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A West Virginia mother whose 16-year-old son was struggling with ADHD wanted to get him services but wasn’t sure what to do. The assistant principal at her son’s school suggested she file an incorrigibility petition — a status offense — against her son, whom we’ll call John, so he would be eligible for those services. But John didn’t get any kind of help after his mother filed the petition. Instead, he was put on probation, and then in secure detention, and eventually on psychotropic medication. After being put on the new medication, John began to get into fights with other juveniles and was eventually placed in isolation for several months in secure detention. John’s mother just wanted to get him help — not get him involved with the juvenile justice system. But according to Mishi Faruqee, the national field director of the Youth First Initiative who recounted John’s story, this situation is all too common. All too often, when young people either spray graffiti or defy authority
or skip school, they don’t receive help, such as counseling or academic services, but fall deeper and deeper into the juvenile justice system. It is also fairly common for staff to use isolation as a form of control, as staff likely did with John by placing him in isolation. Almost half of training schools and juvenile facilities use isolation to control the behavior of teens, and 62 percent of training schools use physical restraints, according to data from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention that was released last week. The Obama administration has recently brought more attention to the issue of isolation in juvenile facilities, banning federal prisons from keeping juveniles in solitary confinement. Though this ban only affects a relatively small number of juveniles being held in detention, advocates say it sends a strong message opposing isolation. But there is still a lot of work to do. “It can be a very traumatic experience and can have lifelong
consequences.” Isolation may seem insignificant to a person who hasn’t experienced it, but putting someone in a room for hours without anything to do — without so much as a magazine — can be a traumatic experience, especially for juveniles. The American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry put out a statement in 2012 asserting that measures such as solitary confinement of juveniles could be responsible for anxiety, depression, and even psychosis — and that isolation puts them in even more risk because their minds are still developing. “The experience is traumatic and depressing and can have an enormous impact on kids’ mental health,” said Mark Soler, executive director for the Center for Children’s Law and Policy. “And of course children have a different sense of time than adults do. They perceive time as being longer because they don’t have the experience of adults, so it can be a very traumatic
experience and can have lifelong consequences.” Why staff isolate youth Corrections officers don’t usually isolate juveniles as a whim, Soler said. In most cases, he said officers truly believe that isolation is the best tool they have to control a facility and keep youth— and themselves — safe. They may believe there is no other way to keep juveniles from escalating a fight. “I don’t doubt the sincerity of the staff. I believe the staff really think they are going to be less safe if they can’t lock kids up in their rooms,” Soler said. “Some staff are just being resistant. But I think the great majority of staff are legitimately concerned about their ability to keep things under control at the facility and their own safety.” For instance, LGBTQ kids are often put into isolation because staff argue that separating them from other juveniles is for their own protection.
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A disproportionate number of LGBT children are in the juvenile justice system, Soler pointed out. He added that through his observations, it would appear isolation is used more often on young people of color. “They have different terms for it like protective custody — terms to make it seem more benign,” said Faruqee of Youth First Initiative said of LGBTQ kids. “But it is just as damaging to those young people to be in isolation.” It’s also a convenient way for juvenile facilities to get around their legal responsibility to look after these groups to ensure they aren’t suffering maltreatment by other juveniles at the facility in the first place. “They’re supposed to play basketball in these leg irons.” According to Faruqee, the use of isolation reflects a larger problem: the punitive nature of youth incarceration in general. Although she supports efforts to reform the facilities, Faruqee pointed out that the facilities themselves were built on punishing juveniles and removing them from their communities and families. And even in situations where facilities stop using isolation, they may continue other problematic practices such as using mechanical restraints. Faruqee referenced a facility in South Carolina where there were concerns about teens being held in isolation for more than six weeks at a time. The facility made some changes so that juveniles weren’t technically in isolation anymore — but didn’t go far enough. “They were able to leave their rooms but whenever they left cells, they were in mechanical restraints, so full leg irons and handcuffs,” she said. “So these young people were in these handcuffs when they’re going to class, when they’re going to recreation, so they’re supposed to play basketball in these leg irons.”
A better way to treat teens Soler argues that staff in juvenile facilities simply haven’t been trained to deescalate situations in a way that is appropriate for teenagers — and haven’t developed an understanding of why kids do what they do. In order to fix this, Soler recommends that corrections officers should use training from Safe Crisis Management out of Pennsylvania, which is also recommended by the U.S. Department of Justice. “Eighty percent is about talking about what’s wrong,” Soler said. “Kids do a lot of things but they usually don’t just go off and get violent for no reason at all. There is some reason. It may not be a reason adults think is a good reason but it’s something kids think about and feel is important.” For example, a teenager may think it’s important for him to defend his family’s reputation in the facility — so when someone criticizes a member of his family, he feels obligated to act. A lot of misbehavior can be chalked up to teenagers being teenagers. “Adolescent development teaches us that when a teenager doesn’t show respect to an authority figure, a teenager is being a regular teenager. That is what teenagers do,” Soler said. “It’s important for staff to understand that so if they talk to a child and a child talks back to them, they don’t take it personally.” Experts like Soler recommend that if isolation is to be used at all, a maximum of four hours will allow kids to calm down and diffuse a potentially stressful situation. However, in the overwhelming majority of cases, kids don’t have the energy to stay hyped up and ready for physical confrontation for that long. But beyond that time, isolation is only punitive. Reforming a flawed system Some states are making inroads to reforming the juvenile justice system, although progress is slow. New York’s Close To Home
