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Westville Gets A Quince And Salsa Kick

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

The public salsa lesson wasn’t planned.

Bakers hadn’t banked on also having to dance. Babies had trouble finding their footing and grown ups weren’t sure what to do with their hips. But by the end of the night, almost all of Beecher Park was on its feet.

Monday night marked the fourth and final summer concert and HiFi pie-off in Westville’s Beecher Park, just beside the Mitchell Branch Library (the series’ July 22 show, featuring Dr. Caterwaul’s Cadre Of Clairvoyant Claptraps, was rained out). The event is organized by the Westville Village Renaissance Alliance (WVRA), with local musicians and bakers who come out to compete for a weekly pie crown and a summer audience choice award.

“I just love it,” said WVRA President Lizzy Donius. “I love all of it. Pie, and music, and everybody coming out. All of these people bake, and it’s a serious investment of time and effort. We never know what we’re going to get—one week this year, I think it was 19 pies.”

“This is on rails,” she added when asked if the event is difficult six years in.

“Like, people know it’s going to happen and they come.”

Each week has had a themed pie and different musician, from stone fruit and East African jamming to Sam Carlson and “freestyle” pies. Monday closed out the series with apple or pear and quince pies and music from Carlos y su Momento Musical. Judges included Hamdenite Val McKee, founder of The Town Tart, and her partner and fellow baker David Johnson.

As the two of them closed themselves in the library for some serious deliberation, the band launched into its set, spanning salsa, merengue and bachata in just three or four numbers. On a makeshift stage, band members shifted and danced even as they lifted up their instruments.

But in the audience, the evening seemed subdued. Families showed up with strollers, picnic blankets, books and extra cash for pie in tow. Friends caught up with each other, some stopping by a table for the New Haven Free Public Library and a stand from Cafe X. A line for the night’s eight pies snaked back around a tent and spilled out into the library’s parking lot. A few people skipped pie and went right for burritos from the Holy Guacamole food truck instead.

But the grass in front of Carlos y su Momento Musical remained remarkably untouched, as if no one wanted to dance where others might be able to see them.

Families, many dancing with their kids, stuck toward the back. A few pint-sized dancers wiggled closer to the front, with

few kids wandered in with improvised moves. Nobody seemed to mind.

“Who knows how to shimmy?!” she yelled out. “I want to see your best shimmy. We might have a shimmy contest out here.”

Back inside the library, McKee and Johnson were hard at work. Surrounded by photographs of New Haven in the library’s program room, they laid out the tools of their trade: two forks, two plates, two neat pages of notes, and a cluster of amber, tan, pink-flecked and cream colored pie slices. Blooms of cinnamon rose unexpectedly from where they sat.

“We are taking this very seriously,” she said.

Photos: Lucy Gellman.

no real movement behind them. The band rolled out hot salsa, bachata, merengue—all to no avail.

Then Donius took the mic, and invited salsa teacher and Westville business owner Alisa Bowens-Mercado to the front of the crowd for a salsa lesson. Applause erupted from a few people still close to the pie tent. A mom and daughter near the front stood up at the same time, cautiously ready to get into the groove. Donius found a place in a crowd that was slowly growing in front of the

band. Bowens looked behind her and took the mic.

“Westville, you guys ready?” she asked.

“We’re gonna get up and move a little bit, because this music is so good that I don’t think we should be sitting down!”

She motioned to the ground in front of her. “This will be our dance area, and we are gonna salsa!”

The sound of keys erupted from the stage, soon joined with drums and vocals. Bowens guided attendees through a series of steps: left, right, left, right. A

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McKee laid out some ideal criteria: slices of pie that did not ooze or lose form, light and flaky crust (spoiler: the secret is butter and also butter), filling that had not been overcooked or left runny, fruit that had been peeled. Johnson said that unpeeled seemed to be a favorite among bakers, which had left him fishing a few threads of peel out of his teeth.

McKee took a bite of one entry and chewed very slowly, teasing out flavors.

A hint of cinnamon here. A question about sugar there. She scanned a summary of the pie for ingredients. A purply pile of apple and blueberry beckoned from her plate; she paid it no mind. She turned back toward Johnson.

“I think the crust is great,” she said, scribbling down a few things. “Really

light and flaky. There’s no big wedge.

All you get is a bite. There’s some nice cinnamon, a sort of thick sauce. It’s got good hold.”

Johnson debated the merits of a custardy entry with a thin, clean layer or orange-and-brown quince, digging his fork back in for a second bite. He did a quick inventory on a pile of pie before him. They still had so much work to do.

Back outside the library, Bowens’ lesson was winding down. She shimmied, and this time the crowd did it with her.

She did one last turn, whirling around as she returned the mic to its stand.

“How are your hips? Are your hips loose?” she yelled.

As attendees clapped, Wesvillian Gabriel DaSilva announced another event that warranted dancing: Donius’ birthday, which she shares with fellow Westville resident Mark Oppenheimer. The crowd burst into bouncing rendition of “Happy Birthday” in several different octaves, swinging from side as they kept up with the band.

They were still dancing when McKee made her way to the front, lauding several of the night’s pies. Laughing slightly, she told attendees that she and Johnson had been equally amazed when they agreed on their top three choices without having to duke it out—and that they had agonized slightly over choosing winners.

“I promise you that my partner and I took it very, very seriously,” she said.

“We didn’t think we were going to make the time deadline to come out because we were having so much fun.”

Among the winners were motherdaughter duo Rachel and Talia Glover (honorable mention, “Piggy Pie” and third place, blueberry-apple kid pie), Kathy Hoffman (honorable mention, apple pie with a cheddar crust), Ammie Kimsman (honorable mention, burnt orange custard and quince pie), Neycha Santiago (second place, apple-quince pie), and Kate Bradley for a traditional apple pie, heavy on the cinnamon.

“This was just such a stellar, classic apple pie,” McKee said. “We were so excited. Great blend of cinnamon, the crust was flaky and gorgeous. No soggy bottom. It held together nicely. Beautiful, beautiful apple pie. This is like my mother’s and my grandmother’s apple pie.”

As she looked on, Donius beamed, then started to pack up in the fading light. She parted happily with the audience choice award, a red and white pie plate that went to Kathy Hoffman after the baker turned out several favorites this summer.

“This is so special,” Donius said. “The fun, artsy, inclusive spirit behind all of these events gets to the heart of why I like being a part of this community. I really think it makes this kind of a magical place.”

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Lamont Continues Consolidation Efforts

by Christine Stuart CT. New junkie

HARTFORD, CT — Gov. Ned Lamont signed his second executive order Wednesday, directing the Department of Administrative Services (DAS) to consolidate human resource offices across state agencies.

DAS Commissioner Josh Geballe will move all human resource employees under one roof by the end of the year.

The order calls for centralizing human resource and labor relations functions to allow agencies to focus on their core function.

There are 325 human resource officers working for the state, and 124 of them, or 38%, are expected to retire in the next three years. The state plans to replace only 60 of those positions. The

cost savings resulting from the consolidation of human resources is expected to be around $10 million.

“It’s not a big cost-savings today but this is the beginning of how we leanup our state government,” Lamont said.

This is believed to be the first time the executive branch has restructured its human resource offices.

Office of Policy and Management Secretary Melissa McCaw said Lamont has given “a clear charge to his agencies’ heads to re-think the way state government operations are currently executed.”

Lamont said it’s about giving taxpayers confidence their government is using their money wisely to “get the job done.”

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DAS Commissioner Josh Geballe with OPM Secretary Melissa McCaw and Chief Operating Officer Paul Mounds

“Three Musketeers” Seek Two More Years

by SOPHIE SONNENFELD New Haven Independent

Affordable housing and public safety are among the main concerns for the a team of alders who call themselves the “Three Musketeers” and are seeking another two years in office.

A crowd of 20 supporters and city officials attended a joint reelection event held Saturday by the three west side alders, Edgewood’s Evette Hamilton (Ward 24), Dwight’s Frank Douglass (Ward 2), and Board President Tyisha Walker-Myers of West River (Ward 23) in the park behind Troup School.

The “power team” gathered on the same spot back in 2013 to kick-off their successful campaigns.

Walker-Myers, who recently became a grandmother, said she was reluctant to run for another term, “it’s a lot of time away from my family,” she said. After some reflection, Walker-Myers said she knew she needed to do more. “The issues in the city didn’t just happen overnight. A lot of them are structural and we have to continue the fight.

“It is a difficult task keeping 29 other people together because everybody represents their own neighborhood. But we all want to live in a city where everyone is doing good, not just one side of the city.

We want to live in a city that is fair.”

Mayor Toni Harp attended the event to endorse all three candidates, who are active members of Yale’s UNITE HERE unions. Of Walker-Myers, Harp said “I’ll tell you what, she is no pushover! She has the back of everyone in New Haven. She serves her community, but she also thinks about the entire city.”

Harp also commended Evette Ham-

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Tyisha Walker-Myers, Frank Douglass and Evette Hamilton at joint annouhncemnt

ilton’s work as the chair of the board’s Finance Committee. “There are difficult choices the committee has to make in our

city, and they make them in a very fair way to make sure everything gets done, Harp said.

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Hamilton said she intends to work on concerns her constituents have expressed about speeding and other safety hazards on Edgewood Avenue.

“My constituents are always vigilant and they keep me informed. And it’s true, people drive like it’s the Indianapolis 500!” Hamilton said. She’s looking to add more stop lights or speed bumps to combat the problem.

Harp spoke of Douglass’s work on the RAC (Resource Allocation Committee) that helps to decide how to divide street paving and sidewalk repair money among different neighborhoods.

“It is really hard because he’s got every single one of the Board of Alders chomping at his feet, trying to get things done for their community,” Harp said. “But he’s the one who has to make the final decision based upon where it’s needed the most.”

Although the RAC decisions can create division, Douglass said, “this is the New Haven family, and we have too many things behind us and ahead of us that we still need to do. But we can only do that together. Divided we fall; united we stand.”

Douglass highlighted the importance of the three alders working together.:“To make progress, you can’t do it alone. We all have to work together. We’re not split into two cities, we are all together as one city.”

Douglass said the three alders plan to work together on job creation, education, public safety, and especially affordable housing. Affordable housing has been a hot issue this election season for alder and mayoral candidates. At her campaign announcement for Ward 8 alder in Wooster

Square, Ellen Cupo singled out housing as a top priority. Similarly, mayoral candidate Justin Elicker, who is challenging Mayor Harp in the Sept. 10 Democratic, this week released a new “housing for all” platform.

Stephanie Heyward came out to the kick-off to support her uncle Frank Douglass’s campaign. A few weeks ago, when Heyward’s home got a leak and the ceiling caved in, her anxiety and asthma became overwhelming, she said..

Stephanie Heyward.

She said it took almost two weeks for her apartment at Kensington Square to get fixed. The stink of mold in her shower and dead mice in the walls remains, she said. “A lot of people there would rather be living in a shelter.” Heyward has been contacting city officials to bring attention to the problem.

“When I told my uncle, he started talking to people in the health department to help.” Though she is looking for more action, Heyward said now she has seen some movement to find a solution.

Ward 24 activist Joelle Fishman went around the neighborhood with other Hamilton supporters to campaign the morning before the kick-off event. Fishman volunteered for Hamilton’s initial campaign in 2011. Fishman said Hamilton was there to help displaced residents when properties were deemed unfit to live, and when a house caught on fire on Elm street. “Whenever a resident has a crisis, she’s there instantaneously,” Fishman aid of Hamilton. “She cares about people, and cares about people coming together to look out for each other.”

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Connecticut Officials Call On Washington To Pass Tougher Gun Laws

by Jack Kramer CT. New junkie

HARTFORD, CT — After two horrific mass shootings over the weekend in Texas and Ohio, Connecticut politicians held a rally with 250 supporters at the state Capitol Monday to urge U.S. Senate to vote on tougher gun laws.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal and U.S. Rep. John B. Larson were joined

by Gov. Ned Lamont, Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz, Attorney General William Tong, and other politicians and advocates for stronger gun laws at the rally.

