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Examining restorative justice - 3 Henrico schools look at diversity - 5 Dwayne Johnson... still mmmmh - 10 Conversations on race in Norfolk - 12
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Battle of the Chesapeake: “Virginia is turning blue, and the Republicans are... turning crazy”? ALEXANDRA DESANCTIS
In late June, John Whitbeck, chairman of the Republican party of Virginia since 2015, resigned his post with little explanation. The decision came just weeks after outsider politician Corey Stewart seized the GOP nomination to challenge U.S. senator Tim Kaine in November, and less than a year after the party sustained widespread state-level losses. For the GOP in Virginia, Whitbeck’s departure was the latest in a string of troubling events that have called into question whether the state — long considered one of the most significant swing states in the country — can remain winnable for Republicans during and after the presidency of Donald Trump. According to political experts, Virginia can be considered either the northernmost southern state or the southernmost northern state. Recent Democratic successes and shifting demographics seem to favor the latter view. The main areas of recent population growth have been Democratic areas — Northern Virginia, just outside the District of Columbia; the capital, Richmond; and Henrico County in the Richmond suburbs. Meanwhile, the population has declined in the southwest and in Hampton Roads, the former a Republican stronghold and the latter a battleground. From 2000 to 2010, Virginia’s Hispanic population, which tends to support Democrats, increased by 92 percent, with twothirds of that growth concentrated in Northern Virginia. One experienced Republican activist argues that “Virginia is more like a purple state with a rollercoaster pattern than it is a red state turning blue.” But Mike Murphy, a longtime GOP political consultant,
Corey Stewart says: “The state is turning blue, and the Republicans are responding to that by turning crazy. That is a cycle that will electorally wipe out the party, at least at the state level.” Tucker Martin, a veteran political strategist with extensive experience in the state, tells National Review that there’s a disconnect between what Virginia is and what many Virginia Republicans believe it to be. “The Democrats are on home turf now, and Republicans need to branch out and create their own brand,” Martin says. “The problem is that the Trump era has made it almost impossible to do that.” Over the last few years, these factors have converged to push Virginia from purple to blue. Even as its quickly changing demographics have favored the Left, a stripe of populist Republican politician has arisen on the right, appealing to a core of supporters who have driven the state GOP even further rightward, distancing moderate voters and, in some cases,
encouraging Democratic engagement. Not very long ago, the GOP had reason to believe that the state’s electorate was challenging but moderately favorable to it. Republican Bob McDonnell defeated Democratic opponent Creigh Deeds in the 2009 gubernatorial election by more than 17 percentage points, the largest margin of victory in recent Virginia history. In 2014, longtime GOP leader Ed Gillespie ran against popular incumbent senator Mark Warner and fell short by less than one percentage point. For GOP optimists, these races suggest the state recently was and could remain competitive. But another election, earlier in 2014, was an under-acknowledged predictor of the state party’s travails. In Virginia’s seventh congressional district, GOP outsider Dave Brat upset House majority leader Eric Cantor in the high-turnout primary and went on to win the seat, buoyed by hard-right, anti-immigration voices. In the primary, Brat railed
against Cantor’s ties to the corporate sector, as well as his support for loose immigration policy, and captured the surprise victory. It was the first such upset since the creation of the House majority-leader position in 1899, and, although Brat took the seat, it flagged a change in the GOP base that meant trouble for the party’s chances of winning statewide. Enter Donald Trump, a political outsider much like Brat who surged onto the scene in 2015 to compete for the presidential nomination, appealing to many of the same parts of the GOP base that Brat had wooed. Though Trump’s strategy played well nationally, it wasn’t as successful in Virginia. The businessman even struggled to find a state politician willing to chair his state campaign until Corey Stewart, chairman of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors, stepped in. Trump barely won the Virginia primary on March 1, with Florida senator Marco Rubio coming in a close second. Tellingly, Trump received only a plurality of the vote. This lack of widespread support was a sign of things to come. Virginia was the only southern state to go to Hillary Clinton, who won it by more than Barack Obama had in 2012. Following Trump’s shocking national victory, Virginia, one of two states to hold its gubernatorial contest the year after the presidential race, entered a new election cycle. For Stewart, it was the occasion for what one source says he called his “Hail Mary pass” out of Prince William County, galvanizing Trump’s most fervent Virginia supporters in order to challenge Gillespie for the GOP gubernatorial nomination.
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GRTC’s first nationally certified travel trainer GRTC’s Travel Trainer Kelsey Calder is now the first ever nationally certified Travel Training Instructor. Calder successfully completed the Travel Training Certification program, becoming the first Travel Training Instructor to be awarded this certificate by Easterseals. GRTC’s Travel Training Program is funded by a Federal 5310 grant. Calder was already a licensed teacher prior to joining GRTC in 2016, holding a Masters in Teaching from James Madison University (JMU) with a concentration in Special Education. During GRTC’s pilot Travel Training Program, Calder completed substantial course work and passed her final practicum in June 2018. The Travel Training Certification program operates through the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) at the University of South Florida. “This certification solidifies that Greater Richmond does need a Travel Trainer. I am the only one in Central Virginia in this unique job,” Calder explains. “My number one tip for riders is to grab a friend and
Kelsey Calder (center) with Roberta Yegidis, Center for Urban Transportation Research; Tim Barham, GRTC Chief of Transit Operations and Kristi McLaughlin, owner McLaughlin & McLaughlin, LLC ride together! If you’re unsure, it’s a lot easier to try something new with someone you feel comfortable. Simply getting on to ride round-trip lets you experience and know not only where the bus goes, but also that you can get back to where you started.” Travel training is a process of teaching individuals with disabilities, older adults, and new riders how to
ride public transportation safely and independently. GRTC is currently in the third year of its Travel Training Program; this service is open to all GRTC customers who desire assistance learning how to ride. Refugees to America located in Greater Richmond are increasingly benefitting from Travel Training. The primary goal, however, remains
to provide current CARE customers the opportunity to learn skills that will enable them to follow a regular GRTC bus route. Travel Training Instructors create individualized travel plans that aim to meet the customer’s transit goals and show them how to use fixed route transportation in order to increase transit options and decrease dependence on paratransit services. Participants in the program have one-on-one and/or group travel training with a Travel Training Instructor. Travel training is free and any participant is still able to use the CARE service. As always, all CARE customers may ride local fixed route bus service for free. Easterseals’ Travel Training Certification program teaches instructors essential, practicallyrelevant skills, including: performing a successful trainee assessment, customized trip planning, environmental barrier examination, task analysis, training strategies, street crossing skills, boarding/ alighting processes, and compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA).
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WELCOME TO YOUR NEW BUS ROUTE. Faster, more consistent transit service is here. Because GRTC now has new routes. Many buses are arriving more frequently. Connections are easier. Bus route names are simplified. And at the same time, we’ve launched the new Pulse route. Go to ridegrtc.com to explore the changes. We’re here to help you learn your new route. Call us during extended hours 804-358-GRTC or ask for help from Outreach Ambassadors at major bus stops.
