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Va. DOC sued for lack of inmate treatment - 2 Concerned citizens protest Syria bombing - 5 First of its kind program to help addicts - 6 Art show immortalizes Black Panthers - 8

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Henrico’s Majestic Spirit wins first nationals tourney They are graceful, but most of all they are majestic.

Henrico County’s Majestic Spirit is a competitive dance team comprised of Jayla Collins, Iyanna Ferrell, Maya Jefferson, Kennedie Simon, Johanna Tillman and Madison Wright. The girls attend Henrico’s Police Athletic League (PAL) after school program, where the team was birthed.

The girls competed in their first Nationals competition, THE ONE Cheer and Dance Finals and placed first in their division. They brought back the championship banner that will be placed in the home office of Henrico PAL. The girls also received championship rings and jackets.

“I am very proud of our girls,” said Head Coach

Keisha Stockton, who heads the dance program at PAL. “They worked very hard and it showed.”

In a two-day competition the girls performed in unison and precision in white bodysuits and skirts to Beyonce’s “Freedom”.

“We worked very hard,” said Simon. “I’m so happy we won and made our coaches proud. They took so much time to show us how to dance and we really appreciate their hard work, too.”

The girls maintain excellent grades while practicing two, sometimes three times a week.

Members of the team are honor roll students, active in their church, perform community service and participate in other extracurricular activities outside of dance.

“They know we are serious about their grades,” said Assistant Coach Jazmine Bruce, also a counselor with PAL. “The first thing that is done before any activity is homework.”

Majestic Spirit will take a break from competing now that the competitive season is over, but will return with hopes of capturing another national title.

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News Law professor sues to secure medical treatment for inmate SARAH YANG University Law Prof. George Rutherglen is providing pro-bono legal services to an inmate with Hepatitis C and cirrhosis of the liver in order to secure him treatment.

The lawsuit on behalf of Elmo Augustus Reid, a 60-year-old inmate at the Buckingham Correctional Center, accuses the Virginia Department of Corrections of violations of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. The suit alleges cruel and unusual punishment and denial of medical treatment that shows “deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs,” according to the original complaint.

The original lawsuit names four defendants — Virginia Department of Corrections Director Harold Clarke, Virginia Department of Corrections chief physician Mark Amonette, Buckingham Correctional Center warden Bernard Booker and Buckingham Correctional Center health authority Pamela Shipp.

Clarke was dropped from the lawsuit after the original complaint failed to prove Clarke’s awareness of Reid’s medical condition, a necessary component for an Eighth Amendment violation to occur.

Reid was diagnosed with Hepatitis B shortly after his 1988 incarceration, but was not diagnosed with Hepatitis C because the disease was not discovered until 1989.

Reid was diagnosed with stage 4 cirrhosis of the liver and Hepatitis C in 2013 and received treatment, but subsequent tests showed no significant improvement after treatment ended.

Hepatitis C is an RNA liver-based virus transmitted through blood or body fluid contact. It causes ongoing chronic inflammation that can lead to liver scarring and eventually cirrhosis, when scar tissue hinders normal function of the liver and causes it to fail. The only cure for cirrhosis is a liver transplant,

making prevention crucial. Hepatitis B is a potentially chronic viral liver infection.

Despite being diagnosed with the most serious form of cirrhosis, Reid was denied treatment twice, first in 2015 for failing to make the liver function test score required for treatment and again in 2016 because he was scheduled for a parole hearing in six months.

“We’re bringing a case alleging that their treatment of his condition violates his constitutional rights, his Eighth Amendment rights,” Nina Goepfert, a third-year Law student assisting Rutherglen on the case, said.

The original lawsuit states Reid had not received testing or treatment for his cirrhosis or Hepatitis C since June 9, 2015, having been denied treatment for nearly a year and a half.

“This man is suffering because he can’t get the treatment we would all get in the community,” Goepfert said.

“That’s not because a judge sentenced him to worse treatment than any of us would get, but his condition is worsening because of this treatment.”

A factor in denying treatment may be the expense. The Department of Corrections receives its budget from the Virginia General Assembly, and budget limitations may result in an unwillingness to pay for treatment, Goepfert said.

University Associate Prof. of Medicine Curtis Argo described treatment of Hepatitis C as expensive but effective.

“Therapy is incredibly expensive, upwards of $52-100 thousand dollars per course of therapy,” Argo said.

“The medication regimens that are currently in use are all pill-based … [and] work incredibly well.”

Two to three percent of the adult population has Hepatitis C, though only around 15-25 percent of patients develop cirrhosis, Argo said.

“It’s an incredibly prevalent disease, even though 2-3 percent [of the adult population] doesn’t sound

like a lot, but that’s 200 million adults,” Argo said.

Among other risk factors like blood transfusion, unsafe tattooing and IV drug abuse, being incarcerated also increases the risk of contracting Hepatitis C. “I don’t know if it’s a function of other risk factors … Whether it’s related to drug use or institutionalization or prevalence of tattoo and needle sharing in prison, I just know [incarceration] is a risk factor [for Hepatitis C],” Argo said.

Goepfert began involvement with

prison work as an undergraduate at Oberlin College, and was motivated by seeing systemic problems in the correctional system.

“I really encourage students to get involved in criminal justice issues,” Goepfert said. “We focus so much on the front end, but once people are incarcerated they are kind of out of sight, out of mind for practitioners, for policymakers. I think that’s a problem. It’s an expensive problem for taxpayers, and a moral problem for us too.”

A small group of concerned Richmonders gathered last week outside the Richmond Federal Courthouse for an Emergency Protest to condemn last week’s U.S. bombing of a Syrian government airbase and demand: “NO WAR ON SYRIA!” “U.S. OUT OF THE MIDDLE EAST!” “MONEY FOR JOBS, EDUCATION & HEALTH CARE, NOT WAR!” The protest was called by The Virginia Defender newspaper.

“It's well-known that Syria got rid of its chemical weapons years ago, a fact confirmed by United Nations investigators,” said Virginia Defender Editor Phil Wilayto. “Just days ago, Trump was saying he wasn't interested in regime change in Syria. Now he says he's changed his mind. Why? Because he cares about the Syrian people? Or because he desperately needs a distraction from his rapidly imploding administration?

“And what possible interest would President Assad have in reintroducing the issue of chemical warfare? But we know that ISIS uses any weapon available, no matter how barbaric. Were they stockpiling these weapons in buildings hit by the Syrian air force?

