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Police operation nets last conviction - 4 How low-income students succeed - 5 Antidote to country’s political crisis - 8 U.S. silence, patriotism and protest - 10

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WEDNESDAYS • June 6, 2018

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Why are black children killing themselves?

JOSEPH P. WILLIAMS

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n honor-roll student and budding athlete, those who knew him described Rylan Hagan as a model sixth-grader and a happy kid with two loving, if occasionally troubled, parents fighting through poverty, past incarceration and homelessness.

Friends and family remembered Stormiyah Denson-Jackson as “a beacon of light,” a typical tween-age girl who loved dancing and was a bit of a shutterbug. Yet her captivating smile, they say, belied the pain she felt from bullying from other kids at her residential charter school.

Rylan, 11, and Stormiyah, 12, lived in different parts of Washington, D.C., and likely didn't know each other. But their deaths unite them: Rylan committed suicide in November 2017, and Stormiyah reportedly did the same this past January.

The Health of Black America Though shockingly young for such tragedy, the two also illustrate alarming statistical trends. More elementary-aged African-American children have been taking their own lives, and black boys and girls between the ages of 5 and 12 are doing so at roughly twice the rate of white kids the same age.

“Suicide rates in the United States have traditionally been higher among white than black individuals across all age groups,” a study published this month in the journal JAMA Pediatrics states. However, “analyses revealed that the suicide rate among those younger than 13 years is approximately two times higher for black children compared with white children, a finding observed in boys and girls.”

While the higher rate among black children had been uncovered in recent years, researchers and mental health experts caution it’s

Nataya Chambers looks at the bunk bed where her 11-year-old son Rylan hanged himself in Washington, D.C. unusual for children so young to kill themselves, and suicides among those so young account for only a fraction of the total that includes teenagers and adults each year.

Moreover, experts say, multiple factors are usually involved when a person decides to take their own life, including issues like bipolar disorder, profound social isolation or a deep sense of loss. Often present, too, is easy access to a means of death, such as guns or potent drugs.

Still, the data are clear, even if the reasons behind the trends are not.

“We should say we don’t know the “why” yet,” says Lisa Horowitz, a National Institutes of Health staff scientist and pediatric psychologist who co-authored the JAMA Pediatrics study, which is based on

data from 2001 to 2015. “We don’t have that data yet but we are looking at it, and that’s where future studies are headed.”

“In terms of raw numbers, (child suicide) is a relatively rare event and it's a small amount,” said Horowitz.

“But even one is one too many.”

Those who study the nexus of race and mental health say the sharp difference in the suicide rate of black and white youngsters, while disturbing, also falls in line with the litany of disparate health outcomes between African-Americans and whites – from higher diabetes and obesity rates among AfricanAmericans to all-around earlier deaths – that are tied to social factors like poverty, nutrition, violence and racism.

“That this age group is showing this disparity – that’s the alarming piece,” said Angela Neal-Barnett, a Kent State University psychology professor and director of the Program for Research on Anxiety Disorders among African Americans. “But the trend has been emerging for a while ... No, it does not surprise me.”

Dr. William Lawson, a psychologist and professor at the University of Texas-Austin Dell Medical School, says the suicide study’s conclusions are to be expected, given the socioeconomic problems in the black community.

“It’s access to care, and all the usual factors that lead to poor (health) outcomes” for AfricanAmericans, Lawson said. Those

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Virginia to finally expand Medicaid FROM STAFF & WIRE REPORTS Virginia’s Republican-controlled Senate voted last week to open Medicaid to an additional 400,000 low-income adults next year, making it all but certain that Virginia will join 32 others that have already expanded the public health insurance program under the Affordable Care Act. Republican lawmakers in the state had blocked Medicaid expansion for four straight years, but a number of

them dropped their opposition after their party almost lost the House of Delegates in elections last fall and voters named healthcare as a top issue.

The vote, on a budget bill that included the Medicaid expansion, came almost three months after the House approved a similar plan.

Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat also elected last fall, has been a vocal proponent of the expansion and can now claim a victory that

Northam discusses Medicaid expansion while touring a health center. his predecessor, Terry McAuliffe, desperately wanted but never got.

The House passed the Senate bill within hours; it will now go to Northam’s desk. The measure includes a requirement that many adult recipients who don’t have a disability either work or volunteer as a condition of receiving Medicaid — a provision that was crucial to getting enough Republicans on board.

“This budget is the culmination of five years of effort to bring our taxpayer dollars home from Washington and expand Medicaid,” Northam, a pediatrician, said in a statement. “As a doctor, I’m so proud of the significant step we’ve taken together to help Virginians get quality, affordable health care.”

The Affordable Care Act gave states the option to expand Medicaid starting in 2014, and required the federal government to pay no less than 90 percent of the cost.

Opponents said that even 10 percent was unaffordable for most states, and that the federal government might renege on paying its share, especially if the health law were repealed.

On a day when Virginia neared becoming one of the biggest states, by population, to expand the program to date — an important step forward for

the Affordable Care Act — President Trump boasted inaccurately at a bill signing that “for the most part we will have gotten rid of a majority of Obamacare.”

Virginia’s House of Delegates voted to approve Medicaid expansion during the regular 60-day legislative session that ended in March. But the Senate, whose members were not up for re-election last fall, remained opposed. Lawmakers failed to pass a state budget then because of the issue.

“That is debt, and I have four kids who are going to be having to pay for that for the rest of their lives,” Senator Amanda Chase, a Republican from Chesterfield, said of the federal funds spent on Medicaid expansion, explaining her vote against it on Wednesday. “It’s not just a fiscal burden, but it’s not the best solution for people who want real, quality health care.”

The turning point came in April when state Sen. Frank Wagner, a Republican from Virginia Beach, said he had changed his position and would support Medicaid expansion, joining one other Republican, Sen. Emmett W. Hanger Jr. of Augusta, and all 19 Senate Democrats.

Wagner changed his mind after a work

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June 6, 2018 • 3 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF AN APPLICATION

BY VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY FOR APPROVAL TO ESTABLISH A VIRGINIA COMMUNITY SOLAR PILOT PROGRAM PURSUANT TO § 56-585.1:3 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA CASE NO. PUR-2018-00009

On January 19, 2018, Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Virginia (“Dominion” or “Company”) filed an application (“Application”) with the State Corporation Commission (“Commission”) pursuant to § 56-585.1:3 of the Code of Virginia (“Code”) and Rule 80 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Commission (“Rules of Practice”) for approval to establish a Virginia Community Solar Pilot Program (“Pilot Program”), including a new voluntary companion tariff, designated Rider VCS – Virginia Community Solar Pilot Program (“Rider VCS”). On May 4, 2018, Dominion filed an amended Application (“Amended Application”) that updated and corrected pricing information submitted in its initial Application.

Code § 56-585.1:3 requires each investor-owned utility, including Dominion, to design and conduct a community solar pilot program, and to make subscriptions for participation in its pilot program available to retail customers on a voluntary basis within six months of receiving Commission approval. The Application states that pursuant to such a community solar pilot program, “participating retail customers may voluntarily elect to purchase the ‘net electrical output’ of new solar generating facilities located in communities throughout the Company’s Virginia service territory…under Rider VCS.” Code § 56-585.1:3 provides that the Commission shall approve the recovery of the Pilot Program costs that the Commission deems to be reasonable and prudent. This Code section also requires Commission approval of the Pilot Program design, the voluntary companion rate schedule (i.e., Rider VCS), and the portfolio of participating generating facilities (referred to herein as the “Community Solar Portfolio” or “Portfolio”), pursuant to specific requirements in Code § 56-585.1:3 regarding the Request for Proposal (“RFP”) criteria and selection process, the minimum and maximum generating capacities of the Community Solar Portfolio, and Pilot Program duration.

Dominion states in the Application that, using the RFP process prescribed by Code § 56-585.1:3, “the Company solicited power purchase agreements (‘PPAs’) to be executed with eligible solar generating facilities that provide the Company the exclusive right to 100% of the net electrical output that these facilities dedicate to the Pilot Program.” The Company selected five winning proposals and four alternate proposals from facilities that qualify as “eligible generation facilities,” as defined in Code § 56 585.1:3 A, and which total ten megawatts (“MW”) of new solar photovoltaic capacity, consistent with Code § 56-585.1:3. Dominion states that the selected PPA projects, which constitute the Company’s Community Solar Portfolio, are located within the Company’s service territory and will be interconnected to the Company’s distribution system. Dominion further states that it expects to execute final PPAs with these developers in the near future.

According to the Company, “the spirit and intent of the community solar legislation” is to include, to the extent possible, small eligible generating facilities with a generating capacity of less than 0.5 MW. The smallest project bidder in response to the Company’s RFP was 625 kilowatts (“kW”). Accordingly, on January 19, 2018, the Company issued a second RFP tailored specifically to seek small projects less than 500 kW in size. The Company states that based on the responses, the Company may select one or more projects that qualify as small eligible generating facilities for inclusion in its Community Solar Portfolio, which the Commission is being asked to approve.

