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INSIDE Confederates, budget & employment - 2, 3 GOP’s 3 debate for Sen. Tim Kaine’s seat - 5 The theology of MLK, 50 years later - 8 Census 2020 sued for being underfunded- 17

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A life remembered MEGHAN E. IRONS

Martin Luther King (1929 - 1968)

Fifteen-year-old Clara Thomas slipped up to the balcony at Twelfth Baptist Church in Roxbury. On Sunday mornings, the adults in the lower pews kept their eyes fixed on the pulpit, while the teenagers sat upstairs, trading handwritten notes and giggling.

It was on this day in 1958, Thomas recalled, when the Rev. Dr. William Hester, a regal man with graying temples, calmly rose to begin his Sunday sermon. Just as he was about to preach, a young man walked in.

“Well, well, well,’’ pronounced Hester. “If it isn’t Martin Luther King Jr.” The church erupted. And the teenagers sat up straight.

When King stood in the pulpit that morning, he was back on familiar ground. Seven years had passed since he first arrived in Boston in pursuit of his doctorate. Though he preached at other places, Twelfth Baptist was his church home in the city.

Twelfth Baptist, and Boston itself, occupies a treasured space in the story of Martin Luther King Jr., the eloquent Baptist pastor who rose to national prominence as a civil rights leader and whose assassination, 50 years ago this week, still reverberates in memory.

Before the world knew his name, King — born Michael King Jr. — was a young divinity student from Atlanta, studying at Boston University in the early 1950s, preaching in Lower Roxbury, and charting his own destiny. Here, he shaped his thinking on nonviolence; here, he won some independence from the long shadow of his preacher father and namesake; here, he formed friendships to carry through life; here, he found the woman he would marry, the dignified and beautiful Coretta, who once sang in the Twelfth Baptist choir.

The Globe, through interviews, historical retrospectives, and other materials, has reconstructed a portrait of King’s formative years in Boston, when he was a leader in the making but hadn’t stepped into the civil rights fray.

He wasn’t MLK yet, but there was something about him that everyone sensed.

After the sermon that Sunday morning, Thomas and her childhood friend decided to meet King before he was whisked away.

“Let’s go,’’ said Thomas, who is now Clara Bell, the church’s secretary.

“We can’t,’’ the friend said. “Rev. Hester told us not to move.”

They raced downstairs anyway, just as a head deacon was escorting King into a waiting area at the back of the sanctuary.

“Dr. King,” the deacon said jokingly, “these are some of our disobedient children.”

King smiled at them and said: “It’s so nice to meet you.”

Green Chevy Clara Bell, a lifelong member of the Twelfth Baptist Church, recalls hearing King preach and meeting him in 1958.

King came to Boston in summer 1951 in a green Chevy. By then, he was a graduate of Morehouse College and Crozer Theological Seminary, and, at just 22, an ordained minister at his father’s Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.

Martin Luther King Sr., known as Daddy King, had urged his fellow Baptist clergyman and friend Hester to keep an eye on his son, who had been questioning Christian conservatism and seemed increasingly determined to set his own path.

The younger King often clashed with his father over religion and politics.

He chafed at the emotionalism in the Baptist pews and his father’s traditional style of preaching.

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Take down Confederate statues, residents tell panel SCOTT MALONE CNS — Residents of a predominantly AfricanAmerican neighborhood have called on a city commission to recommend removing the Confederate statues along Monument Avenue.

“You can rest assured, these statues are coming down,” said Phil Wilayto of the Virginia Defenders of Freedom, Justice & Equality, a social justice organization.

Wilayto addressed Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney’s Monument Avenue Commission at a meeting Thursday evening at Fifth Baptist Church. The meeting was hosted by the Sacred Ground Historical Reclamation Project, which is sponsored by the Virginia Defenders group and advocates the removal of the Confederate statues.

Five members of the Monument Avenue Commission attended the meeting and listened to the community’s thoughts concerning what Richmond should do about the hot-topic issue.

About 30 people attended the meeting. At times, they were joking - and at other times, they were tearful, angry and emotionally raw about the statues of Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Jefferson Davis and other Confederate figures.

“There is no context where you can put my ancestors’ suffering,” said Sacred Ground member Joseph Rogers, his eyes tear-filled and voice shaking.

The commission said it has received about 1,300 comments so far about the statues. While some people want to remove them, others have suggested providing historical context

Phil Wilayto by projecting images over the statues, placing explanatory signs or other objects around the feet of the statues or adding non-Confederate statues to Monument Avenue.

Attendees at the meeting offered additional ideas. One man suggested selling the statues to another locality that would install them in a park.

Others suggested taking down the statues but leaving the pedestals, or removing the men from the statues and leaving the horses.

At moments, a sense of frustration could be felt directed toward the commission members.

“You are arguing over things little children already know,” said Chuck Richardson, a former

Cancer Center Would Honor ‘Immortal’ Henrietta Lacks She was never compensated for her contribution to science YASMINE JUMAA CNS — The year was 1951. The place: Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, where Henrietta Lacks, a native of Halifax County, Virginia, sought treatment for cervical cancer.

Doctors made a remarkable discovery about Lacks' tumor: The cells remained alive and multiplied outside her body, creating the first immortal cell line. Since then, her cells have helped researchers develop the polio vaccine, chemotherapy, in

vitro fertilization and other medical breakthroughs.

Lacks was never compensated for her contribution to science. She died in 1951 and was buried in an unmarked grave in her hometown.

Now, Virginia plans to recognize Lacks by establishing a cancer research and treatment center in her name in Halifax County. The General Assembly recently approved legislation authorizing the project to honor the woman who gave the medical world the immortal HeLa

City Council member. “You are caught in a political conundrum.”

Members of the commission reminded the audience that they cannot decide whether the statues will be removed. The commission’s job is to offer suggestions to Stoney. Then the issue would go to the Richmond City Council, which would need approval from the General Assembly to take down the monuments.

“If I did not think (Mayor Stoney) wanted us to do an honest appraisal, I would not be here,” said commission member Gregg Kimball, director of education and outreach for the Library of Virginia.

“I wouldn’t completely give up on the political process.”

Citing moral obligations, many members of the audience urged the commission to advise Stoney to remove the statues. Commission members said that is one option being considered.

However, according to commission member Christy Coleman, CEO of the American Civil War Center in Richmond, the “Police Department strongly advised” against taking down the statues at this time due to the level of emotion on the issue.

Last September, protests and counterprotests were held in Richmond near the Robert E. Lee statue on Monument Avenue.

Tensions seemed to simmer down as the meeting came to a close. Members of the commission said they hope to present their report to the mayor before Memorial Day. They thanked members of the Sacred Ground Project for hosting the event as well as those who voiced their opinions.

cell line.

It is a fitting tribute, said Adele Newson-Horst, vice president of the nonprofit Henrietta Lacks Legacy Group.

“Her cells were and continue to be an astronomical asset to the scientific and medical world,” Newson-Horst said. “The significance of her contribution to the world - not Virginia, not just Maryland, but the world - cannot be overstated.”

The General Assembly unanimously passed two bills - House Bill 1415 and Senate Bill 171 - to create the Henrietta Lacks Commission, which will have nine members, including state officials, representatives of the Lacks family and local officials from Halifax County.

The commission's goal will be to establish a public-private partnership to create the Henrietta

Lacks Life Sciences Center in Halifax County. The center would use biodata tools to conduct cancer research, provide cancer treatment to rural Southside Virginia and incubate biotech businesses in the region.

Del. James Edmunds, R-Halifax, and Sen. Bill Stanley, R-Franklin, sponsored the legislation at the request of the Halifax Industrial Development Authority. Edmunds called the project “a great economic driver for Halifax County” and said it “will hopefully bring some answers as to why the cancer rate is so high.”

“I would love to see new technology and techniques developed in a new center here,” Edmunds said.

