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The impact U.S. volunteers make - 2 Va. woman sets lofty goal to help - 4 General Assembly preview - 5 What are your fitness goals? - 11

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“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’”

-Dr. MLK 1957

Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud. - Maya Angelou

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News U.S. volunteers give service worth $184 billion WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new federal study shows that volunteer service is a core American value that can help build bridges among Americans. The annual Volunteering and Civic Life in America research, released by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) shows 1 in 4 Americans volunteered through an organization and nearly two-thirds helped their neighbors last year, demonstrating that service to others continues to be a priority for millions of Americans.

The report found that 62.6 million adults (24.9 percent) volunteered through an organization in 2015, the latest year available. Altogether, Americans volunteered nearly 7.8 billion hours in 2015, worth an estimated $184 billion, based on the Independent Sector’s estimate of the average value of a volunteer hour. The volunteer rate consistently remains stable and strong. Over the past 14 years, Americans have volunteered 113 billion hours, service worth an estimated $2.3 trillion.

In addition, more than 138 million Americans (62.5 percent) also engaged in informal volunteering in their communities, helping neighbors with such tasks as watching each other’s children, helping with shopping, or house sitting.

“When we stand shoulder to shoulder to serve with others, we gain another perspective on the lives we share, while using our time and talents to build a stronger nation,” said Wendy Spencer, CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service. “Each year, millions of Americans do extraordinary things as volunteers; this is America at its best. As we enter the holiday season, we are calling on all citizens to unite in service as a way to unify our country and keep our communities strong.”

The Volunteering and Civic Life in America research also shows that volunteers are more likely than non-volunteers to talk to neighbors, attend community meetings, participate in civic organizations, discuss politics or local

issues with family and friends, do favors for neighbors, and fix things in the neighborhood. A growing body of research indicates that communities with higher levels of civic engagement have been linked to lower crime rates, improved health outcomes for aging adults, lower rates of mental illness, improved academic outcomes for children, improved employment outcomes for job seekers, and greater community resilience following a disaster.

The research shows that overall rate of volunteering remains strong and stable, despite a slight decrease from the previous year, and that Americans’ commitment to volunteering spans across generations. Key highlights of the report include: • Generation X leads volunteering among generations. Americans aged 35-44 had the highest volunteer rate (28.9 percent) followed by Baby Boomers (25.7 percent).

• One in five (21.9 percent) of Millennials (age 16-32) volunteered.

Young adults age 18-24 attending college volunteer at twice the rate (25.7 percent) of their non-college attending peers (13.6 percent).

•Older Americans, including Baby Boomers and members of the Silent Generation, tend to volunteer more hours. In 2015, the age groups with the highest median hours among volunteers were ages 65-74 (88

hours) and those 75 and older (100 hours).

•Working mothers continue to maintain the highest rate of volunteering among all populations at 36 percent. The volunteer rate of parents with children under age 18 is higher than the national average at 31.3 percent.

• More than one-third of Americans (36.3 percent) are involved in a school, civic, recreational, religious, or other organization. Americans most frequently volunteer with religious groups (34 percent), followed closely by education or youth service groups, and social or community groups.

• Volunteers are meeting wide range of pressing needs. Millions of volunteers devoted their time to working with youth through tutoring and teaching youth (18 percent) or mentoring youth (17.5 percent).

Nearly one-quarter of volunteers helped prevent hunger (24.2 percent) by collecting, preparing, and distributing food, and one in four (24 percent) participated in fundraising activities.

The report also measures volunteering at the state and local level. Utah, Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota, and Idaho claim the top five state spots, while Minneapolis-St. Paul, Salt Lake City, Milwaukee, Washington, D.C., and San Jose, Calif. come in as the top

large metropolitan areas. Additional rankings are available for mid-size cities and by age groups.

In 2013, CNCS released Volunteering as a Pathway to Employment, research which found that unemployed individuals who volunteer have 27 percent higher odds of finding employment at the end of a year than non-volunteers.

Among rural volunteers and volunteers without a high school diploma, the likelihood increases to 55 and 51 percent, respectively.

Volunteers provide critical support to our nation’s nonprofit, civic, and faith-based organizations, offering time, skills, and monetary support. The Volunteering and Civic Life in America research found that volunteers are almost twice as likely to donate to charity as non-volunteers. Nearly 80 percent of volunteers donated to charity, compared to 40 percent of nonvolunteers. Overall, half of all citizens (50.5 percent) donated at least $25 to charity in 2015.

As the federal agency for service and volunteering, CNCS funds the annual research to provide government and nonprofit leaders with in-depth information on volunteering and civic trends to help them develop strategies to mobilize more Americans to address local needs through service. The Volunteering and Civic Life in America data includes profiles for all 50 states and the District of Columbia, 51 metropolitan areas, and 75 mid-sized cities, including data on volunteer rates, civic indicators, rankings, area-specific trends, and analysis.

The research is part of the agency’s efforts to expand the impact of America’s volunteers on key challenges facing the nation. CNCS provides critical support to America’s nonprofit and voluntary sector through grants, training, research, and partnerships. In 2015, CNCS notes that it engaged millions of Americans in service through AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, MLK Day, and other service programs.

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Woman files federal lawsuit against ODU over response after violent campus assault Old Dominion University is being sued by a woman who claims that the school mishandled a rape case and violated federal law.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court Friday, alleges that campus police interrogated the woman, who was an 18-year-old freshman at the school, for eight hours after she reported she had been raped on campus in

October 2014. The complaint details the circumstances surrounding the violent rape and states that there were not any school personnel in the residence hall when the assault took place.

