justice, fair housing and community development, economic justice, educational opportunities, and hate crimes. For more information, please visit https://lawyerscommittee.org.

In many cases, the same baseless and thinly-veiled rationales used to challenge ballot access in the 1960s are resurfacing today in support of these efforts to shrink our democracy. Top left: Alabama police

attack Selma to Montgomery marchers, known as “Bloody Sunday,” in 1965 Top right: Marchers carrying banner “We march with Selma!” on street in Harlem, New York City, New York in 1965 Bottom left: Participants in the Selma to Montgomery march in Alabama during 1965 Bottom right: Dr. Martin Luther King, Dr. Ralph David Abernathy, their families, and others leading the Selma to Montgomery march in 1965

Biden: States Should Open Vaccinations to All Adults by May 1

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent

Just hours after signing into law his massive $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, President Joe Biden addressed the nation and announced the implementation of his next phase of a national strategy to put the pandemic in the country’s rear-view mirror.

The President declared that he would direct states, tribes, and territories to make all adults eligible for the coronavirus vaccine by May 1.

In his first prime-time address since taking over the Oval Office, President Biden proclaimed a goal of getting the nation closer to normal by the July 4 holiday.

“If we do our part, if we do this together,

by July 4, there’s a good chance you, your families, and friends will be able to get together in your backyard or in your neighborhood and have a cookout and a barbecue and celebrate Independence Day,” he noted as he stared firmly into the television camera.

Speaking from the East Room of the

VID-19 Response Team has concluded that the accelerated vaccination efforts will enable prioritized vaccinations that will prove far enough along by the end of April that officials could lift all eligibility restrictions at that time.

The President outlined a “ramped-up effort” to create more places for people to get vaccinated, enabling officials to reach those hardest hit and most challenging to reach.

Over the next six weeks, the Administration will deliver vaccines directly to up to an additional 700 community health centers that reach underserved communities, increasing the total number of participating community health centers across the country to 950, White House officials said.

The Administration also will double the number of pharmacies participating in the federal pharmacy program, making the vaccine available at more than 20,000 pharmacies in locations convenient to all Americans.

Pharmacies are also directed to expand mobile operations into the hardest-hit communities to reach more people.

White House, President Biden said returning to normal requires everyone to continue wearing face coverings, social distancing, and getting vaccinated.

More than 529,000 Americans have died since the pandemic began, and nearly 30 million have contracted the virus.

“We all lost something,” the President declared.

“A collective suffering, a collective sacrifice, a year filled with the loss of life. In the loss, we saw how much there was to gain.

An appreciation, respect and gratitude,” he uttered.

Within his first hours in office, President Biden launched a comprehensive strategy to defeat the pandemic. He noted that in the seven weeks since, the Administration has delivered more than 81 million vaccinations and more people can visit their loved ones again.

“There is more work to do,” the President reminded viewers.

He promised that the White House CO-

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The Administration promises to more than double the number of federally run mass vaccination centers, run by FEMA, the U.S. military, and other federal agencies in partnership with states, to ensure that we reach the hardest-hit communities in this historic effort.

“Finding light in the darkness is a very American thing to do,” President Biden said.

He also used the national platform to denounce racism and hate crimes against Asian Americans, whom the previous Administration targeted as the cause of the pandemic.

“There have been vicious hate crimes against Asian Americans who’ve been attacked, harassed, blamed, and scapegoated,” President Biden remarked.

“At this very moment, so many of them, our fellow Americans, are on the front lines of this pandemic trying to save lives and still are forced to live in fear for their lives just walking down streets in America.

“It’s wrong, it’s un-American, and it must stop.”

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ence and place historical blame on those who immediately played a role in the trade.

“I try to encourage my students to look beyond these simple understandings and explore the ways in which the trade developed, who profited from it, what were its long-term consequences, and how it was resisted. ” Rosinbum further put forth that many of the arguments made by those opposed to H.R. 40 and say that reparations are unwarranted or unneeded are attacking straw men when referencing this proposed law.

“To the best of my understanding, this bill is to establish a commission to investigate in which ways that slavery has shaped America’s past and present,” Rosinbum said.

“It’s not targeted towards direct payments to the descendants of those enslaved. As Ta-Nehisi Coates said in both his congressional testimony and in his famous Atlantic article, victims of Jim Crow and ongoing racial discrimination are still very much alive and have legitimate claims against the state.”

The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) continues its global news feature series on the history, contemporary realities and implications of the transatlantic slave trade.

Black Millennial Couple Builds Sustainable, Eco-Friendly Home Division in Atlanta

By BlackNews.com

Atlanta GA — Elize and Majesty Gayle are two career-oriented individuals who found each other on a popular dating app.

After getting married, they established a successful real estate company called Evo Group Holdings that has already grossed over $1.5 million.

With Elize’s marketing skills and Majesty’s entrepreneurial prowess, they elevated their company to new heights within no time. They proved to the world that entrepreneurs do not have to comprise on revenue if they are working for the betterment of the community. “We can be profitable and still be helpful to as many people as possible. Everyone should play their part, help each other and benefit,” says Majesty.

Majesty and Elize are determined to help people in these crises. There was already a housing crisis; however, the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted it further as people suffered from housing insecurity. However, the couple is determined to improve the situation.

Creating better housing in distressed areas With the recent outbreak of coronavirus, the couple shifted their focus towards building container home subdivisions and

mixed-use property in Atlanta. They are working to provide relief to the people by improving the distressed locations by converting them into comfortable and sustainable houses.