Much of the dialogue of the rally was centered on two themes: praise for Connecticut for having some of the toughest gun laws in the country; and, criticism for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for not calling any gun violence prevention measures that have already passed the House.

Referring to the fact that the Senate is in recess, Blumenthal said McConnell should, “call us back today,” to loud cheers from the crowd, many of whom were carrying signs referring to McConnell as “Moscow Mitch.”

“Lead or get out of the way,” Blumenthal said referring to McConnell. Blumenthal added that McConnell needs to realize “that gun violence prevention will be on the ballot in 2020. If you are on the wrong side of the issue you are going down.”

Larson also took aim at McConnell.

“Do something!” Larson said.

Monday’s rally came after another violent weekend in the United States. Over less than 13 hours and nearly 1,600 miles apart, two mass shootings left at least 31 dead and 52 injured, leaving the country reeling from yet more gruesome scenes of violence and death.

On Saturday morning, a gunman opened fire into a crowd at an El Paso, Texas, retail area that is popular among both local residents and shoppers from just across the southern border with Mexico.

Then early Sunday, a shooter attacked a crowd outside a popular bar in Dayton, Ohio, as patrons were enjoying a night out.

One suspect was in custody in the El Paso case. Federal prosecutors were treating it as domestic terrorism.

In Dayton, responding officers killed the gunman, police said.

Both attacks follow a week in which Gilroy, California; Brooklyn, New York; and Philadelphia were each struck by gun violence.

President Donald Trump Monday morning called the weekend shooting attacks “domestic terrorism,” adding that he’s called on the FBI to devote resources to prevent further attacks.

He identified the internet and social

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Rally outside the state Capitol Monday following shootings in Texas and Ohio

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Rally outside the state Capitol Monday following shootings in Texas and Ohio

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media as areas for reform.

“We have asked the FBI to identify all further resources they need to investigate and disrupt hate crimes and domestic terrorism,” Trump said. “Whatever they need. We must recognize that the internet has provided a dangerous avenue to radicalized disturbed minds and perform demented acts.”

“We must shine a light on the dark recesses of the internet and stop mass murderers before they start,” Trump said.

He continued: “This includes the gruesome and grizzly video games that are now commonplace. It is too easy today for troubled youth to surround themselves with a culture that celebrates violence. We must stop or substantially reduce this and it has to begin immediately,” Trump said.

At Monday’s rally in Hartford, however, Tong placed part of the blame for the rash of mass shootings on Trump himself.

“Stop the hate, and the division, and the cruelty,” Tong said. “When someone at one of your rallies says ‘shoot them all’ stop it,” Tong said referring to Trump.

Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin, too, had problems with Trump now trying to play the role of reconciler in the aftermath of the shootings.

“Look in the mirror,” Bronin said at the rally, referring to Trump, stating if Trump did: “You will see the hater in chief.”

Back in Washington, meanwhile, Blumenthal and other Democrats have called on McConnell to reconvene the upper chamber to vote on House legislation that would expand background checks for gun buyers in the wake of

the deadline shootings.

Many speakers at the rally in Hartford Monday, including Gov. Ned Lamont noted that while Connecticut has some of the toughest gun laws in the country, it doesn’t really matter because, Lamont noted, “guns travel across state borders.”

“Connecticut is a leader when it comes to gun safety laws,” Lamont said, “but we need Washington to follow.”

In Connecticut, in the recently concluded General Assembly session, three laws were passed that gun control advocates believe will make the state safer.

One requires owners of pistols and revolvers to safely store their weapons somewhere inside the car any time they leave their gun in an unattended vehicle. Tougher laws in this area might serve as a deterrent to weapons being stolen from vehicles, proponents claim.

Also passed was “Ethan’s Law” — which requires all firearms, loaded and unloaded, to be safely stored in homes occupied by minors under 18 years of age. The bill was prompted when a 15-year-old Guilford teen accidentally shot himself with a gun that was housed at a neighbor’s home.

The bill allows prosecutors to criminally charge the owner of a gun that isn’t properly stored.

Connecticut’s previous safe storage law only required that loaded firearms be properly stored “if a minor is likely to gain access to the firearm without the permission of the parent or guardian of the youth.

The legislature also passed a bill that would ban so-called “ghost guns,” which are essentially homemade firearms.

For those pushing gun safety laws, “ghost guns” are particularly dangerous since there is no inspection process and the weapons don’t have a serial number.

They also aren’t recorded as a gun sale, making them impossible to trace if the firearm is used in a crime, lawmakers claim.

Those who support the Second Amendment pushed back.

“Once again we have mass shootings in public locations followed up with statements by lawmakers who would use any reason to nullify Second Amendment rights,” said Connecticut Citizens Defense League President Scott Wilson.

“There are literally thousands of laws on the books in all 50 states, yet lawmakers like Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal keep telling us that more gun control will somehow be a magical solution,” Wilson added. “The only thing that would result from their proposals are more infringements on constitutional rights.”

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‘Beloved’ Author & Nobel Prize Winner Toni Morrison Dies At 88

By Derrick Lane, BlackDoctor.org

Toni Morrison, the legendary author who created works of literature on the black experience that seemed jumped from the page and to inspire a generation has died.

She was 88.

She wrote such classics like “Beloved,” “Song of Solomon,” “The Bluest Eye” and “Sula” while being a single divorced mother of two boys. Born Chloe Ardelia Wofford, Morrison was also the first black woman to receive the Nobel literature prize, awarded in 1993. The Swedish Academy hailed her use of language and called her a “visionary force” in literature. Her novels are now taught in schools around the world.

Growing up in Lorain, Ohio Morrison played and attended school with children of various backgrounds, many of them immigrants. Race and racism came into play later in her life that would be themes that spilled over into her books.

“When I was in first grade, nobody thought I was inferior. I was the only black in the class and the only child who could read,” she once told the Los Angeles Times.

After a stint as an editor early in her career, American writer Toni Morrison understood the publishing industry better than the ordinary writer—but she refused to be defined by the establishment. She wrote her books from a vital, underrepresented point of view. Morrison was one of the few who wrote for an African American audience, and she understood the way language could operate as an oppressive or uplifting force—she refused to let her words be marginalized. After years of fighting to be heard, her novel “Beloved,” in which a mother makes a tragic choice to murder her baby to save the girl from slavery, won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1988 and was made into a movie starring Oprah Winfrey.

Morrison encountered personal tragedy

in 1993 when her home burned down, and in 2010 with the death of her son Slade at age 45 from pancreatic cancer. She had collaborated with Slade, a visual artist whom she called a “brilliant writer,” on a series of children’s books.

President Barack Obama awarded Morrison the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012 — the loftiest US honor for a civilian.

Among many prestigious academic appointments, she was a professor emeritus at Princeton University — Morrison said writing was the state in which she found true freedom.

“I know how to write forever. I don’t think I could have happily stayed here in the world if I… didn’t have a way of thinking about it, which is what writing is for me. It’s control. Nobody tells me what to do. It’s mine, it’s free, and it’s a way of thinking. It’s pure knowledge,” Morrison said.

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Garrett Qualifies For Hamden Primary

by THOMAS BREEN New Haven Independent

Mayoral challenger Lauren Garrett has qualified for the Democratic Primary ballot in her bid to unseat incumbent Hamden Mayor Curt Leng.

Garrett, who has served on Hamden’s Legislative Council since 2017, announced that she had made it onto the Sept. 10 ballot in an email press release sent out by her campaign on Tuesday afternoon.

Hamden Registrar of Voters Rose Mentone confirmed Wednesday morning that her office has verified 980 signatures that Garrett has collected from Hamden registered Democrats since losing the town party’s official endorsement to Leng on July 16.

Garrett only needed 835 verified signatures to qualify for the ballot, Mentone said. The total verified number will likely increase as the registrar’s office is still going through several more pages of signatures in support of Garrett, she added.

“Over the past two months, I have visited

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SAM GURWITT PHOTO Lauren Garrett at her campaign kick off. the homes of over 13,000 residents to talk a new approach to addressing our lack of to voters and listen to their concerns,” Garinvestment, particularly in Southern Hamrett is quoted as saying in the press release, den, our high property taxes compared to which describes her as a “frugal yet pro- neighboring towns and a lack of follow gressive Democrat.” through on needed infrastructure repairs “I have found overwhelming support for and services. Many seem to be struggling.

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Given the deficit from last year and the one we are running this year, our fiscal situation is only getting worse. Decades of underfunding the pension has gotten us into this mess, but that is exactly what the current administration is continuing to do. Current and past administrations have been borrowing to supplement the operating budget.

This is increasing our debt and liabilities every year.”

Garrett’s campaign manager, Sean Grace, told the Independent that Garrett’s campaign submitted close to 1,200 names to the registrar’s office in her petition for the ballot.

“People were eager to sign the petition,” he said. “When we were going door to door, virtually everyone signed the petition.

Folks are just eager for change. They’re eager for a new direction.”

The number one concern that he and Garrett heard from residents while doorknocking for signatures, he said, was about “our fiscal situation in town,” about the budget, and about high taxes.

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Harp: “We Will Not Pay Ransom”

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New Haven has recovered from its brush with ransomware hackers — and emerged wiser on cybersecurity.

So said Mayor Toni Harp Monday.

New Haven City Hall has so far been spared from crippling attacks by hackers on municipal databases across the country freezing (in some case destroying) government records pending payments of multimillion-dollar cryptocurrency ransoms.

But the New Haven Public Schools, which operate a separate computer system, were swept up two weeks ago in a wave of attacks on education systems.

The NHPS system has been fully restored without loss of data, Harp reported during her latest appearance on WNHH FM’s “Mayor Monday” program. None of the data in question could identify parents or children, she added.

“We were hit pretty badly. We were down for a considerable amount of time,” Harp said. “We had to send our folks [from City Hall] into New Haven Public School in order to get them back.”

Harp said the city “learned a real serious lesson: We have to have one system, not two.” The city and NHPS are working on that now, she said.

Hackers launch “1,000 attacks a week” on city government, she reported. “These people are relentless. On the New Haven Public Schools side, they were not as vigilant as they should be. They are now.”

NHPS did not need to pay ransom to recover its data, Harp said. That fit with her stated government policy: “We will not pay ransom.”

On Dayton & El Paso On “Mayor Monday,” Harp also discussed the two most mass shootings this weekend in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas. The mayor, a staunch gun-control advocate and outspoken critic of the rise of white su-

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premacy in the country, called the two attacks most of all “a failure in many respects of our behavioral health system.”

“I think it’s a mental health issue. I really do. I think it’s about race. But whenever you’re intelligent enough to know the entire human race started in Africa and that we are all really one people, to begin to hate what is a portion of yourself is very self-destructive,” Harp said.

“Even if it’s driven by racism, it’s not normal behavior to take an automatic weapon and turn it on people, on human beings.

Who does it? ... It should have a diagnosis.”

In the wake of the 2012 Newton massacre, Harp, then a state senator, oversaw a bipartisan effort to increase funding for social and emotion/behavioral health programs in Connecticut schools.

Dubious On Drones Harp expressed reservations during the program about a proposal under consideration for police to use drones to track and

catch up with riders of illegal dirt bikes.

The idea came up last week at a community meeting on the problem.

Harp noted that the fire department uses drones for “safety purposes” during fires.

Beyond that, she said, she’d like to see the city develop “a real serious drone policy before we start unleashing drones in our system.”

Specifically with dirt bikes, she noted that many riders are teens who already drive recklessly. She wondered aloud about the impact of drones approaching them as well.

“It depends how close the drones come to them and if they lose focus while they’re driving,” Harp said. “We can’t do things that endanger their lives.”

Also on “Mayor Monday,” Mayor Harp discussed efforts to boost small business, with guests Cathy Graves, the city’s deputy director of economic development; salsa/ beer maven Alisa Bowens-Mercado; and fashion designer Neville Wisdom.

