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A four seater single engine Mooney M2DC plane, attempted to take off from Hummel Field runway, when the engine stalled shortly after take off, the plane struck two trees and came down crashing into a non-occupied residence in Middlesex County.

The pilot, Keith M. Roxo, one female and infant, were taken to Rappahannock General Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

Virginia State Police and FAA are continuing the investigation.

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CBC panel discussion elevates STEM careers STACY M. BROWN

A recent panel discussion hosted by members of the Congressional Black Caucus, showcased the importance of an education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

The panel discussion was held during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s (CBCF) Annual Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. Moderated by former NASA engineer Aisha Bowe, the co-founder of STEMBoard, the panel included STEAM ambassador and Patcasso Art LLC founder Patrick Hunter; Quality Education for Minorities CEO Dr. Ivory Toldson; Johns Hopkins chair and Surgeon in Chief Dr. Robert Higgins; and INROADS, Inc. President and CEO Forest T. Harper.

Congressman G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) kicked off the conversation, which was focused on increasing opportunities in STEM careers for underrepresented youth.

“The STEM field is important to our country, it’s critical to jobs in the 21st century—jobs that make the big bucks,” Butterfield told the excited students from Paul Laurence Dunbar High School and Carver Technology Early College High School, who participated in the session. “To succeed, we need to draw from the best in our community.”

Butterfield continued: “The lack of African-Americans in STEM means that many of our best minds are not included.”

In 2016, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School and Carver Technology Early College High School formed a partnership with Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Hospital,

Kaiser Permanente, and the University of Maryland at Baltimore for a P-TECH program that offers health science degrees in areas of concentration like health information technology, respiratory care, or surgical technology.

The program creates a school-toindustry pipeline for students in STEM fields.

Eugene Chung Qui, the principal at Dunbar High School, said the visit to the CBCF event excited his students, who are enrolled in STEM courses.

“Being that our focus and the mission of the school is to push our students into STEM fields, this is an excellent opportunity for the children to be able to talk with and ask questions of such an esteemed panel,” Chung Qui said.

Another panelist, Tamberlin Golden of General Motors, noted the company’s passion for STEM. “Technology, right now, is disrupting everything in the industry,” Golden said. “Now, people are looking for connectivity, autonomy, electrification, and convenience. We have to monitor thoroughly how we manufacture our cars.”

Tamberlin continued: “If you want to make a good wage from ‘Day 1,’ you want to go [with STEM]. GM has been very invested in this and we want to partner with many organizations.”

A report released, earlier this year, from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economics and Statistics Administration revealed that there were nine million STEM workers in the United States in 2015.

About 6.1 percent of all workers are in STEM occupations, up from 5.5 percent just five years earlier, according to the report.

STEM curriculums typically have three elements, including applied math and science, computer programming and engineering design.

Employment in STEM occupations grew much faster than employment in non-STEM occupations over the last decade—24.4 percent versus 4 percent, respectively—and STEM occupations are projected to grow by 8.9 percent through 2024, compared to 6.4 percent growth for non- STEM occupations.

STEM workers command higher wages, earning 29 percent more than their non-STEM counterparts.

Further, nearly three-quarters of STEM workers have at least a college degree, compared to just over onethird of non-STEM workers.

The report also revealed that STEM degree holders enjoy higher earnings, regardless of whether they work in STEM or non-STEM occupations.

According to the Commerce

Department, a STEM degree holder can expect an earnings premium of 12 percent over non-STEM degree holders, holding all other factors constant.

“When I was in high school, I was a truant and I was unfocused, WIRE because my parents were going through a nasty divorce and I just wanted to go hang out with my friends,” said Bowe, an aeronautical engineer and entrepreneur who manages multi-million dollar defense contracts and private-sector technology clients.

“I started with pre-algebra,” Bowe shared, then speaking directly to the students she said, “We want you to understand that in entering STEM, you’re entering into an unlimited field.”

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Facebook data center in Henrico worth $1b is the latest in tech giant’s long-term ventures Facebook’s investment of one $1 billion in Virginia is the latest in a series of calculated forwardthinking moves that will keep its leadership position secure and its business thriving, notes Jeremy Whannell, a business writer for Born2Invest, adding that Silicon Valley “no longer has a monopoly” as far as its strategic financial moves are concerned—and, like its internet rival Google, it is looking at horizons that are beyond its particular industry or current scope of influence.

He was referring to last week’s announcement that Facebook is directly investing $750 million to establish a 970,000-square-foot data center in the White Oak Technology Park in Henrico County.

In addition, because of a new renewable energy tariff designed

by Dominion Energy Virginia and Facebook, hundreds of millions of additional dollars will be invested in the construction of multiple solar facilities in the Commonwealth to service Facebook’s Henrico Data Center with 100 percent renewable energy.

The project will bring thousands of construction jobs to the region and more than 100 full-time operational jobs. Gov. Terry McAuliffe met with company officials about the project on multiple occasions, most recently during his San Francisco Marketing Mission earlier last week.

“I am proud to welcome Facebook to Henrico County, and we look forward to a strong partnership,” said McAuliffe, speaking at the event. “When an industry giant like Facebook selects Virginia for a major operation, it’s proof that our efforts to build an open and welcoming economy that works for everyone are paying off. For many years, Virginia has served as a key hub for global internet traffic, emerging as one of the most active data center markets in the world. Working with companies like Facebook and many others, we are advancing Virginia’s position as a global leader in the technology economy and a world-

Gov. Terry McAuliffe speaks at last week’s event class home to innovative companies of every size.”

Founded in 2004, Facebook states that its mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. People use Facebook to stay connected with friends and family, discover what’s going on in the world, and share and express what matters to them.

“Facebook’s decision to locate its newest data center operation in Henrico County is a tremendous economic win for the commonwealth,” said Secretary of Commerce and Trade Todd Haymore.

“Virginia’s information technology sector is booming, with nearly $12 billion in capital investment over the past decade and more than 650 data processing, hosting, and related establishments currently employing over 13,500 Virginians. Facebook, with more than 2 billion monthly users, is a powerful addition to the sector, and I commend the entire team who helped bring this company to the commonwealth.”

The Virginia Economic Development Partnership worked with Henrico County, the Henrico County Economic Development Authority, and the General

Assembly’s Major Employment and Investment (MEI) Project Approval Commission to secure the project for Virginia. The project was also made possible through a new renewable energy tariff called Schedule RF, designed by Dominion Energy Virginia and Facebook. The tariff will allow large energy users, such as Facebook, to meet their needs through the addition of renewable energy sources. This new product offering will ultimately lead to new business opportunities throughout Virginia. As a secondary economic benefit, the renewable energy projects served under this tariff must be built in Virginia.

A 2017 U.S. Chamber of Commerce data center study estimates that construction of a data center of this magnitude will employ up to 1,688 local workers, provide up to $77.7 million in wages for those workers, and produce $243.5 million in output along the local economy’s supply chain during construction. The same study estimates an annual injection of $32.5 million into the economy once construction is completed.