Evo Haven is one of their container home developments for working Americans, providing solutions to address housing insecurity. These modern and cozy living spaces are made of shipping containers, recyclable materials and utilize renewable energy sources. There are sev-

eral floor plans featuring a sleek design, energy-efficient HVAC systems, and can be equipped with solar and geothermal energy sources.

Moreover, these features reduce air pollution by curbing carbon emissions and are a solution for modern and sustainable infrastructure and an equitable clean energy future.

“Our goal is to be profitable, energy-efficient, and solve a global crisis; we have a new and exciting way to advance the real

estate industry like no other company,” says Majesty.

Their company also offers an immediate retail-level product that is the synthesis of style, efficiency, and social responsibility. The residential properties are 1,200+ square feet and some units offer features like LEED Certified appliances, large sliding doors, and rooftop patios.

The first Evo Haven community will be developed in South Fulton, Georgia. The units will be available for pre-sale starting March 2021.

“The primary focus of our developments are in Opportunity Zones,” says Majesty.

“The goal is to be profitable, energy-efficient, and solve a global crisis; we have a new and exciting way to advance the real estate industry like no other company.”

EGH and its products are actively aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities.

With local support, the company will seek financial and social returns on an array of residential and multifamily developments that are built with exceptional speed, quality, and visual appeal not currently found in the marketplace.

Learn more about their company at EvoHaven.com or follow them on Instagram @majesty_elize Also, watch their interview on Fox 5 Atlanta and Fintech.TV

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The American Rescue Plan Provides Relief for Small Businesses

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent

The White House on Tuesday released a fact sheet on President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, noting that millions of main street small businesses are struggling to make ends meet in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic crisis.

The White House “especially noted” the struggles of Black- and Brown-owned businesses. Without additional government assistance, these challenges could worsen in the months ahead and the national vaccination program would be hobbled, administration officials noted.

The American Rescue Plan will change the course of the pandemic, deliver immediate relief for small businesses and American workers, and build a bridge towards economic recovery.

Many Americans already have received a $1,400 stimulus check, making good on President Biden’s pre-inaugural promise of $2,000 payments – Americans received $600 in the weeks prior to the new administration.

The White House fact sheet noted full support for small businesses through the current crisis. “Since the beginning of this pandemic, 400,000 small businesses have closed and millions more are hanging by a thread,” the administration offered in the

fact sheet.

“President Biden’s plan will provide emergency grants, lending, and investment to hard-hit small businesses so they can rehire and retain workers and purchase the health and sanitation equipment they need to keep workers safe,” the statement continued.

Further, the American Rescue Plan will: Deploy community navigators to in-

crease awareness of the participation in COVID-19 relief programs for small business owners who currently lack access, especially underserved entrepreneurs without banking relationships, lawyers, accountants, and consultants.

Allocate $15 billion in flexible grants to help the smallest, most severely impacted businesses persevere through the pandemic.

Provide $28 billion for a new grant program to support hard-hit small restaurants

and other food and drinking establishments.

Bolster the Paycheck Protection Program with an additional $7.25 billion in funding to support small businesses and nonprofits that were previously excluded.

Devote an additional $1.25 billion in funding to support live venue operators, theatrical producers, live performing arts organization operators, museum operators, motion picture theatre operators, and talent representatives that are struggling

to make ends meet.

Invest $10 billion in successful state, local, and tribal small business financing programs to help small businesses innovate, create and maintain jobs, and provide the essential goods and services that communities depend on.

Help small businesses rehire and retain workers by extending the employee retention credit through the end of 2021.

In addition to providing direct relief to hard hit small businesses, the American Rescue Plan will bolster a whole-of-government COVID-19 response that will change the course of the public health crisis, administration officials wrote in the fact sheet.

The American Rescue Plan will “devote $1 trillion toward building a bridge to economic recovery for working families, including those who work for small businesses; and provide critical support to communities that are struggling in the wake of the pandemic.”

The White House concluded: “The American Rescue Plan will address the immediate crises facing small businesses. In the coming weeks, President Biden will lay out his economic recovery plan to invest in America, create millions of additional good-paying jobs, and build back better than before.”

Whataboutourdaughters? — Encouraging the Celebration of Everyday Icons Through Letters, Unity and Service Alpha Kappa Alpha Founder’s GreatGrand Daughter, Chantel Harris, Celebrates Iconic Daughters this Women’s History Month To celebrate Women’s History Month, Whataboutourdaughters? founded by a former presidential staffer Tiffiany Vaughn Jones, has launched a women’s empowerment campaign. A campaign that honors her former boss, Vice-President Kamala Harris while also encouraging women and girls to honor a special woman in their lives through the ‘Iconic Women Changing the World for Women and Girls’ campaign. A campaign that says being ‘Iconic’ is far less about being a superstar, actress, or model and focuses more on the importance of being a role model to other women and in your community.

The platform encourages women to pass down greatness and build a legacy for women and girls. The campaign features Mrs. Chantél D. Harris, a human rights activist and the great-great-granddaughter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Founder, Ethel Hedgeman Lyle. Mrs. Harris’s commitment to helping others started at a young age. Through her church, she served the homeless and worked with the Circle of L.O.V.E (Let’s Overcome Violence Everywhere) program that was started by her grandmother and member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Muriel “Puff” Lyle- Smith.

