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‘He’s coming … I’m gonna die’: Heartbreaking final texts from Orlando victim to his mom MICHAEL MILLER The first message Mina Justice received from her son Sunday morning seemed innocuous. “Mommy I love you,” Eddie Justice texted at 2:06 a.m. His next words, though, were chilling. “In club,” he wrote. “They shooting.” Worried and confused, Mina tried calling her son, but there was no answer, she told the Associated Press. She texted him to ask whether he was okay. “Trapp in bathroom,” Eddie wrote a
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minute later. “Pulse. Downtown. Call police.” Mina didn’t know it yet, but her son was caught in the midst of what would prove to be the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. At that instant, Omar Mateen, a 29-year-old security guard, was stalking Pulse, a popular Orlando gay club, with an assault rifle and pistol. He would kill 50 people and wound at least 53 more before dying in a shootout with police. Sleeping just a moment before, Mina had now been propelled into a waking nightmare. For 44 minutes, she sat in the dark, staring at her phone, watching the attack unfold in increasingly terrified texts from her son. Then the texts stopped. The moving messages, first reported by the Associated Press’s Tamara Lush, are one man’s window into a tragedy that has gripped the nation and rekindled debates over immigration, Islam, gay rights and gun control. Before the mass shooting made international headlines, however, news of the incident spread on social media and in panicked texts from people trapped inside the club. “Everyone get out of pulse and
keep running,” the club wrote on its Facebook page at 2:09 a.m. Seconds earlier, Eddie Justice had again texted his mom. “I’m gonna die,” he wrote. She called 911. Eddie was handsome and athletic with tattoos that peaked out of his shirt, and he had a penchant for flashy jewelry, according to Facebook photos. He liked to make others laugh. His work as an accountant afforded him a condo in downtown Orlando, his mother told the AP. “Lives in a sky house, like the Jeffersons,” Mina would say. “He lives rich.” Now her handsome, high-living son desperately needed her help. As she talked to the emergency dispatcher, she texted Eddie. “U still in there,” she wrote, according to the AP. “Answer [your] damn phone.” Finally, at 2:39 a.m., he replied. “Call them mommy,” Eddie wrote, apparently in reference to the police. “Now.” He said he was in Pulse’s bathroom. “He’s coming,” Eddie wrote. “I’m gonna die.” When Mina asked whether people were hurt, her son said: “Lots. Yes.” When her son’s texts paused once again, she hopefully asked whether the police had arrived and found him. “No,” he replied. “Still here in bathroom. He has us. They need to come get us.” Unknown to mother and son, though, police were outside the club but delaying their assault because of the hostage situation, a senior U.S. law enforcement official said. For three hours, the gunman was on the phone with police, and no shots were
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Most ex-offenders seeking employment are bond eligible Bonding program offers insurance for employers seeking to hire returning citizens The Virginia Department of Corrections notes that each year in Virginia, about 13,000 people are released from correctional institutions back into the community. DOC notes that a key component to successful offender reentry and a reduction in recidivism is how effectively these men and women can secure employment. Making this transition difficult is the barrier created by employers who view job seekers with prior criminal convictions as risky. The Federal Bonding Program was developed to remove some of that concern. In 1966, the U.S. Department of Labor created the Federal Bonding Program to serve as a form of
insurance for employers, easing some of their concerns about hiring exoffenders while creating a smoother pathway to job placement. Fifty years after its creation, the program continues help open doors and break down barriers between ex-offenders and employers. “Anyone with a prior conviction, whether it be a felony or misdemeanor, is bondable,” said Kia Parson White, the Virginia Federal Bonding Program coordinator at the Virginia DOC. “Even if they were convicted and didn’t serve time, as long as they are of legal working age, we can issue a bond.” Federal Fidelity Bond Insurance provides a potential win-win
situation for employers and the ex-offenders they chose to hire. The bonds are issued in $5,000 increments, offering employers protection against acts of theft, larceny, forgery and embezzlement. They do not cover liability for injuries. The bonds are valid for six months or until employment is terminated. White said her office has issued more than 15,500 bonding eligibility letters to returning citizens since starting. Many offenders have participated in reentry programming where information is shared about the bonding process. To date, 135 bonds have been issued. Not one has been cashed in by an employer. Once a returning citizen is offered a job and a start date is established, employers interested in requesting a bond can contact White or local
workforce development centers. The bond is instantly available, involves no paperwork and comes at no cost to the employer. “We issue Bonding Eligibility letters to our returning citizens. These letters let employers know that the individuals are bondable. In addition, these letters explain how the program works and who to contact,” said White. In describing the response she has received from employers, White said that employers she has spoken with have been “extremely excited” about the program and how easy it was to request and obtain a bond. “We want to let more employers know about this service, which is free of charge,” she said. “The goal is to remove this barrier to employment which in the end makes our communities better and safer.”
Trump campaigns in Va., assails effort to allow felons to vote, Clinton to campaign Virginia’s battleground status is showing. Republican presumptive nominee Donald Trump campaigned in Virginia Friday and his Democratic counterpart, Hillary Clinton, will campaign in Virginia, on June 21, where she is expected to discuss her
while Trump’s supporters continue to question their candidate’s comments. Trump has registered his disdain for an effort to let felons in Virginia cast ballots in the November election. “This whole thing with the prisoners, this whole thing with the prisoners is not sounding too good,” Trump spoke to supporters in Richmond as protests occurred outside.
vision for America. Clinton has recently won the endorsements of President Barack Obama and Sen. Elizabeth Warren
he said. “Where murderers can vote and all these people can vote? I don’t think so.” Trump was speaking at a Richmond
Coliseum rally In April, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a close ally of presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, used his executive powers to restore voting rights to more than 200,000 felons who have served their sentences -- many of them African Americans, a core voting bloc of Democrats. Virginia, an important swing state in the general election, has some of the strictest laws when it comes to voting rights for felons. The nonpartisan Sentencing Project estimates that 1 in 5 African Americans in Virginia is not allowed to vote because of a criminal history.
“We will ensure everyone with freedom to live in our communities has the right to participate in the democratic process,” McAuliffe, whose state is one of several swing states in the general election, said on Twitter at the time of his announcement. The effort has faced legal hurdles in recent weeks as Republicans in the state filed a lawsuit to block it. The Virginia Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the case next month. Trump made it clear where he stands on the issue. “Hopefully the court will act quickly -- 200,000 people ... it’s not supposed to be the way it works,” he said.