Science has advanced significantly since Lacks’ treatment at Johns Hopkins. In recent years, attention

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Medicaid expansion focus in new biennial budget The Virginia General Assembly will return on April 11 to finish its work on the commonwealth’s biennial spending plan.

Governor Ralph Northam recently announced that he will introduce the same budget that the previous administration proposed in December. That budget includes language that would expand Medicaid coverage to nearly 400,000 Virginians and an assessment on state hospitals to cover the commonwealth’s share of the costs.

Thanks to the savings the state will realize from Medicaid expansion, the budget makes significant investments in core economic priorities like education, workforce development, mental health services, opioid addiction prevention, and pay

raises for state employees, teachers and law enforcement professionals.

Northam said Virginians have waited long enough for a balanced budget that expands health care access and invests in economic opportunity through education, workforce training, mental health and addiction services, and better pay for public servants.

Although the General Assembly will return soon, Northam said “we shouldn’t wait until then to get to work. My team and I are ready to work with the General Assembly money committees to get Virginia families, local governments, institutions of higher education and many others the certainty and resources they deserve by passing a budget that expands health coverage.”

Virginia’s unemployment rate drops to 3.5 percent Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was down 0.1 percentage point in February to 3.5 percent and was down 0.5 percentage point from a year ago.

February’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 3.5 percent is the lowest rate since the April 2008 rate of 3.5 percent. In February, the labor force expanded by 3,950, after declining the previous four months, and at 4,320,994, set a new record high. Household employment increased by 8,189, which was the second consecutive monthly increase, and at 4,171,274, also set a new record high. The number of unemployed continued to drop, declining 4,239 to 149,720. Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate continues to be below the national rate, which was unchanged again in February at 4.1 percent.

“This is a tremendous new milestone for the Commonwealth’s economy and affirms our efforts to fill the jobs of the 21st century with a first-class workforce,” said Governor Ralph Northam. “My administration is committed to continuing along this positive trajectory with investments in workforce development and providing support to businesses large and small that call Virginia home.”

Virginia has the second lowest seasonally adjusted unemployment rate among the Southeast states behind Tennessee which has a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 3.4 percent. Virginia, along with Massachusetts, has the seventh best rate among the states east of the Mississippi. Virginia is tied with Massachusetts with the seventeenth lowest unemployment rate in the nation.

Virginia’s nonfarm payroll employment is 36,300 jobs higher when compared to February of 2017.

Over-the-year employment growth in Virginia has been positive for 47 consecutive months. In February, Virginia’s over-the-year growth was 0.9 percent, which was stronger than the over-the-year growth the previous five months. Nationally, total nonfarm employment was up 1.6 percent from a year ago.

In February, the private sector recorded an over-the-year gain of 36,500 jobs, while the public sector recorded an over-the-year loss of 200 jobs. Compared to a year ago, on a seasonally adjusted basis, eight of the eleven major industry divisions experienced employment gains, while the other three experienced employment losses.

Governor Northam also explained his approach to Medicaid expansion in the budget.

“The budget I am proposing expands health coverage to Virginians who need it in the most simple and straightforward way possible,” he said. “I am aware that members of the General Assembly, particularly in the House of Delegates, support significant reforms to the Medicaid program that would accompany any expansion of coverage. That discussion will continue, but our starting point should be expanding health care to our fellow Virginians in the simplest and least restrictive way possible.”

Northam also announced that he will introduce an amendment to the introduced budget that would require

any revenues above those that are forecast in this budget to be invested in a revenue reserve fund.

“The budget I am introducing makes a strong investment in our commonwealth’s cash reserves. However, in a period of unprecedented volatility in Washington and economic uncertainty across the globe, we should do everything we can to shield Virginia taxpayers against an unexpected revenue shortfall.

By including this amendment we can maintain a fiscally conservative budget and send a message to Virginians and to the ratings agencies that this budget will invest wisely while also preparing for unexpected downturns,” Northam stated.

(from page 2) has focused on the ethics surrounding her case: Cells were taken from her body without her consent. Some said that was wrong; others said it reflected medical ethics of the time. Moreover, Lacks was an African-American woman from a poor family, and some wondered whether race was a factor.

Those issues were explored in a 2010 book, “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”, the basis for an HBO movie that came out last year.

Last week, The New York Times published a belated obituary about Lacks, who the newspaper said had been overlooked when she died 66 years ago.

Belated recognition is what the Halifax County Industrial Development Authority had in mind when it proposed the Henrietta Lacks Life Sciences Center.

“She left Halifax County . in the 1940s because of the lack of economic opportunities for AfricanAmerican women. We’re trying to change that and bring her legacy back,” said Matt Leonard, the authority’s executive director.

He said the agency ran the idea by two of Lacks’ grandchildren and members of her legacy group.

“We got an immediate, very positive response from the family which we’re absolutely and

Henrietta Lacks imminently grateful for, because without their support, their championing this to their family and to other members of the community, we couldn’t do this project,” Leonard said.

Henrietta Lacks’ granddaughter Jerri Lacks said the family wholeheartedly supports the effort.

“Words can’t explain how excited I am just to be part of the commission and to know that our grandmother is being honored in such a great way,” Lacks said. “What I hope it will accomplish is that people will be more aware of her contributions to science, and her legacy can continue to give people hope for a better life.”

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HCPS hire to oversee equity and diversity efforts Monica Manns is the first director of Henrico Schools’ new Office of Equity and Diversity, a new position that is part of the school division’s core leadership team and reports directly to the superintendent.Manns was introduced at the recent monthly meeting of the Henrico School Board.

Manns has extensive experience in education in Henrico County and in other diverse settings, serving as a principal, teacher, counselor, consultant and administrator.

From 2009-13, she worked for the Virginia Home for Boys and Girls, serving first as principal of the alternative John G. Wood School, then as the Virginia Home for Boys and Girls’ director of education and vice president of educational services.

Manns is familiar with Henrico County Public Schools. From 200407 she was department chair for special education at the Academy at Virginia Randolph. From 201316 – first as a consultant and then a prevention specialist – she helped the school division lay the foundation for remaking student disciplinary policy and support systems. During her time at Henrico Schools, she also helped start a mindfulness program for schools in Henrico, and helped launch a voluntary reading group for African-American male students at Fairfield Middle School. She left Henrico Schools in 2016 and is eager to return.

“I’m really excited,” Manns said. “I want to spend time learning, listening, and helping people have collaborative, solution-oriented conversations around issues of equity and diversity.

If we do that, we can all work

Monica Manns together and move things forward.”

After beginning her career in 1996 as a vocational counselor helping people transition from incarceration to the workforce, she was drawn to education’s preventative power.

She worked as a special education teacher in Fairfax Schools and at an alternative school run by Lutheran Family Services of Virginia; as a vocational coordinator for high-risk students; and as statewide training coordinator for United Methodist Family Services. She has also worked as a coordinator of individualized education plans for students with various special needs, including gifted education.

Manns has served on the board of the Henrico Education Foundation since 2016, where she has focused on issues of equity and preventive discipline. She serves on the

boards of the adoption advocacy group Children’s Home Society; of SisterFund, which awards grants to local groups supporting AfricanAmerican girls and women; and of the Stone Foundation, which promotes expanded health care.

In 2012, she was part of Style Weekly’s “Top 40 under 40” feature, the publication’s annual list of people under 40 who are leading change and making a mark in the Richmond area.

Manns grew up in Roanoke and in Silver Spring, Md. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Berea College in Kentucky. She has a master’s degree in counseling from the University of Kentucky; a master’s in education from Virginia Tech; and a certificate in educational administration from Virginia Commonwealth University. She is working on a doctorate in special education administration at the College of William and Mary.