In Mrs. Harris’ advocacy for women, she

has lent her support to the national initiative Whataboutourdaughters? to help advance issues for daughters that are motherless, fatherless, homeless, forgotten, or hurting daughters. Harris lost her mother at a young age and says, “After experiencing the loss of my mother and knowing the emptiness that can come from such a loss, Whataboutourdaughters? mission to help motherless daughters is a cause that is very close to my heart.”

As a true heir to greatness, the AKA founder’s granddaughter posted a selfie wearing her Whataboutourdaughhters?

‘Heir to Greatness’ sweatshirt. The merchandise is offered through Teespring, an online fundraising platform to raise funds for the 100% volunteer-based organization.

Whataboutourdaughters? honors soror, Madam Vice-President Kamala Harris as an iconic woman and role model for women and girls and salutes Harris for her women’s activism and refusing to sit on the sidelines of history. Vice President Harris is featured as an Iconic Woman to celebrate in the Whataboutourdaughters?

Women’s History Month collection.

The female empowerment ‘t-shirt and accessories line also celebrates unity, inclusion, and sisterhood. Iconic ‘Woman’ is written in English, French, Spanish, Swahili, Chinese, Hebrew, and Hindu to represent women across the globe.

Throughout March, the campaign will

#womenshistorymonth2021.

At press time, Whataboutourdaughters? founder and former Biden-Harris staffer, Tiffiany Vaughn Jones said, “During Women’s History Month, we salute the generations of extraordinary women, suffragists, and Black women that paved the way for women. Our mission is to continue to amplify the vital truth that when women succeed, the world succeeds. The election of Kamala Harris is indicative of how far we have come. However, our work is not done. We must rise to meet this moment and recommit ourselves to building a future of opportunity and prosperity for our daughters, our granddaughters, and all women in the community.”

bring visibility and awareness to unity, sisterhood, and service while focusing on initiatives that help eradicate social and economic barriers that prevent a woman or girl from walking in greatness.

The organization will also be kicking off its annual shoe drive with shoes donated by the heir. The Alpha Kappa Alpha honorary member will be passing down new and gently worn shoes from her closet

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In the spirit of sisterhood, Whataboutourdaughters? is encouraging women across the globe to write a love letter to the women in their lives who helped shape them into the women they are today. The platform hopes to inspire women to share their notes and stories online using the hashtags #letterstoanicon and

About Whataboutourdaughters?

Whataboutourdaughters? is a national community of women changemakers powered by SisterHood Inc., a 501c3 organization founded by Dr. Rev Hilda Covington in 1996. The initiative inspires women and girls to build a legacy of greatness while pouring back into the lives of vulnerable women in the community that are motherless, fatherless, homeless, forgotten, or hurting daughters. The community-driven program has provided groceries, shoes, business attire, dolls, and enrichment programs to women and girls in need.

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A valid CT driver's license is (approximately required and must gethave DOT 2016 andisending when sufficient pre-applications 100) Medical Card. Foreman rate starts at $29.50 hour plus benefi ts. mailied Helper upon rate starts been received at the offices of HOME INC./Applications will be re$19.10 plus benefi ts.INC Bonuses paid weekly during for jobsthose completed budgeted quest/ hour by calling HOME at 203-562-4663 hours.under Completed pre-laborapplications hours. Potential hourly rate. We are an AA/EOE company. resumes/ musttobedouble returned to HOME INC’s offices at 171 Orange Send Street, Third inquiries to: rhauer@atlasoutdoor.com.

Floor, New Haven, CT 06510.

Fence Erecting Subcontractors: Large CT Fence & Guardrail Contractor is looking for Experienced Fence Subcontractors with at least 5 years of experience in commercial fence. Work available 10-12 months per year, highest labor rates paid.

VALENTINA DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES DISPONIBLES OHSA 10 safetyMACRI trainingVIVIENDAS required and valid CT driver’s license. Rates start at $39.60 / hour for Non-Rate work and $55.00/ hour for Davis Bacon projects. Must have a HOMEtruck, INC, proper en nombre de la Columbus y de laown Newtools.

Haven está reliable insurance coverageHouse and your WeHousing are an Authority, AA/EOE comaceptando pre-solicitudes parato: estudios y apartamentos de un dormitorio en este desarrollo pany.

Send resumes/inquiries rhauer@atlasoutdoor.com.

NOTICIA

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 Shop Welder/Fabricator: Large CT Fence & Guardrail Contractor is lookcuando se han recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes 100) ingjulio, for 2016 shop hasta welder/fabricators.

Individual will be required to (aproximadamente weld, cut and fabricate en las oficinas de HOME INC. Las pre-solicitudes serán enviadas por correo a petición steel and aluminum products. Must be able to read basic drawings and fill out daily llamando HOME INC al 203-562-4663 durante esas horas.Pre-solicitudes remitirse reports.

Allanecessary equipment provided.

Required to pass a physicaldeberán and drug test. A a las oficinas de HOME INC en 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, New Haven , CT 06510 . valid CT driver's license, OSHA 10 card and DOT Medical Card also required. Medical, holiday, vacation & other benefits included. Starting pay based on experience level.

We are an AA/EOE company. Send resumes/inquiries to: pboucher@atlasoutdoor.com.

Yard Worker: Large CT Fence Company is looking for individuals for our stock

yard. We are looking for individuals with previous warehouse shipping, receiving and forklift experience. Must have a minimum of 3 years of material handling experience.

