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Va. Tech to present honorary degree to Peddrew Irving Linwood Peddrew III, the first African American student to attend Virginia Tech and the first to attend any historically all-white four-year public institution in the 11 former states of the Confederacy, will receive an honorary degree at Virginia Tech commencement ceremonies on May 13.

Virginia Tech President Tim Sands recently made the announcement during the university’s Black Alumni Reunion celebration held in April on the Blacksburg campus.

“Hard work, character and meaningful experience in the spirit of Ut Prosim (That I May Serve) is the essence of a Virginia Tech degree, and no one is more deserving than Irving Peddrew,” said Sands.

“He chose to come here knowing

Irving Peddrew with Tim Sands he would endure exclusion and hardship, hoping his experience would make a difference for others, and it certainly has.”

Peddrew will be presented with an honorary bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering during the university commencement ceremony.

It will mark only the eighth time in the university’s 145-year history that

in individual will be distinguished with an honorary degree.

An honor student at his all-black high school in Hampton, Peddrew began his post-secondary education in 1953 as an electrical engineering major and member of the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets. He was the only black student among Virginia Tech’s 3,322 students that year.

Peddrew studied three years at Virginia Tech and did not complete his degree program. He moved to California after his junior year and joined the workforce. He worked several years in the aerospace and fruit industries, at Newport News Shipbuilding, and at Hampton University before his retirement in 1994.

“Irving Peddrew displayed enormous courage as he navigated

the many difficult obstacles he faced attending a historically allwhite institution,” said Matthew M. Winston Jr., senior associate vice president for alumni relations. “He became a catalyst and a pioneer for desegregation, laying the groundwork for the enrollment of generations of African-American students at Virginia Tech. He placed our university on a path to fulfill its true potential to become an inclusive institution for all.”

“It has been an honor and privilege for me to meet Mr. Peddrew,” added Menah Pratt-Clarke, vice president for strategic affairs and vice provost for inclusion and diversity. “I look forward to continuing to support his very important and historical path for increasing diversity at Virginia Tech.

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In addition to lending her expertise to the CAHN medical centers, Dr. McCoy heads a new Richmond Public School health care initiative in partnership with CAHN providing school base health care assistance to the school nurses at Oak Grove Belle Meade Elementary and Huguenot High. Dr. McCoy received her undergraduate degree from Spellman and her medical degree from C.A.S.E. Western Reserve University School of Medicine. She did her residency at the Children National Medical Center in Washington, DC. One of her greatest joys is serving and giving back to the community and making a difference. She beams with pride when she talks about her two young children and her husband. Dr. McCoy loves traveling and Reading. R&B and Jazz is her favorite music. Her favorite book is “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison. Her favorite color is purple and her pet peeve is “Rude Folks”.

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Democrat Justin Fairfax running for lt. gov.

Democrat Justin Fairfax has become the first Democrat to officially declare his candidacy for Virginia lieutenant governor. A former federal prosecutor and 2013 attorney general candidate, Fairfax, 37, would inject diversity and an energetic style into a Democratic ticket that includes the comparatively low-key Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam and Attorney General Mark Herring.

“I am passionate about creating and protecting economic security and opportunity for all Virginians,” Fairfax said in a statement. “As a former federal prosecutor, I know just how fragile security and stability for hard-working families can be.”

Several Republicans have already entered the statewide contest.

They include Sen. Bryce Reeves (R-Spotsylvania), Sen. Jill Vogel

Justin Fairfax (R-Fauquier) and Del. Glenn Davis (R-Virginia Beach).

Del. Eileen Filler-Corn (D-Fairfax) and longtime federal prosecutor Gene Rossi have each said they are considering running for lieutenant

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governor as Democrats. Fairfax, over the weekend, filed the paperwork to run, according to the Virginia Public Access Project.

Virginia Republicans jumped on Fairfax’s announcement as proof state Democrats have moved further to the left than the electorate.

“The 2017 Democrat primary is going to feature views on policy more consistent with the City of San Francisco than with the Commonwealth of Virginia,” state GOP chairman John Whitbeck said in a statement. “When Justin Fairfax ran for Attorney General he was defeated by the most extreme left politician in Virginia’s history. We expect him to run a Bernie Sanderslike campaign even further to the left to ensure he doesn’t lose this time.”

In Virginia, the job is technically

a part-time post with responsibility for overseeing the state Senate and breaking tie votes — a task that can help some officeholders build a statewide profile and name recognition.

As co-owner of a dental practice with his dentist wife in Fairfax County and a father of two, Fairfax said he would work to strengthen the state economy.

“As lieutenant governor, I will fight for Virginia’s families and make sure every child across the commonwealth has the same opportunities I had to succeed,” he said.

Fairfax was co-chair of U.S. Sen. Mark Warner’s 2014 reelection and is part of an effort to increase diversity on the bench in Northern Virginia.

He graduated from Duke University and Columbia Law School. -WP

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Stoney on what it means to be the RVA next mayor

Levar Stoney sat down to speak at the Urban Farmhouse Market & Cafe in Richmond’s Shockoe Bottom.

Politics for Levar Stoney has never been about power and money. It’s always been about having the ability to do the right thing.

“For me the role of politics in government is about giving a voice to the voiceless and righting the wrongs,” the former Secretary of the Commonwealth said. “That’s what politics has always been about.”

Stoney recently resigned from his position with Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s administration and threw his hat into the city of Richmond mayoral race. Some would think this move is for political status in hopes of moving towards a higher elected office. Nothing could be further from the truth, said Stoney, which is why he is giving this campaign his full attention and making it a full-time effort.

“It’s going to take someone’s full attention to tackle the challenges of this city. There can’t be any distractions from possible future titles. The next mayor has to be focused on doing the most good on behalf of as many people as possible before even considering moving forward,” he said.

He further maintains that there

needs to be a fresh and new approach to City Hall, and to achieve this Stoney says everyone must work together.

“There has to be collaboration,” he said in a recent interview with The LEGACY. “City hall and the community coming together. That’s the key ingredient of it all. That’s what you need to get things done in this city.”

Probably most noted for the role he played in getting the voting rights of over 200,000 Virginians restored alongside Gov. McAuliffe, Stoney is looking to continue on the path of empowering individuals and offering fairness to communities that have historically been marginalized.

“The principal of politics will always be being a voice for the voiceless and righting wrongs. Not just money and power. We are doing a disservice to a lot of people by just letting the status quo continue like that. Anybody can write a check, but it’s not about economics,” he said.