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Can restorative justice help fix a damaged system system? RVA MAG - In the wake of the shooting of Marcus-David Peters, who was shot and killed by a Richmond Police Officer on I-95 after appearing unstable, demands from community organizers and local citizens have introduced the notion of using restorative justice within law enforcement reformation. These demands have forced Richmond Police Department and Richmonders alike to ask what type of reformation do we need, and how would restorative justice help ease complicated situations between law enforcement, victims, and even criminals. Princess Blanding, Peters’ sister, said she is calling for reformation within the Richmond Police Department after the death of her brother. “The Richmond Police Department needs to take accountability and ownership in regards to what happens and acknowledge that things went wrong, so we can move forward in preventing this from happening again,” Blanding said. Blanding and other activists hosted a community meeting at Second Baptist Church on June 30 to discuss these reformations. They had publicly and personally invited Chief Alfred Durham and Mayor Levar Stoney to the meeting, but neither appeared. Blanding said Stoney contacted the family on the day of the meeting to say he would not be able to attend, but is keeping the Peters family in his thoughts and prayers. Stoney’s press office said in an email that the mayor would consider engaging with the family at the appropriate time, but he is not able to talk about the investigation until it is completed. Blanding said she received no response from Durham; however, Durham said he would hold a community meeting about the investigation, once the case is handed over to the Commonwealth Attorney. Blanding said the invitation requested both Durham and Stoney to attend the meeting in order to listen to community concerns, but were never asked to speak. Daniel Foxvog, executive director of The Virginia Center for Restorative Justice (VCRJ), said it is critical that the victims’ needs are recognized in any instance of harm. Restorative justice is a term that has appeared more often in Richmond, but is a relatively
Protest for Justice for Marcus-David Peters unknown practice within the criminal justice system. Since its creation in the 1970’s, the field has been an alternative approach to the court system, but has only recently been pushed into the widespread narrative of criminal reform. VCRJ has worked to provide this alternative approach for juveniles, especially. Judy Clarke, founder and immediate past executive director of the Virginia Center for Restorative Justice, said the center focuses on training volunteers to become restorative justice facilitators. The volunteers work to receive statewide security clearance through the Virginia Department of Corrections and Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice. The center also organizes ‘circle processes’ and restorative justice conferences. The ‘circles’ and conferences are where the major rehabilitation happens–they are conversations between offenders, victims and their communities about the impact the offender’s crime had on all parties involved. Foxvog said there are two key principles to understanding the most effective form of restorative
justice: addressing harm and the need and obligations following that harm. Foxvog said that crime, and other types of violence, creates harm that victims and offenders should be discussing to address the harm’s impact. “When someone is burglarized or hurt there are needs that result in that, needs of the victim, the direct victim, the person who has lost property or suffered physical damage,” Foxvog said. “There’s also the needs for the community, for safety, for well-being, for trust, for being able to have senses of wholeness.” The offender has needs as well, Foxvog said, that could have contributed to the crime committed. Restorative justice works with each party to reconcile conflict and built a new sense of healing, trust, and penitence. The ideal outcome of restorative justice is that the offender never commits crime again. Clarke said the center is in four Virginia State Prisons: three female adult prisons and one male prison. The center also has a diversion program for juvenile offenders, which helps juvenile offenders create solutions for their actions rather
than go to jail by offering counseling resources. VCRJ connects with cases on a referral basis. Referrals usually come from an intake or probation officer, either before or after a decision has been made in court. The center first sends a letter to the victim and the offender, then meets with victims who respond to the letter and listen to their needs and priorities. Next, they meet with the offender to gather their version of events, what led them to commit the crime, and the impact the crime had on them. Oftentimes, the offender has already admitted guilt. One of the last steps is to join both parties. While the center has been recognized in juvenile courts, they are not recognized in civil or district courts, meaning alternatives to jail provided for juveniles through the center are not currently available to adults. Clarke has requested that Foxvog, who became executive director on July 1, pursue getting recognized in those courts with Mike Herring, Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney. They hope that in future, methods like restorative justice can
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4 • July 18, 2018 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF AN APPLICATION BY VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY, FOR REVISION OF RATE ADJUSTMENT CLAUSE: RIDER R, BEAR GARDEN GENERATING STATION CASE NO. PUR-2018-00085 •Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Virginia (“Dominion”) has applied for approval to revise its rate adjustment clause, Rider R. •Dominion requests a total revenue requirement of $58.682 million for its 2019 Rider R. •A Hearing Examiner appointed by the Commission will hear the case on January 23, 2019, at 10 a.m. •Further information about this case is available on the State Corporation Commission’s website at: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. On June 1, 2018, Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Virginia (“Dominion” or “Company”), pursuant to § 56-585.1 A 6 of the Code of Virginia (“Code”), filed with the State Corporation Commission (“Commission”) an annual update of the Company’s rate adjustment clause, Rider R (“Application”). Through its Application, the Company seeks to recover costs associated with the Bear Garden Generating Station (“Bear Garden Project” or “Project”), a natural gas and oil-fired combined-cycle electric generating facility and associated transmission interconnection facilities located in Buckingham County, Virginia. In 2009, the Commission approved Dominion’s construction and operation of the Bear Garden Project and also approved a rate adjustment clause, designated Rider R, for Dominion to recover costs associated with the Project. The Bear Garden Project became fully operational in 2011.
In this proceeding, Dominion has asked the Commission to approve Rider R for the rate year beginning April 1, 2019, and ending March 31, 2020 (“2019 Rate Year”). The two components of the proposed total revenue requirement for the 2019 Rate Year are the Projected Cost Recovery Factor and the Actual Cost True-Up Factor. The Company is requesting a Projected Cost Recovery Factor revenue requirement of $55,408,000 and an Actual Cost True Up Factor revenue requirement of $3,274,000. Thus, the Company is requesting a total revenue requirement of $58,682,000 for service rendered during the 2019 Rate Year. For purposes of calculating the Projected Cost Recovery Factor in this case, Dominion utilized a rate of return on common equity (“ROE”) of 10.2%, which comprises a general ROE of 9.2% approved by the Commission in its Final Order in Case No. PUR-2017-00038, plus a 100 basis point enhanced return applicable to a combined-cycle generating station as described in Code § 56 585.1 A 6. For purposes of calculating the Actual Cost True-Up Factor, the Company utilized an ROE of 10.6% for the months of January 2017 through March 2017, which comprises the general ROE of 9.6% approved by the Commission in its Final Order in Case No. PUE-2015-00059, plus the 100 basis point enhanced return; an ROE of 10.4% for the period of April 1, 2017, through November 28, 2017, which comprises the general ROE of 9.4% approved by the Commission in its Order in Case No. PUE-2016-00061, plus the 100 basis point enhanced return; and an ROE of 10.2% for the period of November 29, 2017, through December 31, 2017, which comprises the general ROE of 9.2% approved by the Commission in its 2017 ROE Order, plus the 100 basis point enhanced return. If the proposed Rider R for the 2019 Rate Year is approved, the impact on customer bills would depend on the customer’s rate schedule and usage. According to Dominion, implementation of its proposed Rider R on April 1, 2019, would decrease the bill of a residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours per month by approximately $0.09. The Company proposes a change in the methodology for the calculation of a certain allocation factor beginning in 2018 to recognize the output of certain non-utility generators to be used to allocate cost responsibility to the Virginia jurisdiction. In addition, with the exception of the removal of certain Federal and retail choice customers from the Virginia Jurisdiction, the Company indicates it has calculated the proposed Rider R rates in accordance with the same methodology as used for rates approved by the Commission in the most recent Rider R proceeding, Case No. PUR-2017-00072. Interested persons are encouraged to review the Application and supporting documents for the details of these and other proposals. TAKE NOTICE that the Commission may apportion revenues among customer classes and/or design rates in a manner differing from that shown in the Application and supporting documents and thus may adopt rates that differ from those appearing in the Company’s Application and supporting documents. The Commission entered an Order for Notice and Hearing that, among other things, scheduled a public hearing on January 23, 2019, 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 fifteen (15) minutes prior to the starting time of the hearing and contact the Commission’s Bailiff. The public version of the Company’s Application, as well as the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing, 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, Richmond, Virginia 23219. If acceptable to the requesting party, the Company may provide the documents by electronic means. Copies of the public version of the Application and other 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 January 16, 2019, any interested person wishing to comment on the Company’s 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 January 16, 2019, 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-2018-00085. On or before November 2, 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 and Procedure (“Rules of Practice”), any notice of participation shall set forth: (i) a precise statement of the interest of the respondent; (ii) a statement of the specific action sought to the extent then known; and (iii) the factual and legal basis for the action. Any organization, corporation, or government body participating as a respondent must be represented by counsel as required by Rule 5 VAC 5-20-30, Counsel, of the Rules of Practice. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR-2018-00085. On or before November 30, 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, and each witness’s testimony shall include a summary not to exceed one page. 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 above. In all filings, respondents shall comply with the Commission’s Rules of Practice, including 5 VAC 5-20-140, Filing and service, and 5 VAC 5-20-240, Prepared testimony and exhibits. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR 2018-00085. 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 Order for Notice and Hearing in this proceeding may be obtained from the Clerk of the Commission at the address above. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY
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DMV begins offering veteran indicators on driver’s licenses, ID cards The Department of Motor Vehicles now offers a veteran indicator on Virginia driver’s licenses and ID cards. Having the word “veteran” appear on driver’s licenses or ID cards as a way for Virginia veterans to prove their veteran status. The new option is offered by DMV on behalf of the Department of Veterans Services (DVS). Del. John McGuire (R-56), a Navy Seal veteran, was the patron of House Bill 737, which authorizes DMV to add veteran indicators to driver’s licenses and ID cards. McGuire was the first Virginian to receive the veteran indicator on his driver’s license under the legislation that became effective July 1. “We want Virginia veterans to be able to easily show that they are
Equity, inclusive classrooms the focus as Henrico Schools educators attend retreat A group of educators from Henrico County Public Schools recently participated in an intensive retreat aimed at giving them tools to develop more inclusive learning communities. The retreat was designed to give educational leaders the chance to focus on eliminating disparities based on race and socioeconomic status in all areas of school life and academic achievement. Called the Henrico Educational Equity Initiative, the workshops were facilitated by the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities. It was held at Sweet Briar College and included
participants from five HCPS schools: Glen Allen Elementary School; Holman, Moody and Short Pump middle schools; and Glen Allen High. The educators learned about how bias and prejudice can affect learning and teaching. Through interactive workshops and small group discussions, participants designed different approaches to creating a supportive learning environment. At the conclusion of the retreat, educators designed action plans for schools, focusing on closing gaps in opportunity and achievement, and on creating an inclusive atmosphere.
Broad Street Rd. (Rt. 250) and Cross County Rd. (Rt. 522) Roundabout Project Goochland County Design Public Hearing
Tuesday, July 24, 2018*, 5 – 7 p.m. Holly Grove Volunteer Fire Department 143 Factory Mill Road Bumpass, VA 23024 Find out about the proposed improvements in Goochland County at the intersection of Broad Street Road (Route 250) and Cross County Road (Route 522). The project will install a new roundabout at this intersection, which will enhance safety and traffic operations. Trucks will be detoured during construction. The meeting will be held in an open forum style from 5 – 7 p.m. This format will provide the flexibility to allow participants to meet and discuss the proposed project directly with project staff members. Review the project information and National Environmental Policy Act documentation at VDOT’s Richmond District Office located at 2430 Pine Forest Drive in South Chesterfield, 23834-9002, 804-524-6000, 1-800-3677623 or TTY/TDD 711. Please call ahead to ensure the availability of appropriate personnel to answer your questions. Property impact information, relocation assistance policies and tentative construction schedules are available for your review at the above addresses and will be available at the public hearing. Give your written or oral comments at the meeting or submit them no later than August 3, 2018 to Winston D. Phillips, PMP, project manager, Virginia Department of Transportation, 2430 Pine Forest Drive, South Chesterfield, VA 23834-9002. You may also email your comments to Winston.Phillips@VDOT.Virginia.gov. Please reference “Route 250 Roundabout” in the subject line. VDOT ensures nondiscrimination and equal employment in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. If you need special assistance for persons with disabilities or limited English proficiency, contact the project manager listed above. *In the event of inclement weather on July 24, this meeting will be held on Thursday, July 26 at the same time and location above. State Project: 0250-037-S63, P101, R201, C501 Federal Project: HSIP-5A27(460), HSIP-037-4(016), HSIP-037-4(017) UPC: 107081
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Workers need ‘real’ not ‘fake’ paid family leave MELANIE CAMPBELL & JENNIFER TUCKER When Dorcas, a home health aide living in New York, learned of her mother’s illness, she used most of her vacation time to fly home and care for her. After a few weeks her leave was exhausted and tragically she could no longer afford to be with her mother in the final days of her illness. In the end, Dorcas was forced to take unpaid leave, and return to Florida, arriving just hours before her mother passed away. Dorcas counts every penny and the unpaid time resulted in a mountain of unpaid bills and financial challenges that lingered well into the following year. Dorcas weathered that storm. But she says, “it still pains me that I wasn’t able to be with my mom during her last days.” Dorcas’ story is one of many shared in the Family Values@Work story collection. Dorcas’ story exemplifies a crushing dilemma that many black women workers face every day when caring for themselves or a family member. Life shouldn’t be this way but it is the reality for far too many in the United States. On July 11, the Senate Finance Committee’s Social Security, Pensions and Family Policy Subcommittee held a hearing on paid family leave that featured two very different policy options. The “real” policy is the Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act that creates a national insurance program to fund the time needed to The LEGACY NEWSPAPER Vol. 4 No. 29 Mailing Address 409 E. Main Street 4 Office Address 105 1/2 E. Clay St. Richmond, VA 23219 Call 804-644-1550 Online www.legacynewspaper.com
welcome a new baby, address one’s own health issue, or the serious health issue of a family member. It also includes time for certain military families’ care giving purposes. Employees, employers and selfemployed workers would fund both the benefits and the administrative costs of the program by contributing a small amount in each pay period to a self-sustaining fund. The FAMILY Act builds on programs in California, New Jersey, and Rhode Island and with the newest programs being implemented in New York, Washington, the District of Columbia, and Massachusetts. The “fake” paid family leave 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. Annual Subscription Rates Virginia - $50 U.S. states - $75 Outside U.S.- $100 The Virginia Legacy © 2016
option, restricts participation to only maternity leave and diverts social security funds to pay for the program. U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (Iowa), Mike Lee (Utah) and Marco Rubio (Florida) plan to introduce legislation covering only the birth or adoption of a child. This deeply flawed proposal will require people to borrow against their social security accounts, delaying their retirement date or receiving a decreased retirement benefit. For most black women, social security makes up at least half of their income stream during retirement, according to the 2014 Black Women in the United States report by the Black Women’s Roundtable. This proposal would result in even smaller social security, death or disability benefits, making the retirement security of older black women, even more, precarious than it is currently. Any paid family leave proposal that ignores the caregiving responsibilities that families are facing for older relatives is outdated. According to the AARP Policy Institute, each year, 40 million American adults assist loved ones with tasks of daily living. Family members are helping with eating and bathing; household chores; and nursing tasks so people can age in place. Surprisingly, of these 40 million family caregivers, about 25 percent are millennials, between the ages of 18 -34 years old. One in three employed millennial family caregivers earn less than $30,000 per year - that includes
nearly 30 percent of Black family caregivers. We urge policymakers to deliver paid family leave programs that fit the times and their constituents’ diverse needs. Black workers and their families need and deserve #RealPaidLeave. Our nation deserves nothing less. Campbell is president/CEO, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, convener, Black Women’s Roundtable. Campbell is one of the hardest working leaders in today’s Civil Rights, Women’s Rights and Social Justice Movements. Campbell brings together black women nationally and in key states to build power for black women and girls, families and communities. Tucker is senior policy advisor, Black Women’s Roundtable. While in her early 40s, Tucker shared caregiving responsibilities for her mother, who was living with Parkinson’s disease, with her young sibling, while being the parent to an elementary age child and working full-time. A few years later, she was back in the caregiving role to her sibling for 18 months. The Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR) was established in 1983 as the women and girls empowerment arm of the National Coalition for Black Civic Participation, BWR is comprised of a diverse group of black women civic leaders representing national, regional, state-based and international organizations and institutions.