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Connecticut Officials Call On Congress To Act on Gun Background Checks

by Christine Stuart

HARTFORD, CT — U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy took to Twitter this weekend to call on his colleagues in the Senate to do something more than offer sympathy to the victims of this weekend’s mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio.

“To my colleagues — get off your ass and do something,” Murphy tweeted. “Stop pretending like your only responsibility is to offer sympathy.”

Murphy said supporters of the NRA like to frame these mass shootings as a problem with mental illness, but that’s just a “gun industry trope.”

“America has no more mental illness than other nations,” Murphy said. “Just here, the people dealing w[ith] complicated inner demons can get a military style weapon with ease.”

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal will join Murphy and Gov. Ned Lamont on the steps of the state Capitol on Monday for a rally to get Congress to take action on gun violence prevention measures that enjoy widespread support.

Blumenthal also took to Twitter this weekend to call on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to call the Senate back into session to address the issue of gun violence prevention.

“Break the gun lobby’s vile vice-like grip on Congress. Send Mitch McConnell a message: Adopt commonsense reforms,”

Blumenthal tweeted.

Blumenthal called for the Senate to pass a so-called “red flag” law, which allows law enforcement to remove guns from the possession of individuals who are deemed to be a danger to themselves or others. Connecticut passed a similar law in 1999 following the Connecticut Lottery shooting.

Murphy has been vocal about getting his colleagues to approve gun background checks. He first introduced the background-check gun bill in 2013 after a gunman killed 20 first graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012.

He also tried again and failed after holding a 15-hour filibuster on the Senate floor in 2016 after a gunman killed 49 people in a Florida nightclub in Orlando.

And he then tried again and failed a year later after a gunman opened fire from a hotel room and killed 58 people attending an outdoor country music concert in Las Vegas.

The House has already passed two background-check bills this year and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling on McConnell to cancel the August recess to allow the Senate to vote on the legislation.

“The House has passed gun violence prevention legislation to keep guns out of the wrong hands and funding for research on how to best address this public health crisis. But Senator Majority Leader McConnell has refused to take any action

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by ALLAN APPEL |

New Haven Independent

A pioneering center to help victims of domestic violence has cut its ceremonial blue ribbon and opened in downtown New Haven, not far from the the courthouse.

Its innovation is to be a one-stop shop, with all confidential services for the abused women and their kids centralized under one roof.

That includes, surprisingly, help not just for battering victims but for batterers. They are, after all, likely to commit violence again unless they need help. And they’re often daddies.

That insight emerged at a warm celebration Monday afternoon at 142 Temple St., where the HOPE Family Justice Center of Greater New Haven formally opened.

Nearly 100 people from political and municipal officials to current and past police brass along with representatives from more than a dozen of the center’s nonprofit partners thronged the third floor of the office building to hail the long awaited wraparound, trauma-informed services that are now offered there to victims of domestic violence.

Read here for a story about the center’s philosophy and its fundraising efforts last year, and the long road traveled in order to create in New Haven the best-practice family justice center, patterned on a model first developed in San Diego in 2002 The idea is to have under one roof, or within easy access, police, prosecutors, lawyers, day care assistance, shelter beds, and

therapists of all kinds, including those who will help abuser as well as a victim.

The center is partnering with organizations like Fathers for Change that will provide off-site services for abusers, and they will be located off-site, away from the center itself, officials said.

The new center’s offices, which celebrants toured after the speeches, on one side of floor feature rooms for confidential conversations with prosecutors, cops, and counselors. On the other side are lounge and kitchen areas, intake and administrative offices, including a space for kids to build Lego castles and read My Little Pony adventures while their parents speak with the center’s professional staff.

There is also a shelter for victims at an undisclosed off-site location..

Asst. Police Chief Karl Jacobson was one of many speakers hailing the new resource as a positive arm of community policing in New Haven.

“The number of resources housed here is very impressive,” Jacobson said. He recalled his own years a young officer and added, “We do well with arresting people.

But after that is when it really starts. Services [like this] are priceless. We need to serve our victims better. We’re making a commitment to this place.”

True to his word, among the greeters at the center’s doors on Temple Street were Officer Nicole Motzer and Det. Cherelle Carr, the lead officer in the NHPD’s family services unit dealing with domestic violence, missing persons, and child abuse.

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“You join the force to help people,” said Jacobson. “I’m going to encourage all the young officers to come here. We’re 110 percent in.”

The center, which is under the larger nonprofit umbrella of BH Care, is only one of two following the family justice center model in the state.

It is the only one with a program to assist the batterers as well as the victims, said Tanisha Rawlinson, the the state Department of Children and Families’ intimate partner violence specialist for New Haven.

“Lots of batterers area also dads, ” she said, “so how do we help him?”

Last year DCF’s hotline received 107,00 calls about child abuse and neglect, said Bureau Chief for External Affairs Ken Mysogland.

“Most people don’t choose to behave that way. That behavior was learned. Unless he gets help too, he’ll go from family to family,” he said.

BHCare President and CEO Roberta Cook credited Julie Johnson, who retired as an NHPD police captain in 2016, as the person with the doggedness, charisma, and police and other connections citywide to take the project from vision to official opening day.

The center will service 19 towns, roughly from Ansonia to Madison, said Esperina Stubblefield, BHCare’s program director.

She said the organization sees about 6,000 clients a year, with roughly 4,000 coming from New Haven. With the opening of the new office, “we expect the number of cli-

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ents to increase 15 to 20 percent,” she said.

A National Health Emergency Mayor Harp called domestic violence “a social epidemic that cannot be allowed to stand in our society. A third of the criminal cases in Connecticut are related to domestic violence. That’s why I call it an epidemic.

We’ve made great progress in reducing murders in our city. Seven [murders] is the best [among cities] in the state, and half of those are due to domestic violence. We must do better. This gives us hope.”

In his remarks New Haven State’s Attorney Pat Griffin echoed the mayor. “Intimate partner violence is a national health issue.

This center sends a message: ‘You are not alone!’” Griffin said.

The office, which has two large suites on the third floor, is open during regular business hours. The area domestic violence hotline, where contact can be initiated, is staffed 24 hours: 1-888-774-2900.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal arrived late for the gathering but he had a good reason: “I juts came from a rally in Hartford against gun violence. While the nation focuses on mass shootings, it’s as much about domestic family justice. This day is momentous for our state.”

on their behalf. I will return to this fight in the next cycle and ensure that people are represented,” Moye said.

“The fight is not over. We have not lost. We are only changing course because there is significant work to be done,” she went on.

“As many of you know, the commitment of an educator never ends.”

Moye, a Hillhouse grad who used to work at Celentano School through a Teach for America fellowship, had filed papers to seek the Democratic nomination for an elected seat on the Board of Ed, representing roughly the northern half of the city in Wards 1, 2, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 and 30. She said, if elected, she would put the focus on “constructive leadership.”

Goldson, the school board’s current president, has held that spot for the last four-year term, after he became one of the hybrid board’s first two elected members in 2016.

He said he plans to focus on getting more money for the school system if reelected.

At the party nominating convention held

in mid-July, the ward co-chairs picked Goldson over Moye, 18-6. Moye would have needed to collect 1,034 signatures, according to Democratic Registrar of Voters Shannel Evans, to qualify for the ballot in the Sept. 10 party primary.

Moye did not return a phone call and a text message on Friday afternoon.

Goldson said that he hopes to see Moye “become more involved in New Haven’s educational system.” “The Democratic Party and our school system needs emerging talents like her to contribute to the growth of this system,” he said in an email. “She is a young teacher who represents an emerging population, my son’s age, who are caring and energetic.”

Goldson added that he wouldn’t be changing his approach, now that it looks like he won’t have a primary challenger. “The needs of the district remain the same,” he said. “My approach to this campaign and the position will not change and were never affected by her and anyone else’s candidacy.”

Moye Ends School Board Bid

by CHRISTOPHER PEAK New Haven Independent

Amber Moye, who planned to challenge Darnell Goldson for his spot on the Board of Education, has decided to withdraw her candidacy.

Moye, a 27-year-old teacher, made that announcement in a Facebook Live video shared on her campaign website on Thursday evening, after cancelling an announcement party that was supposed to be held at Manjares Bistro in Westville that night.

That video is posted at the top of this article.

In the brief-five minute video, Moye thanked her supporters for standing by her, and she told them her involvement in the city’s schools wasn’t over.

“I am not withdrawing from the fight. I will continue to attend board meetings and hold every member accountable for doing what’s best for our kids, our parents and our community. I will continue to work closely with parents to better understand the needs of our community and advocate

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Alice Walker: Hometown Celebrates Literary Legend’s 75th Birthday

By Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D., NNPA Newswire Culture and Entertainment Editor

NNNPA NEWSWIRE — Walker’s legacy of activism and storytelling was on full display at the event, which was held at the Georgia Writers Museum and included a day of activities and events to honor Walker’s life and achievements.

Alice Walker, one of the premiere writers of the 20th Century, was honored in July by her hometown of Eatonton, GA for her 75th Birthday (Alice Walker 75). Hundreds of people flocked from all over the country to Walker’s birthplace to celebrate the birthday of the Pulitzer Prize winning author.

The activist, who was born February 9, 1944 in Eatonton left in 1961 to attend Spelman College, eventually enrolling at Sarah Lawrence College due to controversy surrounding her political activism at Spelman.

Walker’s legacy of activism and storytelling was on full display at the event, which was held at the Georgia Writers Museum

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and included a day of activities and events to honor Walker’s life and achievements.

The event was co-chaired by award-winning author Valerie Boyd, editor of Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, which will be released in 2020 and Lou Benjamin, founder of Eatonton’s Briar Patch Arts Council.

Walker, who lived just outside of town, acknowledged this was the first time she had been to Eatonton and was unaware the Plaza Arts Center existed, which is where many of the festivities were held.

The day kicked off with a screening and discussion of the American Masters Documentary, Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth followed by a discussion with the filmmaker Pratibha Parmar and scholar Salamisha Tillet at The Plaza Arts Center.

Celebrants were able to take bus tours of the area and see Walker’s birthplace while fellow authors and poets and friends paid tribute to the game changer, who was clearly touched by the praise, humbly thanking the audience throughout the day of events.

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An American Marriage novelist Tayari Jones read from the novel Meridian, poet Daniel Black read Walker’s short story “Flowers,” and poet Kamilah Aisha Moon read Walker’s poem, “How Poems are Made.” Journalist and author Evelyn C. White offered remembrances of friendship and activism and classically trained Gospel violinist Melanie R. Hill performed a medley of songs honoring the legend.

Perhaps the most poignant part of the program was when Walker’s daughter Rebecca, read several pieces including “Now That Book Is Finished,” a poem Walker wrote about Rebecca when she was a child.

Rebecca’s son Tenzin, 14, performed an original song he composed entitled, “Sun and Steam,” which he played beautifully on the piano. Rebecca Walker’s words, expressions of love and gratitude to her mother and Tenzin’s performance were symbolic of the reconciliation between Walker and her daughter who had been estranged during a difficult period. Walker’s

former husband Melvyn R. Levanthal was also in attendance.

The special birthday celebration ended with Walker taking the stage of The Plaza Arts Center for a candid conversation with Boyd, author of the award-winning biography Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston. Walker and Boyd’s tête-à-tête ended with an invitation for all attendees to take the stage and dance with the celebrated author to two of her favorite songs, “Rock Steady,” by Aretha Franklin and “As” by Stevie Wonder, concluding a lovely day of celebration of one of the 20th Century’s greatest writers.

This article was written by Nsenga K Burton, Ph.D., founder & editor-in-chief of The Burton Wire. An expert in intersectionality and media industries, Dr. Burton is also a professor of film and television at Emory University and co-editor of the book, Black Women’s Mental Health: Balancing Strength and Vulnerability. Follow her on Twitter @Ntellectual or @TheBurtonWire.

