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When your child isn’t really yours - 2 ‘Those who love us never leave us’ - 6 Church approach to substance abuse - 8 About the lynching memorial victims - 10 Honoring the longest serving employee - 11

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Bill Cosby, now a pariah, faces 30 years in prison

A jury has found Bill Cosby guilty of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home 14 years ago, capping the downfall of one of the world’s best-known entertainers.

His accusers cheered outside the Norristown, Pennsylvania, courthouse when they learned he had been convicted on three counts of aggravated indecent assault and could face as much as 30 years in prison — but the amount of jail time he will actually see is an outstanding question.

On the second day of its deliberations at the Montgomery County Courthouse, the jury convicted Cosby of three counts of aggravated indecent assault against Andrea Constand, at the time a Temple University employee.

Cosby’s case was the first highprofile sexual assault trial to unfold in the aftermath of the #MeToo movement and many considered the verdict a watershed moment, one that reflected that, going forward, the accounts of female accusers may be afforded greater weight and credibility by jurors.

Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele asked that Cosby’s $1 million bail be revoked, suggesting he had been convicted of a serious crime, owned a plane and could flee, prompting an angry outburst from Cosby.

“He doesn’t have a plane, you asshole,” Cosby shouted.

Judge Steven T. O’Neill said he did not view Cosby as a flight risk and added that he could be released on bail and would have to remain in his nearby home. The judge did not set a date to sentence Cosby on the three counts, all felonies and each punishable by up to 10 years in state prison.

Cosby, who is 80-years-old, legally blind and stated to be in poor health, could spend the end of his life in prison.

Disgraced comedian Bill Cosby Legal experts reveal, however, that maximum sentences are not typically what a defendant will get in Pennsylvania.

“The maximums are very deceptive about what the real sentence is going to be,” said Michael DiCindio, a criminal defense attorney who practices in Montgomery County, where Cosby was convicted.

DiCindio said that while there are maximums in the state that could be imposed, Pennsylvania's sentencing guidelines are “going to weigh heavily in balance.”

Judges have discretion to consider a variety of factors in determining a sentence, including a defendant’s criminal history, the effect of the

criminal behavior on public safety and the possibility of mitigating and aggravating factors in the case.

Based on those factors, judges decide the length of the sentence on each count, as well as whether those sentences are served consecutively or concurrently.

Defendants are typically assigned a sentencing hearing 60 to 90 days after a conviction. At the sentencing hearing, attorneys for both sides will argue for the aggravating and mitigating circumstances in the case.

Cosby has been accused by dozens of women of misbehavior ranging from sexual harassment to assault, but in nearly all of the cases, the statute of limitations had already

passed by the time the allegations surfaced. That was not the case for Constand, a former Temple University employee, who testified that Cosby had drugged and sexually assaulted her in 2004. The three counts Cosby were convicted of stem from that encounter.

The National Organization for Women called the verdict a “notice to sexual predators everywhere.”

Rose McGowan, one of the women who has accused Harvey Weinstein of assault, tweeted a thank you to the judge and jury and to “society for waking up.” Gloria Allred, the lawyer who represented many of Mr. Cosby’s

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What it’s like to discover your child isn’t yours to my grave than for my daughter to be slammed by this tragic news,” LaVeist shares. But deep down, he knew that his daughter had a right to know the truth.

“When I told her, I saw in her eyes a sense of sorrow and pain,” LaVeist recalls. He could only imagine the heartbreak she was facing. “Being a 21-year-old woman who is trying to figure out her place in the world is difficult enough,” he says. “Imagine learning that the man you had known as ‘daddy’ your entire life is not your biological father.”

Wil LaVeist was determined to walk beside his daughter, to support her and to be patient as she went through the healing process. They began writing letters to each other.

“Writing gave me a channel to express the pain, love and healing that I found through this experience,” says LaVeist. Those letters became the building blocks for his book, ‘Dear Daughter: A Dad’s Marriage Advice on Love, Pain, Healing and the Law’. “Sharing my story is just one way that I can share hope and encourage others who may have a similar experience.”

Together, LaVeist and his daughter sought counseling. “You can’t change what happened,” he says. “You can only seek the best path forward.”

“This type of deception deeply wounds immediate and extended

CLAIRE MOLINEAUX FOSTER It was a Tuesday after a holiday weekend.

When I pulled the envelope from the mailbox, I felt in my gut that the news would not be good. I sat at my kitchen table and stared at the envelope in my palms. I took a deep breath and then I prayed.

I slowly opened the envelope and slowly unfolded the document.

Carefully, I read the words and numbers from top to bottom. Finally, I saw it: “Probability of paternity 0%.”

I began to hyperventilate. I dropped the document on the table as I stood abruptly. I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t think.

I need air. This can’t be. I need air.

I dashed outside and down the stairs, still trying to catch my breath.

I need air. This can’t be. I need air.

This can’t be.

My feet and legs and arms kept moving. Down the sidewalk, street scenes and sounds went unnoticed. I felt completely alone.

I need air. This can’t be. I need air.

(Excerpt from Dear Daughter: A Dad’s Marriage Advice on Love, Pain, Healing and the Law by Wil LaVeist) After more than 20 years of marriage, award-winning journalist, author and talk show host Wil LaVeist received news that dropped him to his knees. Through a chance DNA test, he discovered that the daughter he raised was not his biological child.

In the summer of 1992, LaVeist and his wife were raising two boys.

LaVeist was thrilled when his wife announced that she was pregnant with a third child. A beautiful baby girl was born in March 1993, and the couple joyfully welcomed a daughter into their family.

“From day one, she was a daddy’s girl,” LaVeist smiles. When he came home from work, she dashed to the front door to hug his knees. When they walked hand-in-hand to the corner store, he broke his own rules against eating candy and filled her pockets with sweets. “I could not

have asked for a better, more loving daughter. I’m proud of her,” LaVeist beams. “God has truly blessed me to be her dad.”

After 21 years of marriage, LaVeist and his wife decided to divorce amicably. The couple parted peacefully in August 2013, but shortly thereafter, turmoil began to erupt.

“People in the community told me that my ex-wife was spreading rumors about our marriage,” LaVeist shares. “One particular person explained that my ex-wife had revealed some disturbing secrets about our children. This new

Wil LaVeist, above and right, and his daughter, Coryn LaVeist.

PHOTO: Roger Mitchell information triggered my decision to conduct a DNA test for my daughter.”

Test results revealed the painful truth: Probability of paternity was zero percent.

“It was the darkest moment of my life,” LaVeist admits. “I didn’t want to believe it.” For four months, he held back from telling his daughter and his family about the DNA revelation. He contemplated not telling them at all. “I figured it would be better for me to carry the weight

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VSP stops Redskins player, DOJ looks into matter The Department of Justice (DOJ) wants to speak with Virginia State Police (VSP) about a traffic stop involving new Washington Redskins wide receiver Paul Richardson. He claims a trooper pulled him over and asked him if he was in a gang before asking his name.

According to various news reports, last week the DOJ sent an email asking questions about the incident and indicated they would like to converse with police about the allegations.

A VSP trooper pulled over Richardson in his new Mercedes SUV last week in Ashburn, Virginia.

The VSP said Richardson did not have proper license plates displayed and was issued a traffic summons for failing to have the car properly registered.

The Redskins wide receiver immediately tweeted about the incident afterwards.

“Just got pulled over by Virginia police officer in a toll lane and before asking my name he asked me if I was in a gang, then minutes later told me he thought I was a dealer (drugs). What a welcome to the east coast. Finished up with asking me how much car cost me,” Richardson tweeted.

“I’ve had this car 2 weeks and this amazing officer gave me a ticket for only having temporary registration.

Mind you I have up to 2 months in Va before needing to register it AGAIN in Virginia,” he posted in a following tweet.

“I have got a call from the Department of Justice’s Community Relations Service, which we have been working with on a number of issues here in Loudoun County and they want to talk to the State Police,” said Loudoun County NAACP

(from page 1) accusers, hailed the decision as an important breakthrough.

