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Following family legacy into public service MIKE FOX

Del. Jerrauld C. “Jay” Jones, of Norfolk, a 2015 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, was recently sworn in as a new member of the Virginia General Assembly this month, representing the 89th District. The 28-year-old, who is the youngest member of the House of Delegates, talked to UVA Law about what he learned in law school, his family’s legacy of service and what a younger generation can contribute to politics.

Why make the leap from lawyer to citizen lawmaker?

I was not looking to run for the seat, but when the incumbent announced that she would not seek re-election and would instead seek citywide constitutional office, the opportunity presented itself.

Moreover, I was encouraged to run by local elected officials and community leaders, which then set the wheels in motion. As a young person, it is certainly not something you jump into without taking a serious look at whether you can win the race, raise the money necessary to be competitive and build the proper infrastructure to be successful. After a considerable amount of thought and consultation with family, close friends and my law firm, it became clear to me that this was an opportunity that I could not pass up.

What are some of your goals as a delegate?

As a delegate, I hope to bring positive solutions to the people of the 89th District and the commonwealth of Virginia. We have introduced several pieces of legislation, the most prominent of which is HB260. This bill would create a critically missing persons alert for citizens between the ages of 18 and 60. Currently, we

Del. Jerrauld C. “Jay” Jones, a University of Virginia graduate, represents the 89th District. have alerts in place for children up to age 17 (Amber) and the elderly (Silver). However, recent events in Norfolk and around the country have increased the need for infrastructure to find involuntarily missing persons that law enforcement agencies believe have been abducted or are missing under suspicious circumstances. Engaging resources quickly will increase the likelihood that we may locate the missing person quickly and bring them back to safety and keep them out of harm’s way.

What does it mean to you to serve in the seat your father once held for many years?

Serving in the same seat as my father is incredibly special to me. My father has always been my hero, idol and best friend, and I have watched him serve this commonwealth in all three branches of our state government over the course of my

life, including delegate, director of juvenile justice and now Norfolk Circuit Court chief judge. My family has been politically active for several generations, and I was always taught to find ways to better my community and the lives of those around me.

While I had no designs on seeking elected office at this point in my life, I came to recognize that this opportunity to serve presented an effective way to help those in Norfolk and around Virginia. I will look to my father as an example of how to best represent the constituents of the 89th District, along with my other predecessors, including Norfolk Mayor Kenneth C. Alexander and City Treasurer Daun Hester.

At 28, you’re the youngest member of the House of Delegates in an election class full of millennials. What do you believe a younger generation

brings to the table in lawmaking?

I believe a younger generation brings a different perspective to the lawmaking process. We are naturally inquisitive and skeptical, and ask the tough questions. We also have an energy that I hope will invigorate the General Assembly and demonstrate to other states across the nation that young people can be successful in the political process and bring about positive results for our constituents. I am so thrilled to be serving alongside young people from all parts of Virginia and from both parties, and I look forward to working with all of them on issues that are common to younger people.

As a law student, you were a part of the Tri-Sector Leadership Fellows program. What were some of the biggest lessons you

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News GA bill seeks to repeal ‘racist’ wage law

CNS – More than half a century after the end of Jim Crow laws that enforced racial segregation in the South, legislators are finding remnants of racism in Virginia law.

The Code of Virginia makes it legal for employers to pay less than minimum wage to “newsboys, shoeshine boys, caddies on golf courses, babysitters, ushers, doormen, concession attendants and cashiers in theaters.”

The common thread among those professions? When the law was written in 1975, they were all considered low-income, low-skill jobs overwhelmingly occupied by African Americans who were systematically denied advanced employment opportunities.

Now, two members of the Virginia House of Delegates – Paul Krizek and Jennifer Boysko, both Democrats

Virginians rally for prison reform Several people rallied in Richmond over the weekend in support of several bills that will reform the Virginia prison system. The bills include HB1314, which, if passed, will allow all fishback inmates that are still incarcerated by July 1, 2018 to become eligible for parole. The other bill is SB100, which applies to non-violent offenders. HB1314 applies to all fishback inmates who committed non-capital crimes.

Under current law, regarding parole; exception is applied to limitation on the application of parole statutes. It provides that a person is entitled to parole who was sentenced by a jury prior to the date of the Supreme Court of Virginia decision in Fishback v.

Commonwealth, (June 9, 2000), in which the court held that a jury should be instructed on the fact that parole has been abolished, for a noncapital felony committed prior to the time that the abolition of parole.

from Fairfax – are sponsoring legislation to delete such outdated language from state law.

“This is a list that has Jim Crow written all over it,” Krizek said.

“There’s a lot of old language that was obviously aimed at African Americans who were in these service jobs because those were the jobs they could get at the time.”

The language was originally pulled verbatim from North Carolina’s legal code, which was written a decade earlier, in 1965.

“There is some fairly widespread agreement and research supporting the conclusion that a lot of these exemptions were based on race,” said Ann Hodges, a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law. The wage discrimination doesn’t stop at race. Virginians with mental, intellectual and physical disabilities

also may receive subminimum wage because their “earning capacity is impaired,” according to the state code.

According to Hodges, at the time the law was written, many people believed that individuals with intellectual, physical and mental disabilities could not be as productive and generate as much labor as ablebodied workers.

“There was a sense that if you couldn’t pay them less, they probably wouldn’t be employed at all,” Hodges said.

Under HB 1259, it would no longer be legal in Virginia for employers to pay laborers in certain service industries less than minimum wage.

(The current federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, and Virginia has not adopted a higher level. However, Krizek, Boysko and other Democrats

are pushing to raise it to $9 an hour this year and to $15 an hour by 2022.)

The bill would affect other employees, such as restaurant servers, in addition to the positions the sponsors say are directly connected to race.

“While doing research for a $15 minimum wage bill, I was angry and disappointed to learn that the Virginia Code includes exceptions to its minimum wage law that are clearly racist, meant to exclude jobs that have been mostly held historically by minorities,” Boysko said.

“As we continue to build our new Virginia economy, we must ensure that all people are treated fairly and have the same opportunities.”

HB 1259 has been assigned to the House Committee on Commerce and Labor.

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1,000-plus attend Richmond Women’s March RYAN PERSAUD & ALEXANDRA SOSIK

CNS — Demonstrators took to the streets of Carytown on Saturday for the second annual Women’s March, recalling the demonstrations a year ago when hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Washington and cities around the world to protest President Donald Trump’s inauguration and the GOP’s stance on issues such women’s rights and immigration.

Hundreds of demonstrators held up signs that ranged from mocking the president to promoting equality.

They chanted phrases such as “This is what democracy looks like,” “Women’s rights are equal rights” and “Coexist.”

Kim Young, a demonstrator who missed the Women’s March last year due to health issues, said she was excited to attend Saturday’s event.

“It’s about freedom, choice, ‘Love is Love,’ [and] showing the president that not all Americans in the United States are in agreement with him,” Young said.

The Richmond demonstration was one of many across the country Saturday. Brigette Newberry, a demonstrator who attended last year’s Women’s March in D.C. and a counterprotest against the Confederate statues on Monument Avenue in September, said it is necessary to resist the current administration.

“I feel like it’s important that women unite together,” said Newberry.

Kathe Wittig, a retired Virginia Commonwealth University faculty member who participated in antiwar protests in the 1970s, said she worries that Trump’s policies will set society back decades.

“We have to let the world know that we’re not going to sit back,” Wittig said. “He is a disaster.”

Gov. Ralph Northam also joined event organizers in leading the march. Northam helped carry a banner that read, “Women’s March RVA.” Mary Leffler, one of the organizers

of the event, attended the 2017 Women’s March in D.C. As the anniversary approached, she looked for whether others locally were commemorating that demonstration.

“I sought out to see if there was already a march happening, and there wasn’t. So I made a few phone calls, called the city manager’s office, helped decide this location and then just started spreading the word,” Leffler said.

Leffler said she was surprised at the size of the crowd.

“We’ve had estimates of a little over 3,000 — some more like 1,500,” Leffler said. “We’re thrilled.”

Mark Loewen, a children’s book author, brought his family with him, including his 5-year-old daughter.

“We talked about girls can do anything that boys can do, and that girls should be making the same amount of decisions that boys make,” Loewen said. “We’re so excited about women’s voices getting stronger, and we need them to be stronger.”

Members of the National Organization for Women, which advocates for equality for all women,

were also in attendance. Andrea Lancaster, president of NOW’s Richmond chapter, said she was pleasantly surprised by the event’s turnout.

“A few of our board members, me included, went up to the march in D.C. last year, which was overwhelmingly huge, so we didn’t know what to expect from Richmond,” Lancaster said. “It’s exciting to see how much momentum the movement still has.”

NOW and other groups are urging the Virginia General Assembly to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The ERA would explicitly state that women have the same rights as men in the U.S. ERA supporters believe that if two more states ratify the amendment, it will be added to the Constitution.