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(from page 2) fired. So when Mina texted her son at 2:49 a.m., asking him to let her know when he saw the police, he answered with panic. “Hurry,” he wrote, according to the AP. “He’s in the bathroom with us.” “Is the man in the bathroom wit u?” she asked. “He’s a terror,” Eddie wrote at 2:50 a.m. before answering her question: “Yes.” “Are u hurt?” Mina wrote. “Stay there he don’t like gay people,” she wrote again. “Text me please,” she begged. “I love u.” Eddie never answered. Mina drove downtown to Pulse to await word from the police. When she got no answers Sunday morning, she made her way to the nearby Hampton Inn and Suites, a makeshift waiting area for families of those inside the club during the shooting. Some of Eddie’s relatives took to social media to express their hope that he was still alive. “Please say a prayer for my lil cousin, God bring him home safe and sound,” Jeffery Robinson wrote on Facebook. “This is a tragedy for all families involved and it’s time to come together and take a stand regardless of what color, race, sex, or sexual preference.” “Fear is a powerful thing,” wrote Nerelsha Justice-Macklin, Eddie’s sister, as she raced to Orlando. “As I travel down this road with all my
Mina Justice speaks to a reporter discussing texting with her son, Eddie Justice, who was in a bathroom at Pulse in Orlando. PHOTO: Tamara Lush/AP
worker JESUS … waiting on your glory lord!!! Y’all gonna have to excuse me … trying to keep it together in this backseat.” In the hotel lobby, there were scenes of intense grief as families learned that their loved ones had died inside the club. One woman sat in a chair next to a stack of pizza boxes, sobbing and screaming. Another woman was so overcome that she vomited. Still, Mina Justice had not heard news of her son. “His name has not come up yet, and that’s scary,” she told the AP. “It’s just …” she said, pausing and patting her heart. “It’s just, I got this feeling. I got a bad feeling.” Late on Sunday night, her bad feeling was confirmed. Eddie Jamoldroy Justice’s name was added to the list of the dead. Mina could not be reached for comment Sunday night. But her nephew captured the family’s emotion on Facebook. “Terrible tragedy for my family,” Robinson wrote. “Great young man gone way too soon.” A GoFundMe page has been established to collect money for his funeral. “Eddie loved his mother,” the page notes, “and was a momma’s boy at heart.”
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Empower a girl, change the world BEVERLY BOND A significant part of my advocacy work as a social innovator and cultural curator is centered around the urgent need to counter the misrepresentations of women of color in media. I founded BLACK GIRLS ROCK! in 2006 to create a new paradigm where black women can articulate and celebrate our own beauty, womanhood and blackness — and highlight the spectrum of our brilliance on our own terms. Today, BLACK GIRLS ROCK! has evolved into an international movement connecting black women across the African Diaspora. When I began this effort, I did not consider myself a leader or a change-maker. I was a black woman simply reacting to the constant barrage of toxic media messages that degraded, dehumanized and belittled black women and girls. There was a paradox regarding black women’s presence in media — we were both hyper-visible and invisible at the same time. On the one side of this paradox, there was a belligerent onslaught of demeaning, stereotypical, and objectifying images in the media that were the dominant representations of women of color. On the other side, there was an overwhelming absence of diverse, beautiful, powerful and holistic images of black women in popular culture. Even today, there is a wide scope The LEGACY NEWSPAPER Vol. 2 No. 29 Mailing Address 409 E. Main Street 4 Office Address 105 1/2 E. Clay St. Richmond, VA 23219 Call 804-644-1550 Online www.legacynewspaper.com
Juneteenth - Its symbolism & substance of black womanhood that remains unseen and unvoiced. Far too often the breadth and depth of contributions made by black women are marginalized, untaught and under-praised. As a result, young black girls do not always get to see representations of role models and trail-blazing “sheroes” who look like them. Black girls grow up painfully aware of the relationship between race, gender and privilege. As a black girl, you learn that because of the body and skin that you are born in, society has placed you on the bottom of its hierarchy. When the media omits your narrative and does not celebrate your diversity, complexity, cultural identity, aesthetic, accomplishments and historical legacy it can alter
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One 151 years after slaves were declared free, I can imagine the joy and jubilation in Galveston, Texas, when the proclamation was read. On June 19, 1865, Union Major General Gordon Granger recited the order that included these words: ”This involves an absolute equality of personal and property rights between masters and slaves.” The momentous occasion has become known as ”Juneteenth,” a compression of June and 19th. It’s the oldest celebration of the ending of slavery in the United States, marking the day that Union soldiers delivered the news to slaves in Texas that they were free — more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation had gone into effect. At the time of the 1863 proclamation, Texas was not under the control of the Union army, and slave masters conspired to prevent slaves from finding out that they were free. There are reasons to celebrate, and lessons to be learned from, Juneteenth. We must understand and sustain the notion that we are somebody special. We must project that we love and respect ourselves, individually and as a people. This empowerment process recognizes that history, heritage, culture and values determine one’s attitude and eventual outcome in life. By understanding and fulfilling the essence of Juneteenth, African Americans will be able to better resolve the challenges and obstacles before us 151 years later. Notwithstanding our uniqueness in American history, it is now time for us to transform ourselves from the weak and pitiful into the strong and powerful. It can be done. Most of us are capable of giving a lot more than we do to our common cause. All of us can give something. All of us, especially our men, must do more for our children and our communities. We need to become farmers. We need to plant the crops — our children and communities — and nourish them to fruition. Collectively, we are the patriarchs, providers and protectors of our children, our families, indeed, of our society. And that is as it should be. The commemoration of liberation, celebrated Sunday, June 19, should have everlasting meaning to us as a people. Let us celebrate every day the joy and jubilation of our forebears in Galveston as we remember what they endured to secure freedom for all . Let us honor and remember our ancestors. Long live Juneteenth! - John L. Horton, Norfolk
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P.T. Hoffsteader, Esq.
