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Opinion: No throwaway kids - 2 Police shoot dead Norfolk woman - 4 Examining women and incarceration - 6 Talking about stroke & prevention - 14, 15

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The financial burden of cancer causes harm to quality of life

In July 2013, Cynthia Gathers made an appointment with a general surgeon to evaluate bumps that looked like pimples on her left cheek and shoulder. The McKenney, Virginia, resident had already been treated unsuccessfully by her primary care doctor and a dermatologist, and she wanted the bumps removed quickly before an August vacation to visit her family.

“My surgeon thought the pimples were cysts but sent them off for a biopsy anyway,” said Gathers, an associate minister at a Baptist church who also works for the Department of Social Services of Dinwiddie County, south of Richmond. “A few days later, he called me to tell me that the bumps were actually cancer and that I needed to see an oncologist right away.”

Gathers was diagnosed with stage IV non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a form of cancer that starts in immune cells called lymphocytes. For a month, Gathers received radiation treatments on her cheek and behind her ear, but new bumps formed on her chin. Her oncologist suggested she enroll in a clinical trial with treatment delivered intravenously.

The therapy put her cancer into remission but left her with extreme neuropathy—numbness, tingling and pain caused by nerve damage.

During treatment she could barely walk without a cane and missed work because she was so sick. And while Gathers had health insurance through her employer, her coverage had a $4,000 deductible and copays

Many oncologists and other physicians are complaining about the runaway costs of new prescription drug treatments that are burdening patients and insurers, priced at more than $120,000 a year. for prescription drugs that added up to more than $1,800 a year. Facing a mortgage, utility bills, transportation costs and missed work for which she wasn’t paid, in May 2014, less than a year after her diagnosis, Gathers was $29,000 in debt.

“When you are sick in bed, the last thing you are thinking about is how to pay the bills,” said Gathers, who is 52 and lives alone with her cat. Because she wasn’t sure what her health insurance covered and was having trouble keeping up with expenses, debt started piling

up. Later, she learned she had incorrectly assumed responsibility for a $6,000 bone marrow biopsy because the bill was sent mistakenly to her instead of to her insurer. Debt collection agencies began to call. At the end of July 2014, Gathers filed for bankruptcy.

“I cried and cried, but then I just felt relief because the harassing phone calls and letters finally stopped,” said Gathers, whounderwent chemotherapy again after a return of her lymphoma in January 2015. “I didn’t want to ruin

my credit, but I had no choice.”

Gathers is one of more than 1.6 million Americans diagnosed annually with cancer, many of whom face not only the distress of a diagnosis, but a dizzying array of bills and crippling financial hardship.

Almost a third of the more than 14 million U.S. cancer survivors face financial burdens, and physical and mental health tends to be worse for those who do, according to a new study released by the journal Cancer.

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No throwaway kids SHAENA FAZAL Perspective If you read or listen to any election coverage, one constituency you’ll hear a lot about is “young people.” Candidates emphasize how young people are our future, that we should listen to them and consider them as we think about the direction our country is headed in. But they rarely ever talk about that same promise in America’s 54,000 young people who live in youth prisons or other type of residential placement on any given day.

These young people have untapped promise too, but it’s near impossible for them to explore their potential through confinement.

In launching its new campaign to close youth prisons and redirect dollars to non-residential community-based programs, the Youth First!

Initiative released its stunning Youth Prison Inventory (YPI).

YPI identifies where states send young people in conflict with the law. The inventory’s first 80 facilities listed are located in nearly 80 percent of U.S. States, and include those prisons that are either over 100 years old or have over 100 beds — veritable warehouses that do nothing to cultivate the assets and talents of young people.

A few years ago, I represented a young man in a court that chose to throw him away, despite his tremendous gifts. When we went before the judge, and reported that he was excelling in school while at the county’s detention center, the judge denied our request for release and said, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” and sent him back to the cell.

This young man wasn’t without fault — he was a gang member and a drug dealer. But he was also his high school’s track star and star quarterback, exhibiting a strong work ethic, propensity for self-discipline and extraordinary leadership skills. He needed someone who could recognize those skills and help him direct them in positive ways; he wouldn’t get that in a prison.

Eventually, we won his release, and with the help of a paid mentor from one of our programs, he became a lead peacemaker in his home city and at his school.

We have reason to be hopeful that this young man’s story can be the rule more than the exception. The time is right to focus our energy and resources on bringing and keeping young people safely home and abandoning the youth incarceration model that we know is costly, ineffective, harmful and racially unjust. It’s an opportune time to make the case that young people in the juvenile justice system, who are mostly black and brown, are not throwaway kids despite a system that incarcerates and confines

them as if they were.

Nine national juvenile justice organizations (including my own, Youth Advocate Programs), recently sent a joint policy platform to all the presidential candidates conveying that any juvenile justice reform should be viewed through three lenses that represent a departure from the tough-on-crime policies that led to mass incarceration including: child well-being, racial justice, and family inclusion.

New polling data indicates that these three lenses are how most Americans want the juvenile justice system to be reformed. According to the poll, Americans favor intensive community-based programs over youth prisons or other types of confinement because they want youth to be well; they seek a more racially just system and they see families as key to success.

Specifically, when it comes to our juvenile justice system, the poll results found: •92 percent of Americans want young people in the juvenile justice system to get back on track so they don’t reoffend • 83 percent favor financial incentives for states and municipalities to invest in alternatives to youth incarceration, such as intensive rehabilitation, education, job training, community services, and programs that provide youth the opportunity to repair harm to victims and communities.

•73 percent of Americans agree that youth can be taught to take responsibility for their actions without resorting to incarceration.

• 89 percent of Americans prefer including a youth’s family in the design of rehabilitation services • 70 percent of Americans favor requiring states to

reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the juvenile justice system.

This last result is especially meaningful because even as youth incarceration has decreased, it remains a persistent problem for young people of color. Black kids are five times more likely to be incarcerated than white youth. Native American youth are three times more likely and Latino youth are two times more likely to be incarcerated than white youth for similar offenses.)

Young people themselves also favor more positive interventions than prisons. According to this same poll, 67 percent with Americans age 18-29 believe that we should close youth prisons in favor of nonresidential community alternatives.

In a focus group of young people ages 16-28 in Virginia, they suggested that states spend money on jobs, family support, prevention, community alternatives, forgiveness of fines, small business loans and opportunities to give back instead of incarceration. A recent survey of Baltimore youth who grew up exposed to unimaginable trauma found that overwhelmingly they wanted mentors, jobs and teen support groups. Put simply, young people have creative ideas about how to help their generation and they are optimistic about their futures. We should be too.

Policymakers are finally warming to a reform that helps young people and that we now know the public supports: that the best thing for justiceinvolved youth is to get the help they need in their homes and communities, not through confinement.

Even more promising is that governors are beginning to close youth prisons. Politicians, the public, and young people themselves all agree that we can and should do a lot to help youth in need, but one thing we shouldn’t do is throw them away.

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March 23, 2016 • 3

Va. prisoners to be eligible for college credit classes Virginia will become the only state in the nation to offer state prisoners college credit for five career and technical education courses recommended by the American Council on Education’s College Credit Recommendation Service (ACE CREDIT®), said Gov. Terry McAuliffe last week.

ACE CREDIT recommendations enable learners to submit an ACE transcript for completed courses to higher education institutions for evaluation as potential transfer credit in a degree program, much as they would from a traditional institution of higher learning.

Decisions about acceptance of credit are made by individual colleges and universities.

“Virginia’s Department of Corrections is a national leader in preparing offenders to reenter

Harold Clarke society and lead productive lives,” said McAuliffe. “This new program will build on that success by helping inmates prepare for successful

futures by getting a start on a college education while they serve their time.”

“This is a significant step forward as Virginia’s reentry efforts progress,

one that promises a brighter, safer Commonwealth for all of us,” said Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security Brian Moran.

“Offenders who take these classes are working hard while they’re behind bars to ensure their success when they get out.”