There is a legal debate about that because the deadline to ratify the ERA has passed.

According to Lancaster, Virginia has become a focus of ERA proponents because Democrats have gained power in the General

Assembly. Last fall, the Democratic Party picked up 15 seats in the House; however, Republicans still hold a 51–49 majority.

Lancaster said there is a need for a constitutional amendment guaranteeing women equal rights.

“If you ask a lot of people in the streets, they think we already have that,” Lancaster said. “But we don’t, and there is no constitutional protected equality.”

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4 • Jan. 24, 2018 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF AN APPLICATION BY VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY FOR APPROVAL TO ESTABLISH A COMPANION TARIFF, SCHEDULE RG, PURSUANT TO § 56-234 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA CASE NO. PUR-2017-00163 On December 1, 2017, Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Virginia (“Dominion” or the “Company”), pursuant to § 56-234 of the Code of Virginia (“Code”) and Rule 5 VAC 5-20-80 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure (“Rules of Practice”) of the State Corporation Commission (“Commission”), filed with the Commission its Application of Virginia Electric and Power Company for Approval to Establish a Companion Tariff, Designated Schedule RG, Pursuant to § 56-234 of the Code of Virginia (“Application”).

Through its Application, Dominion seeks approval to establish a voluntary tariff, designated Schedule RG - Renewable Generation Supply Service (“Schedule RG”), whereby participating large non-residential customers voluntarily may elect to purchase, in an amount up to 100 percent of their energy needs, the net energy output from renewable energy resources, as well as the renewable and environmental attributes associated with this renewable energy.

The Company states that Schedule RG is modeled after the experimental voluntary RG Pilot Program and Rate Schedule RG, which was approved by the Commission in Case No. PUE-2012-00142. Dominion asserts that the terms and structure of the proposed Schedule RG have been developed through and in response to discussions with large non-residential customers and potential customers. Proposed Schedule RG is designed to allow participating customers to benefit from the Company’s sale of energy output of specified renewable generation facilities into the PJM Interconnection, LLC (“PJM”) markets, while increasing the level of renewable energy generation and use in the Commonwealth.

As proposed, Schedule RG would be a companion schedule, available on a voluntary basis to eligible commercial and industrial customers of the Company who currently are taking (or agree to take) service under an approved applicable tariff (Rate Schedules GS-1, GS-2, GS 3, GS-4, 10, 27, and 28). Pursuant to the proposed Schedule RG, Dominion would: (i) contract with a third-party renewable energy provider to purchase the desired electrical output and associated environmental attributes on the customer’s behalf and/or; (ii) at the customer’s request and subject to mutually agreeable terms, construct a renewable generation facility on the customer’s behalf to generate the desired electrical output. A participating customer may request a specific type of renewable energy resource, provided that it generates “renewable energy” as defined by Code § 56-576. According to the Company, under the proposed Schedule RG, any renewable generation facility from which the Company would purchase renewable energy on behalf of a participating customer may be located outside of the Company’s service territory but would have to be located physically within and interconnected with the PJM wholesale electric market for purposes of accounting for the generation and delivery of the energy and associated environmental attributes.

To be eligible for Schedule RG, a customer, in addition to taking service under an approved applicable tariff, would need to agree to purchase electrical output from a Company renewable resource or through a power purchase agreement of at least 1,000 kilowatts nameplate capacity, where the electric energy purchased from such Company renewable resource or through such power purchase agreement does not exceed the customer’s annual electrical energy load. Schedule RG, as proposed by Dominion, would permit the aggregation of accounts to satisfy the minimum resource requirement. Proposed Schedule RG also provides that the Company would be the exclusive provider of electric service, including the exclusive provider of electricity supply service for the customer’s account(s) to which Schedule RG applies.

A Schedule RG customer would execute a Schedule RG Agreement, setting forth the mutual terms and conditions associated with the Company’s purchase or supply of renewable generation to be delivered to the grid on behalf of the customer from each renewable generation facility under Schedule RG. As proposed, Schedule RG also would require that the Company and a renewable generator execute a power purchase agreement (“Schedule RG PPA”) if a prospective Schedule RG customer requests that the Company purchase renewable energy from a renewable generator on behalf of the customer.

Under Dominion’s proposal, eligible customers electing to apply for service pursuant to Schedule RG would pay a non-refundable application fee of $2,000 (regardless of the number of accounts served), which is intended to defray the costs related to the Company’s solicitation process for Schedule RG. The customer’s monthly billing statement would, in addition to the capacity and energy charges associated with the full requirements of its load, reflect the cost associated with contracted-for renewable energy, net of PJM settlement credits and charges associated with the customer’s purchase of electrical output by specified renewable generation facilities under proposed Schedule RG (“Net Schedule RG Settlement”). The Net Schedule RG Settlement charge or credit could be distributed equitably among multiple accounts for the same customer.

Dominion proposes to solicit customer interest in proposed Schedule RG within 60 days of receiving approval from the Commission and, at minimum, once a year thereafter. If approved, prospective customers may enroll in proposed Schedule RG outside of an enrollment period in the event that the prospective customer either identifies a specific renewable generator with whom the Company would execute a purchase power agreement on behalf of the prospective customer, or requests Dominion construct a Company renewable resource on behalf of the customer.

As proposed, Schedule RG would be available to eligible customers until an initial proposed cap of 50 customers is met. The Company proposes no cap on the quantity of renewable energy purchases under Schedule RG except that a customer may purchase up to 100 percent of its annual electrical energy load.

Dominion intends to contain the costs related to the purchase and sale of electrical output under Schedule RG to each participating customer. Specifically, pursuant to the Schedule RG Agreement, no costs related to the Schedule RG PPA (if applicable) or the Company renewable resource (if applicable) would be assigned to the Company’s other jurisdictional or non-jurisdictional customers.

Dominion asserts, among other things, that the proposed Schedule RG is just and reasonable and in the public interest. Dominion also asserts that Schedule RG would further the Commonwealth’s Energy Policy as set forth in Code §§ 67-101 and 67-102, the Governor’s Executive actions encouraging utilities to increase their renewable power generation and decrease carbon dioxide emissions, and Virginia’s Energy Plan. Dominion asserts that the proposed Schedule RG would help to attract and retain industry-leading, innovative commercial and industrial customers with sustainability goals or renewable energy mandates, while growing and preserving jobs and diversifying the economy of the Commonwealth.

Interested persons are encouraged to review the Application and supporting documents for the details of Dominion’s proposed Schedule RG. The Company’s Application is docketed and assigned Case No. PUR-2017-00163. Copies of the Application and the public version of all documents filed in this case are available for interested persons to review in the Commission’s Document Control Center located on the first floor of the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, between the hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Interested persons also may download unofficial copies from the Commission’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case.

A copy of the Application also may be obtained at no cost by making a written request to the Company’s counsel, Jakarra J. Jones, Esquire, McGuireWoods LLP, Gateway Plaza, 800 East Canal Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219-3916. If acceptable to the requesting party, the Company may provide the Application by electronic means.

On or before April 10, 2018, any interested person wishing to comment on the Company’s Application shall file written comments on the Application with Joel H. Peck, Clerk, State Corporation Commission, c/o Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118. Any interested person desiring to file comments electronically may do so on or before April 10, 2018, by following the instructions on the Commission’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. Compact discs or any other form of electronic storage medium may not be filed with the comments. All such comments shall refer to Case No. PUR-2017-00163.

All documents filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Commission in this docket may use both sides of the paper. In all other respects, all filings must comply fully with the requirements of 5 VAC 5-20-150, Copies and Format, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice.

On or before March 13, 2018, any person or entity wishing to participate as a respondent in this proceeding may do so by filing a notice of participation. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of the notice of participation shall be submitted to the Clerk of the Commission at the address above. A copy of the notice of participation as a respondent also must be sent to counsel for the Company at the address set forth above. Pursuant to Rule 5 VAC 5-20-80 B, Participation as a respondent, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice, any notice of participation shall set forth: (i) a precise statement of the interest of the respondent; (ii) a statement of the specific action sought to the extent then known; and (iii) the factual and legal basis for the action. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR-2017-00163. For additional information about participation as a respondent, any person or entity should obtain a copy of the Commission’s Order for Notice and Comment.

On or before March 13, 2018, any interested person may file a written request for a hearing. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of the hearing request shall be submitted to the Clerk of the Commission at the address above, and the interested person simultaneously shall serve a copy of the hearing request on counsel to the Company at the address set forth above. All requests for a hearing shall refer to Case No. PUR-2017-00163.

The Commission’s Rules of Practice may be viewed at http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. A printed copy of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and an official copy of the Commission’s Order for Notice and Comment in this proceeding may be obtained from the Clerk of the Commission at the address above.

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Price announces run for mayoral re-election Newport News Mayor McKinley L. Price, DDS surrounded by numerous family, friends, and supporters, announced last week that he will run for re-election for the May 1 election.