Juvenile correctional officers embrace following their graduation from the Sergeants Academy at a training facility. program, for instance, allows juveniles to be placed in residential facilities and child care near their communities — instead of being sent to facilities hours away from their friends and families. And after the Department of Justice investigated New York youth and adult prisons for the overuse of isolation, the state made significant progress reforming their prison system. New York took steps to prevent kids from ending up in the system to begin with by investing in community schools that provide more support services on campus, and is working on providing more therapeutic alternatives to incarceration. The D.C. prison and youth facility system has also made positive changes, although it has a long way to go toward improving facilities. The director of Department of Youth and Rehabilitation Services, Clinton Lacey, is leading efforts to train adult ex-offenders to mentor juveniles and favors a less punitive, reform approach to running facilities. But Faruqee says a lot of this depends on the right leadership, and conditions can backslide without a
strong advocate for reform at the helm — particularly because there are larger systemic problems that need to be addressed, such as why kids are in the juvenile justice system to begin with. In too many cases, status offenses — or things that would be legal for adults to do but are illegal for children, such as running away, violating curfew or skipping school — are part of the reason kids who would benefit from social services are funneled into the system. John, the West Virginia teenager is a good example of this. His mother wanted to help him, but instead he wound up in detention. Although children can’t be placed in detention for status offenses, they can be if they violate court orders as a result of the offense. It’s a loophole that Congress is working to close trying to pass a reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974— but Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton (R), who once said the only problem with Guantanamo Bay Prison is that it has “too many beds,” refuses to budge on the issue. - TP
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Org. receives $30,000 grant The Hopewell Downtown Partnership has received a $30,000 grant from The Cameron Foundation to help expand the capacity of its organization. The partnership is a non-profit organization working to revitalize downtown Hopewell utilizing the trademarked four-point Main Street approach. It currently operates with one paid executive director, a part-time Farmer’s Market manager, a volunteer Board of Directors, and volunteer committees. Organization leaders note that since becoming a designated Main street organization in late 2012, the organization has been instrumental towards the revival of Hopewell’s historic downtown district. The organization has helped rehabilitate numerous downtown properties, recruit and help start new businesses, and plan and coordinate a number of festivals and events including the signature “Get your Butts to Broadway,” and Hopewell Farmer’s Market. Two of its largest projects are about to come to fruition this year with the opening of Fat Babz
doughnut shop, Expat Pizzeria, and the Guncotton Coffee and Art Gallery. These projects are taking place in what were once dilapidated historic buildings and are now receiving over a million dollars in private investment to be adapted into new businesses that will serve a community need. “The Downtown Partnership plays an important role in attracting and connecting businesses in the heart of Hopewell. This capacitybuilding support from The Cameron Foundation adds momentum to the Hopewell Downtown Partnership’s work in revitalizing the city’s historic downtown area and also contributes to our investments in fostering an economically vital region,” said J. Todd Graham, president of The Cameron Foundation. With the Cameron grant, the Downtown Partnership will add a staff person to help boost the organization’s activities. “An additional staff member will help us expand our economic development, fundraising, and promotional efforts,” said Brandon Butterworth, Downtown Partnership board president.
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Black Press columnist George Curry dies at 69 HAZEL TRICE EDNEY Pioneering Civil rights and Black political journalist George E. Curry, the reputed dean of Black Press columnists because of his riveting weekly commentary in black newspapers across the country, died suddenly of heart failure on Saturday, Aug. 20. He was 69. He wrote about a heart attack he had in April 2015 and detailed how growing up in the South, where “grease was vooked in grease” did not help him. Rumors of his death circulated heavily in journalistic circles on Saturday night until it was confirmed by Dr. Bernard Lafayette, MLK confidant and chairman of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference shortly before midnight. “This is a tragic loss to the movement because George Curry
was a journalist who paid special attention to civil rights because he lived it and loved it,” said Lafayette through his spokesman Maynard Eaton, SCLC national communications director. Curry’s connection to the SCLC was through his longtime childhood friend, confidant and ally in civil rights, Dr. Charles Steele, SCLC president. Lafayette said Dr. Steele was initially too distraught to make the announcement himself and was also awaiting notification of Curry’s immediate family. Steele and Curry grew up together in Tuscaloosa, Ala. where Curry bloomed as a civil rights and sports writer as Steele grew into a politician and civil rights leader. Curry began his journalism career at Sport Illustrated, the St. Louis Post Dispatch, and then the Chicago Tribune. But he is perhaps best
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The late George E. Curry known for his editorship of the former Emerge Magazine and more recently for his work as editor-inchief for the National Newspaper Publishers Association from 20002007 and again from 2012 until last year. His name is as prominent among civil rights circles as among journalists. He traveled with the Rev. Jesse Jackson and appeared weekly to do commentary on the radio show of the Rev. Al Sharpton, “Keepin’ It Real.” When he died he was raising money to fully fund Emerge News Online, a digital version of the former paper magazine. He had also continued to distribute his weekly column to black newspapers. Few details of his death were readily available Sunday morning. Reactions and memorial information will be forthcoming. The following is his edited speaker’s biography as posted on the website of America's Program Bureau: George E. Curry was former editorin-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service. The former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine, Curry also writes a weekly syndicated column for NNPA, a federation of more than 200 African American newspapers. Curry, who served as editor-in-chief of the NNPA News Service from 2001 until 2007, returned to lead the news service for a second time on April 2, 2012. His work at the NNPA has ranged from being inside the Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in the University of Michigan affirmative action cases to traveling to Doha,