“Our teachers and principals in the prison system have worked very hard to make this happen,” said Harold Clarke, director of the Virginia Department of Corrections. “Many of Virginia’s offenders are learning to make better choices through education.”

VADOC students may receive ACE CREDIT for several courses, including Introduction to Business, Business and Software Applications, Commercial Arts & Design, Computer-Aided Drafting, and Digital Print Production.

Run with recruits wraps AG’s statewide public safety tour Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring wrapped up his third annual statewide public safety tour last week with a four-mile run with the current class of recruits at the Richmond Police Department Training Academy.

This year’s tour, which focused on training and community policing efforts, included stops in Northern Virginia, Hampton Roads, Richmond, Lynchburg, and Roanoke for meetings at training academies and community policing events like Coffee with a Cop, neighborhood watch meetings, and youth and citizen academies.

“Over the last two weeks I have been so impressed by the commitment of communities and law enforcement agencies across the commonwealth to strengthen their lines of communication and to constantly work to build the sense of trust and mutual respect that is key to having the safe, successful communities we all want,” said Herring. “Community policing takes time, resources, and commitment, but the results speak for themselves. Each community is pursuing community policing and 21st century policing training in their own ways.

“It’s what our communities, our officers, and their families deserve,” he said. “When trust and communication break down it makes our communities less safe, it makes it harder to solve crimes, it can put officers at risk, and we can’t allow that to happen in Virginia.”

In 2014, Herring held his first annual public safety tour, traveling more than 2,500 miles in two weeks to hold 22 regional meetings with representatives from more than 60 cities, counties, and towns. More than 75 percent of the meetings involved a discussion of the growing heroin and prescription drug overdose epidemic, prompting Herring to develop and implement an aggressive, unprecedented five point plan to address the problem including education, prevention, and enforcement.

In 2015, Herring again toured Virginia, with his office noting that he extended invitations to elected officials, law enforcement, and public safety officials from more than 58 agencies and localities to share their priorities, concerns, opportunities, and successes.

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Norfolk woman wielding fake gun killed by police during parking lot confrontation A woman was shot and killed by two Norfolk police officers Saturday after she gestured a fake gun at them, authorities said.

The officers spotted India M. Beaty, 25, arguing with a man in a strip mall parking lot around 1:20 a.m., according to police. Beaty then pulled out what looked like a handgun and threatened the man, who was unarmed, police said.

Norfolk police officers, who were staking out a nearby area, immediately got out of their van, identified themselves as police and gave Beaty “verbal commands” to drop the gun, according a police statement.

Beaty then made “a threatening motion” with the gun, and two officers fired at her, police said. She died after the officers gave her first aid on the scene, police said.

Only after the fatal confrontation did police realize the apparent weapon was a non-firing replica.

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It’s unclear how many officers altogether were at the scene, but police said Beaty was not tied to the initial stakeout. Police have not

stated where she obtained the fake gun or why she was carrying it.

Beaty was carrying this replica handgun, according to police.

Beaty was carrying this replica handgun, according to police.

Her family disputed the police account of her death, saying Beaty would know better than threaten police.

“She’s very smart, very intelligent.

I don’t believe she was brandishing a weapon,” her sister, Kendra Beaty, told the Virginian-Pilot.

“Her automatic reaction would have been to drop and say, ‘It’s not real.’

She would not have gone to jail over a toy gun.”

Her father, McKinley Beaty Sr., called his lost daughter “friendly and happy-go-lucky.”

“I just want justice, basically,” he said about the shooting.

“Right now, I’ve got a lot of people grieving. I’m trying to hold it together.”

Beaty’s grieving relatives said she was engaged and cared for four children. Last month, Beaty posted photos on Facebook showing she and her fiance got tattoos of each other's names.

The officers said they told Beaty to drop the gun before firing at her.

The officers said they told Beaty to drop the gun before firing at her.

Beaty’s family said she was an aspiring rapper who went by “Lbeezygotti.”

She appeared in at least two YouTube videos with other local rappers. A 2015 music video for a song called "Neva Looking Back" shows Beaty and other rappers brandishing a gun that looks identical to the fake weapon found with Beaty. “im one da best rappers n va no dout bout it,” Beaty wrote on her Facebook. “yal bout to be veiwn alot more of me i promise...its time for a new begening ppl n im it.”

Court records show Beaty was due in court in June for felony charges of forgery and obtaining property by false pretenses, stemming from an incident in 2012.

This is the second time a member of Beaty’s family was shot and killed. Beaty’s brother, 21-yearold McKinley Beaty Jr., was found fatally wounded from multiple gunshots outside a North Carolina KFC restaurant in 2014. Police caught at least one of the two suspects for the shooting, and a motive was not specified.

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Reversal on offshore drilling in Atlantic Ocean reflects surge in U.S. shale oil production MARIA GALLUCCI The Obama administration’s decision last week to cancel plans to drill off the U.S. Atlantic coast was spurred in part by the nation’s onshore oil and gas boom, officials said.

The U.S. Interior Department said it determined that scrapping a proposal for the single oil lease wouldn’t undermine America’s ability to access affordable, reliable energy supplies. Given the surge in onshore shale oil and natural gas output in the last decade, removing the Atlantic lease would lower U.S. oil production by only 0.1 percent, the agency estimated.

“Ensuring energy security even without this lease sale — we have done that,” Abigail Ross, director of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, said on a call with reporters. “That’s one of the ways market conditions play into

that decision.”

The Interior Department in January 2015 proposed to open much of the southeastern Atlantic coast — including Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia — to offshore drilling for the first time in decades.

In the last year, the agency held nearly two-dozen public meetings and received more than one million

Joint operations lead to Norfolk arrests An ongoing narcotics investigation by local and state law enforcemnt has lead to the arrest of two people from Norfolk.

Police say Eisenberg that a series of search warrants executed last week in Norfolk by the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s (BCI), Dare County White Task Force, Chesapeake Police Department and Norfolk Police Department.

Victoria Johanna Eisenburg, of

the 900 block of Colley Avenue, was arrested for three felony counts of heroin distribution. The search led investigators to recovery 1.1 grams of heroin and 3.7 grams of methamphetamine from her residence. Eisenburg was taken to the Norfolk City Jail where she received a $10,000 secured bond.

Shirley Henry White III of the 8000 block of Thompson Road, with a known relationship to Eisenburg, was arrested at his residence for three outstanding felony warrants.

A search warrant of his residence recovered 17 grams of crack-cocaine, one gram of powder cocaine, 38 grams of heroin, and two firearms, according to police.

White was additionally charged with possession with intent to distribute heroin, possession with the intent to distribute cocaine, convicted felon in possession of a firearm, and felony possession of a firearm with a Schedule 1 narcotic. White was taken to Norfolk City Jail where he he is being held without bond.

“We’ve all been awaiting this decision from the Department of the Interior. I take seriously the concerns the Department of Defense and NASA have raised about the potential impacts of energy exploration and development along the Atlantic coast. I also believe we have to take into account the challenge of securing a fair revenue-sharing agreement for Virginia, and the changed economics surrounding oil and gas development. I look forward to getting a full briefing from the Navy and NASA Wallops about the nature of their concerns.”

- U.S. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) comments from citizens, business groups, energy companies, elected officials and other federal agencies.

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said last week that most of the feedback raised concerns about drilling in the Atlantic.

Environmental groups and thousands of residents and businesses expressed fears that an oil spill or drilling-related accident could damage ecosystems and disrupt coastal economies.

Many drew connections to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, which smothered coastal states in millions of gallons of oil and pummeled the commercial fishing and tourism sectors. Other critics warned that offshore drilling would undermine President Barack Obama’s efforts to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels.

The oil and gas industry had broadly supported the Atlantic drilling proposal. Proponents argued the drilling could be done safely and would open up more of America’s vast energy reserves.

The offshore production would add to the explosive growth across onshore oil fields. In recent years, hydraulic fracturing, or fracking,

has enabled U.S. producers to grow oil output by nearly 90 percent from 2007 to 2015, federal data show, driving down net oil imports.