November watch
I am on the Steering Committee of prominent evangelicals organizing a meeting between Donald Trump and hundreds of pastors and Christian leaders, many of whom do not yet support the presumptive Republican Nominee. Like many evangelicals, I amconflicted about Donald Trump. But the idea of Hillary Clinton as president is horrifying. It would mean a continuation of the policies of the last seven-and-a-half years, which have been a disaster for our country. Therefore, I am definitely going to vote for Trump against Hillary, but in order to do it with enthusiasm, I need to see more. One reservation I have is with Donald Trump's ability to communicate with minority communities. I do not believe Donald a Trump is a racist. However, Trump’s rhetoric makes him vulnerable to those charges. Democrats will exploit that weakness. If Trump will avoid the racially questionable rhetoric, and work to convince minorities that he will deliver good jobs, he could win historic support from those communities. Democrats have done nothing for black Americans, other minorities or the poor. Their policies have created failing public schools, rampant poverty, murder in the streets of our cities, fatherless children, an anemic economy and an anti-Christian culture. I hope that Mr. Trump will also express a firm commitment to
defending the First Amendment rights of Christians, and looking out for our active duty military and veterans who have been treated very poorly by the Obama administration. I look forward to the conversation With Donald Trump on June 21, and hope to join forces with him to defeat Hillary Clinton in November. E.W Jackson Portsmouth
Rape culture
How dangerous is the “rape culture” construct? Convicted sexual assailant Brock Turner ably demonstrates the risks of blaming collective culture for individual behavior by aiming that weapon in the opposite direction. In his pre-sentencing statement to judge Aaron Persky, asking for probation rather than prison time, Turner writes: “I know I can impact and change people’s attitudes towards the culture surrounded by binge drinking and sexual promiscuity that protrudes through what people think is at the core of being a college student. ... “Before this happened, I never had any trouble with law enforcement and I plan on maintaining that. I’ve been shattered by the party culture and risk taking behavior that I briefly experienced in my four months at school.” See what he did there? With a few glib turns of phrase, Turner turns the same logic underlying “rape culture” claims to his own purposes. He ceases to be an assailant and becomes another victim. Brock Turner didn’t sexually assault an unconscious woman next
to a dumpster outside a fraternity house. “Party culture” did that. Brock Turner didn’t penetrate that unconscious woman with a foreign object (Brock Turner’s finger). Binge drinking, sexual promiscuity and risk taking behavior did those things. Blame booze. Blame college. Blame culture. Just don’t blame Brock Turner. Poor, poor Brock. Bad culture! Bad! Go stand in the corner, culture!
Well, no. In reality, Brock Turner did what he did, and only Brock Turner is responsible for it. His “culture” excuses are just that -excuses. And how did our REAL culture -- as opposed to the “rape culture” we supposedly live in -- respond to Turner’s crime? With universal outrage. Thomas Knapp Central Florida
(from page 6) dynamic leaders, innovators and doers. your perception of self-worth. When the messages in media tell young girls of color that they are not as beautiful, powerful, valuable and important as all the other girls in the world they become blind to the essence and magnificence of their uniqueness — their ‘Black Girl Magic’ — and that blindness can warp their positive identity formation and cripple them from navigating their most productive life-paths. Black girls need to know that they matter. They need to see examples of success, leadership, achievement, sisterhood and humanitarianism in abundance so that they can gain confidence in their ability to become their best and greatest selves. In order to overcome the countless barriers experienced by black girls that may threaten to thwart their aspirations for success, I believe it is essential to nourish the next generation of girls through programs, images and examples that give black girls the confidence, tools and experience necessary to become
Over the last 10 years, BLACK GIRLS ROCK! has been at the forefront of a movement helping to create a cultural paradigm shift regarding the portrayal of women of color in mass media. We’ve also worked fervently to create highly effective and impactful leadership and educational programs for teen girls to enhance their self-esteem, confidence, work ethic, integrity, critical thinking, cultural literacy and civic engagement. In my effort to continue building platforms that empower women globally, I am excited to join powerful women thought leaders — who also desire to make the world a more equitable place for all women and girls — at the United States of Women Summit. The views and opinions expressed in this post do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the White House and the White House does not endorse all content herein. Nothing in this post shall constitute an endorsement of any products, companies, or organizations.
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So. Baptist convention’s first black president nominates fellow New Orleans pastor to lead A nominee for the presidency of the Southern Baptist Convention who is not expected to be elected has stated that he is in the race because its “the right thing to do.” David Crosby, pastor of First Baptist Church of New Orleans, was nominated by former SBC President Fred Luter back in March. The other two nominees are Pastor Steve Gaines of the Memphis, Tennessee-based Bellevue Baptist Church and J.D. Greear, pastor of The Summit Church in Durham,
North Carolina. In an interview, Crosby explained that he was aware that Gaines and Greear were considered more likely to be elected SBC president. “I did not enter this race because I thought I would win. I entered because I felt it was the right thing to do. In the process I have spoken my mind about what I think is of first importance. I am content whatever the outcome,” said Crosby. “A number of SBC leaders have indicated their support for my
Methodists to gather in Roanoke Nearly 4,000 clergy and laity representatives of United Methodist churches across Virginia will gather at the Berglund Center in Roanoke, June 17-19 for the Annual Conference meeting of worship, mission projects, celebration of ministries and conducting the business of the Virginia (regional) Conference of The United Methodist Church. Theme of the gathering is “Thy Will Be Done.” An equal number of laity and clergy make up the voting members at the Virginia Annual Conference, which is composed of 1,176 local churches and faith communities covering the entire state of Virginia — except the section west of Christiansburg, which is part of the Holston Conference. Annual Conference will begin with separate meetings of clergy and laity at 1 p.m. Friday, June 17. Annual Conference business sessions will begin at 3 p.m. Bishop Young Jin Cho, the first Korean-American to lead the Virginia Conference and the first Korean-American elected bishop in the Southeastern Jurisdiction of The United Methodist Church, will preside over conference sessions. Bishop Cho will deliver an
Episcopal Address at approximately 3:45 p.m. Friday, June 17. Ordination of new clergy will be at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 18. Bishop Mark Webb, who leads the Upper New York area, will preach. It is expected that 21 men and women will be ordained elders; two will be ordained deacons; 14 will be commissioned as provisional elders; two will be commissioned as provisional deacons; and 27 will be licensed as local pastors. A memorial service to remember those who died since the last Annual Conference session will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 17. The Rev. Myrtle Frances Hatcher, pastor of Main Street United Methodist Church in Suffolk, will preach. A service recognizing pastors who are retiring this year will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 18. The Rev. James Tongue, pastor of Bridgewater United Methodist Church in Bridgewater, will preach. Bishop Cho will preach for the closing worship service at 11 a.m. Sunday, June 19. The service will include announcements of pastor appointments to all the churches in
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Messengers at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting vote on a resolutions report by raising ballots at the 2015 convention. candidacy and their intention to vote for me. I know a number of pastors who are making the trip to St Louis primarily to cast their vote for me. Of course, among them are three of my brothers.” Crosby also said that if elected president he wants “to change the tone of our dialogue both among ourselves and with the culture at large.” “Everything we say should be spoken in love. God's love for us is the transforming reality of our lives. Our response of love for God and others is the true fulfillment of all our spiritual obligations. If we are not known for our love, then we are misrepresenting the Savior,” continued Crosby. “Our love for God is evidenced in love for neighbor. I want all of our 46,000 churches, including my own, to take a step up in loving the people around us--our own members, our neighbors, the strangers, and our enemies.” The SBC presidential election will take place as part of the Protestant denomination’s annual convention in
St. Louis, Missouri. SBC spokesman Sing Oldham explained that the election process for officers including the position of president. “Nominating speeches for officers of the convention shall be limited to one address of not more than three minutes for each nominee. Election of officers shall be by ballot,” said Oldham. “If an officer does not receive a majority of votes cast on the first ballot, subsequent ballots shall carry the names of those who are included in the top 50 percent of the total votes cast in the previous ballot. Oldham also said that there is a chance that someone else may be added to the list of candidates, since people can be nominated at the convention. “As of now, three nominators have indicated their intent to nominate three different candidates. There is no requirement that nominators announce their intent ahead of time. Additional nominators may approach the platform at the appointed time to nominate additional individuals,” said Oldham.