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P.T. Hoffsteader, Esq.
So much to teach, learn Shortly after leaving home last summer for a relaxing week at the beach, I noticed a white sports car in our rear view mirror, approaching with great speed. My guess is that they were doing triple digits. I said a quick prayer for the innocent drivers ahead of me. Ten miles later I saw that car again. I passed him, as he was doing zero, sitting along the side of the road, speaking to a police officer. Sometimes the system works. Speed limits are, admittedly, a bit confusing. Driving with the flow of traffic seems to be the safest option, yet many times traffic is moving considerably faster than posted limits. What speed is safe, and what speed is legal? And what are we teaching our children as they watch our driving habits? As I consider the parental responsibility to teach and discipline the children, I recognize the sheer amount of information that children must learn. There are so many lessons to internalize, and missing even one of those lessons can result in serious injury, to oneself or others. So much to teach and so much to learn. I suggest three basic lessons from encountering speed limit signs. As I drive home from work, I pass a sign that says, “End Speed Limit 45.” The sign tells me what the speed limit is NOT; it does not tell me
what the speed limit is. It might be telling me that I need to slow down to 35; it might be telling me that I can speed up to 55. The message is unnecessarily ambiguous. As we seek to discipline and train our children, we need to be sure that we are teaching them what the correct choices are, and not just harping on the negative. Our children need to learn that certain behaviors are inappropriate, but we also need to be teaching them what the alternative correct choices are. Don’t just tell them to quit one behavior; explain what they should be doing instead. Discipline is more than teaching children to avoid problematic behavior; it also involves teaching positive behaviors. At another location in town, after going through a “Speed Limit 25” section, a sign indicates “Speed Limit 35.” So, I start to speed up, when only 100 yards later, I encounter another sign, a blinking sign that informs me that the school speed limit is 15. I immediately take my foot off the gas and apply the brakes. I have just experienced inconsistent guidelines. Hence, a second lesson from local speed limit signs: avoid blatant inconsistencies. The disciplining of our children should aim to be consistent and predictable. Our children’s self-control will be better regulated when they can make reasonable predictions about the consequences of their behavioral choices. Instead, I recommend as a model the speed limit signs that I see when traveling through the mountains in Virginia: “Speed Limit May Vary Next 12 Miles.” Due to wind, fog, winter precipitation, and heavy
traffic, drivers must be prepared to regulate their behavior to maximize safety (which of course is always true, but rarely posted). The electronic posted speed limits are not fixed, but are adjusted in this 12-mile section (and clearly communicated) to inform drivers about appropriate behavior. In fact, most childhood behaviors are not right or wrong in themselves, but rather are right or wrong in certain situations. Appropriate behavior on the playground doesn’t work in the classroom. Appropriate behavior after church doesn’t work during the service. Our children need to learn lessons about context and appropriateness of behavior. So much to learn. Flexible speed limit signs suggest that rules and guidelines need to be malleable to fit the situation. Granted, there are some limits that we (almost) never cross. Triple digits on the highway are unwise in virtually every situation. However, within those limits, we need to be teaching our children to contextualize their behavior and their choices, just as we need to contextualize our driving speed. One of my Facebook friends, a young parent, recently posted about his daughter’s singing creative, selfwritten, potty songs. He instructed her that she should only sing these songs in the bathroom, and to sing more family-friendly songs in the rest of the house. With this instruction, he was both telling her what not to do, and what to do. He was also helping her to contextualize her behavior—that which is undesirable in one setting can be appropriate in other settings. Parents, my prayers are with you
as you seek to consistently and positively teach and discipline your children, thereby investing your time in the health and well-being of the next generation. Gary Welton
On ZTE I share the grave concerns of our military and the intelligence community, which are unanimous in their conclusion that ZTE — a state-controlled company with ties to Chinese intelligence — presents an ongoing threat to our national security. I also share many of the concerns the President has voiced in the past about China’s unfair trade practices, which have cheated American workers and permitted Chinese companies to steal the intellectual property of American firms with virtually no consequences. This sweetheart deal not only ignores these serious issues, it lets ZTE off the hook for evading sanctions against Iran and North Korea with a slap on the wrist. Sen. Mark R. Warner
Hellish summer Fifty years ago this summer, the Democratic Party was deeply divided. The Democratic National Convention in Chicago was dampened by protests and internal fighting over America’s involvement in Vietnam. Between the riots and the clear divisions in their party, the Democrats hobbled out of the summer of 1968, badly weakened. They had been incapable of keeping “law and order” during their own convention—how then could they possibly restore peace to their divided nation?” Ben Allison
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Study: Existential spirituality can foster happiness Researchers contend that the study results can help instruct people on how to age healthfully Existential spirituality may improve health-related quality of life among adults who suffer from neurological illness, according to a new study published in the
journal Geriatrics. The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine researchers who led the study say the results can inform best practices for healthy aging.
Franklin Graham calls for school boards to be majority Christian to stop LGBTQ ‘agenda to indoctrinate’ DAVID BADASH WIRE REPORT Franklin Graham (right) is calling for Christians to run for their local school boards to prevent what he says is LGBTQ indoctrination. The 65-year old Christian evangelical activist made his remarks in response to a Fox News story that claims a Pennsylvania school board showed what parents are calling bullying “LGBT advocacy” videos. But educators and officials explained that the videos are not “bullying,” they are anti-bullying. “Parents in the East Penn School District are up in arms—and rightly so—about being told they can’t see videos that their children were shown without their permission,” Graham wrote on Facebook. “We need Christian men and women running for school boards,” he said. “If the majority of the school board were Christians, this wouldn’t be an issue.” Graham went on to claim the videos were “about homosexuality, same-sex marriage, and ‘gender fluidity’,” and “parents weren’t even notified!” Graham apparently was astonished that the existence of LGBTQ people was not kept secret (as it was in decades past). “The school district said it was all part of Unity Week, but parents are
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concerned that it is part of an agenda to indoctrinate young people and normalize lifestyles that go against what God teaches in His Word.” Schools are specifically not allowed to teach “God’s word.” “Parental rights are being ignored here,” Graham claimed, falsely. Courts have ruled parents do not have the right to be informed of every aspect of their children’s schooling. Some in the LGBTQ community are pushing back. “Graham is so typical of the self-righteous homophobia which permeates conservative rightwing evangelical circles,” Holy Bullies author Alvin McEwen writes. “He sees the words ‘LGBT’ and automatically thinks of sex or ‘recruitment.’” McEwen notes that “perhaps the idea that Graham is angry that the school district is attempting to keep LGBTQ kids safe from bullying isn’t that farfetched to contemplate.”