Qatar, to report on America's war with Iraq. As editor-in-chief of Emerge, Curry led the magazine to win more than 40 national journalism awards. He is most proud of his four-year campaign to win the release of Kemba Smith, a 22-year-old woman who was given a mandatory sentence of 24 1/2 years in prison for her minor role in a drug ring. In May 1996, Emerge published a cover story titled “Kemba’s Nightmare.” President Clinton pardoned Smith in December 2000, marking the end of her nightmare. Curry is the author of “Jake Gaither: America’s Most Famous Black Coach” and editor of The Affirmative Action Debate and The Best of Emerge Magazine. He was editor of the National Urban League’s 2006 State of Black America report. His work in journalism has taken him to Egypt, England, France, Italy, China, Germany, Malaysia, Thailand, Cuba, Brazil, Ghana, Senegal, Nigeria, the Ivory Coast, Mexico, Canada, and Austria. In August 2012, he was part of the official US delegation and a presenter at the USBrazil seminar on educational equity in Brasilia, Brazil. George Curry is a member of the National Speakers Association and the International Federation for Professional Speakers. His speeches have been televised on C-SPAN and reprinted in Vital Speeches of the Day magazine. In his presentations, he addresses such topics as diversity, current events, education, and the media. Born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Curry graduated from Druid High School before enrolling at Knoxville College in Tennessee. At Knoxville, he was editor of the school paper, quarterback and co-captain of the football team, a student member of the school's board of trustees, and attended Harvard and Yale on summer history scholarships. While working as a Washington correspondent for The Chicago Tribune, he wrote and served as chief correspondent for the widely praised television documentary Assault on Affirmative Action, which was aired as part of PBS’ Frontline series. He was featured in a segment of One Plus One, a national PBS documentary on mentoring. Curry
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was part of the weeklong Nightline special, “America in Black and White”. He has also appeared on CBS Evening News, ABC’s World News Tonight, The Today Show, 20/20, Good Morning America, CNN, C-SPAN, BET, Fox Network News, MSNBC, and ESPN. After delivering the 1999 commencement address at Kentucky State University, he was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters. In May 2000, Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee, also presented Curry with an honorary doctorate after his commencement speech. Later that year, the University of Missouri presented Curry with its Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism, the same honor it had earlier bestowed on such luminaries as Joseph Pulitzer, Walter Cronkite, John H. Johnson, and Winston Churchill. In 2003, the National Association of Black Journalists named Curry Journalist of the Year. Curry became the founding director of the St. Louis Minority Journalism Workshop in 1977. Seven years later, he became founding director of the Washington
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Inova fumbled Redskins naming rights deal MICHAEL W. THOMPSON Not too long ago, sports facility naming rights were reserved for corporations with big bank accounts and grandiose advertising campaigns: automobile companies, banks, technology giants and beer companies. Now another category of advertiser, a disturbing one, has entered the picture: nonprofit hospitals. Nonprofit hospitals in Virginia, including Inova, have been a part of the chorus urging a dramatic expansion of Medicaid and the effort to block competition through reforming the monopolistic regulations known as the Certificate of Public Need. These nonprofit hospitals say that their finances are shaky and government subsidies are needed. But last month, the Washington Redskins sold the naming rights to their training facility and headquarters in Ashburn to nonprofit mega-hospital chain Inova Health. While the financial details of the Inova deal have yet to be released, a similar partnership between the Redskins and Bon Secours, another nonprofit health system, may provide some idea.
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In 2012, Bon Secours Richmond Health System became the sponsor of the Redskins’ training camp facility in Richmond. It agreed to pay $3.2 million for the naming rights. Nonprofit hospitals such as Inova and Bon Secours are expected to provide charity care, not advertising for major NFL teams, in exchange for tax exemptions that include not paying property taxes. The Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association reported that in fiscal 2013 Virginia's nonprofit hospitals benefited from more than $928 million in tax exemptions. Yet, a Watchdog.org review of 2012-2013 financial reports found that charity care averaged only 4.2 percent of total expenses for Virginia’s nonprofit hospitals. Inova's 2014 financial numbers clearly show that it can do a lot more to help those who can’t pay for health care. Inova reported a compensation package for its chief executive that rivals many of the Redskins players’ contracts at about $6 million, a $217.7 million operating surplus and nearly $2 billion net assets on hand. These numbers make it hard to accept the “we’re hurting financially” argument and show how much Inova could do to help those who need health care but can’t afford it.
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If the Inova-Redskins deal is comparable to the one struck by Bon Secours, a lot of needy folks could be helped by this nonprofit hospital. Based on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, $3.2 million could, for instance, fund 1,407 cancer-detecting biopsies for those who can’t afford them. Money spent on advertising with the Redskins could be better spent increasing the percentage of charity care provided to Virginians in need. When we are told that our hospitals are in financial trouble and that expanding Medicaid is one way to help this situation or that maintaining noncompetitive practices that tend to force more expensive health care costs on our patients is needed, let’s take a serious look to see if this is true. Some hospitals might be stressed financially, but not all, and certainly not those such as Inova and Bon Secours that spend millions of dollars helping the bottom line of major professional football teams. These NFL teams can find sponsors in the for-profit sector without too much trouble. Nonprofit hospitals have no reason to invest money into sports training facilities when that money instead could provide care for the needy.
When the General Assembly goes back in session this January, Inova’s lobbyists will likely claim that the hospital's ability to meet the growing need for charity care is contingent on the legislature maintaining the current anti-competitive Certificate of Public Need law. But if Inova (and other nonprofit hospitals that spend money on sports advertising) were living up to its nonprofit expectations, it would spend those millions of dollars to help those in need. Nonprofit hospitals should be held accountable on behalf of the taxpayers and patients who are subsidizing them. Our lawmakers should review the 4.2 percent of expenses dedicated to charitable care by our nonprofit hospitals in Virginia and determine if that number should be higher. They should also support meaningful Certificate of Public Need reforms. As a recent study by George Mason University’s Mercatus Center shows, these laws do not keep healthcare costs low.
Thompson is President of the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy. He can be reached at mike@ thomasjeffersoninst.org.