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(from page 8) the conference. Bible Study leader for Annual Conference will be Dr. L. Gregory Jones, Vice President and Vice Provost for Global Strategy and Programs at Duke University. From 1997-2010, he was Dean of Duke's Divinity School when he led the institution to a significant expansion of resources, networks and impact. Jones currently serves as the Ruth W. and A. Morris Williams Jr. Professor of Theology and Christian Ministry at Duke Divinity School, Senior Strategist for Leadership
June 15, 2016 • 9 Education at Duke Divinity, and Senior Strategist for the FuquaCoach K Center for Leadership and Ethics. POTATO DROP - On Friday, June 17, at 7 a.m. at Southview United Methodist Church, 3539 Peters Creek Rd., Roanoke, volunteers will help bag and load more than 20 tons of donated potatoes to be picked up by regional food banks, church pantries, soup kitchens and other local feeding agencies. Co-sponsored by the Society of Saint Andrew, a national, nonprofit food salvage hunger-relief program, the potato drop will provide 120,000 to 135,000
Coalition on civic participation calls for a united effort as key to high black voter turnout Several of the nation’s leading civil rights, social justice, labor, faithbased, youth, civic, media, education and business leaders is meeting in Atalanta this week to share strategies, partnership opportunities; and develop a unified coalition to ensure the black vote is fully mobilized on Nov. 8. The meeting is part of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP) ongoing Unity’16 National Black Voter Empowerment Campaign (Unity ’16 Campaign). “There is a number of black voter mobilization, organizing and voter protection efforts going on right now that black-led national and statebased organizations are leading and the Unity ’16 Campaign wants to elevate and showcase to maximize our collective and individual impact at the polls. “Our aim is to ensure that we have a strong and effective unified coalition,” said Melanie L. Campbell, CEO & president of NCBCP. “Black America cannot afford to let any candidate take the Black vote for granted from local, state to national. We have a rich history of voting which must be amplified in 2016 and beyond as if our lives depend on it…
because they do.” Thomas W. Dortch, Jr., board chair of the NCBCP contended that the “2016 election is here and we must be ready, unified and organized.” The groups goal isis simple, said Dortch. We want to be proactive in ensuring that the black vote is not marginalized, is fully engaged and respected in this important election and beyond,” he said. On Nov. 8, voters will elect the 45th president, 435 members of the U. S. House of Representative, 34 U. S. senators, 12 state governors and 88 of the 99 state legislative chambers. Further, noted the group, history has proven that all politics is local and that local elections matter -- 41 of the 100 largest cities and municipal elections including the mayor and/or city council. With just less than five months until the November election, the NCBCP and its partners note they are “committed to building a unified coalition to ensure the black vote is fully mobilized, issues vital to the future of black America are front and center by all candidates running for national, state and local office; our votes are protected and counted.”
servings of food to the region’s poor and hungry. Bagging is expected to be completed before 9 a.m. In response to natural disasters in the United States and abroad, local churches will bring kits of critically needed items to conference for distribution through the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR). Health Kits, School Kits, Baby/Layette Kits, Birthing Kits and Cleaning Buckets will be collected at two tractor-trailers at the far end of the Berglund Center Parking Lot A, near the intersection of Williamson Road and Orange Ave. (across from the Sheetz gas station). Kits will be received 12 to 5 p.m. Thursday, June 16; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, June 17; and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 18. Those attending the conference will also be bringing canned goods or boxed dry foods to be given to the Rescue Mission in Roanoke. During a mission worship service at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 18, a special offering will be taken to support four global mission projects. Goal
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is to raise $150,000 for Cambodia church construction and Christian education; Methodist Church of Brazil programs with at-risk children; training laity in United Methodist churches in Mozambique; and disaster recovery for victims of the Feb. 24 tornadoes in Virginia. Preacher for the Saturday morning mission service will be the Rev. Eun Pa Hong, senior pastor of the 8,000-member Bupyeong Methodist Church in South Korea. In business sessions, members will approve a budget for 2017 and will celebrate the ministry of Bishop Young Jin Cho who will retire on Sept. 1 this year. Annual Conference members will also consider resolutions that 1) call for legislation to ban questions about criminal history from initial job applications, 2) encourage every local church to establish a mentoring ministry for adolescents in the community who are not reaching their full academic potential, and 3) respond to requests for support from Palestinian Christians in the Holy Lands.
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McCoy Dr. Angelique Redus Dr. Angelique Redus McCoy is a native of Ohio where she spent the last ten years as the Section Head of Pediatrics at the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Family Health Center in East Cleveland, Ohio before joining the Capital Area Health Center. 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”. Dr. McCoy shares her birthday with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the advice she shares with her young patients is “to love yourself and be true to yourself!”