“For the first time in human history, most people around the world can expect to live into their 60s,” said lead author James Wade, Ph.D., citing the World Health Organization’s 2015 “World Report on Aging and Health.” “The global population is aging, so the central question is: How can you age successfully? If you are going to be around for a while, how can you do it happily?” Wade is a professor in VCU School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry. The study examined associations among religiosity, spirituality and happiness in 354 people treated for neurological disorders at an outpatient clinic where Wade sees patients. “We found that spirituality was important in coping with a lifestyle threat, but it was only the existential – or secular – spirituality that was strongly related to happiness,” Wade said, adding that the researchers identified happiness as a proxy for successful aging. Wade described existential spirituality as differing from religiosity in that it involves developing an internal strength,
rather than relying on an external omniscient spiritual force. “The literature refers to a selfefficacy component of existential spirituality,” Wade said. “Religious spirituality is built upon the notion that there is some higher power, and that by praying and living in a moral way according to scripture, the practitioner will gain benefits. The existential approach toward spiritual development does not involve reliance upon an external power.” The results build on previously published academic research that links spirituality to improved physical and mental health. Spiritual beliefs could have a protective effect on depression in patients with heart failure and could play a role in the emotional health of individuals recovering from stroke. Higher levels of spirituality are also associated with lower cardiovascular mortality. In order to cultivate existential spirituality, Wade recommended practicing a meditation technique called loving-kindness, which promotes acceptance and compassion for all living things. Wade demonstrated the positive effects of the technique in a study he published last year in the journal Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology, in which patients who were suffering from end-stage liver disease practiced the loving-kindness meditation with their caregivers. As a result, the patients and their caregivers experienced a reduction in depression symptoms and improved sleep, among other positive benefits. “This most recent study tells us why we got such good results in the loving-kindness meditation study,” Wade said. “We now see that the technique of developing existential spiritualty is important for cultivating happiness. The lovingkindness meditation is a simple, inexpensive and quick way to help foster that sense of existential spirituality.”
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(from page 1) In many ways, Stewart was more appealing to the core of Trump’s base than Trump himself had been. In fact, just before the presidential election, Stewart was fired by Trump’s Virginia campaign for demonstrating in front of RNC headquarters, warning the party against abandoning Trump after the infamous Access Hollywood tape. His 2017 gubernatorial primary campaign was permeated with similarly anti-establishment stances. His agenda focused on immigration restriction — proposing, for instance, that municipalities require individuals to prove citizenship during routine traffic stops — and he rallied “forgotten white voters,” arguing that Virginia should force all localities to leave Confederate monuments untouched. Stewart’s far-right rhetoric occasionally slipped into outright support for white supremacists. In early 2017, he called anti-Muslim conspiracy crank Paul Nehlen (a primary challenger to House speaker Paul Ryan) one of his “personal heroes,” and his campaign paid Nehlen a fundraising commission for the use of his email list. Stewart also appeared during the primary with Jason Kessler, an organizer of last August’s neo-Nazi march in Charlottesville. Recently, Stewart disavowed both Nehlen and Kessler, saying he had been unaware of their extremism. Shaun Kenney, former executive director of the state party, calls this claim nonsense, saying “everyone in Charlottesville knew what Jason Kessler was and knew what he represented.” Nearly every source with personal knowledge of Stewart believes he’s an opportunist, a man who will flirt with white supremacists for political profit despite not agreeing with their beliefs. In a move seemingly contradictory to his stance on the monuments, for example, he supported the 2016 renaming of Mills E. Godwin Middle School, which had honored a governor resistant to school integration — a change Stewart likely wouldn’t have favored if he had white-supremacist sympathies. Winning is “the only principle guiding Corey Stewart,” says David Ramadan, former Republican representative to the house of delegates for Virginia’s 87th district, which includes Prince William County. “For him,” he adds, “the only way to win was to jump on the Trump train when nobody wanted to
July 18, 2018 • 9 jump on the Trump train.” Stewart’s opportunism didn’t propel him to victory over Gillespie in the primary, but he lost by just 1.2 percentage points, a much closer result than expected. Observers say Stewart’s low numbers in the run-up to the primary convinced Gillespie’s campaign to save resources and emphasize party unity, accidentally tamping down his own turnout. Even so, no one in the party appeared to be concerned. That didn’t last. In November, Gillespie lost to sitting lieutenant governor Ralph Northam by nearly nine percentage points. Democratic candidates took 15 seats in the house of delegates, where Republicans had held a 66–34 advantage. One delegate race was deemed a tie, and a random drawing allotted the seat to the Republican, allowing the GOP to retain a 51–49 majority — literally dependent on the luck of the draw. The biggest story was turnout among Democrats, who voted at unprecedented, presidential-election levels: One analysis estimated that turnout among under-30-year-olds in Virginia was 34 percent, nearly twice its 17 percent in the 2009 gubernatorial race. Nearly seven out of ten of those voters cast their ballots for Northam. “Trump has made it a social value among those Democratic-leaning, younger voters to be against Trump and to demonstrate it by voting,” Murphy explains. “Trump has solved the problem the Democrats have faced for decades, which is how to get their younger, unengaged voters to show up and pull the ‘D’ lever.” So far, the GOP leadership has done little to react. After Stewart claimed the Senate nomination, state-party chairman John Whitbeck issued a “call for unity,” glossing over Stewart’s entanglements with white supremacists — including how, in November 2017, Stewart had accepted Nehlen’s endorsement for the Senate and offered his own endorsement in return, even after Nehlen had publicly promoted white nationalism and anti-Semitism. Now, Whitbeck’s sudden departure leaves the state party’s future highly precarious. One source close to Whitbeck says he told people privately that he’d resign if Stewart won the primary. Another insider suggests Whitbeck was effectively forced out by GOP congressional candidates who “wanted a scalp” after Stewart was nominated, because having him at the top of the GOP ticket promises to be a drag on their own election campaigns. Either way, the state party appears
to be without a coherent strategy for handling the Trump phenomenon and Stewart’s subsequent rise. At the national level, National Republican Senatorial Committee chairman Cory Gardner has said that the committee doesn’t plan to endorse Stewart and will focus on Florida, North Dakota, Missouri, and Indiana — in other words, winnable races. President Trump, for his part, has already tweeted his congratulations to Stewart on his primary victory and suggested he has a real chance to unseat Kaine. Meanwhile, experts predict that Republicans can’t expect to win Virginia with only the segments of the electorate that Trump won. Stewart’s general-election campaign will be the test. While populist rhetoric undoubtedly appeals to enough of the base to hand primary elections to Trump and Stewart, Virginia is slipping away from the GOP: The Cook Political Report just moved Brat’s reelection campaign in the seventh district from “leans Republican” to “toss-up.” “The trend over the last 20 years has been that, as the Republican party pushes more to the right, Virginia has shifted to the left, and it’s created a chasm,” Martin explains. “Trump has broadened that chasm. Corey Stewart makes it a little wider. As a party, we need to look at ways to
close that divide.” To accomplish this, some strategists suggest Virginia Republicans might learn from the GOP in Maryland and Massachusetts, two largely Democratic states where the GOP has moderated its policy goals, managed its image to be more appealing to centrist and center–left voters, and retained high popularity after winning gubernatorial elections. Then again, both states have electorates reliably bluer than Virginia, and such a model would require significant alteration to account for both the conservative and populist elements of Virginia’s existing GOP base. But something has to give. Kenney sees the situation even more starkly: “No one’s going to get off the couch for the party of white nationalism. At some point, it stops being ‘Never Trump,’ and it stops being ‘Never Corey,’ and it starts being ‘Never Republican.’” Some Republicans might believe the pendulum will inevitably swing back to their side. But it may be that the populist style that catapulted Trump to the White House is not a winning formula in the state. So long as they remain the party of Corey Stewart, Virginia Republicans are likely to stand on the outside looking in. -National Review
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(from page 3) be used to remedy some of the pain and confusion both for offenders and victims, like those in the MarcusDavid Peters case. “I would also say that for police departments and law enforcement agencies being able to have a relationship of trust with the communities is very critical,” Foxvog said. “It’s critical for them to be able
to function and it’s critical for the communities themselves to be able to trust the police departments, and officers, and for everyone to be able to be treated with respect.” Foxvog and Clarke rely on volunteers to make the center work. The center offers training and opportunities for volunteers to participate in conferences and jail programs in individual areas.