According to the Application, the proposed pricing for the three-year subscription-based Pilot Program is designed “to be attractive to qualifying customers looking for voluntary options to promote, support, and purchase community solar.” The Pilot Program is available to all retail customers – those customers taking service on the Company’s Rate Schedules 1, 1P, 1S, 1T, DP-R, 1EV, 5, 5C, 5P, 6, 6TS, 10, 25, 27, 28, 29, GS-1, DP-1, GS-2, GS-2T, DP-2, GS-3, SCR-GS-3, MBR-GS-3, GS-4, SCR-GS-4, and MBR-GS-4, as well as Special Contracts approved by the Commission pursuant to Code § 56-235.2 – in two subscription options. Participants may subscribe by purchasing 100 kilowatt-hours (“kWh”) blocks (each constituting one “VCS Block”) of community solar on a monthly (or billing period) basis, for an annually-updated fixed price. Alternatively, participants, with the exception of “Large Non-residential Customers,” may subscribe by purchasing community solar to match 100% of their monthly (or billing period) usage in kWh for an annually-updated fixed price per kWh. In order to allow for broader community participation in the Pilot Program, the Company proposes the following maximum subscription allotments for eligible customers who subscribe by purchasing VCS blocks: (1) residential customers will be limited to five whole VCS Blocks per billing cycle, and (2) non-residential customers will be limited to ten whole VCS Blocks per billing cycle. If the 100% match option is not selected, participating customers must subscribe to a minimum of one whole VCS Block per billing cycle, and customers may change their subscription level once per year, subject to availability.

The Company states that it will make every effort to ensure the subscribed amount of community solar does not exceed the projected output of the Portfolio. If the Portfolio’s net electrical output is not sufficient to meet participating customers’ subscriptions on an annual basis, the Company will supplement the Portfolio with solar Renewable Energy Certificates (“RECs”).

There is no application fee to subscribe to Rider VCS. The Company states that because Rider VCS is designed as a voluntary companion tariff to the participating customer’s Principal Tariff (i.e. the rate schedule on which the customer takes service from the Company), the customer’s billing statement will be largely unchanged, with the exception of a new line item – the “VCS Net Rate.” The VCS Net Rate (in cents per kWh) will be calculated based on the participating customer’s actual billed usage during each billing period, capped at the customer’s subscription level. A participating customer’s energy usage that exceeds the amount subscribed for under Rider VCS will be billed under the Principal Tariff for the customer’s account.

The VCS Net Rate includes the cost of the Pilot Program (“VCS Charge”) and a proportional credit for the market value of power equal to the net electrical output generated, as well as the capacity provided, by the Community Solar Portfolio (“VCS Adjustment”). The Company states that the proposed VCS Charge includes (i) purchased power costs, which are based on PPA prices for solar energy, capacity, and Environmental Attributes; (ii) RFP costs; (iii) marketing charges; (iv) customer service costs; and (v) a reasonable margin based on purchased power costs. The VCS Adjustment will include a forecasted energy credit and a credit based on the market value of the capacity provided by the Community Solar Portfolio. The Company proposes to reset the VCS Adjustment annually, with 90 days’ advance notice to existing and prospective Pilot Program customers, using forecasting methods for PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (“PJM”) energy and capacity prices consistent with those used in the Company’s annual fuel filing. Accordingly, Rider VCS customers will be able to lock in to the VCS Net Rate annually.

Through its Amended Application, the Company now proposes a fixed price of 6.42¢ per kWh for the VCS Charge. The VCS Adjustment may fluctuate annually, but the Amended Application states that based on current energy credit forecasts, the Company believes the VCS Net Rate will be approximately 2.01¢ per kWh in the first year of the Pilot Program, if approved.

The Company states that the generating resources in the Portfolio will act as load reducers in PJM and, accordingly, all generation from those resources will lower purchased power costs recovered through the Company’s fuel factor. To ensure that Rider VCS customers receive the benefit and non-participating customers remain neutral to Rider VCS, the Company plans to make a Rider VCS energy adjustment to the Company’s fuel factor. For the same reason, a capacity adjustment will be made in the Company’s future cost-of-service studies because the generation from the Portfolio’s resources will reduce the amount of capacity that the Company must purchase in PJM. As required by Code § 56-585.1:3 B 7, the Company will retire the RECs and other environmental attributes associated with the resources used to serve customers on Rider VCS. The Company will make Rider VCS subscriptions available within six months of Commission approval of the Pilot Program; however, the Company states that participating customer subscriptions will not become effective until one or more Community Solar Portfolio sites begin to generate renewable energy. Subscribing customers will be subject to a minimum one year term. After the initial one-year term, Rider VCS customers may terminate service under Rider VCS with 30 days’ notice to the Company.

Dominion asserts that its Community Solar Pilot Program, including Rider VCS, is in the public interest, as the Pilot Program is consistent with the requirements of Code § 56-585.1:3, which states: The participation of retail customers in a [community solar pilot program] administered by a participating utility in the Commonwealth is in the public interest.

Voluntary companion rate schedules approved by the Commission pursuant to this section are necessary in order to acquire information which is in the furtherance of the public interest.

The Company asserts, among other things, that the Pilot Program is also in the public interest because it will (i) enhance fuel diversification across the Company’s generation portfolio; (ii) provide environmental benefits; (iii) provide economic benefits; (iv) further the General Assembly’s stated goals of promoting solar energy through distributed energy generation; and (v) support the objectives of the Commonwealth Energy Policy set forth at Code §§ 67-101, et seq.

The Company further asserts that Rider VCS and its cost recovery method are reasonable and prudent because (i) the Rider VCS Charge will be designed to recover the Company’s expected actual costs to serve each participating customer under the Pilot Program; (ii) the VCS Adjustment will be market-based and reset annually to maintain consistency with then-current market conditions; (iii) non-participating customers will not be required to pay for, or subsidize, the costs to serve participating customers with community solar; and (iv) Rider VCS is voluntary.

Interested persons are encouraged to review the Application, Amended Application, and supporting documents for further details of the Company’s proposals.

The Company’s Amended Application and the Amended Order for Notice and Comment that the Commission entered in this case, are available for public inspection during regular business hours at each of the Company’s business offices in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Copies also may be obtained by submitting a written request to counsel for the Company, Lisa S. Booth, Esquire, Dominion Energy Services, Inc., 120 Tredegar Street, Riverside 2, Richmond, Virginia 23219. If acceptable to the requesting party, the Company may provide the documents by electronic means.

Copies of the Amended Application and the public version of all documents filed in this case also 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.

On or before July 10, 2018, any interested person wishing to comment on the Company’s Amended Application shall 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. Any interested person desiring to file comments electronically may do so on or before July 10, 2018, by following the instructions 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. PUR-2018-00009.

On or before July 10, 2018, any person or entity wishing to participate as a respondent in this proceeding may do so by filing a notice of participation. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of the notice of participation shall be submitted to the Clerk of the Commission at the address 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, 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. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR-2018-00009.

On or before July 10, 2018, any interested person may file a written request for a hearing. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of the hearing request shall be submitted to the Clerk of the Commission at the address above, and the interested person simultaneously shall serve a copy of the hearing request on counsel to the Company at the address set forth above. All requests for a hearing shall refer to Case No. PUR 2018-00009.

All documents filed with the Office of the Clerk of the Commission in this docket may use both sides of the paper. In all other respects, all filings shall comply fully with the requirements of 5 VAC 5-20-150, Copies and format, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice.

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 Amended Order for Notice and Comment in this proceeding may be obtained from the Clerk of the Commission at the address above.

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Operation Hardest Hit ends with last conviction A federal jury convicted a Portsmouth man last week for his role in leading a 10-year heroin trafficking conspiracy.

Court documents say the FBI began investigating 45-year-old Leroy Perdue and his co-conspirators in 2015. The conspiracy resulted in a distribution of more than 100 kilograms of heroin in the Tidewater area from 2007-2017.

Perdue was convicted of conspiracy to manufacture and distribute heroin, interstate travel in aid of racketeering and possession with intent to distribute heroin. He faces a mandatory penalty of life in prison when he is sentenced on Sept. 19.

According to authorities, Perdue supplied more than a dozen local drug dealers with wholesale drug quantities.

“My team and I have been working

hand-in-hand with our federal and local partners to interrupt the supply of heroin and fentanyl into Hampton Roads,” said Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring. “Operation Hardest Hit and other multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional operations like it are putting dangerous suppliers behind bars while we continue to educate the public on the dangers of opioids and pursue a comprehensive community based response to this crisis. I appreciate all the hard work and cooperation of local, state, and federal law enforcement and prosecutors who brought this defendant and his coconspirators to justice.”

On June 22, 2017, the FBI, the Chesapeake Police Department’s Vice and Narcotics Unit and the Virginia State Police executed an interdiction operation and arrest, which resulted

Leroy Perdue in the recovery of more than 800 grams of heroin with a street value of more than $50,000.

On Aug. 14, 2017, more than 300 law enforcement agents made arrests and executed nearly a dozen search warrants in Virginia, Georgia and New York. The takedown was the result of the multi-year, multijurisdictional and multi-agency investigation called Operation Hardest Hit. During his trial, the United States presented video evidence of Perdue selling heroin during an undercover operation. On the day of Perdue’s arrest, the FBI also recovered a notebook next to his bed with lyrics to a song in which he called himself the “Dogfood King.” “Dogfood” is a common coded reference to heroin.

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have already been sentenced to a combined total of more than 173 years in prison.

“Those who choose to pump poison into our communities will be held accountable for their actions,” said G. Zachary Terwilliger, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.

“Let this case be an example of how this will end for those who choose to destroy families by trafficking opioids. I want to thank our trial team and our investigative partners for their extraordinary effort and dedication to this important case.

This is a textbook example of the power of true federal, state, and local collaboration.”

On June 22, 2017, the FBI, in partnership with the Chesapeake Police Department’s Vice and Narcotics Unit and the Virginia State Police, executed an interdiction operation and arrest, which resulted in the recovery of over 800 grams of heroin with a street value of $50,000+.