Stoney’s passion for pushing the envelop on issues most politicians would stand neutral on comes from a personal place. He is the product of teenage love and raised primarily

by his grandmother. His father, who was 19 when Stoney was born, was convicted of a felony and didn’t graduate high school.

“As a child I remember, first hand, [my dad] saying ‘I gotta check this box on this application.’ He would walk to McDonald’s for employment.

He was a butcher, did landscaping, construction and odd-end jobs to provide for his family because of that box and because of that scarlet letter on his chest.

“Can you imagine being stressed out about whether or not you can get a job to feed your family and put a roof over their head?

“So, it’s more than just restoring rights. It’s about restoring dignity.

We must go beyond the political theater and discover how we can get things done. These are people’s lives we are talking about,” Stoney said.

Government should be a place to empower communities, create new jobs and invest in public education— all key elements of a successful city that Stoney says he will work towards developing. He plans to place education at the forefront.

Education is a pressing issue in the city of Richmond and Stoney

believes in order to keep the city safe the children who reside here cannot be neglected and must be properly educated. Additionally, he says the city of Richmond must become more vigilant when it comes to gun violence.

“There are the Sandy Hooks and Virginia Techs, but there are a number of people in our communities dying from gun violence,” Stoney points out. “My full energy will be focused on that as the city’s next mayor.”

When asked to voice an opinion on the current adminitration’s highs and lows, Stoney said that his campaign will not be about current or past administrations, but instead about the future and where he wants to take the city.

“The city is ready for a new and dynamic leader,” Stoney said, “who is ready to take the city to a new level. We have to gain momentum and do things differently. I am that hands-on, visible and transparent leader that can be a champion for accountability, measure outputs and inputs and at the end of the day say that the buck stops with me.”

Stoney’s first step would be performing a 100-day comprehensive review and audit of every department to identify performance. “I will commit to a comprehensive performance review and audit of all departments of city government and it will be the top priority of my first term to execute those recommendations,” he said.

The only break Stoney may take from the long list of duties of being mayor is during football season to see his New York Jets play and then again during basketball season to catch a VCU Rams game or watch the New York Knicks try to rebuild their franchise. Otherwise, the York County native who began his career in politics in the very city where he wants to serve as mayor will be 100 percent focused on what he can do to build a better Richmond.

He isn’t looking for a title, but an opportunity to inspire people, make a positive impact in people’s lives and shake things up in order to change the course that has led Richmond astray, he said.

“If I can do what I did in the Secretary of Commonwealth Office for the city of Richmond, everything will work itself out,” said Stoney.~ajs

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Obama advises Howard U grads on creating change don’t vote we give away our power.”

He described the university as a “centerpiece of African-American intellectual life, and a central part of our larger American story.”

Arguing that the U.S. — and the world — is a “better place” than when he graduated from college in the early 1980s, he said there is still work to be done, citing employment, achievement and justice gaps for African-Americans.

“Be confident in your heritage. Be confident in your blackness,” he told the graduates. “There’s no one way to be black. Take it from somebody who’s seen both sides of the debate about whether I’m black enough.”

STAFF & WIRE President Barack Obama on Saturday made an impassioned call to Howard University graduates to get engaged in the political process, and cautioned that while social change can be slow, they should be willing to compromise with those who hold opposing views.

In his commencement address to graduates at the historically black college in Washington, D.C., Obama invoked civil rights legend Martin Luther King Jr., who met with former President Lyndon B. Johnson over the Voting Rights Act. “Listen to those you disagree with, and be prepared to compromise.

Democracy requires compromise, even when you’re 100 percent right,” Obama said.

“You can be completely right, but you still are going to have to engage folks who disagree with you,” the president added. “If you think the only way forward is to be as uncompromising as possible, you will feel good about yourself, you will enjoy a certain moral purity, but you’re not going to get what you want.”

The president made similar remarks at a youth forum in London last month, where he criticized the Black Lives Matter movement, saying that activists should be willing to sit down and discuss their agendas with leaders rather than “yelling at them.” Obama lauded the movement for bringing attention to racially motivated police violence across the country, but said the harsh tone activists are using is

troubling.

“You have to go through life with more than just a passion for change — you have to have strategy. Not just awareness, but action,” he said on Saturday. “Not just hashtags, but votes. Change requires more than righteous anger. To bring about structural change, lasting change, awareness is not enough. It requires changes in law, changes in customs.”

Obama also advised students to use peaceful means to make progressive changes. He said more than half of young black Americans have disenfranchised themselves by not participating in elections. He emphasized that going to the polls will help protect civil-rights advances that earlier generations sacrificed to make.

“It is absolutely true that 50 years after the Voting Rights Act, there are too still many barriers in this country to vote,” the president said. “There too many people trying to erect new barriers to voting. This is the only advanced democracy on earth that goes out of its way to make it difficult for people to vote, and there’s a reason for it, there’s a legacy to that. But even if we dismantle every barrier to vote, that alone does not change the fact that America has one of the lowest voting rates in the free world.”

Obama emphasized that his election hasn’t created a “post-racial society” despite improved race relations.

Stressing the need to keep pushing for change, he asked the students to vote, “not just some of the time but all of the time”, adding, “When we

Obama told the graduates to remember the ties that connect blacks: “That is our particular awareness of injustice, and unfairness, and struggle. ... That means we cannot sleepwalk through life.

“We have cousins, and uncles, and brothers, and sisters, who we remember were just as smart and just as talented as we were but somehow got ground down by structures that were unfair and unjust, and that means we have to not only question the world as it is, and stand up for those AfricanAmericans who haven’t been so lucky.” That empathy should extend to “all people who are struggling,” he said.

Hopkins Rd. (Rt. 637) and Kingsland Rd. (Rt. 611) Roundabout Project Chesterfield County Citizen Information Meeting

Tuesday, May 24, 2016 5-7 p.m.

Beulah Elementary School 4216 Beulah Rd., North Chesterfield, VA 23237 Find out about the proposed roundabout project at the intersection of Hopkins Rd. (Rt. 637) and Kingsland Rd (Rt. 611) in Chesterfield County.

The meeting will be held in an open house format from 5 - 7 p.m. with a general information presentation at 5:30 p.m. This meeting format will provide the flexibility to allow participants to meet and discuss the proposed project directly with project staff members.

Review the project information at VDOT’s Richmond District Office located at 2430 Pine Forest Drive in Colonial Heights, 23834-9002, 804524-6000, 1-800-367-7623 or TTY/TDD 711. Please call ahead to ensure the availability of appropriate personnel to answer your questions.