“After all is said and done, women were finally believed,” she said outside the courtroom.

At Cosby's sentencing hearing, prosecutors will likely argue for a higher sentence based on Cosby's use of intoxicants in Constand's assault, as well as the number of alleged incidents involving other women. On the other hand, Cosby’s defense attorneys may argue that,

Paul Richardson President Phillip Thompson. “So we will be providing them with some information to let them talk to the State Police and hopefully that will get us somewhere.”

Thompson is also urging Richardson to file a formal complaint against the VSP. He said profiling is an issue in Virginia and gets worse if the driver is young and is driving a nice car.

Richardson has since deleted his tweets about the traffic stop. A source close to the wide receiver said he deleted the posts on his own because he felt like it should be handled internally. Although Richardson does feel he was treated unjustly during the traffic stop, the source said that he feels as a Redskins player, there are other ways to address the situation.

Richardson's agent said his client would have no additional comment beyond what was posted on social media. based on his age and poor health, as well as the significant charitable contributions he has made and his lack of a previous criminal record, he should not have to serve jail time.

Cosby's attorneys said they would appeal the conviction. Legal analysts contend it’s possible the attorneys would ask the judge to allow Cosby to remain on bail, rather than imprisoned, pending that appeal. If the judge denies that request, his attorneys could appeal that decision to a higher court.

However, it appears unlikely he will file any formal complaint.

“That’s terrible and the reason why it’s terrible is because what he’s doing is he’s setting up the next guy,” Thompson said. “By him not stepping up in his position, complaining about this matter and bringing light to it, he is setting up the guy that is not an NFL player. He is setting up the kid that is going to be out there in his parent's car, gets stopped and gets this harassment. So I would hope that Paul Richardson would step up and complete this process officially so that other people can see that this occurs even to millionaires.”

In a state the VSP said, “While no formal complaint has been filed, the Department is reviewing the matter, to include the trooper's incar camera footage of the traffic stop, to determine if the traffic stop was handled in accordance with state police policy.

The Redskins had not commented about the incident at press time.

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At community gathering, digital map of cemetery unveiled Over the past year, students and faculty from Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Richmond, in collaboration with the Friends of East End Cemetery, have been working to clean up and conduct research at Richmond’s East End Cemetery, a long-neglected and overgrown burial site of thousands of African-Americans that dates back to 1897.

The findings of the East End Cemetery Collaboratory were presented at a community gathering Friday in Richmond.

At the gathering, the team unveiled a digital map plotted with data gathered from thousands of individual gravestones. It is the first comprehensive map of the cemetery, allowing descendants, community members and researchers to learn more about East End and the people buried there.

Susan Bodnar-Deren, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Sociology in the College of Humanities and Sciences, looks on during a VCU student clean-up of East End Cemetery in 2016.

“The East End Cemetery Collaboratory is a unique and innovative community-university

partnership because it brings the benefits of cross-university and crossdisciplinary collaborations to address a critical need in our community,” said Lynn E. Pelco, Ph.D., associate vice provost of community engagement and director of VCU’s Service-Learning Office.

The East End Cemetery Collaboratory was created by University of Richmond faculty members Elizabeth Baughan, Ph.D., associate professor of classics and archaeology, and Kristine Grayson, Ph.D., an assistant professor of biology. They were joined by UR faculty members Douglas Winiarski, Ph.D., associate professor of religious studies and American studies; Emily Boone, director of biological

instruction; and Jory Brinkerhoff, Ph.D., associate professor of biology, along with VCU faculty members Ryan Smith, Ph.D., professor in the Department of History in the College of Humanities and Sciences, and Susan Bodnar-Deren, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Sociology.

“By working in the community alongside faculty scholars from two different universities and multiple academic disciplines, our VCU service-learning students are learning how researchers in the humanities and sciences can collaborate with each other and with experts in the community to impact critical social needs,” Pelco said.

In addition to the unveiling of the map and the presentation of other student research projects, the community gathering will provide attendees with an opportunity to learn from descendants and area residents.

“The collaboratory is a national model for other communityuniversity partnerships that are working to address the needs of historic African-American cemeteries,” Pelco said. “The collaboratory demonstrates a long-term strategy for building an integrated research, teaching and service partnership that meets a pressing community-identified need.”

At VCU, the 90 students in Smith’s class, HIST 201 The Art of Historical Detection: Richmond Cemeteries,

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C’field sexual harassment fair housing complaint settles Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia, Inc. (HOME), The Park at Ridgedale Independent Living, and TRG Management Company, LLP have jointly settled a fair housing complaint alleging that TRG Management staff at the Park at Ridgedale Independent Living community in Chesterfield County failed to act to remedy incidents of sexual harassment initiated by a tenant against another resident.

In September 2015, a female resident of the Park at Ridgedale, who wishes to remain anonymous, contacted HOME alleging that a neighbor had sexually harassed her and other female residents. She alleges the neighbor made numerous advances against her, making sexually suggestive comments, cat calling her, and making physical approaches towards her in the common areas. She reported these incidents to both TRG Management staff and the Chesterfield County Police Department. HOME alleges that TRG Management never took corrective action with the offending tenant, and even refused to renew

Heather Crislip her lease due to her complaints.

HOME investigated the resident’s claims, worked to counteract the discrimination, and filed a formal complaint with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

To settle HOME’s and the resident’s claims, TRG Management Company agreed to pay a total of $37,500 in damages. They also agreed to adopt a sexual harassment policy and develop procedures for responding to tenant complaints

Henrico Area agency honors businesses for support of individuals with disabilities Henrico Area Mental Health & Developmental Services (MH/DS) has recognized 20 businesses, employers and other groups for providing work and volunteer opportunities to individuals with cognitive and emotional disabilities.

A banquet to recognize the contributions and partnerships that strengthen the community was held last week at the Eastern Henrico Recreation Center, with Ann Happalah, head chef and kitchen manager at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, one of the honorees, serving as keynote speaker.

The banquet recognized Bonefish Grill, West Broad Street; Bojangles’, Staples Mill Road; Charles City County Public Schools; Henrico County Department of Human Resources, Fitness and Wellness Division; CVS, Richmond; Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen; HandsOn Greater Richmond; Henrico Doctors’

Hospital, Food and Nutrition Services; Henrico County Public Schools, School Nutrition Services; Henrico County Public Library’s North Park Branch, Glen Allen Branch and Tuckahoe Area libraries; Key Support Services LLC; K2 Awards & Apparel; Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden; Office Pride; Publix, Short Pump; Shady Grove Family YMCA; Sunrise of Richmond; and Walmart #4191, Forest Avenue.

According to the Hnerico County agency, the honorees have hired or provided volunteer opportunities to at least one person with a disability or have provided employment opportunities through contract work completed at MH/DS’ Hermitage Enterprises or Cypress Enterprises.

MH/DS serves individuals with intellectual disabilities or mental illness from the county of Henrico as well as the nearby counties of Charles City and New Kent.

of sexual harassment. They have also agreed to provide fair housing training to all employees who have direct contact with tenants, and to hold a community meeting at Park at Ridgedale to discuss fair housing and sexual harassment policies with residents.

HOME representative noted that they are pleased to resolve the matter.

“Your home should be your safe place,” said Heather Crislip, president and CEO of HOME. “It is impossible to feel secure in your housing when facing sexual harassment, or any kind of harassment or discrimination, in the place you live. The national attention on sexual harassment highlights this vital moment to address an insidious problem.

“The Fair Housing Act protects you against sexual harassment where you live.”

In September 2016, HUD issued a rule formalizing legal standards under the Fair Housing Act for sexual and other forms of harassment in housing. It stipulates the standard for Hostile Environment Harassment, which involves subjecting a person to unwelcome conduct that is

sufficiently severe or pervasive enough that it interferes with or deprives a person the right to use and enjoy their housing opportunity.

It also clarifies the responsibility of a housing provider to address illegal harassment occurring in their community.

The Fair Housing Act makes it illegal for any person to harass or intimidate someone due to their race, color, religion, national origin, gender, familial status, or disability. According to the National Fair Housing Alliance’s 2017 Fair Housing Trends Report, there were only 640 reported harassment complaints nationwide in 2016.