“T[his] successful conviction was a team effort by our investigative partners and prosecutors who worked side by side to systematically crush this dangerous distribution network and protect Hampton Roads from predators who profit from poisoning our community,” said Martin Culbreth, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Norfolk Division.

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Professor sheds light on resilient low-income students’ success JOSH MANDELL CT - Many education researchers have documented the academic achievement gap between students from high-income and low-income families. They also have shown that it persists from pre-kindergarten through college.

Joseph Williams, an associate professor at the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education, said this research fails to capture the complete story of how low-income students perform in school.

“There are millions of students from impoverished backgrounds who are academically successful, despite obstacles that keep the majority of others from succeeding,” Williams said. “We have become experts on why these students fail, but not on why they succeed.”

Williams recently spoke about his research on the academic resilience of high-achieving, low-income students at the Curry School. The public lecture was sponsored by UVa’s new Center for Race and Public Education in the South.

Williams said his personal interest in student resilience is rooted in his childhood in Wyandotte County, Kansas, where today nearly a quarter of residents live below the poverty line.

“The resilience story is part of my own story,” “Williams said. “My friends and I were written off as students from that background.”

Williams said that he and many of his friends did well in school.

However, he saw other young people struggle and become ensnared in the criminal justice system. As a professor of school counseling, Williams has focused on understanding why two children who live on the same street can experience these starkly different outcomes.

Williams worked as a counselor at an Iowa elementary school before becoming an assistant professor at George Mason University in 2011and joining Curry School faculty in 2017.

For a forthcoming journal article, Williams conducted in-depth interviews with 19 finalists for the Ron Brown Scholar Program — a national scholarship for black students headquartered in Charlottesville — to identify factors contributing to their academic success.

Ron Brown Scholars currently attend some of the nation’s most

Professor Joseph Williams selective colleges and universities, including Harvard, MIT and Stanford.

In Williams’ interviews with the scholarship finalists, a common theme emerged: the importance of their families and social networks.

“It’s more than just individual traits or characteristics that lead to success despite the odds,” Williams said. “It doesn’t happen through the individual alone. There has to be support structures.”

Most of Williams’ subjects said their parents fostered a “collegegoing culture” at home, regardless of whether they had attended college themselves. Some said they were grateful that their parents had tried to prepare them for the prejudice they could face in college and throughout their lives.

Many of the scholarship finalists said they had classmates who had helped them through the college application process.

One interviewee said their friend group continually updated an online spreadsheet to gather information on more than 150 college scholarships.

“We all keep informing each other, like we are our own group of college counselors,” they said.

Almost all of Williams’ interviewees said they benefited from relationships with adults at their school. One student spoke about a principal who allowed them to take two Advanced Placement courses in ninth grade and inspired them

to continue challenging themselves throughout high school.

Some subjects spoke about the importance of support from their neighborhoods, churches and other communities they belonged to. These communities often helped them pay for extracurricular opportunities and connected them to adult mentors who had graduated from college.

Williams noted that many of the Ron Brown Scholar finalists expressed pride in their AfricanAmerican identity and heritage.

“We have to be thinking about the intersections [of race and

socioeconomic status], and how important that is,” Williams said.

Williams said low-income students who are successful in school consistently demonstrate “... an ability to navigate to resources and negotiate how those resources are applied to them.”

“These are traits and ways of doing things that students can actually learn,” he said.

Williams said he did not want his research to detract from efforts to raise consciousness of systemic obstacles facing children living in poverty. He was critical of the belief that income achievement gaps could be closed by teaching students to have more “grit” — defined by psychologist Angela Duckworth as a combination of passion and perseverance.

“To me, grit is a coded way of blaming kids for some of their issues,” Williams said. “Grit is important, but a lot of kids I work with already have the grit. The key is the access to other things.”

Since 2013, more than half of all children enrolled in American public schools have been from low-income families, as measured by eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch. The National School Lunch Program serves families earning no more than 185 percent of the federal poverty level.

This year, four-person households in the continental U.S. must earn no more than $31,980 annually for their children to be eligible for free lunch and no more than $45,510 to be eligible for reduced-price lunch.

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Op/Ed & Letters

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Silencing our voices DR. E. FAYE WILLIAMS When the voices representing us are silenced, what do we do? Many of us love sports and since most teams in almost every sport would be judged just another boring team without black players, decent voices in sports have been silenced. Colin Kaepernick took a knee to protest police brutality. He was punished for doing good by upholding a right of citizenship! Others followed Colin’s courageous act. A few misguided athletes criticized Colin because they just didn’t get it, but so many of us understood and supported his action.

Many of us took a knee prior to every football game to show our support. After several other players began understanding the significance of Colin’s act, the bosses of the National Football League decided it was time to silence Colin’s supporters. They’ve already silenced him by colluding to make him an unemployed quarter back.

Now they’ve attempted to silence all players who might want to express their belief that police violence against black people without cause is wrong.

The plot thickens. Since it’s more likely to have Democratic voices speak out for freedom of speech, certain Republicans decided to silence those voices by refusing to allow them in the room as they uncover what may be not so pleasant details about their standard bearer—#45. If they had no fear about what they would see, what is it that caused them to deny anyone who might see things different from the unchallenged spin they would

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bring out of the meeting? Who was to represent us? Do actions to silence those who speak for us concern enough of us to make a difference in November on election day?

I fear that diminishing our rights has become so common that many of us are just shaking our heads in defeat as though there’s nothing we can do. Dick Gregory taught us that people will do to us whatever we tolerate. I think too many of us are tolerating too much. When even the voices of our elected representatives are silenced, it’s time for us to rise up and show our objections. Our rights are being sliced away every day. You name it. We’ve experienced increased murdering of our innocent children in schools. We have a “so-called leader” with a bottomless appetite for destruction of all that has been achieved, one who embarrasses us around the world and one who tries to end social services and healthcare for the needy.

Now athletes have lost their freedom of speech on the field.

Every race, creed and culture, as

well as women are denigrated.

Hatred thrives and has gained a stranglehold on decency. Not just black ancestors, but many decent people have worked too hard, suffered too much for us to throw up our hands and assume there is nothing we can do.

Bishop William Barber has planned a “Poor People’s Campaign” and we need to sign up to participate in great numbers. If we sit back and say nothing, our silence is giving consent and accepting that it’s okay to silence athletes even though there would be no game without them. Silencing our elected leaders by refusing them an equal opportunity to be at the

table on our behalf is taking away our right to free speech, too. This campaign is as much about us as it is about those who have no job, no hope and no hope of hope, as well as for those who suffer from police brutality or those who are discriminated against or those who suffer any form of injustice. This campaign impacts us, too, so let’s all get involved and do our part.

Williams is national president of the National Congress of Black Women.

She is host of Wake Up and Stay Woke on WPFW-FM 89.3, and is a weekly columnist for the Trice Edney Wire Service.

The LEGACY welcomes all signed letters and all respectful opinions.

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

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P.T. Hoffsteader, Esq.

No citizenship

A good deed

Medicaid expansion is a good deal for Virginians and for the Commonwealth. It was a good deal six years ago when we started this fight and it is a good deal today.

We appreciate the hard work of our lawmakers who finally came around, but the real credit for this victory belongs to the thousands of our friends, loved ones and neighbors who desperately need affordable health care and have fought valiantly for over half a decade to ensure the commonwealth of Virginia provides access to lifesaving programs like Medicaid.

We know the 400,000 people who are now eligible for coverage and can access to care will be healthier and have more financial security than they do today because of the legislators who voted for this budget.

While the deal is not without policy provisions that may ultimately make the program out of reach for some families struggling to get by, we recognize that compromise is an important step in achieving our ultimate goal of universal coverage for everyone living in the Commonwealth. Elected officials at all levels of government should take notice that Virginians want more health care -- not less -- and join us in our fight for affordable, quality health care for all. At a time when too many families are just one emergency away from financial ruin, it’s the right thing to do for our neighbors and communities.

Anna Scholl Richmond

I am the most conservative candidate in the [Virginia Senate] race on immigration.

I am the only one who is proposing an absolute ban on any pathway to citizenship for anyone who crosses our borders or stays in our country illegally.

I was with a group of Democrats for a forum in Leesburg recently. What they have planned for us is open borders. I challenged them that “open borders” is what they really want, but they won’t admit it. Well, they didn’t deny it either, not a one.

The left is now using moral slander to intimidate and shame us into being quiet. They say we are ripping children away from their parents. No. The parents who decide to violate our laws are doing that to their children, just as any parent who is caught committing a crime separates himself or herself from their families. That is not society’s fault. That is the parent’s fault for making a wrong choice.

E.W. Jackson Chesapeake

One year later

One of President Trump’s worst choices was to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. This global agreement, supported by every country except the U.S., was designed to keep our world livable and healthy—but our withdrawal will endanger that work. In the face of President Trump’s disastrous choice, I am heartened by the way so many cities and states, including Virginia, have announced that they are ‘still in’—that they remain committed to minimizing climate change.

In that spirit, I have submitted amendments to the last two National Defense Authorization Acts that would have mandated reports spotlighting the ways withdrawal will harm national security. I will introduce related legislation in the near future to require a more comprehensive report—including a plan for emissions reductions.

I am determined to keep us in the

Paris Climate Agreement, to address climate change, and to ensure we leave future generations a healthy, sustainable planet. I refuse to back away from this critical responsibility.

I call on my colleagues to join me in protecting our Earth.