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On private prisons President Obama took a stand for human rights, transparency, and accountability. We applaud his administration’s actions. But there is still a long way to go before we restore fairness, balance, and human dignity to a criminal justice system that has grown too big, too unfair and too brutal. There is still an entire “incarceration industry” that profits from the destruction of lives and separation of families. Private prisons sprung up as a cost-cutting measure for bloated federal and state corrections spending. But we know that the smartest investments we can make in our future is with evidence-based policies that keep families together and communities whole - education, alternative problem-solving courts, and jobs. This is a historic moment. As the Obama administration looks for opportunities to take further action on this issue, we hope they also speed up their clemency initiative and fulfill their promise to the thousands of nonviolent drug offenders currently languishing in prison, hoping for a second chance -- but time is running out. Jessica Jackson Sloan #cut50
Lesser evil? Here we are, in the hell of choice between two evils, of which “The
Donald” is the lesser, but still evil. I think a legitimate case can be made that Donald Trump, though unlearned and unaware in certain key areas of knowledge need and a complete fool in comments made, is best chance we have to slow walk our nation and society away from the iron hand control and rule of the elite zionazis Talmud Jews who run our nation’s affairs, domestic and foreign, while and until we put to field the significant unit necessary to take full control away from our nation's number one enemy, at home and abroad. We are at a monumental cross road in human history where we must get it right for securing our lives as one united human family, freed from an aged old infamous historic rebellion that has plagued our lives with harm for thousands of years. The rebellion is and has been that of a small but psychologically insane mindset that has habitually rejected and refused to accept responsibility to believe and to live by divine moral guidance for human life - The sacred requirement for protection, progress and salvation of the best human potential ingrained in the royalty of our sacred human character, dignity and worth. Though “The Donald” has made some statements that question his independence from the ruling elite, he has also made it clear that he will not result to war making for our nation or for other nations as
an expense on our nation’s treasury and as a harm to the public interest of the United States of America. “The Donald” says he can talk with Russia, North Korea, and others we have some contention with. And, he certainly has made some very offensive comments toward just about every body, yet he remains best choice that we must vigilantly be active in holding accountable should he be elected. I simply do not believe he is a deceptive snake in the grass, a little too ignorant in important ways, but an innocent ignorance and not a deliberate intent to do evil as representative of the “Synagogue of Satan”. As far as “making America great again" rhetoric, it’s hoped he will be enlightened to recognize that in truth, America has never ever been great in none of it’s morally deprived history, unless being great as genocidal murderers, slave holders, thieves, corrupt and sinful offenders against decency and right are qualifications that determine that greatness. America has been great in moral corruption against divine guidance for it’s entire history, a shameful history that can be corrected with repentance and redemptive actions that submit to morals so urgently and desperately needed to demonstrate and prove a greatness by divine moral standards first, last and always. It is perfectly correct to expose the fact that Hillary Clinton is far
worst than Donald. Her history is so filled with lying, corruption, and reports of murder killing at home and abroad, along side entrenched ties to elite establishment, that our nation must not elect her to office of presidency. She and her hawkish vice presidential choice are war mongering fool tools of zionazis Jew Talmud. They must not be allowed to access the power to keep wars and other useless and planned hostilities operational in the deceptive so-called war on terror, a war deliberately orchestrated by Talmud Jewry’s 911 attack on our nation. At this crucial point, we must not waste votes on third party candidates because the price and repercussions are entirely to high, as a Clinton win can only make our freedom and liberation far worst and potentially bring nuclear war to our world community. With great anguish, I will be receiving the free Trump sticker. Beloved Americans, we truly need to remove the elite's corrupt, treasonous, and traitorous representatives from governing. The current climate suggest necessity for a 21st century “Declaration of Independence” from the entrenched corruption that is ruining our nation and that’s threatening our very lives with more and even worst of the same. It’s revolution time at home and abroad. Sababu Sanyika Richmond
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Religious leaders call for end to abusive payday lending practices Representing diverse theological views from across the country, faith leaders have united their efforts to take a single message to Capitol Hill. Faith & Credit Roundtable and members of the Faith for Just Lending coalition together called for stronger regulation to close what they believe are dangerous loopholes in proposed payday lending rules. In all, 45 faith leaders gathered in defense of financially vulnerable families by calling for a federal interest rate cap of 36 percent that has protected service members and their families since enactment of the Military Lending Act of 2006. The groups seek these same protections for all American consumers. “We cannot consider the latest rule just when payday lenders are still allowed to make six loans per year with 300 percent interest rates without any regards as to whether it is affordable or not,” said Rev. Dr. Willie Gable, National Baptist Convention, USA and Co-Chair of Faith & Credit Roundtable. “This is simply too many unaffordable loans that will sink people into an exorbitant debt trap. Such a gaping loophole is essentially a sanction of these predatory products, not a step forward to rein them in.” “This 6-loan loophole also puts states, like my home state of North Carolina, at risk,” said Rev. Sekinah Hamlin, Ecumenical Poverty Initiative. “North Carolina, along with 13 states plus the District of Columbia, prohibit these 300 percent interest rates, and thankfully, are free of these destructive loan products. Advocates have called on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to not undermine a state’s prohibition on payday loans. I reiterate that call today.”
According to the faith leaders, “We believe that individuals – particularly those who are poor or struggling – should not become easy marks for predatory lenders. Instead, lending should be fair. Loans should provide an avenue for financial opportunity, not a quagmire of debt.” Faith & Credit Roundtable believes responsible lending is a moral concern. Faith for Just Lending encourages churches, lenders, individuals and government to each do their part to teach stewardship, offer responsible products, use credit wisely, encourage just lending and put an end to predatory lending practices. The Roundtable and members of the Just Lending Coalition call upon all interested consumers, clergy, and faith organizations to add their voices during the public comment
period that ends on Oct. 7. Sample online comments are available at lendjustly.com/comment- proposedrule, or at faithforfairlending.org/ faithandcredit. The current comment period opened after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced in June its proposed payday rule. In its draft form, the rule would allow payday lenders to make 300 percent interest payday loans as often as six times a year, without any assessment of the affordability of those loans on the borrower.
“Families across the United States are financially crippled by unjust lending practices of the payday lenders,” said Dr. Barrett Duke, Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. “The predatory business model of the payday lending industry puts it in direct violation of the Bible's teaching. Scripture makes it clear that God condemns activity that takes advantage of the poor and the desperate. We must insist that the payday lending industry’s predatory behavior is reined in.”