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‘Plunky’ Branch to discuss memoir at LVA
Richmond native James “Plunky” Branch is a multi-talented saxophonist, businessman, composer, and producer. On the evening of June 23 he will celebrate the launch of his memoir PLUNKY - Juju Jazz Funk & Oneness at the Library. The launch will include a brief musical set and an interview with Peter Solomon,
host of Jazz with Peter Solomon on WCVE 88.9 FM. The interview will be followed by an audience question-and-answer session and a book signing. Copies of the book will be available through the Virginia Shop, located on the first floor of the Library of Virginia. The talk will begin with a brief musical set
Terry McMillan talks latest novel, ‘Empire’ and inspiring readers CRYSTAL NUNN NNPA - Best-selling author Terry McMillan is back with a new novel, “I Almost Forgot About You.” McMillan recently spoke about the novel, how she hopes to empower her readers, and even gave her thoughts on the show Empire’s portrayal of unhealthy relationships. “I Almost Forgot About You,” released on June 7, is about Dr. Georgia Young, who seemingly has it all but starts feeling stuck and restless, and decides to make some major changes in her life and embarks on a wild journey. About her latest protagonist, Dr. Georgia, McMillan said, “She’s a middle-aged-woman who was successful and did it all right. She went to the right college, is a professional, she’s successful, divorced and her kids are adults. She reaches a plateau and she realizes,
like so many millions of women who are afraid to own it, that she’s bored with her life and she’s like, ‘Where else can I go?.’”
from Branch and Plunky & Oneness starting at 5:30 PM followed by the interview at 6:15 PM, a questionand-answer session, and a book signing. A 2015 “Strong Men and Women” honoree, Branch is a product of Richmond’s segregated schools and attended Columbia University. In 1971 he formed Juju, a musical group that combined rhythm and blues, jazz, soul, and African musical influences. Branch and his group have continued recording and performing, most recently as Plunky & Oneness. In 1982, their song “Every Way but Loose” made the top 10 on the London soul music charts. Branch is a founder of the Richmond Jazz Society and has released 25 albums through his own independent record label, N.A.M.E. Brand Records. In PLUNKY - Juju Jazz Funk & Oneness, Branch discusses music and his career during which he
composed hundreds of songs, and produced a documentary, Under the Radar—A Survey of Afro-Cuban Music. Working with the U.S. Information Agency and the Virginia Commission for the Arts, Branch has educated audiences at home and around the world about the cultural significance of music. He has lectured on African-American music at Virginia Commonwealth University and directed the Virginia Union University Jazz Ensemble. Branch serves as an artist-in-residence and performs in public schools around the state and in 2012 was named one of the Richmond Public School system’s “Living Legacies”. Today Branch spends his time leading his band onstage playing rousing funk, R&B, jazz, African, reggae, gospel and rap and making music in his recording studio. The program is free and open to the public but reservations are requested through the library’s website.
With this novel McMillan wanted to “show that you can change lanes at middle age, and that at 50 and 60 it’s not all downhill like a lot of young people think. You don’t just roll over and prepare for your grave,” said McMillan, 64. “By the time you’re 50, sometimes you’re just getting your stride.” Dr. Georgia’s journey is “twofold” said McMillan. “The other component is that the woman ends up finding out someone that she loved, years ago in college, has passed away….So she decides that she’s going to look up all the men that she’s ever loved.” McMillan is hoping readers will be inspired by Georgia’s journey into her past. “We are all the sum total of who we’ve loved, who’s loved us, who’s broken our hearts, whose hearts we’ve broken, and how we were raised. You can learn something from where you’ve been,” she said. Although there are many lessons to be learned throughout the story, McMillan said that she doesn’t consider her work to be “didactic.” However, she does hope to inspire readers, and said, “…I do think that writing fiction on a human level should make people feel empowered.” McMillan’s female protagonists are usually black, successful and
confident with “self-love” being a central theme that can often be seen throughout her many books, including her most famous works, “Waiting to Exhale” and “How Stella Got Her Grove Back.” McMillan is concerned with unhealthy relationships, particularly some that she said are often seen on some of today’s top ranked television shows. “I don’t want to dog ‘Empire,’ but there is not one healthy relationship on that show, yet people still love it. The real reason people love it, is because they identify with it, and that’s what’s so sad,” said McMillan. Despite her feelings towards what seems to be the popularization of unhealthy relationships, McMillan is not afraid to let people know that she herself is no stranger to it. “Look…I grew up poor with no lights and heat being turned off,” said McMillan, “My mother and father used to fight, she threw his butt out, she tried to shoot him. So it’s not like I don’t know this stuff, my first book was a reflection of it, but I’m more interested in how we get somewhere else so that more generations are more educated, happier, that we find more joy, that we travel, and we help our children.”
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“A New Republic” opens big at VMFA An exhibition featuring portraits by Kehinde Wiley, one of the country’s leading contemporary artists, made a big splash when it opened in Richmond June 11 at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA). Composed of more than 50 paintings and sculptures, “Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic” raises “intriguing” questions about race, identity, and the politics of representation, noted the VMFA in a preview. “Just saw it and the exhibition is spectacular! His talent is amazing.” noted Camille Thomas. “I went... to the members viewing. It is spectacular!” noted Martah Casey. Recognized for his portrayal of contemporary African American men using conventions of traditional European portraiture, Wiley has expanded his vision to include women and cultures from around the globe. In addition to lesser-known early works, this exhibition also explores new developments, which include bronze busts, “paintings” in stained glass, and works from his World Stage series. “Kehinde Wiley is one of the most popular artists in America today,” said VMFA director, Alex Nyerges. “The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts was one of the first comprehensive art museums to acquire his portraits,
and we are thrilled to present a larger selection of his work to the public. “These paintings and sculptures challenge centuries of stereotypes, and we hope our visitors will feel engaged and make the connection between Wiley’s works and those in our galleries.” Wiley selects the subjects for his portraits through the process of “street casting” by enlisting young men and women to pose for his paintings. These people, wearing hoodies, jeans, and baseball caps, are contrasted against ornate backgrounds that evoke an aristocratic style of portraiture. By replacing European aristocrats with black subjects, Wiley points out the absence of African Americans from such historical narratives. The works on view include selections from his ongoing “World Stage” series, where Wiley’s work has taken on a global perspective. In addition to establishing a studio in Beijing, China, Wiley has spent time in Africa, France, Israel, Jamaica, Haiti, and other countries. Portraits of women from the “An Economy of Grace” series include “The Two Sisters”, which was lent to the exhibition by VMFA Board of Trustees president William A. Royall, Jr., and his wife, Pamela.
Library remixes ‘Baby Got Back’ to encourage reading WIRE REPORT A library came up with a creative way to encourage literacy lovers to pick up a book. Virginia Beach Public Library’s information specialist Brittney Ash remixed Sir Mix-a-Lot’s 1992 hit single “Baby Got Back” in a display inside the library. Instead of the rapper’s lyrics, “I like big butts and I cannot lie,” the library display read: “I like big books and I cannot lie. You other readers can’t deny.” After posting a photo of the display on its Facebook page, it’s gone viral with more than 2,000 people sharing it. Christine Brantley, the library’s community relations and development manager, said that
To help visitors make their own connections between the works in the exhibition and works in the collection, VMFA has prepared a space, The Art Lounge: Connect Kehinde Wiley to VMFA, where
visitors can access art history books, touch screens, and free cards to look deeper into Wiley’s artistic process. A map is also available to help locate all 12 corresponding works in VMFA’s galleries.