“I think my background and experiences have helped me to be aware of diversity on a wide scale,” Manns said. “Not just ethnic and racial diversity, but economic as well. I’ve worked on poverty issues in cities and in Appalachia. My stepmother was an immigrant from El Salvador, my stepfather is ItalianAmerican, my father is African-American and my mom is Native American. My kids are adopted from Ethiopia.”

Manns will oversee Henrico Schools’ efforts at increasing equity and diversity across the school division. One of her first efforts will be guiding the creation of the HCPS Equity and Diversity Advisory Committee. The new group will be comprised of students, parents, staff and community members. The group had previously been referred to as a task force. Manns will also

oversee community listening sessions this spring to get public input on issues of diversity and equity. More information about the advisory committee and the listening sessions will be announced at a later date.

“Henrico County is a beautifully diverse place, and our school division is an incredible reflection of that diversity,” said Patrick C. Kinlaw, Henrico Schools superintendent.

“Monica will help take our equity and diversity efforts to a new, higher level. This being a cabinet-level position means that all of our efforts as a leadership team will be viewed through that lens of equity and diversity.”

“We are so happy to have Monica to lead our equity and diversity efforts,” said Michelle F. “Micky” Ogburn, School Board chair and Three Chopt District representative.

“She has the right mix of education, training and real world experience to make positive changes in our school system and communities. Simply put, Monica is a person who gets things done, and we look forward to having her onboard.”

In addition to facilitating the new advisory committee, Manns will develop, implement and assess Henrico Schools’ short- and longrange cultural diversity plans in pursuit of the division’s goals, and coordinate related professional development for staff members. She will collaborate with other HCPS departments on academic programs. and curricula; help to recruit and retain a diverse workforce; serve as a contact point for parent and employee concerns about cultural diversity; connect with community organizations; and serve as a coach and trainer for students, families and employees on cultural diversity issues.

RVA council appoints new clerk Richmond City Council, during a scheduled formal leeting last week, appointed Candice Reid as its new clerk to head the Richmond City Council Office of the City Clerk.

In that position, Reid serves as the clerk of Richmond City Council which is responsible for keeping the journal of its proceedings and filing and maintaining the original draft of all its ordinances.

Additional duties of the clerk include providing administrative support to Richmond City Council, providing oversight of the clerk staff, and serving as custodian of the

corporate seal of the city.

Reid earned her bachelor of arts in political science from Virginia Commonwealth University and has nearly a decade of state and local government experience.

Prior to her appointment, Reid had been serving as the interim clerk since October, and served as deputy clerk since February 2014. She also previously served as the director of the Virginia Office of the Governor Office of Restoration of Rights from 2012 to 2014, and as its assistant director from 2009 to 2012.

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GOP candidates running for Senate seat debate at UVA DESIREE MONTILLA CHARLOTTESVILLE -- Dozens of people gathered inside Garrett Hall at the University of Virginia on Tuesday night to hear three of the U.S. Senate GOP candidates debate.

Delegate Nick Freitas, Corey Stewart, and E.W. Jackson took the stage to talk about national topics such as immigration, national security, and trade policy.

One of these topics includes freedom of speech, a theme that stemmed from last summer’s Unite the Right rally.

Each candidate talked about their stance on how to protect free speech when hate speech was part of the picture.

Freitas said this behavior isn’t acceptable, saying the way to combat this is to stand up for liberty and freedom.

“Whenever they drag 300 people

out of their mother’s basement, to come and advocate for Nazism, we show up and we let them know that that’s not the sort of thing that will prevail in this country,” said Freitas.

Stewart said these events are unacceptable, saying violence isn’t the answer.

“It was despicable. It was a failure by politicians here in the city of Charlottesville. It was a failure by the Democratic governor,” he said.

“When the other side does something, we need to call them out as well as their own people.”

Jackson called for unity, saying the community needs to be reminded of the values on which America was built.

“We need to focus on the vision of who we want America to what we want America to be,” said Jackson. “I think we have got to come together and be committed to fulfilling the

Law would lower GED age ask CNS — It will be easier for Virginians who drop out of high school at 16 or 17 to earn their high school equivalency diploma if Gov. Ralph Northam signs a bill approved by the General Assembly.

House Bill 803, sponsored by Del. Israel O’Quinn, R-Washington, would reduce from 18 to 16 the age for taking the General Educational Development tests. Supporters say the measure could save some teenagers time and money in pursuing a GED diploma.

“There’s been young people who have dropped out of school in our region at 16 or 17, and they’ve realized, ‘Hey, shouldn’t have done that. I’d like to get my high school diploma so I can go to work,’ and they’ve had to wait until they were 18,” said Jacob Holmes, O’Quinn’s legislative director.

“It kind of put them off for a year or two. [O’ Quinn] was trying to find an avenue to allow those kids who’ve made that mistake to get back on the right track.”

Under current law, a GED certificate is available only to: - Adults who did not complete high school - Students granted permission by their division superintendent - Students who are home-schooled and have completed home-school instruction - Students released from compulsory attendance for religious or health reasons - People required by court order to participate in the testing program According to existing law, Virginians

as young as 16 can earn a GED diploma if they are housed in adult correctional facilities or have been expelled from school for certain reasons.

If granted permission by their division superintendent, students must complete an Individual Student Alternative Education Plan before they are allowed to take the GED tests.

Charles Pyle, director of communications for the Virginia Department of Education, said to complete an alternative education plan, a student must: - Receive career counseling - Attend a high school equivalency preparation program - Earn a Career and Technical Education credential as approved by the Virginia Board of Education - Complete a course in economics and personal finance - Receive counseling on the potential economic impact of failing to complete high school along with procedures for re-enrollment HB 803 would allow an individual who is at least 16 years old to take the GED exam without having to complete an alternative education plan.

However, the legislation does not mean students can quit high school the day they turn 16. It “does not amend the commonwealth’s compulsory education statute, which requires attendance in school up until the 18th birthday and describes the circumstances under which a person under the age of 18 can be excused from attending school,” Pyle said.

l-r: Va. Republican candidates for U.S. Senate Va. Del. Nick Freitas, former candidate for Va. gov., Corey Stewart and Pastor E.W. Jackson. vision that we all said we’d put our hands over our hearts and we really want to be one nation under God.” At the end of the forum, each candidate had two minutes for their closing arguments to discuss what they would focus on if they were selected as the Republican nominee.

Freitas said his goal is to protect people’s rights so they can live out their definition of happiness.

“I believe everyone in this room is uniquely and wonderfully creative, you have a purpose,” said Freitas. “Because that’s how I see you, that affects the way I look at government.”

Stewart talked about the impact younger generations will have on the future of maintaining their rights.

“It’ll be up to you to fight those who are trying to take away your

rights,” said Stewart. “Never give up on any of the rights which have been bequeathed to you.”

Jackson emphasized his vision for Americans to appreciate and respect their constitutional rights.

“My vision of America is a nation where all of our people are sufficiently informed and that they understand the Constitution and honor it,” said Jackson.

The debate was co-hosted by the University of Virginia Center for Effective Lawmaking, College Republicans at UVA, and the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy.

The Republican nominee will be chosen during a primary election on June 12. The nominee will run against Sen. Tim Kaine for the general election on Nov. 6.

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From rally to power: The civic obligation of young, black leaders TIFFANY DENA LOFTIN Who would have thought that in less than 15 days, I would have to coordinate and manage 1,000 young, black student leaders from over 24 cities on 17 buses in the name of gun reform and safety?

The reality is, sometimes the work chooses you.

I started my new job one day before the mass school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. We’ve got over 650 active and registered NAACP chapters on high school and college campuses across the country. We are the only organization, period, that can reach that many black, young, organized members.

Since Feb. 14, 2018, the day of the Parkland shooting, I have followed these students who have built a national discussion on the safety of young people at school in less than a month. A movement that inspires, convicts and recruits people from across the country and now the world, to an issue that black folks have been talking about for over a decade.