“Remember the false charge of ‘weapons of mass destruction’ that launched the 2003 war against Iraq? The ‘Gulf of Tonkin Incident’ that got us heavily into Vietnam? This charge about chemical weapons has all the markings of another Big Lie designed to trick us into supporting another criminal, racist war that is not in our interests and that will cost us - the working people of this country - in lives, money and honor - not to mention what it will do to the Syrian people.”

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Virginia DOC releases new visitation rules Virginia Department of Corrections has set up new visitation rules in a bid to curb the “substantial amount of contraband entering DOC facilities” and making it’s way to the inmate population.

DOC said in a recent news release that the contraband enters through the facility visiting room and the facility mailroom, with a “significant portion” of the contraband being drugs.

“Due to the increasing amount of contraband entering our facilities and in order to ensure a high level of safety and security for all Department of Corrections (DOC) staff, visitors and offenders, it is essential that the Department implement additional security measures aimed at detecting and eliminating contraband in all DOC facilities,” noted the DOC in its release.

Several changes will be implemented, including: • Offenders will be permitted a minimum of one hour and a maximum of four hours per visiting day with visitors on those days designated for the offender to visit.

• On a case-by-case basis and as

Harold Clarke approved by the Facility Unit Head or their designee, offenders may request approval in advance for an extended visit based on special circumstance or need, such as infrequent visits and extreme travel distance.

•Vending machines located in the visiting area for offenders and their visitors will be restricted to selling beverages, candy bars, granola bars, and crackers (non-bag).

Additionally, offender visitation searches will be implemented for all Security Level 2 and above male

Institutions, Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women and Virginia Correctional Center for Women.

DOC notes that all offenders will be strip searched prior to a contact visit. They will then be required to change into a state issue jumpsuit that zips up the back, a pair of state issue socks, and state issue canvas shoes. Male offenders will also be required to change into state issue undergarments.

Visitors who need to use the restroom during a visitation will continue to exit the visiting area and access the restrooms designated for visitor use. Any visitor who returns to the visiting area will be required to comply with the search requirements of Operating Procedure 445.1, Employee, Visitor, and Offender Searches and Operating Procedure 851.1, Visiting Privileges.

Priority should be given to these visitors for re-entry. Minor visitors who need to use the restroom during visitation must be accompanied by their adult parent or legal guardian.

Offenders who need to use the restroom during visitation shall be processed from the visiting room but will no longer be returned to the

housing unit to access the restroom.

Offenders will be required to exit the visiting room and be escorted to a separate location where they will be strip searched prior to and after use of the restroom. The offender will be allowed to return to the visitation area after the strip search has been completed. Offenders will only be permitted to exit one time during the visit.

At the conclusion of visitation, the state issue jumpsuits, undergarments, socks and shoes will be collected from the offenders and appropriately laundered, prior to being re-issued to other offenders for use during visitation.

Incoming offender correspondence for all Security Level 2 and above institutions will photocopied in the institutional mailroom and a maximum of three black and white photocopied pages front and back will be provided to the offender.

The original envelope, letter and all enclosed contents will be shredded in the institutional mailroom.

Exceptions to this requirement include but are not limited to official

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Va. law enforcement using crowdsourcing tech to fight child porn

Virginia AG Mark Herring LAUREN BERG WIRE - As the dark corners of the internet fester, law enforcement investigators are scrambling to keep up with the tide of technology that allows criminals to hide behind their computer screens. But at the same time, police are getting savvier when it comes to identifying and rescuing exploited children.

During a recent panel discussion at the Southern Region meeting of the National Association of Attorneys General at the Boar’s Head Inn, Attorney General Mark R. Herring and his partners in the Campaign for Child Rescue presented new technologies that utilize image-analyzing software and a crowdsourcing platform to fight child pornography.

“We’ve made significant investments in new technology so that, rather than each state or law enforcement agency doing these investigations on their own, they can be linked and multiple investigations can be conducted at the same time,” Herring said. “These crimes don’t know jurisdictional boundaries.”

Launched in February, the campaign is a national initiative created by Herring and South

Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley, as well as technology companies Griffeye and Hubstream and the nonprofit Project VIC. With the project already in use in Virginia and four other states, Herring and his collaborators hope more states will adopt the technology to grow the network and aid law enforcement efforts to capture child predators.

“The more attorneys general and the more law enforcement agencies we have engaged in this effort - utilizing this new technology the more powerful it is, the more perpetrators we can get and the more children we can rescue,” Herring said.

“Every child has a right to grow up in safety.”

Currently, there are 61 Internet Crimes Against Children task forces across the country that focus on locating both child victims and the people who prey upon them, according to panel moderator Camille Cooper, the current director of legislative affairs at the National Association to Protect Children. Conservatively, about 55 percent of people who possess child pornography also have committed hands-on offenses, she said.

Citing a need for the new

technology to help law enforcement go through the backlog of digital images and videos of exploited children, Cooper said it also will allow law enforcement to save more victims more quickly.

“The clues that law enforcement needs to be able to connect all the dots to identify the thousands of children waiting for rescue are sitting on your evidence shelves in your police storage rooms, much like the rape kit backlog,” Cooper said.

“State and local law enforcement are completely outmatched. They are under-resourced and they are overwhelmed.”

Stepping into the technological realm of the new campaign, panelist Richard Brown - director of Project VIC in the United States and a retired bureau chief for the New Jersey State Police - who spoke about the massive amounts of photos and videos that police are subjected to and said new imaging software allows investigators from all over the world to more quickly analyze potential evidence and put perpetrators behind bars.

When police seize computers and other electronic devices during a search warrant, there is often an overwhelming amount of information to sift through to find evidence of child pornography, Brown said.

Using an example from Arizona, one computer or device yielded nine million images. Investigators must go through all of the images to determine which ones are illegal and, most of the time, the images are ones they’ve seen before.

“We’re exposing our investigators to the same images and videos, all the time,” said Brown. “It creates a huge forensic backlog.”

With new image software created

by Griffeye, similar photos can be grouped together so investigators don't have to look at the same images over and over again, which saves time and shield investigators from unnecessary psychological trauma, according to Johann Hofmann, CEO and director of Griffeye North America.

The images, already marked by other investigators in the crowdsourcing platform created

by Hubstream, are also already categorized as either illegal child

pornography or not, so investigators looking at a new cache of seized images can focus on the new photos.

By focusing on new materials, investigators can potentially identify and rescue new victims, said Brown. With the right tools, the photos and videos all contain valuable information, including GPS coordinates for where the photo was taken, the device used to take the photo and its serial number, as well as when the photo was taken.