Duties include: Loading and unloading trucks, Fulfilling orders for installation and re242-258 Ave tail counter sales, Maintaining a clean andFairmont organized environment, Managing inventory control and2BR Delivering fence panels and products.

Qualifi High School diploma Townhouse, 1.5 BA, 3BR, cations: 1 level , 1BA or equivalent, Must be able to read/write English, demonstrate good time management All new apartments, new appliances, new carpet, close to I-91 & I-95 skills, able to read a tape measure, have the ability to lift 70 pounds and have forklift highways, nearDriver’s bus stop & shopping experience. Must have a valid CT License, Obtaincenter DOT Medical Card, and pass company physical and drug test. Class A CDL (Commercial Driver’s License) Pet under 40lb allowed.

Interested parties contact Maria @ 860-985-8258 and Class B CDL a plus. We are an AA/EOE company. Send resumes/inquiries to: pboucher@atlasoutdoor.com

NEW HAVEN

CT. Unified Deacon’s Association is pleased to offer a Deacon’s 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

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport Request for Proposal (RFP) Labor & Employment Attorney Legal Services Solicitation Number: 168-HR-21-S

St. New Haven, CT

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport d/b/a Park City Communities (PCC) is Sealed seekingbids seeksare proposals attorneys/law firms for the a full cadre of invitedfrom by the Housing Authority ofprovision the Townof of Seymour legal services. Respondent(s) must have graduated from an accredited law school and until 3:00 pm on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at its office at 28 Smith Street, be a member of the Connecticut Bar. Solicitation package will be available on March Seymour, CT 06483 Concrete Sidewalk Repairs and Replacement at the 15, 2021, to obtain a copyfor of the solicitation you must send your request to bids@parkcitycommunities.org, please reference solicitation number and title on the subject Smithfield Gardens Assisted Living Facility, 26 Smith Street Seymour. line.

A pre-proposal conference will via conference call on March 30, 2021, @ 11:00 a.m.

Although attendance is not mandatory, submitting a proposal for the project without atA pre-bid conference will held at the Authority Office 28 Smith tending conference is not in thebe best interest of Housing the Offeror.

Additional questions should Seymour, CT at 10:00 am, on Wednesday, Julythan 20, April 2016.6, 2021 @ 3:00 beStreet emailed only to bids@parkcitycommunities.org no later 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 April 16, 2021 @ 3:00 Bidding documents are available from the Seymour Housing Authority OfPM, to Ms. Caroline Sanchez, Director of Procurement, 150 Highland Ave, Bridgeport, fice, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, 06483 (203) 888-4579.

CT 06604.

Late proposals will not beCT accepted.

The Housing Authority reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, to reduce the scope of the project to reflect available funding, and to waive any

THE GLENDOWER GROUP

QSR STEEL CORPORATION

APPLY NOW!

Steel Fabricators, Erectors & Welders Top pay for top performers. Health Benefits, 401K, Vacation Pay. Email Resume: Rose@qsrsteel.com Hartford, CT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

DELIVERY PERSON

NEEDED

Part Time Delivery Needed One/Two Day a Week,

Must Have your Own Vehicle If Interested call

(203) 387-0354

CITY OF MILFORD

Seeking qualified condidates to fill numerous vacancies to include, Benefits & Pension Coordinator and more. For information and detailed application instructions, visit www.ci.milford.ct.us

Invitation for Bids Architectural Design for 34 Level Street The Glendower Group is currently seeking Proposals for Architectural Design for 34 Level Street. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Glendower’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on

Monday, March 8, 2021 at 3:00PM.

360 MANAGEMENT GROUP Invitation for Bid Twinbrook-Ribicoff Landscaping 360 Management Group is currently seeking Bids for Twinbrook-Ribicoff Landscaping. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from 360 Management’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on

Monday, March 15, 2021 at 3:00PM.

Click on SERVICES, JOBS and JOB TITLE.

Town of Bloomfield

Tribus Construction is seeking MBE contractors for the Market Square Apartments renovation project in Newington CT. Tribus is seeking con$23.40/hourly (benefited) tractors in the following trades: laborers, painters, steel, masonry, and Pre-employment drug testing. AA/EOE. Invitation HVAC. to Bid: Please send all inquiries to dmitchell@tribusconstruction.com or For Details go to www.bloomfieldct.gov call nd 2 Notice 203-286-5814.

Custodian

SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE APARTMENTS FOR RENT

Assistant Production Manager

241 Quinnipiac Avenue, New Haven Old Saybrook, CT Spacious 2 bedroom townhouses with (4 Buildings, 17 Units) hardwood floors. 1.5 baths. Select with Large CT Fence and Guiderail Contractor looking for an experienced Assistant ProTax Exempt & Not Prevailing WageManager Rate Project duction to assist with vehicle inspections, shop and yard management, and basements and washer/dryer hookups. support of daily operations of residential and commercial fence divisions. Duties inOn-site laundry facility. Off street parkMonitor and manage quality control for shop and yard activities, including laing.New Close proximity to restaurants, Construction, Wood Framed,shopHousing,clude: Selective Demolition, Site-work, Castping centers and on bus line. No pets. Se- bor hour utilization, Process staff paperwork in a timely manner, Assist with Inventory in-place Concrete, AsphaltManagement, Shingles, Vinyl Siding, Attend daily meetings with Scheduling Manager and Superintendents to curity deposit varies. $1,425-$1,450 Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework,requirements and participate in weekly sales meetplan future material and production includes heat, hot water and cooking gas. ings. Qualifi cations: Previous construction and personnel supervisory experience, Valid Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection.