VDOT ensures nondiscrimination and equal employment in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. If you need more information or special assistance for persons with disabilities or limited English proficiency, contact VDOT’s Civil Rights Division at 804-524-6091 or TDD/TTY 711.

State Project: 0637-020-S20,P101, R201, M501 Federal Project: HSIP-5A27(397), OC-5A27(407), OC-5A27(408)

In case of inclement weather, the meeting will be held at the same time and location on Tuesday, May 31, 2016.

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Op/Ed & Letters

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“A nation of second chances” PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA Earlier this spring, I met with a group of individuals whose sentences were commuted either by President Bush, President Clinton, or myself.

They were all at different stages of a new chapter in their lives, but each of their stories was extraordinary.

Take Phillip Emmert. When he was 27, Phillip made a mistake.

He was arrested and convicted for distributing methamphetamines and received a 27-year sentence. So, by the time he was released, he’d have spent half his life behind bars.

Unfortunately, while in prison, his wife was paralyzed in an accident.

So while he was in prison, Phil learned everything he could about fixing heating and air conditioning systems — so he could support his wife when he got out. And after his sentence was commuted by President Bush, he was able to do just that.

Today, he’s gainfully employed.

He’s a caregiver for his wife, an active father, and a leader in his community.

Like so many non-violent offenders serving unduly harsh sentences, Phillip is not a hardened criminal.

He’s taken responsibility for his mistakes. And he’s worked hard to earn a second chance.

Today, I commuted the sentences of an additional 58 individuals just as deserving as Phillip — individuals who can look to him as inspiration for

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what is possible in their lives.

As President, I’ve been working to bring about a more effective approach to our criminal justice system, particularly when it comes to drug crimes. Part of that effort has been to reinvigorate our commutations process, and highlight the individuals like Philip who are doing extraordinary things with their second chances. To date, I will have commuted 306 individual sentences, which is more than the previous six presidents combined.

While I will continue to review clemency applications, only Congress can bring about the lasting changes we need to federal sentencing.

That is why I am encouraged by the bipartisan efforts in Congress to reform federal sentencing laws, particularly on overly harsh mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenses. Because it just doesn’t make sense to require a nonviolent drug offender to serve 20 years, or in some cases, life, in prison. An excessive punishment like that doesn’t fit the crime. It’s not serving taxpayers, and it’s not making us safer.

As a country, we have to make sure that those who take responsibility for their mistakes are able to transition back to their communities. It’s the right thing to do. It’s the smart thing to do. And it’s something I will keep working to do as long as I hold this office.

The LEGACY welcomes all signed letters and all respectful opinions.

Letter writers and columnists opinions are their own and endorsements of their views by The LEGACY should be inferred. The LEGACY assumes no responsibility for unsolicited material.

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Alternatives to access second chances Editor’s note: The U.S. Department of Education is urging America’s colleges and universities to remove barriers that can prevent the estimated 70 million citizens with criminal records from pursuing higher education, including considering the chilling effect of inquiring early in the application process whether prospective students have ever been arrested.

The department made the recommendation in a new resource guide, “Beyond the Box: Increasing Access to Higher Education for Justice-Involved Individuals”, which encourages alternatives to inquiring about criminal histories during college admissions and provides recommendations to support a holistic review of applicants. The report recommends a selfassessment for colleges and universities where the institutions determine whether criminal history information is necessary for admissions, and if so, ensure that staff are trained on how to review criminal justice information.

Below are statements from DOE and DOJ representatives.

“We believe in second chances and we believe in fairness. The college admissions process shouldn’t serve as a roadblock to opportunity, but should serve as a gateway to unlocking untapped potential of students. As nation we must work to make that commonplace.

“We must ensure that more people, including those who were involved in the criminal justice system in their past but paid their debt to society, have the chance at higher education opportunities that lead to successful, productive lives, and ultimately create stronger, safer communities.” - U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. “Too many Americans are denied opportunities to lead fulfilling and productive lives because of a past arrest or conviction - including opportunities to access a quality education.

“Expanding access to higher education for justice-involved individuals can help them step out of the shadow of their pasts and embark on the path to a brighter future. I commend the Department of Education for its commitment to expanding opportunities for returning citizens, and I look forward to continuing to work with them - and with our partners across the Obama administration - to give every deserving American a meaningful and fair second chance.” - Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch.

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P.T. Hoffsteader, Esq.

Emerging leader

Congratulations to Marcellus “B2” Harris on his election to the Newport News City Council victory against Newport News Vice Mayor Rob Coleman.

We are excited about the future of the city. It is very refreshing to see the community respond to the message of change in Newport News.

More change is on the horizon as we are committed to supporting those who share our common goals of transparency, inclusion and rejecting the status quo.

Thank you to the citizens of Newport News who voted for change by supporting Mr. Harris for Newport News City Council North District; John Eley who won the Newport News School Board South District seat and the emerging Nicole R. AllmondJoy who placed second in the Newport News City Council South District race.

Andrew Shannon

Extremely exagerrated

The Republican Party may be imploding, or it may just be shifting gears. Either way, I'm relieved. Not because I necessarily think New GOP will be any better than Classic GOP. But at least it will be less vexing on one front: For my entire adult life, Republicans have campaigned as libertarians and governed as Democrats. I doubt we'll see any major change on the latter point.

But it will make my year (heck, my decade) if this election cycle means America stops running off to bed with a beer-goggles-induced Thomas

Jefferson on the first Tuesday night every fourth November and waking up next to Hubert Humphrey the following morning.

If you’re a conservative or a progressive, okay. Just be that, take pride in it, and openly act on it instead of trying to convince yourself (and everyone around you) that you’re something else.

If you love freedom, though, this election cycle should be the point where you stop screwing around and get serious. You’ve GOT a political party, the Libertarian Party.

We’ve been around for nearly half a century. We’re America’s third largest political party. We've elected hundreds of local officials and even some state legislators. Let’s hit the next level together. And welcome home.

Thomas L. Knapp

...Home to roost?

With regard to ObamaCare, another major premium increase is imminent.

Remember when this law was passed with no debates and no transparency? President Obama promised that this would save Americans $2,200 on healthcare, and one could keep their doctor and health care provider.

Nancy Pelosi said let’s pass this bill and then see what’s in it.

Currently, United Health Insurance has dropped out of it due to the high cost which they can’t afford. You will probably see more Insurance companies drop out too. Doctors are leaving as well. It’s obvious that in regard to ObamaCare, the chickens

have come home to roost.