The software also can group photos based on any of that data, making it easier for law enforcement to identify perpetrators, as well as their victims.

“We’re exploiting all of that information in order to identify these victims,” Brown said.

With such a deluge of data, it was necessary to create an online space where law enforcement could dump the illegal images, allowing investigators from all over the world to compare photos and identify perpetrators, according to John Hancock, CEO of the Seattle software company Hubstream. Using an example of a photo of children sitting on a bed, Hancock said photos can often hold enough details for investigators to track down the victims.

In the example photo, Hancock said a Seattle Seahawks mug was in the background, giving an investigator a clue that the children might be in the state of Washington. With no other photos to go from, Hancock said the investigator could then upload the photo to the Global Victim Alert Network and put a flag on the photo for other investigators. If someone else finds a similar image, it could give the original investigator enough information to identify the victims.

Hoping to convince more states to join their network, Herring said teamwork between law enforcement agencies will allow investigators to rescue more exploited children and protect future victims from perpetrators.

“If we can recruit more states to join us in adopting this technology, we can start to crowdsource and coordinate these investigations among multiple law enforcement agencies across state lines to make our efforts even more powerful,” said Herring.

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Op/Ed & Letters

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More in common with Russia RAYNARD JACKSON Last month I wrote a column titled, “Russia Is Winning the War for American Minds.” In that piece, I discussed how Russia had unleashed a psychological operations program in the U.S. to destabilize our government and our various institutions; they have been phenomenally successful with their operation.

As I continued to ponder this Russian operation in the U.S., I have begun to wonder, are we to, becoming more and more like Russia without even knowing it?

Dissent in either country is no longer tolerated.

In both countries, the central government wants to control every aspect of life, both private and public.

In both countries, the central government wants to control the means of production, i.e. business.

So, like in the communist days of old, no dissent, government control, and central planning are the themes of the day.

Just think, if you happen to believe that a boy born with male genitalia should actually be expected to go to the boy’s bathroom, you are considered hateful and discriminatory. If you happen to hold to the “radical” notion that homosexuality is morally wrong, you are forced to kneel before the altar of political correctness (PC) until you recant.

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anarchy can’t be far behind.

In both countries, the government is increasingly controlling more and more of how private companies operate through onerous regulations.

Now, some lawmakers wants to mandate how much small businesses pay their employees, what products or services you can make or provide, the type of bathrooms you must provide, and how much profit they will allow you to make via the tax code.

In both countries, the government plans your life from cradle to grave.

In the U.S., half of all births are paid for by the government through Medicaid. Now the government wants to take over our health insurance, which is one seventh of our economy.

The government is far too involved in far too many aspects of our lives.

The government has absolutely no business paying for healthy people to have babies. None.

How about this novel concept: if you can’t financially afford to have a child, then keep your legs closed!

Yeah, I said it. And I will not recant at the altar of political correctness.

Compassion should not be measured by how many government programs we create, but rather by how few Americans actually need them.

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It’s unsettling that the very people who benefit from the largess of our government have the gall to get angry when Republicans want to mandate that in exchange for the government benefits, they would have to work a certain number of hours per week.

Our government has become our drug dealer. The government knows we are hooked on the drug of government dependency, and with this knowledge, they seek to manipulate and control us.

Isn’t it amazing that the more we come to distrust our institutions, the more the government seems to inject themselves into our lives?

The government has absolutely no right mandating family leave, maternity, paternity leave or things of the sort. These things sounds good on the surface, but this is not the job of the government.

A woman choosing to have a baby is a private matter and if she can’t afford to take time off to raise a child, then maybe she should delay starting a family until such time as she can financially to do so.

So, the more the government is involved in our lives, the more control they have over our lives; the more control they have, the more they will attempt to dictate our values, by promoting constructs like homosexuality, transsexual entitlements, and secularism.

Russia is, without question, run by a pseudo autocrat, Vladimir Putin. Yes, they have “democratic” elections, but no one in their right minds would view Russian elections as free and fair.

I do not argue that Russia is the cause of our distrust, but I think it is quite obvious that they have sped it up considerably; Putin put our distrust of government on steroids.

So, in theory, I think that President Trump’s recently submitted budget proposal is on point. One could argue about the deep cuts he is proposing, but if you believe in freedom and liberty, you can’t argue with the intent of his budget—to shrink the size and power of the U.S. government in our daily lives.

The only way to begin to restore faith in our government institutions is by decreasing their influence over our lives. Isn’t it amazing that the last two, great economic periods in our country were under Presidents Reagan and Clinton?

What do these two presidents have in common? They both presided over White Houses that were focused on shrinking the size of government.

Jackson is founder and chairman of Black Americans for a Better Future (BAFBF), a federally registered 527 Super PAC established to get more Blacks involved in the Republican Party. BAFBF focuses on the black entrepreneur. Visit www.bafbf.org.

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P.T. Hoffsteader, Esq.

Going nuclear

The Republican-controled Senate has demonstrated a clear disrespect for our democratic process by invoking the “nuclear” option to push through Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). Using political partisanship to stall, undermine and negate political precedence, the GOP has succeeded in shifting the balance of the SCOTUS back to the right.

For more than a year, Senator McConnell of Kentucky blocked a hearing and a vote for nominee Merrick Garland, simply because he was put forward by a Democratic president. Now he has upset the normal process of the senate by changing the rules.

We are concerned for future SCOTUS nominations and the ability of the majority party to side-step democratic process. But our more immediate concern is for the sexual and reproductive rights of black women, voter rights, immigrant rights and gun safety.

As was outlined in our joint statement with the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health and the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum and 43 other Reproductive Justice organizations, based on Gorsuch’s record, we do not believe that he will uphold the constitution and protect the human and civil rights of women, communities of color, people with low incomes, LGBTQ individuals or immigrants.

In Our Own Voice remains vigilante and steadfast. We stand with black women, advocates and

allies, and will continue to make our voices heard on the issues and policies that impact us, our families and our communities. We will continue to resist!

Marcela Howell

Medicaid expansion

An overwhelming majority of Virginians support Medicaid expansion, yet Republicans in the House of Delegates have refused to listen to the people they were elected to serve.

Medicaid expansion would create 30,000 jobs, save our state budget $73 million, and most importantly ensure that 400,000 people have access to health care. Many of these Virginians are among the commonwealth’s working poor, and no one who works forty hours per week should lack health care.