U.S. crude production averaged 9.4 million barrels a day last year, with more than half of output coming from fracked wells, the Energy Information Administration said. In 2000, by contrast, fracked wells accounted for just 2 percent of total output. While oil output is declining this year as lower oil prices force drillers to scale back, shale production is still expected to double within two decades, BP forecast in February.

On the press call, Jewell cited the energy market conditions and local opposition as among the reasons for canceling the Atlantic lease plan, which was part of a five-year proposal for the period 2017 to 2022.

“This was not the right time for leasing in the Atlantic,” she said.

Supporters of Atlantic drilling rejected the idea that the U.S. onshore fracking boom could offset the need for offshore energy supplies.

Nicolette Nye, a spokeswoman for the National Ocean Industries Association, a trade group, noted that onshore shale wells typically dry up at a much faster rate than larger, offshore discoveries. She added that global oil demand is expected to rise in coming decades as the world population swells and economies expand.

“For the U.S. to truly be a longterm global energy leader, it needs diversification in both energy sources — traditional and nontraditional — and geographical location,” Nye said. “U.S. consumers would be better served by keeping the Atlantic [lease] … and judging the conditions in 2021, rather than taking it off the table in 2016.”

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management manages roughly 5,000 active leases on the outer continental shelf, spanning more than 26 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska and the Pacific Coast near California.

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Op/Ed & Letters

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On women and mass incarceration TAMISHA WALKER Black women today yield significant political power as the most reliable Democratic voters. Yet, despite growing political importance, they score at the very bottom when it comes to virtually every economic indicator from education to lifetime earnings to household wealth. Some past history that shapes black women’s lives just aren’t changing fast enough.

“I was arrested 19 times before I turned 18.”

I grew up with no father and an addicted mother, I raised myself, became a mother at 15, dropped out of school, and struggled to support my child and siblings. It was a dark time. Living with poverty, surrounded by substance abuse and being neglected, I didn’t think much about the future. But nothing was as dark as waking up in a jail cell without remembering how I got there.

More than one million women are behind bars in the United States.

Two thirds are women of color, and more than a third of those incarcerated for drug offenses.

Eighty-five percent have been victims of violence, rape, sexual assault, neglect and child abuse.

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percent to 50 percent. The number of women in prison is now rising at nearly double the rate for men.

Many of these women are mothers criminalized for being addicted while pregnant. Last year, Tennessee passed a law that made it a crime to be addicted while pregnant.

The right intervention for addiction is treatment, not prison, but women of color disproportionately get punishment instead of treatment.

Girls of color who have lived with abuse are more likely to be labeled as offenders than white girls.

I was arrested 19 times before I turned 18. No adult ever asked what was wrong or what was leading me down this road of bad decisions and bad consequences. There was no intervention before going to prison, while in prison, or even The LEGACY welcomes all signed letters and all respectful opinions.

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after -- when it could have helped accelerate the healing of my family.

Most incarcerated women have little or no access to drug treatment, even though nearly 75 percent of them were using drugs before their arrest. Nor is there much available treatment to help abused women recover.

There’s also little counseling or parenting education for incarcerated women, even though most inside, like myself, are mothers. And there’s scant legal or advocate support for women coming out of prison and seeking to regain custody of their children.

Like men, women coming home face employment challenges, but they often face more even barriers in getting assistance for themselves and their kids if they’ve been convicted of a drug offense.

In the six years since I came home from jail, I have earned my GED, obtained an associate’s degree, and become an advocate for changing policies to better serve people returning home after incarceration.

I’ve reunited with my sons and kept them close, assuring them they won’t experience the life I knew at their ages. I’m a trained advocate, mediator, mentor and leader in the fight to end mass incarceration.

Had I known that in my state, California, 54 percent of drug-related prison sentences go to women of

color, even though women of color are only 38 percent of the population, I wouldn’t have been so surprised to end up in prison like growing numbers of other young women.

My story inspires others to work for change, too. But it’s an uphill fight, especially for women. I’ve been there, and know it takes more than inspiration, vision and dreams to change black history.

My work now focuses on redefining public safety by helping people being released from jails and prison to become whole in our society. My goal is reduce recidivism by dealing with conditions that led to incarceration to begin with, and facilitating recovery from the pain and disenfranchisement of incarceration and the conditions that led to it.

A record number of women of color in prison is becoming part of our shared black history, a by- product of systemic racism, sexism, and oppression that continues to persist.

My story is evidence that history doesn’t have to be our destiny; it’s time to address the past so we can build a future worth celebrating for black women.

Walker is the lead community organizer working to end mass incarceration at The Safe Return Project in Richmond, California. She is a formerly incarcerated mother of two boys. © American Forum

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P.T. Hoffsteader, Esq.

Giving thanks Well, the “political season” is once again upon us. And, there is in some quarters, so much negativity, cynicism and pessimism. So much hate, anger and fear mongering.

And, I got to thinking, though the road travelled has been difficult and challenging at times, there is so much that I am thankful for.

I give thanks for my two sons, John – 38 and Ellery – 34, for they have grown into fine, young men. John recently finished 10 years in the Navy. He is presently working in Norfolk/DOD as a computer analyst and technician. And, Ellery is working in the Raleigh/Triangle area as a computer engineering specialist and attending graduate school. John graduated with honors from Lake Taylor High School in 1996, and Ellery graduated as valedictorian of the Class of 2000 for Lake Taylor High School. As a proud father, if I say so myself, so far so good for both of them. And, I give thanks.

On a more personal note, my wife and I suffer from a host of diseases and diagnoses. We take a litany of medications and prescriptions. I give thanks that I have the health coverage and live in a country where you and I can receive adequate care and competent treatment. When it comes to my health and my family’s, I give “special” thanks. I take nothing for granted anymore, and I give thanks for all that I receive, especially in terms of my (and family’s) health and well being.

With some reservations and imperfections, I give thanks for being

a citizen of the United States. I served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1958 – 1988, and I got to see and experience a lot of the world and its peoples and cultures. And, believe me, I give thanks for growing up in America.

While America is not without her “bruises” and “blemishes,” she is still, by far, the best when it comes to freedom, opportunity, and progress. In short, America is not perfect, but she is far better than her contemporaries are. She is that “Shining City on the Hill.” And, I give thanks for all that.

Further, I give thanks for being able to contribute to the welfare and advancement of others, especially those children and families that are at risk and disadvantaged socially, politically, and economically. I thank the Creator that He has enlightened and enabled me to do the best that I can with what I have.

As such, I always keep in mind Jackie Robinson’s ethos: “A life is unimportant except for the impact that it has on others.”

Moreover, I give thanks for all the times, places, and peoples that I “forgot” to give “proper” thanks for. I figure it’s time that I reflect upon, remember, and treasure all the good times, good places, and good peoples that have happen in my life...allowing me to continue on the remainder of my journey. I give thanks to all those who helped and empowered me over the years, decades, and half-century plus. I give thanks to all those whose backs and shoulders that I have stood and built upon all this time. And, I give

“heartfelt” thanks for realizing that I have not been alone, nor have I done it all by myself.

Lastly, for all these reasons and so much more, I am truly “thankful.” I thank the Creator and Life for being so good to me and mine. And, I give thanks for being allowed to share my “blessings” with others.

For everything I want to be, for everything I hope to be, and for everything that I am, I give thanks and thanks and more thanks. And, only in America at this time and place, could have I been so blessed and fortunate in receiving all of my “gifts” of love, laughter and life.

And, for all that, I shall be eternally grateful and thankful.

John L. Horton Norfolk

“Trump talk”

I was watching a Republican presidential debate as my eight-yearold, John, sat next to me. Donald Trump, the front-runner, looked left and ripped Ted Cruz as a “liar” before seamlessly pivoting right and skewering Marco Rubio as a “sweating choke artist.” “Lying Ted!” Trump barked. “Choking Marco!” he shouted.

My eight-year-old son laughed at the buffoonish spectacle, as if we’d just tuned in to Cartoon Network.