While this is significant increase from previous years, “harassment often goes unreported because it tends to victimize persons with elevated housing insecurity.” These people are less likely to report harassment due to fear of losing their housing.

HOME, a non profit agency, urges any person who believes they or someone they know are being sexually harassed by a neighbor, maintenance worker, or landlord to contact its experts for free help at 804-354-0641 or visit their website at HOMEofVA.org.

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Op/Ed & Letters

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‘Those who love us never leave us alone’ ALICE WALKER Those who love us never leave us alone with our grief. At the moment they show us our wound, they reveal they have the medicine. The book, “Barracoon: The Story of the Last ‘Black Cargo’” is a perfect example of this.

I’m not sure there was ever a harder read than this, for those of us duty bound to carry the ancestors, to work for them, as we engage in daily life in different parts of the world where they were brought in chains.

And where they, as slaves to cruel, or curious, or indifferent white persons (with few exceptions) existed in precarious suspension, disconnected from their real life, and where we also have had to struggle to protect our humanity, to experience joy of life, in spite of everything evil we have witnessed or to which we have been subjected.

Reading “Barracoon” one understands immediately the problem many black people, years ago, especially black intellectuals and political leaders, had with it.

It resolutely records the atrocities African peoples inflicted on each other, long before shackled Africans, traumatized, ill, disoriented, starved, arrived on ships as “black cargo” in the hellish West. Who could face this vision of the violently cruel behavior of the “brethren” and the “sistren” who first captured our ancestors?

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order to capture for the slave trade, people – men, women, children – who belonged to Africa? And to do this in so hideous a fashion that reading about it two hundred years later brings waves of horror and distress. This is, make no mistake, a harrowing read.

We are being shown the wound.

However, Zora Neale Hurston’s genius has once again produced a Maestrapiece. What is a Maestrapiece? It is the feminine perspective or part of the structure, whether in stone or fancy, without which the entire edifice is a lie. And we have suffered so much from this one: that Africans were only victims of the slave trade, not participants.

Poor Zora. An anthropologist, no less!

A daughter of Eatonville, Florida where truth, what was real, what actually happened to somebody, mattered. And so, she sits with Cudjo Lewis. She shares peaches and watermelon. ( Imagine how many The LEGACY welcomes all signed letters and all respectful opinions.

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generations of black people would never admit to eating watermelon!)* She gets the grisly story from one of the last people able to tell it. How black people came to America, how we were treated by black and white.

How black Americans, enslaved themselves, ridiculed the Africans; making their lives so much harder.

How the whites simply treated their “slaves” like pieces of machinery. But machinery that could be whipped if it didn’t produce enough. Fast enough.

Machinery that could be mutilated, raped, killed, if the desire arose.

Machinery that could be cheated, cheerfully, without a trace of guilt.

And then, the story of Cudjo Lewis’s life after Emancipation. His happiness with “freedom,” helping to create a community, a church, building his own house. His tender love for his wife, Seely, and their children. The horrible deaths that follow. We see a man so lonely for Africa, so lonely for his family, we are struck with the realization that he is naming something we ourselves work hard to avoid: how lonely we are too in this still foreign land: lonely for our true culture, our people, our singular connection to a specific understanding of the Universe. And that what we long for, as in Cudjo Lewis’ case, is gone forever. But we see something else: the nobility of a soul that has suffered to the point almost of erasure, and still it struggles to be whole, present, giving. Growing in love, deepening in understanding.

Cudjo’s wisdom becomes so apparent, toward the end of his life, that

neighbors ask him to speak to them in parables. Which he does. Offering peace.

Here is the medicine: That though the heart is breaking, happiness can exist in a moment, also. And because the moment in which we live is all the time there really is, we can keep going.

It may be true, and often is, that every person we hold dear is taken from us. Still. From moment to moment, we watch our beans and our watermelons grow. We plant.

We hoe. We harvest. We share with neighbors. If a young anthropologist appears with two hams and gives us one, we look forward to enjoying it.

Life, inexhaustible, goes on. And we do too. Carrying our wounds and our medicines as we go.

Ours is an amazing, a spectacular, journey in the Americas. It is so remarkable one can only be thankful for it, bizarre as that may sound.

Perhaps our planet is for learning to appreciate the extraordinary wonder of life that surrounds even our suffering, and to say Yes, if through the thickest of tears. *A popular caricature of African Americans for centuries portrayed them mindlessly eating watermelon.

This so damaged the psyche of many black children that they grew up actually hating the fruit or, if they ate it, as adults, and liked it, this fact was hidden. I think the tender fragility of souls under extreme racist stress played a part in the denial of the African participation in the slave trade.

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P.T. Hoffsteader, Esq.

Hope on the move “Youth homelessness has not been on the radar that long…it [has] probably been around since the beginning of time…” says Bonnie Inman, Director of Philanthropy at Mobile Hope in Leesburg, Virginia.

“My job here is fundraising,” she says, but concedes that her duties are far reaching. “We tend to wear a lot of different hats…”

Inman is a woman on the move.

She has a proven track record of service, working at Loudoun Hunger Relief for ten years before her current position at Mobile Hope.

She credits the organizational CEO, Donna Fortier, with casting a vision that many can espouse. A onetime employee of INOVA, Fortier secured their help in addressing a problem she discovered plaguing high schools. “She realized there was a youth homelessness issue…”

Inman says, spurring Fortier to action in addressing a problem that few associate with one of the richest counties in the country.

Mobile Hope is a non-profit organization supporting “children and young adults who are precariously housed, homeless, or at risk, living in Loudoun County,” according to their website. Once these individuals come into contact with Mobile Hope, the organization works to meet the immediate need.

“Our first priority is to find housing,” Inman says, noting that individuals are usually placed in a hotel. “Our homeless shelter is typically full,” she says, highlighting the deep need present within the community. In addition to the fact that shelters are typically designed for adults rather than youth.

She highlights the story of a young girl who is now an ambassador for the organization. Her childhood was filled with strife, enduring years of sexual abuse carried out by family members. Eventually placed into foster care, she spent years cycling through foster homes and shelters.

Enter Mobile Hope. “Through all my dark days, Mobile Hope has always been there for me,” she writes. The support extended far beyond finding her a home. “They’ve given me unconditional love, a shoulder to cry on and told me I was better than the life I had been given,” she writes.

“Mobile Hope is kind of cutting edge,” Inman tells us, the excitement palpable in her voice as she describes how the work being done is entirely unique. She highlights the gap in services offered when it comes to the 18-24 demographic, further proving the need for the work of this organization. More plans are in the offing, as donors and staff alike desire to continue making a larger impact with each passing year. “Our goal is to have our own facility,” she says, outlining the desire to build a center at which “length of stay and type of service” would be determined based upon individual need.

“I love fundraising…it’s most definitely about raising awareness…”

Inman says. She cites the rewarding

nature of her work, feeling joy at the opportunity she has to make a difference. Even if the work is not always easy. “We have had a lot of successes – and we’ve had a lot of challenges,” she says. One of those challenges is the definition of homelessness. Multiple definitions further complicate matters. “It makes it really hard to explain the problem…”

In the face of challenges, we ask how the organization engenders hope among the individuals seeking assistance. “These kids have had no hope…” she says. “They have been at the brink, at the bottom.” The organization works to provide hope by being a sort of “light at the end of the tunnel,” best exemplified by a strong commitment to providing an opportunity for participants to make a turnaround. Beyond housing, the organization provides clothes and supplies, mentorship and educational assistance. Additionally, they work hard to ensure that every individual receives the services they need.

She credits their success on the fundamentals of the organization.

“The mentality – our culture – we don’t judge, we are patient to a fault sometimes, but tough when we have to be tough...”

As our conversation winds down, she returns to a question posed earlier in the conversation. What separates the individuals who make a complete turnaround from the ones who are unable to break free from the realities surrounding the visible or invisible scars from the past? “I don’t know why it is…” she says contemplatively. “Why is it?”