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Jack Gravely laid to rest Jack W. Gravely, a nationally renowned civil rights advocate and talk show host was laid to rest in his native home in Petersburg on Saturday. Gravely died Aug. 15 at age 72. His funeral was held at Good Shepherd Baptist Church, where he served for years as a deacon. Gravely had been battling cancer but died suddenly at a Richmond hospital. He had not been on the air since his abrupt retirement last month as the interim executive director of the Virginia State Conference NAACP, for which Gravely served two terms, separated by decades. Gravely’s passing was marked by tributes from several Virginia political leaders, who called him a friend. “Jack devoted his life to trying to make Richmond and the entire Commonwealth of Virginia a better place to live and raise a family,” said Rep. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-3rd District) Scott shared that he first met Gravely while serving as the Newport News branch president of the NAACP while Gravely was the head of the Virginia State Conference of the NAACP. Scott said that many will remember Gravely for his “savvy” political analysis and “sometimes heated back and forth with politicians and other community leaders on his award winning radio talk show”. “As a civil rights activist, Jack was a natural choice to lead the Virginia chapter. And during my early years in the Virginia House of Delegates, I was able to see firsthand what a forceful voice he was on civil rights issues.” U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, the Democratic vice president nominee, said that as someone who knew Gravely for years, he could attest to the fact that Gravely was “as genuine as it gets”, “extremely passionate” about ongoing and important issues and possessed a “truly admirable” work ethic. Kaine called him “an incredibly influential voice in Richmond and communities throughout our
commonwealth for decades.” U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (DVA) said that in everything he did, Gravely was a “steady presence, urging constructive dialogue and fighting for fairness and positive change”. “In heading the Virginia NAACP, serving as the FCC’s first diversity director, and then working as a talk radio host in Richmond, Jack always lent his strong voice to important issues that were commonly ignored. I extend my respects and best wishes to his family, friends, and colleagues.” Gravely’s radio show went on hiatus in the mid-2000s but his booming voice was still a staple of local Richmond talk radio. “He used his radio program to highlight and discuss at length issues that often went unnoticed or unreported by other media outlets,” said Scott. A graduate of Fayetteville State University in Fayetteville, N.C., Gravely served in Vietnam before earning a doctoral degree in law from the University of Virginia in 1972. He went on to work for the NAACP at both the state and national levels, serving from 1976 to 1985 as president and executive secretary of the Virginia chapter and later as special assistant to the executive director of the national NAACP. In addition to his work for the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization, Gravely was a longtime talk radio host, with his show carried successively by two Richmond stations for more than two decades. In 1995, he was appointed as the first director of diversity for the Federal Communications Commission and also worked for National Public Radio as assistant to its president for affirmative action. In Petersburg, Gravely was well known as a frequent speaker at local churches and community groups. He also was a regular participant in community forums on issues related to civil rights and social justice. He leaves behind to cherish his memory his wife, two daughters, grandchildren and numerous family and friends.
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‘The Birth of a Nation,’ Nate Parker’s heralded film, is now cloaked in controversy BROOKS BARNES & CARA BUCKLEYAUG NYT - It was supposed to be a corrective to #OscarsSoWhite. The blistering story of a slave revolt that was directed and written by a black artist, Nate Parker, who also stars in the lead role, “The Birth of a Nation” had been positioned as a balm for an industry long criticized for sidelining minorities. Instead, the film has become clouded by the disclosure of tragic details in a nearly two-decade-old case in which Parker was accused — and later acquitted — of raping a fellow student while at Penn State. The episode was already known, including by the studio backing the film, but on last week Variety gave it new life by revealing that Parker’s accuser committed suicide in 2012 at the age of 30. That disclosure, combined with the revelation of explicit details from the case and a Facebook post by Parker saying that he had not known about the suicide and was filled with sorrow, prompted a torrent of vitriol against Parker on social media. It also sent Fox Searchlight, which paid a record $17.5 million to acquire “The Birth of a Nation,” into battle position. There were calls to boycott the film, and in Los Angeles a smattering of posters for “The Birth of a Nation,” depicting Parker as the rebellion leader Nat Turner, were altered to read “Rapist?” by a street artist. Meanwhile, prominent figures like Spike Lee who had championed the film went silent, speaking volumes. And the controversy may worsen: As more people will discover when they see the film, which is scheduled to open on Oct. 7 in more than 1,500 theaters, Parker’s script uses gang rape as a central story point, though the attack is not explicitly shown. The film looks at the slave revolt Turner led in Virginia in 1831, but a storytelling device — the brutal assault by white men on Turner’s wife — feeds a rage that sets the
Nate Parker in April rebellion in motion. Members of Parker’s team of Hollywood advisers also privately worried that additional details about the 1999 case, including that his accuser was white, could emerge as new flash points. Until now, “The Birth of a Nation” has been the leading Oscar contender. Discussing awards may seem in poor taste, especially in light of the rape case, but it is impossible to separate the Oscars from Parker’s film. Four longtime awards strategists, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the supercharged nature of the controversy, said in interviews that — at least as things stood last week — “The Birth of a Nation” was gravely damaged as an awards prospect. Fox Searchlight has repeatedly
said over the years that it does not make distribution decisions based on awards potential, but traction on the Oscar circuit, and the free publicity it brings, can nonetheless mean the difference between a financial hit and a miss. To justify the price it paid for the film, Searchlight must sell at least $50 million in tickets, box office analysts say. A Searchlight spokeswoman declined to comment, directing a reporter to a statement released previously. “We stand behind Nate and are proud to help bring this important and powerful story to the screen,” the statement read in part, taking care to note Parker’s acquittal. Three people working on the film’s release, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the nature of the controversy, insisted that Searchlight had no plans to back
away from its release plan, which would have Parker touring colleges and churches in the coming month. These people said that they had no evidence, so far, to suggest that the firestorm surrounding Parker had been lit through whispers by competing studios, as sometimes is the case in Hollywood. The woman’s family sounded less convinced in a statement, which read in part, “We are dubious of the underlying motivations that bring this to present light after 17 years.” Hollywood chattered about little else last week, but public support for Parker was virtually nonexistent. Lee, who called the movie “a landmark film that has changed the game” at a festival on Saturday, did not respond to a request for comment. The Sundance
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What to remember from Rio Olympics closing There’s no questioning Simone Biles’ star power. Aside from toting the United States flag like a four-time gold medalist, Biles momentarily held up the parade of athletes as lines formed to snap a picture with the beaming gymnast. Comfortable in the spotlight, she smiled graciously even as the rain poured down through Maracana Stadium. Bookended by Michael Phelps’ entrance on Aug. 5 and Biles’ exit on Sunday, the Americans hauled in an Olympic-best 121 medals. From
the U.S. gymnasts to Katie Ledecky to the Americans’ dominance on the basketball court, the most memorable moments from the Olympics included awell-choreographed symbolic handoff, where Rio mayor Eduardo Paes handed the Olympic flag to IOC President Thomas Bach who then handed it off to the the governor of Tokyo Yuriko Koike. The ceremony also featured a cameo from Super Mario Bros. — which could feature prominently at the 2020 Games. In his closing remarks, Bach spoke of the sportsmanship and
competitiveness displayed by the athletes over the last two weeks. It was a shared sentiment as Rio will undoubtedly be remembered for the athletes' performances, not the societal problems plaguing Brazil. And aside from the Ryan Lochte incident, it was a near-perfect Olympics for the Americans. Sunday night closed the 17-day spectacle amid colors, dancing and endless music. It also was meant to celebrate the medal winners one last time. After winning for their country, we broke down which colleges
had the most successful Olympics (hint: The Pac-12 is a swimming powerhouse). While an Olympic medal is undoubtedly something to cherish, it also can yield some serious cash. For example, gold medals in the U.S. net athletes $25,000 apiece from the USOC. The harsh reality is about to hit for many Olympians who can’t support themselves or their families on sports alone. It’s back to school, or back to their day jobs for the majority of Olympic athletes.