The victim contacted a local rape crisis center where a counselor made an appointment for her to have a forensic examination at a hospital

and encouraged her to call the police.

The complaint states that the victim called 911 and the operator routed her call to the ODU Police Department. ODU Police arranged to pick up the victim on campus and then took her to the on-campus police department instead of to her appointment at the hospital.

According to the court document, the victim was held at the police department for about eight hours where she was interrogated while detectives expressed “open skepticism” about her allegations of being sexually assaulted despite having collected physical evidence from her room that corroborated her report.

The complaint states that Detective Robert Taylor told the victim he “just

[didn’t] see the crime here,” after the victim had recounted the attack in detail multiple times.

The lawsuit also alleges that the victim was denied food, water, bathroom and medical assistance.

The complaint also states that the suspect was brought in for questioning and allowed food and drink and allowed to leave, all while the victim was still being held.

After eight hours at the police station, the victim was escorted to a medical center where forensic evidence indicated that she had injuries consistent with a violent rape.

The woman is asking for $75,000 in damages and has asked ODU to make several changes in how they handle reports of sex assaults.

Virginia woman is using coupons to help feed 30k people by her 30th birthday While some of her peers might be thinking of exotic vacations or parties to mark their 30th birthdays, Lauren Puryear has set a lofty goal for herself.

The 29-year-old from Woodbridge plans to deliver 30,000 meals to people who are hungry and homeless by the time she turns 30 this year on Sept. 14.

Puryear, who works with adults who have mental health issues in her day job, has also committed herself to using coupons to feed as many people as possible for the least amount of money.

“My first couponing experience ever was canned vegetables,” Puryear told reporters of the hobby she began about a year ago. “I was able to get them for four cents a can at Dollar General so I bought 420 cans and I added chicken and rice to that meal.

“I figured if I could coupon for the vegetables I could coupon for everything.”

Puryear said she often gets money back for items with her coupons and reinvests that money to buy more food. She recruits her friends and family to search coupon circulars each week. She also brings friends and family with her to buy and transport the food, which she keeps in a rented storage unit.

“I can spend anywhere from five to 10 hours a week,” she said. “Some stores have limits on how much you can buy, so sometimes I have to get my friends to come with me to buy it and bring their cars so we can transport it.”

Puryear, the mother of a fiveyear-old son, said she began feeding homeless people in 2012 after her grandmother died. She wanted to continue her grandmother’s legacy of giving back to the community, so she started her own organization called For the Love of Others and delivers food in her local area and around her native state of New Jersey.

“I first research locations where there is a homeless population and then look at the laws to make sure I’m able to serve in public. And then I just go to the area and let people know I’m there” she said. “We try to be as social as possible and investing in them, sometimes they ask for prayer.”

Puryear said she has fed 5,572 people since she started couponing.

Her latest big delivery was in Washington, D.C. in October, where she fed 1,200 people.

“Just knowing that we’re making a difference in someone’s life, that’s the most rewarding thing and what

Lauren Puryear keeps me going,” she said.

Her next step is to address poverty on a more infrastructural plane.

“My dream is to bring awareness to the social issues that stem from my desire to even do this, such as

poverty and lack of resources,” she said. “I would like to work on a macro level to talk about policy or getting grants. Because there are so many limitations to what the homeless can do to reach success.”

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McAuliffe proposes GA criminal justice reforms Proposal includes reforming driver license suspensions, increasing ability to petition court based on new DNA evidence and revising felony larceny threshold Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has proposed a legislative package of what his office calls “commonsense” reforms to Virginia’s criminal justice system for the 2017 General Assembly session.

McAuliffe made the recent announcement at CARITAS Works, a Richmond-based workforce development program that provides career preparation and job placement services to individual with major barriers to employment.

The package includes reforms aimed at better aligning Virginia’s justice system to keep people safe and connect punishments with the severity of crimes: preventing Virginians from having their driver license suspended due to the inability to pay outstanding court fees, allowing all convicted persons of felonies to petition the court to issue a writ of actual innocence based on DNA evidence and increasing the felony larceny threshold to align Virginia with the majority of the United States.

“Throughout my administration, I have worked with Virginia’s public safety officials, the legislature, and the courts to assure that we have a criminal justice system that is fair and seeks true justice,” said Governor McAuliffe, speaking at today’s announcement. “The changes we are proposing today seek to hold offenders responsible for their crimes in a way that maintains

opportunities for rehabilitation and future productivity. I look forward to working with the General Assembly this session to pass these proposals and continue our bipartisan work toward a new Virginia economy that offers every individual a safe community and a shot at a better life.”

Joining the governor at last week’s announcement was Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security Brian Moran who said that as a former prosecutor, he has seen the need to reform Virginia’s criminal justice system to focus public safety efforts on criminals who pose the greatest threat to our communities.

“We should never cease to hold offenders accountable for their crimes, but those punishments must be levied in a way that promotes restoration,” said Moran.

“The governor’s agenda makes commonsense changes to our system that will maintain public safety while ensuring that individuals who make mistakes have every opportunity to turn their lives around.”