In his announcement, Price acknowledged the challenges that residents of Newport News are facing and talked about the strategies the city is taking to address them, listing youth and gun violence, additional needs for economic development, and revitalization efforts.

“As with any city, Newport News has experienced challenges,” he said. “Any life taken because of gun violence is one too many.

“Our youth need to know that we care for them and we will protect them, so that each of them can live out their dreams. We are working to create even more opportunities for them to thrive.” Price also highlighted his accomplishments as mayor of Newport News in the last

seven years. He listed businesses that have expanded, noting the investments upwards of $200 million being made into the community.

Price also mentioned the Youth and Gang Violence Initiative and the STEP program, which are working on both violence prevention and economic development.

He also talked about progress in transportation projects like the I-64

CMS selects local health company to participate inpilot program for hospice patients Capital Caring, a provider of advanced illness care in the midAtlantic region, has been chosen by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to participate in an investigational study called the Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM).

The Care Choices model is a threeyear study designed to explore ways to improve care options for hospiceeligible beneficiaries by allowing greater flexibility and choice in deciding between hospice care and curative treatment, when faced with life-limiting illness.

Capital Caring is piloting the new program in its Richmond office beginning in January 2018.

With the goal of improving Medicare beneficiaries’ quality of care and patient and family satisfaction, the Care Choices model will provide a new option for beneficiaries with advanced cancers, chronic obstructive pulmonary

disease (COPD), congestive heart failure, and HIV/AIDS who meet hospice eligibility requirements under the Medicare hospice benefit.

Care Choices participants will be able to receive palliative care services from hospice providers participating in the study, while concurrently receiving curative services provided by their own medical providers.

“This is an exciting new program that provides a coordination of care benefit for terminal patients near the end of life, but who are not yet ready to give up on their curative treatments,” said Malene Davis, MBA, MSN, RN, CHPN, President and CEO of Capital Caring and West Virginia Caring. “We are honored to be one of the few hospices in the country selected to participate in this pilot program.”

Currently, Medicare beneficiaries are required to forgo curative care to receive access to services offered by hospice. The Care Choices model will

widening and advancements in the school system, among other things.

“Please join me as I fight for your future,” he implored. “Together we are Newport News. We have the courage, the strength, the tenacity, and the knowledge to continue to make Newport News the place to live, work, worship, play, learn and raise a family.

“Let’s fight for this future together.”

When asked why he decided to run again, Price said that the city, state and country needs leaders that are “experienced, reliable, and serving for the right reasons.

“I am running for re-election to continue our work on reducing youth and gang violence, expanding business and workforce development, and improving the quality of life for every citizen of our great city,” he said.

study whether access to such services will result in improved quality of care and patient and family satisfaction, and whether there are any effects on use of curative services and the Medicare hospice benefit.

“We are delighted that our patients and referring doctors in Richmond will be among the first to have the rare opportunity to participate in this important study,” said Tina Maxson, Executive Director of the Richmond Neighborhood of Capital Caring. “The Care Choices model is a natural fit with Capital Caring’s mission and objectives to provide care coordination earlier for patients along with easier access to hospice care.”

The Care Choices program will initially be rolled out at Capital Caring’s Richmond location and may expand into other Virginia markets.

Hospice-like services provided under the auspices of the Capital Caring’s Care Choices program will include the following elements: - Care Coordination for safe, effective, and appropriate management of patient care activities, including sharing information with individuals involved in direct patient care; - Shared decision-making in

clinical care activities, tailored to the patient’s values and preferences; - Nursing-in-home services, 24-7 telephonic support and coordination of care services; - Social work-assistance in identifying additional community services and resources; - Assistance with identifying patient, family and caregiver needs in providing social and emotional support services; - Hospice aide and homemakerpersonal care and assistance in maintaining a safe and sanitary environment in areas of the home used by the patient; - Counseling and Chaplain bereavement and spiritual services; - Guidance on nutrition programming; - Symptom and pain managementin collaboration with the patient’s provider; - In-home respite care-allows family short-term relief from caregiving responsibilities; - Volunteers (direct services) provides direct services and social support for the patient and family.

The Care Choices program will run through Dec. 31, 2020.

For more information or to enroll a patient, visit www.capitalcaring.org.

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Politics: Either get engaged or get left behind JEFFREY BONEY It is extremely clear to me, and should be quite evident to anyone who would just simply open up their eyes to see it for themselves, that the black vote can either make or break an election.

Take a look at previous elections where the black community was actively engaged and driven to get out and vote in a local, county, state or federal election, versus the times where they were not as excited or motivated to do so.

Take Alabama’s recent special U.S. Senate election race involving Republican Roy Moore and Democrat Doug Jones, where people were overwhelmingly surprised to see the exit polls that showed that black voters made up 29 percent of the overall voter turnout in the entire election—18 percent of black women and 11 percent of black men. Exit polls also showed that 98 percent of black women cast their vote for Jones, while 93 percent of black men cast their vote for Jones.

These were phenomenal numbers, and definitely the type of numbers that Jones needed to pull off an unexpected victory in a historically and traditionally red state like Alabama.

It was exciting to see this type of political difference making by the black community, but that excitement was immediately quenched and short-lived, after reading reports that a letter was sent to Jones on Dec. 19 from the Joint Center for Political and Economic The LEGACY NEWSPAPER Vol. 4 No. 4 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

Studies and 16 other organizations practically begging him “to commit to hiring a staff that reflects his constituents’ racial diversity.”

Why wasn’t this letter sent before Jones won? Why not get this type of commitment from Jones before engaging the black community to come out and vote for him, and doing what the black community always does when it is expected to deliver the turnout and votes necessary to secure a victory for select candidates or select issues on the ballot? I believe it is, because the black community has grown accustomed to not being respected, especially within the Democratic Party where they are the most loyal. And before “loyal” Democrats come for my head, because they consider this an attack on the Democratic Party or as an opportunity to try and have us compare the Democratic Party to the Republican Party, I believe the black community needs to ask itself some really tough questions.

When it comes to the black community’s involvement in the Democratic Party, how are blacks truly viewed within the party?

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bloc across the nation, how many Blacks actually hold key positions within the Democratic Party on a local, statewide and/or national basis? How many black people are senior staff members in county, state or federal offices across the country?

According to a detailed report released by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies last year, the majority of white Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. Senate, who have millions of black constituents, have no black senior staff members at all. The report also found that while blacks make up 13 percent of the U.S. population, they only make up 0.9 percent of the top Senate staffers. Is this by design or just an unfortunate oversight?

See, it is one thing to look out at these local, county, state and federal Democratic meetings and conventions and see this sea of diversity, with black faces mixed in with faces from all other races and backgrounds, but it is an entirely different thing to know that blacks are not given opportunities to have a real impact in the Democratic Party from within, other than just voting.

It is abundantly clear to me that the black community is oftentimes ignored, disrespected and disregarded by both major political parties until they are needed in the midnight hour to deliver for those who only want their vote but nothing else.

This is important to highlight because, over the last several decades, black people have voted for Democratic

candidates 94 percent of the time in critical federal and state elections.

Black voters turned out in record numbers in 2008 to elect Barack Obama as the first black president of the United States, with the primary belief that by letting their voices be heard, they would experience the “Hope and Change” he campaigned on. As a result of this record turnout, black voters helped elect President Obama to the highest office in the land and they helped elect Democrats to other key positions that helped Democrats gain control of both the House and the Senate. And what did the Democratic Party do as soon as they got control of the House, Senate and the White House? You guessed it! Respective groups within the Democratic Party began advocating for their own competing interests and could care less about black issues.

And how were black people rewarded for their 96 percent voting loyalty in 2008? Subsequently, the many issues impacting the black community were ignored and got pushed further and further to the back of the bus, and black people were pushed to the bottom of the totem pole.

During a time where black people should have been experiencing tremendous gains, we saw black unemployment at its highest point, increased poverty, property loss and home equity loss at record-numbers in the black community, and the wealth gap tripled between us and whites.

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P.T. Hoffsteader, Esq.

This year...

This year is off to quite a start. As I’m writing this, legal experts are digesting a massively important partisan gerrymandering opinion that’s fresh out of the federal courts in North Carolina. This marks the second time a federal court has struck down a partisan gerrymander in 18 months. With the anticipated ruling from the Supreme Court of the United States in the Wisconsin and Maryland gerrymandering cases, we have a ton of potential to curb partisan gerrymandering with the help of the courts.

We are also looking closely at an important case in Virginia’s federal courts: Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Board of Elections. It’s a racial gerrymandering case involving eleven House of Delegate districts stretching from Richmond to Virginia Beach. It has the power to impact almost a third of the districts in the House and order special elections this November.