Rep. A. Donald McEachin Richmond

‘Complicit’

White folks calling the police on innocent black people has been in the news a lot lately.

[For example,] you had a white student named Sarah Braasch at Yale University calling the police on a fellow black student, Lolade Siyonbola, who she didn’t know, who had fallen asleep in the study lounge; you had a group of blacks who rented an Airbnb in California only to have a White neighbor call the police on them, because she didn’t recognize them and get this, “they didn’t wave at her.” Those were her actual words.

I could go on, but you get the point.

As my boy Solomon once told me in Proverbs 4:7: “Wisdom is the principle thing; therefore, get wisdom; and with all thy getting, get understanding.” I want to have a conversation that is going to make some of you quite uncomfortable.

While the issues revolving around race are very complicated, complex, and multi-dimensional, I am only going to focus on one side of the equation. The side of equation that is in our total control.

The one issue that blacks are in total control of is the images that “we” create, publish and distribute to the public; this includes, radio, TV, newspapers, and social media.

What have black folks done that causes police to totally undervalue our lives and causes others to feel threatened by our mere presence and immediately feel the need to call the police?

We have shows on television like “Empire,” “Insecure,” and “The Quad” that showcase Bbacks in some of the

most negative roles possible.

I hear blacks calling each other n– gers in public spaces, then have the gall to get upset when a white person uses the same word.

We glorify the thug life in our music; scantily-clad black women have become the standard in music videos; and we even permit some our pastors to advocate for the gay lifestyle from the pulpit. Really?

Again, let me be perfectly clear, none of these things justify the police abusing their authority or a white person automatically feeling threatened with our mere presence, but I do understand.

Most of the images shown about blacks in the media are negative.

Why? Because the media makes lots of money off of portraying blacks in such a negative light. Let me clarify, liberal, white media makes lots of money off of this negative portrayal of blacks.

Put yourself in the shoes of a white person riding public transportation that sees a train full of black teenagers with their pants hanging half way down their butts, calling each other n–gers, and constantly grabbing their crotches.

Or the police pulling up to a crowded park and hearing loud rap music being played talking about “f-ck the police” or “b–ch this” or “b–ch that.”

We have almost 30 years of negative images about blacks throughout every media platform available and now you want to act surprised that people have these negative perceptions about us? Come on, man. Let’s be real.

Don’t tell me you are a hoe and then act surprised when I treat you like one. Don’t introduce me to your best friend by saying, “this is my b— ch, Jennifer” and then get mad when I call her a “b–ch.”

Maybe whites believe in the old adage that says, “when a person shows you who they are, you better believe them.”

Raynard Jackson Washington, D.C.

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Talking MLK, Robert George and Cornel West offer antidote to country’s hyper-partisanship ADELLE M. BANKS RNS - They sat onstage, comfortably taking turns highlighting how King had crossed divides in search of his goal of a “beloved community.”

West and George agree that the emphasis on King should be on his role as a Christian minister, though his civil rights activism is also grounded in his being a product of the black community.

“The last thing we ever want to do with Brother Martin is view him as some isolated icon on a pedestal to be viewed in a museum,” said West, professor of the practice of public philosophy at Harvard University.

“He’s a wave in an ocean, a tradition of a people for 400 years so deeply hated, but taught the world so much about love and how to love.”

King’s approach was influenced by the Catholic theologian Thomas Aquinas, the Hindu leader Mohandas Gandhi and the Jewish philosopher Martin Buber, the two scholars noted, but did not bring him broad appeal during his lifetime.

King was criticized not only by racist segregationists but by black

activists who didn’t agree with his commitment to nonviolence, George said.

“It wasn’t that everybody agreed we got a hero,” said George, who thinks King’s image has become “sanitized” over the years. “It was only after April 4 , 1968, when he was assassinated, when he was martyred, that we began to have now the heroic King.”

West added that King never received a majority vote in a popularity poll as he worked towards his beloved community — the idea that all people are inherently good and equally deserving of justice and peace — but he said more people need to have that “unbelievable courage.”

“We learn from everyone, as Brother Martin, heroic humility,” said West. “That means that we ought to be jazzlike. We ought to not just lift our voices but recognize you can’t lift your voice without bouncing your voice off that of others.”

In brief interviews after their talk, the scholars said they hope their example will help others learn to listen to — and not just hear — people outside their individual tribes and silos.

“Listening means that you’re taking

Robert P. George, left, and Cornel West on more of what the person is saying,” said George. “You’re trying to understand it. You’re considering whether there might be some truth in it.”

West added that what’s unusual about their approach is that it’s public.

“There are examples of deep friendships and sisterhoods and brotherhoods across ideological, political lines,” he said. “People want to protect their image vis a vis certain constituencies.”

(from page 2) to block it in the Senate Finance requirement was added to the plan.

Two other Republican state senators, Ben Chafin and Jill Holtzman Vogel, also voted for Medicaid expansion last week.

“I came to the conclusion, for me and my district, that no just wasn’t the answer any longer,” Chafin, who represents an economically struggling district in southwestern Virginia, said on the Senate floor.

“Doing nothing about the medical conditions, the state of healthcare in my district, just wasn’t the answer any longer.”

The approval did not come without last-minute drama: Thomas Norment, the Senate majority leader and steadfast opponent of Medicaid expansion, tried unsuccessfully

Committee, and again on the Senate floor a day before, when he pushed to pass a version of the budget that did not include it. Instead, a substitute budget including amendments that allowed for Medicaid expansion, offered by Hanger, was approved.

Virginia’s plan would tax hospitals to generate revenue for the state’s 10 percent share of the roughly $2 billion annual cost.

The state currently has one of the most restrictive Medicaid programs in the country, covering mostly children and disabled adults.

Childless adults are not eligible, and working parents cannot earn more than 30 percent of the federal poverty level, or $5,727 a year.

The Affordable Care Act allows states to expand Medicaid to adults

Democrats have pushed unsuccessfully for years to expand Medicaid.

Here, Democratic lawmakers in Va. celebrate the successful expansion. earning up to 138 percent of the poverty level, which comes out to $16,643 for an individual.

Virginia would first expand

Medicaid, then ask the federal government for permission to add a work requirement, under the plan the Senate approved.

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New law requires child safety seats to remain rear facing until 2 Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam held a ceremonial signing ceremony for House Bill 708, which changes the law to require that child safety seats remain rear facing until age two, or the child reaches the minimum weight limit for a forward-facing child restraint device as prescribed by the manufacturer of the device.

The new law has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2019 to allow for public awareness.

“When we are on the road, it is our responsibility to do everything that we can to keep our youngest passengers safe,” said Northam.

“This bill will do just that by helping to protect children in the event of a collision.”

The new law, championed by sponsored by Del. Eileen FillerCorn (D- 41st District), will bring Virginia requirements in line with the safety recommendations of many national wide safety organizations including; AAA, American Academy of Pediatrics, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Centers for Disease Control, and others. “ I am proud to say Virginia has enacted common sense requirements

that will give the youngest and smallest children the extra protection needed when riding in a car,” said Filler Corn. “This is a long overdue requirement that will save lives. I was pleased to work with AAA and so many other stakeholders to ensure that our most precious passengers remain safe while riding in cars, and I appreciate the broad bipartisan support from my colleagues to pass this bill.”

AAA took the lead advocacy role in

this effort to strengthen Virginia’s child restraint law for the safety of children in motor vehicles. It estimates that children are 75 percent less likely to die or sustain serious injury in a rear-facing seat.

“Virginia is now on the forefront of this important change for the safety of children riding in motor vehicles across the country,” said Dr. Georjeane Blumling, vice president of public affairs for AAA Tidewater Virginia. “AAA will continue to urge other states to adopt the regulation which is known to improve safety for the youngest passengers on our roadways.”

Virginia will now be the 10th state to mandate the measure by law, joining California, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and South Carolina.

Currently, Virginia law requires that any child, up to age eight is properly secured in a child restraint device which meets the standards adopted by the United States Department of Transportation. It does not, however, specify how long the child passenger safety seat must remain rear facing.

AAA notes that the new law

will send a strong message to parents who can be confused by the multitude of car seat options available on the market. Many car seat manufacturers recommend keeping children rear facing at least until two years of age or even longer depending on the child’s size.

“Children are safest when kept rear-facing in a car seat for as long as possible. Instead of focusing on the minimum weight limit to face forward, consider keeping your child rear facing until they reach the maximum weight limit of a convertible car seat, which has a higher rear-facing weight and height limit than an infant seat,” said Blumling. “Convertible seats transition a child from rear-facing to forward-facing and can typically carry a child from birth to the booster stage.”

Exceptions to the requirement, under the current law, can be made if a doctor determines that the use of a child restraint system is impractical for size, physical unfitness or other medical reasons. Those transporting a child who has been granted this exemption must carry a signed written statement from a physician at all times.

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(from page 1) include, he said, “limited resources, increased risk of homelessness, (unprepared) young mothers, risk of violence – all the factors that are known to be important to our community, and now are impacting young people.”

But cultural factors – including Americans’ stigmatization of mental illness in general, and African-Americans’ reluctance to acknowledge mental health as a part of wellness in particular – are part of the equation, too, Lawson said.

“When I was in medical school, I was told black people didn't get depressed and black people didn't commit suicide," says Lawson, a middle-aged African-American. "I was raised in a rural community, primarily black. I knew there were suicides in our community, but they weren't reported as such" and were considered signs of weakness, not illness.