“No, John,” I told him. “That’s not funny. We shouldn’t treat people that way.”

“Is that man going to be our president?” John asked. “I don’t know,” I replied.

I decided to turn off the TV while John is in the room with Donald

Trump. Who knows what might come next?

In addition to Trump mocking Rubio and denouncing Cruz, he labeled George W. Bush a “liar” and Jeb Bush a “joke.” As for Mitt Romney: dumb, stupid, “loser.”

Megyn Kelly: a “bimbo” with “blood coming out of her eyes.” He doesn’t like her. And if Donald Trump doesn’t like you, he lets you know.

The American Founders extolled the virtue of prudence to our leaders and citizenry. They underscored the cardinal and theological virtues.

Trump eschews virtue, embracing vice instead, and his supporters reward him by the millions.

And thus, Trump excoriates his detractors: liars, losers, morons.

“Look at that face!” yapped Trump of Carly Fiorina, a successful businesswoman. “Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that the face of our next president?”

Again, push the children away from the TV. Even more unsettling, the man behaving this way could be my kids’ next president, and from my own political party. The party of Lincoln and Reagan.

As I write, Trump is raising the prospect of riots if unjustly denied the Republican nomination. One of his surrogates tells CNN that “riots aren’t necessarily a bad thing.”

And so, my advice to parents, especially on the Republican side: If Donald Trump gets the nomination, be prepared to sit down with your kids to have a frank “Trump talk.”

Teach them not to be like that man.

Paul Kengor

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Faith & Religion

Tyler Perry on what “The Passion” means Film producer and actor Tyler Perry has recently been candid about how much Jesus Christ really means to him as he geared up to narrate “The Passion” live for Palm Sunday.

“The Passion”, a musical event that tells the 2,000-year-old story of Jesus Christ’s life on Earth has its production set in the present day. It follows the account of Jesus as He presides over the Last Supper, and then is betrayed by Judas, put on trial by Pontius Pilate, convicted, crucified and resurrected.

“What I love about this show is that the death and resurrection is being told in modern day times so a lot of people can understand it, and understand that this really happened,” said Perry.

“There’s so many young people, kids and millennials, who have no faith.

They don’t believe in anything, and I feel that a lot of them are getting away from the God of our mothers and fathers and grandfathers and grandmothers.”

In a Facebook post last week, Perry revealed that he was shocked to find out how many people in the United States are not aware of the story of Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection.

“So just to remind us all in this country that there is a Christ, there is a God. There was a death, there was a resurrection for all, and the compassion and the love that He had was for everyone, not just some, but for everyone! That’s what the

Author speaks on spiritual revitalization in America Author, speaker, and American religion and culture scholar Diana Butler Bass recently discussed her newest book “Grounded”, exploring why religion is on the decline in America as many people leave behind traditional religious practices.

Bass, a leading commentator on religion, politics, and culture, argues that what appears to be a decline actually signals a major transformation in how people understand and experience God. “Grounded” explores this cultural turn as Bass unpacks how people are finding new spiritual ground by discovering and embracing God everywhere in the world around us— in the soil, the water, the sky, in our homes and neighborhoods, and in the global commons.

Faith, said Bass, is no longer a matter of mountaintop experience or institutional practice; instead, people are connecting with God through the environment in which we live.

“Grounded” observes and reports

Diana Butler Bass a radical change in the way many people understand God and how they practice faith.

Bass engaged participants at Union Presbyterian in this emerging spiritual revolution, finding a revitalized expression of faith, and reflecting the changing landscape. A book signing followed the lecture.

Tyler Perry resurrection and the crucifixion was all about — the love for everyone. So I think that’s just as important today as it's been forever, and it needed to be said and shared in a special way,” he said.

“The Passion,” narrated by Perry, includes a star-studded cast of Jencarlos Canela (Jesus Christ), Chris Daughtry (Judas), Prince Royce (the disciple Peter), Michael W. Smith (disciple), Seal (Pontius Pilate) and Trisha Yearwood (Mary, the mother of Jesus), with performance by Yolanda Adams, among others.

“All of us honoring the greatest celebrity of all,” Perry said in an emotional voice.

Perry enthusiastically said there has never been anything like “The Passion” performed live on TV. “First of all, this story is not told on television at all. I can’t even remember the last time it was told.

Maybe in the past it has been, but I can’t recall in my generation, and the next generation, the story of the resurrection and the crucifixion of Jesus Christ being told on television with music and being told in

modern day times so that they could understand it,” he said.

“There are no camels, there are cars, there are no cloaks, they’re wearing jeans, and all those things that we all can relate to. It’s almost as if Jesus was walking around with us today, so that’s what’s different about it. It brings it into a language that we all understand.”

Perry said along with doing “The Passion” he is also writing and working on his first project that is as bold and in your face with the message of faith as this production is. And he hopes “The Passion” helps send a message to Hollywood that people want to see more inspirational TV shows.

“The reason I wanted to do ‘The Passion’ was ‘cause it had the right substance for my soul. I got to go off, I felt the chills, I got to feel the movement of the Holy Spirit, and that just keeps me firm,” he said.

“I always go back to my mother, because my mother didn’t have millions of dollars to give me but what she taught me was this very

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BJC urges vote on Obama’s Supreme Court nominee BNG - A Baptist church-state expert welcomed President Barack Obama’s announcement of a nominee for a Supreme Court seat vacated by the death last month of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia.

In a Rose Garden ceremony last week, the president announced his selection of Merrick Garland, chief judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia, a centrist nominee likely to receive bipartisan support if the Senate moves forward with confirmation.

“The Baptist Joint Committee welcomes the announcement of the president’s nominee, which is the first step in restoring the Supreme Court to full strength,” said BJC Executive Director Brent Walker in a statement. “The Senate should hold hearings and provide an up-or-down vote on the nomination to fulfill its constitutional duties.”

Walker, who since 1999 has led the religious liberty coalition representing denominational groups including the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and American Baptist Churches USA, wrote a column in the March 2016 edition of Report from the Capital saying the suggestion by some that Scalia’s replacement should not be considered until after the fall election is a bad idea.

“The U.S. Supreme Court has an odd number of justices for a reason,” Walker wrote. “The prospect of a 4-4 decision on very important cases — even where it might serve the positions advanced by the Baptist Joint Committee — is unacceptable for any longer than is absolutely necessary. Any delay until after the

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In February the BJC joined a diverse group of religious organizations in a letter asking senators to move swiftly to fulfill their constitutional responsibility of providing “advice and consent” on the president’s Supreme Court nominee.

Last week, Obama asked Republicans in the Senate to give Garland a fair hearing, and then an up-or-down vote.

“I have fulfilled my constitutional duty,” the president said. “Now it’s time for the Senate to do theirs.

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Ask Alma

Va. Festival of the Books highlights state’s stories

My marriage is a lie

Dear Alma, Five years into my marriage my husband moved himself into the downstairs bedroom. The initial reason given was that he “didn’t want to disturb the babies” (including a newborn) with his latenight arrival, and early departures for work.

Some months later, after a “marriage check-up” with our pastor, he confessed to me out of euphoria. He admitted that he had started smoking, you know; one of those things I never wanted in my life! Smoking is one of those “THINGS,” you know, those things you list as true deal-breakers, with regard to dating and relationships…

Ffrom the start, he admitted that he knew how strongly I felt about this, but he figured it was no longer a deal-breaker since we are married!

On the one hand, I don’t see using this makes me feel as a justification for divorce. On the other hand, I feel betrayed, belittled, devalued, and bullied into being with someone I would never had been with, if given the choice of him as a smoker.

Anonymous Dear Anonymous, Holy hot water hose, you’re infuriated! I can see the flames flickering from your email. Luckily I’m here to distinguish this dilemma. Lord knows what would happen, had you not reached out for help. Quick, duck, here comes a splash of reality – this ain’t about you, it’s about him. Him and his habit, he owns an addiction.

I know you feel betrayed tossed and lost in the hot sauce, but the reality is, we’re talking about a serious dependency, a desire that requires you to fully satisfy by any means necessary.