We are the party of hardworking people fighting for hardworking people, and we will continue to fight for health care for our friends, family members and neighbors.

Susan Swecker Democratic Party of Virginia

Legacy of lent

During Lent, the 46 days from Ash Wednesday to the day before Easter, many Christians focus on giving up or doing without something. Not eating a favorite food or drinking a preferred beverage is common. So is not participating in an enjoyable activity or avoiding a bad habit.

Over the years, I’ve given up eating desserts, drinking Mountain Dew, and driving over the speed limit among other things. Millions of

people have undertaken similar actions. Lent challenges us to focus on spiritual purification, prayer, and penance.

As valuable as these acts of personal sacrifice, spiritual development, and contrition are, Christianity also exhorts us to energetically work to help those in need. The Old Testament is filled with admonitions to care for widows, orphans, aliens, the homeless, the hungry, the disabled, the sick, and the vulnerable. Jesus commands us to aid the “least of these.” James declares that the “religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows.” The Apostle Paul proclaims that “the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

Living in a world where the media continually reminds us that violence, conflict, hunger, and poverty are pervasive can produce both guilt that we are not doing enough to help and fear that our efforts will accomplish little. Today’s technology, argues historian Wilfrey McClay, gives us power, and “power entails responsibility, and responsibility leads to guilt.”

We read that more people today—65 million (1 in every 110 persons on earth)—have been displaced by war, violence, and persecution than at any time in recorded history. We hear about conflict in the DR Congo, South Sudan, and other troubled areas where many are being killed or raped or face starvation. We see a picture

of a starving child in Sudan or a refugee child from Syria, and we feel that we need to be doing more.

“Whatever donation I make to a charitable organization,” McClay writes, “it can never be as much as I could have given. I can never diminish my carbon footprint enough, or give to the poor enough, or support medical research enough, or otherwise do the things that would render me morally blameless.”

This constant stream of tragic world events, coupled with political paralysis at home, makes the world’s problems seem huge and intractable.

To feel helpless in the face of such calamity is a normal human reaction that social psychologists term “psychic numbing.” When tragedies are large and far away, most people are insensitive to them.

Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute, argues that thinking small is the solution to psychic numbing.

As fundraisers remind us, “one is greater than a million”; with regard to people in need, “one million is a statistic, while one is a human story.” Seeing the widely-displayed photograph of the 3-year-old Syrian refugee who washed up on a beach in Turkey in 2015 had a greater impact on many people than reading that 500,000 Syrians had died in their country’s civil war.

As Lent ends in 2017, may reflecting on the example of Jesus inspire us to do something to improve the lives of one or more of the world’s precious children.

Gary Smith

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Faith & Religion

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Majorities of Americans concerned about violence against Jews, Muslims ADELLE M. BANKS RNS - For the first time, a majority of Americans has voiced concern about violence against Jews, polling by the Anti-Defamation League shows.

While 52 percent of Americans surveyed said they are disturbed about such violence, an even higher percentage – 76 percent – said they are concerned about violence against Muslims.

The ADL commissioned two surveys to determine the mood of the country, one in October 2016 and another from January through February, as part of its ADL Global 100 project.

It found that more than 8 in 10 Americans — 84 percent — say it is important for government to be involved in combating anti-Semitism, an increase from 70 percent in 2014.

“The good news in this research is that today a large majority of Americans do not subscribe to common anti-Semitic stereotypes,” said ADL CEO Jonathan A. Greenblatt. “It’s also encouraging that a record number of Americans are concerned about violence against the Jewish and Muslim communities, and are troubled at how intolerance has infected our politics.”

The survey found a slight increase in Americans with anti-Semitic views, totaling 14 percent of the population. That figure, which was 12 percent in 2013, is based on responses to 11 questions that might indicate “anti-Semitic propensities.”

In a separate question, 30 percent of Americans said they believed that “Jews were responsible for the death of Christ,” an increase from 25 percent in 2013.

Researchers found that most Americans do not view President

ADL CEO Jonathan A. Greenblatt Trump as personally anti-Semitic but almost half (49 percent) said he should have done more to discourage anti-Semitism during the presidential campaign.

In July, then-candidate Trump tweeted a faux newsmagazine cover showing a photo of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton against a backdrop of hundred-dollar bills. On the right, in a red, sixpointed star, were the words “Most Corrupt Candidate Ever!” He later deleted the tweet after an uproar over the star, which was seen as an anti-Semitic use of the Star of David.

Many Jewish groups were also alarmed at Trump’s refusal during the campaign to call out David Duke and other white supremacists who spread anti-Jewish hatred.

More than two-thirds (68 percent) of Americans said they believed rhetoric in the 2016 campaign decreased tolerance and a respect for people of all religions and races.

For the first time, the ADL looked at the attitudes of U.S. Muslims about Jews and their own place in American society. About a third (34 percent) were found to hold antiSemitic views, compared with 55 percent of Muslims in Europe and 75 percent of Muslims in the Middle

East and North Africa.

The vast majority of Muslim Americans (89 percent) are concerned about violence directed at them and U.S. Muslim institutions and 64 percent said they don’t believe the government is doing enough to keep them safe. While 72 percent said they don’t believe they need to hide their faith, 66 percent said they feel less safe since Trump’s election.

The new president has signed two executive orders banning nationals of seven — later six — Muslim-majority nations from visiting the U.S. Judges blocked both orders. His chief strategist, former Breitbart executive Steve Bannon, has long argued that Americans are in a war with radical Islam.

Other findings: Fifty-nine percent of Americans say Trump is anti-Muslim, 54 percent say he holds racist views, and 53 percent say he is anti-Latino.

More than half (53 percent) believe the U.S. has a moral obligation to permit more Muslim refugees to enter the country because of threats they face in their native countries, compared with 34 percent who say the nation has no such obligation.

The polls are based on 3,600 U.S. interviews early this year and

another 1,500 interviews in October.

The October survey had an overall margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. The 2017 interviews had a margin of error for the U.S. general population of plus or minus 1.6 percentage points, and for U.S. Muslims plus or minus 3 percentage points.

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RVA company launches first online program to treat addiction, abuse

Rage in Egypt after church bombings Egyptian Christians wept with rage on Monday as they recovered the bodies of loved ones killed in twin church bombings, furious at a state they believe will no longer protect them from neighbors bent on their murder.

Forty-four people were killed in the attacks on Palm Sunday, a joyous festival a week before Easter when Christians celebrate the triumphant arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem.