We will see what the court rules in Bethune-Hill (likely this month), but we hope to be prepared with an advisory commission since we won’t have time to get a mandatory one. (That requires a constitutional amendment.) This advisory commission could serve as a dry-run for a full constitutional amendment, give the General Assembly an alternative to partisan-drawn maps, and/or give the courts a strong alternative they could use if the

General Assembly and Governor cannot agree on a remedy plan.

We also are anticipating the Vesilind v. Virginia State Board of Elections case that we have backed coming down this spring. The Supreme Court of Virginia will hear arguments in the matter at the end of February. This is the first bi-partisan redistricting lawsuit in Virginia’s history – and an important one to establish genuine guardrails on political gerrymandering.

Over 70 percent of Virginians want redistricting reform. Keep that in mind as you engage your friends, family, and neighbors on this issue.

If someone adamantly doesn’t see this issue as a problem, realize that you don’t have to convince them of the political truth you know.

I’d rather you spend your time on engaging someone who knows gerrymandering is bad but doesn’t know how to help. We need that 70 percent engaged and pushing this year.

Brian Cannon OneVirginia 2021

#SchumerShutdown #TrumpShutdown

Let’s do the math. You need 60 votes in the Senate to keep the government open. Republicans only have 51 Senators. We need Democrats to keep this government open. They made a decision to shut it down. This is their choice.

Everyone wants to keep it open.

They don’t oppose anything in the bill. I know they don’t oppose the children’s health insurance program.

I know they don’t oppose funding our military. So why did they shut it down? Why not give 30 days to work on the issues that we can come to agreement on that everybody is saying we should agree on? So, I just

don’t understand why Democrats did this. The president is in Washington, D.C. focusing on fixing this problem.

Ronna McDaniel ***** During the last government shutdown, the Washington D.C. metro region lost over $200 million a day in lost wages!

Tim Kaine’s and Mark Warner’s terrible vote to shut down the government stands to absolutely devastate Northern Virginia’s economy. In comparison, Virginia Congresswoman Barbara Comstock is the only current elected official representing Northern Virginia to have voted against shutdowns in both Democrat and Republican administrations.

John Whitbeck ***** A year after Donald Trump became President, he and Republican leaders in Congress have delivered the shutdown he’s been calling for. Those who will suffer the most from his actions are federal employees and DoD personnel in Virginia who have already been hurt as we lurch from one budget crisis to the next. We put forward offer after offer tonight to prevent a shutdown and keep the government open over the weekend so we could work together to finalize a deal. Republicans rejected every single one. Virginians are counting on us to pass a bill that funds our military, education and health care programs, extends the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and protects Dreamers. We’re still at the table so we can reach that deal, and Republicans should reopen the government immediately and join us.

Mark Warner & Tim Kaine

(from page 6) Sadly, as I see it, the role of blacks within the Democratic Party has been one that has relegated us to only being good for faithfully voting Democratic that is known for hitting the pavement to rally the voters in the hood and in the church, while not having a true voice within the Party. That has to change starting in this New Year of 2018. It’s extremely clear to me that we as black people need to wake up and get more actively involved with politics, because if we don’t do it, we will continue getting screwed over by people who don’t have our best interest at heart and who would rather see us “begging” them for scraps from the table, rather than demanding a seat at the table. We can complain all day about how “white” and “not culturally diverse” the Republican Party is, but the one thing I can respect about them is when they choose to come together about the things that are collectively important to them—they come together.

Don’t get historical amnesia on me. Lest we forget that there was a time, not long ago, where the Republican Party once advocated for black people and black issues, while the Democratic Party served as the home of the Ku Klux Klan and advocated for segregationist policies that violated and went against the Civil Rights of black people.

The Democratic Party is getting more fragmented, while the Republican Party remains consistent with their message and their actions, even if it costs them votes or support. They have conviction and stick to their guns for the whole of the party. The Republican Party appears to be on one accord publicly, even when there may be discord internally.

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HHS Civil Rights Office to protect freedom of conscience NEWS ANALYSIS THOMAS REESE The Department of Health and Human Services announced that its Office of Civil Rights now has a division whose job is to protect the conscience rights of health care workers and hospitals that refuse to perform certain procedures, such as abortions, euthanasia, or sex-change surgery.

The announcement was welcomed by pro-life groups and denounced

by Planned Parenthood and the ACLU, who said it would allow discrimination against women and LGBTQ persons. The announcement was made Jan. 18, a day before the annual March for Life in Washington.

“Laws protecting religious freedom and conscience rights are just empty words on paper if they aren’t enforced,” explained OCR Director Roger Severino. “No one should be forced to choose between helping sick people and living by one’s deepest moral or religious convictions, and the new division will help guarantee that victims of unlawful discrimination find justice. For too long, governments big and small have treated conscience claims with hostility instead of protection, but change is coming and it begins here and now.”

No new laws or policies were proposed, rather the office will be responsible for enforcing current law. What is unclear is how the new division will interpret the law.

HHS is drafting rules to clarify the circumstances in which health care workers could refuse to provide services to which they had religious or moral objections.

“The conscience of Catholic health care does not allow us to participate

Cathy Cenzon-DeCarlo PHOTO: Alliance Defending Freedom Media in certain procedures we feel are an assault on the dignity of human life, such as abortion and euthanasia,” the Catholic Health Association declared in a press release following the announcement. “That same conscience compels us to love and respect others who feel differently.”

Supporters of the announcement cite the 2009 case of Cathy CenzonDeCarlo, a nurse at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, who was forced to assist in a second-term abortion or face disciplinary action.

Although she lost her case in court, the hospital eventually changed its policies in 2013 so that employees would no longer be forced to assist in abortions against their will.

How common are these problems?

Severino says that since the 2016 election, his office has received 34 complaints, up from only 10 complaints between 2008 and October 2016. This increase may be due to people having more confidence

their complaints will be positively received by the new administration.

With the announcement of the new office, the number of complaints will undoubtedly increase.

Opponents, on the other hand, cite the case of a Michigan pediatrician, Dr. Vesna Roi, who refused to care for the child of a lesbian couple.

They also fear that pharmacists may refuse to fill prescriptions for contraceptives that they consider abortifacients.

NPR even speculated on the possibility that a transgender person could be turned away from the emergency room of a Catholic hospital.

In its press release, the Catholic Health Association dissociated itself with those who would deny services to certain categories of people. “While there are certain procedures we do not do in our hospitals, there is no one who is not welcome for the care that we do provide in our hospitals,”

it said.

In other words, if it provides the service to anyone, it will provide the service to everyone. Catholic hospitals will not do in vitro fertilization, but no child will be turned away by a Catholic hospital no matter who her parents are or how she was conceived. No sex change surgery will be done at a Catholic hospital, but no one will be turned away from an emergency room or any other service provided by a Catholic hospital.

When HHS does get around to writing its rules, it would do well to listen to CHA in developing rules that protect individual consciences but do not discriminate.

Many issues are clear. Abortion, euthanasia, in vitro fertilization, and sex change surgery are not emergency procedures. People have plenty of time to find medical personnel who are willing to perform these procedures without forcing others to violate their moral or religious views. On the other hand, if a hospital or healthcare worker provides these services, they must provide them to anyone without discrimination.

There are other issues that are more complicated, but can be worked out through thoughtful discussion, which sadly is not what most activists want. They prefer acrimonious controversy, shrill accusations, and exaggerated claims. Better to leave these issues to medical ethics boards than to politicized interest groups.

In its press release, the Catholic Health Association affirmed that “Conscience is one area that is sacred to all Americans,” but added, “It is best protected by promoting respect and dialogue especially in a pluralistic society.”

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This photo by Askia Muhammad that was hidden for 12 years has now been released in the journalist’s autobiography.

Pictured from left to right are: Minister Farrakhan’s sonin-law, Leonard Farrakhan Muhammad; his son and security chief, Mustapha Farrakhan; thenU.S. Sen. Barack Obama; Minister Farrakhan’s son Joshua Farrakhan; Minister Louis Farrakhan, and the Rev. Willie F. Wilson, pastor of D.C.’s Union Temple Baptist Church.

Hidden photo of Obama and Farrakhan released in new book TEWire - It was during a mid-2005 Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) meeting on Capitol Hill when awardwinning journalist Askia Muhammad captured one of the most significant photos of his career.

Muhammad had doggedly covered then Chicago Sen. Barack Obama since he "first laid eyes on him" at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. Now, here was the Senator in a warm conversation with constituent and fellow Chicagoan Minister Louis Farrakhan. As leader of the Nation of Islam, Farrakhan is another star in black America, but one whose name is synonymous with controversy.

Wasting no time, Muhammad snapped the news photo. But moments later, he faced a dilemma.

Obama had already become the darling of national Democratic politics. And the scent of a presidential run was strong.

Muhammad and others almost immediately realized that the

public release of this photo could mean major trouble down the road.

Mainly because of bigotry and fearmongering, the public release of that photo could doom America’s chances of electing Obama as its first black president.