Do you wanna know how I know?

I smoked for over 20 years before I could quit. Your body craves for the

nicotine. That’s why people stand outside in a cold, snow, icy rain to take a smoke. As a non-smoker, what you don’t know is, smoking can be soothing, a stress reliever, it relaxes you. If you’ve never struggled with a compulsion, you just don’t get it.

It’s his choice to make. He won’t win unless he’s all in. So, encourage your husband to make up his mind to quit smoking because it’s the healthy thing to do. Remind him you’d like for him to be around a long time for you and the kids, blah, blah, la-dee-da…you know what I’m talkin’ bout. Ask your doctor for brochures and suggested websites to share with him. Tell him you want him back upstairs, now! Yes, you’re right, smoking is a game changer, but you two can commit to get through this. Stop, read that again, I said you two. Handle your husband’s addiction with patience and tolerance. Don’t nag him, offer support. This will take time.

I recall a conversation I had with a loved one who had battled a drug problem. During her last days, I asked, “why didn’t you ever just quit?”

Her answer, “for every time you think I didn’t, I did times a million.”

I assure you he’s trying, that’s what many smokers do, more than you and the rest of us non-smokers will ever know. ***** Want advice? E-mail questions to alwaysaskalma@yahoo.com.Follow her on Facebook at “Ask Alma” and twitter @almaaskalma *****

Virginia Secretary of Education Anne Holton speaks Wednesday at the Virginia Festival of the Book’s opening ceremony, held at the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library in Charlottesville. Dan Addison The 22nd annual Virginia Festival of the Book, was held over four days last week bringing together more than 250 literary events around the city of Charlottesville.

“This year, I was looking at the statistics and they really stuck out to me, because there are so many programs,” said Rob Vaughan, the president of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. “We’ve always had children’s programs, we’ve always have young adult programs, but there are so many this year.”

He noted that there were 89 writers who visited schools in Charlottesville and Albemarle, 244 community partners, 41 participating schools and 24 public children’s programs.

Overall, more than 400 authors were involved in a lineup of events that ran through Sunday evening.

There was something for people of all ages and interests, and festival organizers noted that it was a place for attendees to share ideas and reflections.

“Reading is something we often do as a solitary act, but sharing that experience elevates it to the next level and allows us to learn even more,” said Kevin McFadden, the foundation’s chief operating officer.

“Gathering at the festival is like

having the most massive book club in the state of Virginia.”

Festival guests had the rare opportunity to share that book clublike experience with seven different Pulitzer Prize winners this year. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the prize, the festival nosted Pulitzer panels on Wednesday and Friday.

“A Celebration of Pulitzer Authors” on Wednesday evening included authors Ayad Aktar, Lawrence Wright and Rick Atkinson discussing their Pulitzer-winning works and their current writing. Friday’s discussion focused on Pulitzerwinning poets, and included Rita Dove alongside Gregory Pardlo and Vijay Seshradi.

Readers also caught Pulitzer winner Charles Wright, professor emeritus of the UVA English department’s Creative Writing program. He read his poetry as a part of the “Monticello in Mind: Fifty Contemporary Poems on Jefferson” event on Sunday.

One of the festival’s goals was to highlight the stories of Virginia’s diverse and ever-changing community, and programming included a special focus on immigration as a part of the Virginia

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(from page 1) “We found that cancer survivors with three or more financial problems had clinically meaningful differences in their physical and mental health-related quality of life and were two to three times more likely to report depressed mood and six to eight times more likely to worry about cancer recurrence,” said lead author Hrishikesh P. Kale of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.

“Financial burden results from the high cost of cancer care,” said senior author Norman V. Carroll, also of Virginia Commonwealth University.

“This is especially true for the newer, biologically-derived specialty drugs,” which can require patient copays of several hundred dollars per month.

Loss of ability to work due to illness and treatment, transportation costs to get treatment, and loss of a spouse’s income if the spouse must take time off from work for caregiving can also contribute, said Dr. Scott D. Ramsey, director of the Hutchinson Institute for Cancer Outcomes Research, who was not part of the new study.

“Finally, if a person loses their job and therefore their employer-based insurance in the course of treatment, things get much worse,” Ramsey said.

The new findings are drawn from the 2011 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, which included 1,380 people who self-reported ever being diagnosed with cancer. Survey questions addressed a history of borrowing money, going into debt, filing for bankruptcy, making financial sacrifices, worrying about paying large medical bills and being unable to cover the cost of medical care.

In addition, 12 survey items assessed current physical and mental health and health-related quality of life.

Almost eight percent of cancer survivors had borrowed money, incurred debt or declared bankruptcy. One in five were worried about paying large medical bills, one in ten were unable to cover the cost of medical care visits, and almost one in ten had made other financial

in our study,” he said. “However, future research could study if cancer survivors are able to return to work at the same level and if they have better or worse productivity.”

Cancer survivors should educate themselves regarding survivorship issues, coverage and benefit design of their health plans and organizations that provide financial assistance, Kale said.

“Further, cancer survivorship care

Hrishikesh P. Kale sacrifices.

“These findings are consistent with numerous other studies that have called attention in recent years to the financial burden of cancer diagnosis and treatment,” said Dr. Reshma Jagsi of the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor.

“Although many cancer survivors are able to return to work, research from our group and others has suggested that a substantial minority of cancer patients do lose their jobs after cancer diagnosis and are unable to find work again,” Jagsi, who was not part of the new study, said.

Those who were younger at diagnosis, female, a member of a racial or ethnic minority, and who had short-survival cancers were more likely than others to face financial burden.

As financial problems increased, health-related quality of life decreased, the authors report.

Financial burden increased the risk of depressed mood and worrying about cancer recurrence, and those with three or more financial problems had clinically significant poorer physical and mental health compared to others.

Eight percent of cancer survivors did not have insurance during the course of their cancer care and such cancer survivors were twice as likely to report financial burden compared to those with access to insurance, Kale said.

“Even among insured cancer survivors, 29 percent reported cancer-related financial burden,” he said.

“We did not analyze if cancer survivors were able to return to work

didn’t know about organizations that offer financial relief to cancer patients. Then, in February 2015, she faced an electric bill of more than $300 that she couldn’t pay.

Gathers called her utility to plead for a reprieve before she fell deeper in debt.

“The person I talked to couldn’t do anything about my bill, but he did suggest I call the American Cancer Society,” she said. “He told

This is especially true for the newer, biologically-derived specialty drugs, which can require patient copays of several hundred dollars per month. - Norman V. Carroll programs can identify survivors with the greatest financial burden and focus on helping them cope with psychological stress, anxiety and depression throughout their journey with cancer,” he said.

“We recommend hiring a financial planner or seeking assistance with finances,” Ramsey said. “Some cancer centers are starting to offer this, but it is relatively rare.”

Gathers accepted contributions from friends and members of her church to help pay her bills, but she

me there are programs out there for cancer patients that can help with expenses.”

That call led her to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), which provides emotional and financial support to patients. LLS enrolled Gathers in its copay assistance program. Other patient advocacy organizations like CancerCare and the Patient Advocacy Network, as well as local churches and foundations, helped her pay utility and transportation bills.

(from page 10) for the Virginia Center for the Foundation for the Humanities’ yearlong project, “A State of Many Nations: Immigration and the Changing Face of Virginia.”

A panel discussion of the same name took place at UVA’s Culbreth Theatre on Thursday evening, followed by a second discussion called “Beyond Background Characters: Life in Hyphen-American.” Both events included acclaimed authors whose work focuses on the immigrant experience.

In addition to panel discussions and book readings, the festival also included numerous interactive events for aspiring writers and for those interested in publishing and the craft of book making. Attendees were able to move seamlessly from an hour with a bestselling author to a reading by some of Charlottesville’s emerging teenage writers.

“I think that the key takeaway is the accessibility of the festival,” said Sarah Lawson, the program associate

Book. The vast majority of festival programs were free. There were over 250 programs, and of those, only about five required tickets, said Lawson.