“Virginia has been a home to the Internet since the tech industry’s earliest days,” said Rachel Peterson,

director of Data Center Strategy at Facebook. “And thanks to Governor McAuliffe’s focus on making the commonwealth a great place for investment, as well as Henrico County’s robust infrastructure and attractive business climate for data center development, we could not be more thrilled to locate our next data center here. When considering new data center locations, we not only look for clean and renewable energy solutions, but great partnerships within the local community, a strong pool of local talent, excellent access to fiber, and a robust electric grid. Henrico County and the commonwealth of Virginia has it all.”

“We are excited to welcome our newest data center campus to eastern Henrico County,” states Tyrone E. Nelson, Henrico County Board of Supervisors, Varina District. “We are a proactive community that strives to attract new businesses in key sectors and ensure the success of our existing businesses. The company recognized not only the robust and readily available infrastructure in White Oak Technology Park, but also the significant bottom line value

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GRTC Go Cards retire for advanced fare technology As GRTC prepares for major technology upgrades with improved fare payment choices for customers, it is retiring its old Go Cards. Soon, riders will be able to simply tap their pass at a GRTC farebox or Pulse ticket vending machine and ride.

GRTC is also preparing to launch a new mobile payment app, enabling customers to scan at the farebox or Pulse ticket vending machine and pay securely. GRTC also notes that it will upgrade its fare web portal capabilities with a reloadable smart card system in the near future.

“The Go Cards have been a mainstay for many GRTC riders for years, but with improved technology coming soon, it is time to retire the old stored-value magnetic stripe fare media. GRTC is committed to

advancing customer improvements, and these technology upgrades continue advancements from 2015 with new fareboxes and unlimited ride passes,” said GRTC Chief Executive Officer David Green.

“We look forward to providing new, more convenient ways for riders to pay soon, and will assist Go Card customers through this transition.”

Effective Oct. 29: Old Go Cards that were discontinued in 2015 (but still valid at fareboxes) are no longer accepted at GRTC fareboxes or future Pulse ticket vending machines. Customers are asked to use old $1.50, $3.00, $5.00 and $25.00 Go Cards prior to their permanent expiration on Oct. 29. These old Go Cards are not accepted for trade-in value or refund.

Vendors stop selling the $10 Go Card. Any remaining $10 Go Cards will still be valid at GRTC fareboxes through Dec. 30. If a customer is not able to use up their $10 Go Card

by Dec. 30, they can trade it in for a pass(es) of equivalent value at the Temporary Transfer Plaza or RideFinders.

Fareboxes stop issuing Change Cards. Customers may still request a refund slip from their Operator, which will be processed for a refund to the customer by mail.

Alternatively, customers may exchange the Change Card for a pass(es) of equivalent value at the Temporary Transfer Plaza or RideFinders.

Effective Dec. 31: The $10 Go Card is no longer accepted at GRTC fareboxes or future Pulse ticket vending machines.

Customers are advised to please use their $10 Go Card prior to its permanent expiration on Dec. 31. If

(continued on page 3) of Henrico’s recent tax cut targeted specifically for data centers. We are pleased to add another stellar company to our corporate roster and look forward to supporting their future expansion here in Henrico County.”

“Access to clean energy is joining reliability and price as important considerations when businesses decide to locate their operations,” said Robert M. Blue, president and CEO of Dominion Energy’s Power Delivery Group. “We are pleased we have been able to develop a solution for Facebook that meets all those requirements and creates a model that can be used by other large businesses as well. It opens the door to attracting more businesses and more jobs for the communities we serve.”

“I thank Facebook for its decision to invest $1 billion in the Commonwealth, which represents a major victory in Virginia's multifaceted efforts to grow and diversify our economy,” said Del. S. Chris Jones, Chairman, House Appropriations Committee and the General Assembly’s Major Employment & Investment (MEI)

Del. Lamont Bagby of Henrico Commission. “Economic development is a true team effort in Virginia, and I’m pleased that the MEI Commission was able to partner with and support the governor’s office, VEDP, Henrico County, and others to help secure this new investment and job creation in Henrico County.”

“Virginia has so much to offer tech companies and other growing industries, and I’m extremely proud that Facebook has chosen Henrico to be a part of its expansion,” said U.S.

Sen. Tim Kaine. “The Henrico Data Center will support thousands of good-paying construction jobs in the region, in addition to those who will eventually be permanently employed at the facility, and I’m confident it will have a positive economic impact in Richmond for years to come.”

“I am so pleased to see Facebook invest in our community, bringing more than 100 tech job opportunities for the hardworking people of the commonwealth,” said Congressman

a customer is not able to use up their $10 Go Card by Dec. 30, they can trade it in for a pass(es) of equivalent value at the Temporary Transfer Plaza or RideFinders. Customer service dates will be posted online at rideGRTC.com.

Fareboxes stop accepting previously-issued Change Cards.

Change Cards with remaining value may be exchanged for a refund slip from the operator, which will be processed for a refund to the customer by mail. Alternatively, customers may exchange their Change Card for a pass(es) of equivalent value at RideFinders through next Jan. 12.

Exact fare will still be required as GRTC fareboxes do not issue change.

Customers paying with cash at the farebox will still receive a magnetic stripe pass from the farebox, which will be accepted on other fareboxes or serve as proof of payment on the new Pulse to Fare Enforcers.

Donald McEachin (D-Richmond).

“Not only will Facebook bring more tech jobs to the 4th Congressional District, but this project will include solar panels to power this facility with 100 percent renewable energy.

Virginia is once again an innovative leader in creating jobs and using renewable energy to power our community's bright future."

“I welcome Facebook to Henrico County,” said Virginia Sen. Jennifer McClellan. “The region's economy will benefit immensely from both the construction and long-term operation of their new data center. Facebook’s continued investment in Virginia is proof that the commonwealth is the best place to do business for technology and internet-related companies.”

“I am extremely pleased that Facebook chose to accept our friend request,” said Del. Lamont Bagby (D-Henrico). “Henrico County is rapidly becoming a top destination for the technology industry.

Facebook’s decision to invest and locate its newest data center in Henrico County speaks volumes to the support the commonwealth provides in our efforts to create a New Virginia Economy that is innovative and inclusive.”

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Federal funding for Children’s Health Insurance Program in Virginia set to expire unless Congress acts Absent congressional reauthorization, federal funding for Virginia’s Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) will run out in January of 2018, forcing Virginia to notify the families of 65,000 Virginia children and 1,100 pregnant women in November that their coverage will be terminated, said the governor’s office last week.

“Once again, dysfunction in Washington is putting the health and security of Virginia families at risk, this time through Congress’ failure to reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program. If Congress does

not act, 65,000 children and 1,100 pregnant women will be at risk of losing their coverage. Every day that Republicans in Congress fail to reauthorize this critical program will create significant uncertainty for families in every corner of this Commonwealth,” said Gov. Terry McAuliffe.

“Health care for Virginia children is too important to fall by the wayside as Congress wages battles over a backward partisan agenda.

I urge leaders in Washington to act now to fund health insurance for children across this nation before the

remaining federal resources run out.”