Muhammad had not even left the scene when he received a call and the photo was being summoned by a member of the Congressional Black Caucus. Muhammad ultimately surrendered the disk to Minister Farrakhan's chief of staff. And it remained one of America’s best hidden secrets for the next 12 years.

For the first time, more than a decade later, the glowing photograph of now former President Barack Obama and Minister Louis Farrakhan has been published in a book by Muhammad to be released Jan. 31 - “The Autobiography of Charles 67X”. Muhammad and some political observers still believe that if that photo had been released, it could have drawn enough fire - even from

some of Obama’s supporters looking for excuses - to dent his chances of becoming president.

“I gave the picture up at the time and basically swore secrecy,” Muhammad said in an interview last week. “But after the nomination was secured and all the way up until the inauguration; then for eight years after he was president, it was kept under cover.”

As for any debate that the photo could have made a difference in the outcome of the Obama presidential election, Muhammad is emphatic: “I insist. It absolutely would have made a difference.”

He has agreement in high places.

“I do believe that it would have had a very, very negative affect in that given moment as far as the candidacy of candidate Obama at that time,” said Dr. Shayla Nunnally, president of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists. Her opinion was based largely on the "negative stereotypes about Muslim Americans about black people and about their

allegiance to the United States,” which have often been twisted and used to fit bigoted agendas especially after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

“On top of that,” Nunnally said, “people have always characterized Minister Farrakhan as being a combative figure in American politics. That adds another layer.”

Nunnally, a professor of political science who also teaches in the Africana Studies Institute at the University of Connecticut, specializes in public opinion, political behavior, race and politics.

She questioned what the release of the photo will mean “even now because there’s so many conspiracy theories still floating.”

Obama, who is a Christian, has constantly been the target of bigoted attacks, Nunnally pointed out.

When a woman called him an Arab during a public forum, even his re-

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Va. bills seek to disrupt ‘school-to-prison pipeline’ KIRBY FARINEAU CNS – Ryan Turk was an eighthgrader in Prince William County when a misunderstanding with a school resource officer over a 65-cent carton of milk escalated to theft charges.

The incident happened in May 2016 when Turk said he forgot his carton of milk that came with his schoolissued free lunch. The police said Turk tried to “conceal” the carton of milk. When Turk separated himself from the resource officer, the incident ended with a suspension from school and a summons to juvenile court.

A year ago, the charges against Turk were dropped, but he remains

a prime example of what critics call the “school-to-prison pipeline” — a trend to charge students as criminals for what might once have been detention-worthy transgressions.

According to a 2015 study by the Center for Public Integrity, Virginia charges students more than any other state on average.

This trend has triggered a push in the General Assembly to reform criminal justice across the board.

One of the latest and most vocal opponents of the pipeline is Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy, D-Woodbridge.

Carroll Foy, who defeated incumbent Republican Mark Dudenhefer in November, spoke about the problem at an NAACP

‘Regal’ Olatuja to perform in RVA Praised by The New York Times as “a singer with a strong and luscious tone and an amiably regal presence on stage”, Alicia Olatuja has been astounding audiences with her exquisite vocals, artistic versatility and captivating demeanor. She first came into the national spotlight in 2013, while performing as the featured soloist with the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir at President Barack Obama’s Second Inauguration. Shortly thereafter, she assembled her own jazz based ensemble and recorded her first solo album in 2014, named “Timeless”.

Originally from St. Louis, MO, Olatuja grew up immersed in a wide range of musical styles, including gospel, soul, jazz and classical. These influences have informed her artistic journey, and she later graduated with a masters degree in classical voice/opera from the Manhattan School of Music. After appearing in numerous operatic and musical theater productions, she started to perform more regularly in gospel and jazz concerts and worked with such esteemed artists as Chaka Khan, BeBe Winans, and Christian McBride.

In 2014, Olatuja came to the attention of the acclaimed composer/ arranger/pianist Billy Childs, and was brought on to be part of the

Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy

Alicia Olatuja touring incarnation of “Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro” alongside vocalist Becca Stevens.

The project has begun an extensive nationwide tour for the 2015-16 season in cities including Chicago, Los Angeles, Austin, Denver, Tallahassee, New York, and Boston.

Her voice has also entranced Hammond B3 organist Dr. Lonnie Smith, and she has recently performed with him at multiple events including the Charlie Parker Festival and the BRIC JazzFest.

Olatuja’s own band, over the past year, has been steadily in demand, and they have performed at the Jazz Standard, Vermont Jazz Center, Sioux Falls JazzFest, Rockport Jazz Festival, Markham Jazz Festival, Monty Alexander Jazz Fest, and the Harlem Stage Gatehouse, among others.

reception in Richmond last week “We send more students from the classroom to the courtroom than any other state in the country,” Carroll Foy said. “Now we lock them up early, and we lock them up at large.”

Carroll Foy plans to sponsor more than 10 criminal justice reform bills this legislative session. They include House Bill 113, which would increase the threshold for grand larceny in Virginia from $200 to $1,000.

Virginia’s threshold for that felony crime is one of the lowest in the country and hasn’t changed since 1980. As a result, someone accused of stealing a cellphone or bicycle can be charged with a felony.

Increasing the threshold might protect children who make bad decisions and prevent them from becoming convicted felons, Carroll Foy told the NAACP leadership.

“The punishment should fit the crime,” she said. “Felonies should be reserved for some of the most egregious crimes in the commonwealth of Virginia, and that’s not happening.”

Carroll Foy is carrying legislation that might specifically address cases like that of Ryan Turk, who initially

was charged with a misdemeanor after the altercation at Graham Park Middle School in Triangle, Virginia, which is in Carroll Foy’s district within Prince William County.

She has introduced HB 445, which would eliminate the requirement for principals to report certain misdemeanor incidents to police.

Carroll Foy is not the only one concerned about the “school-to-prison pipeline.” So is the advocacy group Voices for Virginia’s Children.

Allison Gilbreath, the organization’s policy analyst, said other bills before the General Assembly seek to disrupt the pipeline.

For example, HB 296, sponsored

by Del. Dickie Bell, R-Staunton, and Senate Bill 170, by Sen. William Stanley, R-Franklin, would prohibit suspending or expelling students in preschool through third grade except for drug offenses, firearm offenses or certain criminal acts.

“One in five kids who are suspended in our public schools are pre-K through fifth grade,” Gilbreath said.

“We want to really focus on the underlying problems that they’re experiencing.”

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Virginia included in newlylaunched U.S. Civil Rights Trail

Two Virginia locations have been included with a newly-launched website for the U.S. Civil Rights Trail.

In partnership with Travel South USA, the U.S. Civil Rights Trail is a collection of more than 100 churches, courthouses, schools, museums and other landmarks primarily in the Southern states where activists challenged segregation in the 1950s and 1960s to advance social justice.

Virginia locations include the Robert Russa Moton Museum in Farmville and the Civil Rights Memorial in Richmond.

The Robert Russa Moton Museum is the national center for the study of Civil Rights in Education. Formerly Robert Russa Moton High School, the museum was the site of the first non-violent student demonstration in 1951. This action led to the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education case before the U.S. Supreme Court that mandated equal education for all Americans, a hallmark in the civil rights movement. It was named a National Historic Landmark in 1998.

The Virginia Civil Rights Memorial, located in Richmond’s Capitol Square, was erected in 2008 to honor the actions of 16 year-old Barbara Rose Johns of Robert Russa Moton High School along with her fellow students, their parents, and community leaders and civil rights attorneys.

“It is an honor to be included within the newly launched U.S. Civil Rights Trail,” said Cameron

Patterson, Managing Director of the Robert Russa Moton Museum. “This important recognition acknowledges the statewide and national importance that the Moton students played in expanding equality for all Americans. We look forward to working with Travel South and other sites that are a part of the U.S. Civil Rights Trail to tell important stories of individuals who advanced social justice within our country.”

In addition, Virginia has a number of other sites integral to the nation’s civil rights history, including: - The Civil Rights in Education Heritage Trail is a self-guided driving tour through 41 sites throughout Southern Virginia, including one room schoolhouses, churches and historic birthplaces that tell the poignant story of the educational struggles African Americans, Native Americans and women faced.

- Richmond is home to the Maggie Walker National Historic Site, which honors the first female bank president in America, and the Black History Museum and Cultural Center.

- The Newsome House Museum in Newport News commemorates J. Thomas Newsome, one of the first African American lawyers to argue before the Virginia Supreme Court.

- The Alexandria Black History Museum documents the

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Ask Alma

My friend wants me to hire her cousin and I don’t want to Dear Alma, I have a friend who knows I am hiring people to fix up my house, and she keeps suggesting that I hire her cousin. I have hired workers in the past and prefer to keep using them. There’s one particular project, however, that she’s really pushing her cousin to do.