Details of the governor’s criminal justice agenda include:

1) Eliminating the suspension of a driver license due to the inability to pay court costs for most non-driving related offenses; The governor announced two bills aimed at reducing the practice of suspending the driver licenses of offenders who either cannot afford to pay court costs or who committed a non-driving offense. Nearly 650,000 Virginians currently have a suspended driver license because they cannot afford to pay their legal fees and court costs to the state. Another 200,000 have lost their licenses for offenses that have nothing to do with driving. For many, personal vehicles are the only travel option to their job, and their driver license suspension prevents them from employment, and ultimately from paying their court costs and building a more productive life.

2) Eliminating arbitrary barriers to a writ of actual innocence based on new or untested human biological evidence; The governor announced legislation to expand the eligibility to obtain a writ of actual innocence if new or untested evidence is discovered.

Currently, only certain defendants can petition the courts for a writ of actual innocence after the conclusion of a trial. The proposed legislation expands the opportunity for defendants who pleaded guilty to petition the court for a writ of actual innocence based on new or untested DNA evidence.

3) Raising Virginia’s felony larceny threshold to $500.

The governor announced legislation to raise Virginia’s felony larceny threshold from $200 to $500.

Virginia’s felony larceny threshold is currently the lowest in the country, set at $200, meaning that an individual who steals one pair of high end athletic shoes is subject to enormous employment, housing and other difficulties that come with a felony conviction. The threshold was first set in 1980, almost 40 years ago. The purchasing power of $200 in 1980 is now over $500.

This legislation will proportionately revise the punishment for theft in Virginia and align Virginia with the rest of the nation in distinguishing misdemeanor and felony theft, saud the governor.

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Op/Ed & Letters

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Overcoming racial divisions DR. GAIL C. CHRISTOPHER Just five days before inauguration of Donald Trump as the country's 45th president, millions of Americans on Jan. 15 will celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. For many, memories of the civil rights icon revolve around his momentous “I Have a Dream” speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, calling for an end to racism and to the expansion of economic opportunities.

Dr. King’s brilliance - strategic leadership of the Civil Rights Movement to unparalleled courage and integrity - is often over shadowed by the speech that scholars hailed as the 20th century’s top public address in the U.S. Unfortunately, Dr. King’s dream of equality articulated in 1963 remains unfulfilled in many communities today - a reality affirming the continued structural inequities and bias spurring widespread disparities in social conditions and opportunities for people of color.

Think about Dr. King’s powerful vision. “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” That’s the America many of us strive to create, but clearly, despite progress in some areas, we are still seeking to realize.

Furthermore, the vitriolic, divisive rhetoric and raw emotions raging throughout the past year pulled the scab off a persistent wound in the The LEGACY NEWSPAPER Vol. 3 No. 2 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

American psyche, bringing the issue of race front and center and exposing the divides in our society. What does the nation do about it? How do we move forward on a path toward racial equity that facilitates racial healing, dismantles structural racism and lifts vulnerable children on a path to success?

To-be-sure, America has made progress over the decades.

Government and the courts enacted statutes and rulings ranging from Brown v. Board of Education to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to the Fair Housing Act of 1968 that outlawed public discrimination, while purportedly providing equal opportunities. Yet, these actions only addressed the effects of racism, not its core foundation. Time has demonstrated that government and courts can enact and uphold laws, The LEGACY welcomes all signed letters and all respectful opinions.

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but they don't change hearts, minds and souls or address the root cause of racism.

Racism is rooted in the false belief in a human hierarchy, an antiquated taxonomy of the human family, which has fueled structural racism and conscious and unconscious bias throughout U.S. culture with a perception of inferiority or superiority based on race, physical characteristics or place of origin.

Whites are placed at the top and all other racial groups in descending order. This absurd notion, which science has soundly discredited, was used to justify colonization and enslavement for centuries.

And the false ideology fuels white supremacist movements and other overt expressions of racial and ethnic hatred and bigotry.

The United States has witnessed how the belief manifests in many ways. From coast to coast, communities experience disparities for people of color in health, education, employment and housing.

Furthermore, high profile police shootings involving people of color has fueled the perception that the criminal justice system is unfair and bias. In fact, a study by University of California, Davis anthropologist Cody Ross found “evidence of a significant bias in the killing of unarmed black Americans relative to unarmed white Americans, in

that the probability of being black, unarmed, and shot by police is about 3.49 times the probability of being white, unarmed, and shot by police on average.”

It appears Dylann Roof, the convicted murderer of nine worshippers at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, SC, was motivated by a belief that he was somehow superior to blacks and others. Friends said Roof complained that "blacks were taking over the world" and he vowed to start a race war Dr. King understood that the belief in racial hierarchy created barriers to our country's capacity to fulfill the promise of our democratic ideals.

It is time for us to fully eliminate this hierarchy of human value and jettison the antiquated concept.

Only then can all of our children be embraced not because of the color of their skin or other physical characteristics, but by their innate essence, their humanity.

Our country needs racial healing and a sustained effort to avert the racism that influences public and private systems, practices and policies. The racial healing can move us toward one another in a spirit of wholeness and love. A transformative, positive change can come from this shift in our individual and collective consciousness and the resulting actions we take on behalf

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P.T. Hoffsteader, Esq.

Petersburg blues

I am one of the taxpayers who never go to those city council meeting because I understand Petersburg's form of government, and I receive minutes of the meeting via email.

I read about the same group of individuals clashing and monopolizing the meetings. Did my Ward 2 council member inform me who he was voting for? Of course not. The main duty of council members is to make decisions in conjunction with the people he represents and for the good of the city. Frankly I don’t care who the “ceremonial” mayor is! People should understand his limited duties of no position power, and stop comparing his title to the Richmond mayor who operates under a different form of government and has real power.