One of the festival’s few ticketed events brought New York Times bestselling authors Bryan Stevenson and John Grisham on stage together.

During “An Evening with Bryan Stevenson,” Grisham moderated as Stevenson discussed his book, “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption,” and how his experiences as a social justice lawyer continue to influence his support of criminal justice reform.

Organizers’ hope was that people left the festival “with a big stack of books and feeling inspired to read.”

“We love hearing that someone attended an event to hear from one author, and ended up finding two new ones they’re interested in,” said McFadden. That’s the kind of crosspollination we’re looking for.”

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HOME: Historic progress made for sexual orientation protections in housing The 2016 session of the Virginia General Assembly session has come to an end, but not without significant progress for fair housing. This was the first time in nine sessions that a bill adding sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes to the Virginia Fair Housing Law passed a chamber of the Assembly.

SB67, patroned by Sen. Jennifer Wexton (D-33rd District), passed by a wide margin (25 – 15) with bipartisan support in that body.

“I am very happy that this important legislation passed out of the Senate for the first time this year,” said Wexton.

Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia, Inc. (HOME), a statewide fair housing nonpprofit whose mission is to ensure equal access to housing for all people, lauded the bill’s passing.

“The vote in the Senate clearly shows the growing support for changing Virginia fair housing laws to prevent discrimination in housing,” said Heather Crislip, president and CEO of HOME. “We hope in 2017 that sexual orientation

(from page 5) Last year, the leases accounted for about 16 percent of domestic oil production and 5 percent of domestic natural gas production, the bureau estimated.

Environmental groups hailed the Interior’s decision to scrap the Atlantic lease as a victory for coastal communities and the climate.

“This is a courageous decision that begins the shift to a new energy paradigm, where clean energy replaces fossil fuels, and where we can avoid the worst impacts of decades of our carbon dioxide emissions,” Jacqueline Savitz, Oceana’s vice president for the U.S., said in a statement.

Critics of offshore oil and gas drilling said the fight isn’t quite over. The Obama administration last

Del. Marcus Simon and gender identity will no longer be legal factors on which to base a housing decision.”

An identical bill (HB300) was introduced by Del. Marcus Simon (D-53rd District) and chief co-

week upheld its proposal to lease 10 parcels in the Gulf of Mexico plus three lease sales in the Alaskan Arctic, including one sale each in the Chukchi Sea, Beaufort Sea and Cook Inlet. The Interior said it expected to finalize its “proposed program” for the outer continental shelf later this year.

“We’ll continue fighting any new drilling moving forward,” said Rachel Richardson, program director for the drilling program at Environment America. She added the canceling the proposed leases in Arctic and Gulf waters would solidify Obama’s legacy on climate change in his last year in the White House.

“He has a really great opportunity to demonstrate the need to keep [fossil fuels] in the ground, and the next thing he can do is reject any new drilling in the Arctic and in the Gulf,” Richardson said.

patron Del. Scott Taylor (D-85th District)in the House. Simon gave an impassioned plea before a House subcommittee, but ultimately members of that group voted to refer the bill to the Virginia Code Commission. When SB67 crossed over to the House, it suffered the same fate.

“There is strong bipartisan support for taking a stand against housing discrimination in all forms, including discrimination based on sexual orientation. It is essential to Virginia’s branding as we work together to create a new Virginia economy,” said Simon.

HOME, which investigates housing discrimination and provides support for discrimination victims, notes that its two-year fair housing testing project revealed that same-sex couples experienced a 44 percent rate of discrimination as compared to opposite-sex couples when searching

for rental housing in Richmond, Hampton Roads, and Northern Virginia.

“Ending housing discrimination against gay and transgender Virginians is instrumental for achieving a fully inclusive commonwealth and Equality Virginia will continue to work with HOME and the General Assembly to make these protections a reality,” said James Parish, executive director of Equality Virginia, an organization that fights for equality for the LGBTQ community.

HOME has vowed to continue to “fight” for these protections in Virginia.

“It is only a matter of time before these protections become Virginia law. Twenty-two other states already have these protections – who you love shouldn’t determine your housing choices,” said Helen Hardiman, HOME’s director of fair housing.

(from page 8) of faith that believe in the Christ story that I’m being a part of and sharing with the world” he said.

“The story of Jesus’ life, Jesus’ resurrection and death, and more than anything His compassion and love for us all,” the New Orleans native said.

“So what it means for me is beyond the breath that I breathe. It means that I have some hope to become, and to be, and to live better, and be forgiven, and realize that when I make mistakes or I fall short I can go to the blood. And that, for me, is beyond anything,” Perry said, adding that he hopes “The Passion” live event starts a revival all over America.

“I think that this is going to open up so much dialogue and so much conversation, which is what we want. For Christians who are very excited but also for non-believers, people who don’t believe and who can see it for the first time. My hope and my prayer is that the people

that I believe in will lead the charge and will not only be watching, but to pray for and during this entire process so that it comes off the screen in a way that we all want — with the intention of reaching, inspiring, encouraging and pointing more people to Christ,” he said.

The story unfolded live at some of New Orleans’ most iconic locations, while featuring a procession of hundreds of people carrying a 20-foot, illuminated cross from Champion Square outside the Superdome to the live stage at Woldenberg Park on the banks of the Mississippi River.

The elaborate production is a format originally created in the Netherlands. The Dutch version of the epic event has been produced annually since 2011 and has aired for the last five consecutive years.

“The Passion” was broadcast live on the FOX network on Palm Sunday, March 20.

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Historic HBCU library slated for modernization as national treasure TATYANA HOPKINS

TEWire - Howard University’s historic Founders Library is now a national treasure, as named by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, an organization that so far has renovated 14 of 50 preservation projects nationally and promises to help bring the venerable building into the 21st Century with the latest technological improvements.

Representatives from the National Trust and Howard said they will work together to raise the money for the improvements and provide the expertise to transform the library, which is the home to MoorlandSpingarn Research Center, the world’s largest non-circulating collection for documentation of the history and culture of people of African descent.

Writers, researchers and historians from around the world use its facilities. Founders is the first site at a historically black college or university to be named a national treasure.

“The designation of Founders Library as a national treasure is an honor,” Howard President Wayne A.I. Frederick said of the partnership. “This recognition is a testament to the many treasures here at Howard University.

“Additionally, we are excited to partner with the National Trust for the restoration of the Library, as we continue to make strides in offering our students a preeminent education with the best available resources.”

National Trust has partnered on its projects with American Express, which has pledged $6 million dollars as a partner of the organization to preserve several historic sites.

The National Trust Community Investment Corporation will provide Howard with technical assistance on the use of federal and new market tax credits to fund future

rehabilitation costs, said Stephanie Meeks, president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

National Trust experts will also advise Howard on best practices to ensure the historic fabric is maintained for generations to come, Meeks said.

“Historic libraries like Founders can be reimagined to fit the needs of the modern age, while continuing to serve as monuments of past ideals and achievement,” she said.

“We look forward to working closely with the university to ensure the creation of a more versatile and functional library – one that honors its distinctive character and rich history.”

Existing conceptual drafts from previous attempts to modernize the building are being used to guide the project, said Derrek NiecWilliams, executive director of Campus Planning, Architecture & Development. The university will work with the National Trust to organize a task force to assist in the library’s preservation and updating, Niec-Williams said.

“For a university approaching 150 years, and for a building that old, there have been numerous plans to modernize Founders,” he said. He said efforts to renovate the building date back to the 1970s.

University officials said they will use the 150th anniversary of the university in 2017 to help raise money for renovations and improvements to Founders.

Spokesperson Anthony Owens said the university has not yet set an exact figure.

“It’s a little early to put a dollar amount to the project,” Owens said.

Founders was designed by AfricanAmerican architect Albert I. Cassell under the first black president of the university, using over $1 million from the federal Public Works Administration. The project took two years to complete and opened in 1939.