The promises that President Obama made about this law has proven to be all lies.

Many concerned Americans marched on Washington protesting this bill. They knew what a travesty this bill was, but the left-wing Congress did not listen to anyone and passed it anyway. ObamaCare care is only one of the many disasters that has become the Obama administration.

Lies seem to be a way of life to our president.

The next president--hopefully, not Hillary--will have a monumental job to fix the disasters our current president and his administration have created over the last several years. If our president is looking for a legacy, maybe he should look at the number of golf games and vacations he and his family have taken on your dime.

Former President Carter has to be smiling knowing that he won’t go down as our worst president.

Gary Allen

‘Outrageous’

When I first heard about the “transgender community” demanding access to men’s and women’s bathrooms across America, I thought the concept so absurd, so outrageous, that it didn’t stand a chance in youknow-where of being taken seriously.

Boy was I wrong!

Just last month, in Gloucester County, Virginia, a sadly confused young woman identifying as a young man was granted full access to the boy’s locker room/bathrooms at

Gloucester High School. It wasn’t enough that the school was willing to try to accommodate such persons in separate bathroom facilities. No siree, that was discriminatory by not allowing this young woman to use the boy’s bathroom with whom she identifies as her gender “peers”.

Rather than get this confused young woman the mental and emotional health care that she obviously needs, the entire community now has to revolve around her tragic mental illness.

Now the department store Target has announced that they will not be discriminating against any sexually confused person’s desire to use any bath or dressing room they “identify” with. So when you let your delicate little girl go to the Ladies Room, if there is a beastly man in there “identifying” as a woman there’s not a thing you can do about it.

Even though some of these perverts have been caught with a cell phone perched over or under the stall, we all must embrace this insanity or else…

From Breitbart: “Totalitarianism is about using force to gain political goals. You can’t get more coercive than forcing the vast majority of people to endorse the utterly bizarre just to accommodate the allegedly hurt feelings of an almost undetectably small percentage of the population.

“To make progressives appear sane, all the world must be driven mad; to make them appear noble, all the world must be humiliated by them...”

Catherine Crabill

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Faith & Religion

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Rev. Gil Caldwell, a ‘foot soldier’ for civil rights, turns his eye to LGBT rights DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) - The Rev. Gil Caldwell walked onto the campus of Duke Divinity School, leaning on a cane, alongside thousands of Duke alumni arriving for a reunion.

But unlike the others, he wasn’t returning for a stroll down memory lane.

He had come here for a glimpse of what might have been.

Some 60 years ago, Caldwell says, Duke rejected his application because of his race. But now he had arrived, at age 81, after a lifetime of civil rights activism, to finally check Duke off his bucket list.

Instead of Duke, Caldwell headed to Boston University School of Theology, where an up-and-coming preacher named Martin Luther King Jr. earned his doctorate in 1955.

Caldwell marched with King to protest school segregation in Boston, and followed him to Washington in 1963 for his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech.

Caldwell was a “foot soldier” in King’s civil rights army, and he finally made it to Durham, where he closed out a social justice conference

Rev. Gil Caldwell, an 81-year-old retired United Methodist pastor who is supportive of LGBT rights, poses for a portrait on Monday, April 18, 2015, during the Jack Crum Conference, a social justice gathering of the North Carolina Chapter of United Methodists for Social Action at Epworth United Methodist Church in Durham. PHOTO: T. Long/RNS

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (center) the Rev. Virgil Wood (left) and the Rev. Gil Caldwell (left) in 1965. PHOTO: Caldwell Family Collection

focused on a newer movement — the effort to secure full inclusion of LGBT people in the United Methodist Church.

“In some ways there is a possibility that on gay rights and marriage equality, God is speaking more through the judiciary than God

is speaking through the United Methodist Church,” Caldwell said in his sermon at a gay-friendly United Methodist church just three miles away from the seminary he said denied him admission.

As he walked through the campus, he introduced himself to students to let them know his personal history of segregation — the first AfricanAmerican students weren’t admitted to Duke until 1962, school officials said — and inquired about whether LGBT issues are discussed on campus.

Unlike some of his peers who bristle at the comparison, Caldwell sees parallels between the civil rights and gay rights movements and isn’t shy about saying so. He was a founder of both Black Methodists for Church Renewal and United Methodists of Color for a Fully Inclusive Church.

He had to confront his own views on tolerance when Malcolm Boyd, an Episcopal priest and activist whose writings he had admired, came out as gay in 1977.

“Do you deny the impact he’s had on your life? Do you burn his books?” he asked himself. “How foolish that would be. And that, of course, was clearly an awakening for me.”

Caldwell said that “epiphany moment” led him to protest the official United Methodist policy that “the practice of homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching.” He was arrested, along with gay members of his denomination, after disrupting its quadrennial General Conference in 2000. A decade and a half later, he officiated at the wedding of two black gay men — “a beautiful ceremony that I will always remember.”

He contributes to the Truth in Progress website with Marilyn

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Reemergence of African Americancentered theatre aims to increase local black representation on stage Many members and fans of the local theatre scene are pushing for heightened involvement from artists of color within the arts community.

The African American Repertory Theatre of Virginia (AART) is leading that charge as it aims to realign the performing communities in Richmond, taking the challenge of diversity within the arts in its own hands and giving black artists both a space and a voice.

AART may sound familiar, as it was originally led by the artistic direction of Derome Scott Smith.

Back when the company was first founded in 2000, it originally went by the name Living Word Stage Company, but it was later changed to the African American Repertory Theatre in 2010.

Smith was led to start up his own company in part to uphold the ideals introduced to him by the late Ernie McClintock, director of Jazz Actors Theatre. Both Smith and Iman Shabazz, current artistic director of AART, and a previous McClintock student, attest to the former director playing a vital role in the community, as well as being an excellent mentor and teacher.

“He is a man who made remarkable contributions to the black theatre movement, and to theatre in general,” said Shabazz.

McClintock started a theatre of his own, the Afro American Repertory Theatre, in 1965. McClintock’s teachings regarding black theatre and the black aesthetic resonated with Smith, and he made moves to do his part in teaching his community the same way.

Cosmetic diversity seems to be what the city of Richmond has deemed as sufficiently inclusive. This lack of effort has taken many forms, but within the performing arts, the

(L to R) – Stacy Burrs (Steering Committee), d. l. Hopkins (Former Artistic Director), Derome Scott Smith (Founding Artistic Director), Iman Shabazz (New Artistic Director).