While the House and Senate appear to be working on reauthorization bills, their failure to act before the legal deadline for reauthorization has forced states across the country to contemplate the adverse effects on children and state budgets. To make the transition as seamless as possible, Virginia will have to begin taking concrete steps this month and issue notices in late November if reauthorization is not enacted immediately. Many states across the country will run out of money to cover their residents even sooner

than Virginia.

Even under the current reauthorization scenario contemplated in Congress, Virginia’s budget will take a hit. The Affordable Care Act had increased the percentage of funding for CHIP that came from the federal government.

The current proposals to reauthorize CHIP reduce that enhanced match back to pre-ACA levels. That means Virginia could be required to pay approximately $50 million in additional general funds starting in fiscal year 2020 and more than $100 million each year going forward.

concrete example of Virginia’s commitment to serving our veterans and their families in the Historic Triangle region and throughout the state to make it easier for them to successfully transition from the military to being a veteran,” said Newby.

Those visiting the new Williamsburg office can meet oneon-one with our highly-trained and accredited Veterans Services

Representatives who stand ready to help them identify and apply for the benefits they have rightfully earned, said Thomas J. Herthel, VDVS benefits director.

“The new office will also include a resource specialist from our Virginia Veteran and Family Support Program to help connect veterans to behavioral health, rehabilitative, and support services,” he said.

New office on College of William & Mary campus to serve veterans in Historic Triangle Region Virginia recently celebrated the opening of the new Virginia Department of Veterans Services (VDVS) office on the College of William & Mary campus in Williamsburg during a ceremonial ribbon cutting. The new office will serve military veterans and their families in the city of Williamsburg and the Counties of James City, York, New Kent, Gloucester, and surrounding areas. Gov. Terry McAuliffe was joined by state Sen. Monty Mason, Del. Michael Mullin, Williamsburg Mayor Paul Freiling, College of William & Mary Provost Michael Halleran, VDVS Commissioner John L. Newby II, state and local officials, community leaders, veterans, and active duty service members.

“Since I took office, one of my top priorities has been to make the commonwealth the best place for veterans and families to live,” said McAuliffe. “Virginia has one of the largest military populations in the country, with a large number of those veterans, active members, and their families living in the Hampton

Roads area. That is why I am especially pleased to open this office in Williamsburg on the beautiful William & Mary campus. We stand committed to ensuring that every Virginia veteran has a VDVS office nearby to provide essential access to the federal and state benefits they have earned serving our country.”

The new Williamsburg office is part of the commonwealth’s efforts to expand veterans’ services throughout the state, joining new offices that have opened in Abingdon, Ashburn, Fairfax, Manassas, Springfield, and Strasburg in the past twelve months.

A groundbreaking ceremony will be held Nov. 1 for the new Jones & Cabacoy Veterans Care Center, to be built in Virginia Beach. This new facility will offer in-patient skilled nursing care, Alzheimer’s and memory care, and short-term rehabilitative services for veterans and is expected open in late 2019.

Groundbreaking is also scheduled this fall for the new Puller Veterans Care Center in Fauquier County.

“Opening this new office here on the William & Mary campus is another

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Op/Ed & Letters

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Breaking the culture of silence If no one ever teaches women of color how to talk about sexual violence, how will we ever cultivate our voices -- whether as survivors, bystanders, friends or advocates?

MANYA WHITAKER This essay contributes to a continuing series in “Conditionally Accepted” on sexual violence in higher education. Women of color -- black women in particular -- are raised to keep quiet about such things. Much of the sexual violence that black women experience is at the hands of family members, friends, neighbors and church and community leaders. And if anything is true in a black household, it is that one should not make private business public. Don’t air dirty laundry.

Sometimes we women of color do not even know that we have been sexually violated. I cannot speak for other communities of color, but in the black community, we do not talk about sexual violence. Sure, we have conversations with our kids about sex -- safe sex practices and/ or waiting until marriage -- but anything beyond that is picked up on the school bus, at the basketball court, in the hair salon or when we The LEGACY NEWSPAPER Vol. 3 No. 41 Mailing Address 409 E. Main Street 4 Office Address 105 1/2 E. Clay St. Richmond, VA 23219 Call 804-644-1550 Online www.legacynewspaper.com

are being seen and not heard at Sunday dinner. It is so ingrained in my cultural norms to be silent about our sexual experiences that the thought to contribute to this series never crossed my mind until I was asked about it in passing.

If no one ever teaches us how to talk about sexual violence, how will we ever cultivate our voices -whether as survivors, bystanders, friends or advocates?

That day I was sexually assaulted when I was 15, in the 11th grade. I did not realize it until more than 10 years and four degrees later (ironically, three of which happen to be in psychology). The realization was triggered by a Facebook message from someone to whom I had not spoken since high school. The same someone who saved me from being raped.

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rushing into the girls’ bathroom on H-hall, grabbing Brandon (a pseudonym) by the back of his shirt, throwing him against the wall and turning to me and saying, “Go to class, Minny.” His nickname for me was Skinny Minny. That part of the flashback made me smile.

When I got out of the bathroom, I ran to class, careful not to drop my books while pulling down my shirt and rehooking my bra.

I made it to class just as the bell rang.

Just another day?

The flood of memories rendered me completely immobile for a full five minutes. Two things became clear: I had been sexually assaulted, and I had never realized it until now, after 10 years’ delay.

Remembering this incident did not bring with it the trauma my psychologically trained mind thinks that it should have. I am more horrified that a 15-year-old girl with a 4.5 GPA did not recognize sexual assault when she experienced it, or even in the years that followed. I certainly knew what rape was and that Brandon had a reputation for sexually assaulting girls, and I was very much afraid of having to walk past him and his friends on my way to class. Clearly, I knew that this boy was a threat; I knew that what he was doing to me was wrong. Yet,

when it was over, it was as if the school bell pushed that moment into last period and it was now time for fourth-period IB English. Like what I ate for lunch, being sexually assaulted was simply another event in a normal school day.

It should not have been. But for me and so many other women of color, sexual violence is par for the course in our day-to-day lives. Violence of all kinds becomes so normalized to us that we do not recognize it as the deviant, harmful and criminal behavior that it is. For those who do, speaking up is not as simple as telling your best friend (what if she says that I am overreacting and, instead, should be flattered because Brandon is super cute?) or your parent (“what did you do to make him think you’d like that?”).

A 15-year-old girl with her sights set on the Ivy League does not want to stir up trouble, particularly when her own behavioral record is far from spotless. Why bother parents who work long hours with a story about something that almost happened or really didn’t happen at all? Cultural norms sometimes demand silence, but even more concerning, selfpreservation mandates that we just forget it. The brain and heart can only handle so much trauma, and for too many women, “almost” being

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P.T. Hoffsteader, Esq.

Silly political dance

Every time there's a "public mass shooting" (defined by the Congressional Research Service as an incident in which four or more people are indiscriminately killed, not including the shooter or shooters, in a relatively public place) in America, the usual suspects climb atop of the pile of bodies before they're even cold and start doing the funky chicken to the tune of "gun control, gun control, this wouldn't happen if we just added one more gun control law to the hundreds of gun control laws that we already have."