Howard President Wayne A.I. Frederick Named in memory of the founders of the university, the four-story, brick building opened as one of the largest

and most extensive research facilities on the campus of a historically black college or university.

Keyanna Conner to serve as Warner’s state director Keyanna Conner will now lead U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner’s (D-VA) state operations as the State Director.

Conner previously worked as Warner’s director of government and community affairs since December 2014, serving as a primary point of contact between the senator’s office and representatives of state and local governments, public agencies and constituency organizations. She will continue to be based in Richmond.

Prior to joining Warner’s official senate staff, Conner was a senior advisor on Warner’s 2014 re-election campaign.

“Our office puts a premium on the highest levels of constituent service, and Keyanna shares my commitment to solving problems and helping Virginians,” said Warner in announcing Conner’s new role. “Keyanna has been an invaluable member of our staff, and I am very pleased that she will continue to work with state and local stakeholders and serve Virginians everyday as state director.”

Conner graduated from Hampton University in 2006 and is an Eartern Shore native.

Keyanna Conner “I look forward to continuing to serve the constituents of the commonwealth by leading Sen. Warner’s state operation,” she said. “It has been an honor to work with state and local stakeholders this past year, and am pleased to continue that great work in this new capacity.”

She completed a doctoral degree in organic chemistry at Virginia Commonwealth University in December 2015.

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Researcher: Test can help predict, prevent, 2nd stroke A new discovery about ischemic stroke may allow doctors to predict patients’ risk of having a second stroke using a commonly performed blood test and their genetic profile.

Researchers have linked high levels of C-reactive protein, an enzyme found in the blood, with increased risk for recurrent ischemic stroke.

CRP is produced in the liver in

response to inflammation and is already checked to measure people’s risk of developing coronary artery disease. The new research suggests it could be a useful tool for ischemic stroke patients as well.

“The biggest risk of death for someone who has already had a stroke is to have another one,” said University of Virginia School

Former Richmond City Health District’s Resource Mother participant (teen mother), Keyunia Wake, reads to her child, McKenzie.

Reading time The Richmond City Health District is observing National Reading Month in March by encouraging that parents of little ones not in school yet to read to them. The city’s Resource Mother program, part of the Virginia Resource Mothers Program, a home visiting program designed to decrease infant mortality and low birth weight rates among pregnant and parenting teens and their infants, is reading books to at least 100 children.

“We realize there is a great disparity in parents who do not talk or read to their children, therefore, the children’s vocabulary is not increasing,” said Patricia Mills, program coordinator. “Many of these same children will enter school without the skills to succeed. Our program wants to introduce books and the joy of reading during this month at home visits, daycares, clinics, schools, and other sites.”

of Medicine researcher Stephen Williams. “So it’s really important to be able to try and target those individuals who are at the highest risk for the thing that very well may kill them.”

Doctors would be able to use the knowledge to tailor treatment strategies to minimize their patient's risk of suffering another stroke.

Ischemic strokes result from blockages preventing blood flow to the brain; they are responsible for approximately 85 percent of all stroke cases. (Hemorrhagic strokes, on the other hand, occur when blood vessels burst and bleed into the brain.) williams_stephen_3-2.jpg Researcher Stephen Williams said combining the CRP test with genetic factors can help doctors predict, and perhaps help prevent, a potentially deadly second ischemic stroke.

Researcher Stephen Williams said combining the CRP test with genetic factors can help doctors predict, and perhaps help prevent, a potentially deadly second ischemic stroke.

To better understand ischemic stroke, Williams and his colleagues set out to determine how our genes affect the levels of biomarkers such as CRP in our blood. Not only did they find that elevated CRP levels suggest increased stroke risk, they identified gene variations that drive those risks.

“So we have the genetics influencing [CRP] levels, which

then increases the risk of having a recurrent stroke,” Williams said.

“Then we went back and said, ‘Alright, can we predict the increased risk purely based on the genetics?,’ which we were able to do. There’s this shared genetic susceptibility not only for increased C-reactive protein, but for increased risk for stroke. We could estimate what’s called a ‘hazard ratio’ – basically the increased risk for having or not having a second stroke – based on the genetics.”

Williams, of the Department of Neurology and the Center for Public Health Genomics, envisions a day when doctors might focus on CRP levels and a patient’s genetic makeup to determine the patient’s overall risk for a second stroke.

But even CRP levels alone could be a useful tool in assessing risk after the initial stroke. “Getting a CRP measure on someone is really simple. It’s just a blood draw. You don’t have to take something like a biopsy which patients might have an aversion to,” Williams said. “It’s not very expensive, and it’s part of routine workups that could be done for patients. However, combined with genetic information, we may have even more power to identify those at greatest risk.”

The findings have been published online by the scientific journal Neurology. The National Institutes of Health funded research efforts critical to the study.

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Study: Leading cause of stroke in young going untreated Arteriovenous malformations, the most common cause of strokes in children and young adults, are sometimes left untreated, but a sweeping new study strongly suggests that is generally a mistake.

The challenge that doctors have faced in treating patients with arteriovenous malformations – tangles of blood vessels prone to leaking and causing strokes – is that the treatment options are not without risk.

So one approach commonly advocated has been to leave the condition unaddressed.

But the new study has found the risks of treatment using Gamma Knife radiosurgery are often significantly outweighed by the ever-increasing risk posed by leaving the condition untreated. This is particularly true among patients diagnosed – as is typically the case – while they are teenagers or young adults.

“These findings strongly suggest that patients who are younger are going to be far more likely to benefit from treatment than people who may be diagnosed late on in their life,” said neurosurgeon Jason Sheehan, MD, PhD, director of the UVA Health System’s Gamma Knife Center. “If patients have at least a 10-year life expectancy, this new study strongly suggests treatment.”

Weighing the risks The new study takes a long-term view of the risks patients face, following them, on average, for more than seven years. UVA led six other academic medical centers to look at 509 patients who had been diagnosed as having arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) but who had not suffered a stroke. The goal was to weigh the risk of leaving the condition untreated versus the risk posed by the least invasive treatment option, Gamma Knife radiosurgery.

“There’s a real uncertainty about the risk of stroke with these AVMs, but the general risk of stroke is thought to be about 1 [percent] to 3 percent per year,” Sheehan said. “When you factor that in over a 10-year period of time, you are talking about somewhere in the order of 10 to 30 percent risk of stroke, and that’s just the beginning if you’re diagnosed as a pediatric patient or a young adult.”

He noted the grim statistics physicians and patients – and, often, young patients’ parents – must consider in deciding to leave an AVM untreated: “If it ruptures, and the odds of it rupturing within the lifetime of a teenager are very high, the risk of death … is thought to be about 10 percent. So with each rupture, it’s about a 10 percent risk of dying, and that’s not even including the problems that can arise if it ruptures but doesn’t cause death: seizures, weakness, blindness and other neurological deficits.”

Gamma Knife radiosurgery, on the other hand, can close off AVMs using fine beams of concentrated Gamma rays, so that surgeons do not need to cut into the head. Approximately 80 percent of AVMs can be closed off with this technique. However, it typically takes two to three years for the AVM to close fully after the procedure, and the risk of stroke remains during that time.

There is also a small risk of long-term side effects from the procedure.

Among the study participants, approximately 70 percent were deemed to have a favorable outcome; 4 percent died (generally from stroke prior to AVM closure during the two- to three-year period when the Gamma Knife treatment was working). Eleven percent saw side effects caused by the radiation treatment, but these were permanent in only 3 percent.

A doctor’s advice Because of the complexities patients face, Sheehan urged them to discuss their options with a neurosurgeon who can evaluate their specific case. But for younger patients, he said, the new study offers a compelling argument for treatment. “If conservative management meant a risk-free approach for these patients, that is what we would recommend to them,” he said.

“Unfortunately, that is not the case for many AVM patients. The stroke risk, even if it’s low on an annual basis, really begins to add up when you consider 10-year or more life expectancy. And in many of these patients, they exhibit 50 or more years of life expectancy.”