If you were to ask me of my choice of mayor, it would not be the current mayor or vice mayor. As a ACLU of Virginia member, my reading of my newsletter, the city council was criticized was lack of transparency i.e. too many closed sessions/ holding last minute meetings. If moving the noon meeting to 6:30 p.m. will make a few people feel good, then make the change.

Issues that started December 2015 and have continued through year of 2016 has damaged taxpayers’ confidence in the Petersburg government who are thinking about expediting their move out of the city (low school district performance, increased poverty and a broke local government is a difficult trend to reverse.

Walt Hill

Connecting people

AARP Foundation recently announced the launch of Connect2Affect, a response to the growing epidemic of isolation affecting more than eight million older adults. The goal of Connect2Affect is to create a network that not only builds awareness about social isolation and its impact, but also identifies solutions.

Strong social connections are fundamental to physical and mental well-being. But recent research shows that the negative health consequences of chronic isolation and loneliness, while harmful at any age, are especially so for older adults.

According to a study published last r in Perspectives on Psychological Science, the health effects of prolonged isolation are equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day. An earlier report found that subjective feelings of loneliness can increase the risk of death by anywhere from 26 percent to 45 percent.

Social isolation is a complex problem, one that desperately needs our attention. With Connect2Affect, we want to encourage new research, create a deeper understanding of loneliness and isolation, and identify innovative solutions to help adults age 50 and older build the social connections they need to thrive.

Connect2Affect features tools and resources to help evaluate isolation risk, reach out to others who may be feeling lonely and disconnected, and find practical ways to reconnect with the community.

Lisa Marsh Ryerson AARP Foudation

of ourselves, our children and future generations of our human family.

After decades of funding diverse communities to help improve the lives of vulnerable children, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) leadership recognizes the need for racial healing and eliminating racism, and replacing it with the affirmation of our equal and shared humanity. The hierarchy of human value is deeply embedded consciously, systematically, structurally and unconsciously by the people and systems adhering to it.

Removing it from our society will require a concerted effort over time.

The Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT) enterprise created by WKKF and a broad coalition of organizations from all sectors of society is working to end the belief and facilitate racial healing. TRHT is a communitydriven vehicle for transformative change. The TRHT approach examines how the belief system became embedded in our society, both its culture, and structures, and then works with communities to design and implement effective actions that will permanently uproot it. We are marshaling individual, local, public and private resources to dismantle systemic, structurallybased patterns of discrimination at the municipal, county, state, Tribal and federal levels.

At a recent summit, 570 people representing the 130 TRHT partner organizations issued a call to action to designate Jan. 17 as the inaugural National Day of Racial Healing in America.

Communities, organizations and individuals will acknowledge that deep, racial divides still exist and must be overcome and healed. They will commit to engaging representatives from all racial, ethnic, religious, gender, and identity groups in genuine efforts to increase understanding, improve communications, caring and respect for one another and the perceived other.

These actions will help create a new narrative that refutes the belief in a hierarchy of human value and replaces it with the scientifically proven assertion that we're all descendants of one human ancestry and guided by an inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Our country’s make-up has changed significantly since its founding, and the demographic changes are continual. Immigration and birth rates, among other contributing factors, are altering the face of communities. Already, children of color represent the majority of children in the country, and far too many are in poverty.

For these new challenges, America needs a new reality, grounded in racial healing so that the work of ending racial disparities can boldly move forward and all children have opportunities to succeed. It is time to focus our energy, resources and discourse on eliminating the false ideology of a hierarchy of human value so we can cultivate and grow what must be valued most: our common humanity.

Christopher is a WKKF senior advisor and vice president for TRHT.

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Faith & Religion

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In emotional farewell speech, FLOTUS Michelle Obama praises religious diversity are teaching our young people about justice and compassion and honesty.”

Mrs. Obama gave a series of high profile speeches at campaign events for Clinton last year and made

WASHINGTON (Reuters) First Lady Michelle Obama made an impassioned case for embracing diversity and welcoming all religious groups in a not-so-veiled message to her husband’s successor two weeks ahead of Inauguration Day. In what was billed as her last formal speech before President Barack Obama leaves office, the first lady said Jan. 6 at an event honoring high school counselors that the United States belonged to people from all backgrounds and walks of life.

“Our glorious diversity – our diversities of faiths and colors and creeds – that is not a threat to who

U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama and Mika Almog (right) look on as Chemi Peres lights the menorah candles during a Hanukkah reception at the White House Dec. 14, 2016, in Washington, D.C. Photo; Yuri Gripas/REUTERS

we are, it makes us who we are,” she said.

The remarks were reminiscent of her vigorous campaign speeches in favor of Democrat Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election. Presidentelect Donald Trump has proposed building a wall along the border of Mexico and temporarily banning Muslims from entering the country.

“If you or your parents are immigrants, know that you are part of a proud American tradition: the infusion of new cultures, talents and ideas, generation after generation, that has made us the greatest country on earth,” Mrs. Obama said.

“If you are a person of faith, know that religious diversity is a great American tradition, too … And whether you are Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Sikh – these religions

clear her disapproval of Trump for questioning President Obama’s citizenship and for the New York businessman’s treatment of women after a recording was released in which he bragged about groping women.