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Stressful Life Events Tied To Heart Disease In Older Black Women

by Tia Muhammad, BlackDoctor.org

It’s no secret that stress can kill – and according to new research that also looked at whether a person’s resilience could help ward off the impact of stress – stressful life events were linked to higher incidents of heart attack, stroke and other types of cardiovascular disease in black women.

The study did not find a connection between resilience and cardiovascular disease, but its authors encouraged more research into that area and other potential links.

“Stress may be particularly relevant for black women, given the discriminatory environment in which these women may live.

However, research on the relationship between stress and CVD (cardiovascular disease) among black women is sparse,” said the authors of an Ohio State University-led study published in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.

Among 10,785 black postmenopausal women who were followed over an average of 12.5 years, those who experienced significant life events such as the death of a spouse or close friend, getting divorced, abuse, losing a job or having major financial problems were more likely to have a cardiovascular event.

Angina (chest pain) was the most common, followed by stroke, heart disease, and congestive heart failure.

Women who experienced stressful events had a higher risk of cardiovascular events at ages 55 and 65. But that same kind of stress was less likely to affect their cardiovascular disease risk as these women got older.

In addition, the connection between stress and cardiovascular events lessened after adjusting for traditional risk factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, diabetes and lack of physical activity.

“Stress might play a role in developing cardiovascular disease, but what’s even more important are the conventional risk factors that we already know about,” said study author Ashley Felix, an assistant professor of epidemiology at Ohio State University’s College of Public Health in Columbus.

“So, in thinking about the prevention of cardiovascular disease, it’s never too early and it’s never too late to start eating right, exercising and quitting smoking because those are really the interventions that will make a meaningful impact in reducing cardiovascular disease risk.”

Researchers also explored the role of resilience, or the ability to bounce back from adversity.

Resilience wasn’t found to offset the association between stress and cardiovascular events, but Felix said that’s probably more a reflection of how it was assessed, particularly among black women.

That’s not surprising given how complicated resilience can be to measure, said Dr.

Michelle Albert, a professor of medicine at the University of California at San Francisco and author of an editorial that accompanied the study.

“There are no great resilience scales. None of them can really capture even just a blush of resilience,” said Albert, director of UCSF’s Center for the Study of Adversity and Cardiovascular Disease.

Albert commended the study for both the way it looked at experiences over a stretch of time and for focusing on black women.

“There’s usually a comparison between whites and blacks, or blacks and somebody else. It’s not usually where just black women are looked at, and that’s very commendable on the part of the authors,” she said.

Researchers called it “unfortunate” that few studies have investigated the link between stress and cardiovascular disease in large groups of black women, especially since this population is disproportionately affected by psychosocial challenges including limited access to health care, lower median household incomes, less access to healthy food choices, and higher exposure to crime when compared to white women.

Albert said looking at race-related connections is key to “getting to the bottom of the issue, in part because black women, among all women, have some of the worst outcomes in cardiovascular disease and are often shuffled aside under the rubric of ‘women.’”

“It’s really important they looked only

royalty parents. Knight, however, is still trying to pass his real estate license test so he can’t make official sales without splitting the commission with a licensed agent.

To help him pass his test, he introduces his friend, Taylor Schwartz, to the show.

Schwartz is the fire cracker of the show.

She has her real estate license and passed the test on her first try, but she is also only 19 years old on the show. Schwartz’s castmate, Ajani Scott, brings up her age as an insult almost causing a fight on the first episode.

Scott is new to the city and the other castmates are still trying to get a feel for her.

On Monday’s episode, she shows a condo to Sean Kingston and he takes a liking to her outside of real estate. Scott turns to her friend Andrew Clinkscale to get advice on whether she should take the full commission on the Sean Kingston deal or split it with her mentor, Erik Miles. The other castmembers include former NFL player Zac Diles, his love interest Samantha Barretto who works with one of the most prestigious real estate agencies in Beverly Hills, celebrity broker Tai Savet, and real estate tycoons Sarah Scheper and Alexandre Anu. “We’re all diverse, African American and other, real estate agents closing multimillion dollar deals every day and there’s nothing else on television that looks like or sounds like that. A lot of people tell me that they don’t even think about a diverse image when they think of multi-million-dollar

real estate and they should because that’s what we do,” said Andrew Clinkscale.

“With this show, there’s intrigue, there’s drama, there’s big money being made and lost, there’s betrayal, there’s a whole bunch of things that make life amazing and television even more amazing. ” The launch party was full of drinks and laughter. Some rea1ity stars came out to show support. Mister Ray and Masika Kalysha of VH1’s “Love & Hip Hop Hollywood” were at the party, along with Tonya

among black women,” Albert said. “In general, the whole concept of black women’s race or ethnicity is usually very much minimized.”

Heart failure is very prevalent and real amongst the black community and especially for black women. See your doctor and get tested if you are experiencing any chest pains or symptoms. For more information on heart failure, visit our Health

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SOURCE: American Heart Association News, Mar 26, 2019, heart.org.

Tia Muhammad, BS, is an award-winning freelance content & media creative, copywriter, blogger, digital designer, and marketing consultant. She owns the boutique content and digital media company, jackieGLDN|studio.

Reneé Banks of Little Women L.A. Model Slick Woods, was also in attendance. The party was catered by Chef Ryan Rondeno of Rodeno Culinary Designs. He cooked macaroni and cheese, short ribs, mashed potatoes, chicken croquette with soy red curry sauce, and grilled shrimp with lemon herb aioli.

As with all reality shows, we are promised drama for the rest of the season. The party, however, went very smoothly and the cast-

mates seemed to get along. This is a young, diverse group with a lot of potential. Even though things can get a little crazy in their personal lives, they keep it professional in their business lives. Love & Listings airs Monday nights at 10 p.m. on VH1. For more information on the show ad cast, visit www.vh1.com.

VH1’s Launches New Show ‘Love and Listings’

by By Shannen Hill

LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Hundreds of friends, family, and reality television stars came out to celebrate the launch of VH1’s new show “Love & Listings” on Monday, July 29. The show features a diverse cast of young real estate agents trying to make their way here in Los Angeles.

These aren’t your typical real estate agents.

They show homes worth millions to their celebrity clientele including Jermain Dupri, Jordin Sparks, Amber Rose, Ray Jay, Bandy Norwood, Laz Alonzo, and more.

Along with their celebrity clientele comes some drama as the castmates battle through their love lives, business lives, and personal competition with one another.

The show features a diverse cast of young real estate agents trying to make their way here in Los Angeles. These aren’t your typical real estate agents. They show homes worth millions to their celebrity clientele including Jermain Dupri, Jordin Sparks, Amber Rose, Ray Jay, Bandy Norwood, Laz Alonzo, and more. Along with their celebrity clientele comes some drama as the castmates battle through their love lives, business lives, and personal competition with one another.

Love & Listings features Suge Knight’s son, Jacob Knight, as one of the castmates.

In Monday’s episode, he showed a house to Rev Run’s daughter, Vanessa Simmons, and the two connected on having hip hop

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Traveling? 6 Tips To Expediting Your Time Through TSA

by Tia Muhammad, BlackDoctor.org

Traveling is an exciting adventure from the moment you decide on a destination.

However, there’s one not-so-exciting factor that we all must encounter to get to our final destination, and that’s TSA. Technically known as Transportation Security Administration, they are the people that hold authority over the security of the traveling public in and out of the United States.

Although, we can all greatly appreciate their services, some of us dread the longwaited lines and man-handling of our most precious cargo. Need to make your trip a smooth one?

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Your Time Through TSA: Opt for the metal detector. If handicap, injured or with child/children, you can request to go through the metal detector. Not only will you avoid the line for the fullbody scan, but for children, they will save time as they do not require them to take off their shoes.

Put questionable items at the top of your bag. When you pack items you’re not too sure will set off their alarm to do a bag check, your best bet is to just pack these items at the top of your bag before you get to the airport.

Questionable items like solid soaps, powder, electronics, hair tools, and food, that are not necessarily discouraged for carryon, should just be packed at the top of your bag. This way you can easily take them out

might be everyone’s pet-peeve. Being unprepared to load your bins is the absolute worse. Be sure to take off your headphones, end your phone call, or stop your chatting before you make it to the bins. Don’t be that guy.

TSA Pre-Check. When all else fails, dish out the money and just pay for the TSA Pre-Check. With a 5-year, $85 membership, you can speed through security and don’t need to remove your shoes, laptops, liquids, belts or light jackets. Win! Tia Muhammad, BS, is an award-winning freelance content & media creative, copywriter, blogger, digital designer, and marketing consultant. She owns the boutique content and digital media company, jackieGLDN|studio.

and place them in a separate bin or if selected for bag check, they don’t have to rummage through all of your precise folding.

Simple is best. This is the time for joggers and loose-fitting clothes. Leave the heels, fancy belts, double chains, and bracelets in the bag. Go for easy-in and easy-out clothing to expedite your time.

Choose your footwear wisely. Lacing shoes, zipping boots, and clasping heels take up time. Wear slip-on boots, slides, sandals, mules or flip-flops if the weather permits. With slides and mules, you can even double them up with socks if you tend to get cold on the plane.

Besides, who wants to be running through the airport in heels when they’re cutting it close to boarding time?

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What Burnout Means For Overworked Black Millennials

by Jasmine Browley, BlackDoctor.org

We’re well aware of what job burnout means, but now it’s officially a medical term used to describe a harmful condition.

Described as a feeling of extreme work stress, burnout is now a legitimate medical diagnosis, according to the International Classification of Diseases, or the ICD-11, the World Health Organization’s handbook that guides medical providers in diagnosing diseases.

It now appears in the ICD-11’s section on problems related to employment or unemployment. According to the handbook, doctors can diagnose someone with burnout if they experience the following symptoms: 1. feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion 2. increased mental distance from one’s job, or feelings of negativism or cynicism related to one’s job 3. reduced professional efficacy Before making the call, the document

says doctors should first rule out adjustment disorder as well as anxiety and mood disorders. The diagnosis is limited to work environments, and shouldn’t be applied to other life situations.

Despite studying burnout for decades, researchers have long found burnout to be a blurry cultural concept that has defied attempts to create a specific consensus definition scientists can all agree on. Now, the focus has narrowed.

According to CNN.com, psychologist Herbert Freudenberger is credited with inaugurating the formal study of the state of burnout with a scientific article published in 1974. This information is accredited to a 2017 review of literature published in the journal SAGE Open.

The authors of that review, Linda and Torsten Heinemann, say that over the next four decades, hundreds of studies appeared on the subject. During that time, they claimed that burnout was not considered an actual mental disorder even though it is “one of the most widely discussed mental health

problems in today’s society.”

So what does that mean for black millennials, one of the most overworked and underpaid generations in recent decades?

In journalist Reniqua Allen’s new book, It Was All a Dream: A New Generation Confronts the Broken Promise to Black America, she explains, “I wanted to explore what the world looks like to young Black Americans and what aspiration and mobility means to us. I decided to focus on Black millennials because our experiences are different, the stakes higher, and the challenges unique. Yet so many don’t understand our plight.”

Allen adds that “43 percent of all American millennials are non-White. But the discussion about millennials and their ideas of ‘success’ are often deeply rooted in the experiences of privileged White men and women — think more Lena Dunham than Issa Rae.” Often, we have to live up to the adage, “we have to work twice as hard to get half as much.”

Therapists who see patients of color with reported feelings attributed to burnout recommend managing through self-care techniques. Regular physical exercise, self-help podcasts, and traditional therapy do wonders for managing feelings of job-related stress.

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Jasmine Browley holds an MA in journalism from Columbia College Chicago, and has contributed to Ebony, Jet and MADE Magazine among others. So, clearly, she knows some stuff. Follow her digital journey @JasmineBrowley.

Trailer for Upcoming Harriet Tubman Movie Sails Over Ten Million Views in Five Days

By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor

leased on November 1.

The film stars British actress Cynthia Erivo as Harriet Tubman and Janelle Monae, Joe Alwyn and Leslie Odom.