Broadly speaking, suicide is considered by many to be a national epidemic, regularly ranking among the top 10 causes of death in the U.S. and tallying an economic cost of billions of dollars each year. According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, there are 123 suicides per day on average, white men accounted for 7 in 10 suicides in 2016, and the suicide rate was highest among the middle-aged, or those between 45 and 54.

While African-Americans overall are far less likely to kill themselves than whites – and the JAMA Pediatrics study showed there were far more total suicides among white boys and girls 5 to 17 than among black children in the same range – the research also notes the past finding that the suicide rate for black children 5 to 11 had risen dramatically since the early 1990s.

It drops to half the rate of their white peers when black children reach adolescence, accordingto the new study.

“The large age-related racial difference in suicide rates did not change during the study period, suggesting that this disparity is not explained by recent events (eg, economic recession),” the study says.

No single factor for the disparity emerged, as researchers “lacked information on key factors that may underlie developmental racial differences in suicide,” the report

Dr. William Lawson says. Such information included whether African-American victims had access to “culturally acceptable” behavioral health care.

Study shows suicide-school link 'I can tell you younger children, regardless of race, have different characteristics with regards to suicides” and it doesn’t always center on depression, said Horowitz, the study co-author. Younger kids, she says, tend to be more impulsive than adolescents, don't have the same concept of death and might not have the ability to cope with difficult but ultimately temporary hardships that drive them to suicide.

That’s why restricting access to “lethal means” like guns or dangerous prescription drugs “is so important,” said Horowitz. “When you're in that state that life is not worth living and things are not going to get better and you don’t have that coping strategy, you can do things like get a gun or take pills.”

Still, the children who kill themselves “do things like jump out windows or hang themselves,” she said. “They can’t tolerate what’s going on with them in that moment” of anger or despair.

Both Rylan and Stormiyah, the Washington suicide victims, reportedly hanged themselves.

Indeed, a previous study from Horowitz and others involved in the more recent research found that compared with kids 12 to 14 years old, those 5 to 11 years old who committed suicide were more commonly ‘male, black (and) died by hanging/strangulation/suffocation.’

They were more likely to have experienced a relationship problem with a family member or friend, but less likely to have had a problem

with a boyfriend or girlfriend or leave a suicide note compared with their older peers.

And if they had been diagnosed with a mental health problem, it was more likely to be attention deficit disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder than depression – the opposite of those 12 to 14.

“There appears to be justification for future research examining whether a developmental progression of vulnerability to suicide exists that is more prominently influenced by impulsive responding in younger children and by depressed mood and emotional distress with increasing age into adolescence and young adulthood,” according to the earlier study.

While additional research still is needed, Michael Lindsey, a professor who specializes in poverty and mental health at New York University, said the disturbing suicide rate for African-American preteens dispels the notion of suicide “as a white phenomenon.”

In the black community, he said, “it’s not that we don’t seek help for our (mental health) issues; we don’t seek professional help,” instead relying on clergy, close friends or family.

“And we stop there,” he said, pointing out that preachers and loved ones, though well-meaning, don't have the training of mental health professionals. But ‘if you go to a professional to seek help, you’re defined as being crazy, or “That’s where weak people go,’” he said.

To reverse the trend of AfricanAmerican child suicides, “we need to educate on the signs or symptoms of depression, suicide and anxiety,” Lindsey said. And that work must

be done by teachers, pediatricians, coaches, clergy and caregivers, as well as parents.

If your child has suicidal thoughts “We need more school and mental health programs that help to identify the early signs of stress that kids are struggling with, that might be precursors to suicidal behavior,” Lindsey said.

The socialization of AfricanAmerican boys needs to change, too, he added, “Masculinity is not defined by strength and being strong and not crying. Indeed, masculinity is defined as having a range of emotional expression, and that boys feel comfortable in sharing their pain and asking for the support that they need.”

Besides a clear sign that there needs to be parity between blacks and whites in health care, Horowitz says the suicide findings show that parents need to know it’s OK to discuss the issue with a child who talks about it, which is one way to get rid of the stigma surrounding mental health. She has helped develop a questionnaire to aid pediatricians in screening their young patients to determine if they have suicidal thoughts.

“I think African-Americans are at increased risk for all kinds of things,” Horowitz said. “This is no exception.”

The research may come too late for Rylan Hagan and Stormiyah DensonJackson. But Horowitz says there is hope behind the dreadful stories and statistics, and it starts with acknowledging the problem.

“Let this paper be a call to action, she said. “Let’s talk to our kids about suicide.”

-USWR

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NFL tells players patriotism is more important than protest – here’s why that didn’t work during WWI

The NFL is attempting to shut down protests like this one by members of the Cleveland Browns. PHOTO: WIRE/DAVID RICHARD The recent decision by the NFL regarding player protests and the national anthem has yet again exposed the fraught relationship between African-Americans and patriotism.

The controversy has taken place nearly a century after another time when African-Americans painfully grappled with questions concerning loyalty to the nation and the struggle for equal rights.

In July 1918, at the height of American participation in World War I, W. E. B. Du Bois, the acclaimed black scholar, activist and civil rights leader, penned arguably the most controversial editorial of his career, “Close Ranks.”

“Let us, while this war lasts, forget our special grievances and close our ranks shoulder to shoulder with our own white fellow citizens and the allied nations that are fighting for democracy,” he advised his fellow African-Americans. Du Bois acknowledged that this was “no ordinary sacrifice,” but black people would nevertheless make it “gladly and willingly with our eyes lifted to the hills.”

Pressured from league owners, white fans and the president of the United States, black NFL players are now faced with the dilemma of closing ranks and forgetting their “special grievances,” or continuing to protest against racial injustice.

The history of African-Americans in World War I, as I have explored in my work, offers important lessons

about how to confront this challenge.

The NFL, race and the anthem Last season, during the playing of the national anthem, dozens of NFL players kneeled, locked arms and raised their fists in protest against police and state-sanctioned violence inflicted upon AfricanAmericans. Their actions elicited a fierce backlash, much of it fueled

by President Donald Trump, who encouraged his overwhelmingly white base of supporters to boycott the NFL so long as players, in his view, continued to disrespect the flag.

Seeking to avoid further controversy, on May 23, Commissioner Roger Goddell announced that for the upcoming season, “All team and league personnel on the field shall stand and show respect for the flag and the Anthem.” Not following this directive could result in teams being fined and players subject to “appropriate discipline.”

Approximately 70 percent of the players in the NFL are AfricanAmerican. They have also been the most visible faces of the national anthem protests, which began in 2016 with quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who is currently unemployed and suing owners for collusion to keep him out of the league.

I see the decision by the NFL as an unmistakable attempt to police the actions of its majority black work force, impose what amounts to a loyalty oath, and enforce

through intimidation and threat a narrow definition of patriotism. The message is clear: Either demonstrate unqualified devotion to the United States or be punished.

Blacks and World War I African-Americans confronted the same stark choice during World War I. In previous conflicts, AfricanAmericans had sacrificed and shed blood for the nation. But patriotism alone has never been enough to overcome white supremacy.

By 1917, as the United States prepared to enter the world war, disfranchisement, Jim Crow segregation, and racial violence had rendered African-Americans citizens in name only.

Black people thus had every reason to question the legitimacy of fighting in a war that President Woodrow Wilson declared would make the world “safe for democracy.” AfricanAmericans immediately exposed the hypocrisy of Wilson’s words, while also seizing the opportunity to hold the United States accountable to its principles. They did this, in part, by serving in the army, as some 380,000 black soldiers labored and fought to not just win the war, but to also make democracy a reality for themselves.

African-Americans also recognized the importance of protest.

Discrimination and racial violence continued throughout the war, highlighted by the East St. Louis massacre in July 1917, where white

mobs killed as many as 200 black people. In response, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People organized a Silent Protest Parade in New York City, where more than 10,000 black men, women and children peacefully marched down Fifth Avenue carrying signs, one of which read, “Patriotism and loyalty presuppose protection and liberty.”

‘Closing ranks’ and the costs Just as it does today, protesting racial injustice during the war carried risk. The federal government wielded the repressive power of American nationalism to crush disloyalty to the United States. The Espionage Act (1917) and Sedition Act (1918) severely curtailed civil liberties by criminalizing “disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language.”

“100 percent Americanism” entailed the policing of immigrant communities, restricting freedom of the press, jailing anti-war activists, and monitoring African-Americans, including W. E. B. Du Bois, for potential radicalism. This pressure, along with the personal desire to demonstrate his loyalty to the nation, compelled Du Bois to soften his critiques of the government and issue his call for African-Americans to “close ranks.”

“The words were hardly out of my mouth when strong criticism

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(from page 11) erupted throughout the country and was rained upon it,” Du Bois later remembered. Even during a time of war, most African-Americans refused to set aside the “special grievances” of segregation, lynching and systemic racial abuse. And Du Bois paid a heavy price. William Monroe Trotter, the fiery newspaper editor and civil rights leader from Boston, branded Du Bois “a rank quitter,” adding that his one-time ally had “weakened, compromised, deserted the fight.”

But African-Americans, having fought for democracy, would surely be rewarded for their loyal service and patriotic sacrifices, Du Bois reasoned.

To the contrary, they were greeted with a torrent of racial violence and bloodshed that came to be known as the “Red Summer” of 1919. White people, North and South, were determined to remind black people of their place in the nation’s racial hierarchy. Race riots

Ne-Yo to perform Grammy award winner, singer/ songwriter Ne-Yo has been added to the lineup for the Stone Soul Music and Food Festival in Richmond.

The star-studded event takes place Saturday, June 9 at Virginia Credit Union Live at Richmond Raceway from 3 p.m. – 10 p.m.