When gun violence happens in white communities, it’s always reported on as a mental issue or because they were racist. When gun violence happens in the black

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community, it is because of poverty, underfunded schools, police brutality or gangs. This is necessary to understand because the solution we are fighting for can’t just be regulations against automatic military style weapons. It has to be a holistic solution to make all communities safe.

The March for Our Lives is only a march for our lives if people meet at the intersection of mass school shootings, community violence, poverty, the ‘War on Drugs’, police brutality and white supremacy.

From Trayvon Martin to Stephon Clark, this is not the first time we’ve

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raised the issues of gun violence, but for many reasons, this moment is where we find ourselves with the most leverage of “people power.”

When the opportunity presented itself for us to be involved and bring our members, I spoke with my boss and told him I would only sign up to help build for the “March for Our Lives,” if we got to do two things: First, I wanted to make sure that we weren’t just being used as representation at the march, but that we challenged the mainstream media, march organizers and organizational partners to think about the intersection of gun violence, when it comes to the black community.

Second, it was important that this moment not turn into just another rally, but real opportunity for us to educate and engage future members about the organization.

Because a rally won’t end gun violence, I want my peers and young adults to make the clear connection from this issue to who should be held accountable for systemic and legislative change at the ballot box.

That way, we know we showed up in numbers not just for a great rally, but for the start of a great revolution.

It is my belief, that if all of the young folks from this march, the women’s march, the immigration movement and Black Lives Matter joined together for a strategic effort, we could change this country literally

overnight.

We must use this as a moment to help young black folks see that if we want real gun reform, if we want better public schools, if we want community policing then we must show up to the ballot box. This demonstration, for the NAACP Youth and College Division is not a free trip to a rally. It is the moment that we are using to build real power that will impact the political navigation of this country.

Black students have the solutions and the answers. We’re going to stop asking to be included in national movements, and just take over.

I am grateful to all of the staff, the partners and our donors who have helped make this vision possible. We can only use this moment to create bigger and better local victories for our people.

Cheers to the strong and fearless students from every community who have ever stood up to violence in their communities. This march is a celebration of your leadership, and a call to action for those looking to change the world.

The writer is director of the NAACP Youth and College Division, which serves more than 700 youth councils, high school chapters and college chapters across the United States.

You can follow her on Twitter at @ TiffanyDLoftin.

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P.T. Hoffsteader, Esq.

‘Our lives depend on it’ On a normal Monday, you could find me in school or on my way to rugby practice. But, earlier this month, on a Monday afternoon, I ended up in an unlikely spot – a public hearing at the Department of Environmental Quality.

I attended at my mom’s encouragement; she wants me to engage in social and environmental justice issues.

On that particular day, I was speaking in support of the carbon regulations associated with Executive Directive 11, a plan that will help the state reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and in turn slow down the effects of climate change. Admittedly, I didn’t think I was qualified to weigh in on a regulatory process that would link Virginia with a multi-state carbon market. After all, I’m a 17-year-old high school student and athlete, not an energy expert.

However, over the past several months, I’ve come to realize how much of my life is impacted by carbon emissions and climate change. I have been suffering with chronic severe asthma all my life. Currently, I am taking more than six medications per

day plus a weekly Zolair shot to control my asthma. On top of this, I am supposed to receive weekly allergy shots but I haven’t been well enough to restart that regimen. Unfortunately, my story is not altogether unique; I am one of many Virginians who experience chronic, life threatening health conditions due to carbon pollution.

So, I found myself in a conference room in Downtown Richmond, speaking in front of a room full of advocates and citizens. I struggled to breathe as I testified in front of DEQ staff, but I needed to share my story. Supporting climate action through DEQ’s regulatory process is the since most viable option available to me to address the source of my health problems.

It would be a shame to look back and know we could have done something to help reduce pollution, to help others, but didn’t. We owe it to one another – and to future generations - to support initiatives that protect our environment. If we don’t, I won’t be the only one struggling to breathe.

Anton Richardson Warwick High School Newport News

Death penalty for drug dealers?

In his first 2020 re-election campaign appearance in New Hampshire, U.S. President Donald Trump addressed some of his typical bombast to the so-

called “opioid crisis.” “If we don’t get tough on the drug dealers,” said Trump, “we’re wasting our time. That toughness includes the death penalty.”

An odd take, considering that one of Trump’s few worthwhile campaign promises was to leave the legal status of marijuana up to the states. That promise should have been kept, and extended to other drugs as well. Instead, he turned Jeff “good people don’t smoke marijuana” Sessions loose as attorney general, to the country’s injury.

Even more odd, coming as it does from a high-level drug dealer like Trump.

You know, the owner of Trump Winery. And, as of his 2016 campaign financial disclosures, a shareholder in multiple conspiracies to manufacture and traffic in drugs (including opiates) -- to wit, Pfizer, Merck, Celgene, and GlaxoSmithKline.

Then again, maybe it’s not so odd. As a major league drug dealer, perhaps Trump is taking his cue from the murderous cartels of Colombia and Mexico.

Now that he has the entirety of federal law enforcement and the US armed forces at his beck and call, why not just kill his competitors? Pablo Trumpobar, anyone? El Trumpo?

Or perhaps the sentiment is genuine and he intends, as soon as he gets enabling legislation for the scheme, to turn himself in, plead guilty, don coveralls matching his complexion, and put in one of those legendary

McDonald’s orders for his last meal.

Either way, it’s a monumentally stupid idea.

First of all, the ‘War on Drugs’ is over and drugs won. Continuing to pretend otherwise is just a novel way of setting taxpayer money on fire, a featherbedding scheme for law enforcement.

People who want drugs are going to get drugs whether drugs are legal or not. Trump doesn’t have to like it. That’s how it is whether he likes it or not.

Secondly, the main effect of imposing the death penalty for dealing in drugs would be an increase in the general level of mayhem and murder relating to the drug trade. If you’re a drug dealer and already up for the death penalty, why not go ahead and kill anyone who gets in your way -- competitors, cops, accidental witnesses, customers you suspect of being informants, etc.? It’s not like they can execute you twice, right? It won’t take long for drug dealers who think that way to replace (posthumously, of course) drug dealers who don’t.

That’s the pragmatic case against Trump’s proposal.

The moral case is that both drug prohibition and capital punishment are irredeemably evil big-government crimes against humanity. Worse crimes, by far, than Trump’s own drug dealing activities.

Thomas Knapp

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From the black church to India: The theology of MLK KIMBERLY WINSTON RNS — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. “was no armchair theologian.”

“He was a theologian of action, an engaged theologian, actively seeking to transform the structures of oppression,” James H. Cone, a professor at Union Theological Seminary in New York, wrote in 1986. “His thinking emerged from his efforts to establish a just society.”

Montgomery. Albany. Birmingham. Selma.

Washington D.C. — Cone calls out the sites of King’s great confrontations with racism like a recitation of the Stations of the Cross.

And, finally, there was Memphis, where King was assassinated 50 years ago this week.

“In each of these crises, King refined his theology according to the needs of the people with whom and for whom he was struggling,” Cone continued.

“His theology was not permanent or static but was dynamic, constantly emerging from the historical circumstances in which he was engaged.”

King’s theology didn’t develop overnight or come from whole cloth through another source. It developed over years and from sources as diverse as Transcendentalism, Gandhi, the black church and a string of theologians, both his forerunners and his contemporaries.

Early questions King’s father, grandfather and great-grandfather were all Baptist preachers who taught the orthodox view of Christian doctrines including the divinity of Jesus. To them, he was both man and God, born a human but with a divine nature.

But by his second year at Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania, King argued that modern minds could not accept this and a new interpretation was needed.

“The orthodox attempt to explain the divinity of Jesus in terms of an inherent metaphysical substance within him seems to me quite inadequate,” he wrote in a 1949 theology class paper that argued the traditional view was “quite readily denied.”