A question best answered perhaps

by Cinthia. “All I know is - that

Mobile Hope - gave me hope!"

These tiny seeds of hope sown into many lives, serving to benefit the entire community.

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‘Implicit bias’?

With the Starbucks chain of coffeehouses planning to shutter over 8,000 locations on May 29 to train approximately 175,000 members of its workforce on issues of alleged “implicit bias” and “promot[ing] conscious inclusion,” we, at the Project 21 black leadership network has asked the federal government to look into whether blanket assumptions by an employer in such situations constitute a violation of employees’ civil rights.

Not only does implicit bias training on the part of employers eat up valuable time that could be spent training employees on safety, teamwork and building morale, the targeting associated with bias training is divisive. When employees are trained to focus on their differences, the camaraderie necessary to work together is destroyed. Mistrust in fellow coworkers is sown, and those the training is intended to help are actually harmed in the long run.

Employees should not be forced to utilize methods that have no track record of success.

Workplace discrimination dressed up as tolerance is still illegal.

All Americans are protected regardless of race or gender, and the Feds need to make that clear before this troublesome trend spreads.

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Faith & Religion

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Churches needs to change approach to substance abuse, report says It often takes a well-publicized tragedy to activate legislation, and the Episcopal Church is no exception.

After then-Maryland Bishop Suffragan Heather Cook, who was driving and texting while drunk, killed bicyclist Thomas Palermo in December 2014, the church has taken a deeper look at the way it handles impairment of various kinds at every level and stage. The church’s culture surrounding alcohol also has faced scrutiny. Cook had a prior drunken-driving charge in 2010.

About three months after the fatal crash, the church’s Executive Council affirmed a House of Bishop resolution calling for the creation of what became known as the Commission on Impairment and Leadership, and provided funding for the work. The group was charged with exploring “the canonical, environmental, behavioral and procedural dimensions of matters involving the serious impairment of individuals serving as leaders in the church, with special attention to issues of addiction and substance abuse.”

A year after turning in the report to

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, the report became public in March of this year. Executive Council received the report before the start of its April 2123 meeting in Austin, Texas. Curry summarized the group’s work during council’s opening session.

“How do we respond when leaders are impaired in a variety of ways; how do we effectively respond as the community of faith?” Curry said about the focus of the report’s recommendations. That response, he said, also needs to consider how the church can practice prevention by doing things that “foster health and wholeness, and that can screen, as best we can, for problems that may emerge.”

Curry said that some of the recommendations are already being implemented by his Office of Pastoral Development, which assists dioceses in bishop elections and disciplinary issues, as well as in providing pastoral care and training for bishops. The Rt. Rev. Todd Ousley, the bishop in charge of that office, will brief the council in more detail at its January meeting, Curry said.

In one such change that has

already happened, the presiding bishop said his office has a new consulting psychiatrist to help improve the existing psychiatric and psychological screening process for bishop candidates. Dioceses are in charge of their own search and election processes. While Curry’s office cannot require dioceses to do so, he said the staff is encouraging dioceses “as strongly as we can” to do those screenings before an election, perhaps when the slate of candidates is chosen.

Dioceses are responding well to that suggestion, Curry said.

Dr. Kevin Kelly, who is also the New York Fire Department’s consulting psychiatrist, has 30 such assessments to do in the next six months, the presiding bishop said.

At the same meeting, the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, president of the House of Deputies and council vice president, said several members of the impairment commission will serve on General Convention’s legislative committee on church-wide leadership. Jennings has asked the deputy members to consider drafting resolutions that pertain to parts of

the report’s recommendation that have not been addressed elsewhere.

The report summarizes the commission’s work and makes recommendations about the church’s ordination, training, transition, deployment, wellness, management and oversight processes. The report focuses on substance abuse, while also acknowledging behavior patterns and mental health issues may also lead to impairment..

“We are recommending actions that promote a significant cultural shift in the Episcopal Church,” the commissioners wrote. “These recommendations address the problem of impaired leaders, but they also diagnose and suggest treatment for an impaired system that maintains denial and helplessness toward addiction, mental illness and physical disease.”

The Episcopal Church is the first mainline church to have an official prayer for victims of addiction.

People also can order liturgical templates for a Recovery Eucharist on one of Recovery Ministries’ webpages.

Renowned author keynotes in RVA Alice Walker, author of “The Color Purple,” was the keynote speaker at a conference held recently at Hilton Richmond Downtown. Sponsored by the Center for Womanist Leadership at Union Presbyterian Seminary, the conference explored pressing questions, engaged in rigorous inquiry, and opened communication essential to the well-being of black womankind.

There were panel presentations, table talks, plenaries and multifaceted, intergenerational and innovative conversations across disciplines and among activists whom the hosts said embodied the kinds of interconnections that womanist work makes possible.

Walker is an internationally celebrated writer, poet, and activist whose books include seven novels, four collections of short stories, four children’s books, and volumes of essays and poetry. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1983 and the National Book Award. She is the author of the term “womanist” found in “In Search of Our Mothers’ Garden.”

Sharon Parham Blount, professor Katie Cannon, Alice Walker & Brian Blount

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Monticello celebrates grant awards, to bring back ‘landmark’ exhibition The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello two grants, which according to the Challoteville-based organization, making possible greater accessibility to new archaeological research and a landmark exhibition on the legacy of slavery.

Over the last 30 years, Monticello has received more than a dozen highly competitive, peer-reviewed grants from the NEH, totaling more than $4 million. These grants have supported a range of programs, including archaeology, exhibitions at the David M. Rubenstein Visitor Center, lectures, publications and the restoration of Mulberry Row – the dynamic, industrial hub of the Monticello plantation. These two new grants – combined with a $375,000 NEH Digital Humanities Advancement Grant announced in December – total nearly $1 million in NEH awards to Monticello within the last year.

A $300,000 NEH Public Humanities Project: Exhibitions grant will enable Monticello to update the landmark exhibition Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello: Paradox of Liberty with new content—including a feature on Sally Hemings—and launch a new national tour to four museums, beginning at the African American Museum of Dallas in September. A “pop-up” version of the exhibition, with special focus on descendant perspectives and journeys, will also travel to libraries and schools.

Collectively, the exhibitions are expected to be on view in over 40 locations.

Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello uses Jefferson’s home and plantation as a lens to explore the paradox of slavery in an age of freedom, and the lives of the enslaved families and their descendants. A second tour of this popular exhibition was inspired both by the availability of new content and by the imperative in the current national moment to discuss how the legacy of slavery continues to shape our nation.

The original exhibition, co-curated

by Monticello and the National Museum of African American History and Culture, opened in January 2012 at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.

Described as “Groundbreaking” by the Washington Post, it was seen

by more than one million visitors in Washington, D.C., Atlanta, St. Louis and Philadelphia.

“During a period of deep divide, with issues of race and equality dominating American headlines, the return of this exhibition could not be more timely,” said Leslie Greene Bowman, president and CEO of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello. “NEH grants help Monticello advance research in our field and bring history forward into national dialogues of consequence.”

A $315,000 NEH Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant was also awarded to the Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery at Monticello, known as DAACS, to identify, catalog, digitize and make accessible to diverse stakeholders collections from four of the earliest and most significant 17th-century archaeological sites. The sites are located at Flowerdew Hundred, a thousand-acre plantation on the south side of the James River in Virginia.

To date, DAACS staff and collaborators have systematically cataloged and digitized complete archaeological collections from over 80 excavated sites of slavery in Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Barbados, Dominica, Jamaica, Montserrat, Nevis, and St. Kitts.

The grant, entitled The Origins of a Slave Society: Digitizing Flowerdew Hundred will allow scholars, students, descendant communities and the general public access to Flowerdew data and collections via the DAACS website. The grant will also fund internships for students at the University of Virginia from backgrounds traditionally underrepresented in archaeology, anthropology and museum careers.