Ne-Yo will be performing some of his fan favorites with hits such as “Miss Independent,” “So Sick,” “Because of You,” “Sexy Love” and many more. Since hitting the music scene in 2006 with his debut album In My Own Words, Ne-Yo has sold over 30 million albums worldwide.

Throughout his career he has written for and collaborated with the likes of Beyoncé, Rihanna and Justin Bieber among many others. Ne-Yo’s new album, “Good Man”, is set to be released this summer.

Ne-Yo joins this year’s festival, alongside headliner and Virginia’s own Trey Songz, R&B Legend Brandy, hot new artist Daniel Caesar, rapper Plies, Da Baddest chic, Trina, Gospel Icon Hezekiah Walker and inspiration extraordinaire J.J Hairston.

the number of African-Americans lynched skyrocketed, including several black veterans still in uniform.

The NFL’s decision is essentially an attempt to appease the mob in 2018.

Echoing the backlash following World War I, the vitriolic reactions to the national anthem protests reflect what happens when African-Americans physically and symbolically challenge an understanding of patriotism rooted in white supremacy and racist ideas of black subservience. I believe the NFL has acquiesced to the threats of President Trump and the unrest of its white fan base by establishing a policy that requires black players to remain docile, obedient employees, devoid of any outward expression of racial and political consciousness, which sole purpose is to entertain and enrich their owners.

And now, the NFL wants black

players to “close ranks” by giving them the false choice between standing for the pledge or hiding their protest in the locker room, conveniently out of sight of fans in the stadium and away from television cameras.

The league ignores any mention of the “special grievances” of police brutality, racial profiling and antiblack harassment that remain alive and well. Ironically, the NFL has been the one to transform the flag into a political weapon to silence black activism, protect its corporate interests and maintain a racial status quo. Displays of patriotism and loyalty to nation are meaningless when not accompanied by the actual freedoms and protections that come with being a citizen.

W. E. B. Du Bois would spend the rest of his life questioning his decision for African Americans to “close ranks” during World War I. He ultimately recognized that until

America reckoned with its racist history and embraced the humanity of black people, the nation would remain deeply wounded. At the age of 90, reflecting on the questions that shaped his decades of struggle, Du Bois pondered, “How far can love for my oppressed race accord with love for the oppressing country? And when these loyalties diverge, where shall my soul find refuge?”

Like the battlefields of France 100 years ago, the football fields of NFL stadiums are just one place where African-Americans have historically sought to answer these questions. And simply closing ranks has never been sufficient. In this moment of racial repression and moral mendacity, when the ideals of democracy are undermined daily, the debate over national anthem protests reminds us that the fight to affirm the sanctity of black life is much longer and deeper than a Sunday afternoon game.

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What happens when a desperate mom helps her unhappy teen by sending him away CHRISTINA TYNAN-WOOD FIRST PERSON My son, Cole, was an angry teen.

I’m not sure how he got so angry or what he was angry about. But, from my point of view, he went from a sweet, intelligent boy with an unstoppable curiosity to an angry, unproductive young man overnight.

Everything I’ve read about anger and depression in teens told me that the adolescent brain is not yet mature, that teens are different animals from adults. Their brains aren’t finished. It seemed as if the only thing parents can do is keep their kids safe and wait for the crazy years to pass, as everyone who has survived it assured me would happen.

Military camp or selfmedication? No good choices.

I’ve known parents who resorted to military camps and teens who turned to self-medication through drugs and alcohol to get through these years.

I didn’t want any of that for Cole.

But I did find myself wishing for a windfall that would allow me to send him to boarding school so he could go through them without destroying our relationship. He was difficult to have in the house.

He is man-sized at 6’1”, and his moods were violent and unpredictable. He was also wasting opportunities by slouching through school and applying himself to nothing – except video games and watching amusing videos on YouTube. In fact, I was starting to worry that the video games – with their combination of on-screen violence and physical inactivity – were causing these terrible moods.

Then I spoke to Dr. Robert Epstein, author of Teen 2.0 (Quill Driver Books, 2010) for an article – and read his book. (Or most of it.) Epstein’s premise is that teens are angry for good reason. They live in a culture that continues to treat them like helpless children long after they are – in mind and body – adults.

Knights, pirates, and other teens It hasn’t always been this way.

A glance at history tells tales of teenage kings, knights, pirates, and authors. Benjamin Franklin was exactly my son’s age (15) when he penned his famous letters under the pseudonym Silence Dogood, after working as a printer for over a year.

Today, a boy that age is too young to work, drive, or open a bank account.

When I stopped to think about how frustrating that must be for a tall, intelligent, able man in the prime of life, I felt like flying into a temper, too. Video games were simply giving Cole the feeling of accomplishment, competence, and adventure he craved – that previous generations of teens got from real roles on ships, farms, and battlefield where they were treated like – and had the same rights as – adults.

I’m not stopping my son from starting a company, skipping high school and going straight to college, or leaving the house to do whatever he likes. In fact, I’ve encouraged all these things – within the limits of the law. But, there are societal strictures everywhere he goes which send a very clear message, “You are just a child!”

Wanting to grow up, acting like a child I was as stunned as he was, for example, to learn that I had to go with him to open a bank account.

He’s taller than I am and much better at math. Why does he need my help? “He wants to be an adult,” says Epstein. “He is ready to be an adult.

But we won’t let him. Acting like a child is familiar – and permitted. So he acts like an angry child.”

As if to prove these words, Cole burned Dr. Epstein’s book in a fit of temper (which is why I never finished reading it.) “You have to stop reading all this crap about how to control me!” He screamed when I found the charred remains.

“Did you read any of it?” I asked.

He hadn’t. I explained that it was about how teenagers are physically and mentally adults and we should treat them that way. He picked it out of the fireplace, smoothed it out, handed it to me, and suggested there were still some readable pages.

Epstein was clearly on the right track.

In one of the chapters I did read, Epstein suggests wilderness camp as a treatment. I leapt at the idea of using nature to nurture his emotional wounds. I found a camp that was a drivable distance and signed him up. Even if it turned out to be nothing more than a bit of fun, at least Cole would be disconnected from computer games and meeting some new people.

Into the woods . . .

Cole barely spoke to us on the fourhour drive to camp. When he did

Outdoors at Va. Guard Youth Teen Wilderness Adventure Camp. speak, it was to make his point clear: We were dumping him at something akin to the Siberian Gulag because we hated him and wanted to have the house to ourselves for a week.

As it happened, we were looking forward to a week of peace from what increasingly seemed like a six-foot tall four year old. But we assured him that he would have fun, a week wasn’t very long, and he’d meet new people. “Maybe there will be girls?” his dad suggested. He just glared at us.

When we got there, I couldn’t understand why he wasn’t thrilled.

There were definitely girls. There was also a lake with canoes, cool cabins where the teens bunked (separated by gender), a swimming pool, ropes courses, a camp store, and a stunning wilderness. We helped him carry his luggage and pick a bunk. And then we got out of there fast. . . . out of a slump A week later, we returned.

We spotted our son standing with a group of other teens in the dappled sunlight; he appeared taller, tanned, relaxed, and – we didn’t dare believe it – happy. He smiled when he saw us and gave me a big hug. Then, after a tearful goodbye involving unnecessarily long hugs with too many girls, he shouldered his bag and we walked to the car. On the way home, we stopped for a walk. For the first time that day, he looked sad. So I asked, “Are you pining for your new

friends from camp?” He nodded. Then he stopped walking and put both arms around me. “That was a really good idea, Mom. Thanks. Thanks for thinking of it. Thanks for paying for it. Thanks for everything.”

I was too stunned to speak. I think I may actually have wavered as if to faint. I didn’t want to mock him. But this was an amazing transformation.

He laughed. (Something I hadn’t seen in a while.) “I know,” he said, with a knowing smile. “It’s really me.

But, honestly, thanks.”

I wasn’t talking to an angry child in a man’s body. I was talking to a man – a happy man.

Why? What happened to him there?

Was it the girls? The sunshine? Is there something about nature that can’t be found in our high-tech lives?

Was it because he was disconnected from video games and media? Was Thoreau on to something?

Cole would tell me little more about what transpired there. I pressed him a little. But he seemed honestly not to be able to put a finger on why it was so transformative – or even aware that he’d been transformed. “It was fun,” was all he would say. So I called Dr. Epstein to see if he knew why a week at camp could produce this seemingly miraculous change.

Resilient and self-reliant vs. angry and apathetic “A wilderness camp is not ideal, actually,” he told me. “It’s too

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Conservative group: ‘Big government’s’ focus on fines & fees disparately impacts poor, minorities Law enforcement agencies focus too much on revenue-generating activities that have a negative impact on poor and minority communities, further straining the relationship between police and the communities they serve, according to the conservative black leadership network Project 21 . As part of its “Blueprint for a Better Deal for Black America,” Project 21 recommends 10 criminal justice reforms. Among them: Requiring convictions be obtained before assets are forfeited, prohibiting incarceration for fine-only misdemeanors, requiring fines and forfeitures go to general funds rather than an enforcing agency’s budget and considering a person’s ability to pay when levying fines.

“Our founders never intended that merely being accused of a crime would be a sufficient basis to take a man's home or his property.

It is axiomatic that, before you must forfeit your car or personal savings, the government should obtain a finding of guilt of some relevant charge,” said Project 21 Co-Chairman Horace Cooper, a former constitutional law professor and senior counsel to congressional leaders. “Just because government has a voracious appetite for funds, it's not a good enough reason to dispense with a citizen’s constitutional rights.”