Dr. Tawnya Pettiford-Wates most notable ones are the fallacy of “colorblind casting”, which means casting an actor or two of color in traditionally white roles.

Dr. Tawnya Pettiford-Wates, artistic director of The Conciliation Project said, “In a lot of cases, the idea of being inclusive in Richmond community means colorblind- and that’s why we need AART.” McClintock and Pettiford-Wates both believed this less authentic representation might fill seats, but fails to appropriately represent communities of color to the fullest extent.

Pettiford-Wates spoke plainly of RVA’s need to combat this issue, and having organizations like The African American Repertory of Virginia is part of that fight.

Both Pettiford-Wates and Shabazz agree that the goal of AART has

always been focused on providing a very necessary black space for the community. “…And in that makes it [AART] an educational institution as well- it makes it a beacon of light for young people. They can see themselves onstage and know that they too can tell their story.

Shabazz said, “[the goal of AART is to] make theatre a committed part of the community’s function.”

“Richmond needs a culture institution whose mission it is is to tell the story of black people, black history, and black culture- and that’s what AART is about,” PettifordWates said.

Despite their hard work, AART has dealt with serious setbacks over the past several years, as Smith suffered some health issues that forced him to step down as artistic director.

In an effort to keep the theatre running, the torch was passed to D.L. Hopkins, another former student of McClintock’s, but eventually the hiatus became official.

Fortunately, Shabazz has decided to don the hat of artistic director in an effort to lead the company to success.

Shabazz stated that a large component of running a theatre

company is the stabilization of infrastructure. Considering this proved as a previous roadblock, he has decided to make that, in addition to fundraising, AART’s primary goal at the moment.

Shabazz hosted a mixer back in the winter, gathering many of Richmond’s creative minds to speak about the Black Aesthetic and its importance to both theatre and their community.

The next event for AART is the Gala Evening of Stars on May 1st. This event is being hosted in partnership with The Conciliation Project.

Taking place at the Grace Center Banquet Hall on 1302 Victor Street, the event will spotlight some of the Richmond area’s shining actors, musicians, vocalists, dancers and spoken word artists. For $20 a seat, those who come out to the event will earn a sneak peek at what RVA really has to offer, in addition to what the African American Repertory Theatre plans to showcase in the years to come.

In addition to the showcase and great catered food from Catering by Blair, a silent auction, raffle, and gift basket giveaways are also planned for the evening. © GayRVA

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‘Keanu’ is lighthearted fun

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We just buried mama and my sister won’t talk to us

Dwight Brown They’re 50 percent black, 50 percent white. 100 percent nerd. Go figure. Left to their own devices and dull lives, not a lot of excitement comes their way. Until that fateful day when a lost and forlorn kitty shows up at the door. Then all hell breaks loose, and Rell (Jordan Peele) and his cousin Clarence (KeeganMichael Key) have to step out of their milk-toast comfort zone and into gang life. Their metamorphous is hysterical.

For fans of the comedy duo “Key & Peele” their constant shtick about being mixed-race homeboys trying to find their way in life is familiar comic territory. Their now shuttered halfhour Comedy Central series of the same name was blessed with quick wit, satire, racial and social humor, and the kitchen sink. Not much has changed for this feature film, except a purrrrrfectly sweet kitten that steals scenes. The script is written by Peele and Alex Rubens (Key & Peele, Community) and directed by Peter Atencio (Key & Peele). If audiences feel that watching this movie is like watching an extended 90 minutes of a TV show, blame or credit the writers and director. TV is what they know.

Rell has been jilted by his girl. He’s home alone with one hand on his broken heart, the other on a bong smoking weed. Clarence has a lovely wife (Nia Long) who is going off for a weekend trip with their daughter, her kid’s girlfriend and that child’s dad. A normal husband would be

suspicious and jealous, but Clarence is such a cuckold, he hasn’t a clue.

And he is on notice; his spouse wants him to be more of a he-man, less of a wimp.

A kitty shows up at Rell’s door.

The lonely loser adopts the feral orphan, naming it Keanu. When Rell and Clarence take in a movie, they return home to find his apartment ransacked and the cat gone. They question Rell’s neighbor and dope dealer Hulka (Will Forte, SNL), who points them in the direction of a local gang named the Blips (a Crips and Bloods hybrid) and the gang leader Cheddar (Method Man). Turns out the big cheese wants to keep the cat and will only give it back to the boys, who have been acting like hoodlums to up their street cred, if they help him sell a new wonder drug.

What’s important in this fish-outof-water story is that Key & Peele get to run amuck and showcase their silliness on the silver screen. Best scenes: 1. Clarence in a van waiting for a drug deal to go down and coaching four gang members as they sing along to George Michael songs and debate why the singer abandoned his Wham partner Andrew Ridgeley.

2. Rell stuck inside the palatial home of actress Anna Faris and watching her get shot to death by a female Blip member named Hi-C (Tiffany Haddish). The look on Rell’s face is priceless.

3. When the duo walks into a stripper bar inhabited by the

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Dear Alma, We need advice. Recently our mom died and one of our sisters hasn’t spoken to us since. Reason being, my sister wanted mama to be buried in her favorite dress. Let me clarify, I’m not talking about one of my mom’s dresses, I’m talking about a dress that belonged to my sister.

I didn’t think much about it at the time, I just thought she was crazy.

While my other sisters were dealing with the announcements and program, I went out and bought mama a really nice, new dress to be buried in. I delivered it to the funeral home and with all that we were working on finalizing the funeral, I just forgot to mention it. Or maybe I just didn’t take her seriously, now she won’t talk to us.

She said we disrespected her by burying our mother in a new dress.

It’s been three months now and my oldest sister wants us to make up. My take on what’s happening is, “Whatever, she is crazy, so I don’t care!” It really doesn’t bother me one bit that we don’t talk, so I don’t see the problem.

If the rest of us get along and only one sister has a problem, that’s her problem to fix. I feel like she will come around when she comes to her senses, because I don’t have time to play into her selfishness. I told you how I feel about it. My sisters and I read your column every week. How do you think we should handle this situation? Do you agree with her or me?

New Dress vs. Old Mess Dear New Dress vs. Old Mess, My condolences on the loss of your mother. It’s really one of the worst experiences of life. The grief never leaves you, ever. Some can handle it and others, well, we (and yes, that means me) start to sink. Pardon me one Mississippi while I ponder, am

I the only one who recognizes that your sister’s last wish regarding her mother wasn’t accepted, or even acknowledged? I mean you guys dismissed it and didn’t take the time to discuss or consider the possibility.