Ash creates displays to “infuse some fun into the library.” “We use displays primarily to promote our library collections and to help people find things that they may not see when they’re on their regular shelf,” she added. For example, the “big book” display featured extremely lengthy and oversized books. Brantley said although it’s the first time a photo from the library has gone viral, it’s not the first time that Ash has created displays that wowed and promoted the library’s more than 800,000 books. PHOTO: Ash created a display in honor Virginia Beach of “Shark Week,” featuring books Public Library about the ocean and sharks, another display celebrating “Banned Books Week,” and yet another unique display — a cozy igloo where people can read — made entirely from recycled milk cartons. “We hope that people see the displays being shared around on social media and maybe if they haven’t been in their local library for a while, it’ll motivate them to go in,” Brantley said.
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Essence of new museum is a true American story FREDDIE ALLEN NNPA - When the National Museum of African American History and Culture opens in September, Lonnie Bunch, the museum’s founding director said that it will not only tell us a great deal of information about black folks, but “it will tell us even more about what America is and what it can become.” Bunch, who previously served as the associate director for curatorial affairs at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. and as a curator of history for the California African American Museum in Los Angeles, Calif., said that, in some ways, the African American community has led the charge in forcing America to be America and broadening discussions around freedom and citizenship. “When you look at any president, from George Washington on the number one issue they had to deal with at some point was African Americans,” said Bunch. “I really wanted people to recognize that this is all of our stories not just one
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community’s story.” The decade-long search for artifacts that will live in the museum has been arduous, joyfully surprising and completely necessary for Bunch and his team of curators. “Even if we took everything from the Smithsonian, it would only give us 20 percent of what we needed anyway,” said Bunch. “The Smithsonian is a place where so much of your credibility is based on the material that you have.” Although Bunch and his team were
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dedicated to the search, he confessed that he wasn’t sure what he’d find. “I was always struck by my own work early in my career and how I would go into a home and I would talk to an elderly woman or a young man and they would open a door and suddenly there would be wonders in front of me,” said Bunch. “So, I had to believe that there were wonders out there that I couldn’t even imagine that were sitting in people’s homes.” Still, Bunch was doubtful when Charles Blockson, a famous collector and African American historian, reached out to him concerning personal items that had once belonged to Harriet Tubman. “I just knew that he didn’t have anything,” said Bunch. Still curious,
he travelled to Philadelphia, Pa., to meet with Blockson. When he got there, Bunch said that Blockson opened a box and pulled out rare photographs from Harriet Tubman’s funeral, her personal hymnal and an amazing shawl that the civil rights heroine had worn before she died. “While I was blown away by seeing this Harriet Tubman material, I was more humbled by the fact that he said, ‘and this needs to come to the Smithsonian for free,’” said Bunch. “He said, ‘I don’t want to sell it. I want people to engage with this material.’ And that kind of generosity makes all of this worthwhile. The realization that even if people don’t know it, they’ve been waiting for this moment, to be able to share that story.” Bunch realized that every artifact couldn’t be the size of a hymnal. After talking to a few “train people,” Bunch traveled to Chattanooga, Tenn., to meet with a collector who had a Southern Railways segregated railroad car from the 1920s. When it was running, three-fourths of the car was reserved for whites. Black passengers walked through a swinging door that said “Colored” to get to their section.
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF AN APPLICATION BY VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY FOR APPROVAL AND CERTIFICATION OF THE PROPOSED REMINGTON SOLAR FACILITY PURSUANT TO §§ 56-46.1 AND 56-580 D OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA CASE NO. PUE-2016-00048 On May 4, 2016, Virginia Electric and Power Company (“Dominion Virginia Power” or “Company”) filed with the State Corporation Commission (“Commission”) an application (“Application”) for approval and a certificate of public convenience and necessity (“CPCN”) to construct and operate a 20 megawatt (nominal alternating current (“AC”)) utility-scale solar electric generating facility near the town of Remington in Fauquier County, Virginia (“Remington Solar Facility”). The Company requests approval and a CPCN for the Remington Solar Facility pursuant to §§ 56-46.1 and 56-580 D of the Code of Virginia and the Commission’s Filing Requirements in Support of Applications for Authority to Construct and Operate an Electric Generating Facility, 20 VAC 5-302-10 et seq. According to the Application, Dominion Virginia Power proposes to build the Remington Solar Facility on 125 acres of land owned by the Company, located across from the Company’s existing natural gas-fired Remington Power Station. As proposed, the Remington Solar Facility would include ground-mounted, fixed-tilt solar panel arrays, and would interconnect using 34.5 kilovolt distribution-level facilities (together with the proposed Remington Solar Facility, the “Project”). If approved, Dominion Virginia Power expects the proposed Project to begin commercial operation on or about October 1, 2017. According to the Application, Dominion Virginia Power plans to build and operate the Project, if approved, as part of a “public-private partnership.” The Company states that the electrical output of the Remington Solar Facility would be dedicated solely to the Commonwealth of Virginia (“Commonwealth”), a non-jurisdictional customer of the Company, and that the Commonwealth has agreed to purchase this electrical output at a negotiated price for a term of 25 years. Additionally, under a separate agreement, Microsoft Corporation has agreed to purchase all of the environmental attributes generated by the Project, including the renewable energy credits, at a negotiated price for a period of 25 years. Dominion Virginia Power estimates the cost of the proposed Project to be approximately $46 million, excluding financing costs, or approximately $2,300/ kilowatt at the approximately 20 megawatt (nominal AC) rating. Dominion Virginia Power states that it is not seeking to recover the cost of the Project from its Virginia jurisdictional customers through either a rate adjustment clause or base rates. The Company states that there will be no impacts to its Virginia jurisdictional cost of service, base rates, fuel rates, or rate adjustment clauses as a result of the Company’s ownership and operation of the Project during the 25-year term of the agreements described above. Interested persons are encouraged to review the Application and supporting documents for the details of these and other proposals. The Commission entered an Order for Notice and Hearing in this case that, among other things, scheduled a public hearing at 10 a.m. on October 13, 2016, in the Commission’s second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, to receive the testimony of public witnesses and the evidence of the Company, any respondents, and the Commission’s Staff. Any person desiring to testify as a public witness should appear at the hearing location fifteen (15) minutes before the starting time of the hearing and contact the Commission’s Bailiff. Copies of the public version of all documents filed in this case are available for interested persons to review in the Commission’s Document Control Center, located on the first floor of the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, between the hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Interested persons also may download unofficial copies from the Commission’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. Copies of the public version of the Company’s Application and the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing also may be inspected during regular business hours at each of the Company’s business offices in the Commonwealth. Copies of these documents also may be obtained, at no charge, by submitting a written request to counsel for the Company, Horace P. Payne, Esquire, Dominion Resources Services, Inc., Law Department, RS-2, 120 Tredegar Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. If acceptable to the requesting party, the Company may provide the documents by electronic means. On or before October 6, 2016, any interested person may file written comments on the Application with Joel H. Peck, Clerk, State Corporation Commission, c/o Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118. Interested persons desiring to file comments electronically may do so on or before October 6, 2016, by following the instructions found on the Commission’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. Compact discs or any other form of electronic storage medium may not be filed with the comments. All such comments shall refer to Case No. PUE-2016-00048. Any person or entity may participate as a respondent in this proceeding by filing a notice of participation on or before July 27, 2016. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of the notice of participation shall be filed with the Clerk of the Commission at the address set forth above. A copy of the notice of participation as a respondent also must be sent to counsel for the Company at the address set forth above. Pursuant to Rule 5 VAC 5-20-80 B, Participation as a respondent, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (“Rules of Practice”), any notice of participation shall set forth: (I) a precise statement of the interest of the respondent; (ii) a statement of the specific action sought to the extent then known; and (iii) the factual and legal basis for the action. Any organization, corporation, or government body participating as a respondent must be represented by counsel as required by Rule 5 VAC 5-20-30, Counsel, of the Rules of Practice. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUE-2016-00048. For additional information about participation as a respondent, any person or entity should obtain a copy of the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing. The Commission’s Rules of Practice may be viewed at http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. A printed copy of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and an official copy of the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing in this proceeding may be obtained from the Clerk of the Commission at the address set forth above. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY
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Program meant to aid mental illness sufferers NAMI of Central Virginia will sponsor a Free Peer-to-Peer Education Program specifically for adults with mental illness. The 10week series of classes take place on Wednesday of each week. Classes will start on June 29 from 6 p.m. at Chippenham Hospital – Krause Auditorium, 7101 Jahnke Rd, Richmond. NAMI notes that the free 10-week course offers a “holistic approach” to recovery through a combination of lecture, discussion, interactive exercises and stress-management techniques. The Peer-to-Peer class will offer further insight into mental health and knowledge about how to cope with difficult circumstances,
identify feelings, thoughts, behaviors and events that can result in a possible relapse. The class provides information on how to be an active participant in one’s treatment plan. Knowledge about strengthening interpersonal relations, and the sharing of experiences with peers who are also working toward recovery. Some questions answered in Peer-to-Peer include: What do I do in a crisis? How can I help prevent a relapse? How do I take care of myself in all of this? What is an Advanced Medical Directive and how do I get one? Join people like you who are interested in learning about recovery and gain
knowledge about: Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Schizoaffective Disorder, Depression, Borderline Personality Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Dual Diagnosis, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The curriculum has been written by an experienced consumer and mental health professional and the course will be taught by NAMI consumer member volunteers who have taken intensive training as course mentors. “This course is a wonderful experience!” said program director Kathy Harkey, “It balances basic psycho-education and skill-training
with emotional support, self-care and empowerment. We hope people with a mental illness will take advantage of this unique opportunity.” The course is designed specifically for peers living with a mental illness. The course is not appropriate for family members who have a loved one with a mental illness. NAMICVA offers a separate course, Family-to-Family education, for individuals who have a family member with a major mental illness. For more information or to register, call the NAMI Peer-to-Peer Program Coordinator, Jeff Conley at 804285-1749 or email jeff.conley@ namicentralvirginia.org.
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and 80 percent less likely to receive appointments in general.
Mental health study: Therapists discriminate against blacks, the poor LAUREN POTEAT Black Americans and those of lower socioeconomic classes are less likely to receive requested therapy appointments, creating another source of disparity in mental health care, according to a behavioral research report. A study published this month in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior showed that middle-class black participants experienced higher rates of racial discrimination over their white counterparts who were three times more likely to receive scheduled appointments over working class African Americans. “The fact that this study uncovers discrimination in the private mental health care marketplace is consistent with previous audit studies that have revealed discrimination in other marketplaces, such as housing and employment,” said Heather Kugelmass, author of the study and a doctoral student in sociology at Princeton University, in the report, noting that her research provided insight into ordinarily private exchanges that may subtly
perpetuate disadvantage. During the experiment, “potential clients” called 640 New York therapists with the same scripted message. The calls varied in that actors used different forms of vocabulary, slang, grammar and names that could be perceived as “Caucasian,” such as “Amy Roberts” or “ethnic,” such as “Latoya Johnson” to reflect class and race, according to CNN. “Psychotherapists are not immune to the same stereotypes that we all have, and I think they could become even more relevant for psychotherapists than for other professions [both medical and nonmedical] because they are embarking on this intimate, potentially long-term relationship with these [clients],” Kugelmass said as quoted by CNN. Researchers waited one week for returned phone calls and results showed that actors posing as middle-class black women and men were, respectively, 30 percent and 60 percent less likely than their white counterparts to receive appointments. The study also found
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Study: 1% of black men are registered sex offenders One percent of all black men in the U.S. are registered sex offenders, and black men enter the sex offender registry at nearly twice the rate of white men, according to a new University at Albany study. These findings reveal how the uneven impact of America’s criminal justice system extends to sex crime policy, an area largely overlooked in the scientific literature, noted researchers. “Our study reveals that a war on sex offenders appears to be gaining steam just as the war on drugs has lost its cultural legitimacy. The number of publicly registered sex offenders is on the rise and is disproportionately from the same group that is targeted by criminal justice authorities -- black men,” said UAlbany assistant professor of Sociology and study author Trevor Hoppe. In the study “Punishing Sex: Sex Offenders and the Missing Punitive Turn in Sexuality Studies”,
researchers used public data sets to examine sex offender registration rates between 2005 and 2013, and analyzed databases of currently registered offenders to evaluate registration by race. The analysis surveyed 49 states; but Maine and Washington, D.C., which do not publish race data, were not included. An initial finding revealed the need for the study itself, despite the fact that more than 750,000 Americans are currently registered as sex offenders, very little social science research has examined how registration policies are enforced and which communities are impacted. Rates of sex offender registration increased more than 24 percent in the U.S. between 2005 and 2013. Yet, that jump does not reflect broader trends in corrections; correctional supervision rates (including those in jail and prison as well as those on parole and probation) declined more than 10 percent during the same time period. However, state and
federal policies enacted in the 1990s and 2000s vastly expanded the scope of sex offender registries. The study findings suggest that these policy shifts caused rates of sex offender registration to continue to grow even as rates in correctional supervision declined. Embedded in those increased registration rates, researchers found that in every state but Michigan, a higher sex offender registration rate was found for blacks than for whites. In nine states, black Americans were registered as sex offenders at three times the rate of whites, including Connecticut, Florida, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington, and Wisconsin. In Florida, South Dakota, Texas, and Utah, more than 2 percent of black men were publicly registered sex offenders. Nationwide, the sex offender registration rate for black Americans (501 sex offenders per 100,000 adults) was more than twice that of
whites (238 sex offenders per 100,000 adults). In addition, roughly one out of every 119 black men living in the 49 states analyzed were registered sex offenders, encompassing nearly 1 percent of all black men. “Sex offenses are the only kind of crime that requires public registration,” said Hoppe. “People convicted of murder are not required to share that information with their neighbors and community members after they serve their time. “The idea behind these policies is that sex offenders are more likely to commit the same crime again and thus we ought to supervise them more closely, but countless studies have shown this to be false. These findings reveal that this irrational panic around sex is having troubling effects that ought to be considered by policymakers.”