“The Flowerdew Hundred collections have enormous potential to help students and scholars unravel how indentured Europeans, neighboring Weanock Indians, elite European landowners and enslaved Africans negotiated and adapted to the colonial Chesapeake’s changing natural, social and economic environments,” said Dr. Elizabeth Bollwerk, senior archaeological analyst for DAACS and Co-Director of Digitizing Flowerdew Hundred.

“We are delighted to have the

opportunity to make collections accessible to the public for the first time.”

“In addition to making archaeological data accessible, the Flowerdew Hundred grant facilitates new opportunities for students of historical archaeology

and groundbreaking collaboration between Monticello, the University of Virginia’s Special Collections Library and the Florida Museum of Natural History’s Environmental Archaeology program,” noted Dr. Jillian Galle, project director for DAACS and codirector of the grant.

Willie Jennings and Jill Duffield to headline Sprunt Lectures Willie James Jennings, a major figure in theological education across North American, is the featured speaker at the 2018 Sprunt Lecture series May 7-9, on the Richmond campus of Union Presbyterian Seminary. The topic is “Redeeming the Creature: Race, Place, and the Hope of the Church.”

“Christianity in the west suffers from a defective doctrine of creation that has been plagued with both the racial condition and a horrid understanding of place. Together these problems have rendered the doctrine useless—it does no significant work in shaping the way we understand creaturely life together. In these lectures, I will explore the reasons for this defect and suggest what a robust doctrine of creation should teach us.”

Jennings serves as associate professor of systematic theology and Africana studies at Yale University Divinity School. He is the author of “The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race,” for which he received the American Academy of Religion book award in 2011 and the Grawemeyer Award in Religion in 2015. The work was described as a “theological

Willie James Jennings masterpiece” by the Englewood Review of Books.

Alumna Jill Duffield, editor and publisher of The Presbyterian Outlook, will be the preacher in worship for the three-day event.

The seminary will be honoring Alumnus One Ho Park (Ed.D.’89), president of the Graduate School of Practical Theology in Seoul, Korea, as the 2018 Distinguished Alumnus, and Alumna Karen Brown (M.Div.’92), pastoral associate at Grace Presbyterian Church and resource developer for Intersection of Change, as the 2018 Black Alumni Association Trailblazer.

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Lynching memorial shows women were victims, too EVELYN M. SIMIEN A memorial to victims of lynching in the U.S. opened in Alabama last week, on April 26.

The National Memorial for Peace and Justice is a six-acre site that overlooks Montgomery, the state capital. It uses sculpture, art and design to give visitors a sense of the terror of lynching as they walk through a memorial square with 800 six-foot steel columns that symbolize the victims. The names of thousands of victims are engraved on columns – one for each county in the United States where a lynching took place.

In Alabama alone, a reported total of 275 lynchings took place between 1871 and 1920.

U.S. history books and documentaries that tell the story of lynching in the U.S. have focused on black male victims, to the exclusion of women.

But women, too, were lynched – and many raped beforehand. In my book “Gender and Lynching,” I sought to tell the stories of these women and why they have been left out.

Between 1880 and 1930, close to 200 women were murdered by lynch mobs in the American South, according to historian Crystal Feimster.

Will this new memorial give these murdered women their due in how the U.S. remembers and feels about the country’s troubling history?

Enforcing white supremacy through terror In a recent report, “Lynching in America”, researchers documented 4,075 lynchings of blacks that were committed by southern whites in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia between 1877 and 1950.

Lynching differed from ordinary murder or assault. It was celebrated by members of the Ku Klux Klan as a spectacular event and drew large crowds of people who tortured victims, burned them alive and dismembered them. Lynching was a form of domestic terrorism that inflicted harm onto individuals and upon an entire race of people, with the purpose of instilling fear.

It served to give dramatic warning that the ironclad system of white supremacy was not to be challenged by word, deed or even thought.

The conventional approach to teaching the history of Jim Crow and lynching has focused almost

The National Memorial for Peace and Justice.

Laura Nelson exclusively on the black male victim.

However, such an approach often simplifies and distorts a much more complex history.

Not all victims were black men, and although allegations of black men raping white women were common, such allegations were not the leading motive for the lynchings.

We know from the pioneering work of anti-lynching crusader Ida B. WellsBarnett that black men, women and children were lynched for a range of alleged crimes and social infractions.

The book “Trouble in Mind,” by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Leon Litwack, provides a detailed account of the many accusations of petty theft, labor disputes, arson and murder that led to these lynchings.

This fact requires a richer, more nuanced understanding of discrimination that is critical of racism and sexism at the same time.

Martyrs such as Laura Nelson and Mary Turner experienced racial and sexual violence at the hands of vigilante lynch mobs because of their race and gender.

In May 1911, Laura Nelson was lynched in Okemah, Oklahoma.

Nelson allegedly shot a sheriff to protect her son. The officer had been searching her cabin for stolen goods as part of a meat-pilfering investigation. A mob seized Nelson along with her son, who was only 14 years old, and lynched them both.

However, Nelson was first raped by several men. The bodies of Laura and

her son were hung from a bridge for hundreds of people to see.

The violent murder of blacks was so accepted at the time that a postcard was made of Nelson’s lynching by George Henry Farnum, a photographer. Brooklyn-based artist Kim Mayhorn created in 1998 a multimedia installation that memorialized Nelson’s death.

There’s an empty dress in Mayhorn’s installation that resembles the postcard of her lynching. The disembodied dress represents the void in the historical record and Mayhorn’s effort to redress the absence of Nelson.

The title of Mayhorn’s installation, “A Woman Was Lynched the Other Day,” refers to a banner the New York NAACP would unfurl from their Fifth Avenue office when news of another lynching surfaced. With white letters inscribed on a black background, it declared “A MAN WAS LYNCHED YESTERDAY” and became a rallying cry for justice.

Seven years later, in May 1918, Mary Turner was eight months pregnant when a mob of several hundred men and women murdered her in Valdosta, Georgia. The Associated Press reported that she had made “unwise remarks” and “flew into a rage” about the lynching of her husband, insisting that she would press charges against the men responsible.

Her death has since been recognized by local residents, students and faculty at Valdosta State University, first with a public ceremony that placed a cross at the lynching site and second with a historical marker in 2010.

Nelson and Turner have often been depicted as tragic characters or “collateral victims” who supported and defended the males in their lives.

Such deaths, however, were not

incidental. They were essential to maintain white supremacy, as a form of punishment for defying the social order.

Though women represent a minority of lynching victims, their stories challenge previous attempts to justify lynching as necessary to protect white women from black male rapists.

Understanding lynching and the motives behind it requires including the stories of black women who were robbed of dignity, respect and bodily integrity by a weapon of terror. The violence against them was used to maintain a caste system that assigned inferior roles to black women and men alike.

Redefining the ‘civil rights movement’ By including women in the historical narrative of lynching, the new memorial in Alabama reveals a more complete understanding of this devastating social practice.

This memorial brings black women like Nelson and Turner to the fore as victims, and the weight of visual evidence on display at the memorial challenges the silence surrounding their deaths.

The Equal Justice Initiative assists scholars, teachers and ordinary people in recognizing the roots of the civil rights movement that began long before the years 1954-68.

The monument sheds light in an unprecedented and innovative way on the reasons and circumstances surrounding the death and torture of countless victims, including women and children, who suffered at the hands of vigilante mobs. By unearthing the soil and pinpointing the counties where such cruel and inhumane acts were committed, the monument sends a powerful message and conveys to its audience a desire for deeper understanding.

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Henrico dedicates street to honor employee of 72 years Henrico County recently honored Elvin R. Cosby, its longest-serving employee, with a surprise dedication of Elvin Cosby Way, a road on the Henrico County Government Center campus.

Cosby joined the Department of Public Works on April 23, 1946.

Now 90, he serves as a maintenance supervisor and routinely checks conditions and clears debris from county roads. He was first hired by Henrico at age 18 to carry water to county work crews. Cosby’s earliest salary on record was 55 cents per hour.

Over the years, he rose through the department’s ranks, working as a truck driver, equipment operator and labor foreman. He has served all nine of Henrico’s directors of Public Works and six of its eight county managers.