Regardless if you agreed or not, she deserved a conversation. If honestly you forgot, apologize. Cause I really don’t think it’s about the dress, do you? It sounds to me like your sister is overwhelmed by grief as I’m sure you all are. So before you pass judgment while taunting her tears, please pause, rewind and identify her pain for what it is.

Some folks grieve by retreating.

They about-face towards a path to darkness because they just can’t imagine happiness without their loved one. Don’t misread or criticize her for that. What would warm my heart is to see you and your other siblings rally behind her and address the issue. Take the time to visit with her and listen. Note I didn’t say talk. Nope, let her do the talking. Give her a chance to introduce you to her heartache.

You didn’t before, I think it’s time.

Become each other’s anchor. It’s about you all positioning yourselves above the pettiness and putting out this fire that divides you.

I don’t have to confirm for you, grieving the death of your mother is one of the most agonizingly, excruciating experiences ever.

Check your mouth, don’t let your pain speak for you. You can disagree without being dismissive.

Your haughty approach and condescending attitude, Miss Sassy, are just like two flat tires, until you make a change, your family feud of foolishness will remain parked right where it is. ***** Want advice? E-mail questions to alwaysaskalma@yahoo.com.Follow her on Facebook at “Ask Alma” and twitter @almaaskalma *****

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Virginia Tech 2016 graduate Linzy sets the sky as her limit Graduation day will mark the end of one journey for Jaketa Linzy. “I have the world at my feet.”

But the mathematics major won’t be looking down at her feet. She has her head in the clouds. “I’m at the point now where I could literally do anything and I’m excited,” Linzy said. “After graduation, I’m going to get my pilot’s license and figure out what route to take. I’d love to fly cargo for a non-profit organization.”

Prior to Virginia Tech, Linzy attended Achievable Dream Academy in Newport News, from third grade through high school. The school is designed to support students who may otherwise struggle or fail out of school because of socioeconomic factors. It’s working – 95 percent of graduates attend college with the rest joining the military.

“You don’t appreciate Achievable Dream until you get older. By the time I got to high school, I really appreciated it. I’m glad I can​just go to my math teacher and talk to him – he’s a reference for the rest of my life,” Linzy said. “I told the director of the school around my sophomore year here at Virginia Tech, 'Thank you.' I felt really prepared for college.

The transition was still really hard,

but I felt prepared for a lot of the stuff that came my way.”

Virginia Tech formed a partnership with Achievable Dream Academy in 2009 in an effort to help the academy promote the success of first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented students. To support the collaboration, Virginia Tech committed to providing resources to the school, including peer and faculty mentoring, skills development workshops, professional development support, technology sharing, and financial support for academy graduates who enroll at the university.

Linzy received a scholarship to attend Virginia Tech thanks to the schools’ partnership.

“I’ve gone through a lot, emotionally and physically, and Virginia Tech has been so great. Academically, there are a lot of resources to help you succeed. Physically, there are opportunities to stay in shape and eat healthy. It’s so great all around,” Linzy said. “I honestly don’t think I could have done better than this school. This was the right school for me.”

Originally, Linzy thought she would pursue a degree in aeronautical

Jaketa Linzy engineering, but decided to switch to one of her favorite and strongest subjects in high school – math.

Beyond her studies, Linzy added up experiences outside the classroom, through such student organizations as the Black Student Alliance, Math Club, orchestra, service as a residential advisor, and volunteering.

“I worked with the Coalition for Refugee Kids," she said. "We hung out with refugee kids in Roanoke, which was really cool. I got involved in Relay for Life and Big Event. I volunteered at the Lyric Theater for about four years, which I loved because I love movies. I did a lot of little things, but I just love volunteering and helping people.”

Now Linzy will take the culmination of her experiences at Virginia Tech and Achievable Dream Academy towards her dream of flying by enrolling in a pilot’s license course and seeing where that leads.

“It may not make me the most money, it may sound insane, but this is what I want to do. Just reflect on that – what do you love to do? You may think you want to do aeronautical engineering, but to sit and really think about it. Does it inspire you?” Linzy said. “Be mature enough to say, 'I love this and it’s my passion. I want to do it regardless of what other people say.' It takes a lot to come to that and say it.”

UVA law student wins $10,000 The Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) recently announced the recipients of the 2015- 2016 MCCA Lloyd M. Johnson, Jr. (LMJ) Scholarship. This year, 15 students were selected from a large pool of applicants from across the country, and awarded $10,000 each for law school.

These students exemplify the highest ethical standards and a commitment to their communities, to the legal profession, and to the MCCA’s mission, the organization noted.

Steven Lewis Morris of University of Virginia, School of Law is one of the recipients from the Richmond area.

Morris graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in political science and a minor in African and African American Studies. As an AfricanAmerican first-generation college graduate, his desire is to continue to be an advocate and mentor for minority, low-income, and first generation students by using firsthand knowledge and experience coupled with working in these communities. Morris is a first-year law student at the University of Virginia, School of Law and he is interested in providing legal counsel in the areas of law that unite to serve the sports and entertainment industries.

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Local woman killed in speeding crash on I-95

Actress L. Scott Caldwell (above and inset) who portrays Belinda, a house slave, in PBS’s “Mercy Street” volunteered at the Evergreen Cemetery clean up day on Saturday, stating “I want to know about the untold stories buried here in this cemetery.”

We had a nice turn out for today’s Evergreen Cemetery clean up,” said John Shuck, who estimates that there were around 60 volunteers.

“They got over half of the Maggie Walker section cleared and made a good dent in the area around John Mitchell’s plot,” he said. “After all the clearing was done, we found a few covered over gravestones.”

Established in 1897, Evergreen Cemetery is the resting place of several prominent leaders of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. There are an estimated 5,000 plots for blacks, including Maggie L. Walker, John Mitchell, Jr., A.D.Price, and Rev.J.Andrew Bowler

Speed is being considered a factor in a two-vehicle I-95 crash that killed Stacy M. Custalow, 46, on May 7.

According to Virginia State Police investigation led by Trooper B. N. Canning, Castalow’s 2014 Aprilia motorcycle was traveling south on I-95 “at a high rate of speed weaving in and out of traffic” when it struck the rear of a 2010 Ford Escape. The motorcycle then ran off the road to the right and struck the guardrail.