Instead, Jesus achieved divinity through living by the realization that he was absolutely dependent on God. This was “prophetic and promissory for every other true son of man who is willing to submit his will to the will and spirit of God.” Even at this stage in his life, King’s belief in putting faith into action was starting to form.

The student King also questioned several other orthodox Christian doctrines that he said were “unscientific, impossible and even bizarre” if taken strictly literally but loaded with spiritual meaning if understood in a modern way.

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks in Eutaw, Ala., in June 1965. King was head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and a Nobel Peace Prize winner. WIRE/FILE

The second coming of Jesus is not an event, he argued, but the experience of realizing his presence in our lives. The Day of Judgment can be any day that a Christian makes a moral decision in the light of Jesus’ teaching.

Perhaps most importantly, he saw the kingdom of God through the lens of the Social Gospel. In his last year at Crozer, he gave a glimpse of the ideas that would drive his later ministry and activism: “When we see social relationships controlled everywhere by the principles which Jesus illustrated in his life — trust, love, mercy, and altruism — then we shall know that the kingdom of God is here.”

Civil disobedience and nonviolence While King studied Mahatma Gandhi and Henry David Thoreau in seminary, it wasn’t until he had a church pulpit that he put their philosophies into play.

During the Montgomery bus boycott, which started a year after King came to the Alabama city’s Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in 1954, King referred to Gandhi frequently, calling him “the guiding light of our technique of nonviolent social change.” Gandhi’s assassination in 1948 was not yet a distant piece of history.

After the boycott, King traveled to India in 1959 and met with members of the Gandhi family and activists influenced by him.

“Since being in India, I am more convinced than ever before that the method of nonviolent resistance is the most potent weapon available to oppressed people in their struggle for justice and human dignity,” King said in a radio address in India.

“In a real sense, Mahatma Gandhi embodied in his life certain universal principles that are inherent in the moral structure of the universe, and these principles are as inescapable as the law of gravitation.’’

Thoreau was one of the fathers of American Transcendentalism, which taught all human beings are united by a common “Oversoul.” He advocated civil disobedience, the idea that unjust laws should be peacefully but pointedly disobeyed.

He famously went to jail in 1846 for refusing to pay his taxes, which he believed were used to support slavery. When his mentor and fellow Transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson asked what he was doing in jail, Thoreau replied, “What are you doing out of jail?”

That story — apocryphal though it may be —

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Faith leaders launch “I AM 2018” Movement in Memphis 50th anniversary of Sanitation Strike and the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. As the nation grapples with deep racial and economic injustices and inequality in communities from coast to coast, the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and Church of God in Christ (COGIC) have launched a national effort to ensure that the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the 1968 Memphis sanitation strikers lives on with a new generation of activists. With the goal of advancing labor and civil rights and tackling issues plaguing low-income communities nationwide, from April 2 to April 4, the I AM 2018 campaign transformed Memphis into the birthplace of a new political movement and aggressive voter education and civic engagement program to mobilize turnout for the 2018 elections and beyond.

This week, 50 years, after Dr. King was assassinated - the country’s most prominent civil rights, faith, labor, entertainment and other leaders held first-of-its-kind trainings, mobilization and commemoration activities across the city, including at Mason Temple COGIC, the site of Dr. King’s final, prophetic “I’ve been to the Mountaintop” speech.

During this first week of April, faith, civil rights and labor leaders from AFSCME, COGIC and other civic organizations are helping train hundreds of “I AM 2018” Dream Corps activists to kick off a new nationwide voter education and civic engagement program. At a Youth Town Hall, attending activists and leaders at the forefront of fights for economic and racial justice will discuss issues concerning urban youth and make plans for November and elections in the future.

Alongside these trainings, prominent journalists, academics, community leaders and subject experts joined a three-day Mountaintop Conference featuring panels on criminal justice reform, minority youth education, the future of American workers and the intersection of labor, faith and civil rights.

“I AM 2018 isn't just a reflection on

the past; it’s a call to action for the future. Dr. King and the Memphis strikers knew that you can’t achieve economic justice without racial justice,” said AFSCME President Lee Saunders. “And yet, 50 years after Dr. King’s Mountaintop speech, working people are still fighting those same fights. We’re embarking on a historic partnership with COGIC to build and grow a network of trained, energized activists, connecting our generation’s struggles with the unfinished work of the heroes of Memphis: Dr. King, the Memphis strikers and the faith leaders who stepped up together to bend the moral arc of the universe towards justice.”

“On the evening of April 3, 1968, Dr. King stood in the pulpit of Mason Temple and declared ‘We, as a people, will get to the promised land.’ Less than 24 hours later, he was killed on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel. This year marks the 50th anniversary of that watershed moment,” said COGIC Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake Sr. “In April, together with AFSCME, we are telling the world that it must come together to fight poverty and prejudice and advance the freedom of all people as we never have before.”

“I AM 2018” events in Memphis included all day Dream Corp activist training, panel and townhall discussions featuring panelists such as Ambassador Andrew

Young, American Federation of Teachers President, Randi Weingarten, actor Danny Glover, 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike organizer, William Lucy, several original 1968 Strikers and TV ONE news personality Roland Martin.

There was a Mountaintop Speech Commemoration that included Martin Luther King III, Dr. Bernice King, Bishop Blake and AFSCME President Saunders.

Over the event preceding weeks, activists, elected officials, students, workers and other leaders in the “I AM 2018” campaign organized to build support for their work this year and beyond. On Feb. 1, more than 70 cities observed a coordinated Moment of Silence to honor Memphis sanitation workers Echol Cole and Robert Walker who were crushed to death in 1968 and sparked the strike

of 1,300 fellow workers that brought Dr. King to Memphis.

On Feb. 24, two days before the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a case that could threaten workers’ rights, thousands of working people, civil rights, labor leaders and families flooded the streets of every major city to demand freedom from want and hate and call for the U.S. to unrig its broken political and economic systems. Since then, college students and other young filmmakers have been submitting videos that connect Dr. King’s fight for justice to today’s movements for social change. The winning submissions, judged by Hans Charles, Dorian Parks, co-founder of Geeks of Color, and award-winning filmmakers Madeleine Hunt Erlich and Shahin Izadi were screened at Mason Temple on April 3.

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In Kaiju sequel ‘Pacific Rim Uprising’, John Boyega goes from ‘Star Wars’ to producer-star

Ask Alma

DWIGHT BROWN In case you were wondering if British Actor John Boyega had any star power outside of the Star Wars franchise, he does. He uses it to carry this likable sci-fi/action/fantasy film on his back.

“Pacific Rim Uprising” is the kind of matinee movie you can send your tweens and teens to and not be worried about the violence or entertainment value. The action is harmless, the story is compelling, and the special effects are on par with Boyega’s talent; steady, bold and doesn’t show any obvious seams.

This sequel follows on the heels of the 2013 “Pacific Rim,” which was a futuristic war movie that pitted humankind against ginormous sea monsters named Kaiju, who entered earth through a portal in the Pacific Ocean. To fight them, gigantic human like “mechas,” that looked like robots, were invented. These killing machines, aka “Jaegers,” were run by two pilots, who were positioned in the heads of the colossal warriors and used their minds and motions to control the huge droids’ fighting abilities. One of those pilots was the legendary Stacker Pentecost (Idris Elba). It should be noted that Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro (“The Shape of Water”) directed and co-wrote the original film.

Years later, Pentecost’s son Jake (Boyega) has lost his way and become a scampish hustler/ thief, ripping off clients looking for war relics and weapons. He finally changes the direction of his misguided life when his long-lost sister Mako Mori (Rinko Kikuchi, “Babel)” shows up and talks him into re-joining the Pan Pacific Defense Corps (PPDC), the armed forces dedicated to fighting the Kaiju.