Trump was a leader of the so-called birther movement that questioned whether President Obama, who was born in Hawaii, had been born in the United States.

Mrs. Obama has kept a lower public profile since the election.

Choking up on Friday, she said being first lady had been the greatest honor of her life.

“So that’s my final message to young people as first lady. It is simple. I want our young people to know that they matter, that they belong,” she said. “Lead by example with hope, never fear. And know that I will be with you, rooting for you and working to support you for the rest of my life.”

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An inside look at the other women who made the space race possible ALEX DE VORE Here’s the thing—it’s kind of hard to not like “Hidden Figures”, at least insofar as it's the simultaneous story of uncredited black women who were so awesome at their jobs that they literally made safe space flight possible, yet they were treated so poorly amidst the racist atmosphere of 1960s Virginia that we’re all kind of like, "What the hell, man!?"

That said, the overall tone seems a tad breezy for the subject matter. It could be that director/screenwriter Theodore Melfi wanted to tell the story, which was based on the book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly, in a palatable fashion, but you just know that the actual story was far more intense.

We mostly follow Katherine Goble/Johnson (Taraji P Henson), a lifelong math ultra-genius who works as a human computer for the space program at NASA alongside dozens of other black women.

Along with her close friends/fellow NASA employees Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe), Katherine attempts to deduce the incredibly complex science to launch John Glenn into space, orbit the planet and then return safely while the Russians work toward the same thing. Of

course, it's the '60s, and white people are basically the absolute worst, so even though Katherine can do any math that comes her way and Dorothy teaches her damn self how to program NASA's newly-minted (and room-sized) IBM supercomputer and Mary is some kind of goddamn engineering phenom, they have to fight some pretty nasty racism on the part of people like lead engineer Paul Stafford (Big Bang Theory's Jim Parsons) and supervisor Vivian Mitchell (a perfectly condescending and bitchy Kirsten Dunst).

Of course, we all know the gist of the story—John Glenn was shot farther into space than any human before—but “Hidden Figures” teaches us that Glenn's flight (and the subsequent moon landing in 1969) simply wouldn't have happened if these women, particularly Katherine, hadn't been on the case. But it isn't like anyone makes it easy. Yes, Kevin Costner as NASA bigwig Al Harrison believes in Katherine and knocks down “Colored Ladies Restroom” signs and stuff, but it seems more like he divides people into helpful or not-helpful categories more than he's a race crusader. Still, that was a pretty big damn deal in those days, and before we realize it Katherine is blowing minds in Pentagon briefings, both as a black person and a woman,

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Andy Dooley: I was brought up to always dream big, don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something. In college I remember my roommate and I talking about how nice it would be to do what we loved and have shoes and apparel as part of the package. I began working with Reebok four years ago after I read a book called “The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears” by Mark Batterson. The basis of the book is to find something that you want to conquer and you circle it and pray

A scene from the movie “Hidden Figures” two things that were unheard of in places of power, and figuring out the algorithms and cosines and other math jargon that even the brightest NASA minds had struggled with.

And it's triumphant, even if a bit heavy-handed at times, so we feel for Katherine and her friends and want them to succeed so that every dumb cracker who assumed they were incapable will have to ditch their shit-eating, racist attitudes, which they eventually do (to no small amount of satisfaction).

Henson’s performance exists in the sweet spot between vulnerable mother and widow and complete badass, unafraid to excel at math or to fight for her race and gender.

And though Spencer and Monáe prove indispensable to the pacing and overall feel of “Hidden Figures”, some of the impact of the real-world

achievements made by the women they portray winds up dissipated as they're relegated to periodic bits of comic relief.

Still, it is Katherine's story, and there's much to enjoy here. The sting of racism cuts deep even now, and we must never forget that these people literally had to be complete geniuses and fight their asses off to receive even a modicum of respect.

It's an important chapter in history nonetheless, and told in an extremely watchable fashion. Don't be surprised if “Hidden Figures” becomes required viewing for students down the road at some point and, we hope, we start to get other films about the incredible people of color throughout history who perhaps didn't get the recognition they so obviously deserved.

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about it. I wrote a list of things that I wanted to happen in my life which included being sponsored by Reebok and at the time, I had no idea what that would eventually look like.

Fast forward to two clients I was training mentioning that Reebok was having a competition so I applied. I had to write 140 words about myself and send photos. Months later I received an email saying that I made the top 12.

The next step was to make a one minute video that they posted online and I had two weeks to get people to vote for me to make it from the top 12 to the top 4. Once I made it to the next round, I was flown to Boston with the other three competitors and we went through a week intensive where we trained the Reebok staff, there were photo shoots, we gave them a business plan then they sent us home. A few months later they flew us to Arizona to announce the winner and I became the face of ReebokONE. Was there ever a point within the process where you were intimidated by your competition? How do you stay in your lane and

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AD: When I made the top 12 I noticed that the majority of the other competitors were CrossFit athletes and I remember thinking that I might not win for that reason; then God reminded me that comparison breeds doubt, which can delay your purpose. I couldn’t compare myself to someone who aesthetically seemed to be in better shape; I reminded myself that God made me the way I am so I shouldn’t worry about the next man. I just need to focus on being the best version of myself. I had to be present in my belief that my true self is exactly what the brand wanted.