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GAO: Segregation increasing at some U.S. schools LAUREN BURKE A recent report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the segregation of African American and Hispanic students nationwide is getting worse. In particular, a notable increase in segregation among K-12 public schools was pointed out in the study. The study also found that charter schools may often take students from public schools and enroll them into less diverse schools. The study also found that Hispanic students were “triple segregated” by economics, race and language barriers. The report was released on the 62nd anniversary of the landmark decision in the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, which declared that segregated schools were unconstitutional. A judge in Cleveland, Miss., found that schools in the town were just as segregated as they were a half-century ago. “The delay in desegregation has deprived generations of students of the constitutionally guaranteed right of an integrated education,” wrote U.S. District Judge Debra Brown. At a press conference on Capitol Hill, Congressional Black Caucus Chairman G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.), House Education and Workforce ranking Democrat Rep. Bobby Scott (D-
(from page 12) The railroad car was restored and lowered into the museum before exterior construction was completed. “This is the kind of thing that will help people understand segregation in ways I don’t have to explain,” said Bunch. The collection also includes a guard tower from the notorious Angola Prison, a pinewood slave cabin from South Carolina, George Clinton’s Mothership, a pair of Michael Jordan’s iconic Air Jordan basketball sneakers, a jumpsuit worn by the late Godfather of Soul James Brown, a letter signed by the revolutionary Toussaint L’Ouverture, and a training plane used by the Tuskegee Airmen. The museum officials also wanted to spark conversations about the present-day challenges facing the black community. “A Justice 4 Trayvon placard and a Black Lives Matter T-shirt underscore the issues of persistent inequality and police brutality,”
Sherrilyn Ifill Va.), and House Judiciary ranking member Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) along with Reps. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) spoke on the issue. Reps. Conyers, Butterfield and Scott will author a bill that would require schools to “designate at least one employee” to work on complying with diversity requirements. “The percentage of schools where 75 percent of students are both low-income and Hispanic or African-American has increased from 9 percent in 2001 to 16 percent in 2014,” said Conyers. The report also found that schools that were segregated offered fewer courses in science,
according to the New York Times. Bunch said that he wanted visitors to the museum to realize that the waters of history have touched all of us and that even though you’re not famous, your family’s story is just as relevant. “Often we think, ‘well, I’m not related to Frederick Douglas,’ or ‘I’m not Sojourner Truth,’ or ‘I didn’t break down this door in 1968,’” said Bunch. “So much of history is about the family that left the south for the north or the father who joined the union for the first time to get a job in Detroit.” Bunch continued: “We’re not all Martin Luther King Jr., but we’ve all profoundly shaped what this country can become.” When it comes to helping people to understand the historical and personal value of their family heirlooms, it’s less about what the museum collects, said Bunch, and more about what they’re able to preserve. And the Black Press, unlike any other institution, has helped to
technology, engineering and math (STEM) related fields and college preparatory classes. “Segregation in public K-12 schools isn’t getting better. It’s getting worse, and getting worse quickly,” said Scott. Sen. Bernie Sanders tweeted that, “There are 6,727 highly-segregated schools in our nation, where one percent or less of the school population is white. #BrownVBoard.” In a statement about the report, National Urban League President Marc Morial said that the findings in GAO report confirm “that the promise of Brown remains a promise that has gone largely unfulfilled.” “In too many communities, students of color are now more segregated with less access to equitable educational opportunities than in decades prior,” said Morial. NAACP Legal Defense Fund Director Sherrilyn Ifill said that the report shines a light on worsening education inequities that that cannot be divorced from our nation’s legacy of racial discrimination that has perpetuated racial and socioeconomic isolation. “It is our imperative on the 62nd anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education to ask, ‘How will we act to address current disparities like resource inequities and discriminatory discipline practices?’” said Ifill.
preserve those stories and the lived experiences of the black community. “The Black Press really has been the guardian of the black community since 1827. It is the Black Press that illuminated all of the dark corners,” said Bunch. “It’s the Black Press that both told the unvarnished truth about racial mistreatment and about lynchings.” Bunch also noted that it was JET magazine that showed the picture of Emmitt Till when nobody else would. The Black Press led so many of the fights against injustice and racial discrimination. Bunch said that it was the Black Press that protested President Theodore Roosevelt’s move to expel the 25th United States Infantry Regiment, a unit of the Buffalo Soldiers, in the “Brownsville Affair” in early 1900s. The Black Press also championed the integration of baseball in the 1940s. “In some ways, it’s the Black Press going back to ‘Freedmen’s Journal’ that articulates an America that had to live up to it’s stated ideals,”
said Bunch. “In some ways, it’s the Black Press, better than the founding documents that articulated what American could be and should be.” Bunch said that the Black Press is a really important part of America’s story and it was an important part that this museum had to explore. According to Bunch, early copies of black newspapers including the Chicago Defender, an iconic African American weekly newspaper, and linotype machines used to print newspapers dating back to the early 1900s will also be displayed. Visitors will learn how the Black Press covered a variety issues throughout American history. Bunch continued: “From my vantage point, what I want people to realize is that there has been and there will always be a need for alternative visions and alternative voices and the Black Press has always done that and will continue to do that as we move into the future. The National Museum of African American History and Culture is scheduled to open Sept. 24.
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