Reluctantly Jake, and a 15-yearold vagabond/hacker named Amara (Cailee Spaeny), who rebuilt a Jaeger from junk parts and wound up in jail with Jake, join the new group of pilots in training. He is a co-leader with his old archrival Lambert (Scott Eastwood, “The Fate of the Furious”).

Competing with the ex Dear Alma,

And wouldn’t you know it, the Kaiju are back, threatening humankind’s extinction with help from some inside saboteurs.

It doesn’t take a fortuneteller to figure out where the storyline is going. Good versus evil. Fight to the finish. Hurdles and mayhem along the way. That’s the basic formula for any good sci-fi-actionfantasy film. The trick is getting the elements right, creating engaging characters, peppering the dialogue with humor and irony and building the proceedings to a crescendo worth waiting for. To their credit, writers Steven S. DeKnight, Emily Carmichael, Kira Snyder and T.S. Nowlin don’t miss a trick. The outcome may be predictable, but getting there is not. There are betrayals, rivalries, realignments of loyalties and punchy conversations often delivered with deadpan humor.

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My husband was married very young, from the age of 20-22.

The marriage was a disaster and they divorced without having a conversation or even seeing each other in court. He didn’t contest it or show up to the court date.

She recently found him on Facebook and asked if she could give him a call. When he came and asked me about it, I said it would be ok. My husband and I are very close; we have successful adult children, and a lovely grandchild. We are very active in our church. I said yes, because we’ve had a wonderful life, a happy and loving 25 years of marriage.

I was ok with it at first, but lately they’ve been having long conversations on the phone and what I thought was going to be a one or two time thing, is still going on. He talks to her while I’m in the room.

They seem to have a really good friendship building. My patience has run thin. I recently told him the conversations need to stop and he said no. She’s not married, lives in another state, and has cancer. He says he wants to be there for her, but I don’t think that’s his place. I trust my husband but I don’t trust her. I think she is lonely and just reminiscing about my husband.

I know I opened this can of worms but what do I do to put the lid back on. Should I threaten to leave and give him an ultimatum?

— D.T. Tampa, Fla. TBT Tampa, It would never sit well with me to tell someone to leave a marriage of 25 years. What may be a deal breaker for one, might not be for

another. What I will say is, you are not the number one woman in your husbands heart – right now. I know, I know, that’s a handful of hurt to hold, but honesty is what you get while sitting in the Ask Alma Café, and you my dear took a seat.

First and foremost, don’t ever offer an ultimatum, or you may find yourself unaccompanied. Giving an ultimatum to your partner is like offering a cold glass of pride and arrogance.

The offer of “my way or the highway” doesn’t give the other person a reasonable choice or viable option. You have one of two decisions to make. You can turn the other cheek and wait for this circus to pass through town, (‘cause we both know it will), or you can start to do what’s needed to regain your number one “I’m every woman-wife #1” status. The choice is up to you.

Since your husband was honest enough to bring this to your attention and ask for permission, I don’t think these long talks are a threat to your marriage. As you mentioned, she’s in one state and you guys live in another.

When one takes the time to finalize, wrap up life lessons and loose ends over the years, it can be cathartic. I think he’s trying to extend a more compassionate side of himself because she’s ill. Don’t fault him for that. Deal with him based on what he actually does, not what you’ve imagined him doing.

Mark my words, the rambles of reminiscing will begin to roll away, because at some point one of them will remember why they divorced in the first place. I anticipate that will be your husband. If you had asked me this question 20 years ago, I would have told you to tell him to get the steppin’ but I know better now.

Twenty-five years is a long time and as his wife, you’ve gotta dig in deep, do a better job of weathering this storm. Since it’s the first real tsunami in your relationship, lay down some rules but don’t grab your umbrella and run. Tell him what’s on your mind, tell him how this situation makes you feel and ride it out.

I’ve got a good feeling about your husband and I think he’ll revert with a sack of sorrys before you know it. Be prayerful, exercise your patience and rely on your faith.

You’ve invested 25 years of your life to this man and your family.

Play to win in this game called marriage, and remember you’ve got a 25-year home field advantage!

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Local gallery opens ‘Art of Soul’ Fine art exhibition with East Coast artists

The Walton Gallery, located in historic Old Towne, announces a new fine art exhibition entitled "Art of Soul" which highlights the creative expression of four celebrated contemporary artists.

The show runs through April 29.

“This is our sixth annual show,” said exhibition curator and gallery owner Eric Walton, “I hand-picked these four artists because their works have a very soulful feel to it. When I look at the artists, I compare them to the soulful ingredients in a big pot of gumbo; the secret is the eclectic mix of culture, community, and celebration.”

Presented in celebration of the gallery’s spring anniversary, “Art of Soul”, is a group show featuring the artistic talents of internationally-known artists: Alvin Burts, Jay Durrah, Charly Palmer, and Preston Sampson. These prominent fine artists share a common passion for art that represents different points of view and induces a range of emotions. Collectively, they produce work that has precise detail, explosive color and complex compositions. Their subjects, in abstract and representative forms, including landscapes and portraits, are depicted in a myriad of unique techniques, media, textures and styles.

(from page 10) The movie is fairly entertaining from start to finish.

Filling Guillermo del Toro’s shoes, is not an easy task, but for all practical purposes, director Steven S. DeKnight (Netflix’s “Daredevil,” STARZ’s “Spartacus”) is up to the challenge. He keeps the actors animated, stages scenes well, choreographs fight scenes like a champ and guides the film to a fitting conclusion. He, along with editors Zach Staenberg, Dylan Highsmith (Star Trek: Beyond) and Josh Schaeffer, keep the footage rolling at a good pace. Not breakneck speed, but with a rhythm that doesn’t falter.

DeKnight’s efforts are greatly augmented by crystal clear cinematography courtesy of Dan Mindel (”Star Wars: The Force Awakens”), provocative production design by Stefan Dechant (« Kong: Skull Island”) and eyecatching special effects (Zoilo Abad animatronics: Weta Workshop; Victoria Arias, Legacy Effects). In your mind you know all the creatures on view are completely fake, but onscreen the visuals are so graphic, even in IMAX, that you’re sucked into the reality of the characters’ situations, dilemmas and battles— like it or not. That’s the mark of a smart, perceptive and able tech crew.

That’s the kind of production support

This image released by Lucasfilm shows John Boyega as Finn in a scene from, “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” that was sorely lacking for Ava DuVernay’s “A Wrinkle in Time.”

Hard to make a captivating fantasy film, if your production team is halfassed.

Back to Boyega. The characters he played in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” and “Detroit” had lapses in judgement and confidence. In this film, though first introduced as a wayward protagonist, once he sets his sights on fighting the good fight, nothing deters him. You can view

the determination in his face, see it in his swagger and hear it in his stalwart command of the dialogue.

His persona is dominant in a way that blows the rest of the cast off the screen. He is the leading man.

Boyega’s empowering performance gets key support from his young, almost equally feisty sidekick, as played by Cailee Spaeny. You never doubt her grit, nor that this kid could be so brave. Rinko Kikuchi, Scott Eastwood, Adria Arjona, Charlie Day (“Horrible Bosses”), Burn Gorman,

Karan Brar (TV’s “Jessie”) and Tian Jing (“Kong: Skull Island”) fill out an international, multi-ethnic cast that should help bring people to the box office worldwide.

If you’re looking for Shakespeare, this isn’t it. If you’re looking for Stars Wars, this isn’t it. Nor is it Black Panther. But, if tweens, teens and twentysomethings want to venture into a highly-combative, high-tech future world, they can jump on board this roller coaster that’s running on the star power of John Boyega.