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Dwayne Johnson charms in “Skyscraper” but falls short on script
DWIGHT BROWN FILM CRITIC He likes to play the hero (Rampage). He does it all the time (San Andreas). It’s what his fans expect (Hercules). His films made him the second-highest grossing movie star of 2017. So, can Dwayne Johnson continue his mojo with this retro feeling (The Towering Inferno) but modern styling (Blue Water Horizon) disaster movie? The Pearl, a skyscraper, towers way above other buildings on Hong Kong’s beautiful Victoria Harbour. How tall is it? About 3,500 feet, two/ thirds of a mile high and so tall it scrapes heaven’s bottom. It’s a curvy-sculpted architectural and technological wonder: 225 stories; 30-story vertical park with waterfalls; negative carbon footprint, 100 floors of luxury residential suites on the top. Will Sawyer (Johnson), a former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader and U.S. war veteran turned security expert, is in town handling safety issues and verifications for the building’s billionaire owner Zhao Long Ji (Chin Han, The Dark Knight). Will, his wife Naval surgeon Dr. Sarah Sawyer (Neve Campbell, House of Cards) and his two kids (Mckenna Roberts and Noah Cottrell) are staying in one of the swank apartments and Ji is in the penthouse. Faster than you can sing the Doors song “Come on baby light my fire,“ a rogue interloper named Kores Botha (Roland Møller, Land of Mine), who is determined to find a flash drive filled with vital data, sets the place ablaze. With his family trapped inside, Will springs into action.
Oh yes, it is a pretty preposterous setup, and writer/director Rawson Marshall Thurber, could care less. His duty is to fortify and rubber stamp Johnson’s general game plan: The central character is a flawed human being, trying to get his life back together. He’s called into action and after mind-boggling challenges he rides to the rescue. Thurber is pretty handy with the action scenes, which range from fist fights, to climbing the outside of 100-story buildings, to jumping the length of a greyhound bus from one skyscraper to the next. It doesn’t really matter that so many of the feats are humanly impossible. Thurber expects the audience to suspend their disbelief for a quickpaced 1h 42min (editors Julian Clarke, Michael L Sale). Thanks to some not so obvious CG tricks, loud sounds, melodramatic music (Steve Jablonsky, Blue Water Horizon) and swift cinematography (Robert Elswit, There Will Be Blood), Johnson’s diehard fans may go along for the ride, even if a voice in the back of their heads is saying, “This is so silly.” As Sawyer precariously climbs buildings with just his hands, one foot and a prosthetic limb, you’re tempted to say, ”This is the most unrealistic disaster movie I’ve ever seen,” but, you don’t. As you wrestle with your ambivalence, in the heat of action, there on the screen is this likable big hulk of a former wrestler, who is more than willing to take the weight of the world on his broad tatted-up shoulders and fight the good fight. Could you ask for more? Like viable feats, innovative direction, a credible
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Flipping the switch Dear Alma, My girlfriend is absolutely beautiful, gentle and kind, loving and respectful. Ninetyfive percent of the time everything is perfect. Every now and again she just goes off. She curses, screams, and throws things and just follows me around arguing. She has never hit me, but it is intimidating. I don't know what to do to calm her down. I talked to her sister about it, but she said, yeah that’s how she is and that I should just leave and take a walk. We are talking marriage, but I don't want to consider children with this situation. It’s not like I’m scared of my lady. I just don’t know when she’s gonna flip out sometimes. Can you give me some advice? Ben Ben, Hmmm, I can’t quite tell if you’re fishing for a catfish or a shark. Either way you better bait this bad behavior quick, there’s no room for slack on this line. Determine if you’re experiencing a partner who’s a hot head or a mate who exercises verbal abuse. If you’re not sure, check
the verbal abuse websites. They clearly lay out the descriptions for you. I see room for improvement if she’s just spoiled and ranting for the sake of attention. You’ll need to lay down some ground rules. Discuss self-control techniques and how both of you are held accountable for your words and actions. If she’s a verbal abuser, than you’re dealing with someone who needs professional help. Both need to be recognized and she needs to accept responsibility, take action and apologize. You say she’s never hurt you, but that’s not true. I think most men identify “hurt” as a physical experience. In your place of understanding, pain equals fighting, like in a boxing ring. But no, there’s another side - words can cause hurt and pain. Make sure that you’re aware of the similarities. A relationship can be unhealthy or abusive even without physical violence. Experiencing verbal abuse may not cause physical damage, but it does cause emotional damage, pain and scarring. Don’t get me wrong, we all can reach a point where, we’re sooooo mad we want to lash out and go for broke. Been there, done that. The frustration can be overwhelming and you release it like a pressure cooker. Nobody’s perfect, it happens. Starting today, hold her accountable, and insist she receives the help she needs. I wouldn’t consider marriage until the two of you are basking in the progress, and exercising a new learned and acceptable behavior towards one another. Marriage doesn’t fix your problems, as a matter of fact, it escalates them. It’s best to make appropriate enhancements on the front end.