Section 8 welcome. Call Christine 860DOT Medical Card, Demonstrate good time management skills, This contract is subject to state set-aside CT andDriver’s contract License, compliance requirements.

985-8258.

OSHA 10 certification and required to pass a physical and drug test. Medical, holiday, vacation & other benefits included. Starting pay based on experience level. We are an AA/EOE Bid Extended, Due Date: Augustcompany.

5, 2016 Submit resumes to: gforshee@atlasoutdoor.com.

FIREFIGHTER Anticipated Start: August 15, 2016 City of Bristol

Listing: Dispatcher

Project documents available via ftp link below: http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage

$53,964/yr.

Requires valid CPAT Fax or Email Questions & Bids to:Cert Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com Extremely fast paced petroleum company needs a full time (which issued or aftertheJune 1, 2020, HCConencourages participation of all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified includes on call andBusinesses weekend coverage) detail oriented experienced written & oralHaynes tests.

Registration Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483

Dispatcher. A strong logistics background and a minimum of one information & apply online: AA/EEO EMPLOYER year previous petroleum experience required. Send resume to: www.bristolct.gov HR Manager, P.O. Box 388, Guilford, CT. 06437 DEADLINE: May 1, 2021 EOE

20

********An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer**********

THEINNER-CITY INNER-CITY NEWS March , 2021 - March 2021 NEWS- July 27,17 2016 - August 02, 23, 2016

NOTICE WE ARE TAKING APPLICATIONS/RESUMES FOR THE

FOLLOWING POSTIONS IN OUR PORLTAND, CT LOCATION:

CDL Drivers – Class &B VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PRE-AAPPLICATIONS AVAILABLE Senior Project Manager – Environmental Division Compliance Manager HOME INC, on behalf of Columbus House and the New Haven Housing Authority, Technical Services Representative is accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom apartments at this develData Entry Clerk opment located at 108 Frank Street, New Haven. Maximum income limitations apDiesel Mechanic ply. Pre-applications will be available from 9AM TO 5PM beginning Monday Ju;y Human Resources Assistant 25, 2016 andsubmit ending when sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) have Please questions/inquiries and resumes to HR@redtechllc.com

been received at the offices of HOME INC. Applications will be mailied upon request by calling HOME INC at 203-562-4663 during those hours. Completed preis accepting applications for applications must be returned to HOME INC’s offices at 171 Orange Street, Third Floor, New Haven, 06510. low income StateCT Elderly/Disabled housing. Annual income limit is

Coventry Housing Authority

$54,950 (one person) & 62,800 (two people). Interested parties may pick up an application at the NOTICIA Coventry Housing Authority, 1630 Main St., Coventry, CT, or have one mailed. Completed applications must VALENTINA MACRI VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES DISPONIBLES be postmarked or hand delivered no later than April 30th.

For more information call 860-742-5518.

HOME INC, en nombre de la Columbus House y de la New Haven Housing Authority, está 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 julio, 2016 hasta cuando se han recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes (aproximadamente 100) en las oficinas HOMEfor INC. Las pre-solicitudes serán enviadas por correo aPrevious petición Full time Class de A driver petroleum deliveries for nights and weekends. llamando a HOME INCCompetitive al 203-562-4663 durante esas and horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán to: remitirse experience required. wage, 401(k) benefits. Send resume HR a las oficinas de HOME INC enP.171 Orange Street, tercer CT piso,06437.

New Haven , CT 06510 .

Manager, O. Box 388, Guilford,

Listing: Commercial Driver

********An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer**********

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport Request for Proposal (RFP) for Security Guard Services Solicitation Number: 167-SEC-21-S 242-258 Fairmont Ave

NEW HAVEN

2BR Townhouse, BA, 3BR, 1 level , 1BA (PCC) The Housing Authority of the City of1.5 Bridgeport d/b/a Park City Communities All new apartments, newfrom appliances, carpet, to I-91security & I-95guard is currently requesting proposals qualifiednew security firmsclose to provide services at the Administration ce (CFG), Harborview Towers highways,Offi near bus stop & shopping center& Trumbull Gardens a publicPet housing in theInterested city of Bridgeport.

Solicitation will be availunder complex 40lb allowed. parties contact Maria @package 860-985-8258 able on March 15, 2021. To obtain a copy of the solicitation you must send your request to bids@parkcitycommunities.org, please reference solicitation number and title on the subject line.

A pre-proposal will be held via conference call on March 30, CT. Unified Deacon’s Association isconference pleased to offer a Deacon’s Certificate Program.

This is a 10 month program designed assist in the intellectual formation of Candidates 2021, @ 10:00 a.m.

Although attendance is not to mandatory, submitting a proposal for the in response to the Church’s Ministry needs. The cost is $125. Classes start Saturday, August 20, 2016 1:30project without attending conference notB.S. in the best interest of the Offeror. Additional 3:30 Contact: Chairman, Deacon Joe J. Davis,isM.S., (203) 996-4517 Host, Bishop Davis, D.D. Pastor of Pitts Chapel U.F.W.B.no Church Brewster questions should beGeneral emailed onlyElijah to bids@parkcitycommunities.org later64than April 6, St. 2021 @ 3:00 New Haven, CT 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 April 16, 2021 @ 3:00 PM, to Ms. Caroline Sanchez, Director of Procurement, 150 Highland Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06604. Late proposals will not be accepted.