They're always wrong, their political posturing is always ghoulish and disgusting, and any policy outcomes they achieve are stupid and pointless at best and an outrage against the rights of the people at worst.

This time, it looks like the former.

US Senator Dianne Feinstein (DCA) is pushing legislation to ban "bump stocks," devices which allow one to fire a semi-automatic weapon (which fires one shot per pull of the trigger) at rates not unlike those of an automatic weapon (hundreds of rounds per minute for as long as the trigger is depressed, unless the gun runs out of ammo, or it jams, or its barrel melts).

"Bump firing" devices are pretty

simple. They're based on holding the trigger finger in place and using the recoil of the weapon to, you guessed it, bump the trigger against the finger repeatedly.

Because they're so simple, anyone who really wants one will get or make one, ban or no ban. And, because they make a weapon's fire incredibly inaccurate and difficult to control, hardly anyone DOES want one for any purpose other than impersonating Rambo in YouTube videos.

If the Vegas shooter did use a bump stock, as seems to be the case, it probably saved some lives.

A reasonably proficient marksman would likely have killed more people with aimed shots from a semiautomatic, or even bolt action single shot, rifle under the circumstances (thousands of people packed together, less than 500 yards away, with a clear line of sight and no countersniper fire to worry about).

Republican politicians and the National Rifle Association are already jumping on the bump stock ban wagon. I'm not surprised. There's no "there" there. The whole idea is even dumber, and less pernicious in effect, than the 1994 ban on "assault weapons" (defined as guns that people like Dianne Feinstein think look scary).

This stump stupid idea has to be fought on principle, of course. "Shall not be infringed" means exactly that, and politicians should never be rewarded for publicly rolling around in the blood of murder victims while demanding that we sacrifice our rights to their ambitions. But I won't personally be losing any sleep over Feinstein's stunt.

Thomas L. Knapp

(from page 6) raped just does not measure up.

Women of color have been demoralized, browbeaten and run over so much that we sometimes do not give ourselves the space that we need to fall apart. We are raised with messages of strength; we are the backbone of the family. When so many black and brown men are unjustly behind bars, we have been left to bear the burdens of life alone.

What we go through on a day-to-day basis is unconscionable to people who do not live at the intersection of gender, race, class and religion. But for us, it is just another day.

Tomorrow I am currently co-editing an anthology of stories and other works by women academics of color about their bravery. My co-editor and I expected to receive tales of triumph in response to our call for abstracts: stories in which a woman exposes a misogynist, how-to manuals for starting mentoring programs, narratives of opening businesses in underresourced areas. And we got a few of those. But mostly, we read story after story of trauma.

Women, including women of color, are sexually assaulted every year, yet in the almost 350 submissions for our anthology about women of color, only three were about sexual violence. I cannot help but wonder how many of those authors have been shamed into silence or have long forgotten a bad experience because it has been buried by more recent trauma. How many women of

color consciously chose not to share their stories out of shame or fear?

How many did not share because they simply did not have the words to describe a pain they might not yet have processed?

Or maybe they did not share because these are not the stories we are used to telling. We have no problem talking about our teaching or our research. We are happy to describe our community service activities. We might even discuss with you our children and partners.

But the pieces of us that shape who we have become are kept buried in a place to which some of us no longer have, or want, access.

Just as we are willing to create opportunities for students in our teaching and to forge new pathways in our research, we must be willing to journey into ourselves so that we can do more than survive; we have to thrive. We must find the words to identify and report sexual violence.

We need to embrace the courage we exemplify in all other aspects of life to share our stories with one another. It is a necessity that we accept all of who we are if we are to bring our most authentically powerful selves to work every day in a space where, for many of our students of color, we are their only role model.

Had someone given me the words to articulate what happened to me, perhaps I would have. Had someone showed me how to speak my truth, I could have. We must be willing to speak even when it is easier to be quiet. We never know who is listening.

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The Episcopal Church’s HBCUs relevance HEATHER BEASLEY DOYLE When Skylar Mitchell arrived at Spelman College, an all-female historically black school in Atlanta, she found herself in an unfamiliar environment. “I had never been around only black people before,” she said last year, as her sophomore year drew to a close. “I didn’t like that I didn’t know how to be around black women my age on a social scale,” she said. “Now that I’ve been here, I love being around my people.”

As Mitchell wrote in her essay “Why I Chose a Historically Black College,” featured in the New York Times in April, the high-achieving comparative women’s studies major had set her sights on a big-name traditionally white institution — not one of the country’s roughly 100 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

Mitchell ultimately chose Spelman, the top-ranked HBCU, over the likes of Swarthmore and other well-known predominantly white institutions (PWIs), with no regrets. “I just feel more relaxed,” she said, compared to her previous majority-white high school. “Those first couple of days when I was at Spelman — I had never felt like that before.”

While Spelman has Baptist rather than Episcopal roots, Mitchell’s story might resonate with the Rev. Martini Shaw, rector of the African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas in Philadelphia. Shaw is chair of the Episcopal Church’s Executive Council Committee on HBCUs. Talking with HBCU graduates, “hearing their testimonies, their witness about how those schools made such an impact and such a difference in their lives” has persuaded him that post-secondary schools dedicated to African-Americans remain essential in American society.

The Episcopal Church’s Executive Council established the HBCU committee at its June meeting to continue the work begun by a task force, formed in 2015.

Two historically black colleges and universities have deep Episcopal Church roots. Voorhees College, in

Everett B. Ward, president of Saint Augustine’s University since 2015, talks with students on the Raleigh, North Carolina, campus.

PHOTO: Saint Augustine’s University Denmark, South Carolina, and Saint Augustine’s University, in Raleigh, are the only two Episcopal-affiliated HBCUs left in the United States.

At one point, the Episcopal Church supported 11 HBCUs in Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. These schools fell under the auspices of the American Church Institute for Negroes (ACIN), later known as the American Church Institute. An additional school in Texas “received funds from ACIN but was never officially brought under its oversight,” according to Episcopal Church archives. By 1976, only three Episcopal-supported black colleges remained: Voorhees, Saint Augustine’s and Saint Paul’s College in Lawrenceville, Virginia. That year, a resolution to continue funding the

colleges passed at General Convention.

In 2013, however, Saint Paul’s folded.

The school’s financial problems started with the 2008 economic downturn, according to the Rev. Jamie Callaway, general secretary of the Colleges and Universities of the Anglican Communion and the Association of Episcopal Colleges. Moreover, “the federal government tightened the rules on federal loan programs” including Pell grants, said Callaway, who is also a member of the HBCU committee. The changes affected many schools, but “for Saint Paul’s, it was, unfortunately, fatal,” he said.

Saint Paul’s wasn’t unique in its vulnerability to economic swings and government cuts; this is the case for HBCUs in general. Their mission is to keep post-secondary education affordable and accessible

for all students, especially low-income students (between 70 and 75 percent of HBCU students receive need-based financial assistance in the form of Pell grants), those who would be the first in their family to attend college, and students without access to five-star academic resources.