(from page 10) walk.” In written statements read in Institute, which supported “The Birth of a Nation” through its workshop program and gave Parker its Vanguard Award last week, was unresponsive, as was Ava DuVernay, who had publicly supported Parker. Oprah Winfrey, who raved about “The Birth of a Nation” after seeing it in a private screening, was filming a movie last week and unavailable for interviews on any topic, a spokeswoman for her company said. Parker’s Facebook message only appeared to inflame the situation. It was flooded with more than 500 responses, mostly from women and mostly harshly critical after learning of details about the case. Some called to boycott the film. “I refuse to give you my money,” wrote one Facebook user, Brynne Walker. Others condemned Parker, but said they would still support the movie. “The story needs to be told and seen,” Imani Jackson Rosario wrote. “But what you did to that girl is horrible.” Parker and his roommate, Jean McGianni Celestin (who shares a story credit on “The Birth of a Nation”), were brought to trial in 2001. In testimony, the woman said that in August 1999 she passed out at Parker’s apartment after a night of drinking — they had had consensual oral sex the day before — and awoke intermittently to find first Parker having intercourse with her, and then Celestin’s penis in her mouth. The next day, she testified: “I was in too much pain. I couldn’t
court, both Parker and Celestin said that the young woman was lucid and consenting throughout the encounter. A friend of the two men, Tamerlane Kangas, who was visiting them the night of the incident, testified that Parker beckoned for Kangas and Celestin to join him with the woman in sex. After Celestin did, Kangas watched them switch positions with her — Kangas testified that he did not see her move — and left. The woman also claimed that she was repeatedly harassed after filing charges, and sued Penn State for failing to protect her. The case was settled for $17,500. Parker was acquitted of the charges, but Celestin was convicted of sexual assault, though that verdict was later overturned. Both Parker and the woman came from strikingly similar and largely unpromising backgrounds. Parker’s father died when he was 11, and he grew up in a housing project in Norfolk, Va. — “rats and cinder blocks,” he said in an interview on Saturday. He won a full wrestling scholarship for Penn State, though after the rape case he transferred to the University of Oklahoma. The woman’s father left the family when she was 11, and at 15, according to court records, she and two of her three siblings were removed from her mother and placed in foster care. She did well in high school, skipping 11th grade and winning a scholarship. A sister, Sharon Loeffler, said that landing at
Nate Parker in “The Birth of a Nation” Penn State had given her a chance at a future, though she had bouts of depression before the rape case. She dropped out of school a few months later, according to the lawsuit she filed against Penn State, and said the harassment that followed her filing charges prompted two suicide attempts. The revelations about her suicide spurred anguished and angry responses from several black writers, with many saying that Parker’s initial responses to the case — noting his acquittal in 2001 — came off as sorely lacking. “When it comes to our celebrities, the black community is all too often asked to ignore its moral compass for the sake of solidarity,” Maiysha Kai wrote on the Root. “It’s frustrating and disappointing that once again,
we — those of us who love blackness and black men and who recognize the ongoing and desperate need for black stories like Nat Turner’s — are forced to reconcile great art with the alleged dysfunction of its creator.” It is unclear whether Searchlight knew about Parker’s past when it made its bid. “Under pressure at a film festival to close a highly competitive deal that was consummated in a day of heated negotiation, I’m sure that’s not uppermost on a company’s mind,” Eamonn Bowles, president of Magnolia Pictures, an independent film company, said in an email. “‘The Birth of a Nation’ scenario is an extreme rarity,” he added. “A company tries to prepare itself for possible scenarios, but you can’t cover everything.”
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In Va., Trump outlines his ‘reform agenda’
Wrapping up a tumultuous week and looking at a busy just over two months on the campaign trail, Donald Trump outlined a “reform agenda” Saturday while urging voters in Virginia, a pivotal state, to make sure they get to the polls. “Over the next 80 days, we are going to work very, very hard,” Trump told backers at a convention center in Fredricksburg, adding that the Nov. 8 election will bring “a new day in America.” Trump, who mistakenly referred to his location as “Fairfax”, reminded the crowd that “you’ve got to get out and vote.” Utilizing the new stump style adopted in the wake of a campaign
shake-up — including use of a prepared speech and teleprompter at a mass rally — Trump employed old and new phrases like “law and order,” “America first” and “peace through strength.” While condemning Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton and her role in President Obama’s administration, Trump said he would represent “the forgotten man” and “forgotten woman” who are ignored by the nation’s elite. The New York businessman also discussed his “outreach” to black voters who have opposed Republican candidates in droves for decades. Trump said he wants to again make the GOP “the party of Lincoln” and a
Former NFL player gives back Former NFL star and Virginia Tech graduate Aaron Rouse is giving back to the community with his organization’s First Annual Back to School Supply Giveaway for the children of “Friendship Village.” Rouse said the area of “Friendship Village” in Virginia Beach is where he grew up. He wanted to have an event there to bring police and the community together. “Police are involved a lot in the community. I wanted to make sure I reached out to them to build a relationship between the police in the community and the kids in that community,” said Rouse. Rouse founded SMART2 (Smart Squared), an organization that promotes education and training one’s mind to be the best. SMART2 stands for Sound, Minded, Approach, Requires, Thinking, Training. Rouse said SMART2 is a constant, positive message to remind people to perceive, plan, pursue and make progress towards their goals. “Throughout my time in the NFL and being a professional athlete you come across all walks of life. Mostly everyone I come across who is successful has a strong foundation in education. So I wanted to have an organization that is built on education. SMART2 wants to be that constant reminder,” said Rouse.