“He has watched leaders come and go. He has seen equipment transform from mule teams to high-tech machines. He has faced adversity and personal tragedy, but he has triumphed,” Henrico County Manager John A. Vithoulkas said. “That 18-year-old novice is now a steady force, mentoring new employees from a bountiful spring of experience. He has faithfully loved his God, his family, his friends and those he serves each and every day.”

Today’s ceremony was capped with an unveiling of a street sign for Elvin Cosby Way, a previously unnamed road that connects Prince Henry and Dixon Powers drives.

The road’s centerline was marked for the occasion in the official green from the Henrico County seal. The event also included recognitions from Virginia’s Congressional delegation, its House of Delegates and Senate, and a presentation of a Virginia flag that had flown at the state Capitol.

Guests included Cosby’s wife, Lottie, as well as members of the Board of Supervisors and other federal, state and local officials and dignitaries.

Elvin and Lottie Cosby have been married nearly 66 years and are members of St. Peter Baptist Church, on Mountain Road. Their extensive family includes two sons, both of whom have died, as well as five daughters.

In 2015, Henrico established the Elvin R. Cosby Award to recognize long-tenured employees for their outstanding service and contributions. In May, Cosby will receive the Judith M. Mueller Local Government Service Award from the American Public Works Association in recognition of service to a single locality for 20 or more continuous years.

Flood insurance is more important than you think Virginians are being urged to purchase flood insurance or renew their policies before the hurricane season starts. Flooding is the most common natural disaster and many people do not realize that standard homeowners and renters insurance policies do not cover damage from floods.

Officials want Virginians to take steps now to protect their lives, their properties and their financial livelihoods and make buying flood insurance a key emergency plan component, whether they live near the water or not.

When Hurricane Matthew hit southeastern Virginia in October 2016, more than 2,000 homes were damaged. Many of the homes were outside mapped flood zones and were not covered by flood insurance.

Flood insurance policies take 30 days to become effective.

“If Virginians buy flood insurance now, they can ensure that their coverage is in effect by the start of hurricane season,” said Secretary of Natural Resources Matthew Strickler. “Flood insurance is a good idea even for those who are outside established flood zones. As we’ve seen with recent storms, flooding doesn’t always follow a map.”

The goals of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) are to provide flood insurance, improve floodplain management and develop maps of flood hazard zones.

The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) works with localities to ensure compliance with the NFIP. “This is an important opportunity for all Virginians to understand their flooding risk and take steps to protect themselves and their property,” said Department of Conservation and Recreation Director Clyde Cristman.

(from page 2) family,” LaVeist says. “This is partly why paternity fraud is an issue that people don’t want to deal with, though it happens every day.”

At book signings and speaking engagements, many people have approached LaVeist to share their stories, telling him that they have experienced a similar tragedy. “They are encouraged after opening up to me,” he says. “I tell people to deal honestly with their pain. Get good, professional counseling help. There’s no shame in it.”

Throughout the judicial process, LaVeist witnessed first-hand the difficulties facing victims of paternity fraud. In Virginia, a two-year statute of limitations can prevent victims of paternity fraud from getting a marriage annulment after two years of marriage have passed. Further, a DNA test is not enough evidence to secure a divorce for adultery—in Virginia, proof of adultery, including the date, must also be provided.

Observing the struggles faced by untold numbers of victims, LaVeist set out to change regulations impacting paternity fraud. “I shared my story with Virginia Sen. Mamie Locke and asked her to consider submitting a bill,” said LaVeist.

“Locke pursued the matter, wrote a bill and invited me to testify at the state Capitol.”

In his book, LaVeist suggests some changes that would help to alleviate pain for the innocent, including the consideration of DNA test results in divorce and child custody proceedings.

“The strength of my relationship with my daughter and the strong love that we share for each other is what carried us through this tragedy,” LaVeist acknowledges.

“Our faith in God gave us hope that continues to guide us.”

Through heartbreak and healing, LaVeist found an interminable truth.

“Love is more than biology,” he says.

“Being a parent is much, much more than DNA.” Republished from Coastal Va. Mag

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Student receives Projects for Peace grant to create first library for school children in Kenya University of Richmond junior Mike Kitimet grew up in a Kenyan town with no library. Despite this obstacle, he received support from Equity Group Foundation, a non-profit in Kenya, which helps academically talented students apply to colleges around the world.

“Higher education in Kenya is marred with a lot of challenges. I was thrilled when I got accepted at the University of Richmond, and knew I would thrive here,” Kitimet said Recognizing the important role books play in learning, he wanted to do something and give back to his community. He recently received a $10,000 Projects for Peace grant to support starting the first library in Kiserian, his hometown. Kitimet will travel to Kenya this summer to help establish the library, which will provide 600 elementary and middle school students with increased access to books and other learning materials.

“Kiserian students are negatively impacted by inadequate school funding, few qualified teachers, outof-date textbooks and a high studentto-textbook ratio,” Kitimet explains.

By providing well-designed and updated textbooks in the new library, he hopes to improve learning outcomes and better prepare students for the future.

"I hope to give Kiserian students access to knowledge that will encourage better understanding between them and other people of different origins and opinions,” Kitimet said. “Access to learning will build their capacity to be a positive force for equality of opportunity, personal development and economic

Revitalization sparks with purchase of Colonial Downs Revolutionary Racing, based out of Chicago, recently purchased the Colonial Downs racetrack in excess of $20 million.

Businessmen with extensive backgrounds in gaming and casinos lead the Revolutionary Racing group.

The purchase has lovers of horse racing anticipating the reopening of the facility in hopes of bringing the race industry back to Virginia.

The new owners said the deal was a result of the General Assembly’s decision to pass legislation to allow new, slots-like betting terminals that will generate millions in revenue to support the track, located east of Richmond in New Kent County. Gov. Ralph Northam signed the bill into law earlier this month.

“A vibrant and successful Colonial

Downs is critical to ensuring that horse racing can thrive and grow in the commonwealth,” said Larry Lucas, chairman of Revolutionary Racing. “Horse racing can be traced to the earliest years of the Colony of Virginia and every Virginian takes great pride in this being the birthplace of Secretariat, the most famous horse to ever take the track.

Now with this purchase we are well on our way to bringing back this historic industry.”

There has been no live racing at the track since 2014, when the facility’s developer and longtime owner, Jacobs Entertainment Inc., surrendered its license to the Virginia Racing Commission over a dispute with the Virginia

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advancement, which are all factors I believe are preconditions for peace."

Kitimet is majoring in mathematics with a minor in economics. He is actively involved in the Richmond community through the Bonner Scholar and Oliver Hill Scholar programs.

Davis Projects for Peace is an

(from page 4) are exploring the history of Virginia and practicing historical methods by engaging with the area’s cemeteries as sources.

“We take field trips to a couple sites, and students produce research podcasts narrating the story behind a particular grave they have chosen,” Smith said.

“This type of work always brings out the best in students and faculty since we see how our studies can literally change the landscape.”

Several students are working on podcasts about individuals buried at Barton Heights Cemeteries, Evergreen Cemetery and East End Cemetery. The students also have volunteered their time at those cemeteries clearing brush and collecting GPS data for the collaboratory’s mapping project.

initiative begun by philanthropist Kathryn W. Davis. Each year, students at American colleges across the country submit proposals for grassroots projects that are designed to build peace. The projects deemed most promising and feasible are awarded a $10,000 grant.

“I have enjoyed my work with the collaboratory since it has allowed me to see how other faculty, students and institutions are engaging with these important resources in different ways,” Smith said. “This type of work always brings out the best in students and faculty since we see how our studies can literally change the landscape.”

Just as important, he added, the project is allowing VCU and UR students to learn from the community in ways that would be impossible in a typical classroom setting.

“I expect we get experiences here that will last with us throughout our lives,” he said. “And hopefully, the maps our groups are producing will be a key tool for descendants and other friends of the cemeteries.”