At Tanta University hospital morgue, desperate families were trying to get inside to search for loved ones. Security forces held them back to stop overcrowding, enraging the crowd.

“Why are you preventing us from entering now? Where were you

when all this happened?” shouted one women looking for a relative.

Some appeared in total shock, their faces pale and unmoving. Others wept openly as women wailed in mourning.

A middle-aged man who had just stepped out of the morgue after seeing his dead brother stood with his face buried in his hands weeping.

“You sons of bitches,” he shouted as his family tried to calm him.

Hours after the attack, Kerols Paheg and other young Coptic Christians were already digging graves in the basement of the devastated St. George Church in the northern Nile Delta city, where the first of the bombs exploded, killing 27 and wounding around 80.

A Richmond-based addiction treatment has launched smartIOP, the first online intensive outpatient program (IOP) for drug and alcohol abuse licensed by the state of Virginia. The new online IOP is a new feature of Williamsville Wellness’ full comprehensive, holistic treatment program for adults with alcohol and other substance-related addictions.

“The mission of Williamsville Wellness is to provide holistic, individualized treatment that offers hope and recovery for those addicted to alcohol and/or other drugs,” said Robert Cabaniss, founder and executive director of Williamsville Wellness.

SmartIOP is the only online IOP for alcohol and drug addiction licensed by the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.

On average, the program can be completed in six to 12 weeks.

“To be successful in the treatment of and recovery from addiction, we must make therapy effective,

Sex Offender Helpline The helpline provides support to communities on issues related to accessing sex offender registration information; responsible use of information; sexual abuse prevention resources; and accessing crime victim support services.

The tips program provides the public an opportunity to report registrants who are failing to comply with registration requirements.

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This program is not intended to be used to report police emergencies.

efficient and convenient to live a normal life,” said Cabaniss.

With 10 years of experience in addiction recovery programs, Williamsville Wellness has the most intense one-on-one therapy program, offering 15+ individual sessions a week plus 18 hours of group education, and participation in on and off-site 12-step and SMART recovery meetings every week. IOPs are recognized by the courts and insurance companies as being more effective than outpatient therapy alone. Judges often use IOPs in sentencing to reduce the chance of another conviction and many addicts can benefit from an IOP before trying a 30-day rehabilitation program.

Addiction treatment programs can now be covered by Medicaid.

“With more people dying from overdoses than car accidents and the rise in alcoholism across the state, the time is now for our community to help those with addictions get the treatment needed stop using and start living.” said Cabaniss.

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Feature film ‘Juanita’ to film in Virginia An upcoming feature film “Juanita”, starring Academy Award-nominated actress Alfre Woodard (12 Years a Slave, Captain America: Civil War) and Petersburg native Blair Underwood (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., L.A. Law), will film in Virginia this spring. Juanita will be directed

by Clark Johnson (Homeland, The Wire). Virginia native Mel Jones (Dear White People), Stephanie Allain (Hustle & Flow) and Jason Michael Berman (The Birth of a Nation) will produce the film. The trios’ last project, Burning Sands, filmed in Petersburg last spring, was an official selection at this year’s Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, and is now available on Netflix.

“We are thrilled to welcome this talented filmmaking team back to the Commonwealth to film this story of female empowerment,” said Governor Terry McAuliffe. “We are grateful for the good-paying jobs Juanita will bring to our film industry workers and look forward to showing our guests how extraordinary Virginia is for filmmaking.”

Juanita, based on the novel Dancing on the Edge of the Roof by Sheila Williams and adapted for the screen by Roderick Spencer, tells the story of Juanita, a hardworking nurse’s aide, mother and grandmother, who wants adventure and excitement but wonders if such things exist for an aging African-American woman stuck caring for her grown children. Tired of her impoverished surroundings, Juanita untethers herself from her exhausting life and sets out on a bus to an unknown destination and future.

“When a film of this caliber comes to Virginia, it generates revenue in the economy of each and every locality it touches, and it creates a wonderful domino effect, attracting future high-quality projects,” said Secretary of Commerce and Trade Todd Haymore. “For every dollar

Alfre Woodard (right) with Blair Underwood. invested in Virginia’s film industry incentive programs, $11 is returned to the Commonwealth’s economy.

We are pleased to continue utilizing these incentive programs to continue our efforts to build a new Virginia economy, furthering showcasing Virginia’s extensive film assets.”

Producer Stephanie Allain said, “We are thrilled to return to Virginia to shoot Juanita! We are ever thankful to the film office and governor, and look forward to shooting a lovely film about female empowerment in the city and countryside.”

“When a talented production team brings their project to Virginia – it’s a win. When they do it twice, it’s a testament to our great Commonwealth, and the hard-working, welcoming Virginians that make filming here an experience worth repeating,” said Andy Edmunds, Director of the

Virginia Film Office. “Projects like Juanita make it clear that Virginia has become a go-to destination for trailblazing independent film.”

Juanita will begin filming in early spring in Bedford and Central Virginia, including Petersburg. The film is eligible to receive up to a $550,000 grant from the Governor’s Motion Picture Opportunity Fund, in addition to a Virginia film tax credit. The exact amount of each

is based on a number of factors including: the number of Virginia workers hired, Virginia goods and services purchased, and deliverables including Virginia tourism promotions.

The economic impact of Virginia’s content manufacturing industry in 2015 was $615.6 million, providing $24.3 million in state and local tax revenue for Virginia, as well as 3,883 full time jobs.

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“Fool for Art”: A day of art, learning and fun Get creative, experiment, analyze, discover, and dance. You can do all this and more at John Tyler Community College’s 12th Annual Fool for Art Festival on Saturday, April 22.

Organizers note that Fool for Art is a family friendly event where people of all ages can explore their inner scientist; use their imagination; experience learning in fun ways; and enjoy arts, crafts, music, food and games. Plus, this year, attendees are invited to join in the celebration as John Tyler Community College marks its 50th anniversary with a variety of activities throughout the festival. Fool for Art highlights include: • Arts and Crafts: Stroll through the art and craft vendor area, and shop from a selection of paintings,

ceramics, woodwork, glass art, jewelry, photographs and more.

• Art of Learning Tent: Experiment, design, create and learn.

Get ready for lots of interesting hands-on activities for all ages.

•Learning Experiences: Head into the classroom, and learn about physics, Spanish, computer science, art, drones, cyber security, theatre, robotics and more (activities for all ages).