She visits my home often and she knows I didn’t so much as call her cousin for an estimate. It’s likely his price would be lower, but I’m simply not interested. Things like quality of work, hiring contractors, who show up on time, etc., are more important to me than saving a little money.

The people I’ve hired in the past have been licensed, bonded and insured. I don’t know if that’s the case with her cousin; she’s never given me a business card or website.

How do I deal with my friend? I don’t want to hurt her feelings, but this is my house.

Happy Homeowner Dear Homeowner, Congratulations on owning your own home. Notice I didn’t address you as renter, borrower, house sitter or relative needing to crash for a few

weeks. You said it in your email— you’re a homeowner; you go girl!

Now, how do you tell a friend you don’t want to use her cousin, her brother, her husband, etc., for home improvements and not hurt her feelings?

Let me back up a moment. Don’t you hate that? A friend tells you about that great relative who can get the job done on the cheap.

You’re like, “okay, thanks girl,” but then file it way in the back of your memory. Now every time she spots the handyman at your place with a hammer, she brings it up again.

And dang, you’re like, “Okay, okay, already, I heard you the first time you mentioned it. If I wanted to use your cousin and pay him with a pack of cigarettes and a six-pack, I woulda told you.” Oh, sorry, that’s my story; let’s get back to you.

There’s no easy way to deal with this. Bottom line, truth be told, business is business. This could be one of many situations—having your car repaired, building a new website, planning a wedding. You are placed in a difficult position when hiring a family member or friend. Deciding to embark on a home improvement project is a huge decision. You definitely should go with a person or company that’s licensed, bonded and insured.

What if the job isn’t completed successfully and you can’t get it resolved to your satisfaction? Then, you gotta sue her cousin. You see where I’m going?

One more time, to bring this “home” and release you from your guilt: Business is business, friendships are friendships, and its best not to blend the two. Stick to the decision you’ve made. If she brings up the subject, cheerfully and lightheartedly remind her that you two are good friends and that you want to remain that way. I’m sure she’ll get the picture.

Truly good friends, even when they disagree, understand and respect each other’s decisions.

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In K-12 classrooms, teaching about Confederate monuments can be tricky A new article by a VCU professor and alumna aims to help BRIAN McNEILL A new article co-written by a VCU School of Education professor and a former VCU history graduate student provides guidance to middle and high school teachers across the country about how best to discuss and debate the ongoing controversy over Confederate monuments.

The article, “Confederate Monuments: Heritage, Racism, Anachronism, and Who Gets to Decide?”, appears in the most recent edition of Social Education, the flagship peer-reviewed journal of the National Council for the Social Studies, which serves as an umbrella

organization for K-12 and college teachers of history, civics and related subjects.

“There's very little out there in terms of teacher resources to help teachers teach about Confederate monuments,” said co-author Gabriel Reich, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning, who co-wrote the article with Mandy Tompkins Gibson, who received her master’s degree in 2017 from the Department of History in the College of Humanities and Sciences.

“We wanted to create a path for high school and middle school students to think about our main question: What criteria should be considered when deciding the future of controversial public monuments?” he said. “How should cities go about thinking about existing monuments?

Should they stay? Should they be taken down? Should context be added in some way?”

It focuses less on basic questions,

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Gabriel A. Reich, Ph.D. such as whether Confederate monuments are good or bad, and instead encourages teachers to ask deeper critical-thinking questions such as: “What story do Confederate monuments tell about the Civil War? Why would some people want to tell that story?” “What is left out of those stories?” “Why have Confederate monuments been controversial at different times? How have those controversies changed over time?” and “What do today’s community activists and thought leaders believe should be done with Confederate monuments?”

The idea, Gibson said, is that teachers could teach not only the history of the people the monuments depict, but also how and why the monuments were created, as well as how residents viewed them when they were unveiled.

“This will hopefully facilitate a discussion on how different historical events are portrayed as time goes by and what to do if and when monuments start causing controversy,” she said.

The article explores three time periods — 1890, 1995 and today — in which controversies erupted over monuments in Richmond.

“In each of those moments, particularly in 1995 and beyond, we

wanted to show that the controversy isn't just white people feel this way and black people feel that way,” Reich said. “We were mindful of showing that there is a variety of perspectives within any one group.”

The first controversy focuses on the unveiling of the Robert E. Lee monument in 1890.

“Today, it is associated with the rise of white supremacy,” the article says. “At the time, supporters sought to portray Lee as a national hero who helped bring about reconciliation of whites in the North and South.

However, African Americans perceived the statue as a symbol of their exclusion from the public and political sphere.”

The article provides excerpts from primary sources, including a New York Times editorial by a writer who attended the unveiling; a speech given by a former Confederate officer at the event; and an editorial from the African-American-owned Richmond Planet newspaper.

The second controversy is related to the 1995 creation of the Arthur Ashe monument. The article provides primary sources such as coverage by Michael Paul Williams in the Richmond Times-Dispatch; a Richmond Free Press editorial; and a critical op/ed that appeared in the Daily Press.

“If teachers could relate history to something that is current, such as this, it may pique students' interest.”

The third controversy focuses on the modern debate over Confederate monuments, and provides primary sources such as coverage in The Washington Post and Richmond Times-Dispatch, as well as a blog from the pro-Confederate monument group The Virginia Flaggers.

“I hope that the article encourages teachers to delve into this issue and not be afraid to talk about controversial times in history,” said Gibson, who is now working as an education park aide at Historic Oak View County Park in North

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Lawmakers push for bill aimed at helping young people without college degree Chelsea Jackson CNS - A group of Democratic legislators on Thursday urged the General Assembly to approve a package of bills aimed at helping small businesses and training young people for good-paying jobs that don’t require a college degree.

At a news conference led by Del. Matthew James of Portsmouth, the lawmakers discussed several bills relating to workforce development and job creation in Virginia.

“Our No. 1 goal for this 60-day legislative session is to help improve the lives of all Virginians,” James said. “We’re here to help people get

better jobs; we’re here to help small businesses get skilled workers.”

The House members said their bills would help small businesses grow and workers develop vocational skills: HB 306, introduced by Del. Vivian E. Watts of Fairfax, would assist businesses that participate in the Virginia Registered Apprenticeship program, which provides on-thejob training. Under the measure, state agencies could give extra consideration to such businesses in awarding contracts for goods and services.

HJ 17, filed by Del. Eileen FillerCorn of Fairfax, calls for a study

on how to expand experiential learning and workforce development opportunities for high school students in high-demand fields.

HB 632, sponsored by Del. David L. Bulova of Fairfax, would require Virginia schools to offer courses and other activities in which students explore different careers, including in trades and technical fields.

Under HB 1407, introduced by Del. Jeion A. Ward of Hampton, the state would set a goal to award 42 percent of its procurement orders and contracts to small businesses and microbusinesses. In addition, state agencies could set aside certain contracts that only small businesses

or microbusinesses could bid on.

Current law defines a small business as having 250 or fewer employees. Ward’s bill would define a microbusiness as having up to 25 workers.

James and Bulova said high-salary jobs in Virginia are going unfilled because there aren’t enough trained and skilled workers.

“We need to have those welders; we need those electricians,” Bulova said.

James said he hopes the legislation will “help Virginians ease their financial insecurities so they can sleep better and their kids can dream.”

of J. Marion Sims, a doctor who was a pioneer in the field of gynecology but who experimented on enslaved women without anesthesia.

“When these controversies erupt, it helps to be prepared to lead students

through some kind of an inquiry where they can better understand the controversy, better understand the arguments around it, and better see how that connects back into the past,” Reich said. “The template that

we provide, you could plug in any kind of monument that is facing a similar set of questions.”

“Controversy,” he added, “is what makes history interesting.”

(from page 12) Carolina. “It is such a touchy subject, especially within the past few years, so some people may not want to stir up emotions or even arguments in their classrooms, but this is such a relevant topic that can teach so much history as well. Many students find history boring, but if teachers could relate history to something that is current, such as this, it may pique students' interest.”

While the article uses Richmond’s monuments as a case study, the framework provided is meant to apply to controversial works of public art across the country.

“My hope is that teachers will use this, and that it will help their students to make sense of this ongoing debate over Confederate monuments. It's going on across the country, mostly in the South, but also in the North — there are Confederate monuments in the North as well,” said Reich, whose research focuses on the collective memories of the Civil War and Emancipation, and how those memories are affected by cultural tools, such as state history standards, examinations, public monuments, family stories and the practice of teaching.

In Central Park in New York City, for example, there is a bronze statue

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Bill approved by Senate committee would include lessons on consent, child abuse, and more during family life education ASHLEE KORLACH CNS - A Virginia Senate committee approved a bill yesterday that would alter the family life education requirements in local school divisions, requiring lessons on consent, the dangers and repercussions of “sexting” and child sexual abuse.

The Senate Committee on Education and Health approved Senate Bill 101 by a 12-3 vote, allowing it to be heard before the entire Senate.