How has your life changed since becoming the face of ReebokONE? AD: It’s given me that much more validity. Prior to this opportunity, I was searching day in and day out for clients and now I have a waiting list. And I have to be that much more selective of who I work with since I’m also representing a brand. You have to have the work ethic and you have to understand the ‘why’ in order to get results. This isn’t just a diet or a quick fix. I want to work with people who are ready to make a lifestyle change.

Reebok has exposed me to other brands as well. I was recently featured in “Muscle & Fitness” and in “Men’s Health”. It’s amazing to see video of my workouts being shared across the world to help inspire other people. I’m still the same person, with the same work ethic but when you have a bigger brand behind you it gives you this validity. Even celebs reach out on Snapchat and Instagram.

What did you think you were going to be doing with your life when you were 25? What would you tell a young man that reminded you of yourself about following their dreams?

AD: I thought I was going to be a rapper. I thought at that point I’d have an establish career touring as an artist, similar to Gospel rapper Lecrae because I had opened for the Christian rap group, 116 Clique in San Diego but it wasn’t paying the bills yet and I needed to be able to eat and put a roof over my head. I would tell another 25-year-old, at that point, give it your all, make your

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I came to a point where I decided I was still going to work on my music but I was interested in pursuing fitness as well. At the time I was working for Verizon Wireless and former baseball player, David Justice and his wife came into the store, I helped them and connected with them. Eventually I decided I didn’t want to work in corporate so I gave my two weeks notice to start my pursuit into personal training. I called David and let him know I was going to connect him with another point of contact at the store and he asked what was next and I said personal training and he asked if I wouldn’t mind training him. I was blown away because even though I was new in the game, he trusted me so I owned it. I engulfed myself into learning about the body, learning my craft, studying top trainers and figuring out how I was going to be different.

Never, ever second-guess who God made you to be. If you know your gifts then you know what lane to stay in then you can keep building upon that.

You’ve mentioned that there were some “famine years” when you were in between jobs. As a husband and a father, how did you withstand that part of your journey?

AD: As a man and the provider for your home, when you have a wife and kids, the famine years is magnified on a whole different level because you’re looked upon as the leader of your home. When I made it to the top 4 of the Reebok competition, I was excited but also stressed because my wife and I literally had a dollar in our bank account.

We had gifts from our baby shower that we returned to get food and diapers until my next payday because I had just started a new job but it was going to take three weeks before I got a check. During those in between times of working up to that point, I had to use wisdom and humble myself; I was willing to work any job. I sent applications to Starbucks, Sports Authority and various places that told me I was over qualified and I would get upset because if I’m over qualified, then use me–I need it! Then I had to realize that God knows better! He’s already written out my life so I had to ask for that peace that surpasses all understanding and I had to make

sure that I did my part because faith without works is dead.

When I wasn’t working, my 9 to 5 was sending off applications and dropping off resumes day in and day out. I was hustling as a trainer to retain one or two clients and that wasn’t paying the bills out in L.A. At one point I was making $300 every two weeks to pay for rent and food but some how, some way, God would still bless us with random checks like a client or a boot camp.

Do what you have to do but never lose site of where you’re going. At this time, I can absolutely say I love what I do and it’s what I’ve always wanted to do which is a mixture of ministry and fitness. I’m the youth pastor at my church, I’m a fitness professional and I get to incorporate

all of my creativity and be a major impact on my community and in people’s lives locally and globally.

And I continue to write out all of my dreams and desires. There’s a list on my wall, on my phone and I have post-it notes everywhere. I still have the note that said I wanted to be sponsored by Reebok and before I left to find out who was the winner of the competition, my wife was cleaning the house and the note fell out my bible. She asked me if I had just written it and I told her no, it was there for three years and to see it come to fruition is amazing. I have a list of all of the things that have come to pass in my life. It may not be the timing that you want it to happen but everything is in God’s perfect timing.

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Members of the Petersburg School Board are (front row, left to right) Chair Kenneth Pritchett, Atiba Muse, Ward 2; Lois Long, Ward 5; and Dr. Wayne Scott and (back row, left to right) Bernard Lundy Jr., Ward 6; Vice Chair Steven Pierce Sr. and Adrian Dance Sr., Ward 7.

Petersburg School Board elects chair/vice chair

During its first meeting of the year last week the Petersburg School Board elected its chair and vice chair for 2017 in Kenneth Pritchett, who represents Ward 3, and Steven Pierce Sr., who represents Ward 1.

Last week’s meeting was the first for Dr. Wayne Scott, who was elected in November to represent Ward 4. School Board meetings are generally held at 6:30 p.m. on the first and third Wednesdays of each month in the School Administrative Offices, 255 South Boulevard East.

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has proposed that all K-12 schools in the state offer students the option of a full-time virtual education.

If the plan is approved, Virginia would join Florida as the only states in the country with such a mandate, said John Watson, the CEO of the Evergreen Education Group, a consultancy that supports online education. Students in more than two-dozen other states have access to a full-time virtual program, but their districts are not required by law to offer such an option.

"One approach is not clearly better than another, although there is a fear that when you mandate that all districts offer an online school, there will be a race to the bottom as some seek the lowest-cost alternative," Watson said.

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Building on existing options Since 2002, the state department of education has run its own online program, called Virtual Virginia. It currently serves 200 students in a full-time pilot program and enrolls 12,551 students from across the state in individual online courses.