“Based on the thrilling and inspirational life of an iconic American freedom fighter, “Harriet” tells the extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman’s escape from slavery and transformation into one of America’s greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history,” a write-up

by Focus Features read.

The world premiere for “Harriet” will take place at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2019.

Originally Viola Davis was set to star in and produce a film on Tubman but the development of the current film by Focus began in May 2016. In February 2017, Cynthia Erivo was cast as Harriet Tubman and

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Based on the thrilling and inspirational life of an iconic American freedom fighter, “Harriet” tells the extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman’s escape from slavery and transformation into one of America’s greatest heroes.

Her courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history,” a write-up by Focus Features read.

A movie preview for the upcoming biopic featuring the life of legendary abolitionist Harriet Tubman, entitled “Harriet,” was viewed by over ten million people in five days from July 21 to July 26 on Facebook.

Another social media post of the same movie trailer on YouTube received over four million views. The movie will be re-

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Seith Mann, who is African American, was selected as the director using a screenplay

by Gregory Allen Howard.

Harriet Tubman was born Araminta Ross in March 1822 and died on March 10, 1913. She was an abolitionist, activist and a spy for the Union Army during the Civil War. Tubman escaped slavery and traveled thirteen missions to rescue over 300 enslaved people, many family and friends.

Tubman used a network of antislavery activists and safe houses to bring people to freedom. The vast network would become known as the Underground Railroad.

Lauren Victoria Burke is an independent journalist and writer for NNPA as well as a political analyst and strategist as Principal of Win Digital Media LLC. She may be contacted at LBurke007@gmail.com and on twitter at @LVBurke

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COMMENTARY: Media Responsibility and Accountability in the Era of #MeToo

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The statistics confirm that sexual harassment is alive and well across all industries and women of color working low-wage jobs are facing the brunt of this abuse,” Emily Martin, the vice president of Education & Workplace Justice at the National Women’s Law Center, said in response to those statistics.

In a world with an ultra-competitive, 24hour news cycle, journalists are often urged by their editors and publishers to be first with the story.

Unfortunately, in doing so, some have traded accuracy for sensationalism.

Being first to break a story might provide accolades and even financial rewards, but whether printed, published online, or broadcast, a journalist’s words can have serious repercussions for both the accuser and the accused.

A 2018 Pew Research survey found that about two-thirds of American adults (68 percent) say they at least occasionally get news on social media. About the same percentage share the news and information that they find on social channels.

While Pew notes that many of these consumers are skeptical about the information they see there, noting that a majority (57%) say they find information on social media to be inaccurate, the pervasiveness of social channels makes it more imperative than ever for the press to present facts and stray from innuendo.

In some cases, mainstream media has failed to adequately report or focus on stories that would benefit the public.

For example, FBI statistics indicate that more than 424,000 girls have gone missing since the beginning of 2018, yet many say the media hasn’t done enough to shine a light on the crisis, which includes a large number of African Americans.

News reporting is a key witness in the court of public opinion Take for example the case of Emmett Till, the black teen lynched and killed by white men after he was falsely accused of whistling at a white woman in Mississippi in 1955.

Author Michael Oby noted that the Black Press shed light on Emmett Till’s brutal murder and continued to press the case for decades afterwards. Though Emmett’s killers never spent a day in prison, in the APMreports series, “In the Dark: Acquitting Emmett Till’s killers,” Peter Vesco notes, “Pictues of Till’s battered, unrecognizable face were printed in JET magazine and publications across the country. News of his hideous lynching led to outrage around the world.”

Oby said news coverage by the Black Press proved to be crucial in the mobilization of African Americans at that time because it ignited the civil rights movement of the mid1950s.

In a 2007 interview with historian Timothy Tyson, Carolyn Bryant, wife of Roy Bryant, one of the two men who faced trial for the killing, and Emmett’s false accuser, admitted that she lied, and in 2018 federal prosecutors reopened the case.

Today, it may be difficult for some to maintain high journalistic standards, especially since so many ‘citizen reporters’ are using cell phones and other handheld devices to chronicle criminal activity and expose wrongdoing that would have otherwise never been seen – or believed.

Diamond Reynolds filmed the police shooting of her fiancée, Philando Castile, who was pulled over by an officer because his car’s break light wasn’t working.

While the officer claimed he feared for his life because Castile was reaching for a gun, Reynold’s video showed that Castile informed the officer that he had a firearm and was licensed to carry it. It also showed that he never reached for it.

In July 2014, video captured by a citizen reporter shows police questioning Eric Garner of Staten Island, New York, after he allegedly sold loose cigarettes. Officer Daniel Pantaleo then used a chokehold on Garner, who heard repeatedly telling police “I can’t breathe!”

Garner later died.

During that same year, cellphone video captured the tragic moment when 12-yearold Tamir Rice was shot and killed by police, just seconds after exiting their patrol car, while he was playing in a park in Cleveland with a toy gun.

A police dispatcher had alerted Timothy Loehmann, the officer that fatally shot the boy, that Tamir had a fake gun when she sent authorities to the scene, but Loehman still got out of his car and shot the young boy to death.

Ava DuVernay’s recent documentary, “When They See Us,” has brought attention

to the “Central Park Five,” a group of young men who spent eight years in prison after being falsely accused of raping a woman in New York’s Central Park in 1989.

Much has been made about Donald Trump’s position on that case, including when he took out full-page ads in several New York newspapers calling for the death penalty after the incident.

But very little attention was given to the failure of the press to accurately report that story. Instead, the media sensationalized.

For his part, Trump continues to refuse to acknowledge that he was mistaken and apologize to the young men who were ultimately exonerated.

When asked by a reporter in mid-June whether he would apologize, Trump replied, “Why do you bring that question up now?

It’s an interesting time to bring it up. You have people on both sides of that. They admitted their guilt. If you look at Linda Fairstein and you look at some of the prosecutors, they think that the city should have never settled that case, so we’ll leave it at that.”

Recently, the recurring challenge for journalists has been demonstrating fairness and objectivity in the wake of the #MeToo movement, founded by Tarana Burke in 2006 to help survivors of sexual violence.

Because there are often no other fact witnesses to the allegations levelled by accusers or corroborators that support the denials made by the accused, #MeToo’s gray areas have proven to be the places where the media fails to adequately practice journalistic standards or exercise caution. Many accusations associated with #MeToo have been substantiated. However, others were proven false.

It Matters if You’re Black or White The National Organization of Women – or

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NOW – noted that, for African American women, sexual assault and violence are “incredibly pervasive issues that routinely go unreported and under-addressed.”

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reported that, between 2012 and 2016, black women filed sexual harassment charges at nearly three times the rate of white and non-Hispanic women.

Data shows this is true regardless of the type of industry.

“Black people in the United States have never been given a presumption of innocence in the criminal justice system. Their entire relationship to justice is not a standard of ‘not guilty’ but one of ‘not guilty, yet,’” said Innocence Project Senior Staff Attorney Karen Thompson, who released a report earlier this year that revealed that more than 220 black men have been exonerated by DNA while on death row after they were falsely convicted of various serious crimes.

“The statistics confirm that sexual harassment is alive and well across all industries and women of color working low-wage jobs are facing the brunt of this abuse,” Emily Martin, the vice president of Education & Workplace Justice at the National Women’s Law Center, said in response to those statistics.

Sexual assaults and harassments are serious charges and false accusations can be devastating and career-ending, especially when amplified by news reports.

For example, in 2018, multi-talented actor, singer and songwriter Jamie Foxx was accused of assaulting a woman after she allegedly refused to perform a sex act.

The woman reported the 2002 incident to Las Vegas police and the media seized upon it, threatening Foxx’s career.

Foxx’s attorney said his client didn’t

even know the woman, but reporters still swarmed to get her story.

“Jamie emphatically denies that this incident ever occurred,” Allison Hart, Foxx’s attorney said in a statement.

“The first time [Foxx] became aware of this woman’s absurd claims about an incident that supposedly occurred 16 years ago was when [celebrity website] TMZ contacted his representatives about this story,” Hart said.

Eventually, Foxx was cleared of any wrongdoing, but little was written about his innocence.

Even in instances where the truth is not immediately evident – a he said/she said scenario – like that faced by entertainment mogul Russell Simmons, the press has an obligation to objectively present the facts when reporting the story.

Simmons, who maintains that he’s never been violent with a woman or forced any to have sex, said aspects of the #MeToo movement will help ensure that his own daughters will have a better future.

“I see no benefit in getting in the mud with my accusers or the media,” Simmons said.

“I’m certain that my truth will come out sooner or later.”

To accuse someone who was doing the kind of work Simmons was doing – “using his money and fame to raise more [money] to help those who needed it, you have to wonder why?” said Barbara Mealer, author of the novels “The Jillian Factor” and “Abilene: No Place to Hide.”

“The media must ask these questions before running with a one-sided story: Did he reject them? Were they just trying to get even with him for some slight? Were they just jumping

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Apply to:Authority, GWSNE, 432 Washington Ave., North Haven, CT 06473/ Health Benefits, 401K, Vacation HOME INC, on behalf of Columbus House andPay. the New Haven Housing Fax (203) EOE/AA - M/F/D/V is accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom apartments at this495-6108/hr@goodwillsne.org devel-

NOTICE

APPLY NOW!

Email Resume: Rose@qsrsteel.com Hartford, CT

opment located at 108 Frank Street, New Haven. Maximum income limitations apply. Pre-applications will be available from 9AM TO 5PM beginning Monday Ju;y 25, 2016 and ending when sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) have Experienced Lay-out for will be mailied upon rebeen received at the offices of HOMEperson INC. Applications quest byStructural calling HOME INC at 203-562-4663 during Steel and Misc those hours. Completed preapplications must be returned to HOME INC’s offices at 171 Orange Street, Third Send Resume to hherbert@gwfabrication.com Floor, New Haven, CT 06510.

DELIVERY PERSON NEEDED

Paving Estimator NOTICIA

Part Time Delivery Needed One/Two Day a Week,

Galasso Materials has an immediate opening for a Paving Estimator. Must have at least 5 years of experience in estimating State, VALENTINA MACRIwork.

VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER DISPONIBLES municipal and private Must have at least 5PRE-SOLICITUDES years of field work in the paving industry. NO PHONE CALLS. Please mail your resume and letter “Hiring Manager”, Mate-Housing Authority, está HOME INC, en cover nombre de latoColumbus House y de Galasso la New Haven rials LLC,POpre-solicitudes Box 1776, East Granby, 06026. EOE/M/F/D/V. aceptando para estudiosCT y apartamentos de un dormitorio en este desarrollo

Must Have your Own Vehicle

If Interested call

INVITATION TO BID: LaRosa Building Group invites all trade contractors

to bid the Renovations to Exchange Place Towers project located in Waterbury, CT. The scope of work in occupied residential units includes, not intended to be limited to:

· Final Cleaning · Dumpsters · Finish Carpentry · Doors, Frames and Hardware · Window replacement · Drywall Patching and Replacement · Acoustical Ceiling Tile · Flooring Replacement · Painting · Toilet Accessories · Kitchen Cabinets & Counter Replacement · Window Treatments · Plumbing Upgrades · HVAC Upgrades · Electrical Upgrades

This project is tax exempt. Project is not subject to prevailing wage rates.

ubicado en la calle 109 Frank Street, New Haven. Se aplican limitaciones de ingresos The work to be performed under the contract is being assisted by the máximos. Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando Martes 25 State of Connecticut through the Department of Housing. As such, the The Authority of the suficientes City of Norwalk, CT(aproximadamente 100) julio,Housing 2016 hasta cuando se han recibido pre-solicitudes project is subject to CHRO Set-Aside requirements. en las oficinas de HOME INC. Las pre-solicitudes serán enviadas por correo a petición

is requesting for durante Legal esas Services. llamando a HOME INCproposals al 203-562-4663 horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán remitirse Subcontractor bids are due to LaRosa no later than 3PM August 07, 2019. fordeProposal documents canStreet, be viewed andNew Haven aRequest las oficinas HOME INC en 171 Orange tercer piso, , CT 06510 .