SB 101 included elements from three separately proposed bills.

Sen. Jennifer McClellan, D-Hanover, proposed the original SB 101 which only required the teaching of consent as part of family life education.

“The past year has really highlighted how prevalent sexual harassment and sexual assault are,” McClellan said. “I think it’s that much more important that we begin to teach the concept of consent: what is consent, what’s not consent and you have to have consent to have sex or it’s sexual assault. I think it’s that

Sen. Jennifer McClellan much more important that we begin those conversations in school.”

During a hearing on the bill and in response to a question, McClellan also clarified that lessons on the law and definition of consent would include information about statutory rape because “any sexual activity with someone under 18 is a crime.”

Sen. Scott Surovell, D-Fairfax, had also proposed a bill, Senate Bill 789, that would mandate information about sexting during family life education, specifically “the dangers and repercussions of using electronic means or social media to engage in sexually explicit communications or send or display sexually explicit

images.”

“Sexting is a huge problem,” Surovell said. “A lot of children don’t understand that when you send a naked picture of yourself to another child, it’s actually a felony. It’s creation of child pornography. Even having it on your phone, possession, is a felony.”

A third bill related to family life education, Senate Bill 425, was proposed by Sen. Jennifer Wexton, D-Leesburg, and instructed that family life education should include information about the prevention and awareness of child abduction, child abuse, child sexual exploitation and child sexual abuse in grades K through 12.

McClellan spoke on behalf of Wexton during the hearing and said: “I think it’s very important that we begin to teach our children how to understand when somebody is exploiting them. Or what to do if they might be in that situation and how to avoid it. And what to do if you might be abducted.”

Most elements of the three bills proposed by McClellan, Surovell and Wexton were incorporated into a substitute bill proposed by the committee, essentially combining

the three family life education bills into one, which was approved by the committee.

Another bill on family life education, Senate Bill 843, was proposed by Sen. Barbara Favola, D-Fairfax, and only added language to ensure that “medically accurate” information would be taught.

Sen. Stephen D. Newman, R-Lynchburg, chairman of the Senate Committee on Education and Health, asked Favola what medically inaccurate information was. Favola said she was just adding the language to the statute so “we don’t ever risk the fact that evidence-based or medically accurate information would not be part of the curriculum."

Representatives from the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Alliance and the Virginia Education Association supported SB 843, they said. Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia supported the bill and the substitute as long as the “medically accurate” language was included in the substitute, a representative said.

The language was ultimately not included in the substitute and SB 843 was not approved separately by the committee.

(from page 11) CEO Rita McClenny. “These historic contributions of African Americans to Alexandria’s history and culture from 1749 to the present. The building that today houses the Museum was constructed in 1940 as the Robinson Library, the African American community’s first public library.

The Legacy Museum of African American History in Lynchburg displays exhibits on local African American heritage including historical artifacts, documents and memorabilia relating to significant contributions of the local African American community.

More African American history attractions can be found here.

“Our nation’s civil rights history has its roots in Virginia,” said Virginia Tourism President and

landmarks and cultural institutions across Virginia allow visitors to walk in the footsteps of those who fought for change and learn the struggle through some of the most difficult yet inspiring periods of American history, making the destination desirable for travelers seeking authentic experiences.”

The U.S. Civil Rights Trail website includes an interactive map of locations important to the Civil Rights Movement, as well as information to help visitors plan their journey to cities along the trail, with places to see and things to do at each destination.

Users will also find in-depth explorations crafted to allow them to experience the destination or event in a more comprehensive way.

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www.LEGACYnewspaper.com NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF AN APPLICATION BY VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY FOR APPROVAL OF 100 PERCENT RENEWABLE ENERGY TARIFFS FOR RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS PURSUANT TO §§ 56-577 A 5 AND 56-234 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA CASE NO. PUR-2017-00157

•Virginia Electric and Power Company (“Dominion”) has applied for approval of two voluntary 100% renewable energy tariffs for residential and non-residential customers with peak demand of less than one megawatt.

•A Hearing Examiner appointed by the Commission will hear the case on April 17, 2018, at 10 a.m.

•Further information about this case is available on the SCC website at: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case.

On November 17, 2017, Virginia Electric and Power Company (“Dominion” or “Company”) filed with the State Corporation Commission (“Commission”) an application (“Application”) pursuant to §§ 56-577 A 5 and 56-234 of the Code of Virginia (“Code”) for approval of two renewable energy tariffs, collectively designated Continuous Renewable Generation (Subscription) Rate Schedules (“Rate Schedules CRG-S”), whereby new and existing residential and non-residential customers with peak demand of less than one megawatt can voluntarily elect to purchase 100 percent (“100%”) of their energy needs from renewable energy resources. Dominion requests the Commission to approve the Rate Schedules CRG-S as 100% renewable energy tariffs under Code § 56-577 A 5. If the Commission approves the Rate Schedules CRG-S as 100% renewable energy tariffs under Code § 56-577 A 5, such approval will impact the Company’s obligation to allow retail choice to certain customers seeking to purchase renewable energy.

The Company states that it will develop a portfolio of renewable energy resources (“CRG-S Portfolio”) to serve Rate Schedule CRG-S customers. The Application states that all resources included in the CRG-S Portfolio will meet the definition of “renewable energy” under Code § 56-576 and that the Company intends the initial CRG-S Portfolio to consist of a combination of hydroelectric, wind, and new solar (i.e., constructed after 2017) resources.

A customer electing to take the generation component of electricity supply service under the applicable Rate Schedule CRG-S would no longer receive such generation component of electricity supply service under its existing rate schedule and would have all of its energy and capacity supply needs met by the selected renewable energy resources. The Company proposes a fixed rate of 9.627 cents per kilowatt-hour (“kWh”) for residential customers, and 8.608 cents per kWh for non-residential customers, to be the price (“CRG-S Rate”) for the retail generation component of electricity supply service for participating Rate Schedules CRG-S customers; this price will be in lieu of the customers’ generation component of electricity supply service billed under their standard tariffs. The Company further proposes the CRG-S Rate to be fixed for a period of three years after receiving Commission approval but states that the rates may be subject to change thereafter in order to reflect any changes in market conditions, such as market prices, and subject to subsequent Commission approval. According to the Application, subscribing customers of Rate Schedules CRG-S will be subject to a minimum one-year term.

The Company states that in addition to the CRG-S Rate, participating customers would continue to be subject to distribution service charges and transmission demand or energy charges, consistent with the distribution and transmission charges in the corresponding standard rate schedules for non-participating customers. Rate Schedule CRG-S customers would also be subject to any existing and future distribution and transmission riders, unless otherwise exempt. Because participating customers will not receive any of the generation components of their energy or capacity needs from the Company’s existing fleet of generation resources, they will not be subject to the Company’s existing or future fuel or generation riders. According to the Company, if Rate Schedules CRG-S are approved, a residential customer using 1,000 kWh per month who voluntarily switches from the standard residential tariff to Rate Schedule CRG-S would experience a monthly bill increase of approximately $20.68. The Company indicates that it will retire the renewable energy certificates associated with the renewable energy generated and used to serve participating customers on their behalf.

The Company states that it will expand the CRG-S Portfolio as needed to meet customer enrollment in Rate Schedules CRG-S up to an initial participation cap of 25 megawatts of customer peak load. Should Rate Schedules CRG-S become fully subscribed, the Company states it will evaluate raising the participation cap, expanding the CRG-S Portfolio, changing the CRG-S Rate, or taking other actions, and will address any changes with the Commission at the appropriate time.

The Commission entered an Order for Notice and Hearing that, among other things, scheduled a public hearing to be held at 10 a.m. on April 17, 2018, in the Commission’s second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, to receive testimony of public witnesses and the evidence of the Company, any respondents, and the Commission’s Staff. Any person desiring to testify as a public witness should appear at the hearing location fifteen (15) minutes before the starting time of the hearing and contact the Commission’s Bailiff.

Copies of the public version of all documents filed in this case are available for interested persons to review in the Commission’s Document Control Center located on the first floor of the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, between the hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Interested persons also may download unofficial copies from the Commission’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case.

Copies of the Company’s Application and the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing also may be inspected during regular business hours at each of the Company’s business offices in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Copies of these documents also may be obtained, at no charge, by submitting a written request to counsel for the Company: Elaine S. Ryan, Esquire, McGuireWoods LLP, Gateway Plaza, 800 East Canal Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. If acceptable to the requesting party, the Company may provide the documents by electronic means.

On or before April 10, 2018, any interested person may file written comments on the Company’s Application with Joel H. Peck, Clerk, State Corporation Commission, c/o Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118. Interested persons desiring to file comments electronically may do so on or before April 10, 2018, by following the instructions found on the Commission’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. Compact discs or any other form of electronic storage medium may not be filed with the comments. All such comments shall refer to Case No. PUR-2017-00157.