• Getting Started at Tyler: Staff from the college’s Admissions and Records Office, Financial Aid Office, and Advising Centers will be on hand to answer your questions about applying to John Tyler, financial aid assistance, choosing a major, and signing up for summer and fall semester classes.

• John Tyler Community College –

50 & Forward: Dance to the decades, strike a pose in the Decades of Fun photo booth, attend a birthday party, create your own time capsule frame, and more.

• On the Courtyard and in our Backyard: Watch an oil portrait demonstration, meet some of our student clubs, discover the art of welding, play games, explore a giant

periodic table, and enjoy the art of face painting.

• Food: Enjoy sweet treats to main dishes being served by a variety of vendors in our food court and at the Trailblazer Café.

Fool for Art will be held at the college’s Midlothian Campus at 800 Charter Colony Parkway, from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Admission is free.

Art show celebrates 50th anniversary of Black Panthers The Black Panthers were a catalyst for nationwide social change, working toward an equal future for black communities across America. It was a consciousness-raising movement for many marginalized groups, fighting against an entrenched culture of police brutality and discrimination. They created their own media, their own security, free breakfasts for children and other social service programs, in communities severely underserved by both government and nonprofits.

As the 50th anniversary of the party's founding approaches, the SEPIA collective, an all-female African-American art collective based in Los Angeles, is curating a traveling show called “Iconic: Black Panther”. Its first stop was Oakland in October 2016, and it will be in Los Angeles through May 14, with upcoming dates in Chicago, New York and other cities to be announced.

The art encompasses a wide range of forms.

There’s Samella Lewis’ stark black-and-white linocut; Mark Stephen Greenfield’s “Charlotte Observer”, a mix of acrylic paint and ink, featuring a Panther with two megaphones against an abstract, floral background; and Shepherd Fairey’s Bobby Seale portrait, using his signature red-andwhite borders and Andre the Giant logo to frame the legendary leader. Other participants include Emory Douglas, Robbie Conal, Pilar AgueroEsparza, Aise Bourne, Justin Dixon, F. Scott Hess, Ali Al Sharji, Mohammed Mubarak, Tslil Tsemet, Lexx Valdez, and over two-dozen more.

ARTIST: Robbie Conal The show is sanctioned by original members of the Black Panther Party, including Emory Douglas the Minister of Culture, Hank Jones of

ARTIST: Emory Douglas the San Francisco 8 and Kathleen Cleaver.

Proceeds from the sale of the artwork benefit the artists, Panthers in need, and their families.

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Richmond hosts robotics event

Although she’s only in her mid40s, Ayanna Howard is the nation’s most senior African-American female roboticist in higher education. It’s another example of the lack of females in the field.

“It always surprises me,” said Howard, the Linda J. and Mark C. Smith Chair Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. “The medical and biomedical fields are just as technical

U.S. Sen. Kaine (D-Va.) swung by the FIRST Robotics Competition in Richmond over the weekend at Virginia Commonwealth University Stuart C. Siegel Center where he met with high school robotics teams.

FIRST is an international organization focused on inspiring students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) – an issue Kaine is focused on as chair of the Senate Career and Technical Education (CTE) Caucus.

Fifty-eight of the best and brightest high school robotics teams were competing in the two day event, including schools from Virginia.

“I’ll keep being a champion for career and technical ed in the Senate because CTE and STEM programs prepare Virginia’s students for the jobs of the future,” said Kaine.

as robotics, but they don’t have as major of a gender gap.”

The good news? While nationwide numbers for robotics aren’t available, the number of females getting undergraduate degrees in computer science is increasing. It was nearly 14 percent in 2009. It’s up to almost 16 percent as of 2015.

Does diversity in robotics truly matter? Howard and fellow females are quick to say yes.

“If robots are truly being built so everyone can use them, how can roboticists figure out what’s needed for half the population if women aren’t represented very well in the design process?” Howard asked.

“Our field must be reflective of the consumer market.”

Howard has overseen nearly 50

projects in a dozen years at Georgia Tech. Her machines have taught children with autism to play Angry Birds and climbed through sand to replicate Martian exploration. Her next initiative will give personalities to telepresence robots. As one of the nation’s most recognized female roboticists, Howard is always searching for the next socially impactful project.

“I’m always looking for a problem in need of a solution, then seeing if a robot can provide it. That often brings me to health care. It’s tough, because you have to prove that your solution isn’t just a fun gadget before it can be adopted. What’s success to me? When our robots are used by patients, then I know we have a great project.”

NN library administrator to serve as interim director Director of Libraries and Information Services Izabela Cieszynski recently retired after 34 years of service with the city of Newport News, leading City Manager Cindy Rohlf to name library administrator Anita Jennings as interim director. The city will conduct a search to fill the position of director of libraries.

“I wish all of the best for Iza in her retirement. She has been a driving influence in the advancement of our libraries and the services they offer to our residents,” said Rohlf.

“We welcome Anita Jennings as she serves as interim director.

Anita has been instrumental in the advancements and programs that are available at the Pearl Bailey Library and I look forward to working with her.”

Jennings has been with the Newport News Public Library System since 2001 initially as the Community Technology Center Coordinator, moving up to Reference Librarian, and then Supervising Librarian for the Pearl Bailey Library before being named Library Administrator in 2015. Prior to working for the city she owned her own business that provided vocational training courses along with placement services for students.

Anita Jennings Jennings holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from St. Leo College and a master’s degree in counseling psychology from the University of Central Texas along with a master of Library Science degree from Texas Woman’s University. Jennings is also a 2015 Public Library Association Leadership Academy Fellow.

The Newport News Public Library System consists of four libraries and a public law library. Its mission is to provide access to information, materials and programs that lead our community to unlock its potential for academic, personal and financial success.

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Henrico County Juvenile Detention Home names new superintendent Henrico County Manager John A. Vithoulkas has appointed Edward O. Martin to serve as superintendent of the Henrico Juvenile Detention Home, effective Saturday, April 15.

Martin currently serves as an assistant superintendent of the 20bed facility on Dixon Powers Drive, adjacent to the Henrico Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court.

He will succeed Michael D. Bingham, who died Feb. 25 after having served as superintendent since 2000.

Martin joined the staff of the Juvenile Detention Home in 1997 as a child care supervisor, after having worked on a temporary basis as a child care worker. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Richmond.