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World Pediatric Project receives $93,000 from Rotary Clubs Training program will strengthen access to lifesaving medical care to babies in the Caribbean West Richmond Rotary, Rotary Club of Barbados, West and Rotary International are partnering with World Pediatric Project (WPP) to reduce needless infant mortality through the launch of an advanced medical care skill building program in the Eastern Caribbean region.

The WPP program is being made possible by a $93,000 grant spearheaded by West Richmond Rotary. The first phase of the four country initiative began this month in St. Lucia and Grenada, training frontline health care workers to effectively respond to critical newborn conditions. Common issues around breathing, feeding and jaundice are common to newborns everywhere, but in places with less skilled medical care, these common conditions can quickly become life

threatening.

St. Lucia and Grenada have nearly double the infant mortality rate compared to the United States.

The newborn skills training program will train doctors, nurses and midwives on the frontlines of newborn care to equip them to respond to common, yet urgent medical conditions with babies during their early days of life.

WPP CEO, Susan Rickman said the program will make a huge impact in these developing countries. “The ultimate outcome of this program is to provide sustainable access to skilled neonatal care for the approximately 650 babies born each year in these two countries, thus achieving 100 percent access to newborn advanced or urgent medical care.”

Mural, ceremony recognizes the Newport News native’s 100th On the 100th anniversary of her birth, the city of Newport News has unveiled a mural in honor of Newport News native and world renown entertainer Pearl Bailey. The mural, installed on the Pearl Bailey Library at 2510 Wickham Ave., was unveiled in a ceremony at the library last week.

Born in Newport News on March 29, 1918, to Rev. Joseph and Ella Mae Bailey, Pearl was sister to the famed dancer Bill Bailey. From an early age she sang, performed, entertained and captivated her audiences throughout the world. An all-around entertainer with great success on Television, Film and the Broadway Stage, Pearl was a Tony and Emmy Award winning entertainer who often used her celebrity for good causes. With humor, compassion and a strong faith Pearl Bailey penned six books.

She was the United States Goodwill Ambassador to the United Nations and worked tirelessly on behalf of literacy and AIDS prevention/ awareness. In 1988 the city of Newport News named its Wickham Avenue Library in her honor. Pearl

Bailey passed away unexpectedly on Aug. 17, 1990.

Asa Jackson, who grew up in Newport News’ Southeast Community, created this latest mural. He also designed the Ella Fitzgerald mural, which adorns the Jefferson Brookville Apartment building located at Jefferson Avenue & 26th Street as well as the W. Hale Thompson mural at 611 25th St., which was unveiled last month.

Neonatologist and WPP volunteer, Dr. Rob Fleming spearheaded the development and launch of WPP’s newborn advanced medical care training program for the East Caribbean and WPP’s initiative.

The program is part of WPP’s strategic focus, Transformation, 2023 which has an overarching goal of

providing access to advanced medical care for 100 percent of babies and children in need of such care.

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U.S. gun control movement pushing Congress to act PETER SZEKELY The youth-led U.S. gun control movement that flexed its public muscle with huge weekend rallies has already nudged Congress to enact minor firearms changes, but must remain active if it hopes to win more meaningful regulations, lawmakers said recently.

The movement that erupted after the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, has generated a national conversation about gun rights and has chipped away at legislative gridlock on the issue, they said.

“The activism of these young people is actually changing the equation,” U.S. Sen.Tim Kaine, a Virginia Democrat, said a day after hundreds of thousands of protesters rallied in Washington.

Tucked into a $1.3 trillion spending bill Congress passed recently were modest improvements to background

checks for gun sales and an end to a ban on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studying the causes of gun violence.

“These are two things we could not have done in the past,” Kaine said on CNN’s “State of the Union” program.

“But the active engagement by young people convinced Congress we better do something.”

The spending bill, which President Donald Trump signed recently, also includes grants to help schools prevent gun violence.

The Trump administration also took a step to ban the sale of bump stocks - devices that enable semiautomatic weapons to fire like machine guns - that helped gunman Stephen Paddock massacre 58 people in Las Vegas in October.

A key focus of the recent march on Washington, which was duplicated in 800 cities across the country and around the world, was an effort to turn emotion into political activism by registering participants to vote.

Innocent man awarded $1m after wrongful conviction sent him to prison for 31 years After more than three decades behind bars, a 61-year old man has finally been exonerated of a crime he did not c0mmit. He was also awarded $1 million as compensation for wrongful conviction.

In 1978, Lawrence McKinney was imprisoned after being accused of rape and burglary. It was after 31 years, in 2009, that he was released.

Another 9 years of legal battle for exoneration and monetary compensation has passed, he was formally cleared of all the charges.

A DNA evidence proved that he is innocent of the accused crime. Last week, the state granted him $1 million compensation.

The payment is divided into an upfront compensation and monthly payments. An amount of $353,000 was given to cover the attorney fees, debts, and vehicle costs. A $3,350 monthly payment will be given for a minimum of 10 years. If he should die before the award was paid in full, his wife or estate will be able to receive the money due.

Americans will vote in November on the entire U.S. House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate.

Gun control advocates have called for universal background checks on people buying guns, bans on assault-style rifles such as the one used to kill 17 students and staff in Parkland, and large-capacity ammunition magazines.

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, another Virginia Democrat, declared in the wake of the student-led movement that he would now support bans on such rifles and magazines, which he had voted against in recent years.

“I think it’s time to change our positions and re-examine them,” Warner said on the CBS News “Face the Nation” program.

“I think this time it’s going different,” Warner said. “I think we can actually get it done.”

To win significant changes, lawmakers said the young gun control advocates need to maintain

their drive in the face of powerful pro-gun lobbying by the National Rifle Association and those who see gun ownership as a right protected by the U.S. Constitution.

“If they don’t keep it up, those that want no change will just sit on their hands,” Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican who formerly served in Congress, said on CNN. Two Republican senators, Marco Rubio of Florida and Joni Ernst of Iowa, said over the weekend that while they supported gun control advocates’ right to protest, they opposed infringing on the constitutional right to bear arms.

Meanwhile, former Pennsylvania Republican U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum drew an angry response on social media for saying on CNN that, instead of agitating for change, students should “do something about maybe taking CPR classes” or take other training to respond to school shooters.

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Calendar 4.4. 10:30 a.m.

Henrico County’s EngAGE initiative will present its thirdannual Senior & Caregiver Expo at Hermitage High School, 8301 Hungary Spring Rd. The free event will be held until 1 p.m. and will include vendors offering services and expertise in a variety of areas, including home health care, Medicare and Medicaid, resources for caregivers and financial planning.

The expo also will feature a “seminar nook,” where speakers will address such topics as decluttering and caring for the caregiver.

Established in 2015, EngAGE offers information, resources and support for older residents of Henrico.

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UR School of Law will host a panel discussion on new tax cuts titled “Deciphering the New Tax Law” on April 9 at noon.

The event will feature Bobby Johnson of Crowgey & Associates; M.R. Litman of Williams Mullen; David Sams of Community Tax Law Project; and Kristeen Witt of Carmax, and will take place at the School of Law, Moot Courtroom.

The new tax law, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, passed in late 2017, is the first major tax overhaul since the 1980s. A panel of experts from the community will discuss the major effects of the law and what those changes mean for all taxpayers as Tax Day approaches. RSVP by April 5 if you plan to attend.

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The University of Richmond Downtown will open a new exhibition titled “PROTEST! A Richmond History” as part of RVA First Fridays on April 6 at 5 p.m.

This new exhibition surveys 26 protests throughout Richmond’s history, This iconic photo of Ruth Tinsley being forcibly organized into five removed by policemen outside the historic topics: Racial Justice, Thalhimers building in downtown Richmond Gender and LGBTQ will be part of the exhibit. Photo was taken by Rights, Economic Malcolm O. Carpenter on Feb. 23, 1960, during Justice, War and sit-in protests against segregation.