Aug. 24, 2016 • 13 home for black votes. Outlining what he called his “reform” agenda, Trump talked about improving veterans” health care, rebuilding a “sadly depleted” military to fight terrorism, ending the nuclear deal with Iran, bringing back coal and other industrial jobs that have gone overseas, and changing trade deals he said have allowed those jobs to be moved. Before the rally in Fredericksburg, Trump met with local law enforcement officials. Earlier in the day, at Trump Tower in New York, the candidate met with nearly two dozen faith, civic, and business leaders who make up what the campaign calls its National Hispanic Advisory Council. Trump, whose proposed immigration restrictions include a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, polls poorly among Hispanic voters. During the Virginia rally, Trump drew his biggest cheers by saying, “We’re going to build a wall, don’t worry,” and demand that Mexico pay for it. The crowd responded with loud chants of “Build that wall!” The event capped a week that included the departure of Trump’s campaign chairman and the sudden addition of two new top aides. Last week, Trump announced that
Stephen K. Bannon, the executive chairman of Breitbart News, is his campaign's new CEO, while GOP pollster Kellyanne Conway would serve as campaign manager. Two days later, Trump accepted the resignation of campaign manager Paul Manafort, the subject of critical news reports regarding lobbying for pro-Russian political elements in Ukraine. One sign of the shake-up’s influence is the use of prepared speeches at rallies, as happened Saturday in Fredericksburg. Virginia is a once reliable Republican state that President Barack Obama won in both of his elections. Clinton currently leads Trump by 11.2 percentage points in Virginia, according to an average of recent polls reported on the Real Clear Politics website. Many analysts believe that Clinton’s chances are enhanced by the presence of running mate Tim Kaine, a senator and former governor of Virginia. Trump called Kaine a failed leader and also protested a new state proposal to allow convicted felons to vote, telling the crowd “that is sad, so sad.” Even so, Trump predicted victory in Virginia and called it a key to election. - WIRE
DGS plans public hearing on proposed regulation banning firearms in Va. Executive Branch offices
Aaron Rouse Rouse is teaming up with Beach Tires, the Virginia Beach fire and police departments, Congressman Scott Taylor, Mayor Will Sessoms and several local organizations to give away 300 backpacks to kids. The event will be Saturday, Aug. 27, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Law Enforcement Training Academy located at 411 Integrity Way in Virginia Beach. - WIRE
The Department of General Services (DGS) will hold a public hearing to gather comments on its proposed permanent regulation banning concealed firearms in Executive Branch offices, as provided by Executive Order 50 (McAuliffe 2015). The public hearing will be held from 10 a.m. until noon on August 31, 2016, in the auditorium of the Pocahontas Building located at 900 E. Main Street, Richmond, Virginia. Seating/access will be provided on a first-come basis. Anyone who wishes to speak at the public hearing must sign up at the event. Sign-up begins at 9 a.m., and speakers will be called in the order
in which they signed up. There is no pre-registration. All speakers are limited to two minutes. All persons and bags are subject to search prior to entering the auditorium. No signage will be allowed. Members of the public who attend but are not able to speak or who cannot attend the hearing can submit written comments on the Virginia Town Hall regulatory website at townhall.virginia.gov/L/ viewchapter.cfm?chapterid=2905. An emergency regulation banning concealed firearms in Executive Branch offices took effect in December. The proposed permanent regulation would replace the emergency regulation.
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Va. health officials warn of increased hepatitis A risk The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) said last week it is investigating a cluster of hepatitis A cases and has identified a potential association with smoothies from Tropical Smoothie Cafe restaurants in Virginia. Genetic testing shows the illnesses were caused by a strain of hepatitis A that has been associated with past outbreaks due to frozen strawberries from Egypt. Upon learning of the potential link to strawberries, Tropical Smoothie Cafe immediately conducted a voluntary product withdrawal of all strawberries sourced from Egypt and found an alternate supply. Individuals who consumed a smoothie from a Tropical Smoothie Cafe in Virginia that contained frozen strawberries, on Aug. 5, 6, 7 or 8, 2016, may still benefit from vaccine or immune globulin
to prevent hepatitis A. (Vaccine or immune globulin administered within two weeks of exposure to hepatitis A virus is effective at preventing the disease.) If you have had hepatitis A or have been vaccinated for hepatitis A, you are already immune and therefore not at risk for getting the disease. Anyone who consumed a smoothie after the frozen strawberries were removed from restaurants is not thought to be at risk for hepatitis A. Other restaurants, and firms that supply restaurants, may also have received the frozen strawberries imported from Egypt. VDH continues to investigate cases and work with state and federal partners, including the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and the Centers
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for Disease Control and Prevention, to identify additional locations where the product may have been distributed. Anyone who consumed a smoothie with frozen strawberries at a restaurant within the last 50 days is encouraged to watch for symptoms of hepatitis A. If illness occurs, seek medical care and take steps to protect others from the infection. Hepatitis A is an inflammation of the liver caused by the hepatitis A virus. The classic symptom of hepatitis A is jaundice, which is a yellowing of the skin or the eyes. Other symptoms of hepatitis A include fever, fatigue, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, dark urine and light-colored stools. Symptoms develop 15-50 days after exposure to the virus, which can occur through direct contact with another person who has the infection or by consuming food or drink that has been contaminated with the virus.
Frequent handwashing with soap and warm water after using the bathroom, changing a diaper, or before preparing food can help prevent the spread of hepatitis A. It is very important for people who have symptoms of hepatitis A to stay home from work, especially if they work in food service. Routine vaccination against hepatitis A has reduced the risk of this disease in the past decade. Vaccination is available to anyone, but specifically recommended for all children, for travelers to certain countries, and for people at high risk for infection with the virus. Hepatitis A vaccine is available from health care providers (including some pharmacies and travel clinics) to protect against this disease. You can contact your local health department with questions concerning the investigation. For more information, visit www. vdh.virginia.gov/epidemiology/ epidemiology-fact-sheets/hepatitis-a/.