Any person or entity may participate as a respondent in this proceeding by filing a notice of participation on or before February 13, 2017. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of the notice of participation shall be filed with the Clerk of the Commission at the address set forth above. A copy of the notice of participation as a respondent also shall be sent to counsel for the Company at the address set forth above. Pursuant to Rule 5 VAC 5-20-80 B, Participation as a respondent, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (“Rules of Practice”), any notice of participation shall set forth: (i) a precise statement of the interest of the respondent; (ii) a statement of the specific action sought to the extent then known; and (iii) the factual and legal basis for the action. Any organization, corporation, or government body participating as a respondent shall be represented by counsel as required by Rule 5 VAC 5-20-30, Counsel, of the Rules of Practice. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR-2017-00157. For additional information about participation as a respondent, any person or entity should obtain a copy of the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing.

The Commission’s Rules of Practice may be viewed at the Commission’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. A printed copy of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and an official copy of the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing in this proceeding may be obtained from the Clerk of the Commission at the address set forth above.

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Purchasing Agents Roundtable Discussion and Q&A period A panel of Purchasing Agents (Buyers) will answer questions from the audience. Take this opportunity to learn what goes into making a purchasing decision. ***************************** Registration is from 8:00 a.m.– 9:00 a.m. at Virginia State University in the Gateway Dining Hall on 2804 Martin Luther King Drive in Petersburg

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Private screening of new independent film 1.28, 1:50 p.m.

In hopes of finding the unique first that documents being black in today’s America flower of spring, the Pocahontas

‘Black, White & Blue’ is a brutally honest documentary about race in America, touching on police violence and civil unrest, the Trump presidential campaign, the Black Lives Matter movement, even the Flint water crisis--and the metro D.C. area is all over it.

A private screening of the 76-minute independent film, which has not yet been rated, will be shown at 7 p.m. on Feb. 7 at AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, located at 8633 Colesville Road in Silver Spring. The screening is free and open to the public but attendees must register at http:// bit.ly/2mYe7Hu. Another private screening will be held in Detroit on Feb. 2.

From the film's profanity-laced opening at an anti-police rally in Baltimore to the views of Geogetown University professor Michael Eric Dyson, a strong Washington connection makes sense, says Curtis Scoon, the film's executive producer, and not just because he himself lives in DC. The film’s core issues, he said, have long tentacles.

“Not since the height of the civil rights era have racial issues played such a prominent role politically, as in the presidential campaign of 2016,” Scoon said. ‘“Black White & Blue’ analyzes the historic role of race in America, from police to politics and from Reconstruction to Trump.”

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Seminar participants will learn to track their spending and establish realistic goals for savings.

The event will be held at Virginia Credit Union in the Boulders Office Park, 7500 Boulder View Drive, from 6 p.m. – 7 p.m.

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Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society will lead two walks in Dorey Park to look for eastern skunk cabbage. It can be found even with snow on the ground because it generates heat and melts the surrounding snow. Another good indicator of its presence is the sulfur-like odor it emits, thus the name skunk cabbage. That odor attracts beetles and flies (pollinators), and protects the plant from being a feast for herbivores. Its unique flower is worth the search.

Join the chapter on Jan. 28 and/or Feb. 11 to find this forerunner of the spring flowers to come.

Anyone with an interest in Virginia’s native landscape is welcome, from novice to expert. The approximately 90-minute walks are free. Arrive by 1:50 p.m.

To confirm your participation and have questions answered, contact trip leader Leslie Allanson at 804335-5866 or leleorr4@gmail.com.

Meet at small parking lot on left near soccer field; the head of the nature trail is across road. Remember to wear sturdy waterproof shoes or boots and bring your own water and snacks. Trips may be canceled due to heavy rain.

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The Henrico County Department of Community Revitalization will present a free workshop on improving home safety, particularly when aging in place, and saving money when working The class will be held in the Community Room at the Eastern Henrico Government Center, 3820 Nine Mile Rd. Exhibits, hands-on demonstrations and refreshments will be included.

The session is part of a workshop series that began in October and will continue through March to help residents maintain and improve their homes.For information, call 804-501-7640 or go to henrico.us/revit.

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Va. Senate passes ‘ban the box’ bill for state govt MAX SMITH CNS — The Virginia Senate voted 23 to 16 last week to “ban the box” on state employment applications, a move sponsors said would provide more opportunities to people who have been arrested or charged with crimes The bill, sponsored by Democrats Rosalyn Dance (Petersburg), Adam Ebbin (Alexandria) and Jennifer McClellan (Richmond), would prohibit state agencies from including a question on most job applications about whether an applicant has ever been arrested, charged or convicted of any crime.

“I like to think of it as a worker rejoining the workforce,” Dance said.

The rule would not apply to law enforcement jobs or certain other positions where laws expressly require background checks.

Local governments would also be permitted to implement their own “ban the box” laws for local government positions.

Any job offers made based on the initial application could be withdrawn “if the prospective employee has a conviction record

that directly relates to the duties and responsibilities of the position,” the bill said.

“Obviously, in certain circumstances, there may be convictions that raise a real concern,” Dance said.

Any withdrawal could only be based on a conviction, and would have to consider the nature of the crime; whether it is related to the job, or the job would allow additional opportunity to engage in the same type of criminal activity; whether the crime has some relationship to ability or fitness for the job, the extent of past criminal activity; how old the job applicant was at the time of conviction, and evidence of rehabilitation.

The bill now goes to the house of delegates, which has rejected the measure before but has a different makeup now after Democrats gained 15 seats Nov. 7.

Sen. Glen Sturtevant (R-Chesterfield) voted against a landmark piece of legislation – SB 252 – which proposes to “ban the box” forcing those applying for employment with state agencies to

declare whether they have ever been convicted of a felony. This recent vote came just one day after Sturtevant voted against another landmark piece of legislation – SB 105 – which

(from page 1) learned at UVA Law? The Tri-Sector Leadership Fellows program taught me an incredible amount about collaboration and problem-solving, two things that are necessary in order to be a successful legislator. I was able to meet other students from different schools who had various perspectives on business, law and public policy. The program stressed group collaboration and often had students with opposing views placed within the same group to solve a case study. My participation in Tri-Sector continues to be useful as I begin my career as a legislator in Virginia.

What advice do you have for young lawyers who want to enter politics?

(from page 9) election opponent Sen. John McCain retrieved the microphone and corrected her, saying, “No ma’am.

He’s a decent family man,” Nunnally also recalled how former Secretary of State Colin Powell once weighed in against negative stereotyping of Muslims saying, “He’s a Christian...

But the really right answer is, what if he is” a Muslim?

Nunnally concluded, “There are many, many, many layers of what that picture can represent to people in their various perceptions. So, I say this to mean that I can see that the release of that photo in that given moment, it would have been highly controversial.”

Also, pictured in the photo are Minister Farrakhan's son-in-law, Leonard Farrakhan Muhammad; His son and security chief, Mustapha Farrakhan; Minister Farrakhan’s son Joshua Farrakhan; and the Rev. Willie Wilson, executive producer of the program for Farrakhan’s Million Man March in 1995 and a chairman of the 20th anniversary.

In an interview, Wilson said he

Askia Muhammad doesn’t recall the photo and didn’t know he was in it. But hearing the

description, he also was certain it could have hurt Obama’s campaign.

proposes to lift Virginia’s felony grand larceny threshold (currently tied with New Jersey for lowest in the nation) from $200 to $500.

Sturtevant joined only two Do not be dissuaded by people who tell you to wait your turn or that you “need more seasoning.” Lawyers bring an analytical approach to lawmaking and are well-versed in the state code, and other laws and regulations since we practice that every day. It does not matter how old you are as the training you received in law school and the skills you hone day in and day out make a transition into politics easier than most people would think. Obviously, politics is a major time commitment, so it is best to consult closely with your employer and family to make sure you can juggle all that comes along with public service. I have been so lucky that my firm, Bischoff Martingayle PC, has not only supported me in this effort but strongly encouraged my development as a young lawyer and legislator.

“I’m sure it would,” Wilson said.

“Given all of the furor related to the sermon that his pastor, Jeremiah Wright did, I’m sure that it would more than likely have had a tremendous effect on his candidacy.”

Wilson said Farrakhan is so controversial because, “He speaks truth and this is a country that has in so many ways attempted to cover up the realities of its wrong doings of which Minister Farrakhan is quite vocal in bringing to light.”

The book tells of other notables who knew about the photograph and never divulged it. In addition to narratives of pivotal moments of his life, the autobiography is also a book of Muhammad’s poetry.

Columnist and political observer A. Peter Bailey, anticipating the book release, said he believes the photo would have created controversy for Obama, but could not have caused him to lose the election or his reelection because of the groundswell of black voter support for him.

“It could have done some damage,” Bailey said. “But nothing could have stopped the election because black support would have countered it.”

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