“These schools aren’t only for black students,” said Brian K. Bridges, vice president of research and membership engagement at the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). In 1976, 15 percent of HBCU students were not black; by 2014, that figure had risen to 21 percent. And the diversity goes beyond race. HBCUs “really do represent a cross-section of our society; you can’t categorize them into one group of students,” said Annette Buchanan, national president of the Union of Black Episcopalians (UBE).

Given the small percentage of students who attend HBCUs, it’s noteworthy that the schools are “among the top feeders of black students to graduate schools and professional schools, particularly in STEM fields,” said Felecia Commodore, assistant professor of higher education at Old Dominion University. Statistics back this up: According to the National Science Foundation, between 2010 and 2014, a notable portion of African-American doctoral degree recipients had earned their bachelor’s degrees at HBCUs, from slightly less than 20 percent in the social sciences to nearly 50 percent in the agricultural sciences.

While those figures may fluctuate, a 2015 Gallup poll shows that black graduates of HBCUs are “more likely than black graduates of other colleges to be thriving … particularly in their financial and purpose well-being.” This point goes to the heart of Mitchell’s experience at Spelman.

“Some will excel at Ivy League colleges,” said Shaw, the HBCU committee chair, and “others will do much better academically in a much smaller setting where they feel connected and supported by a

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“Ladies First” art exhibit to open at Walton Gallery The Walton Gallery, located in historic Olde Towne Petersburg, is pleased to present “Ladies First”, a group show featuring an eclectic mix of women artists. The show and sale will be on view from Saturday, Oct. 14 through Saturday, Nov.17 at 17 N. Sycamore St. in Olde Towne. An opening night reception will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

“We’re proud to showcase the talents of 16 female artists,” said Eric Walton, gallery director of the Walton Gallery. “They’re artists in all stages of their career who are challenging the limits of pictorial space using unique and varied media for self-expression.

“Ladies First” features diverse and dynamic contemporary artists who have come together in support of increasing awareness about Domestic Violence. Exhibition artists include: Aimee Joyaux, Dolly Holmes,

Virginia Coleman, Yha Yha Hargove, Anne Savedge, Alice Ellis, Carren Clarke-McAdoo, Adjoa Burrowes, Thelia Burts, J.C. Gilmore-Bryan, Joyce Wellman, Dana & Donna Frostick, Santa DeHaven, Amie Oliver, and Sandhi Gold.

“They have created paintings, wearable objects, sculpture, pen-andink drawings, mixed media collage and photography,” explained Walton who also curated the show, “Their work explores the themes of gender, identity, trauma, social justice, beauty and self-image.”

Two handcrafted, seed-beaded necklaces designed by “Sibyil Collections”, will be raffled. All proceeds will benefit Yeshua’s House, an 18-month transitional home for women and children in Petersburg, established to help women to achieve financial stability after suffering domestic abuse or financial hardship.

“Ladies First” is an official

“Artober” event – a month long celebration of arts and culture in Richmond and the Tri-Cities area.

High school students from the

“Ladies Jazz Singers of Appomattox Regional Governor’s School” will serenade gallery visitors with acapella music.

victims out of their situation.

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October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month Domestic violence best described from the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence as “...a pattern of abusive behaviors-including physical, sexual, and psychological attacks as well as economic coercionused by one intimate partner against another (adult or adolescent) to gain, maintain, or regain power and control in the relationship.

Batterers use of a range of tactics to frighten, terrorize, manipulate, hurt, humiliate, blame, often injure, and sometimes kill a current or former intimate partner.”

On average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States. During one year, this equates to more than 10 million women and men.

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One in 4 women and one in 7 men have been victims of severe physical violence by an intimate partner in

their lifetime.

One in 5 women and one in 59 men in the United States is raped during his/her lifetime.

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Show your support online and in your community. Posting on social media and sharing articles are great ways to grow awareness of Domestic Violence. Nonprofit organizations are always looking for donations and volunteers to spread the word and implement programs to help the

If you are in danger: Call 911.

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(from page 8) community that looks more like them.”

HBCUs are smaller, on average, than their traditionally white counterparts.

The largest student bodies among HBCUs number about 10,000. Saint Augustine’s University has 1,100 students, while Voorhees College has around 480.

As cozy and advantageous as a small college might be, Voorhees President W. Franklin Evans wants to boost his school’s enrollment. “Last August, enrollment was at its lowest,” Evans said. The decline in enrollment — at a time when many HBCUs have seen their admissions spike — made him conclude that Voorhees isn’t “as family-oriented and as nurturing as we should be.”

Inaugurated as the school’s president in April, Evans said he is “reimagining Voorhees; it’s a different school of thought now.” In addition to boosting enrollment, his goals include reaching out to nontraditional students, reestablishing off-campus sites, boosting alumni donations and ensuring the perceived luster of Voorhees students in employers’ eyes.

Becoming more family-oriented at a school where “at least 85 percent” of the students are the first generation in their family to go to college means something specific to Evans. “We’ve got to do a better job of educating the parents and caregivers,” about navigating the college years, including the financial aid process.

He hopes, too, for more of a connection with the Episcopal Church.

“I didn’t find the church as warm and kind and fuzzy as I thought it would be,” Evans said. Complicating matters for Voorhees has been the 2012 departure of the leaders and several members in many Diocese of South Carolina congregations during a dispute over biblical authority and theology, primarily centered on the full inclusion of LGBT people in the life of the church. “That, in and of itself, is an issue that has an effect on Voorhees,” said Evans, since several of those congregations were supportive of the college.

While Saint Augustine’s doesn’t have that particular complication, the school is also focused on increasing enrollment and alumni giving, according to the school’s president since 2015, Everett B. Ward. He’s looking to the council committee as his school moves forward with its efforts.

“To have that level of support will be very helpful,” Ward said.

Miss Voorhees College 2017 - 2018, Terrianna Mccullough That support, in fact, could help prevent the loss of another Episcopalaffiliated HBCU. “We’re aware of the decline of small, church-affiliated HBCUs in general,” said UNCF’s Bridges. “This is a trend that’s happening nationally.” And while people have bemoaned the loss of HBCUs nationally and four schools have lost accreditation, “over the past 15 years, only Saint Paul’s has closed,” Bridges said.

Looking back at the Episcopal Church’s relationship with its historically black schools, “one thing is very obvious,” said Shaw. “Yes, they were Episcopal HBCUs. Yes, there were dollars and funds allocated, but I’m not sure how much involvement beyond that there was.”

Now, he said, is the time to support Voorhees and Saint Augustine’s with more than just money — while underscoring that more money always helps. Under the auspices of the new HBCU committee, at least two consultants are working on development and strategic planning and are “in direct contact with the presidents, staff and boards of both schools,” Shaw said. He also noted that Episcopal HBCUs once had a healthy percentage of Episcopal students, but that is no longer the case.