In addition, K12 Inc., the country’s largest private operator of full-time online schools, which is headquartered in Herndon, Va.,

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Senators’ bill to lower prescription drug prices for seniors At the start of the new Congress, U.S. senators Tim Kaine, Amy Klobuchar, Richard Blumenthal, Jeanne Shaheen, Tammy Baldwin, Angus King, Sherrod Brown, Patrick Leahy, and Al Franken introduced legislation to lower prescription drug prices for seniors. The lawmakers have introduced the Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act, which would allow Medicare to negotiate the price of prescription drugs.

Current law only allows for bargaining by pharmaceutical companies and bans Medicare from doing so.

The legislation would help cut costs for nearly 41 million seniors enrolled in Medicare Part D and boost Medicare savings. Kaine co-sponsored earlier versions of this legislation in June 2013 and January 2015, and earlier this year sent a letter urging the incoming Trump administration to work with Congress to lower prescription drug prices.

“No one should have to choose between paying for a prescription drug that they need and necessities like food and shelter,” said Kaine.

“This bill seeks to bring down skyrocketing costs of prescription drugs by letting Medicare directly negotiate for the best price, like Medicaid and the

(from page 13) has a contract with three Virginia school districts to run the Virginia Virtual Academy, a statewide K-8 online school. And the state education department has approved an additional 20 public districts and private companies to operate as "multidivision online providers," eligible to offer online courses to students statewide.

But a continued push for more online options in Virginia has run into some resistance.

Last April, Gov. McAuliffe vetoed a bill that would have created a new statewide full-time virtual school overseen by a newly created state board. Teacher unions and publiceducation advocates opposed the bill because it would have directed funding away from traditional public schools, and McAuliffe cited concerns about moving the responsibility for oversight away from local school systems.

In the wake of the veto, a working group on virtual education was convened. The new proposal is the result of that group's efforts. Districts would have the option of contracting

Department of Veterans Affairs currently do. I’m proud to join my colleagues on this important bill because our seniors should be able to afford the prescription drugs they depend on.”

“AARP has long-supported allowing the Secretary of HHS to use the bargaining power of Medicare’s millions of beneficiaries to negotiate for lower prescription drug prices,” said Nancy LeaMond, AARP’s executive vice president and chief advocacy and engagement officer. “AARP’s most recent Rx Price Watch report found that the

with existing entities, including the state-run Virtual Virginia program, to fulfill the new mandate.

“Control remains local, but there would be expanded access,” said Holly Coy, a state deputy education secretary, in an interview.

Questions about performance and accountability Over the past 18 months, fulltime online charter schools have come under increased scrutiny from researchers, advocates, and journalists.

An Education Week investigation of the cyber charter industry, for example, documented widespread evidence of poor performance and questionable management practices throughout the sector.

Despite such troubles, states and districts have increasingly moved to create their own fulltime online options. Not much systematic research of these schools’ effectiveness—or even enrollment—is currently available.

According to Watson of Evergreen Education, about 350,000 students in more than 25 states are currently enrolled in full-time statewide online

retail prices of brand name drugs widely used by older Americans rose by an average of over 15 percent in 2015. Seniors and taxpayers cannot continue to absorb the impact of high and growing prescription drug prices.”

“As a physician, I see first-hand the impact of rising prescription drug costs on patients who may forego treatment because they can no longer afford their medications,” said Nitin S. Damle, MD, MS, FACP, president of the American College of Physicians, and a practicing internal medicine physician, on behalf of ACP’s 148,000 members.

“We urge the Senate to approve this legislation to increase patient access to these lifesaving medications.”

The Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act would allow the secretary of Health and Human Services to directly negotiate with drug companies for price discounts for the Medicare Prescription Drug Program, eliminating the “non-interference” clause that expressly bans Medicare from negotiating for the best possible prices. The government can harness the bargaining power of nearly 41 million seniors to negotiate bigger discounts than insurance companies.

schools (including both charters and district- and state-run programs.)

An unknown number of additional students are enrolled in full-time online programs offered locally by their district or other education agency.

“There’s enough evidence that the schools work when they’re well-managed that it makes sense for opportunities to be expanded,” Watson said. “But it also makes sense for that to be done thoughtfully, so as to ensure that there are good accountability measures in place.”

That could prove tricky when adding a new mandate and a new layer of regional oversight onto Virginia’s already-messy virtual schooling landscape.

The details of McAuliffe’s proposal still need to be fleshed out—and to survive the state’s legislative process.

But Coy, the state deputy education secretary, said the new proposal would address such concerns in part by ensuring that students enrolled in full-time virtual programs would still have to take state tests, and their scores would count towards their home school systems.

“The idea is that even though they would be a full-time virtual student, they would enroll in their local public school and maintain a connection to those schools,” she said. “We think that's part of accountability.”

The devil, said Watson, is invariably in the details.

If only a handful of students in a given district enroll in a full-time online program, will their home districts have enough incentive to feel responsible for their performance? Will those districts be required to report separately on the performance of their online students?

With a multitude of providers, presumably using a multitude of technology platforms, will it be possible for state regulators and researchers to take a meaningful statewide look at how full-time online students are doing?

“Generally speaking, the idea that Virginia is joining other states in creating more opportunities for students around digital learning is a good thing,” he said.

“Whether this particular approach is good or bad probably remains to be seen.”

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Museum will be national memorial to lynching victims (TriceEdneyWire.com) - The Equal Justice Initiative, a nonprofit organization that provides legal representation to indigent defendants and prisoners denied fair and just treatment in the legal system, intends to open in 2018 the first national memorial to African-American victims of lynchings.