Accounting Department has two immediate openings for full Bids can be emailed to Vincent Parete vparete@larosabg.com or faxed printed at www.norwalkha.org under the time Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable professionals to 203-599-6210. All RFI’S must be submitted through email by Friday July Business section RFP’s/RFQ’s in a fast-paced office environment. Must be highly organized, 26, 2019 by 3PM. RFI’s beyond this time may not be answered. possess good computer skills, be detail oriented, and able to

Norwalk Housing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. manage multiple projects. Benefits include health, dental & Plans and Specification can be obtained electronically by contacting Adam Bovilsky, Executive Director.

LTD insurance plus 401(k). Send resume to: Human Resource Vincent Parete by email or phone 203-235-1770.

Dept. P O Box 388, Guilford CT 06437.

Garrity Asphalt Reclaiming, Inc seeks: InvitationLaRosa to Bid: Building Group is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity

Construction Equipment Mechanic preferably experienced in nd ********An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer********** 242-258 Fairmont Ave Notice 2 Employer. Disabled, Small, Minority, Women, and Section 3 Business Reclaiming and Road Milling Equipment. We offer factory are strongly encouraged to bid. training on equipment we operate. Location: Bloomfield 2BR Townhouse, 1.5 BA, 3BR, 1CT level , 1BA Large We offerapartments, excellent hourly & excellent benefits All new newrate appliances, new carpet, close to I-91 &CT. I-95Fence Company is looking for an individOldand Saybrook, CT Contact: Tom Dunay Phone: 860highways, near243-2300 bus stop & shopping centerual for our stock yard. Warehouse shipping and receiving (4 Buildings, 17 Units) Forklift experience a must. Must have a minimum of 3 years’ Email: Tom.dunay@garrityasphalt.com Pet under 40lb allowed.

Interested parties contact Maria @ 860-985-8258 TaxtoExempt & Not Prevailing Wage Rate Project material handling experience. Must be able read and write Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply

English, and read a tape measure. Duties will include: Loading Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer Request for Proposals and unloading trucks, pulling orders for installation and retail CT. Unified Deacon’s Association is pleased to offer a Deacon’s New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, CastCertificate Program. This is a 10 month program designed to assist in the intellectual formation Candidates counterofsales, keeping the yard clean and organized at all times Information in-place Shingles, Vinyl Siding, Technology Consulting Services in response to the Church’s Ministry needs. The cost is $125. Classes start Saturday, August 20, 2016 1:30and inventory control. Individual will also make Concrete, deliveries Asphalt of 3:30 Contact: Chairman, DeaconReclaiming, Joe J. Davis, M.S., B.S.Inc seeks: Garrity Asphalt Authority CityCasework, of New Haven d/b/a Elm city Communities is currently Division 1070lbs.

Specialties, Housing Appliances, Residential fence panels and products, Flooring, must be Painting, able to lift at least (203) 996-4517 Host, General Bishop Elijah Davis, D.D. Pastor of Pitts Chapel U.F.W.B. Church 64 Brewster Reclaimer Operators and Milling Operators with current seeking Proposals for Information Technology Consulting Services. A complete copy Required to pass a Physical and Drug test, have a valid CT. Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection.

St. licensing New Haven, and CT clean driving record, be willing to travel of the requirement may be obtainedfrom Elm City’s Vendor Collaboration PorDriver’s License and be able obtain aisDrivers Card.

Thistocontract subjectMedical to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements. throughout the Northeast & NY. tal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on MonCDL B & A drivers a plus. Send resume to pking@atlasourWe offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits day, July 22, 2019 at 3:00 PM door.com AA/EOE/MF Contact: Rick Tousignant Phone: 860- 243-2300 Bid Extended, Due Date: August 5, 2016 Email: rick.tousignant@garrityasphalt.com Anticipated Start: August 15, 2016 Women & Minority Applicants encouraged to apply Sealed bids are invited by the are Housing Authority of the Town of Seymour Project documents available via ftp link below: Equal Opportunity Employer untilAffirmative 3:00 pm onAction/ Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at its office at 28 Smith Street,

(203) 387-0354 Listing: Accounting

NEW HAVEN

SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE

Elm City Communities

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY

KMK Insulation Inc.

ELM CITY COMMUNITIES

Invitation for Bids http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage Seymour, CT 06483 for Concrete Sidewalk Repairs and Replacement at the Smithfield Gardens Assisted Living Facility, 26 Smith Street Seymour. 1907 Hartford Driveway and Parking Lot Repaving and Restriping at Cornell Scott Fax or EmailTurnpike Questions & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com

Union Company seeks:

HCC CT encourages the participation of all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses North Haven, 06473

Ridge and McConaughy Terrace Tractor Trailer Driver for & Highway Construction Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 A pre-bid conference willHeavy be held at the Housing Authority Office 28 Smith Equipment. Must have a CDL License, clean driving record, AA/EEO EMPLOYER Street CTheavy at 10:00 am, on Wednesday, July 20, 2016. capableSeymour, of operating equipment; be willing to travel The Housing Authority of the City of New Havend/b/a Elm City ComInsulation company offering good pay throughout the Northeast & NY. munities is currently seeking Bids for Driveway and Parking Lot Repavand benefits.

Please mail resume to We offer excellentare hourly rate &from excellent benefits Housing Authority Bidding documents available the Seymour Ofing and Restriping at Cornell Scott Ridge and McConaughyTerrace. A at 860-243-2300. fice, 28 SmithContact Street,Dana Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579. above address. complete copy of the requirements may be obtained from Elm City’s Email: dana.briere@garrityasphalt.com Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesysMAIL ONLY Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply The Housing Authority reserves the right to accept or reject any or This all bids, to company is an Affirmative Action/ tems.com/gateway beginning on Monday, July 15, 2019 at 3:00PM. Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer

Mechanical Insulator position.

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

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

Elm City Communities

Custodian

Information Technology Consulting Services

Maintenance workers needed for the Wallingford Public Schools to work the 2:00 P.M. to 10 P.M. shift. Hourly rate: $19.14 to $23.66 hourly plus shift differential. Requires some experience in building maintenance work. The closing date for applications is August 14, 2019 or the date we receive the fiftieth (50) application whichever occurs first. Apply: Human Resources Department, Town of Wallingford, 45 South Main Street, Wallingford, CT 06492, (203) 294-2080. EOE.

Request for Proposals NOTICE

VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PRE-Haven APPLICATIONS Housing Authority City of New d/b/aAVAILABLE Elm city Communities is HOME currently seeking Proposals for Information ConsultINC, on behalf of Columbus House and the New Haven Housing Technology Authority, is accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom apartments at this develing Services.

A complete copy of the requirement may be obtainedopment located at 108 Frank Street, New Haven. Maximum income limitations apfrom Elm City’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousply. Pre-applications will be available from 9AM TO 5PM beginning Monday Ju;y ing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway on have Monday, July 22, 25, 2016 and ending when sufficient pre-applications beginning (approximately 100) been received at the offices of HOME INC. Applications will be mailied upon re2019 at 3:00 PM

Large CT. Fence Company

quest by calling HOME INC at 203-562-4663 during those hours. Completed preapplications must be returned to HOME INC’s offices at 171 Orange Street, Third Floor, New Haven, CT 06510.

is looking for an individual for our stock yard. Warehouse shipping and receiving and Forklift experience a must. Must have a minimum of 3 years’ material handling experience. Must be able to read and write English, and read a tape measure. Duties will include: Loading and unloading trucks, pulling orders for installation and retail counter sales, keeping the yard clean and organized at all times and inventory control. Individual will also make deliveries of fence panels and products, must be able to lift at least 70lbs. Required to pass a Physical and Drug test, have a valid CT. Driver’s License and be able to obtain a Drivers Medical Card. CDL B & A drivers a plus.

Send resume to pking@atlasourdoor.com AA/EOE/MF

QSR STEEL CORPORATION

APPLY NOW! NOTICIA Steel Fabricators, Erectors & Welders VALENTINA VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES Top payMACRI for top performers.

Health Benefits,DISPONIBLES 401K, Vacation Pay.

Email Resume: Rose@qsrsteel.com Hartford, CT

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 ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER ubicado enAFFIRMATIVE 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 de HOME INC. Las pre-solicitudes serán enviadas por correo a petición Large CT Fence Company is looking for an individual to manage deberán our warehouse/yard.

Prior warellamando a HOME INC al 203-562-4663 durante esas horas.Pre-solicitudes remitirse house forklift must.

Duties a las shipping/receiving oficinas de HOME INCand en 171 Orangeexperience Street, tercerapiso, New Havenwill , CT include 06510 . loading and unload-

The Glendower Group, Inc Request for Proposals Co-Developer of the Redevelopment of Valley Street Townhouses

Warehouse/Yard Manager:

ing of trucks, pulling and staging orders for installation and retail counter sales and maintaining general yard organization. Basic computer skills required, ability to fill out daily paperwork accurately, assist with inventory control and supervise other yard staff. Must be able to pass a physical and drug test, have a valid CT driver’s license and be able to obtain a Drivers Medical Card. Competitive wages and benefits provided. Send resume to: gforshee@atlasoutdoor.com AA/EOE/MF

NEW HAVEN

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

NEW HAVEN POLICE

All new apartments, new appliances, new carpet, close to I-91 & I-95 highways, near bus stop & shopping center

NOW HIRING

Pet under 40lb allowed. Interested parties contact Maria @ 860-985-8258 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 St. New Haven, CT

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY Sealed bids are invited by the Housing Authority of the Town of Seymour 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.

The Glendower Group, Inc an affiliate of Housing Authority City of New Haven d/b/a Elm city Communities is currently seeking proposals for Co-Developer of the Redevelopment of Valley Street Townhouses. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on Invitation to Bid: Monday, July2nd22, 2019 at 3:00PM Notice

SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE

The Glendower Group, Inc Old Saybrook, CT (4 Buildings, 17 Units) Request for Proposals Tax Exempt & Not Prevailing Wage Rate Project CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK FOR FARNAM COURT PHASE II

New Construction, The Wood Glendower Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Group, Inc an affiSite-work, liate of CastHousing Authority City of New Havin-place Concrete, Asphalt Shingles, Vinyl Siding, en d/b/a Elm city Communities is currently seeking Proposals for Construction Flooring, Painting, Division 10at Specialties, Appliances, Residential Phase Casework, Manager Risk for Farnam Court II. A complete copy of the requireMechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection. ment may be obtained from Elm City’s This contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements.

Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway

on Monday, July 8, 2019 at 3:00PM Bid Extended,beginning Due Date: August 5, 2016 Anticipated Start: August 15, 2016 Project documents available viaThe ftp linkGlendower below: Group, Inc http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage

Apply online at Policeapp.com

Request for Proposals Fax or Email Questions & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com

HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran, S/W/MBE MANAGER & Section 3 CertifiedAT Businesses CONSTRUCTION RISK FOR VALLEY TOWNHOUSES Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483

AA/EEO EMPLOYER The Glendower Group, Inc an affiliate of Housing Authority City of New Haven d/b/a Elm city Communities is currently seeking Proposals for Construction Manager at Risk for Valley Townhouses. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City’s

Or Visit our Social Media Pages For More Information Bidding documents are available from the Seymour Housing Authority OfA pre-bid conference will be held at the Housing Authority Office 28 Smith Street Seymour, CT at 10:00 am, on Wednesday, July 20, 2016. fice, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579.

New Haven Police Department Recruitment Team

Nhpdrecruitment

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 informalities in the bidding, if such actions are in the best interest of the Housing Authority.

Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway

NHPDrecruitment

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PUBLIC Notice

The Housing Authority of the City of Norwalk, CT is requesting proposals for Financial Advisory Services.