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY

Sealed bids are invited the HousingCivil Authority of the Town of Seymour LandbySurveyor Engineer until 3:00 pm on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at its office 28 Smith Boundaries LLC is a full-service land surveying firm located in at Griswold, CTStreet, We are accepting resumes for theRepairs following positions: Seymour, CTcurrently 06483 for Concrete Sidewalk and Replacement at the Smithfield Gardens Assisted Living Facility, 26 Smith Street Seymour.

Survey Field Technicians Survey Office Technicians A pre-bid conference will Licensed be held atLand the Surveyors Housing Authority Office 28 Smith Civil Street Seymour, CT at 10:00 am, onEngineers Wednesday, July 20, 2016.

Resumes will be accepted from 2/15/21 through 12/31/2021. Interested parties can

Bidding documents are available from Seymour Housing Authority Ofcontact us at 860-376-2006 or submit yourthe resume to jfaulise@boundariesllc.net fice, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579.

Boundaries LLC is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer

The Housing Authority reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, to reduce the scope of the project to reflect available funding, and to waive any

DELIVERY PERSON

NEEDED

Part Time Delivery Needed One/Two Day a Week,

Must Have your Own Vehicle If Interested call

(203) 387-0354

Town of Bloomfield Finance Director Full Time - Benefited $96,755 to $149,345 Pre-employment drug testing.

For more details, visit our website – www.bloomfieldct.org

QSR STEEL CORPORATION

APPLY NOW!

Steel Fabricators, Erectors & Welders Top pay for top performers. Health Benefits, 401K, Vacation Pay. Email Resume: Rose@qsrsteel.com Hartford, CT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The Housing Authority of the City of New Haven is accepting applications as of March 22, 2021 for its Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) waitlist The Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCVP) provides rental assistance to help lowincome persons afford decent and safe rental housing. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds the program and Elm City Communities (ECC) administers it in the city of New Haven. Once an applicant is pulled from the waitlist HCVP will issued a rental voucher and the applicant is then free to locate a dwelling unit suitable to the family’s needs and desires in the private rental market.

REQUIREMENTS: Earnings must be between 0-50% of the Area Median Income (AMI) at the time the applicant is drawn from the waitlist. Please see the table below for specific income and household requirements. Placement on the waitlist will be based on the date and time the application is received with accommodations made for applications received by mail or hand delivery to give fair access. Applications will be date and time stamped as they are received.

The waiting list will be updated as needed to ensure that all applicants and applicant information is current and timely. To update your online application please follow the instructions below:

# of people in household Maximum

1 $35,950

2 $41,050

3 $46,200

4 $51,300

5 $55,450

6 $59,550

7 $63,650

Applications can be submitted or updated:

Invitation to •Bid:Online at https://ecc.myhousing.com/ 2nd Notice FIREFIGHTER If you require a reasonable accommodation and would like to receive an SAYEBROOKE•VILLAGE City of Bristol Old Saybrook, CTapplication by mail, please call 475-355-7289 or send a written request to Attention: Waitlist Coordinator, Elm City (4 Buildings, 17 Units) Communities, PO Box 1912, New Haven, CT 06509 $53,964/yr.

Tax Exempt & Not Prevailing Wage Rate Project Requires valid CPAT Cert Applications received via mail will be based on a lottery process. issued on or afterWood JuneFramed, 1, 2020, New Construction, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, Castwritten & oralin-place tests. Concrete, RegistraIf you need reasonable accommodation to complete the application call Asphalt Shingles, Vinyla Siding, tion 203-498-8800 ext. 1507 Casework, Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential informationMechanical, & apply online: Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection. www.bristolct.gov will be available March 22, 2021 . The waitlist will This contract is subject to state set-aside andApplications contract compliance requirements. remain open.

DEADLINE: May 2021 Due Date: August 5, 2016 Bid1,Extended, EOE Anticipated Start: August 15, 2016 Project documents available via ftp link below: http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage

DELIVERY PERSON

THE GLENDOWER GROUP

Invitation for Bids Fax or Email Questions & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com Architectural Design for 34 Level Street HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses

NEEDED

Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 The Glendower Group is currently seeking Proposals for Architectural Design AA/EEO EMPLOYER for 34 Level Street. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from

Part Time Delivery Needed One/Two Day a Week,

Must Have your Own Vehicle If Interested call

(203) 387-0354 21

Glendower’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on

Monday, March 8, 2021 at 3:00PM.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - March 17, 2021 - March 23, 2021 INNER-CITY NEWS July 27, 2016 - August 02, 2016

PUBLIC WORKS

Garrity Asphalt Reclaiming, Inc seeks:

Construction Equipment Mechanic preferably experienced in Reclaiming and Road Milling Equipment. We offer factory Performs a variety of semi-skilled training on equipment we operate. Location: Bloomfield CT tasks in road and grounds maintenance.