The memorial will be located on six acres in Montgomery, Ala., where EJI is headquartered, the organization said in its 2016 annual report. EJI has reported that nearly 4,000 black men, women and children were lynched, burned alive, shot to death, drowned and beaten to death by white mobs between 1877 and 1950 in 12 southern states.

The memorial, however, will record terror lynchings in every county throughout the United States, not just in the South. For example, on June 15, 1920, a mob lynched three black men—Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson and Isaac McGhee—for allegedly raping a white woman in Duluth, Minn., according to the book “The Lynchings in Duluth,” published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press.

The woman claimed she had been attacked. A physician who examined her said nothing indicated she had been sexually assaulted. In 2003, Duluth erected a memorial honoring Clayton, Jackson and McGhee. Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith were African-American men who were lynched on Aug.

to civil rights activism, he was pardoned in 1999 by the state of Indiana.

Cameron founded America’s Black Holocaust Museum in Milwaukee, Wisc. Cameron died on June 11, 2006.The local chapter of the NAACP and the State’s Attorney General struggled to indict some of the Marion lynch mob, but no one was ever charged for the murders of Shipp and Smith, or the attack on Cameron Lynchings of black men were mostly carried out to protect the perceived sanctity of white women. Otis Price of Perry, Fla., was murdered by a white mob on Aug. 9, 1938, for walking past a white farmer’s home while the farmer’s wife was bathing in an open doorway, according to EJI.The organization has found locations where lynchings occurred.

Thousands of volunteers for EJI have collected Jars of soil from sites where blacks were lynched. soil from over 300 lynching sites as part of the organization’s Community Remembrance Project.

The jars of soil are exhibited at EJI. Each jar 7, 1930, in Marion, Ind., after being dragged from bears the name of a man, woman, or child lynched jail and beaten by a mob for allegedly murdering a in America, as well as the date and location of White couple. James Cameron, 16, a third person, the lynching. EJI recently released a study about narrowly escaped being murdered by the mob; he black military veterans targeted for lynching. The was helped by the intervention of an unknown report’s title is “Lynching in America: Targeting woman and returned to the safety of his jail Black Veterans.” It builds on EJI’s 2015 report, cell. He was later convicted and sentenced as an “Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of accessory before the fact. After dedicating his life Racial Terror.”

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“Mr. Speaker, it is my hope that reason will prevail and that while we may tweak the Affordable Care Act, it will not be repealed,” said McEachin.

McEachin, along with U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, Gov. Terry McAuliffe, and Congressman Bobby Scott, will gather with Virginians at the Capitol on Jan. 15, 1 p.m. for a “rally to save health care and oppose Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA)”.

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In celebration of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, the University of Richmond has planned learning and service activities on Jan. 15 and 16.

To kick off the holiday, the university will partner with HandsOn RVA and The Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities for the second year to co-host a film screening and discussion at the Byrd Theatre in Carytown on Sunday, Jan. 15. “Race,” a 2016 biographical sports drama film about AfricanAmerican athlete Jesse Owens' quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history, will be shown at 4:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is requested. The movie will be followed by a short panel discussion and conversation.

Richmond’s MLK commemoration free event, “Honoring the Legacy, Engaging the Dream,” will be held Jan. 16 at 5:30 p.m. in the Modlin Center for the Arts, Camp Concert Hall.

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Newport News Mayor, McKinley L. Price said, “For many years it has been on my heart that we in Newport News need to participate in honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through service to our community. As we know Dr. King believed in service to others. Years ago, I had the pleasure of listening to Ambassador Andrew Young as he spoke of his friend and peer, Dr. King. Ambassador Young shared that Dr. King came to redeem the souls of America from three evils – racism, poverty, and war. He brought historic change to America and transformed the lives of many. Dr. King had a desire and willingness to serve. He breathed life into his words with his actions.

Dr. King believed that life’s most persistent and urgent question is: what are you doing for others?”

In answer to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s question, Mayor Price is pleased to partner with Delegate Marcia Price, Sheriff Gabe Morgan, and the Virginia Peninsula Foodbank to host the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Food Drive on Monday, January 16, 2017. Organizations, churches and communities are encouraged to begin now to collect food and to spread the word and invite their members to participate. Price said, “Now is a great time to begin collecting food. Put a box out at your New Year’s Eve celebration or at your Neighborhood Watch Meeting. By working together, we can replenish the Foodbank’s supply of food after the holidays and honor Dr. King’s legacy of service.”

On Monday, Jan. 16, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m., Mayor Price, Delegate Price, and Sheriff Morgan will gather at the Foodbank, 2401 Aluminum Avenue, Hampton, VA 23661, to receive donations from the community.

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The LEGACY is looking for a reliable, highly-motivated, goal-driven sales professional to join our team selling print and digital advertising in the Richmond and Hampton Roads areas.

Duties include: Building and maintaining relationships with new/existing clients Meeting and exceeding monthly sales goals Cold calling new prospects over the phone to promote print and online advertising space

Qualifications: Proven experience with print (newspaper) and/or digital (website) advertising sales Phone and one-on-one sales experience Effective verbal and written communication skills Familiarity with the Richmond and/or Hampton Roads Professional image Compensation depends on experience and includes a base pay as well as commission.

The LEGACY is an African-American-oriented weekly newspaper, circulation 25,000, with a website featuring local and national news and advertising.

E-mail resume and letter of interest to ads@ legacynewspaper.com detailing your past sales experience. No phone calls please.