The UBE’s Buchanan noted the same trend. “What we’ve heard and seen is that young black Episcopalians are not aware of the two Episcopal HBCUs,” she said. To raise awareness, UBE added a new page, Support Our HBCUs, to its website this year.

This isn’t the beginning of the 49-year-old organization’s support of Episcopal-affiliated HBCUs, though.

“We’ve had a relationship with them throughout our history,” Buchanan said.

Buchanan sees Voorhees and Saint

Augustine’s as “the church’s largest outreach to the black community.” She said the church could strengthen this particular ministry, though. “I think the church’s results have been mixed,” she said. “The funding for HBCUs has remained the same over the past few years — every year, it’s been a struggle to get funding from the church for [them].”

The General Convention allocated $1,645,000 for HBCUs in its 20162018 budget, along with $400,000 in “education enterprise grants” to be shared by the two schools. That combination increases the church’s total HBCU funding to $2,045,000, which is $20,000 more than in 2013-2015, when the allocation was intended for Voorhees, Saint Augustine’s and Saint Paul’s. The current HBCU-earmarked total is $205,000 less than the 2010-2012 allocation.

At the same time, for the past 18 months, the Episcopal Church’s Development Office has been working to help Saint Augustine’s and Voorhees. With the support of the Executive Council, the presiding bishop and the new HBCU committee, the development office’s goal is “to increase public awareness [of HBCUs] within the Episcopal Church, to strengthen fundraising for the schools and to provide connections to other Episcopal organizations that support HBCUs,” said Director of Development Tara Elgin Holley.

One manifestation of this has been the formation by members of Christ Church in Raleigh of a “legacy council” for Saint Augustine’s. The council’s goal is to help spread the word about Saint Augustine’s. Three other local churches have also expressed interest in joining the group.

The development office’s efforts are part of the Episcopal Church’s racial reconciliation and justice effort, Building Beloved Community, Elgin Holley said. A summary of Building Beloved Community includes partnerships with HBCUs as part of a churchwide initiative to “repair the breach in society and institutions.”

Fighting for funding isn’t unique to Episcopal HBCUs; it’s woven into the HBCU community’s story at a national level, according to Marybeth Gasman, professor of higher education at the University of Pennsylvania and director of the Penn Center for Minority-Serving Institutions.

“HBCUs just had to fight to exist,” said Gasman. “Funding has continued to be really, really difficult; if they’re public, they’re not funded at the level of majority institutions.”

HBCUs’ endowments also lag behind those of their traditionally white counterparts’. Top-ranked HBCU Spelman draws upon a $346.9 million endowment, whereas top-ranked TWI Princeton has an endowment of $22.7 billion. The same goes for alumni giving. Voorhees College doesn’t have the kind of donors that support so many of the country’s TWIs, according to Evans. “We’re lucky if we have alums who are willing to give $200,” he said.

Earlier this year, Trump invited HBCU presidents to the Oval Office as he signed an executive order “to promote excellence and innovation” at HBCUs. As part of the order, the Initiative on HBCUs moved from the Department of Education into the White House’s purview.

“Certainly, the president’s call to meet with the HBCU presidents was a good thing, as long as it was not simply a photo opportunity; time will tell,” said Shaw. The Initiative on HBCUs’ move “causes a little anxiety,” he added. The University of Pennsylvania’s Gasman agrees: “The money is in the Department of Education. It’s not in the executive branch. I don’t know why you would want the chickens in the house with the fox.”

Ultimately, the Trump administration’s intentions seem mixed, at best. While the Department of Education has reinstated yearround Pell grants, the Pell grant surplus could potentially be cut by more than $3 billion in the FY 2018 federal budget. And in May, the president called into question the constitutionality of the HBCU Capital Financing Program, comments at odds

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Showdown on criminal justice reform takes shape A showdown between the more liberal Senate and the more conservative House of Representatives is taking shape on Beacon Hill, as both branches get set to take up an overhaul of the state’s criminal justice laws.

A bill to be considered by the House is based on recommendations put forth in a report by the nonprofit Council of State Governments and focuses primarily on so-called “back end” issues, pertaining to areas such as probation and parole and other post-incarceration supervision.

The Senate legislation goes much further than the House bill, although a former chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, who is serving as an unpaid adviser to the House on the matter, says everything is “on the table.”

“It’s a very important topic,” said retired Justice Roderick Ireland, after meeting with House Speaker Robert DeLeo on Wednesday afternoon. “I will share my thinking based on my experience and my knowledge about the criminal justice system, and I will give my views to the speaker and we’ll exchange ideas.

“Of course he’ll have the final call on things, but at least he’ll hear from me on what I think are the important points about the criminal justice reform.”

The 114-page Senate bill makes

juvenile justice system - Expand the use of restorative justice diversion - Expungement of misdemeanor and non-conviction juvenile records Proposals in the Senate bill are being hailed by the Black and Latino

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several changes to state law as it pertains to the “front end” of the criminal justice system. Many drug-related mandatory minimum sentences would be repealed. Fees for indigent criminal defendants would be reduced or eliminated. The state’s bail system would be overhauled.

“This bill is about lifting people up instead of locking people up,” said Sen. William Brownsberger, a Democrat from Belmont and cochair of the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee. “It’s a recognition that at this point we have a very high

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CDC: Cancers associated with overweight & obesity make up 40% of cancers diagnosed in U.S. Overweight and obesity are associated with increased risk of 13 types of cancer. These cancers account for about 40 percent of all cancers diagnosed in the United States in 2014, according to the latest Vital Signs report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Overall, the rate of new cancer cases has decreased since the 1990s, but increases in overweightand obesity-related cancers are likely slowing this progress.

About 630,000 people in the U.S. were diagnosed with a cancer associated with overweight and obesity in 2014. About 2 in 3 occurred in adults 50- to 74-years-old. The rates of obesity-related cancers, not including colorectal cancer, increased by 7 percent between 2005 and 2014.

The rates of non-obesity related cancers declined during that time.

“A majority of American adults weigh more than recommended – and being overweight or obese puts people at higher risk for a number of cancers – so these findings are a cause for concern,” said CDC Director Brenda Fitzgerald, M.D. “By getting to and keeping a healthy weight, we all can play a role in cancer prevention.”

In 2013-2014, about 2 out of 3 adults in the U.S. were overweight (defined as having a body mass index

Brenda Fitzgerald, M.D. of 25-29.9 kg/m2) or had obesity (having a body mass index of 30 kg/ m2 and higher). The body mass index (BMI) is a person’s weight (in kilograms) divided by the square of the person’s height (in meters).

Many people are not aware that being overweight and having obesity are associated with some cancers. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has identified 13 cancers associated with overweight and obesity: meningioma, multiple myeloma, adenocarcinoma of the esophagus, and cancers of the thyroid, postmenopausal breast, gallbladder, stomach, liver, pancreas, kidney, ovaries, uterus, colon and rectum (colorectal). Screening for colorectal cancer prevents new cases by finding abnormal growths in the colon and rectum before they turn

(from page 10) very interesting racial dynamics with February’s pro-HBCU talk and executive order.