The Juvenile Detention Home, which opened in 1980, serves as a

secure facility for Henrico youth who are awaiting court action in relation to a criminal offense or who have been ordered into custody. The facility, which provides education, recreation and other services, has 30 employees and a $2.25 million budget for fiscal year 2016-17. With 711 admissions, the home had an average daily population of 13 juveniles and average stays of seven days in fiscal 2015-16.

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legal, government and court ordered documents such as military records (i.e. DD214), Court documents (i.e. divorce decrees, name change orders), etc. Before any action is taken on these documents, facility management staff must be consulted.

Personal Identification Documents will continue to be forwarded to the facility Records Office for processing.

Offenders will be limited to receiving a maximum of three, 8 ½ X 11, black and white photocopied pages front and back to include the photocopy of the envelope. Each item in the envelope i.e., photograph, newspaper clipping, drawing, each side of a letter, etc. will be considered one photocopy.

Enclosed items (photographs, greeting cards, newspaper articles, etc.) will not be manipulated to print multiple items on a single photocopied page. Items that exceed the established size limitation will not be manipulated to fit on a single or multiple 8 ½ X 11 photocopy pages.

The entire correspondence and all enclosed items that exceed the established photocopy or size limit will be returned to the sender with the Notice of Unauthorized Correspondence 803_F2 advising the sender of the reason for the return.

Individuals will still be permitted to send offenders secure messages, photographs, and other attachments through the JPay system as is currently authorized. Additionally, offender pictures during visitation will still be permitted in accordance with Operating Procedure 801.6, Offender Services Incoming legal correspondence and special purpose correspondence will be processed in accordance with the current procedural requirements as provided in Operating Procedure 803.1, Offender Correspondence.

With regard to drug use sanctions and restrictions, DOC notes that

Procedure 861.1, Offender Discipline, Institutions, any offender who pleads guilty or is convicted of a disciplinary offense for possession of drugs or has tested positive for drug use will be subject to specific visiting restrictions as follows: First conviction: Noncontact visits with immediate family only for six months; second conviction: Non-contact visits with immediate family only for one year; third conviction: Non-contact visits with immediate family only for two years ; and fourth conviction and any additional convictions: Non-contact visits with immediate family only for five years.

These additional visiting restrictions shall be imposed for offenders who are convicted of a singular or multiple offenses within a 10 year period of these offenses. Visiting restrictions will run concurrent with any visiting restriction imposed under the Enhanced Sanctions section of this operating procedure.

If an additional conviction occurs while the offender is still under enhanced sanctions and/ or visiting restriction for a previous conviction, the appropriate enhanced sanctions/ restriction will be imposed from the date of the latest conviction.

The offender will not be required to complete the previous enhanced sanctions/ restriction before the new one is imposed.

Recently a new disciplinary offense code, 122g “Transfer of funds in relation to drug activity”, was added and we are working with JPay to require users to provide a legitimate name when sending secure messages and funds to offenders. Additional restrictions to offender media devices are under review.

Offenders are encouraged to notify their family members and friends of the above procedural changes and to address their questions and concerns with facility staff prior to the implementation effective date.

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Red Cross encourages local blood donations to save lives The American Red Cross is urging Virginians to “give blood and help save lives this spring”.

Eligible blood donors of all blood types are encouraged to give blood through the American Red Cross to help ensure a sufficient supply for hospital patients.

Donated blood is perishable and must constantly be replenished to keep up with hospital patient need. Red blood cells are the blood component most frequently transfused by hospitals and must be used within 42 days of donation.

Eligible donors can give red blood cells through either a regular whole blood donation or a Power Red donation, where available. Power Red donors give a concentrated dose of red blood cells during a single donation, allowing them to maximize their impact. During this type of donation, red blood cells are separated from other blood components, and the plasma and platelets are safely and comfortably returned to the donor.

While donors of all blood types are encouraged to give blood, type O, A negative and B negative donors are urged to give Power Reds if

they meet the additional eligibility criteria. Type O negative is the universal blood type and can be transfused to patients of any blood type in an emergency. Similarly, type O positive can be transfused to Rh-positive patients of any blood type. Types A negative and B negative can be transfused to Rhpositive or negative patients. Power Red donations help ensure a stable supply of these critical blood types.

Whole blood can be donated every 56 days, up to six times a year, and Power Red donations may be made every 112 days, up to three times per year.

Make an appointment to donate blood by downloading the free Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting redcrossblood.org or calling 1-800RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).

Another way to support the lifesaving mission of the American Red Cross is to become a volunteer transportation specialist and deliver lifesaving blood products to local area hospitals. Volunteer transportation specialists play a very important role in ensuring an ample blood supply for patients in need by transporting blood and blood products.

Upcoming donation opportunities: Henrico 4/26 : 1 p.m. - 5 p.m., Lake Gaston Lions Club, 139 Stanley Road _ Chesapeake 4/18 : 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Greenbrier Mall, 1401 Greenbrier Parkway 4/23 : 12 p.m. - 5 p.m., Chesapeake Square Mall, 4200 Portsmouth Blvd 4/24: 3 p.m. - 7 p.m., Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church, 2505 Mount Pleasant Road 4/26 : 2 p.m. - 7 p.m., First Baptist Church South Hill, 3633 Galberry Rd 4/27 : 2 p.m. - 7 p.m., Hickory Ruritan Club, 2752 Battlefield Boulevard South Hampton 4/17 : 3 p.m. - 7 p.m., Bass Pro Shops, 1972 Power Plant Parkway Williamsburg 4/20 : 7:45 a.m. - 12 p.m., Eastern State Hospital-Building 3, 4601 Ironbound Road 4/21 : 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Riverside Doctors' Hospital Williamsburg, 1500 Commonwealth Avenue 4/21 : 12 p.m. - 5 p.m., T J Maxx, 4640 Monticello Avenue 4/28 : 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Saint Bede Catholic Church Parish Center, 10 Harrison Avenue 4/30 : 12 p.m. - 5 p.m., Bruster's Old Fashion Ice Cream and Yogurt, 5289

John Tyler Highway Newport News 4/17 : 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Patrick Henry Mall, 12300 Jefferson Avenue 4/19 : 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., ECPI, 1001 Omni Boulevard 4/20 : 11 a.m. - 3 p.m., City of Newport News Public Works/Annex, 511 Oyster Point Road 4/21 : 2 p.m. - 7 p.m., Knights of Columbus Council 5480, 12742 Nettles Drive 4/23 : 12 p.m. - 5 p.m., Patrick Henry Mall, 12300 Jefferson Avenue 4/28 : 2 p.m. - 7 p.m., Patrick Henry Mall, 12300 Jefferson Avenue Norfolk 4/17 : 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Norfolk Blood Donation Center, 250 West Brambleton Avenue 4/24 : 2 p.m. - 6 p.m., Norfolk Blood Donation Center, 250 West Brambleton Avenue 4/30 : 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., Ohef Sholom Temple, 530 Raleigh Avenue Portsmouth 4/22 : 8 a.m. - 1 p.m., West Park Church of Christ, 926 Cherokee Road Suffolk 4/19 : 2 p.m. - 7 p.m., Hillcrest Baptist, 1637 Holland Road 4/27 : 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Virginia Department of Transportation, 1700 North Main Street.