Peace and Whose History?. Spanning four centuries, the featured protests include Patrick Henry’s “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” speech, the first Richmond gay rights rally, Black Lives Matter and the March on Monument. Protest posters, buttons, vinyl records, clothing, photographs and other artifacts will be on display throughout the exhibition.

“PROTEST! A Richmond History” is curated by 12 American Studies majors at the University of Richmond. The students are a part of a class led by Nicole Sackley, associate professor of history and American Studies, and Alexandra Byrum, assistant director of communications for the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement and UR Downtown.

“Richmond is not often thought of as a city of protest, but there is a long history of dissent that has defined and continues to shape our community,” said Sackley. “This exhibition aims to capture this enduring history of protest and connect visitors to the way it has formed the diverse city that we live in today.”

“Reflecting on protest from a historical perspective this semester has been powerful,” said Shira Smillie, a UR senior who helped curate this exhibition.

“It’s exciting to engage the community in the same questions we’ve been wrestling with as students. Who gets the right to protest? Where does protest happen? Why do you protest?”

UR Downtown’s Wilton Companies Gallery, located at 626 E. Broad St., is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Following the opening at RVA First Fridays, this exhibition will run April 6 through Sept. 1. For more information, visit www.blog.richmond.edu/rvaprotest.

MLK Festival

Residents and Stakeholders of the Community of Richmond are invited to join the Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School community on Saturday April 14, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the I Have A Dream Festival, celebrating the school and its namesake. The festival is meant to promote respect, community and safety and intends to inspire Richmonders to channel Dr. King and declare their dreams for themselves, for their family and for the future of the community of Richmond. More information on this inaugural event is available online at replenishrichmond.com/i-have-a-dream-festival/ A highlight of the festival is the I Have A Dream Parade which starts at 2 p.m. on the track behind the school. The parade will be led by Grand Marshal Mayor Levar Stoney and will be inspired by the RVA’s No BS Brass Band. All festival attendees are encouraged to participate in the parade.

Agencies and organizations working to support our schools and our community are invited to participate by setting up a table or activity and tell us your dreams for Richmond.

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Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program is available every Tuesday and Thursday until April 17 from 3:45-7 p.m. and Saturday April 7 and April 14 from 9:45 a.m.-1 p.m. at 626 E. Broad St., Richmond.

This is held as part of the United Way of Greater Richmond and Petersburg’s MetroCASH coalition.

MetroCASH is a VITA program, sponsored by the IRS, that helps individuals and families prepare and file their tax returns for free. Volunteers, many of whom are accounting students in the University of Richmond’s Robins School of Business, are trained to help file basic tax returns and to help identify possible special credits. Any individuals or families who earned less than $54,000 in 2017 are welcome. This site only accepts walk-ins. More information is available at https://downtown. richmond.edu/programs/VITA.html.

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NAACP, Prince George’s County file lawsuit over “underfunded, understaffed” 2020 Census WILLIAM J. FORD The NAACP announced that the group has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump, the U.S. Census Bureau and Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, “to combat the imminent threat that the 2020 Census will substantially undercount African Americans and other people of color in communities throughout the United States,” according to a press release about the lawsuit.

Prince George’s County, the NAACP’s Prince George’s County branch and two county residents (branch President Bob Ross and Elizabeth Johnson), also joined the suit. Prince George’s County experienced one of the highest undercounts in the nation at 2.3 percent during the 2010 Census, according to the suit. The figures are based on counties with a population of at least 100,000.

“Such a dramatic undercount will

especially dilute the votes of racial and ethnic minorities, deprive their communities of critical federal funds and undervalue their voices and interests in the political arena,” the suit alleges.

During a press conference about the lawsuit at the National Press Club in Northwest D.C., Bradford Berry, general counsel of the NAACP said that this lawsuit is unique, because the plaintiffs seek action before work on the 2020 Census begins.

For instance, the suit claims the federal government has decreased resources and manpower for the 2020 Census and “cancelled crucial, preCensus field tests and is rushing to digitize the Census without adequate cybersecurity protections, thus undermining public confidence in the privacy of Census data” the press release said.

The lawsuit also states that the Census Bureau doesn’t have sufficient staffing; the agency’s

(from page 8) could be a one-line summary of King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” a rebuke to white Protestant clergy who were critical of King’s leadership of boycotts, peace walks and student demonstrations in Birmingham in 1963. “(T)here are two types of laws: just and unjust,” King wrote on the margins of a newspaper, the only paper available to him in jail. “I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws. One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.”

Later in the letter, he delivers the coup de grace: “I came to Birmingham with the hope that the white religious leadership of this community would see the justice of our cause. … Yes, I see the church as the body of Christ.

But, oh! How we have blemished and scarred that body through social neglect and through fear of being nonconformists.”

Protestant liberalism King was also familiar with the works of Social Gospel pioneer

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his last sermon at Mason Temple in Memphis, Tenn., on April 3, 1968, a day before his death.

Walter Rauschenbush and public theologian Reinhold Niebuhr.

Rauschenbush, an early 20thcentury Baptist, believed Christians should concern themselves less with personal salvation and more with building a just world — the kingdom of God on earth. His thinking echoes through King’s “I Have a Dream”

acting director, Ron Jarmin, was also named as a defendant in the suit.

On Capitol Hill last week, the U.S. House of Representatives approved $2.8 billion for the bureau, an increase more than double the amount of the Trump administration’s request of $1.1 billion.

“Proposing a bill and passing a bill are two different things,” said NAACP President Derrick Johnson.

“Once the final bill passes, we would like to evaluate to see if it’s sufficient.

We simply need the political will to make sure we have an accurate count for this [upcoming] Census.”

Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III said his jurisdiction has lost about $200 million in federal money, because of Census undercounts. The Maryland jurisdiction of nearly 900,000 people borders Washington, D.C., with 65 percent of the population African American.

Federal law requires that citizens are counted in a decennial census that not only helps redraw political boundaries, but also for counties and states to receive federal money for improvement of schools, roads and other needs.

Critics have argued that a proposed citizenship question in the 2020 Census will deter legal immigrants from responding and decrease the number of people counted in those communities. The Hispanic population in Prince George’s County stands at about 18 percent.

“What’s more frightening about this Census count, more than in the past, is the rhetoric from the Trump administration,” Baker said after the press conference. “With a growing Latino population in the county, this is a direct assault on those folks participating in the Census. If it’s happening here, then it’s happening everywhere.”

speech, given on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in 1963: “I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low,” King said. “The rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.”

Niebuhr, a mid-century proponent of what was known as Christian realism, called for individual morality in an immoral world, something King also cited in his “Letter From Birmingham Jail.”

King introduced himself in a letter to Niebuhr in 1953 while he was a doctoral student at Boston University.

By the time of the Selma march in 1965, Niebuhr called King “one of the greatest religious leaders of our time” and lamented his inability to march with him because of a stroke.

Other Judeo-Christian theologians who influenced King include Catholic theologians Augustine and Thomas Aquinas, Jewish philosopher Martin Buber, Lutheran theologian Paul Tillich and Puritan preacher John Bunyan — all called out by King in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”

Black church King was also steeped in what Cone calls “the black integrationist tradition” — the drive of leaders like Frederick Douglass and W.E.B. DuBois for the integration of black Americans that was later taken up by the Urban League and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

And he was the son of a preacher man in the black Baptist tradition.

The black church from which King emerged, Cone argued, is the glue that binds all the other influences on King’s theology together.

“King’s theology was defined by the themes of justice, love, and hope,” Cone wrote in 1986. ”Justice, love, and hope are central themes in the history of the black religious tradition.”

King put it this way in 1965: “I am many things to many people; Civil Rights leader, agitator, trouble-maker and orator, but in the quiet resources of my heart, I am fundamentally a clergyman, a Baptist preacher,” he said. “This is my being and my heritage. … The Church is my life and I have given my life to the Church.”

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