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Africa wins World Cup as France defeats Croatia France’s World Cup winning team team powered by 15 players of African descent defeated a tough Croatia team 4-2 at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow this week. Officially, sub-Saharan Africa’s involvement in the World Cup ended with Senegal’s defeat at the hands of Colombia on June 28. But players on France’s team can trace their heritage to several countries on the continent. Paul Pogba, right, and above, center celebrates the World Cup.
script? You could, but you’re not going to get it. Campbell as the smart wife who can take care of herself and her kids has the right amount of courage. Møller is vile as Botha. Hannah Quinlivan (Moon River) as Xia, a cutthroat assassin, is equally evil but wears chic designer clothes. They all well support Johnson, but he really doesn’t need their help. This movie is all about his character and whether or not Sawyer can live to make it to the final credits. Johnson smiles. He makes jokes. Flexes his muscles. Turns on the “please love me” charm offense. He’s disarming and
irresistible, even if the film is not. As Dwayne Johnson’s career moves on, and he continues to pad his filmography with good and not-sogood action films, some critics will look back on his career and wonder what if? What if Johnson ever showed his full range and how well he can really act? But his fans? They will be quite happy that several times a year their favorite movie star gives them a mindless, escapist, but entertaining night at the local movie complex. If that’s all they ask for, that’s the only peak Dwayne Johnson has to climb.
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Students from once-segregated Norfolk School change the conversation on race LEONARD E. COLVIN NJG - In February 1959, Patricia Turner and her brother James Turner, Jr., walked through the front door of the Norview Middle School and into the history books. They were two of the Norfolk 17, the first black students to desegregate six Norfolk public schools. The Turners and the other 15 students made history after months of resistance by the city of Norfolk and the state of Virginia, each refusing to comply with the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision five years earlier that segregated public schools were illegal. During her time at Norview Middle and then Norview High School, Turner, like the 16 other black students, endured isolation, verbal abuse and taunts inflicted by White students who were venting hatred and anger inspired by a resentful dominant culture resistant to their history-making experience.
Edward Jordan, James Turner, LaVera Forbes and Claudia Wellington – Norview Jr. High School FILE PHOTO In 1963, despite these challenges, Pat Turner would graduate from
Norview High School and set herself emotionally to never look back.
She attended business college, became an accountant, married briefly and worked for Norfolk Public Schools for two decades. Due to an Honorary Doctorate degree awarded by Old Dominion University, “Dr. Turner” is now seeking to secure an “earned” ODU doctorate. Over the past five years, although she may have succeeded in “erasing” most of the bad memories of long ago, she has managed to secure some emotional and moral closure in a way she could have little predicted. Today, she regularly joins a group of her white former classmates for lunch at Bubba’s Seafood Restaurant on Shore Drive In Virginia Beach. As she did when she was in school with them, Turner is the lone black sitting amidst the remaining white female members of the Norview Senior Class of 1963. “I sit and I am mostly quiet,” said Turner, who admits she is
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Trump administration backs off reshuffling of student debt collection The Department of Education planned this month to begin reshaping the role of private debt collection firms in handling student loans by pulling defaulted borrower accounts from a handful of large private contractors. Lawmakers who control the department’s budget had other ideas. After a recent Senate spending package warned the department against dropping the debt collectors, the plan is on hold. And it’s not clear how those companies will figure into the Trump administration’s proposed overhaul of student loan servicing. Private loan servicers handle payments from borrowers on their student loans and provide information on payment plan options. When borrowers go more than 270 days without making a payment on their loans, they are considered to be in default. Those companies are tasked with collecting on more than $84 billion in defaulted student loan debt. The tactics and performance of debt collectors have come under attack from Democrats and consumer advocates. And the Education Department has been involved in a years-long legal dispute over contract awards for the collectors. But the Trump administration, in a resolution of that legal fight, in May said it planned to cancel the entire debt collection solicitation. (A separate contract award for “small business” firms was not affected.) Those five firms last month received notice from the department that it planned to start withdrawing tens of thousands of existing borrower accounts beginning July 3. The accounts would be reassigned to 11 companies designated as “small business” firms with a contract that lasted two additional years. Observers in the industry warned the sudden transfer of accounts would disrupt relationships with borrowers looking to rehabilitate loans and make progress fixing their credit. And they said it could mean thousands of job losses at the companies losing those accounts. Members of Congress, who have already expressed concerns about aspects of the department’s so-called NextGen loan servicing system, warned in separate appropriations bills against the move. A spending
Persis Yu bill approved by the Senate appropriations committee included language directing the department not to pull accounts from debt collectors. And it encourages the department to extend current debt collection contracts set to expire next year. The week after Senate appropriators voted the bill out of committee, and just before it planned to start reassigning borrower accounts, the department notified collections firms it was postponing that step. The Senate legislation isn’t close to being signed into law. But Colleen Campbell, associate director of the postsecondary education program at the Center for American Progress, said its plans were likely affected by the language from lawmakers. “If we have appropriations language that they feel contradicts what they planned on doing, I think that definitely is something that could be motivating their behavior here,” she said. Campbell, who has called for the federal government to remove private debt collectors from the student loan system, said the Trump administration’s notice that it would reassign borrower accounts shows what could be expected from the NextGen system. The department’s May notice that it would cancel all debt collection contracts said it would increase outreach to borrowers who become delinquent on their loans and that it expects those changes to reduce the overall number of borrowers in default. It did not make any officials available from the Office of Federal Student Aid, which oversees debt collectors, to discuss those plans or the withdrawal of defaulted borrower accounts. An FSA spokeswoman said the office couldn’t offer details on the process or comment on
whether lawmakers’ concerns led the department to hit pause on the reassignment of borrower accounts. “The recall of accounts from the [private collection agencies] is temporarily postponed to ensure an efficient transition,” the spokeswoman said. Similar scrutiny from Capitol Hill earlier this year led the department to delay the rollout of a pilot program for a debit card to disburse federal aid money. Student advocates who have been critical of debt collectors had their own concerns about what the sudden transfer of accounts would mean for student borrowers whose loans are in default. Persis Yu, director of the Student Loan Borrower Assistance Project at the National Consumer Law Center, said the opacity of the process is itself concerning. “I absolutely applaud the department for recognizing this is a model that doesn’t work and saying we need something different,” she said. “I am very concerned about the lack of transparency and with figuring out what that something different is.” Yu said serious disruption for borrowers occurred when Direct Loan Servicing Center lost a contract
to handle federal direct loans to a handful of loan servicers, including FedLoan Servicing, Great Lakes Educational Loan Services, Nelnet and Navient. “They need strong oversight. The department hasn’t historically been great at that,” she said. “Will borrowers be lost in the shuffle? I think that’s a big possibility.” The department has said it plans to reduce defaults in the future partly by undertaking more engagement of student borrowers when they become delinquent on their loans. The removal of the debt collectors would also mean the loss of institutional knowledge of that loan market, said Tim Fitzgibbon, a former senior vice president of the National Council for Higher Education Resources, who led the group’s default and debt management efforts. “They really are regulated by multiple parties. They're very attuned to what the consumer protections are. These are timeproven experts in their professions,” he said. “I would encourage the department to take advantage of private sector expertise that's built up over the last 30 years instead of opting for a one-size-fits-all approach.”
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Measures to protect victims of human trafficking In front of legislators, human trafficking victim advocates, and law enforcement officials, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam signed human trafficking legislation . HB1260 (Mullin), recommended by the Hampton Roads Human Trafficking Task Force and carried by Delegate Mike Mullin, adds offenses related to human trafficking to the list of crimes for which bail can be denied, keeping traffickers in jail and better protecting trafficking victims. “This piece of legislation aims to disrupt the cycle of abuse in human trafficking here on the Peninsula and across the Commonwealth of Virginia,” said Mullin. Human trafficking has become a growing epidemic not only in Virginia, but across the entire United States. It is a $150 billion dollar enterprise worldwide, and is widely
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considered one of the fastest growing criminal industries in the world. The United Nations' International Labor Organization estimates that there are 20.9 million victims of human trafficking globally, with hundreds of thousands of victims here in the United States.