Custalow, a “passionate” motorcyclist, according to a motocycle website where her member name was “Motogal” The driver of the 2010 Ford was not injured, the operator of the 2014 Aprilia motorcycle, Stacy M. Custalow, 46 of North Chesterfield, Va., was transported to Chippenham Hospital where she died from injuries sustained in the crash; she was wearing a helmet.

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No charges for police in Lambert’s tasing death STAFF & WIRE Prosecutors have decided not to charge police officers in the death of Linwood Lambert, a Virginia man who died in police custody after repeated tasings in May 2013, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the investigation.

Virginia prosecutors briefed Lambert's family about the decision last week, two days before the third year anniversary of the incident in South Boston.

“We waited three years to get back to the same place, where these officers are not going to be held accountable for their actions,” said Gwendolyn Smalls, Lambert’s sister, after leaving the meeting.

According to another source with knowledge of the inquiry, the lead prosecutor, Halifax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Tracy Quackenbush Martin, investigated whether the repeat tasings were the actual cause of Lambert’s death — while another prosecutor, Michael Herring, Commonwealth’s Attorney for the city of Richmond, focused on whether the officers had the criminal intent to harm or kill Lambert.

The prosecutors released a report of their findings on Tuesday.

The FBI said in March that it is conducting a separate civil rights investigation into Lambert’s death.

Smalls has also filed a $25 million civil lawsuit against the officers, and that case is still ongoing. Tom Sweeney, one of Smalls’ attorneys, said that case is expected to go to trial early next year.

The officers initially took Lambert into custody after responding to a noise complaint at a hotel, where they said the 46-year-old was acting strangely. They handcuffed Lambert and decided to take him to the hospital.

Once there, Lambert kicked out the cruiser’s window and ran toward the emergency room doors. The officers shocked him repeatedly before he fell to the ground. One officer said: “I’m going to light you up again.”

Another warned he would “pop” him every time he got up.

Linwood Lambert with his sister, Gwendolyn Smalls (FAMILY PHOTO)

“We waited three years to get back to the same place, where these officers are not going to be held accountable for their actions.”

The officers took Lambert to jail, saying he was arrested for disorderly conduct and property damage. They shocked him again when he’s was put back in the cruiser, restrained in the back seat.

He was later brought back to the same ER and pronounced dead about an hour after he was initially taken into custody.

An autopsy report concluded Lambert died of “acute cocaine intoxication.”

Tom Sweeney, who represents Smalls in a civil suit against the police, said he “was disturbed to learn” that the prosecutors “reached out to a paid consultant for Taser International analyzing the decision on whether or not these officers acted within the law.”

The incident had been under investigation since it occurred in May 2013, and drew renewed scrutiny after video of the tasings were exposed by MSNBC in November 2015.

Police files files obtained by

Gwendolyn Smalls media also suggested police misled investigators about the incident.

Lawyers for the officers have denied any wrongdoing in the case.

The officers have defended their use of force, saying it was appropriate because Lambert was causing damage to property, had become violent and had put their safety at risk. In court, their attorneys have also rejected claims made by Lambert’s family that the man’s race was a factor, noting that one of the officers, Bratton, is also black, according to local published reports.

A new investigation, including police videos obtained exclusively by MSNBC, shows Linwood Lambert’s trip for the first time.

Lambert’s father, Linwood Lambert Sr., told MSNBC he doesn’t have the words to describe what he saw.

“I can’t say what I was thinking, it was awful,” he recalled. “You wouldn’t do any human or any species like that. I don’t think anyone could hate someone that bad to inflict pain such as what they did,” Lambert said. “I don’t see anything that he did in that tape,” Lambert added, “that would provoke them to do what they did.”

Police initially took Lambert into custody not as a suspect, but to bring him to the ER for medical care after reports that he was acting erratically in a hotel room. He broke their squad car window when arriving at the hospital entrance, where police then tased him repeatedly, shackled his legs, and then removed him from the hospital and took him to jail, where he died.

In the civil suit regarding his death, his family is arguing police had an obligation to provide him the medical care they initially offered.

Sweeney said the suit is currently on appeal, focusing on a lower court’s ruling “regarding the initial tasings” and whether the police violated the Constitution by depriving Lambert “of medical care.”

Apart from the local investigation and the civil suit, the FBI has also opened an inquiry into the incident.

Smalls said that a separate inquiry is welcome because she does not think the local prosecutor was fair or impartial. “It’s unbelievable, her theory was more supportive to the police officers, because her husband is a sheriff and she works with the police,” said Smalls.

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Segregation can be fatal for blacks with lung cancer If you are a black cancer patient, where you live could help determine your outcome.

According to a study published at CNBC, blacks in Georgia who live in racially segregated areas were less likely to receive ” life-saving lung cancer surgery than people who lived in areas that were the least segregated by race.”

Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research conducted a study which determined that blacks in segregated

neighborhoods were 63 percent less likely to get surgery.

The study focused on NSCLC, a common type of lung cancer that can be treated if caught soon enough.

Although whether blacks got treatment was impacted by living in a racially segregated area, the same could not be said for whites. The study found that the likelihood of whites getting the surgery was not impacted by whether they lived in a mostly black area.

The level of education in an area tended to be the determining factor

for whether people got treatment.

According to the study, whites who lived in less educated neighborhoods were 48 percent less likely to receive the life-saving cancer surgery.

The study, which used data from the Georgia Comprehensive Cancer Registry from 2000 to 2009, found that “living in areas with higher economic deprivation was associated with lower odds of receiving surgery for both black and white patients.”

And since economic insecurity is often intertwined with education, it was also viewed as a factor in people

living in racially segregated areas not getting surgery.

Instead of just focusing on poverty, this study focused on racial segregation as well.

“We suspect the combination of poverty and segregation likely restricts access to quality medical care,” said study author Asal Mohamadi Johnson. “Many health disparities are likely a product of structural disparities in the U.S. with deep roots in social and political systems.”

People’s gardens, farmers markets across the country Last week, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack opened the 21st season of the USDA Farmers Market located outside USDA headquarters in Washington, D.C. Vilsack, at the event, announced the first-ever partnership between USDA, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the General Services Administration (GSA) to better support agencies and federal employees who want to incorporate gardens, farmers markets and community supported agriculture programs (CSAs) into the federal workplace.

OPM provides government-wide guidance on health and wellness policies for federal employees and GSA manages federal property and offices.

“By working together, we can more effectively exchange ideas about how to engage thousands of employees and improve employee health and wellness in the workplace,” said Arthur Neal, deputy administrator, AMS Transportation and Marketing Program.