Request for Proposal documents can be viewed and printed at www.norwalkha.org under the Business section RFP’s/RFQ’s Norwalk Housing is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Adam Bovilsky, Executive Director.

The Connecticut Airport Authority (CAA) hereby announces its federal fiscal years 2020-2022 49 CFR Part 26 Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) plan related to FAA-assisted contracts for professional services and construction projects for the Bradley International Airport. The proposed plan, which includes the 3-year goal and rationale, is available for inspection between 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday at Bradley International Airport, Administration Office, Terminal A, 3rd Floor, Windsor Locks, CT 06096 or on CAA’s website http://www.ctairports.org , the Bradley International Airport website http://www.bradleyairport.com for 30 days from the date of this publication.

Large CT guardrail company looking for Laborer/Driver with valid CT CDL Class A license and able to get a medical card. Must be able to pass a drug test and physical.

Compensation based on experience. Email resume to dmastracchio@atlasoutdoor.com AA/EOE M-F

Comments on the DBE goal will be accepted for 45 days from the date of availability of this notice and can be sent to the following:

Equipment Operator

Laurie A. Sirois Manager of Grants, Procurement and Insurance Programs Connecticut Airport Authority Bradley International Airport Administration Office Terminal A, 3rd Floor Windsor Locks, CT 06096 or lsirois@ctairports.org Mr. Thomas Knox DBE & ACDBE Compliance Specialist FAA Western-Pacific Regional Office Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007 thomas.knox@faa.gov

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport Invitation for Bid (IFB) Moving and Storage Services Solicitation Number: 131-AM-19-S

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport d/b/a Park City Communities (PCC) seeks proposal for moving & storage services from licensed and bonded moving/storage companies. A complete set of IFB documents will be available on July 29, 2019. 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-bid conference will be held at 733 South Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06604 on August 14, 2019, @ 1:30 p.m. Although attendance is not mandatory, submitting a bid for the project without attending conference is not in the best interest of the Offeror. Additional questions should be emailed only to bids@parkcitycommunities.org no later than August 21, 2019 @ 3:00 p.m. Answers to all the questions will be posted on PCC’s Website: www.parkcitycommunities.org. Proposal shall be mailed of hand delivered by August 29, 2019 @ 11:00 AM to Ms. Caroline Sanchez, Director of Procurement, 150 Highland Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06604, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. No bids will be accepted after the designated time.

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport Request for Proposal (RFP) Relocation Consultant Solicitation Number: 130-PD-19-S

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport d/b/a Park City Communities (PCC) is currently seeking proposals from qualified relocation firms for the relocation of C.F. Greene Homes. Solicitation package will be available on July 29, 2019. 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 conference will be held at 150 Highland Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06605 on August 15, 2019, @ 2:00 p.m. Although attendance is not mandatory, submitting a bid for the project without attending conference is not in the best interest of the Offeror. Additional questions should be emailed only to bids@parkcitycommunities.org no later than August 22, 2019 @ 3:00 p.m. Answers to all the questions will be posted on PCC’s Website: www.parkcitycommunities.org. Proposals shall be mailed, or hand delivered

by August 29, 2019 @ 3:00 PM, to Ms. Caroline Sanchez, Director of Procurement, 150 Highland Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06604. Late proposals will not be accepted.

HELP WANTED:

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

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

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

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

10 hour OSHA certificate required.

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

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

10 hour OSHA certificate and clean CDL license required.

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

Project Manager/Project Supervisor Help Wanted: Immediate opening for a Project Manager/Project Supervisor for Heavy and Highway Construction. Previous experience on CTDOT projects required.

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

Accounting

Listing: Accounting

Department has an immediate opening in Accounts Payable. This full time position in a fast-paced office environment could be an excellent entry to an Accounting career. Requires good computer and organizational skills, attention to detail, and multi-tasking. Benefits include health, dental & LTD insurance plus 401(k). Send resume to: Human Resource Dept. P O Box 388, Guilford CT 06437.

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

Town of Bloomfield

Emergency Medical Services Coordinator for the Bloomfield Volunteer Ambulance Full Time - Benefited

$79,785 annual salary

Pre-employment drug testing. For more details, visit our website – www.bloomfieldct.org

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WALLINGFORD HOUSING AUTHORITY WAITING LIST OPENING State Elderly/Disabled

Effective Tuesday, July 9, 2019 The Wallingford Housing Authority (WHA) will open the zero (0) bedroom waitlist for its State Elderly/Disabled housing program.

The closing date for the Waiting List will be Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at 3 p.m.

Applicants may apply for the waiting list by completing the appropriate application.

Following the closing date, each applicant’s Waiting List position will be determined by a lottery selection as set forth in the WHA’s Tenant Selection Plan. Copies of this plan can be obtained at the management office address listed below.

All applications must be complete with copies of all required documentation attached. Applications must be signed & dated by all adult members of the applicant household 18 years of age and older. All applications & documentation must be datestamped at the Wallingford Housing Authority on or before September 3, 2019 at 3:00 PM. FAXED OR EMAILED APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED. WHA WILL NOT MAKE COPIES OF REQUIRED DOCUMENTS. Applications can be obtained in person at 45 Tremper Drive, Wallingford, CT 06492 or by mail please call 203-269-5173. The fax number is (203) 269-5150 and the email address is info@wallingfordha.com.

Efectivo el Lunes 9 de Julio 2019, La Autoridad de Vivienda de Wallingford (WHA) abrirá la lista de espera de cero (0) dormitorio para la programa de vivienda de Estatal de Ancianos y Discapacitados.

La fecha de cierre de la lista de espera será Jueves 3 de Septiembre 2019 a las 3 p.m. Los solicitantes pueden solicitar la lista de espera completando la solicitud correspondiente. Después de la fecha de cierre, la posición de la lista de espera de cada solicitante se determinará mediante una selección de lotería tal como se establece en el Plan de selección de inquilinos de la WHA. Se pueden obtener copias de este plan en la dirección de la oficina de administración que se detalla a continuación.

Todas las aplicaciones deben estar completas con copias de toda la documentación necesario adjunta. Las solicitudes deben estar firmadas y fechadas por todos los miembros adultos del hogar solicitante de 18 años de edad en adelante. Todas las aplicaciones y documentación deben estar selladas con fecha en la Autoridad de Vivienda de Wallingford el 3 de Septiembre 2019 o antes, a las 3:00 p.m. SE ACEPTARÁN LAS APLICACIONES ENVIADAS POR CORREO O POR CORREO ELECTRÓNICO. WHA NO HARÁ COPIAS DE LOS DOCUMENTOS REQUERIDOS. Las solicitudes se pueden obtener en persona en 45 Tremper Drive, Wallingford, CT 06492 o por correo, por favor llame al 203-269-5173. El número de fax es (203) 2695150 y la dirección de correo electrónico es info@wallingfordha.com.

Town of Bloomfield Truck Driver/Maintainer II Full Time - Benefited

$27.31 hourly

Pre-employment drug testing. For more details, visit our website – www.bloomfieldct.org

Class A CDL Driver F/T Experienced Send Resume to hherbert@gwfabrication.com

HELP WANTED:

Large CT guardrail company looking for Laborer/Driver with valid CT CDL Class A license and able to get a medical card. Must be able to pass a drug test and physical.

Compensation based on experience. Email resume to dmastracchio@atlasoutdoor.com AA/EOE M-F

ELECTRIC Distribution Technician - The Town of Wallingford Electric Division is seeking highly skilled candidates with electric utility constructions experience to work in the utility’s distribution system.

The successful applicant must be a H.S. graduate and be fully qualified as a Journeyman Lineman or First Class Lineman. Hourly rate: $38.16 to $43.22, plus an excellent fringe benefits package.

The closing date for applications is August 20, 2019. Apply: Human Resources Department, Town of Wallingford, 45 South Main Street, Wallingford, CT 06492, (203) 294-2080, Fax: (203) 294-

The Housing Authority of the City of Norwalk, CT is requesting proposals for Endowment Trust Fund services. Request for Proposal documents can be viewed and printed at www.norwalkha.org under the Business section RFP’s/RFQ’s Norwalk Housing is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Adam Bovilsky, Executive Director.

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Single Black Seniors Network is Coming to a City Near You BlackNews.com

Nationwide — Single Black Seniors Network (SBSN) is proud to announce that it is expanding their network beyond the Chicagoland region. SBSN is a socialization network of like-minded seniors who come together to interact and enjoy planned activities. Since its launch in 2016, Single Black Seniors Network has over 400 registered networkers, has connected more than 30 couples, hosted 25 socials, 8 speeddating events and a number of discussion groups and workshops. It serves as the primary networking organization for single black seniors in the Chicagoland area.

“Single Black Seniors Network is looking to expand into other cities across the country,” announced CEO, Gerri Norington.

“I receive inquires from all over the country on a regular basis, asking if Single Black Seniors Network is available in their city. It is time to share the knowledge learned in the past three years so the whole country can enjoy the excitement and the benefit of the Network,” said Ms. Norington.

Of the Black seniors in this country, 63% are single; living their retirement years alone, often lonely, and some even depressed. Statistics also show that seniors who live alone, without regular interaction with other seniors, live an average of 8 years less than those who have a mate and/ or socialize regularly.

Creating opportunities for people to socialize and possibly make connections is a part of Single Black Seniors Network’s mission. Whether its through getting out and enjoying fun activities or socializing

with a group of like-minded seniors, it is crucial to stave off the urges to remain isolated. Single Black Seniors Network is helping people make connections through socials with a DJ playing a variety of music, card playing, good food, movie/concert outings, discussion groups, speed-dating, and fun adventures. A monthly newsletter is published showcasing photos from the previous month’s activities and always includes an article on how to live a healthier life.

“I was one of three men who showed up for the first event in December 2016, the coldest day of that year. I am so pleased to see so many more men participating these days. Single Black Seniors Network is a real jewel for black seniors, offering opportunities to socialize with warm, friendly, approachable seniors in comfortable surroundings. Even for a guy like me who doesn’t really dance, there is always something to do and good conversations to be had,” says Skip LeMay, age 66.

With CEO Norington keeping the network active, there’s plenty of room for people to make a connection beyond the social aspects of networking. Just recently, Single Black Seniors Network celebrated the first marriage to come out of the network. The married couple is only one of at least six committed couples that met during activities hosted by Single Black Seniors Network. Many others have met (through speed-dating usually), dated, and later broke up.

“Single Black Seniors Network is the best way to meet black single seniors. I enjoy the variety of women and their interests.

The activities (socials and speed-dating in particular) are fun and allow for great interactions. SBSN has effectively changed my life and brought back a level of excitement about life that I thought was long gone; it is a fresh, innovative group that addresses the needs of seniors,” says Charles Williams, age 77.

If you have a parent, friend, grandparent, or if you are 60 years young and want to experience a network of new and friendly faces, then Single Black Seniors Network is for you. To learn more about how to participate, go to SingleBlackSeniorsNetwork. net to register and sign up to receive emails about activities for seniors in the community and the monthly newsletter.

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SBSN is a socialization network of retired seniors primarily, who come together to interact and stave off the urges to remain isolated in their homes.

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Hope Found Amid Fear At Hiroshima Commemoration

by ALLAN APPEL

As bells tolled from churches around the Green, Al Marder bowed his head in memory of the those killed in the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945.

Even though our country has withdrawn from two key nuclear treaties during the Trump Administration and the Doomsday Clock has moved to a perilous two minutes to midnight,, the 97-year-old activist remains a believer in the power of people and in optimism.

Marder, along with members of the Greater New Haven Peace Council, which he chairs, were among 25 peace activists who gathered by the World War One memorial flagpole on the Green tuesday to commemorate the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.

The aim of the annual vigil is also to make the case that chronic basic needs in New Haven and around the world will not be met unless governments, led by the U.S., shift from war-driven budgets to ones centered on peoples’ needs.

The gathering was timed to begin at 8:15 a.m., the precise hour and minute the world’s first atomic bomb ignited, and a never-before seen light flashed across the sky, and Hiroshima was obliterated.