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DOJ is ending the use of private prisons, but will it have a major impact? The Department of Justice said last week that it would stop the use of private contractors, such as Corrections Corporation of America, to run prisons under their jurisdiction. The announcement comes on the heels of damaging reports about the safety, security, and oversight of private prisons released by DOJ and Mother Jones in recent months. The decision applies only to the federal prison bureau and not the U.S. Marshals Service -- although both operate under the Department of Justice. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), another major federal client, is not affected by the decision. According to published reports, the Marshals Service and ICE combined accounted for 40 percent of CCA’s revenue in 2015. And, the two agencies account for 30 percent of GEO Group’s total revenue in 2015, according to their annual report. The companies maintain contracts at the state level, which are also unaffected by the Justice Department decision. “We currently have correctional operations in approximately 33 states,” GEO Group said in a recent SEC filing. While this figure will include the prisons, for which federal agencies are the primary client, the filing details work for international, state and local governmental clients. CCA said in its filing that business from state customers accounted for 42 percent of total revenue in 2015. MTC, a privately traded company, said that it has “26 state and federal correctional facilities in Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Ohio, New Mexico, Mississippi, and Texas.” “The labor movement applauds the Department of Justice for taking the necessary steps to end their use of private prisons,” said AFLCIO President Richard Trumka. “Privately run prisons have a long record of being less safe and providing fewer resources and opportunities than publicly run institutions. “Our criminal justice system can never be fair while there is money to
Labor leaders Richard Trumka (forward) and Lee Saunders. be made in locking up individuals. The entire labor movement will continue to fight until all incarcerated people are treated with dignity and every man and woman who works inside a correctional facility is safe on the job.” Trumka’s counterpart, AFSCME President Lee Saunders, applauded the move as a step in the right direction. “Whether at the federal or state and local level, private prison operations have long been a stain on our nation’s criminal justice system,” said Saunders. “Compared to publicly run correctional facilities, private prisons provide a fraction of the safety and rehabilitation our communities should expect. They have not kept us secure, nor have they delivered savings to the taxpayers—instead, corporate prisons have profited off of the suffering of our communities and have led the way to mass
incarceration and the immoral detention of immigrant families in privately operated facilities that just this week were revealed in reports to be wasting taxpayer money.” The labor leaders asserted that private prisons are a “failed experiment”. DOJ’s decision affects 13 federal prisons currently operated by private companies under the department’s purview. Other federal prisons will continue to use private contractors. The bulk of federal private prisons work with the Department of Homeland Security, which uses them for the detention of immigrants. As Think Progress notes, those prisons are plagued with problems that make the conditions unsafe for both inmates and prison employees: Unlike federal and state prisons, which have strong corrections officers unions that require some modicum of safety and labor standards, private prisons are often understaffed to a
dangerous degree. CCA was caught partnering with gangs to save money and keep prisons in order. Other private prisons have frequently been overtaken by riots and protests over the disgusting conditions. Men, women and children packed into private immigration detention centers are often forced to sleep on cold floors or in bug-infested tents, sexually assaulted by guards and go without edible food or other basic services. Many have even died because their medical needs went ignored, or because the conditions have re-traumatized them, driving them to suicide. Despite the many reports of human rights violations, [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] has failed to investigate these prisons and continues to renew contracts — even as the DOJ admits that egregious abuses in private prisons have prompted their decision to stop using them.
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The Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities in collaboration with Commonwealth Catholic Charities (CCC) will host an exhibit at Pine Camp Arts and Community Center, 4901 Old Brook Rd. The Spotlight Gallery exhibit titled “Through the Eyes of a Foster Child” will open with a reception and will be on display until Sept. 9 when it will close with a poetry reading inspired by the exhibit. The art exhibited will represent works by children who are or have been part of the CCC Foster Care services. The reception is free and open to the public. For more information contact Shaunn Casselle at 804-6466722.
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In an effort to prevent the potential spread of Zika virus, Henrico County is hosting Fight-theBite TODAY. Citizens will learn how to prevent mosquito bites and reduce Asian tiger mosquitoes on their property. Fight-the-Bite TODAY will be held through 4 p.m. at Fairfield Middle School, 5121 Nine Mile Rd. Free EPA-registered insect repellent will be given out, while supplies last. Educational materials and tools will be available, and various community partners and emergency preparedness agencies will also be present. Live demonstrations and Pick-aDay to Fight-the-Bite interactive sessions will provide residents the resources to prevent mosquito bites. By dumping water-holding containers once a week and wearing the right protection, residents can help reduce mosquito populations that have the potential to spread Zika virus. As Zika virus can negatively impact pregnant women and their babies, educational resources for pregnant families will also be available. Call 804-501-4276.
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PrepareAthon, a free festival encouraging community preparedness, is coming to the Science Museum of Virginia. Teaching the community how to be more resilient and protect their families during an emergency, the festival will feature local experts, hands-on workshops and life-saving information. Guests are invited to register for a Disaster Preparedness workshop, where they will receive a preparedness kit valued at $45, and join in a Rain Barrel workshop to collect their own rainwater at home. PrepareAthon activities include learning hands-only CPR, riding inside of an ambulance simulator, getting up-close with emergency response vehicles and learning critical information on how to be prepared when a disaster strikes. “PrepareAthon raises awareness and opens up an important dialogue with the community,” explains Richard Conti, Chief Wonder Officer, Science Museum of Virginia. “Making sure we are informed and prepared for emergencies can save lives and help make better decisions to preserve the environment.” Gathering 20 community partners, from meteorologists and emergency responders to energy experts and health officials, PrepareAthon invites families to speak with local professionals and learn essential safety preparedness tips. Resiliencythemed climate change activities will include environmental data projected on a six-foot suspended globe, Science on a Sphere®, and hands on experiments inside of the museum’s labs. Other activities include building water filters, constructing solar ovens and using a bicycle-powered blender to make smoothies.PrepareAthon guests are invited to step into The Dome to watch special presentations of the giant screen movies Forces of Nature and Grand Canyon Adventure. Call 804-864-1400 to reserve space.
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