Neal notes that for 21 years his agency, the Agricultural Marketing Service, has managed the farmers market, which offers federal employees, tourists, and

neighborhood residents access to farm fresh products. The market also creates economic opportunities for local farmers, ranchers, and businesses, demonstrating how strong local and regional food systems can help support both rural and urban communities.

“This year, we’re excited to announce that we have more farmers and growers at the USDA market than in previous years,” said Neal.

The federal government is also launching fruit and vegetables education classes at the market.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack (center), GSA Regional Administrator Julia Hudson (left) and AMS Administrator Elanor Starmer (right) encourage Americans to get eat and get healthy.

There, federal employees and visitors can get a “VegUcation” and learn how to pick, prepare and store a featured, in season fruit or vegetable.

“Our goal is to increase the purchase of fruits and vegetables at the market and help our customers understand what’s in season.” said Neal.

Under the President Barack Obama administration, USDA notes that it has been creating additional productive and healthy work environments for its more than 100,000 employees through the People’s Garden Initiative, a department-wide effort that encourages federal employees to start food, wildlife, conservation, beautification, and teaching gardens on federal property or in nearby communities.

“Since the secretary created the first garden in 2009, more than 1,500 partners have volunteered over 200,000 hours in more than 2,200 gardens; resulting in the donation of 3.9 million pounds of food to

support Feds Feed Families,” said Neal. “These gardens are located on federally owned or leased property, at schools, faith-based centers, or other places within the community.”

He notes that the People’s Garden and the USDA Farmers Market at USDA headquarters are success stories of how a garden and farmers market can be incorporated into the federal workplace in a way that benefits both employees and the broader community.

“As we enter into a new partnership with OPM and GSA, we look forward to hearing more examples of how these initiatives are making an impact in workplaces across the country,” he said.

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(from page 9) Bennett, a white lesbian who joined him in the 2000 act of civil disobedience. They are co-producing a documentary called “From Selma to Stonewall: Are We There Yet?” The duo, who fondly call each other “Elder Brother” and “Younger Sister,” have visited sites that are key to civil and gay rights history.

Bennett, too, sees parallels in their twin fights for justice. They visited Selma, Ala., where Caldwell marched with King 50 years ago this spring and where the Rev. James Reeb, a Unitarian Universalist minister, was fatally attacked in 1965.

“When he was there at the Reeb memorial, he was comparing how here was this white man who had come to Selma,” said Bennett, 53, the former executive director of the Reconciling Ministries Network. “Gil, as a black man, as a straight man, is an ally for gays and lesbians.”

Caldwell, who likes to quote King saying “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,” is always looking for ways to build bridges between different groups of activists seeking justice. Gay organizations should be more inclusive of black leaders, he says, and black groups need to be more welcoming of gay leaders.

After listening to a panel here of three white gay former United Methodists, he spontaneously asked attendees to sing “There’s a sweet, sweet Spirit in this place.” He gathered black attendees over lunch to discuss the treatment of gays at historically black colleges and universities.

Not everyone welcomes his perspective, including the Coalition of African American Pastors, a conservative group that he denounced in an open letter after the group criticized President Obama’s support of gay marriage.

“There is an ‘ugliness’ to using the Bible to deny some members of ‘God’s family’ the right to legally marry their same-sex partner,” he wrote in the 2012 open letter that appeared in the Washington Blade, a gay publication.

The Rev. Bill Owens, the coalition’s president and a civil rights activist who protested to desegregate lunch counters in Nashville, Tenn., said he doesn’t see the parallels that Caldwell does between AfricanAmerican and gay rights.

“We did not march for same-sex

The Rev. Gil Caldwell visits the chapel of Duke Divinity School in Durham, N.C., on April 17, 2015. He said he was denied admission to the school in the 1950s. PHOTO: Adelle M. Banks/RNS marriage,” Owens said flatly.

The Rev. Thomas Lambrecht, vice president of the conservative Good News movement within the United Methodist Church, said he applauds Caldwell’s decades of racial reconciliation work, but “at the same time, I don’t believe that LGBTQ rights are in the same category as racial civil rights.”

The Rev. Eboni Marshall Turman, director of Duke Divinity School’s Office of Black Church Studies, said that even as the United Methodist Church grapples with next steps in its decades-long fight over homosexuality, no historically black denomination has issued a formal statement of inclusion for openly LGBT people, either.

“In the African-American Christian tradition, he certainly is a pioneer,” she said of Caldwell.

That’s exactly why Jimmy Creech recommended Caldwell to preach at the mid-April Durham conference.

“I wanted North Carolinians to know that there’s a United Methodist pastor who is African-American who is very strongly in support of this,” said Creech, who was defrocked as a United Methodist minister more than a decade ago after being found guilty of presiding at gay weddings. “And

he’s not just some young guy. He’s someone who’s been in the trenches for a long time.”

Caldwell, who declared at the conference that “God is not finished with me yet,” said he sees no immediate end to his work.

As Baltimore grappled with protests that turned violent over

the death of a black man in police custody and the Supreme Court heard arguments on the national legalization of same-sex marriage, he blogged about the need for “justice multi-tasking.” ““Black and Gay Lives Matter;’” he wrote on the Truth in Progress website.

“It is not either/or, but both/and.”

(from page 10) action scenes. menacing 17th Street Blips gang and Clarence orders a White Wine Spritzer.

The two leads are the heart of this funny movie. In the age of Obama, they’re modern comics blowing their melting pot life experiences out of proportion and having a field day with the odd juxtaposition of biracial nerds trying to be ghetto. You’d think their shtick would wear thin quickly, but 100 minutes later, you’re still laughing at their idiocy.

Peter Atencio’s direction is decent for someone whose comfort zone is TV, but not great. Several scenes drag and feel like they needed to be clipped. He and editor Nicholas Monsour could have used a stopwatch. They’re best together when they choreograph and time the violent Matrix-like shoot ‘em up

Abby O’Sullivan’s costume designs peak with the black stocking cap and gold chain she made for Keanu when he becomes part of a gang.

It’s such a funny visual. Not sure how cinematographer Jas Shelton managed to shoot the cat in so many dangerous escape sequences, but that can remain his secret (blue screen).

Method Man and Tiffany Haddish are as believable as they can be as comedy gangsters. Nia Long has a line at the end of the film that is very raunchy and humorous when she discovers that Clarence has grown a set of testicles. Wait for it.

Walk in the theater not expecting much. Walk out charmed and happy.

Key & Peele will have that kind of affect on you. And that little furball that plays Keanu is worth his weight in catnip.

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