In this sense, more than 150 years after HBCUs first arose, the schools continue to explain their relevance and to justify their very existence. HBCUs’ relevance remains a topic even though “we’ve seen upticks in enrollment in the past four or five years,” according to Gasman. HBCUs are seen “as a safe space for black students, so that they do not have to deal with microaggressions.” (Micro-aggressions are comments or actions that subtly and sometimes unconsciously or unintentionally express a prejudiced attitude toward a member of a marginalized group such as a racial minority.)

Last fall’s HBCU enrollment spike in the wake of student protests at PWIs (including the University of Missouri and Yale University) drew national attention. “There are some

going on right now in our country … coupled with the Black Lives Matter movement,” said the United Negro College Fund’s Bridges. Even students for whom finances were not a major consideration, Mitchell among them, value a place where their blackness isn’t an issue.

Given all of this, the HBCU community wants to change the subject from relevance. Commodore, of Old Dominion, and Gasman coedited “Opportunities and Challenges of Historically Black Colleges and Universities: A Student Perspective” because “we wanted to push some of the conversations that are happening in HBCU research,” Commodore said.

Those conversations included LGBTQ issues and the influx of Latino and Asian students into historically black schools.

Moreover, “we really need to start talking about what are the governance challenges at HBCUs,” she said.

into cancer.

The report, by CDC and National Cancer Institute (NCI) researchers, analyzed 2014 cancer incidence data from the United States Cancer Statistics report and reviewed data from 2005 to 2014 to determine trends for cancers associated with overweight and obesity.

Key findings regarding cancer types associated with overweight and obesity: · 55 percent of all cancers diagnosed in women and 24 percent of those diagnosed in men are associated with overweight and obesity. · Non-Hispanic blacks and nonHispanic whites had higher incidence rates compared with other racial and ethnic groups. Black males and American Indian/Alaska Native males had higher incidence rates than white males. · Cancers associated with overweight and obesity, excluding colorectal cancer, increased 7 percent between 2005-2014. Colorectal cancer decreased 23 percent, due in large part to screening. Cancers not associated with overweight and obesity decreased 13 percent. · Cancers associated with overweight and obesity, excluding colorectal cancer, increased among adults younger than age 75.

“As an oncologist, when people

ask me if there’s a cure for cancer, I say, ‘Yes, good health is the best prescription for preventing chronic diseases, including cancer,’” said Lisa C. Richardson, M.D., M.P.H., director of CDC’s Division of Cancer Prevention and Control. “What that means to healthcare providers like me is helping people to have the information they need to make healthy choices where they live, work, learn, and play.”

How can health care providers help? · Measure patients’ weight, height, and body mass index, and counsel them on keeping a healthy weight and its role in cancer prevention. · Refer patients with obesity to intensive programs that include a variety of activities to help people manage their weight. · Connect patients and families with community services to help them have easier access to healthy food and ways to be active.

CDC notes that its efforts to prevent overweight and obesityrelated cancers include the National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program, which funds all 50 states, the District of Columbia, eight tribes, and seven territories. It supports cancer coalitions in each jurisdiction and coordinate cancer control activities and strategies.

Buchanan pointed out the importance of leadership, not only in keeping HBCUs as healthy as possible, but also in acknowledging that a school is more than its administration.

“Various leadership with various skill levels” have shepherded HBCUs, Buchanan said. “And some were not very good at all. There’s a tendency to paint a whole institution [in leadership’s light], when they really didn’t know how to manage their school.”

Bridges sounded positive about recent changes in HBCU leadership.

“There’s been a new cadre of presidents coming in who are doing things in some new ways,” he said.

Many of them are younger, in their late 30s and 40s, equipped with more “dynamic” marketing techniques. “The question for me is how do [HBCUs] exist, given the new racial dynamics of today, the new way of delivering education?” Bridges said. “How do they retool themselves to keep helping large

numbers of low-income, academically unprepared students?”

Voorhees and Saint Augustine’s are among the HBCUs with new presidents, both seemingly eager to shift gears at their respective schools and to learn from past mistakes. At the same time, the Episcopal Church is dedicating time, people and resources to study HBCUs while supporting them in new ways, signaling that the schools should be more than just a line item in the church’s budget.

This path forward, which many credit to Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, is not only forward-looking; it harkens back to the beginnings of Episcopal HBCUs. “The founding of these colleges was the beachhead of the Episcopal Church’s work for racial reconciliation after the Civil War,” said Callaway. “Instead of just going forward, the church was saying, ‘how can we move forward and change things?’ ”

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New legislation meant to streamline employer reporting requirements under ACA U.S. senators Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Rob Portman (R-OH) have introduced the bipartisan Commonsense Reporting Act of 2017 to streamline and modernize employer reporting requirements under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The legislation, according to the senators, would strike a balance between ensuring the Treasury Department has the necessary data to determine availability of affordable coverage, while cutting down on unnecessary paperwork and administrative costs for businesses.

The ACA requires employers and insurers to report information about health insurance coverage to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) at the end of the tax year.

The legislation directs the Treasury Department to implement an alternative, prospective reporting system that is more workable and less burdensome for employers than current regulations.

Mark R. Warner “This legislation couples important data collection with the flexibility and efficiency employers need to continue implementing the law,” said Sen. Warner. “It’s time to find common ground with serious

legislative efforts that provide more affordable, accessible, and quality health care to all Americans, regardless of where they purchase their coverage. Americans deserve better – hopefully this is the first step of many bipartisan solutions.”

“I have heard from hundreds of employers in Ohio that have spent hundreds of administrative hours attempting to comply with the reporting requirements in the Affordable Care Act. This added time and resources has not improved the quality of health insurance employers offered but only further discouraged employers from offering health insurance and hiring more workers.

“This bipartisan bill will help streamline the reporting process by allowing employers to report information to the IRS prospectively, easing the burden for employers and employees,” said Sen. Portman.

The Commonsense Reporting Act streamlines this process by establishing a voluntarily system

which would allow employers to report pertinent information before open enrollment begins, to minimize the administrative burden at the back-end, and limit the collection of unneeded information.

The Commonsense Reporting Act has been endorsed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, America’s Health Insurance Plans, Retail Industry Leaders Association, American Hotel and Lodging Association, American Rental Association, American Staffing Association, National Association of Convenience Stores, National Association of Health Underwriters, National Association of Home Builders, National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, National Business Group on Health, National Federation of Independent Business, National Grocers Association, National Restaurant Association, National Retail Federation, NATSO for America’s Truck and Travel Stops.

The Fitness Warriors program has made a tremendous community impact since its creation in 2014.

In that time, 74 Warriors have completed the program – many of whom continue to lead free classes, mentor new instructors, and serve as leaders in the fitness industry. The current class of Warrior Recruits will

complete their training in December, with the next training period kicking off in January 2018. Warrior Recruits offer hundreds of hours of free classes during their training, with many participants returning week after week and to enjoy the

Fitness Warriors ready to combat obesity for next round of RVA residents The next class of the Fitness Warriors program, part of Sports Backers’ Keep It Moving initiative has opened an application period for those interested in joining the program. The deadline to apply is Nov. 5 withn those accepted beginning training in January.