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The Center for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University’s L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs will host the symposium, “Race and Policing in Communities,” will be held in the Forum Room of the University Student Commons.

The second symposium, “Terrorism and Radicalization in Open Society,” will take place on Thursday, April 14, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the University Student Commons Theater.

“Each event will be an open, informative and constructive conversation with some speakers talking from their perspective as researchers, observers and expert analysts and others speaking from the perspective of their experience,” said Henry Brownstein, Ph.D., the center’s director and the Wilder School’s associate dean for research.

An audience question-and-answer session will follow each panel.

3.26, 4 p.m.

The Broomfield C.M.E. Church Board of Christian Education will host a conversation on the challenges, progress and future of the Richmond Public Schools system, as its leadership continually strives to provide a quality education for all students. Featured panelists include Dr. Dana T. Bedden, superintendent of Richmond Public Schools. The event takes place from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 26 at Broomfield Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, 609 Jefferson Davis Highway in Richmond.

Other invited panelists include Charlotte Hayer, president, Richmond Education Association and Richmond School Board members.

Among the topics of discussion will be on efforts to mentor black and hispanic male students.

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Chesapeake Teen Summer Job Expo On Tuesday, March 29, Centura College’s Chesapeake campus encourages teens of Hampton Roads to join them on campus from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. for a free Teen Summer Job Expo. The event features an interview workshop at 9 a.m., followed by the job fair beginning at 10 a.m. Attending employers include Food Lion, Ocean Breeze Water Park and many more.

Expected employers include Wendy’s, Food Lion, Farm Fresh, Ocean Breeze Water Park, Lowe’s Home Improvement, YMCA, Auto Bell and AAA Pools.

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Vegetable gardening workshop The Henrico County office of the Virginia Cooperative Extension will hold a workshop Saturday, April 2 to help residents start or improve a vegetable garden. The workshop will be held from 9 a.m. in the Extension Office’s demonstration kitchen in the Human Services Building, 8600 Dixon Powers Dr. and is free and open to Henrico residents.

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NAMI of Central Virginia will sponsor two Free Family-to-Family Education Programs specifically for families of persons diagnosed with serious mental illness.

The 12-week series of Richmond classes take place on Monday of each week starting on April 4 from 6 to 8:30 p.m., at First Presbyterian Church at 4602 Cary St. Rd., Richmond. For residents of the TriCities, a class will start in Hopewell at John Randolph Medical Center’s Wellness Pavilion, 411 West Randolph Street, Hopewell.

The course will cover information about schizophrenia, the mood disorders (bipolar disorder and major depression), panic disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder; coping skills such as handling crisis and relapse; basic information about medications; listening and communication techniques; problem-solving skills; recovery and rehabilitation; and self-care around worry and stress.

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GRASP (GReat Aspirations Scholarship Program, Inc.) will provide free, financial aid assistance to include the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) on Mondays from 6-8 p.m. from January through March at the Belmont Library, 3100 Ellwood Ave., Richmond.

Call 804-527-7743 for more information or to schedule your hour-long appointment. More information is available at the GRASP website, www.grasp4va.org or www.richmondpubliclibrary.org.

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Push to check feds spending with minority press BARRINGTON SALMON TEWire - The federal government, through its various agencies, spends considerable sums of money every year on advertising and representatives from two prominent newspaper organizations are pushing to find out exactly how much of these dollars flow to Hispanic and Black newspapers.

Leaders of the National Association of Hispanic Publications (NAHP) and the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) are convinced that federal agencies aren’t fulfilling their mandate to direct advertising dollars to their member newspapers and businesses. An investigation, they assert, will provide concrete evidence of their suspicions and allow them to push hard for their fair share.

The publishers were in the Nation’s Capital recently attending Black Press Week activities. The annual Black Press Week, led by NNPA, celebrates the founding of the first black newspaper, Freedom’s Journal, in 1827 and the legacy of the modern Black Press.

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) held a press conference on the front steps of the U.S. Capitol announcing that she would call for an investigation by the Government Accounting Office (GAO).

She said she wasn’t aware of this issue until it was brought to her attention by a group of representatives from both organizations which worked out the terms of a strategic alliance prior to the press conference.

“I’m requesting a report from an objective arm of the federal government, the GAO. We’re asking them to conduct a study of the federal agencies whose outreach is to people of color,” said Norton. “We don’t want our federal agencies to forego their mandate and responsibilities.

There is a mandate to engage small businesses. We want to discuss if that is, in fact, taking place. There’s no more authentic or trusted way to do so than to engage the black and Hispanic press.”

Norton and several publishers said no one can accurately pinpoint a dollar figure of what the federal government spends.

“We have no sense of the numbers,” Norton said. “If you don’t even know what they do, you can’t know what they spend. We want to know how much they spend and with which press. We don’t even know if they (the federal government) have a strategy.”

Despite this blind spot, Norton and several other speakers estimate that the federal government spends billions in advertising each year with little of that reaching Hispanic and black media outlets or advertising agencies.

The implications of securing additional ad revenue is clear.

According to the Pew Research Center’s State of the News Media 2013, “the story about how African American-oriented news media coped … was a difficult one at best.”

Many historic African-Americanowned publications both lost circulation and struggled to find advertising revenue, the report’s authors said. On top of circulation challenges, declining advertising revenue is a problem for every African-American newspaper examined. Decreased revenue has caused many publications to cut staff and reduce publication schedules.

“We’ve been saying it and writing about this. We’ve done all we can to this point. What the report is going to show is an outrageous disparity affecting all our publications,” said Denise Rolark Barnes, NNPA Chair and publisher of the Washington Informer. “Our organizations have a combined readership of 40 million people. We want to do and continue to carry out our mission and I think this report will make a great difference for us.”

NAHP Vice President Martha Montoya faults black and Hispanic newspapers for not staying on top of the issue and demanding both accountability and constant feedback on a matter so crucial.

“Then-Sen. John Kerry had a meeting in 2006 and requested a report. The only three agencies on

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has requested an investigation into federal government spending with Black and Hispanic-owned newspapers. PHOTO: Roy Lewis/Trice Edney News Wire the list were NASA, the Department of Defense and one other,” Montoya, publisher of El Mundo in Seattle, Washington, recalled. “We have to also blame ourselves because we should have demanded the report every year. It should be standard compliance because it’s data everybody needs.”

Norton said it’s also unclear how long it will take for the GAO to complete the report, saying that the NAHP/NNPA request will join the queue. During a subsequent meeting in the Cannon House Building with Congressional staffers, the Rev. Benjamin Chavis informed publishers and staff that U. S. Reps.

Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Congressional Black Caucus Chair G.K. Butterfield had joined Norton calling for the GAO investigation.

This joint initiative seeking answers from the federal government is the result of the coming together by both parties. The NNPA represents 205 African-Americanowned community newspapers nationally, and NAHP, also a nonpartisan trade advocacy organization, represents America’s largest Spanish language publications. Both have a combined reach of 43 million readers each week across the United States.

“With close to 97 million African Americans and Hispanics in the US today – representing 33 percent of the total population – this consumer segment demands attention,”

Montoya said. “The buying power of the African-American and Hispanic communities, currently at more than $2.3 trillion combined, continues to outpace the national average.”

Chavis, NNPA president and CEO, hailed what he characterized as a monumental partnership.

“This historic media alliance is a gigantic step for our two organizations,” he said. “We believe our working together has tremendous potential mutual benefits in today’s marketplace. We are grateful that Congresswoman Norton will ask the GAO to conduct timely research and to issue a report on advertising contracting and subcontracting with African American and Hispanic American-owned newspapers and media companies by all federal agencies. We salute and appreciate her leadership and service to our communities.”

Chavis said he looks forward to seeing what the report produces.

“Calling for the report is itself hugely significant because the call presupposes that there are legitimate questions that need to be raised,” he said. “The federal government should practice what it preaches. We have very lofty language about freedom and equality. The GAO report will put facts on the table. We expect to see inequities, unfairness and wide disparities in how the government procures and does business with businesses, large and small, majority and minority owned.”

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