While fines, fees and asset forfeiture are tools intended to help members of law enforcement fight crime, there is a growing tendency for them to be overused by police departments, according to Project 21.

As a result, the group says, poor and minority populations are more likely to be victims of civil asset forfeiture.

A study by the Nevada Public Policy Institute about civil asset forfeiture in Las Vegas, for example, found that two-thirds of the assets seized by police in 2016 were concentrated in 12 zip codes with an average poverty rate of 27 percent - more than double the poverty rate of the remaining 36 regional zip codes. These particular zip codes also have an average nonwhite population of 42 percent.

A Washington Post study determined that over seven million people nationwide may have had their driver's licenses suspended due to outstanding fines or court costs.

Horace Cooper Even more troubling, Project 21 notes, is the appallingly high rate of incarceration related simply to an inability to pay fees and fines. By one estimate, approximately 20 percent of inmates in some local jails are incarcerated because they owe money for legal offenses. In other words, those with fine-only misdemeanors such as traffic violations have been jailed for merely failing to pay fines.

A 2015 U.S. Department of Justice report on the court system in Ferguson, Missouri found the system operated “not with the primary goal of administering justice or protecting the rights of the accused, but of maximizing revenue” in a manner that “imposes particular difficulties on low-wage workers, single parents and those with limited access to reliable transportation.”

“Criminal justice reform is very important to the black community.

Too many people find themselves facing incarceration or other setbacks such as losing driver's licenses because they cannot pay fines for minor offenses. Those lacking the means to pay must be protected from overly harsh penalties and revenue-driven enforcement efforts,” said Project 21 member Emery McClendon, a tea party activist. “We also must reform civil asset forfeiture policies that determine if the seizure of private property related to a crime is relevant. We also need to return property to rightful owners in a timely fashion if there is no conviction.”

There are 10 specific Project 21 proposals in its Blueprint to give black Americans a better deal through reforming the criminal

justice system: * Requiring the government to establish a connection between the owner of property and an alleged crime before property can be taken. * Requiring a criminal justice conviction to be obtained before assets are permanently forfeited to government. * Requiring assets be returned within 30 days unless charges are filed against the owner. * Requiring the government to return property immediately upon failing to obtain a conviction. * Requiring proceeds from forfeited property to go into general funds instead of the seizing agency’s budget.

* Requiring proceeds from fines and fees to go into general funds instead of a fining agency's budget. * Reducing the number of revenuegenerating activities by prohibiting police from pulling over cars solely for minor traffic infractions such as broken tail lights or failing to wear car restraints. * Prohibiting authorities from using failure to pay as grounds to deny the means for making payments, such as the suspension of driver's licenses. * Requiring that ability to pay be one of the factors considered in levying fines and fees. * Prohibiting incarceration for failure to pay fines on misdemeanor offenses, except as a last resort.

VCU Health, TransMedics conducting clinical trial to test warm storage of donated livers In the United States, 14,000 people are waiting for a liver transplant.

Aiming to increase the number of viable donor livers, the VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center will participate in a clinical trial with TransMedics Inc. to more quickly test the functionality of a donated liver.

TransMedics’ Organ Care System, or OCS, preserves organs opposite of how hospitals have been preserving them for decades. While most organs held for transplant are stored cold, stopping the metabolic process, the OCS preserves them warm, perfused with nutrient-enriched blood at their natural temperature, allowing the organs to metabolize and function outside the body on their way to being transplanted in a patient. The TransMedics OCS has similar products for lung and heart transplants.

“In Virginia, there are about 200 candidates currently waiting to receive a liver transplant. The TransMedics system will allow us to transplant patients faster, safer and with better outcomes,” said Trevor W. Reichman, M.D., Ph.D., surgical director of the liver transplant program, including pediatrics and the living liver donor program in the Hume-Lee Transplant Center.

“Because the OCS allows livers to

remain functional outside of the body, the liver can recover from damage before it is transplanted into a patient resulting in less injury.”

VCU Health is the first site to participate in the trial in Virginia.

Massachusetts General Hospital and Emory University are the other sites on the East Coast. The VCU transplant center will begin testing this summer and plans to continue the use of OCS after the trial is complete. Nationwide, eight hospitals and centers have participated in the liver trial with TransMedics.

“We have a 60-year history of outstanding outcomes and innovation in transplant care. With access to the TransMedics technology, we can further improve the quality of a transplant organ, and possibly increase the number of viable donor livers that we can use for transplant, shortening the wait list,” said Marlon Levy, M.D., director of the HumeLee Transplant Center, chair of the Division of Transplant Surgery at VCU Health, and vice chair of the Department of Surgery in the VCU School of Medicine.

The VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center commemorated its 5,000th lifesaving transplant surgery in 2017.

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(from page 13 different from the world he has to learn to function in. But – in this very narrow, artificial environment – his adult resources were tapped.

He was asked to be strong and selfreliant. In short, he was called on to be an adult. And he can easily rise to that challenge.” The effects of that one-week will probably carry over – says Epstein – to his day-today life only temporarily. Once he is living in a world that’s telling him through media and via his peers that he is still a child, the anger and apathy will creep back in.

“Imagine,” says Epstein, “what he would be like if it wasn’t just wilderness camp you sent him to?

What if it had been a small town run by teens? What if you gave him six months in a place that really tested his adult potential? When you went to pick him up, he would probably be a corporate executive ready to make his second million.”

Goodbye to my six foot, four year old?

For example, I asked him to take care of the house, pets, and his tween sister when my husband and I went out of town for two nights. He agreed without hesitation and I resisted the urge to install surveillance cameras or issue lengthy lists of instructions.

(Though I did ask my mother to “drop by” to make sure they were eating and sleeping.) On the second evening, he called my husband, Dan, for advice getting his sister to stop playing computer games.

Though the temptation was intense, Dan resisted the urge to point out that we – only two days before – had the same problem with him. The two of them brainstormed strategies – most of which Cole had already tried and that had resulted in angry fits from his sister. Then Dan simply commiserated with his frustration as he would another parent and suggested, “Remind her that selfcontrol is an adult quality,” he suggested. “And that playing video games all day is very immature.”

Finding the man inside the teen I don’t know if this strategy will

for the meal himself – with money earned doing jobs around the house – and gets himself to the restaurant without asking for a ride.

Such modest improvements may not seem like a miracle, but in some small, indisputable way, they are.

I’ll probably never know what it was about those few days in the mountains broke the spell of my

son’s grim world view. Each expert will no doubt have a theory about what it takes to cure a case of stage 4 teenagitus. One thing I do know now is that it’s worth not giving up on our teens, even when we’re tempted to – and sometimes pushing them beyond their comfort zone is exactly what will bring a smile to their face.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY’S REQUEST TO REVISE ITS FUEL FACTOR CASE NO. PUR-2018-00067 On May 4, 2018, Virginia Electric and Power Company (“Company” or “Dominion Energy Virginia”) filed with the State Corporation Commission (“Commission”) its application (“Application”) pursuant to § 56-249.6 of the Code of Virginia seeking an increase in its fuel factor from 2.383 cents per kilowatt-hour (“¢/kWh”) to 2.719¢/kWh, effective for usage on and after July 1, 2018.

The Company’s proposed fuel factor, reflected in Fuel Charge Rider A, consists of both a current and prior period factor. The Company’s proposed current period factor for Fuel Charge Rider A of 2.266¢/ kWh is designed to recover the Company’s estimated Virginia jurisdictional fuel expenses, including purchased power expenses, of approximately $1.50 billion for the period July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2019. The Company’s proposed prior period factor for Fuel Charge Rider A of 0.453¢/kWh is designed to recover approximately $299.4 million, which represents the net of two projected June 30, 2018 fuel deferral balances.

In total, Dominion Energy Virginia’s proposed fuel factor represents a 0.336¢/kWh increase from the fuel factor rate presently in effect of 2.383¢/kWh, which was approved in Case No. PUR-2017-00058.

According to the Company, this proposal would result in an annual fuel revenue increase of approximately $221.8 million between July 1, 2018, and June 30, 2019. The total proposed fuel factor would increase the average weighted monthly bill of a typical residential customer using 1,000 kWh of electricity by $3.36, or by approximately 2.9%.

The Commission entered an Order Establishing 2018-2019 Fuel Factor Proceeding (“Order”) that, among other things, scheduled a public hearing to be held on July 25, 2018, at 10 a.m. in the Commission’s second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, to receive testimony from members of the public and evidence related to the Application from the Company, any respondents, and the Commission’s Staff. Any person desiring to testify as a public witness at this hearing should appear 15 minutes before the starting time of the hearing and contact the Commission’s Bailiff. Individuals with disabilities who require an accommodation to participate in the hearing should contact the Commission at least seven (7) days before the scheduled hearing at 1-800-552-7945.

In its Order, the Commission also allowed the Company to place its proposed fuel factor of 2.719¢/kWh into effect on an interim basis for usage on or after July 1, 2018.

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.

The public version of the Company’s Application, pre-filed testimony, and exhibits are available for public inspection during regular business hours at all of the Company’s business offices in the Commonwealth of Virginia. A copy of the public version of the Company’s Application also may be obtained, at no cost, by written request to counsel for Dominion Energy Virginia, Horace P. Payne, Jr., Esquire, Dominion Energy Services, Inc., 120 Tredegar Street, Riverside 2, Richmond, Virginia 23219. If acceptable to the requesting party, the Company may provide the documents by electronic means.