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Nexus Services takes on NY & VA to protect immigrant privacy rights Nexus Services Inc., a provatelyowened small business in Verona, Va., made famous for standing up to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) bureaucratic overreach, is again pushing back against big government’s requests for confidential, identifiable information regarding Libre by Nexus’ clients.

Both New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring are demanding private information regarding Nexus clients and their families. Nexus Services is participating in what it calls “a responsible inquiry” from the state of Washington who has agreed to keep client information safe.

“We simply will not provide this information to the government without sufficient protections,” Nexus CEO, Mike Donovan (pictured) said recently. “Just as you and I trust our doctor or credit card companies with personal information, our clients trust Nexus Services with their personal information and we take the trust they place in us very seriously,” Donovan said.

“Would any company provide this information? Would you think Apple would turn over your credit card number apple id to a stranger?”

Donovan said. “How can clients and customers trust a business that divulges such information?”

Both attorneys general issued CID’s to Nexus Services, Inc. demanding a broad scope of information. The demand includes a request for extremely personal information about Libre by Nexus clients, their family, and their friends.

“When governments compile lists of people who are historically maligned, the results are utterly predictable and shockingly bad,” Donovan said.

“Nexus services will defend at all costs the privacy rights of our clients, and we will resist any politicians’ effort to harm our clients, their friends, and their families.”

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(from page 12) Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association, a nonprofit that represents Thoroughbred horse owners, trainers and breeders.

With the track under new ownership, Revolutionary Racing can begin the process of obtaining a new license from the racing commission, the state body that regulates horse racing and off-track betting parlors.

An economic study commissioned

by Revolutionary Racing said that when the reopened Colonial Downs facility reaches “full capacity” in 2022, it could produce 1,400 jobs and an annual economic impact of almost $350 million and generate $41.6 million per year in state and local tax revenue.

According to the analysis, most of that would come from historical horse race wagering machines, which let gamblers bet on races that have already been run. The

terminals hide the names of the horses and the location and date of the race until the user locks in a wager by predicting how the horses will finish. The machines can display the horses’ odds at the time the race was run, injecting an element of skill that makes the game slightly different from the pure luck of slots.

The General Assembly authorized the machines earlier this year with minimal fuss, a break from the state’s long history of resisting casino-style gambling.

Northam instructed the racing commission to place “reasonable” restrictions on the historic horse racing terminals, including setting a maximum limit on the number of machines. The commission has not yet adopted those regulations, but that process could determine how big the new-look Colonial Downs facility will be.

State officials may soon be asked to OK a full-blown casino just a

few miles from the Colonial Downs site. The Pamunkey Indian Tribe recently announced it has secured 600 acres in New Kent for a possible $700 million casino, potentially setting up a race with Revolutionary Racing to see who can get their facility up and running first.

Revolutionary Racing said it intends to release more details in the coming months about its plans to reopen the track.

Debbie Easter, president of the Virginia Equine Alliance and executive director of the Virginia Thoroughbred Association, said the sale will bring back jobs and dollars that have been pushed to other states.

“Horse racing is coming back to Virginia,” Debbie Easter, president of the Virginia Equine Alliance said.

“We could not be more excited.”

She foresees the sale bringing back job opportunity and money that has trickled to other states over the time the track has been dormant.

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Watchdog finds racial bias in school discipline ERICA L. GREEN Black students continue to be disciplined at school more often and more harshly than their white peers, often for similar infractions, according to a new report by Congress’s nonpartisan watchdog agency, which counters claims fueling the Trump administration’s efforts to re-examine discipline policies of the Obama administration.

The report, issued by the Government Accountability Office earlier this month, is the first national governmental analysis of discipline policies since the Obama administration issued guidance in 2014 that urged schools to examine the disproportionate rates at which black students were being punished.

Critics of the Obama-era guidance have questioned whether students of color suffer from unfair treatment under school discipline policies. The G.A.O. found that not only have black students across the nation continued to bear the brunt of such policies, but the effects were also felt more widely than previously reported — including by black students in affluent schools.

Additionally, the agency found that school suspensions began to

fall the year before the Obama administration urged schools to move away from the overuse of such measures, undermining claims

VCU to lead evaluation of new program for Medicaid members who require longterm services and support The Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services has selected Virginia Commonwealth University to lead a five-year evaluation of the state’s new Commonwealth Coordinated Care Plus program.

CCC Plus is a Medicaid-managed long-term services and support program designed primarily for people 65 and older who have both Medicaid and Medicare coverage, as well as adults and children with disabilities who require longterm care services and supports.

The program, which started in the Tidewater region in August 2017, has been implemented across the state in phases. As of January 2018, the program is operational statewide and currently serves more than 200,000 Virginians.

“The CCC Plus program seeks to improve the care of Medicaid members who have the most complex and costliest care needs,” said Peter Cunningham, Ph.D., professor in the VCU School of Medicine’s Department of Health Behavior and Policy.

Cunningham will lead the evaluation with Andrew Barnes, Ph.D., also from the Department of Health Behavior and Policy, and E. Marshall Brooks, Ph.D., from the School of Medicine’s Department of Family Medicine and Population Health. The VCU team is also leading an evaluation of the Addiction and Recovery Treatment Services program, which increases access to addiction treatment services for Medicaid members who have substance use disorders.

that the guidance forced schools to cut suspensions. While the Obama administration’s aggressive civil rights investigations did reveal that

black students were subjected to harsher treatment than their white

The objectives of CCC Plus are to improve the quality, access and efficiency of long-term services and provide support for Virginia’s Medicaid population. The program achieves the objectives primarily by coordinating medical and longterm care needs through managedcare organizations, which use care coordinators to work directly with members to address their needs. By better coordinating care, as well as utilizing innovative care delivery and payment models, a key goal of CCC Plus is to increase the ability of Medicaid members requiring long-term services and supports to live at home or in other communitybased residential settings, rather than in nursing facilities or other institutions.

“Fragmentation of care services and the lack of care coordination has been a major problem in the past for this population because their medical and long-term care needs are covered by different payers — Medicare and Medicaid,” Barnes said. “CCC Plus seeks to bridge that gap and, in the process, improve both the quality of care and quality of life for these

members.”

The new program is expected to better manage the costs of care for the target population and increase budget predictability for state policymakers and legislators. While people who are eligible for CCC Plus comprise 28 percent of the state’s Medicaid population, they account for 68 percent of state Medicaid expenditures, according to DMAS. “When policymakers worry about the impact of the Medicaid program on the state budget, it is the population eligible for CCC Plus that they are most concerned about because their care needs are the most costly and have been the most difficult to manage historically,” Cunningham said.

The VCU evaluation team will use member surveys and focused interviews with care coordinators and other health care providers, as well as analysis of Medicaid claims data, to determine if CCC Plus reaches its goals of improving quality of long-term care services, reducing nursing facility admissions, and controlling program costs.

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State adopts next generation 9-1-1 deployment plan The Virginia 9-1-1 Services Board has adopted a plan to deploy next generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) in the commonwealth to upgrade the current 40-year-old 9-1-1 system.

“This plan is a significant step in moving the commonwealth to a system where emergency calls are routed to the appropriate 9-1-1 center faster and, if needed, the call and data routed anywhere necessary,” said Board Chairman Jeff Stern, who also serves as state coordinator of emergency management at the Virginia Department of Emergency Management. “NG 9-1-1 will enhance communications in emergencies and help protect the safety and well-being of those who require assistance.”

“Because 9-1-1 is a local service,” Stern added, “it is up to each individual locality to determine how to implement and deploy NG 9-1-1.

This plan is designed to aid localities and the commonwealth as a whole.

Nelson Moe We conducted meetings across the commonwealth recently to provide information to localities on the deployment plan.”

The plan was drafted by staff at the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA), which supports

the board and collects a 75 cent surcharge on cell phones to help fund 9-1-1 services across the commonwealth. After public input and board review, it was adopted by the Virginia 9-1-1 Services Board.

“Our goal is to provide assistance and assure a seamless, unified network across Virginia,” said Nelson Moe, chief information officer of the commonwealth and agency head at VITA. “NG 9-1-1 is based on shared, modern internet protocol (IP) networks ensuring calls and information received in a locality can be quickly and efficiently transferred to any surrounding locality, even if it is in a different state.