“Human trafficking is a threat to public safety here in Virginia and across the United States,” said Northam. “This legislation will help us prevent these crimes by making it more difficult for human traffickers to post bail and leave jail to intimidate witnesses or continue their criminal activity. I am proud to sign this legislation today and I thank Delegate Mullin and Attorney General Herring for their commitment to this issue.” Herring who championed the effort says human trafficking is a dehumanizing crime and robs its victims of their dignity, their identity, and their freedom. “This legislation is critical to protecting victims of human trafficking by keeping traffickers in jail and taking their control away,” Herring said.
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Herring went on to thank the task force for their “tireless work fighting this atrocious crime”, as well as Northam, Mullin and Delegate Dawn Adams for “standing with me against human trafficking.” Combating human trafficking in Virginia has been a top priority for the attorney general. Two years ago he announced a $1.45 million grant that would help fund the Hampton Roads Human Trafficking Task Force. Two months after his announcement the task force was launched and in full effect. The Office of the Attorney General partnered with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Samaritan House, the U.S. Attorney's Office, Virginia State Police, and law enforcement agencies from Newport News, Hampton, Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Portsmouth and Chesapeake for the task force. While prosecuting traffickers, local law enforcement found that traffickers would pay their own bail and bail out their victims continuing the cycle of abuse and trafficking. This legislation, recommended by the task force, will keep traffickers in jail and better protect their victims. This legislation further adds the following offenses that are attributable to human trafficking to the list of crimes for which there is a rebuttable presumption against admission to bail: •Taking or detaining a person for the purposes of prostitution or unlawful sexual intercourse, • Receiving money from procuring or placing a person in a house of prostitution or forced labor, • Receiving money from the earnings of a prostitute, and • Commercial sex trafficking, where the alleged victim is a family or household member. Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations Washington, D.C. Patrick J. Lechleitner points out that in order to have successful human trafficking investigations, victims must be rescued and stabilized. “The fact that now, in Virginia, bail can now be denied for offenses related to human trafficking serves as a significant tool in ensuring victims’ safety,” said Lechleitner.
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5-time convicted Richmond sex offender sentenced to 20 years for electronic solicitation of a minor Robert Gale Wojda, 56, of Richmond has been sentenced to 20 years in a Virginia correctional facility with an additional 60 years suspended, after pleading guilty to two counts of using an electronic communications system to solicit a minor under the age of 15. Attorney General Mark R. Herring, whose team successfully prosecuted the case, announced the result after the defendant was sentenced by Richmond City Circuit Court Judge Beverly W. Snukals. “This man has proven himself to be an ongoing danger to Virginia children with no intent of changing his behavior, which is why he will spend the next two decades behind bars where he belongs,” said
Robert Gale Wojda Herring. “I appreciate the hard work of everyone involved, from the probation officer who flagged his suspicious activity, to the Richmond detectives who investigated, and
(from page 12) introverted. “During the lunches, we do not talk about the past all the time. But it has come up. “I have been able to educate them from the perspective of a member of the Norfolk 17, as they have educated me about what was going on with them back then.” Turner and the other 16 black children desegregated those all-white schools during the fall of 1958 by federal law. But rather than admit them, the city closed all of the white schools which were targeted to be desegregated. It was the state law. While the schools were closed, many of the white high school seniors went to work or the military. The traditional senior year transition to adulthood and college was erased. Since no white students applied to attend any of the all-black schools, they remained opened. “They (the white students at Norview) were told by their parents that we (the Norfolk 17) were trying to take their schools and deny them an education,” Turner said. “So they were punishing us. It was not our fault. Nor was it their fault, it was the city … the politicians which closed the schools. “I explained to them that we were just 17 little black kids, trying to get an education” Turner said.
Patricia Turner “Segregation was illegal. But they did not understand that. Their parents did not explain to them, why and what we were doing, until I explained it all. I also told them about me as a person. Now they know.” Turner said her interaction with her white classmates started five years ago when plans for the class of 1963’s 50th reunion were being devised. She was approached to join them during the planning session in Nags Head. “I was so surprised,” Turner recently said. “Initially I was very leery … afraid. I had never had any contact with them since leaving high school. This is why I had one of my friends accompany me to that first meeting. Then I attended by myself.” Turner said after 50 years, her classmates had aged, as she did. She had no idea of how they looked back
the prosecutors from my office who secured this sentence.” Evidence presented in court showed that Wojda, a registered sex offender with previous convictions for child exploitation offenses in Virginia, Florida, and Ohio, was identified by law enforcement after his Virginia probation officer discovered that Wojda was maintaining a Facebook account that he used to communicate with minors, in violation of the terms of his probation that resulted from a 2012 Fairfax County conviction for electronic solicitation of a minor. In an interview with Richmond City Police detectives, Wojda admitted engaging in sexually explicit conversations with minors
on Facebook and Skype, and to sending explicit photographs. Wojda also consented to a search of his cell phone, which revealed sexually-explicit communications with a 14-year-old girl. During these conversations, Wojda exposed himself to the girl and requested that she do the same. This case was investigated by the Richmond City Police Department and the Southern Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Assistant Attorney General Stacey Rohrs of the Virginia Attorney General’s Office prosecuted the case on behalf of the commonwealth, with assistance from the Richmond City Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office.
in the day; she never had the chance. But they knew she was the “black Girl” who was walking through a sea of white hatred and anger. “So if they were any of the ones who said or did nasty things to me back then, I could not identify them,” Turner said. “None of them have admitted they did.” “But there was one. A woman who died recently,” Turner said, “and she would come up…hug me… start crying so hard…she would wet up my clothes. I do not know what was on her heart…to make her feel so bad. But I had to tell some of the other classmates, to tell her that all of the crying and hugging was not necessary. She did stop.” Turner said because she sought to educate her white classmates and explain to them, her role as a member of the Norfolk, 17, her classmates have made attempts to redeem themselves with small gestures. Turner explained she was an “outsider” as a black child attending Norview Middle and High schools. She had no social life. She also did not interact with the black students at Ruffner Middle or Booker T. Washington High schools. So she was a “outsider,” too, from the black community, as well. At one of the Norview class reunions, she was made the honorary
Homecoming Queen. Also, at one of the luncheons, her classmates organized a birthday party for her. “I did not have a normal childhood after I entered Norview Middle School,” Turner said. “I could not join a club, be a cheerleader, have a boyfriend or enjoy lunch time talking to friends. My childhood was stolen. I have reclaimed something from even people who thought I was trying to take something from them. But like them, all I wanted was a good education and to enjoy life.” Today, only 11 of the Norfolk 17 are still alive. Like the others, Turner despite her efforts to “move on” from her experiences at Norview Middle and High schools, she is reminded of those experiences. Over the years she has been reminded often of the chapter she wrote in Norfolk’s and the nation’s history. Although she believed it, the idea of Pat Turner being an “outsider” in the view of the black and most of the white community of Norfolk, has been erased long ago, as she is frequently reminded, in word, deed and image. The spotlight will be even brighter early next year, when Norfolk will observe the 60th anniversary of the Norfolk 17 who etched their legacy in the city’s, Virginia’s and the nation’s history books.
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