Must possess 2 years’ We offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PRE- APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE experience as laborer in construction work involving operation Contact: Tom Dunay and care of trucks and other mechanical equipment used in conPhone: 243-2300 HOME INC, on behalf of860Columbus House and the New Haven Housing structionAuthority, OR two (2) years training in one of the skilled trades is accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom apartments at this Email: tom.dunay@garrityasphalt.com and one (1)develyear of experience in construction operations OR an opment& located at 108 Frank Street, Haven. Maximum limitations apequivalent combination of experience and training. Must posWomen Minority Applicants are New encouraged to apply income ply.Affirmative Pre-applications willEqual be available from 9AM TO 5PM beginning Ju;y a valid commercial driver’s license (CDL) sessMonday and maintain Action/ Opportunity Employer 25, 2016 and ending when sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) have equipment. (Provide a copy of your CDL Class B to operate been received at the offices of HOME INC. Applications will be license mailiedwith uponyour re- application) $22.42 - $26.27 Hourly. Applicaquest by calling HOME INC at 203-562-4663 during those hours.tions Completed may be preobtained at the Department of Human Resources, Garrity Asphalt Reclaiming, Incoffices seeks: applications must be returned to HOME INC’s at 171 Orange 45 S.Street, Main Third Street, Room 301, Wallingford CT 06492. Forms Reclaimer Operators Floor, New Haven,and CTMilling 06510.Operators with current licensing will be mailed upon request from the Department of Human Reand clean driving record, be willing to travel throughout the Northsources or may be downloaded from the Department of Human east & NY. We offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits Resources Web Page. Fax (203)-294-2084 Phone: (203)-2942080. The closing date will be the date the 30th application or Contact: Rick Tousignant Phone: 860- 243-2300 resume is received or March 17, 2021, whichever occurs first.

VALENTINA MACRI VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES DISPONIBLES Email: rick.touEOE signant@garrityasphalt.com HOME INC, en nombre de la Columbus House y de la New Haven Housing Authority, está Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply aceptando pre-solicitudes estudios y apartamentos de un dormitorio en este desarrollo Affirmative Action/ para Equal Opportunity Employer ubicado en la calle 109 Frank Street, New Haven. Se aplican limitaciones deevent ingresos Outreach for any interested subcontracts regarding early release packages is 2/26/2021 at 6 pm.25 Please register for Teams meeting at ccpconsultingfirm.com. máximos. Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando Martes julio, 2016 hasta cuando se han recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes (aproximadamente 100) Shawmut & Construction, the Construction Manager, is currently seeking en lasTrailer oficinasDriver de HOME INC. & Las pre-solicitudes serán enviadas correo Design a petición Tractor for Heavy Highway Construction Equip- porproposals from subcontractors for work to be performed as part of the Southern llamando HOME INCLicense, al 203-562-4663 duranterecord, esas horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán remitirse ment.

Must ahave a CDL clean driving capable of Connecticut State University (SCSU) Business School Instructional Facility. The initial ,Early Release.bidding (six bid packages) is out for bid 2/22/21. This project a las oficinas de equipment; HOME INCbe enwilling 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, CT 06510 operating heavy to travel throughout theNew Haven

NOTICE

MAINTAINER II -

NOTICIA

Invitation to Bid

Union Company seeks:

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

Contact Dana at 860-243-2300

Email: dana.briere@garrityasphalt.com Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply

is the out-of-ground construction of the new 64,628 sf, four-story SCSU Business School Instruction Facility. There are SBE set-aside bid packages for Demolition and Concrete in Early Release portion.

For further bid details visit: https://shawmut.sharefile.com/ds594d1cdc9ad54d72b3399d9fe4eb5375

NEW HAVEN

Shawmut is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer

242-258 Fairmont Ave 2BR Townhouse, 1.5 BA, 3BR, 1 level , 1BA

New Mansfield Elementary - Mansfield, CT highways, near bus stopSchool & shopping center All new apartments, new appliances, new carpet, close to I-91 & I-95

Pet under 40lb allowed. parties contact Maria(must @ 860-985-8258 O&G Industries is looking forInterested DAS-certified minorities be pre-qualified

by DAS if work is over $500,000) to bid the above-referenced project as a subcontractor supplier of material. will bid to the Town of Mansfield on CT. Unified or Deacon’s Association is pleased toProject offer a Deacon’s Certificate Program. This is a 10 month program designed to assist in the intellectual formation of Candidates April 13, 2021.

Set Aside Requirements: 25% SBE Subcontractors &/or Supin response to the Church’s Ministry needs. The cost is $125. Classes start Saturday, August 20, 2016 1:303:30 Contact: Joe J. Davis, M.S., B.S. Suppliers. Mansfield based certified pliers; 6.25%Chairman, MBE Deacon Subcontractors &/or (203) 996-4517 Host, General Bishop Elijah Davis, D.D. Pastor of Pitts Chapel U.F.W.B. Church 64 Brewster businesses are encouraged to participate.

St. New Haven, CT

Please e-mail Mark Carroll markcarroll@ogind.com for more information and to gain access to the plans.

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY

O&G is an Affirmative Action Equal Opportunity Employer seeking all

Sealedsubcontractors/suppliers/vendors bids are invited by the Housing Authority of the Town of Seymour - MBE/WBE/SBE/DBE/Veterans/Disabled. 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.

HELP WANTED:

A pre-bidMaterials conference will be aheld at the Authorityhas Office 28 Smith Galasso LLC, quarry andHousing paving contractor, positions open

Seymour, CT at 10:00 am,We onare Wednesday, July 20,for2016. forStreet the upcoming construction season. seeking candidates 1) Quality Control (experienced preferred), 2) Office Clerks, 3) Truck/Scalehouse Dispatcher (experience andBidding computer knowledgeare preferred) andfrom 4) Equipment Operators and Authority Laborers and documents available the Seymour Housing Of-a Grading Foreman. NO PHONE CALLS. Please mail resume and cover letter to “Hiring fice, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579.