“Current, circuit-switched networks are outdated technologies based on an analog network that is quickly going out of service and has been in use for more than 40 years. An update is necessary to meet the current and future emergency

communications needs of the state.”

VITA’s Steve Marzolf, who directs the agency’s program that assists localities with emergency communications, said a contract has been awarded to AT&T to provide NG 9-1-1 services in Fairfax County.

That contract can be used by all localities. Localities notify the 9-1-1 Services Board of their interest in the contract, reach a participation agreement with AT&T and move forward with deployment. Using the contract, which meets state procurement regulations, eliminates the need for localities to spend money and staff time on required procurement activities.

Localities can also implement the upgrade through their own procurements or contract vehicles, and only need to notify the 9-1-1 Services Board of their decisions to do so.

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Actor Boris Kodjoe will deliver the keynote address at Virginia Commonwealth University’s spring commencement ceremony in May. Kodjoe, a 1996 graduate of the VCU School of Business, made his on-screen debut in 1998 on “The Steve Harvey Show.” He has since appeared in TV shows (“Boston Public,” “Soul Food,” “Second Time Around,” “The Last Man on Earth,” “Code Black”) and feature films (“Love & Basketball,” “Madea’s Family Reunion,” “Resident Evil: Afterlife”). He was a standout tennis player at VCU from 1992-96 and was inducted into the VCU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017.

VCU will hold spring commencement at the Richmond Coliseum.

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The 392nd Army Band at Fort Lee Brass Quintet will perform at the General Grant’s Headquarters Unit of Petersburg National Battlefield.

The free outdoor performance will occur on the north lawn of Appomattox Plantation in the historic City Point area of Hopewell.

The concert will feature patriotic music as well as music from the 19th century.

Visitors are encouraged to bring a picnic dinner and lawn chairs.

Alcoholic beverages, however, are not permitted. Parking is available in the lot located on Cedar Lane.

Handicapped parking is available near the Eppes Plantation home, however space is limited.

The General Grant’s Headquarters Unit of Petersburg National Battlefield is at 1001 Pecan Ave. in Hopewell and is open seven days a week, every day of the year except for major holidays. Visitors can view a 15-minute video and participate in a tour of the 18th century home of the Eppes Family. The grounds are open until dark and include numerous wayside exhibits on the lawn surrounding the home and on the James River waterfront. For more information, call 804-732-3531 ext. 200.

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(from page 14) peers for similar infractions, the G.A.O. found that it did not impose any new mandates on districts to reduce their suspension rates.

The findings are likely to bolster arguments for preserving the 2014 guidance and undercut conservative claims that the guidance has resulted in federal overreach and a decline in school safety.

Recently, U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos hosted groups of educators and advocates for and against the disciplinary guidance, the 12th set of round tables the department has held in the past year — and the first DeVos attended in person.

Nina Leuzzi, a prekindergarten teacher at a Boston charter school, said she kept her word to her class of 20, predominantly minority 4-year-olds, in making her case to the secretary for why the guidance should stay. When the children asked her why she was traveling to Washington, she told them it was to keep them safe.

“Rescinding this would send the message that there is no longer a concern about discrimination in our schools,” Leuzzi said.

Nicole Stewart, a former vice principal in San Diego, told DeVos that pressures to reduce suspensions had made schools dangerous. She said administrators did not expel a student with a knife at her school because he had a disability. Weeks later, he slit a student’s throat, she said.

“It is no wonder that our kids don’t think that rules and consequences apply to them,” Stewart said. “We are not modeling what consequences look like in the real world.”

DeVos is facing new pressures after Republicans linked the guidance to the February mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., and President Trump assigned her to lead a school safety commission that will consider whether to repeal the guidance.

DeVos has declined to say publicly whether she believes that racial bias plays a role in the disproportionate rates at which black students are punished in school. But according to attendees at a recent meeting, the secretary opened her remarks by acknowledging that the conversations were taking place on the 50th anniversary of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, and that racial disparities in discipline were a problem in the country.

Evan Stone, co-founder of Educators for Excellence, which

Rep. Bobby Scott of Virginia represents nearly 30,000 educators across the country, said the acknowledgment gave him hope.

“Still, we have a real uphill battle ahead,” said Stone, who attended the meeting with Leuzzi and five other teachers who are part of the group.

Members of Congress urged DeVos not to make a decision on the guidance until the G.A.O. report was made public. The Education Department did not issue a response to the G.A.O. findings, as is customary, and did not respond to a request for comment on the report.

The Obama administration guidance was issued based on data that showed that, in 2012, black students were being suspended at three times the rate of their white peers. According to the G.A.O. analysis, in the 2013-14 school year, black students accounted for 15.5 percent of all public school students, but represented about 39 percent of students suspended from school.

The agency also found the disparities for black students started in preschool, and persisted regardless of the type of school they attended — disparities were particularly acute in charter schools — or the disciplinary action they received.

And black students were the only race in which both boys and girls were disproportionately disciplined across six disciplinary actions examined, which included corporal punishment, in- and out-of-school suspensions, expulsions and schoolrelated arrests.

Moreover, the agency found that black students were suspended

more often than their white peers in schools of all poverty levels. In the most affluent schools, 7.5 percent of black boys had been given out-ofschool suspensions, while 1.8 percent of white boys had.

The finding marks the first time that national discipline rates have been analyzed by poverty level, and challenges a common claim that poverty, more than race, may be driving disproportionate rates of disciplinary actions.

Daniel J. Losen, director of the Center for Civil Rights Remedies at the University of California at Los Angeles’s Civil Rights Project, called the finding “groundbreaking.” He said it affirms other research that shows that even black boys raised in rich neighborhoods were likely to earn less than their white peers.

“This further shows that poverty is not explaining the disparities,” Losen said. “There’s a racial discrimination problem, and that can no longer be disputed.”

The G.A.O. analysis was requested

by Rep. Robert C. Scott, Democrat of Virginia, and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Democrat of New York.

The agency was charged with identifying patterns in disciplinary actions among public schools, the challenges that school districts faced with discipline reform, and how the Departments of Education and Justice have addressed the issue through enforcement measures.

The investigation took place from November 2016 through March, and included data analysis and interviews with officials in the

Education and Justice Departments, as well as district leaders in five states.

The report was praised by Democratic lawmakers as evidence that the 2014 guidance had value.

The guidance informed schools that wide racial disparities could signal discriminatory practices that could result in a federal investigation and loss of federal funding. It also suggested a number of strategies for managing nonviolent behavior without resorting to kicking students out of school.

“The G.A.O.’s first-of-its-kind analysis confirms that racial bias contributes to pervasive discipline disparities,” Scott and Nadler said in a joint statement. “The G.A.O.’s findings underscore the need to strengthen the guidance, not rescind it as some have recommended.”

But critics who want to see the Obama-era guidance rescinded said the report’s scope was too narrow to draw broad conclusions.

“None of these findings change the basic story line,” said Michael J. Petrilli, the president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a research organization. “What we’ve learned is discipline reform is being applied unevenly. If you are concerned there are some specific districts and schools that are responding particularly poorly to this, I don’t think this study gets at that question.”

Petrilli also said the report did not answer the question at the heart of the Obama-guidance criticism: whether racial bias accounted for all the disparities.

The G.A.O. examination illustrated how racial bias was unfolding in some districts.

For instance, at a school district in Kentucky where black students were 10 times as likely as white students to be disciplined, school officials acknowledged that 61 types of violations were undefined, which allowed staff to punish black students more harshly.

In interviews, district officials also reported that they maintained broad discretion in how they disciplined students, and that more serious offenses, like those concerning weapons, violence and drugs, still resulted in removing students from school.

And all of the school districts reported that while they embraced the opportunity to revise their approach to discipline, their biggest barrier was not student behavior. It was the lack of resources to tackle cases of trauma and mental health issues that increasingly plague the nation’s children. © NYT

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