Cole has been slipping back to his video and computer game addiction since his return. He has even had one or two angry fits. But, with Epstein’s voice in my head, I try not to react as if I’m dealing with a six foot, four year old when this happens. Instead of taking the computer away from him and telling him to go outside, I appeal to the man I now know is also in there.

help Cole take school more seriously.

But it has certainly made him someone I enjoy sharing a house with. He still plays more video games than I would like. But he’s clearly making an effort at self-control. And he has taken to announcing – very politely – that he won’t be home for dinner because he has plans to eat out with friends. He even pays

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On or before July 18, 2018, any interested person wishing to comment on the Company’s Application shall file written comments with Joel H. Peck, Clerk, State Corporation Commission, c/o Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118. Any interested person desiring to file comments electronically may do so on or before July 18, 2018, by following the instructions 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. PUR2018-00067.

Any person or entity may participate as a respondent in this proceeding by filing a notice of participation on or before June 14, 2018. 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 counsel’s 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. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR-2018-00067. Interested persons should obtain a copy of the Commission’s Order for further details on participation as a respondent.

On or before June 14, 2018, each respondent may file with the Clerk of the Commission and serve on the Commission’s Staff, the Company, and all other respondents any testimony and exhibits by which the respondent expects to establish its case. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of such testimony and exhibits shall be submitted to the Clerk of the Commission at the address set forth above. In all filings, respondents shall comply with the Commission’s Rules of Practice, including 5 VAC 5-20-140, Filing and service; 5 VAC 5-20-150, Copies and format; and 5 VAC 5-20-240, Prepared testimony and exhibits. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR-2018-00067.

All documents filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Commission in this docket may use both sides of the paper. In all other respects, all filings shall comply fully with the requirements of 5 VAC 5-20-150, Copies and Format, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice.

The Commission’s Rules of Practice may be viewed at the Commission’s website: http://www.virginia. scc.gov/case. A printed copy of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and an official copy of the Commission’s Order in this proceeding may be obtained from the Clerk of the Commission at the address set forth above.

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VCU Health will a free educational seminar titled “Emergencies Happen: You Can Make a Difference” in the Kelly Education Center at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, 1800 Lakeside Ave., Richmond. As a Level 1 Trauma Center, the team at VCU Medical Center is able to help care for every imaginable injury and emergency.

However, there are things that can be done in advance that could have a positive impact once a patient arrives in the emergency department.

Registration is recommended and light refreshments will be served.

For more information or to register, go to vcuhealth.org/events or call 804-628-0041. If you are unable to attend, you can watch the seminars live on the VCU Health Facebook page at www.facebook. com/vcuhealth/.

6.10, 8 a.m.

Petersburg National Battlefield will provide a ranger-led biking trek at Petersburg National Battlefield.

This is one of a series of cycling events planned for June, July, and August. The June program will feature two opportunities to experience the battlefield trails.

The first ride begins at 8 a.m. and will total six miles. The second ride will begin at 6 p.m. and total three miles. Cyclists interested in the fun and free rides should meet at the Eastern Front Unit Visitor Center parking lot at 5001 Siege Rd. in Petersburg.

After a safety brief and trail map overview, riders will mount their bicycles for a trek through the recreational trail system at Petersburg National Battlefield.

The route is geared for riders experienced with moderate hills on mostly gravel and dirt paths.

Mountain bikes suitable for the terrain are highly encouraged.

Participants should dress for the weather, wear reflective cycling gear, and bring drinking water.

Helmets are mandatory. If you have questions, please contact Ranger Maggs Vibo by email at Margaret_ Viboolsittiseri@nps. gov or call 804732-3531 x222.

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“Invisible Founders”

Lynn Rainville will present “Invisible Founders: How Two Centuries of African American Families Helped Transform a Plantation into a College” at Second Stage in Amherst on Thursday, June 7 at 7:30 p.m. . VCCA Fellow, research professor in the humanities, and the acting dean of Sweet Briar College, Rainville is also the founding director of the Tusculum Institute for local history and historic preservation, located at Sweet Briar. She has written numerous articles and books, including Hidden History: African American Cemeteries in Central Virginia (2014); Sweet Briar College (2015); Virginia and the Great War (2017); and Invisible Founders (2018), on which this talk is based.

VCCA is a unique Virginia-based organization of national stature and international impact. VCCA’s mission is to provide creative space for the world’s best artists to create their finest literature, visual art, and music.

VCCA hosts over 400 artist-Fellows annually at its Mt. San Angelo facility in Amherst, VA and the Moulin à Nef in Auvillar, France. The artists who come to VCCA, whether emerging or established, are selected by a peer review jury on the basis of the important or innovative work they are doing in their respective fields. Since its inception in 1971, VCCA has hosted 5,900 writers, visual artists, and composers.

Second Stage is a center for creativity and community in downtown Amherst. Our focus is improving the quality of life in Amherst County by creating increased economic activity and vitality to Amherst County. Second Stage is home to artist and wellness studios, rental space for individuals, a performance venue, a community room, and conference room. From May – September, we host the Second Street Farm and Artisan Market.

For more information visit vcca.com and secondstageamherst.com

Going for Gold -5 0th anniversary

They are the stars and the world will be watching them as Special Olympics Virginia celebrates 50 years this weekend, June 8-9, at Summer Games.

Official Summer Games anniversary preview: FINAL MILE: The community is invited to join 100-plus law enforcement officers for the Final Mile and run with the Flame of Hope into University of Richmond’s Robins Stadium as the Olympic Cauldron is lit. The Opening Ceremony begins at 7:45 p.m. June 8.

Go for COLD while athletes go for gold at our first-ever SOLAR PLUNGE, Saturday, June 9 during Summer Games! Make a splash with 200+ brrrrave fans, including Nutzy & Nutasha from the Flying Squirrels, Kickeroo from the Richmond Kickers, Ritchie the Rider from the Richmond RoughRiders and our entire Special Olympics Virginia USA Games team! Plunges will take place from 1:15 to 3 p.m., and then again from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. outside Robins Stadium.

VOLUNTEER TO CHEER for 1500+ athletes and help celebrate 50 inspiring years at the Opening Ceremony (June 8), complete with cupcakes, the lighting of the Olympic Cauldron, fireworks, Olympic athlete Queen Harrison and a special performance by SPARC’s Live Art troop and Susan Greenbaum.

Fans also are welcome to cheer during Saturday’s (June 9) track & field events, which run from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. (come for as long as you like!) at the University of Richmond’s Robins Stadium. Saturday’s activities also include free ice cream sandwiches for fans thanks to Southland Dairy, free popcorn and snow cones from Enterprise, Olympic Town crafts, a gaming trailer, Mad Science, face painting and more.

Want to get in on the anniversary celebration? You can sign up to #run, #plunge or #cheer any time, even on event day, at specialolympicsva.org.

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6.13, 11 a.m.

Newport News Public Library is hosting an upcoming blood drives in partnership with the American Red Cross. According to the American Red Cross, every two seconds someone in the United States needs blood. Blood donors help patients of all ages: accident and burn victims, heart surgery and organ transplant patients and those battling cancer.

The blood drive will be held at Pearl Bailey Library. Participants can register online or call 757-2478677 for additional information.

To donate, you must be at least 16 years old (16-year-olds need a parent signature), weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good health.

The donation process takes about an hour from start to finish. The donation itself is about 8-10 minutes on average.

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6.20, 7:30 p.m.

Lisa Lamb, a senior account manager forByram Healthcare will address the Ostomy Association of Greater Richmond in the Williamsburg-A conference room of Henrico Doctors’ Hospital. Byram Healthcare is one of several ostomy supply distributors which ship supplies to ostomates, and also bill their health insurance for them.

The hospital is at 1602 Skipwith Rd in Henrico County.

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Henrico-based manufacturer expected to create new jobs TemperPack, a Richmondheadquartered manufacturer of sustainable thermal insulation for the shipment of perishable goods, will invest $10.4 million to establish a manufacturing operation in Henrico County, Virginia. The facility, which is expected to create 141 jobs, will be the company’s second in The Old Dominion State.

“Virginia has been a great asset in TemperPack’s growth because of its diverse and talented workforce, its pro-business policies, and its geographic location, which allows us to easily service the entire East Coast and beyond,” said Brian Powers, TemperPack’s Co-Founder and Co-CEO. “We couldn’t ask for a better partner in business as we continue to expand.”

The Virginia Economic Development Partnership will support TemperPack job creation through its Virginia Jobs Investment Program.

“TemperPack is a wonderful Virginia success story, and I am thrilled to see this innovative company growing and expanding into Henrico County,” said Governor Ralph Northam. “With the rise in consumers ordering groceries, meals, and medication online, TemperPack tapped into a booming shipping market, and created an environmentally friendly product that comes with less waste than traditional packaging. TemperPack’s success demonstrates that the Richmond region and Virginia are ideal locations for entrepreneurs.”

“TemperPack’s rapid success is a great testament to the Richmond region’s competitive operating costs and robust workforce, and it is exciting to support this expansion in Henrico County,” said Secretary of Commerce and Trade Brian Ball.

“TemperPack was founded and is led by three visionary millennials, and we are honored to have this thriving

company on the commonwealth’s corporate roster.”

“Henrico County is delighted to partner with TemperPack in the next stage of their growth,” said Frank J. Thornton, chairman, Henrico County Board of Supervisors.

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and sustainability, values which are at the core of the Henrico community.

We are proud to celebrate TemperPack’s newest announcement, and we welcome their expanding team of 141 new employees here in Henrico County.”

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