Mayors issue bipartisan call for immigration reform Through the U.S Conference of Mayors, 101 mayors from 33 states are jointly calling on Congress to fix the nation’s broken immigration system by passing bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform legislation. From cities large and small, the mayors have signed a bipartisan letter urging members of both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate to enact comprehensive immigration reform that would: · Strengthen U.S. borders while assuring that state and local law enforcement remains focused on community policing; · Establish a streamlined visa process to efficiently process seasonal, agricultural, lesser-skilled

and high skilled workers; · Provide a uniform system of employment verification; and · Implement a framework that enables people of goodwill currently living in the shadows to come out and fully pursue the American dream.

The letter also indicates the mayors’ support for bipartisan efforts that would grant temporary protected status to shield from deportation, undocumented immigrants who came here as children, many of whom have known no home other than the United States of America. Building on the Mayors’ Day of Immigration Action held on March 21st, the letter tells Congress that “in the absence of federal immigration reform, mayors

and their cities continue to seek strategies to protect the safety of all their residents while ensuring that local law enforcement is focused on community policing.”

It also notes that “all mayors have taken oaths to uphold the law and defend the Constitution,” and that “mayors of cities big and small across the nation, in conjunction with local law enforcement, are committed to ensuring that all criminals, regardless of their immigration status, are properly adjudicated by the criminal justice system.”

“While we work diligently on building and preserving the trust of all the communities we serve, our local law enforcement has a long history of working in cooperation with federal

authorities to make our communities safe,” according to the letter.

“The United States Conference of Mayors has called for bipartisan immigration reform for many years,” said Tom Cochran, USCM CEO and executive director. “Mayors have a ground level understanding of the pressing economic and moral imperatives that necessitate working in a bipartisan manner to begin fixing our immigration laws. The nation’s mayors stand together and committed to working with Congress and the new administration in a bipartisan manner to fix our immigration system to ensure that our communities are safe while allowing all of our residents to thrive.”

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Virginia Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity (SBSD) presents Entrepreneur Express until 4 p.m. at Petersburg Library, 201 West Washington Street, Petersburg.

Calling all small business owners and entrepreneurs! You are invited to attend this Entrepreneur Express – “It’s All About Selling”.

The Commonwealth of Virginia spends billions of dollars on goods and services each year. Goods and services that you probably sell! Ask yourself, “Am I getting my share?”

If your answer is “No”, then this free conference is for you.

This event is free; however, registration is required to attend.

For more information & registration – Randy Brown at 804-371-8258 or randy.brown@sbsd.virginia.gov – www.sbsd.virginia.gov/about-us/ events/

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‘A cultural affirmation of pride in today’s backlash of political correctness’ “Vignettes”, a collection of seven short plays exploring the diversity and complexity of African American life, will be presented at 8 p.m. on April 20, 21, 22 at The Belgian Theatre, located on the historic campus of Virginia Union University, at 1500 North Lombardy St., Richmond. Admission is free.

“Vignettes” is a collection of seven one-act plays which depict “multiple shades of black life in America,” said its director, L. Roi Boyd, III. Each of the vignettes are tied together to the lyrical throughline, “We live, We love, We laugh, We Cry”, embracing the joy and the pride of being black in America.

Boyd references the critically acclaimed author Mahbod Seraji when directing the cast, “He promptly said that life was a random series of beautifully composed vignettes, loosely tied together by a string of characters and time.” And this is precisely what is presented in the new offering by Virginia Union University’s (VUU) theatre program.

“In our current cultural climate, where the diversity of a multicultural America is seriously in question,” said L. Roi Boyd, III Boyd, “we’re experiencing a time when it is believed that the lives of African Americans matter less. These plays examine culture, raise issues and spark debate.”

Written over the span of ten years by Margarette Joyner and E. Claudette Freeman, the plays are transitioned through live music, spoken word, and dance. The themes covered in the production range from confronting the stereotype of the angry black woman to the harmful effects of addictive gossip, to the challenges of inner city teenagers as well as the horrors of lynching.

Boyd, has assembled a repertory company of professional and student actors interchanging throughout the sketches. The cast of Vignettes includes, Ci’Yasia Blackman, Lorent St. Giles, Belinda Todd, John Carter, Zyshonne Small, Destini Z. Boyd, Maurice Neblett, Stevie Burnett, Cheryl Aylor, LaTia Harris, Nia Clawson, Jaime Blair, Isaiah Entzminger, and b. louis. VUU student dance organization Superior High Rank will provide dance between the vignettes, and Keith Wallace, keyboardist from the local smooth jazz band Quintessential Jazz, will provide live musical accompaniment.

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4.20, 9 a.m.

This year marks the seventh annual Regional Kindergarten Registration Campaign, coordinated

by Smart Beginnings Greater Richmond. This campaign establishes one common registration day for 13 school divisions – that’s 150 elementary schools – in the Richmond region.

Children who are five years old

by Sept. 30 can start kindergarten in the fall, but first they need to be registered. Thursday, April 20 is the day for on-time registration for children in the cities of Colonial Heights, Hopewell, Petersburg, and Richmond, as well as the counties of Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, King William, New Kent, Powhatan and Prince George.

There is quite a bit of paperwork needed to register a child for kindergarten, and pulling everything together takes time. Parents and caregivers are still encouraged to attend registration even if they do not have all the documents because exceptions could apply. These are the documents needed for registration: -Child’s official, certified birth certificate -Two proofs of address -School Entrance Health Form (This can be turned in any time before the first day of school) -Photo ID for parent or legal guardian For more information visit the website SmartBeginningsRVA.org or dial the phone number “2-1-1”.

4.22, 10 a.m.

JB Bryan of Financial Group, Inc. “The Home of AfroEconomics” will host a workshop, “Financial Empowerment Month” to discuss money, power and respect.

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