Manager”, Galasso Materials LLC, PO Box 1776, East Granby, 06026.

The Authority the right toFOR accept or reject any WITHOUT or all bids, to ALLHousing APPLICANTS WILLreserves BE CONSIDERED EMPLOYMENT ATTENTION RACE, COLOR, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, reduce the TO scope of the projectRELIGION, to reflect available funding, and to waiveGENany DER IDENTITY, NATIONAL ORIGIN, VETERAN OR DISABILITY STATUS. informalities in the bidding, if such actions are in the best interest of the Housing Authority.

La Autoridad de Vivienda de la Ciudad de New Haven está aceptando solicitudes a partir del 22 de marzo de 2021 para la lista de espera del programa de vales de elección de Vivienda (Sección 8) El Programa de Vales de Elección de Vivienda (HCVP) proporciona asistencia para ayudar a las personas de bajos ingresos a pagar una vivienda de alquiler decente y segura. El Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano (HUD) financia el programa y Elm City Communities (ECC) lo administra en la ciudad de New Haven. Una vez que un solicitante es retirado de la lista de espera, HCVP emitirá un vale de alquiler y el solicitante será libre de ubicar una unidad de vivienda adecuada a las necesidades y deseos de la familia en el mercado de alquiler privado.

REQUERIMIENTOS: Las ganancias del hogar deben ser de entre el 0 y el 50% del ingreso medio del área (AMI) al momento en el que el nombre del solicitante sea seleccionado en la lista de espera. Consulte la tabla a continuación para conocer los requisitos específicos de ingresos y composición familiar.

La posición en la lista de espera se basará en la fecha y la hora en que se reciba la solicitud para brindar acceso justo se harán adaptaciones para las solicitudes recibidas por correo o entregada en mano. Las solicitudes recibidas por correo o entregada en mano serán marcadas con la fecha y la hora que se reciban.

La lista de espera se actualizará según sea necesario para garantizar que todos los solicitantes y la información del solicitante esté actualizada y sea oportuna. Para actualizar su solicitud en línea, siga las instrucciones a continuación:

# de persona s en el hogar

Maximo

1

$35,9 50

2

$41,0 50

3

$46,2 00

4

$51,3 00

5

$55,4 50

6

$59,5 50

7

$63,6 50

Aplicaciones se pueden someter o actualizadas: • En línea a https://ecc.myhousing.com/

FIREFIGHTER 2nd Notice• Si requiere una acomodacion razonable y quiere recibir una aplicación por por favor llamar al 475-355-7289 o envié una petición por escrito City of Bristol SAYEBROOKEcorreo VILLAGE con atención: Waitlist Coordinator, Elm City Communities, PO BOX 1912, Invitation to Bid:

Old Saybrook, CTHaven CT 06509 New

$53,964/yr. (4 Buildings, 17LasUnits) aplicaciones recibidas por correo serán basada en un sistema de lotería.

TaxCPAT ExemptCert & Not Prevailing Wage Rate Project Requires valid issued on or after June 1, 2020, Si usted necesita acomodación razonable para completar su aplicación llame al New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, Castwritten & oral tests.

Registration 203-498-8800 ext. 1507 in-place information & applyConcrete, online: Asphalt Shingles, Vinyl Siding, solicitudes estarán disponibles Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Las Appliances, Residential Casework, el 22 de marzo de 202. La lista de espera www.bristolct.gov permanecerá abierta.

Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection.

ThisDEADLINE: contract is subject state set-aside and contract compliance requirements.

May 1,to2021

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport

Bid Extended, Due Date: August 5, 2016 Request for Proposal (RFP) Anticipated Start: August 15, 2016 Labor & Employment Attorney Legal Services Seeking qualified condidates Project to fill numerous vacanciesavailable via ftp link below: documents Solicitation Number: 168-HR-21-S to include, Benefits & Pension Coordinator and more. For http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage information and detailed application instructions, visit

CITY OF MILFORD

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport d/b/a Park City Communities (PCC) is firms for the provision of a full cadre of legal have graduated from an accredited law school and be a HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran,services.

S/W/MBE &Respondent(s) Section 3 Certifiedmust Businesses memberAve, of Seymour, the Connecticut Construction Company, 32 Progress CT 06483 Bar. Solicitation package will be available on March 15, 2021, QSR STEELHaynes CORPORATION to obtain a copy of the solicitation you must send your request to bids@parkcitycommuniAA/EEO EMPLOYER ties.org, please reference solicitation number and title on the subject line. A pre-proposal conference will via conference call on March 30, 2021, @ 11:00 a.m. Although attendance is not mandatory, submitting a proposal for the project without attending conference is not Steel Fabricators, Erectors & Welders in the best interest of the Offeror. Additional questions should be emailed only to bids@ Top pay for top performers. Health parkcitycommunities.org no later than April 6, 2021 @ 3:00 p.m. Answers to all the quesBenefits, 401K, Vacation Pay. tions will be posted on PCC’s Website: www.parkcitycommunities.org. Proposals shall be mailed, or hand delivered by April 16, 2021 @ 3:00 PM, to Ms. Caroline Sanchez, Email Resume: Rose@qsrsteel.com Hartford, CT Director of Procurement, 150 Highland Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06604. Late proposals will AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER not be accepted.

www.ci.milford.ct.us

seeking seeks proposals from attorneys/law Click on Email SERVICES, JOBS&and Fax or Questions BidsJOB to: TITLE. Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com

APPLY NOW!

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