Combined with the Nagasaki atomic bomb-

Retired pediatric social worker Sarah Whitson, at left, has been attending the vigil for 25 years.

ing on Aug. 9, a still unknown number, between 129,000 and 226,000 people, mostly civilians, died in what remains the only use of nuclear weapons in war.

Several speakers deplored the inaction in New Haven on dealing with lead paint poisoning of children. Others bemoaned water still undrinkable in Flint, Michigan.

Everyone decried a U.S. national budget

that devotes 69 percent of each dollar to war purposes, so that little is left to address human needs.

“Still,” said Marder, in an interview after the vigil, “there is no alternative than being an optimist.”

The secret weapon against weapons of mass destruction, Marder said, is a cascading and growing people’s movement to shift resources from war to peace.

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Most of the activists on hand Tuesday were grey or white-haired. No small number of canes were in evidence. Marder said they did not feel alone. More than a hundred of such gatherings as theirs were unfolding around the world, he said.

Another source of Marder’s optimism derives, he said, from his longevity. As a child, he saw the world change when enough people marched on Washington and other seats of power during the Depression demanding humane interventions that ultimately became the measures of the New Deal.

That moment has not arrived yet in American culture, Marder said, but he sees it coming.“Today, the major issue should be peace and war. The killing in El Paso and Dayton, all this reflects the general atmosphere created in our country by a military focused budget. How do you ask for new schools when there’s all this money devoted to the armaments industry?” Marder asked rhetorically.

“There are hundreds of these little demonstrations all over the world, and that gives us hope.”

Marder, who has been attending such demonstrations since the dawn of the atomic age in the early 1950s, said he has every intention of being on the Green at the vigil once again in 2020.

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on the bandwagon so they could get notoriety?” Mealer said.

One high-profile individual who requested anonymity for this article, told NNPA Newswire that, “There’s a case pending against me, which my lawyers said will probably be dismissed shortly and the court has indicated it will be.”

“I’m lucky, right? But, why do I have to spend $600,000 or whatever the number is, to defend myself against a woman who said I did something not her 31 years ago and I don’t ever remember meeting her and she couldn’t produce one friend who she ever told she knew me or one photo or one thing to prove that she ever met me,” the individual said.

The media has been guilty of exacerbating claims, including those of Jackie Coakley, who provided an unsubstantiated story to Rolling Stone magazine that formed the basis of 2015’s “A Rape on Campus,” saying that she had been gang-raped by fraternity members at the University of Virginia.

The story went viral, making headlines in newspapers and television news broadcasts throughout the country, until it was discovered that Coakley made up the story. Even using fake text messages to support her false claims.

Rolling Stone reporter Sabrina Rubin Erdely failed to verify Coakley’s story and the magazine ultimately settled the lawsuits with the fraternity and its members.

In 2013, blogger Susan Shannon accused Col. David “Wil” Riggins of sexually assaulting her in 1986 while they were both cadets at West Point. The allegations caused Riggins to lose a promotion to general, leading him to retire. A jury heard both sides and sided with Riggins, awarding him $8.4 million in damages.

A July 2019 Forbes Magazine article referenced an earlier story in The New Yorker.

Jane Mayer’s piece is highly critical of the frenzy that led to the forced resignation of Al Franken from the Senate.

“Mayer described Franken’s fall as ‘stunningly swift’—so swift that it left far too little time to sort the facts,” Forbes reported.

“Every accuser should be heard, but their rights should be no more substantial than the accused, a fact that separates the United States from every other country,” New Yorkbased marketing strategist Tracey Campbell said. “The press must be above that and must recognize that the burden of proof can’t be found in one corner or the other, even when a reporter is convinced the accuser is telling the truth,” Campbell said.

“Believe women,” a slogan that gained popularity during the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Brett Kavanaugh, refers to the need to accept women’s allegations of sexual harassment or sexual assault at face value. Don’t assume women as a gender are especially deceptive or vindictive and recognize that false allegations are less common than real ones, says Elle Magazine’s Sadie Doyle.

The professional press has an obligation to do as much as possible to “get it right,” present a fair and balanced summary of the facts to its readers and resist the urge to encourage a presumption of guilt.

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Supervisors oppose federal efforts to limit food stamps

By Mark Ridley-Thomas WAVE NEWSPAPERS — The county Board of Supervisors voted July 30 to oppose federal efforts to limit food stamp eligibility, which would affect an estimated 40,000 Los Angeles County residents. Supervisor Hilda Solis recommended sending a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and the county’s congressional delegates.

Supervisor Hilda Solis recommended sending a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and the county’s congressional delegates.

“The Trump administration is proposing

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callous rules that would limit Americans’ access to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, referred to as CalFresh in California,” Solis said. “Such action would affect 3 million Americans who rely on the nation’s most successful anti-poverty program to access healthy food. L.A. County recognizes that food insecurity is a matter of public health, and these heartless proposed rule changes would have a pronounced effect on county residents.”

The proposed rule would take away states’ ability to extend eligibility to households with incomes up to 200% of the federal poverty line or roughly $50,000 a year for a family with two children. That flexibility was granted by Congress in 1996.

Federal officials estimate that nearly 8% of beneficiaries qualify under expanded eligibility, which the Department of Agriculture calls a “loophole.” The department pointed to the case of a Minnesota millionaire who qualified for food stamps after

applying to highlight what he viewed as taxpayer waste.

“Too often, states have misused this flexibility without restraint,” U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue said in a statement issued last week. “The American people expect their government to be fair, efficient and to have integrity — just as they do in their own homes, businesses and communities. That is why we are changing the rules, preventing abuse of a critical safety net system, so those who need food assistance the most are the only ones who receive it.”

The Agriculture Department also wants to exclude beneficiaries with more than $2,250 in eligible assets from receiving food stamps. The department estimates an overall savings of more than $2 billion annually from the proposed changes.

The county’s Department of Public Social Services estimates that more than 120,000 California households — including 40,000 in Los Angeles County — would be af-

fected.

Members of the board and education advocates said children would be the biggest losers.

An estimated 500,000 children nationwide could lose their automatic eligibility for free school meals under the proposal, according to Los Angeles County Office of Education Superintendent Debra Duardo.

“Research has shown that access to free and reduced-price school meals allows low-income students to stay engaged and learn,” Duardo said in a statement issued after the board vote. “Removing this access would have a detrimental impact on student academic performance and success in school.

Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas said that children represented 60% of CalFresh beneficiaries in 2016, the last year for which data is available.

“Those who stand to lose … are those who are the most vulnerable among us,” Ridley-

Supervisor Sheila Kuehl said the proposed change is part of a larger pattern.

“It feels like the current president has announced a program called the War on the Impoverished,” Kuehl said, drawing a contrast with President Lyndon B. Johnson’s declaration of a War on Poverty in 1964.

The proposed rule change is subject to a 60-day public comment period.

“Those who stand to lose … are those who are the most vulnerable among us.”

This article appeared in the Wave Newspapers.

There is Not a Racist Bone in My

By Roger Caldwell, NNPA Newswire Contributor NNPA NEWSWIRE — Send her back is a turning point, “With Trump’s naked hatred and cruelty captured on live television, and along with it, so was the seething anger of the hard-core Trump base. The whole nation saw in dramatic fashion that Trump voters understood his meaning perfectly well and watched them not just agree with it but also amplify it, with as ugly and hate-curdled a chant as one could imagine.”

In 2019, most Blacks and people of color would like to believe that, “There is Not a Racist Bone in My Body” was an accurate statement in America. With the first African American President,

Black businesses in every major city, and Black political officials in federal, state, and local municipalities, diversity is a reality. With all these achievements in one of the greatest countries in the world, there is a major divide.

This major divide is based on the color of an individuals’ skin, which makes no sense, until you study economics, politics, and business. Power is based on what you own and control, and if you close your eyes, power may also be based on what you take by force.

Last week, President Trump attacked four freshmen federal Congresswomen by claiming they are un-American, they

should go back to their country, and everyone is asking the question, “why?”

This started as a tweet-storm on that weekend, and it has turned into a nasty battle of words, where the majority of the media is calling President Trump a “racist.” This tweet-storm appeared to be racist and personal, very little was discussed by the president about the ladies’ policies.

“In America, if you hate our Country, you are free to leave. The simple fact of the matter is, the four Congresswomen think America is even more wicked now, that we are all racist and evil. They’re entitled to their opinion, they’re Ameri-

By Merrill Matthews

progress.

In most developed countries, the government dictates the price of prescription drugs.

Governments use this power to pinch pennies, often at the expense of providing access to the newest breakthrough medicines.

Creating just a single new medicine costs an average of $1.7 billion and can take more than a decade. And only a handful of drugs sell enough to cover their research and development costs -- much less subsidize ongoing research into new medicines.

If the government decides drug prices, drug

developers will have a harder time recouping those investments -- making investment less appealing. Progress towards therapies for illnesses like Alzheimer’s and cancer would slow. New drug launches would become rare.

U.S. patients currently have better access to the newest drugs than any other country.

Consider that 89 percent of 290 new drugs released between 2011 and 2018 were available in the United States at the time of their initial launch. By contrast, German patients had access to only 62 percent of these medicines.

Delayed access to new drugs is the unfortu-

cans. Now I’m entitled to my opinion, & I just think they’re left wing cranks,” says President Trump.

It is obvious, that the first thing the President thinks comes out of his mouth, and it does not matter if it makes any sense. The president is not fit or mentally stable to manage America as Commander-in chief, but over 40% think he is doing a good job.

As this new social media and campaign rally from the President attacked the four Congresswomen escalates to a higher level of insanity, everyone in America is picking a side. The four Congresswomen at the beginning of the week called a press conference to denounce the President and asked for a draft to be drawn up to condemn President Trump’s racist language and tweets. The resolution was passed in the House last week to condemn the President.

The amazing issue about this battle is that over 40% of Americans believe that the President is correct, and at a campaign rally during the week, a packed

When Drug Prices Mean More Than Sick Patients

The Department of Health and Human Services has a new plan to cut drug spending. But it’s not a change for the better.

To lower spending in Medicare Part B -the component of Medicare that covers advanced, physician-administered medicines -the agency plans to tie U.S. drug prices to the artificially low prices paid in other countries.

This would harm patients. Price controls may save the government money in the short term, but they would slow the rate of medical

Thomas said, which includes seniors on fixed incomes and community college students, many of whom experience “food insecurity.”

Food insecurity is defined as a lack of reliable access to enough affordable, nutritious food.

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nate reality for too many people around the world. If we import their policies, we will import their diminished access to new drugs as well.

HHS’s reform puts the financial interests of the federal government before the well-being of actual patients.

Merrill Matthews is a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation in Dallas, Texas. Follow him on Twitter @MerrillMatthews.

house with the majority being White Republicans chanted, “Send her back.”

With the media claiming that President Trump initiated and supported the yelling, the President is being forced by the Vice President and some of his consultants to distance himself from the chant. “After smearing Rep. IIhan Omar (D-MN) as anti-Semitic – and letting the crowd at his Greenville, North Carolina rally roar “send her back” for more than 10 seconds – President Trump has falsely claimed he continued his speech immediately after the crowd started yelling,” says Tana Ganervo –reporter at Raw Story.

Send her back is a turning point, “With Trump’s naked hatred and cruelty captured on live television, and along with it, so was the seething anger of the hardcore Trump base. The whole nation saw in dramatic fashion that Trump voters understood his meaning perfectly well and watched them not just agree with it but also amplify it, with as ugly and hate-curdled a chant as one could imagine.”

Racism in 2019 is out in the open, with the election of President Trump leading the way. It is easy to argue what constitutes the act, and whether someone is a racist sometimes. But President Trump does not care what Blacks and people of color think.

He is only concerned with his base, and he feeds them red meat on a daily basis. There is something fundamentally wrong when the president does not care about values and inappropriate statements, because his goal is to only make America White again.

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