The Fitness Warriors program trains members of the community with talent, passion, and potential to be professional fitness instructors for Richmond’s communities with the highest rates of chronic disease.

The Keep It Moving initiative breaks down barriers to physical activity and provides increased access to fitness opportunities to residents of all corners of the Richmond region.

Fitness Warriors display a broad spectrum of leadership skills and

receive free training to be group exercise instructors. Throughout the program, Warriors meet as a class and get dedicated training and support from Warrior alumni and professionals in the field.

As part of their training, Fitness Warriors teach hundreds of hours of free fitness classes to help others reach their fitness goals. Fitness Warriors work in communities to expand the fitness opportunities offered through schools, churches, senior residences, community centers, and other settings. By teaching these weekly classes around the Richmond region, Warriors hone their skills and provide a vital resource for communities that otherwise lack ready access to fitness and physical activity opportunities.

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Calendar 10. 14-15, 10 a.m.

You can enjoy world class art, live music, food, dance and art demonstrations at the 13th Annual Port Warwick Art & Sculpture Festival in Hampton Roads. Join more than 90 artists, local and from across the country, in Port Warwick on Loftis Boulevard at Jefferson Avenue. Art displays include fiber, paintings, ceramics, mixed media, sculptures, glass, photography, drawing & graphics, furniture, wood, printmaking, and jewelry.

The festival is a draw for art enthusiasts at any budget as many artists offer a wide range of price points to choose from. In addition, enjoy live acoustic music from Narissa Bond, Matt Thomas, The Jukes and much more. View Tidewater Dance Theater Inc. led

by Debbi Evans Davidson and the "Living Elements Project," which answers the question “If a sculpture could speak, what would it say?” The stories and routines being presented were built around Newport News Public Art Foundation sculptures that beautify the city and feature original music and choreography by local artists.

Returning is the “Young Collectors Tent,” where children can buy art at huge discounts, spending as little as $5 on art valued for as much as $300. A portion of the proceeds from this tent will help fund an emerging artist scholarship. Kids also get a chance to be artists with “Make and Take Pottery” at the Starving Artist Studio tent.

The festival will go on, rain or shine, and free parking is available.

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Chemerinsky lecture planned

Erwin Chemerinsky, newly appointed dean at University of California, Berkeley School of Law, will give a lecture Oct. 12, at 4 p.m. in the University of Richmond School of Law’s Moot Courtroom. His presentation will focus on the topic of free speech on campus with a Q&A to follow.

Chemerinsky is the author of 10 books, including “The Case Against the Supreme Court” and “Free Speech on Campus.” He was named a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2016. National Jurist magazine named him the most influential person in legal education earlier this year.

Chemerinsky is the author of 10 books, including “The Case Against the Supreme Court” and “Free Speech on Campus.”

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Comedian, actor and writer Zach Anner will speak at VCU as part of the university’s recognition of Disability Awareness Month.

Anner’s talk, “When Life Gives You a Wheelchair, Make Lemonade” at the University Student Commons Theatre, 907 Floyd Ave., Richmond.

The event is free and open to the public. Event details can be found on the Office of Student Accessibility and Educational Opportunity website.

The Texas-based comedian, who was born with cerebral palsy, gained worldwide attention in 2011 as a contestant on “Your OWN Show: Oprah’s Search for the Next TV Star.” Anner was one of two winners of “Your OWN Show” and later hosted “Rollin’ With Zach” on the Oprah Winfrey Network. He is the author of “If at Birth You Don’t Succeed,” a memoir about his life with cerebral palsy.

A book signing for VCU students, faculty and staff will take place following the event.

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The University of Richmond Downtown is hosting a new exhibition, “RVA Cures: Conquering Childhood Cancer.” The exhibition is part of September’s National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

Organized by Connor’s Heroes Foundation, the exhibition will tell the stories of local children, caregivers and researchers who are facing cancer, the number one disease killer of children.

The exhibition will feature photographs by Richmond artist Kristin Seward and one hundred zebrafish painted by children and local artists. The zebrafish is the symbol of pediatric cancer research conducted in Richmond.

“RVA Cures” will be on view at UR Downtown’s Wilton Companies Gallery, located at 626 E. Broad St. The exhibition will be on view through through Jan. 19, 2018.

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Legislative Caucus.

“I love what I see in the Senate bill,” said Rep. Frank Moran (D-Lawrence), who serves as chair of the caucus.

“There’s a few more adjustments we’re going to do to the House bill to make it even better,” Moran added. He said the caucus wants to see reforms such as the elimination of mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent offenders to make it better for communities of color.

“In a community like ours, you know, you have a young kid who probably has a bigger chance of getting into trouble than in other communities,” Moran said.

But prosecutors have concerns with the Senate bill, calling it regressive because it mimics a time when crime was rampant and now with the fewest people incarcerate.

Both House and Senate leaders say they are committed to debating the bills before they must break for the calendar year on Nov. 15.

It is quite likely both branches will pass different versions of the bill, setting up the need for a conference committee that could very well write an entirely new bill that would be placed before both branches sometime in 2018.

benefits of an active lifestyle. From September 2016-April 2017, there were 1,073 unique visitors to a Fitness Warriors class. During the most recent evaluation from that period, class participants reported experiencing the following benefits: - 52 percent reported reduced stress and improved mood - 55 percent reported improved ability to function in daily activities/tasks - 60 percent reported increased cardio endurance - 40.1 percent reported weight loss - 75 percent reported increased energy level - 56 percent reported increased flexibility - 52 percent reported increased strength - 8.5 percent reported reduced medications To continue making an impact in the communities that need it the most, Sports Backers is gearing up to train a new cohort of Warriors. An informational session is scheduled for people interested in applying to become Fitness Warriors: Saturday, Oct. 21, 11:00 a.m.: streaming on Facebook Live (Facebook.com/ RVAFitnessWarriors) “Fitness Warriors strengthen our

neighborhoods, empower residents of all ages and abilities to get active, and make exercise safe, fun, and accessible,” said Danny Avula, director of the Richmond City Health District. “It takes passionate residents who are willing to lead by example and help others take charge of their own health to build active communities and continue growing a culture of health and physical fitness in Richmond.”

“The Fitness Warriors program continues to create innovative ways to transform lives of people across the Richmond region,” said Jacki Quinlan, director of Community Outreach for Sports Backers.

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health and we are excited to now recruit Warriors twice per year, which allows us to add more classes and doubles our annual impact in communities we serve.”

The Fitness Warriors program now offers 45 free fitness classes each week in Richmond and the Tri-Cities, and that number will keep rising as new cohorts are added. New recruits receive dedicated mentoring and support from their assigned Warrior Captains, who are some of the most successful alumni in the program.

The program, a partnership between Sports Backers, the Richmond City Health District, Fit2Go, and the American Council on Exercise (ACE), continues to grow, offering both increased fitness opportunities for community members and career opportunities for Warrior alumni.

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